Mon PT2: Bobby Helps a Listener with Career Advice + Amy on How To Deal Being Overwhelmed as a Mom + Bobby on Money Lesson He Learned from Dave Ramsey

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show — November 17, 2025 (Monday PT2)

Host: Bobby Bones
Co-Hosts: Amy Brown, Morgan, Hannah O Dubs, Scuba Steve
Main Themes: Career advice for creative jobs, coping with feeling overwhelmed as a parent, life lessons from Dave Ramsey, navigating tips and kindness, and humorous team banter.

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Episode Overview

This episode blends heartfelt career advice, candid discussions about parenting stresses, relatable stories about tipping culture, a debate about athletic ability, and practical money wisdom inspired by Dave Ramsey. Bobby Bones and his team take calls and voicemails from listeners, engaging in honest, often comedic, and sometimes profound conversations about life's challenges and opportunities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Career Advice for Aspiring Radio Talent

[03:05–13:33]

Angie’s Call: Breaking into Radio

• Angie calls in seeking advice on applying for a radio job at her local station (Mix 94.7 in Austin), worried about lacking an audio sample or experience.
• Bobby lays out the tough reality of creative careers:
  • Quote: “This is the most instability you will ever feel … I would not recommend anybody get into the radio business at all … Unless it is the only thing you want to do.” (04:27)
  • He compares radio to other highly desirable, underpaid and competitive jobs (musician, artist, athlete).
• Practical Advice:
  • Use modern tech: Get a Shure microphone, record on your laptop (QuickTime or similar).
  • Offer to send Angie sample liners or tapes for practice (07:04).
  • Suggests video over audio: Make a personality-driven video, like a reality show audition (10:10).
    • Quote: “Send me like you’re trying to get on frigging Amazing Race … that’s pretty good advice, especially for someone who’s not been in radio.” (10:50)
  • Bobby offers to personally get Angie the right contact email.

Industry Insights

• These roles often prefer experienced applicants, but Bobby stresses that sometimes, people can break in with undeniable personality or by offering something “different.”
• Encourages Angie to show her uniqueness and be bold.

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2. How to Cope When Life Feels Overwhelming as a Parent

[19:28–23:05]

Listener Question

• A mom calls in, expressing feeling overwhelmed by work, home, and parenting responsibilities.

Amy’s Advice

• Focus on “the next right thing”: Break big tasks into small, actionable steps.
• Quote: “When I personally feel overwhelmed, that’s when I have to step back and just do the next thing … One thing at a time … set little, little goals.” (20:16)
• Use a timer (10 minutes per room) to make cleaning more manageable.

Dealing with Ongoing Overwhelm

• Bobby extends the advice: Trust the process, keep going, accept that overwhelming seasons will eventually end and build resilience (21:46).
  • “If you just keep going, regardless of … setbacks … eventually this overwhelming season will be over, and then I will be stronger for it the next time.” (21:46)
• Amy adds: Challenge the anxious thoughts, try to be present instead of wishing away the week (22:18).
• Morgan and Bobby share personal coping mechanisms within marriage and life: lean on each other, and sometimes just keep moving.

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3. A Lesson from Dave Ramsey: 50-Year Mortgages & Money Perspective

[37:46–41:13]

Bobby’s Take on 50-Year Mortgages

• Bobby critiques the new 50-year mortgage concept as “the most predatory lending thing I’ve ever heard,” explaining that it doubles your interest paid for minimal monthly savings.
  • Quote: “The 50 year mortgage lowers your rate … but it jacks up your mortgage double … you’re paying like half a million dollars in interest.” (37:52)
• Shares a meme about “Dave Ramsey on life support after learning about 50-year mortgages,” poking fun and raising financial awareness.

Dave Ramsey’s Advice

• On buying luxury items: Only buy if you could burn that sum of money with zero impact on your life.
  • Quote: “If you can put money in your living room … and you can burn it and your life has not changed the next day, go and buy you whatever you want. … If you can’t, maybe you should lower that.” (39:59)
• Bobby praises Ramsey’s cross-generational impact (“radio famous and now TikTok famous”).

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4. Quick Hits: Voicemail Reactions, Family Updates & Show Banter

a. Tipping Culture Gone Awry

Zach’s Voicemail, [41:14–44:02]

• Zach tips $5 on a $10 bagel order. The cashier says, “That’s it?” So Zach takes the tip back.
  • Bobby’s take: “If somebody tells me ‘that’s it,’ I’m taking my five and the rest from the jar. … I’d have done the same thing.” (41:59)

b. Team Banter: Amy vs. Eddie, Easy Trivia Rivalries

[44:07–45:47]

• A listener calls Amy out on double standards—believing in “signs” for herself but mocking Eddie for doing the same.
• The team jokes about Amy’s competitive streak with Eddie, her tendency to “shield” Lunchbox, and competitive dynamics on the show.

c. Amy’s Son & Running Achievements

[45:50–50:01]

• Amy shares her son Stevenson’s latest track results and the concept of a “rabbit” (pacer).
• Bobby discusses how seeing others achieve something (representation) can push self-belief and achievement.

d. Opry Performance Stories & Athletic Injuries

[50:23–52:22]

• Bobby recounts playing Opry on a medical scooter after an injury. Gets advice from Olympic skater Scott Hamilton on ankle rehab: “Do the Alphabet with your foot all the time.”

e. Funny Voicemail – “Could Scuba Steve Play in the NBA?”

[52:32–55:22]

• Listener disputes Scuba’s athletic potential; Bobby humorously pushes back, comparing athletic ability vs. fitness. Scuba challenged to a 40-yard dash against a Titans lineman’s stats.
  • Quote: “I would bet you every single offensive and defensive lineman on the Titans could outrun you right now.” (55:10)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote / Moment | |-----------|------------|----------------| | 04:27 | Bobby | “This is the most instability you will ever feel … I could not say enough terrible things about it … But for me it’s been awesome.” | | 10:50 | Bobby | “Send me like you’re trying to get on frigging Amazing Race … especially for someone who’s not been in radio.” | | 20:16 | Amy | “When I personally feel overwhelmed, that’s when I have to step back and just do the next thing … One thing at a time.” | | 21:46 | Bobby | “If you just keep going, regardless of … setbacks … eventually this overwhelming season will be over.” | | 22:18 | Amy | “Be present, be in the now … try to be as present as possible.” | | 37:52 | Bobby | “The 50 year mortgage is the absolute worst idea that I think I’ve ever heard.” | | 39:59 | Bobby paraphrasing Dave Ramsey | “If you can put money in your living room … and you can burn it and your life has not changed the next day, go and buy you whatever you want.” | | 41:59 | Bobby | “If somebody tells me, ‘that’s it,’ I’m taking my five and the rest from the jar.” | | 49:21 | Bobby | “If you can’t see it done, sometimes you don’t think it can be done right. … Seeing it is a big part of believing you can do it and then actually doing it.” | | 55:10 | Bobby | “I would bet you every single offensive and defensive lineman on the Titans could outrun you right now.” |

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [03:05]–[13:33] — Advice for Angie: Breaking into Radio
• [19:28]–[23:05] — Amy’s Mom Advice: Overwhelm
• [37:46]–[41:13] — Bobby on the 50-Year Mortgage, Dave Ramsey Money Wisdom
• [41:14]–[44:02] — Voicemail: Tipping Story & Response
• [44:07]–[45:47] — Show Rivalries and Funny Banter
• [45:50]–[50:01] — Amy’s Son, Running updates, “Rabbit” Pacer Concept
• [50:23]–[52:22] — Opry Set, Injuries, Rehab Advice
• [52:32]–[55:22] — “Could Scuba Steve Play in the NBA?” Voicemail, Team Debates

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Takeaways

• Pursue creative careers only for true passion and be prepared for instability. Stand out with authenticity.
• Combat overwhelm by breaking tasks into small steps and focusing on the present.
• Be wary of financial schemes that benefit lenders over individuals.
• Tipping should never be a source of shame; kindness matters.
• Show camaraderie, humor, and real talk permeate the Bobby Bones team dynamic.

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This episode offers listeners both practical advice and compelling, often hilarious, glimpses into the lives and minds of Bobby Bones and his team, filtered through a supportive community vibe and honest, unvarnished storytelling.

Transcript

[Angie]

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[Amy Brown]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

The Bobby Bones Show. Want to go over to Angie who lives in Austin, who has a question for us? So Angie, you're on the show.

[Angie]

Hi. Morning, studio.

[Morgan]

Morning.

[Angie]

So the reason why I'm calling is because I'm kind of in a career transition and so it's basically a lot of job hunting right now. And I saw that my local radio station is hiring, but they're asking for an audio sample. And I've never done anything with radio and so I was just wondering what kind of tips would you give me to do an audio sample?

[Bobby Bones]

What's the radio job? I mean, I guess it just depends. Like, are you asking help with audio sample or should you even try to get into radio?

[Angie]

Kind of both. I mean, my background, like, I've been in the library world for like a very long time and so like that was great and everything, but when you get into library, it's kind of like a lifelong job. And I kind of like I wasn't feeling like the passion there anymore, you know. And so I changed careers. I was a book publicist and then I got laid off after a year. So now I'm kind of just job hunting and trying just to find something I'm passionate about.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I'll give you advice on the first part of that. This is the most, it's the most instability you will ever feel ever in the history of instability. Like, I would not recommend anybody to get into the radio business at all. But I wouldn't recommend anybody to be a musician either. And I wouldn't recommend anybody to do anything in art. I wouldn't recommend if that is not fully in your gut and you're okay being poor and you're okay with failure after failure and it's the only thing that you want to do regardless, that's when you do it. Otherwise, if it's like a part time job and you get it, that's great. But man, it's tough. It's awful. There's no money. I could not say enough terrible things about it because I would want no one to do it. But. But for me it's been awesome. And if it's anyone. And again, this could be like, you want to be a painter, you want to be anything in the creative space everybody wants to do. So it doesn't pay anything. Any job that everybody wants to do, it doesn't pay anything, or it's impossible to get into even like being a professional athlete. Impossible. Everybody wants to do it, but it's impossible to get into. Now you could pick up a guitar and try to be a musician tomorrow and start playing barbecue restaurants in a few months, but you ain't gonna make any money. Most artists that even have like half a hit don't have any money. Sometimes people with a full number one don't have any money. Radio, Same. And when I say radio, I even mean podcasting. Like, I would encourage people if there's like a job at your radio station open and you want to get it good. But I would definitely fully invest and niche yourself in a podcast and put as much effort into that as I would whatever broadcast is. Because it's all, it's all the same at this point. Like, radio to me is whatever comes over your phone. So that's my TED Talk on creative jobs. Never do them unless it's the only thing you can see yourself doing. Because impossible to get, impossible to make money. No stability. That being said, if you love it, you can't get enough freaking. Attack it. Like a pit bull garden. A. A car, A car wreck. Wreckage yard, junkyard. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the second thing. How do you make an audio. Well, technology is a lot better these days. You used to have to like find a microphone. You can literally go to YouTube or, excuse me, to Amazon, get you a shure microphone. S H U R E Take that shure microphone, plug it into the side port of your laptop, go into QuickTime. Right, Mike, that's it. Hit record. Record QuickTime of you. Like, if you want, I can email you just like some liners.

[Morgan]

Oh, that'd be cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Or like some things like that we have to. Or commercials. Or I could send you a version of like somebody else's tape and you could just mimic that. But I don't know what the job they're asking for. What's the job at the radio station?

[Angie]

So it's for a morning station and they're looking for on air personality.

[Amy Brown]

Is there an existing. Like, is it a spot in a show or like a single person?

[Angie]

It's a spot in the show. So the girl just left. Like she's moving back home and so they're hiring for a new position.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan's writing down that. Interesting. What station is it?

[Angie]

It's 94.7.

[Bobby Bones]

Like I might know the people there. Oh, okay, that's mix.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, is she in?

[Hannah O Dubs]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And Sarah used to work in Austin.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait, Sarah doesn't work there anymore. She hasn't Worked there in forever.

[Amy Brown]

No, I know. I just realized, okay, I was putting two together. She's in Austin, so. Yeah. Mix 94.7.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. My old friend and co host, my nighttime co host and morning co host Sarah used to work there before. I don't know who was there last. Oh, I have the person. I have the opening here on air personality programming. Mix is looking for the next great talent to join Booker and Alex, the morning show named best personality in Austin seven times. We're searching for someone who's smart, curious, funny, fearless and authentic. Someone who connects with listeners naturally, both on air and online. Okay. You want the good news or the bad news?

[Angie]

You can hit me with both.

[Bobby Bones]

You ain't gonna get this job. They're looking for somebody who's been in radio forever to, for the most part, to have this type of job at this position.

[Amy Brown]

Because of the programmer part?

[Bobby Bones]

No, just because of. At first they will look for. Now, if I were going to send a tape, because there is always. I don't believe in absolute certainty. Just generally in life, I don't believe in absolute certainty. That's a whole other theory I've been working on. I think some things are certain, but I do not believe in absolute certainty. So it is not absolutely certain that they will not hire somebody who's never worked in radio because you could show up and they could be trying something new. Now, let me give you an example of somebody that I know who had never been in radio, who ended up hiring because they were just undeniable. Amy Lunchbox. Okay. Boom. Eddie. Mike D. Raymundo. Like they have. They'd never worked actually in radio, but I was looking for a different kind of show. So this is what I would do then. I'm trying to really strategize this for her. I would make a tape like more like a. More like a reality show video audition tape than I would just an audio tape. Does that make sense to you guys? What I mean by that? No. So when someone, like, applies for Survivor, they're like, I'm Angie and I want to be on Survivor. Watch me eat this live octopus. Now, they don't really do the octopus thing, but there's like something about them. And whatever radio is now, to me, it is not just a signal that goes to a transmitter. If anything, that's just a selection of what we do. It's just a part. It's a very important part for sure, but it's just a part you need to be like a personality. I would send them a video of you Doing like showing your personality. Like, this is why I'd be great. Yeah. I don't sound like other people on the radio because I've not been on the radio. But your show is not a show. That. And like, that's what. That's how I would do it. I would look up people who have done reality show audition tapes. They're all over the Internet. And I would have someone recording you visually to do this. And then I would even hold like a commercial in your hand, like a 6 sec. And just read it to the camera. But, like, look at it. That'd be my advice because I think you have a better shot not being in radio without any sort of references, getting a second look if you do something like that. And also I think that's what I would like to have. If I were looking for a position, I wouldn't listen to an audio tape and look at a picture. Like, send me like you're trying to get on frigging Amazing Race. That's pretty good advice. I never thought about it like that, but I kind of like that advice. That's pretty good, especially for someone who's not been in radio. So I hope you get the job. That would be awesome.

[Angie]

Yeah, thanks. I mean, send me all the positive vibes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's good. We worked there for a long time. You know that, right?

[Angie]

Yes. I've been listening since I was new. Jill and Lunchbox.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, wow.

[Amy Brown]

Long time.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, the problem is you'd have to stop listening to us. Would you keep us in one ear if, like in one AirPod as you did this show?

[Angie]

Well, now I keep up through the podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, perfect. They're good people. I like both of them. I like Alex. Yeah, he used to be called Digits.

[Morgan]

Oh, that's Digits. Okay. I remember him as Digits.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know Booker as well, but Booker's always been really nice. I've known. I've known Alex for. For a long time.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. I think they would be fun to work with.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So, yeah.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, good luck.

[Bobby Bones]

Make that. Make. Make your tape on video. And then the problem is finding the actual email address to air it to send it to because you're going to end up send it to some inbox for their 10th. I wonder if I could find. Let me see if I have Alex's email address.

[Morgan]

Ooh, that'd be cool. Is there more money in that job than just a nut? Like a.

[Bobby Bones]

That job is probably going to pay if you. If you come from a background of radio and they're taking you somewhere I would imagine that job pays 65 or 70.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

As the third person, Morgan's writing that.

[Morgan]

Down, by the way.

[Hannah O Dubs]

I know.

[Amy Brown]

I was trying. I ran into Alex on an elevator I don't have somewhere recently, and I don't know if I got his number.

[Bobby Bones]

Let me text Sarah and just say, hey, do you have. Hey. We'll just get you Alex's email. This is so stupid. For sure.

[Morgan]

Get it.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, do you have Alex's email from your old morning show?

[Amy Brown]

Digits?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I remember digits, guys. Still.

[Morgan]

Cool.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Okay, so here's the thing. I'm gonna keep your. We'll keep your phone number here, and I'll just get you Alex's. Make a good video, and then I'll just get you his. His private email address, and you can email it to him.

[Angie]

Okay, thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, we have our number, guys. Yes. All right. Bye, Angie.

[Angie]

Bye. Bye, everyone.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, good luck. Good luck. Da da, da, da, da, da. All right, let's. I don't know what this call even is. Let's go to Carol. I don't know if I can help Carol, but we can try. Carol, you're on. What's happening?

[Angie]

Hey, Bobby boss, thank you so much for taking the time. Hey, listen, I know you're familiar with the concerts that Charlie Daniels used to do every year for the benefit of the Angelus.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Angie]

Okay. Well, since he passed away, no one has stepped up to take on that mantle. And I'm just trying to figure out who, in your opinion.

[Zach]

Because you know, everybody.

[Angie]

Okay, so who would you think would be willing to do something as philanthropic as a free concert?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, honestly, I think. I think everybody I know would do something as philanthropic as a free concert. However, they can't do something philanthropic for every free concert. So usually every artist has, like, a thing or a couple of things that they do, because anybody with any sort of success or fame, notoriety, is being pulled in a hundred directions to use that towards not their own, but other people's. So people are pretty selective, because if they weren't, they would be doing a hundred of them, and they would be doing no shows themselves. And if, you know, if you're. It's kind of a weird, sad thing, but if you have, like, 20 charities that you support, you don't really have any that people know you for. Like, if you're doing a ton all the time. That's why privately, I do a significant amount. Publicly, I got, like, a couple that I really dig in for because I want to be known for that and people go, hey, this is what he's passionate about. Like, with St. Jude, we work all year. That's one of them that I publicly do. Now. That's not the only one that I work with. It's not the only one that I give money to. But if I were, like, this month, I have this one this month, I have this one this month, then none of them would actually stick out. So artists, they will have what's important to them, and they will usually do some sort of show or donate their stuff or time. Tracy Lawrence does the big turkey, does turkey fry. Yeah, he came out and did our saint judo, but he was one of the many. But he probably gets asked every week to do something. So I don't think the issue is what artist wants to do something good. I think it's specifically what the cause is and if this cause resonates with them. So I would need more information about that.

[Angie]

Okay, so how do I get that information to you?

[Bobby Bones]

You just tell me.

[Angie]

Oh, okay. All right. So here's the thing. I'm the founder of the Angelus is my neighbor, and she gave me permission to reach out to you. But the woman that does all the. Does all the programming and all that stuff is a woman named Tiffany Williams. And I can give you her name and number.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I don't even. I don't know what the. I don't. I'll tell you what. I don't really know what the charity is. I just know Charlie did a bunch of stuff, and I only got to know Charlie way, way, way later in his life. I do have a signed fiddle from Charlie, though.

[Morgan]

Oh, that's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

It's. Yeah, it's up in a closet. I've never even taken it out of the box.

[Morgan]

Does it say something cool on it?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, it is. Where's Eddie? I wish he was here.

[Morgan]

Oh, that's not what.

[Amy Brown]

It's.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I just. Let me put you on hold. We'll just. I'll have you email Scuba. Will you ever email you the information? I don't know that I can help because I'm not going to ask any artist to do a charity that. Because it's not my charity. But if there's somebody that I'm like, oh, this makes sense. I'll pass that along to, like, their management. That's about the best that I can do, but at least that's something. Right? Right.

[Amy Brown]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. All right, Appreciate that. Hey, can we put Angie back on? She's still on. Hey, Angie. Angie. Okay. It says she's on, but she's not there. Oh, okay. Yeah, I have.

[Morgan]

Oh, you got the response.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it'd be funny. I'll just. I'll. I should tell him it's coming, though, right? Yeah.

[Amy Brown]

I mean, well, yeah, because you don't want him to be like, what's this?

[Bobby Bones]

Let me just send him a.

[Morgan]

Or would it be cooler if she said, I got your email from Bobby?

[Bobby Bones]

I'll just call him. He may still be on the air.

[Amy Brown]

That's cool, too.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, let's see if he's still on the air. Can you guys hear it ring? Yeah. Did you know it's called trilling?

[Amy Brown]

What is?

[Bobby Bones]

When it rings, it's called trilling.

[Morgan]

No, I didn't know that.

[Amy Brown]

It's not called ringing.

[Bobby Bones]

I only know that because I watch shows on closed caption. When it rings, it goes trilling. Same way I learned what raspberries are blowing.

[Morgan]

Raspberries. Yeah, because ringing would be when it.

[Hannah O Dubs]

The person you're trying to reach is not available.

[Amy Brown]

At the tone, please record your message.

[Hannah O Dubs]

When you have finished recording, you may hang up.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, dude, it's Bobby Bones. We had a listener call us on the air and was like, hey, I want to get this morning job at mix. And I was like, hey, I know Alex. And so I was kind of wanting to give him your personal email address. It would just help us with the bit. I didn't give it on the air, but she was like, I don't really have any experience. We talked about this whole thing, and I said, okay, well, it's gonna be hard for you to get the job because I'm sure they're looking for somebody with experience. However, I didn't hire my whole show. None of them had experience, so I don't know what you guys are looking for. However, would you mind if I pass along your email address? Only once she makes a video to send you the video. We're on the air still. I'm sure you are, too, but you can text me back. Hope you're good. And I don't know. I got your number from Sarah, by the way. All right, bye. All right.

[Morgan]

He's like, this is random.

[Bobby Bones]

The whole thing's just got a voicemail from Bobby Bones saying he wants to help me hire somebody for our show. Yeah, the whole thing's random. Okay, Ray, hit me with this voicemail right here.

[Angie]

My question is for Amy, and anyone can really chime in. I'm just looking for advice because I am a mom of one. My husband runs his own business on the side as well, as a full time job during the day, I make money on the side as well. And life is just feeling like really overwhelming right now and I feel like I'm losing control as far as like keeping the house tidy and just taking care of day to day things and then trying to make that extra money to meet bills and stuff like that. I was just wondering what your advice would be. Love the show. Thanks.

[Amy Brown]

This for me?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You have trouble keeping the house?

[Bobby Bones]

My question is for Amy.

[Morgan]

Go ahead, Amy.

[Amy Brown]

Well, is it because she feels overwhelmed?

[Bobby Bones]

I can't answer the questions.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy Brown]

Well, so when I personally feel overwhelmed, that's when I have to step back and just do the next thing for myself. What's the next right step? The next right thing? Like one thing at a time. And then as you inch closer to your goal, like set little, little goals. Because big goals stress me out. But if it's getting the house in order, I'm like, okay, I'm going to take this room at a time. I might even set a timer and be like, I'm going to give myself 10 minutes in this room. And you'd be shocked what you can accomplish in 10 minutes. And then what that does for me is I get a little dopamine hit from my hard work and then I'm like, I want to go tackle another room or I want to do another 10 minutes here. And then it's less overwhelming when you take it like one bite at a time. Which, you know, there is the whole proverb of how do you, how do you eat an elephant? These elephants are big.

[Morgan]

One bite at a time.

[Amy Brown]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

We were giving you complete freedom to do it yourself.

[Amy Brown]

To do what?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you had full autonomy at that segment.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And you were leaning out, but I was like, no, no, you have, you're doing it.

[Amy Brown]

No, I mean, I got it. I mean, that's what I do. I guess I was just trying to understand like the exact question. But if it's how to tackle getting things done, when you have a lot of plates spinning, you've got to break it down one plate at a time.

[Bobby Bones]

Here's how to tackle everything by doing little things.

[Amy Brown]

Exactly.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it's good advice.

[Morgan]

What about the, like the overwhelming season where it just feels like, man, you're just grinding and grinding and it never like you never see the end of the tunnel.

[Hannah O Dubs]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I think the answer to that is as long as you trust the process of. If you just keep going, you will get through it, even if it feels very uncomfortable because we all go through those. You just have to trust the process of. If I just keep going, regardless of whatever couple of steps back I have to take, whatever wrong paths I take, if I just keep going, eventually this overwhelming season will be over, and then I will be stronger for it the next time it gets overwhelming again. Because it will get overwhelming again.

[Amy Brown]

And are you referring to, like, the season of life you're in with your kids because there's so much going on?

[Morgan]

Yeah. And I feel like that's kind of what she's talking about, too.

[Amy Brown]

So with that, I think sometimes we can make the overwhelm worse. I see that in myself. Like, when I look at the calendar, I see all the different kid things, and I'm just like, oh, you're just, like, trying to survive the week. And then you're like, I just can't. I've got to make it to next week. And then you get to next week and you're like, I just gotta make it to next week. I just gotta make it to next week. And sometimes when I get in that cycle, it's some of my thoughts make it worse because I'll be. If I'm just like, be present, be in the moment, be in the now.

[Bobby Bones]

Sabotaging yourself with your thoughts, then I don't.

[Morgan]

That's good.

[Amy Brown]

I'm. I'm more. I enjoy my weekend more. I enjoy the week more. Instead of just dreading the week, waiting for the next week, because I know what's happening next week, I'm going to be hopeful for the next week. And so I have to pause and be in the now and try to be as present as possible.

[Bobby Bones]

I think what also helps at times is to know that much weaker people have had it much harder and they've gotten through it just fine.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, there's some. There's somebody that has had your situation and worse and has felt more overwhelmed, and they've gotten through it just fine.

[Morgan]

I've heard that before. And I always think, like, are you ever the worst? Like, somebody's got to be the worst.

[Bobby Bones]

Statistically, you're probably not ever the worst.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. The odds are. Because just think if there's 10 million people that have gone through something similar.

[Morgan]

It's.

[Bobby Bones]

It's 1 in 10 million, so probably not. Not. Not taking the validity away from how much it sucks.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's. You know, anytime that I'm. That's how I kind of get myself through it sometimes I'm like, dude, there have been much dumber people that have gotten out of this awesomely so. Just hang on. Just keep going. Because if you stop, that's just. Don't stop.

[Morgan]

What's cool about me and my wife is that when one of us gives up, the other one, like, steps up, which is really. It just always works out, you know, where she's just like, I'm done. And she, like, goes upstairs, and I'm.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, all right, I got the house.

[Morgan]

Like, I'm doing it. I start cooking dinner. Or then I'm just like, you know what? I'm done. I go walk the dog for, like, five hours. I feel like I'm never going to come back. And she, like, takes over.

[Bobby Bones]

She's like, that's running away. That's not walking the dog.

[Morgan]

Sometimes I'm with a dog and I'm like, if I can just keep walking. And now I just won't go back.

[Bobby Bones]

Mexico's not far.

[Amy Brown]

We can make it. I used to do that Coachella beyond 65 and think if I just keep driving south, like, where I'll hit Alabama. But then what?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I watched a TikTok. I got a text. I got a text back from Alex just now. He said, hey, saw your message while recording stuff. For sure. Give her my email. And he gives his email.

[Morgan]

That's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Scuba. I'm going to send you. I'm gonna just get you this for her. Okay? And then if. Tell her if there is ever any update to let me know. I'd like to. I'd like to know the update. Yeah, I got you. I was watching a Tick Tock last night, talking to. She said, I don't know. Ain't we talk about psychics on the show? So I get in the psychic algorithm sometimes, and she's like, I am a psychic. I am. This is some of the things that you may not know being There was a term for it. I don't know the term, but something that's way cooler than psychic. And so she's like, medium. No, I know. Good one. I know that.

[Unknown Female Caller]

That's a good nerd.

[Bobby Bones]

She said, when you get to an intersection and you should go right, but something's telling you, just go ahead and go left. Go left. Because that's something telling you that you can't see right now. The best direction to go isn't right. She's like, sometimes if your partner passes away and you're dating somebody new, and right before you kiss the new partner, you imagine your old partner, that's your old partner going into the body of the new person just to feel your kid What?

[Morgan]

What?

[Scuba Steve]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

What? What?

[Amy Brown]

I could ask my boyfriend if you have permission.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you? I wouldn't do that. What?

[Unknown Female Caller]

No, don't do that.

[Amy Brown]

No, I can do that.

[Bobby Bones]

We have a good choice. No, I hear you, but I don't like that.

[Morgan]

Were you gonna say you have a good relationship? Like, you can do that?

[Amy Brown]

I feel like we talk about his dead wife all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, I know, but I don't feel like that's a no win for him. I feel like you're. You're asking him a no win question. Even him being okay, because if he were to. Because your relationship is so good. If he were to say, yeah, sometimes that's not good for you. There are some questions you don't need answers to because they don't make anything better.

[Morgan]

He would never say, sometimes there's no way.

[Bobby Bones]

Right, Right. Therefore, you'd put him in a position to not tell the truth.

[Morgan]

Right? Right.

[Amy Brown]

No, I'm gonna say, before we kiss the first time, did you picture your wife? If so, that was her entering my body.

[Morgan]

Oh. Like ghosts.

[Unknown Female Caller]

That is so weird to say that to him.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you're putting him in a no win. Even though he's, like, chill and cool. I just. I don't think there's a benefit to that for anybody. Okay, that's pretty awkward because what if he said this? Yeah. And sometimes it still happens. Oof.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, okay.

[Morgan]

How would that make you feel?

[Bobby Bones]

Not great, but it wouldn't be your fault. I don't.

[Morgan]

You would think about it all the time.

[Amy Brown]

No, I wouldn't.

[Bobby Bones]

What it feels like when we're doing it. I think.

[Hannah O Dubs]

No.

[Amy Brown]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

But I'm just saying it could lead to any of that. That's the next conversation.

[Amy Brown]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's a bad question to ask.

[Unknown Female Caller]

I like the way she's like, no. Oh, my gosh. But you wanted to ask him the question.

[Amy Brown]

Now you're like, wait, well, you are. You're the.

[Hannah O Dubs]

You.

[Amy Brown]

The TikTok person said.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not the TikTok person. I watch the whole thing, though.

[Amy Brown]

We don't even know what she is because she. She's. She's a level up from psychic. She's more elevated. She's elevated. No, that's different.

[Morgan]

That would be lower, I think.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Oh, that's not what. That's.

[Bobby Bones]

If I saved it. Hold on, let me see.

[Amy Brown]

If I saved profit.

[Morgan]

Oh, that's higher. Level, for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

It's. It was a term I've not heard before, but I thought a telekinetic. That's a cool term.

[Amy Brown]

Hold on something.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy Brown]

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[Hannah O Dubs]

And you want your vehicle wrapped? Let me know, because I'm trying to add more to my portfolio. I used to do it for work. I did a lot of, like, graphic work. Not the design part, but, like, the, like, you know, wrapping the vehicles work. And I did a full color change drop on my Mustang. I would really like to get a nice little portfolio going. Preferably, like, middle Tennessee, West Tennessee, East Tennessee is, like, way too far. I cannot. This is a long state. I can't do it.

[Morgan]

But.

[Hannah O Dubs]

But Nashville area would be fantastic. That would be, like, ideal.

[Bobby Bones]

So. And she's young.

[Amy Brown]

Wait, she was putting out that, like, as a blanket statement to everybody, or she sent that to you?

[Bobby Bones]

No, to everybody.

[Morgan]

That's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

I did. But again, would you pay somebody who's, like, their main job?

[Morgan]

Maybe. Maybe we try it with, like, my son's car first.

[Bobby Bones]

You have to pay for it. And she wouldn't do that for free because I think she wants to do cooler cars.

[Morgan]

Oh, not the Ford Focus, because I love Nashville also.

[Hannah O Dubs]

I will not be charging outrageously. I simply, at the moment, just really want to get my portfolio built up. I will put, like, my preferred vehicles here. Obviously, anything luxury or exotic is, like, a huge win, but right now, I'll take anything, and then I'll put, like, preferred. If you have one of the preferred vehicles, I'll give you, like, a great deal. But yeah, once. Whenever I start the company, it's gonna be different price, so just let me know.

[Amy Brown]

Okay?

[Unknown Female Caller]

No, I don't trust her.

[Angie]

I do.

[Bobby Bones]

She looks young but artistic.

[Morgan]

You know, she looks.

[Bobby Bones]

It's wrapping a car with one car.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Yeah, but that's a lot to give her your vehicle and say, wrap this. That is a lot of pressure.

[Morgan]

So the wrap.

[Amy Brown]

I was not about changing my color.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Have you seen any of her work?

[Amy Brown]

You want me to try it out first?

[Morgan]

That's what I'm saying.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Like, yeah, you got to see her work first.

[Bobby Bones]

Her name is Hannah O Dubs. Right, Mike? Yeah, that's her full wrap on the Honda.

[Amy Brown]

Maybe she'll do us two for one.

[Bobby Bones]

So what's the deal? So I don't want to, like, I never want to go into any females DMS for any reason whatsoever. Just because it doesn't. I don't. I don't like that feels weird.

[Amy Brown]

How do you spell her?

[Bobby Bones]

H A, N, N A H. The letter O. Dubs, D, U, B, S. Well, I just never want anyone to be like, by bones. Slid in my DMs.

[Morgan]

But then you can see the DM and it's like, I hear you, I hear you.

[Bobby Bones]

It's just same reason I don't touch people. We take pictures. Right.

[Amy Brown]

Why does she have no. I thought maybe on her page there'd be some cars.

[Bobby Bones]

She does. Yeah, she has many.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, sorry, I went to her Instagram.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I'm on her TikTok. But would that be weird to go to somebody just from TikTok and go like, I'm gonna give you my car because I have two cars. I have the Hyundai, which I drive a middle. A middle amount because I don't put too many miles on it and they're coming to get it and switch out another one.

[Morgan]

And you don't want to wrap that one?

[Bobby Bones]

No. And I can. When I get a new one, I can drive it like crazy. But I always feel bad, like, if I drive too many miles on it, they're like, we're not giving you another one. You just drive this thing all the time. Then I have my car. And so my other car. Wow, I would say is luxury.

[Morgan]

Luxury.

[Amy Brown]

She looks legit.

[Unknown Female Caller]

How's her work look?

[Amy Brown]

It looks good.

[Morgan]

Give it a shot, man. So when you wrap it, though, is there. Does it damage? Is it like.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you can pull it off.

[Morgan]

You can pull it off without damage.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah, dude, I think you're good. And she said she'd give you a deal.

[Amy Brown]

Do you want me to DM her?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. No.

[Hannah O Dubs]

Yes.

[Amy Brown]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Should I write? But she has 1500 comments on this. She'll never see my comment.

[Morgan]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan, what do you. What do you suggest?

[Amy Brown]

Do you want me to demer from.

[Angie]

The show account and say, hey?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Like, do that? Hey, we were talking about your rapping cards on the show. I've said what kind of car. I'm not going to say it here. I don't. I sound pretentious. But you know what kind of car I have, right?

[Hannah O Dubs]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Just say our host has this. We were talking about you on our show. Are you still looking to wrap cars? Wrap a Car in town for a deal. Okay, I'm not gonna say for a deal.

[Unknown Female Caller]

No, she said for a deal in her message. She.

[Morgan]

Okay, yeah, she'd give you a deal, dude. The more luxury, the better. Deal.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, yeah, you definitely.

[Unknown Female Caller]

What? I think you're gonna get a deal.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't care about the deal. I want a good job and I want somebody because I have no patience. So I want somebody that's like, yep, I'm gonna do it. We'll start on it today.

[Morgan]

Well, you can't say stuff like, I'm not there. I'm not looking for a deal. Right.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Because she'll hear that.

[Morgan]

Yeah, man.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't care about that.

[Unknown Female Caller]

All right, well, you should.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

He would not. It's stupid.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you. Have you seen it? Have you seen the. The meme of Dave Ramsey on life support? Because the 50 year mortgage.

[Morgan]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

So funny. The 50 year mortgage is one of the most predatory lending things I've ever heard. And. And there's a lot of predatory lending. And I could get started. I'd rather not. But the 50 year mortgage is the absolute worst idea that I think I've ever heard. More so than jacked up credit card debt, because 30 year, that's a long time. How do they make the money off of you? Well, you do have an. Your mortgage, you pay every month, but you have interest. You have to pay constantly. The 50 year mortgage lowers your rate. What? What? By $100, $200. But it jacks up your mortgage double. You're paying like half a million dollars in interest.

[Morgan]

So it jacks up the price of the house.

[Bobby Bones]

Over 50 years, the interest you're paying is basically double.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

That's terrible.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Is this a new thing? I never heard of this.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not happening yet. They just announced that this is an idea they're going to start working on. Oh, it is completely predatory.

[Morgan]

And it just makes everyone feel like, oh, I can do that.

[Bobby Bones]

Like it's a couple hundred bucks a month less. I think I should get in this. While the mortgage companies are just collecting your money. They're freaking predators for the rest of your life. That was not the point of this.

[Morgan]

It was not. But the meme is funny.

[Bobby Bones]

But the meme is hilarious because it's Dave Ramsey on life support. Dave Ramsey learns a 50 year mortgage.

[Morgan]

He's dying. That's funny.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan, did you get that? Yeah. All right.

[Unknown Female Caller]

I mean, what were you laughing at?

[Amy Brown]

Morgan texted me, does he still have this car? And then I was like, oh, no. And so then I Texted her your new car, your newest car, and her face.

[Morgan]

Wait, so, Morgan, you didn't know what he was driving?

[Amy Brown]

I knew it was a different one.

[Bobby Bones]

She see me park. Yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

But when you asked her, she's like, oh, yeah, I know.

[Amy Brown]

Well, she thought it was the other one, which I understand. But then I was like, oh, no. And then I texted her what it is, and she goes, oh, okay.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I guess you'd never see it.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The only time I've ever mentioned it is with Dave Ramsey on my podcast with Dave Ramsey. And what?

[Morgan]

Life support? What did he say?

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no, Dave. So I have a Bobby cast with Dave Ramsey. The meme says, Dave Ramsey in critical condition after learning a 50 year mortgage.

[Morgan]

Because he gets so worked up over stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

I love it. Just taking advantage of people. I love it. He was like, so what's your thing that you bought recently? And his whole thing is never. He's like, hey, if on. On, like extra things, like things you want to buy, like, you want to go on a. Buy something extra fun, Go on a trip. He's like, if you can put money in your living room, that amount of money you're going to spend on that and you can burn it and your life has not changed the next day. Go and buy you whatever you want. He said, if you can burn that amount of money. He said, if you can't, maybe you should lower that. And it was a whole thing. And he's like, what have you bought? I told him and he was like, oh, that's great. He goes, I did this. We just kind of go back and forth. It's a good podcast. Like, Dave Ramsey just. I don't know. I like that dude. I've been. We've been lucky enough to know him for a long time.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's. He's got like a second life because he's gone so viral and stays so viral on Tick Tock for, like, Gen Z that he got really famous doing the stuff on the radio and writing the books. And now he's like, TikTok famous. I'm sad he's on life support right now, but I hope he really.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Hope he gets well soon.

[Bobby Bones]

He gets his way out of there. Okay, so, Morgan, you got that? Yep, I just messaged her. Okay, let's go to Zach in Birmingham, line one. Hey, Zach.

[Zach]

Hey. How's it going?

[Bobby Bones]

You're on, buddy. What's going on?

[Zach]

So I have a question for the studio. So I went today to get a bagel and I had just gotten Paid cash from a job that I did this past week. And so when I went to go pay, I had a decent size wad of cash. So I put a ten dollar.

[Angie]

I gave.

[Zach]

Paid ten dollars to the cashier because it was a ten dollars thing. But then I put a five dollars bill in the tip bucket, and the guy behind the counter goes, that's it. And so I just reached in and grabbed the five bucks out, and I said, okay, I'll take it back.

[Bobby Bones]

Then, boom. I'd have done the same thing. Boom.

[Morgan]

Yeah, man.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd have done the exact same thing. There is.

[Morgan]

That's 50%.

[Bobby Bones]

Somebody shaming you for anything that in that situation, again, this is not a waiter. This is not someone who is depending because they're making less of a wage working as a waiter or waitress at a restaurant. That is your. I'll just say 20%. That's your 20%. And they depend on that for rent, for mortgage, a tip in a bucket at a bagel shop, if you put a dollar in there because you have a free dollar, that's awesome, because that is. They're making their hourly wage. If somebody tells me, that's it. I'm taking my five and the rest from the jar. Yeah, you know what? I'm. I'm hugging the jar, walking out with it.

[Morgan]

That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, dude, that sucks. I would have reacted the same way. So I don't feel bad about that, Okay.

[Zach]

I just wanted to bring it in. I thought it would be good content for y'.

[Amy Brown]

All.

[Zach]

And I was like, I wonder what Bobby would do, because you're a big tipper, and you're always. You're always trying to help people out. And I had just gotten paid, so I was like, I got a few extra bucks, so why not?

[Bobby Bones]

And you know what? You did? And you gave them way more than you. You should have.

[Morgan]

So that the bill was $10, and.

[Bobby Bones]

He put a five in there.

[Morgan]

I don't understand what that cost is.

[Bobby Bones]

He'd have put a one in there. And they said that I would have taken the one back. Yeah, yeah. I'd done the same thing.

[Morgan]

Weird.

[Bobby Bones]

What would you have done?

[Amy Brown]

Well, I'm just sort of worried about when you take the money.

[Bobby Bones]

Retaliation.

[Amy Brown]

Like, what are they gonna do?

[Morgan]

It's your money.

[Amy Brown]

What are they gonna do to your bagel?

[Bobby Bones]

No, you've already got the bagel.

[Amy Brown]

Okay.

[Hannah O Dubs]

He already had it.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I wouldn't have taken it back until after I got my bagel.

[Scuba Steve]

No chance.

[Morgan]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

They still don't have access to my Food.

[Amy Brown]

Right, right, right. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

No, Zach, I'm with you, dude. And good for you for not for taking it back. That's. I've done the same thing. But good for you for, like, thinking of other people, and you did that. And they reacted in a way that I wouldn't have felt good about. I'd have felt like that.

[Amy Brown]

I can't imagine someone saying, that's me.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

Unless they were, like, kidding, because it was so much like, you put five year old. They're like, that's it.

[Amy Brown]

He probably would have picked up on the sarcasm.

[Bobby Bones]

A terrible joke. It's not worth the risk. All right, Zach, we're on Team Zach. We appreciate the call, man.

[Zach]

Thanks, man. I appreciate y'.

[Bobby Bones]

All. All right, voicemail. Ray, hit me with this one right here.

[Angie]

Eddie with his award breaking, and he had seen, you know, an S in the sky, won money, and now his awards broke, and he's worried that that's a sign with the upcomin CMAs. Here is Amy, who every single thing is assigned to her, and she is giving Eddie an absolute hard time about him saying that this could be assigned. I don't get it. It makes no sense. And why is no one on the show calling her out for that? Hope y' all have a great day.

[Morgan]

They're used to it. Well, they're used to Amy just being mean. I think. I think I know what it is. I think I know what it is.

[Amy Brown]

I'm mean to you. I just broken plenty of CMAs and nothing has happened.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but you gave me a hard time about it, and you always gimme a hard time. I think it's the Easy Trivia.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you think she's holding on to resentment from Easy Trivia and you're dominating that.

[Morgan]

Yeah, because I dominate her in that. And I know she won the big Easy Trivia game, that I think that now she's just, like, goes against me just because of Easy Trivia.

[Bobby Bones]

I think there's something to that. And it's why she always protects Lunchbox, because she kicks the crap out of him in Easy Trivia. Right, right.

[Morgan]

So she feels bad for him.

[Amy Brown]

Y' all are using these words like always.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we mean them. I don't always say crazy. Is that true?

[Morgan]

Always?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we mean them always. Yeah, no hyperbole here. We absolutely mean them always. You are meaner to Eddie, and you do have Captain America shield over Lunchbox.

[Morgan]

Do you agree with that?

[Amy Brown]

Well, does somebody have to help him?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Morgan]

Yes, the Lunchbox. Does anyone need to help You.

[Bobby Bones]

He just goes at people with full spears. And then you're like, I still want to help him. And that's because you kick the crap out of him. Easy Trivia. That's it. Eddie.

[Morgan]

And then Amy, he's mean to you, like, all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And then Amy's like, leave him alone.

[Amy Brown]

Not all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, always.

[Morgan]

Again, sorry.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Yeah, there you go with that. Always.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah, sorry.

[Bobby Bones]

I ran into somebody that saw your son running down the road.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, I talked to him.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, she came, saw me after Eddie and I finished our Opry set. And she was like, he was running. And he's like, so big.

[Amy Brown]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, he was running, like, fast.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Does he train with the dog?

[Amy Brown]

He'll run with the dog. Sometimes he gets annoyed because she does. She can't keep up.

[Bobby Bones]

He gets annoyed at the dog?

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, she gets tired. So he's like. Because the other day I was like, oh, you should take car again. That was really good for her because it wore her out. And he's like, no, she slows me down. And I was like, okay, we'll do like one block with her and then go do your other five miles. Like just take her a little bit. But yeah, he. I get more texts from people that see him running.

[Morgan]

I saw him on a bike.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah. Like, he's either on his bike or running, but I hear him. I think I just saw Stevenson because there's this one pretty popular road that he'll end up on sometimes. And I get a lot of notifications for people that see him.

[Bobby Bones]

How do you do at his race?

[Amy Brown]

He did great. Another pr.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a personal record.

[Amy Brown]

Yes. And so he did two miles, which we were curious how this would play out because it was two miles on a track, so eight laps, and it was really windy out, and he wore like a baggy T shirt. And I was like, stevenson, that's basically like a parachute or a kite, like pulling you back. And he was like, no. I was like, oh, you should have gotten a tank top. But. Cause it wasn't a school related race. Like, we signed him up for it. So he didn't have his school uniform, which is a tank top.

[Bobby Bones]

Can you run shirtless in those?

[Amy Brown]

No. I wish I was gonna make him take it off. Cause I do think he could have shaved another second off, which a second is a lot. So then we put him in a heat that really challenged him. And they have a pacer, so that's called a rabbit.

[Bobby Bones]

That tells you what the pace runs a certain amount, a certain speed.

[Amy Brown]

Yes. And then the last two laps you run on your own.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you know why they call it a rabbit?

[Amy Brown]

No, I didn't even know that till my boyfriend was talking to my ex husband. We were all there and he was like, oh, man. Okay. He's right behind the rabbit. And I was like, where's the rabbit?

[Bobby Bones]

Dog races, huh? They shoot a fake little rabbit out on a dog race and the dogs all try to catch the rabbit.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

Flash and Dash. Were the rabbits back in. Back at home.

[Amy Brown]

Well, so.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's funny, you know that.

[Morgan]

Yeah, dude, we used to go to my dad.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Dog races are awesome because they're quick. Horse races take too long to get between. Between post times.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, dog races, you get like 12 a night.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, dude. Post time, 41 minutes. Oh, my God. We gotta wait here. All right, go ahead.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, well, no, so he just stayed with the pacer, like pretty much the whole time. And the pacer broke off and he. His PR was 10 minutes and 52 seconds.

[Bobby Bones]

So two miles.

[Amy Brown]

And his previous record was 10:59. So.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow, seven seconds. Yeah. That's crazy. And he's still growing.

[Amy Brown]

Yes, he's growing and he's getting faster and he's going to start training. We saw the high school coach there at the race. Ben said he talked to him and that Ben was like, yeah, he said he's going to start like they're going to start training with some of the eighth grade kids.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, man, the best thing for him will be to train with people that are way, way, way faster than him, older than him.

[Amy Brown]

Yes. That's why I put him in that heat.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy Brown]

Was because this challenged him. So this, this to me, we were able to finally explain to him. Do you see how your mind is holding you back? Because when he hit 10:59, 11, he's like, there's no way I can go faster than that. I can't go faster than that. And then, sure enough, he went faster than that. And so this is an example of how his mind could potentially limit him.

[Bobby Bones]

Because if you can't see it done, sometimes you don't think it can be done right. Just generally. So that's why representation is also so good. And just generally with women, minorities, if they don't get to see it done by people like them. But yeah, seeing it is a big part of believing you can do it and then actually doing it. Yeah, that's cool.

[Amy Brown]

Shout out to the pacer. They would run multiple heats, 2 miles.

[Bobby Bones]

Like multiple heats, but they break off.

[Amy Brown]

They break off but okay, still.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, it's still a lot. But my point is, they're not racing. It's somebody that is just there to set a pace.

[Amy Brown]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I'm running at a 10 minute pace, over two miles or whatever it is. And then like two thirds of the way through, they break off.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

They don't finish the race.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Is it the same pacer every heat?

[Amy Brown]

One pacer did four heats in a row.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was like, somebody older, I'm assuming somebody older. And.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, I don't know, like 20s, 30s.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And they called him the Rabbit.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, the rabbit.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I can see how that's confusing because you were looking for the rabbit.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, I was like, there's a rabbit on the.

[Bobby Bones]

She's on the ground. Where's the rabbit?

[Amy Brown]

And then my boyfriend's like, no, that's what it's called. I was like, oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, whatever. We played the Opry this weekend.

[Amy Brown]

Well, yeah, that's where you saw my friend or who.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, she told me that.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because she saw Stevenson and then she was like. She sent me a picture of y' all and she was like, oh, my gosh, it was so good to see Bobby.

[Bobby Bones]

It was Scott Hamilton, the ice skater. His wife. Because Scott had come by earlier and I guess he just looked in the room and I saw him look in the room and walk off before he went on. And Eddie and I were just kind of rehearsing or something. And then there's actually a video of me because I had to do the. Operate on my cart because my doctor was like, you can't walk out there. And I wasn't going to do the crutch because the crutch takes forever.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

To get out there because it's like a peg leg. And so I was like, I'll just do the cart. And so you see me in my Instagram, Mr. Bobby Bones. I'm rolling off in that second frame and Scott Hamilton is there and I talk with them and they come to the room. Talked to her for a long time. Talked to them for a long time. We had a good set. We hadn't played in a while. A really good set. I think I was on medicine.

[Morgan]

Yeah, man, it was good.

[Bobby Bones]

I was just like flapping. I was just wild out there naked. Took my clothes off.

[Morgan]

It was awesome. Amy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

What's funny is Scott Hamilton was talking to Bobby about the injury or whatever, and Scott's like, well, what did you do? And he's like, I was playing pickleball. And he's like, you know, I had that. And Scott's like, I had that same injury, too, on my ankle. And Bobby's like, you're an Olympian.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. You're a professional athlete. Let's not compare the two.

[Amy Brown]

But he got it from pickleball, too, or something.

[Bobby Bones]

No, he got it from actually doing athletic things. From winning gold medals.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But he did give me a cool. Because I have this program that I do because I have to do physical therapy on it three times a day. So. And they check it to make sure that I've done it. So if I go in and I'm like, yeah, I did it. They're like, you're lying. So they won't move me along unless I've done the work and it's on an app. And so he was like, here's something that you can do, too, that will be much better. Do the Alphabet with your foot all the time. Like, if you're so. I can't. I'm in a boot right now. I can't move my foot. But it's like, if your foot's out of that boot and you're just laying there before you get your bands, do the Alphabet. A, B.

[Amy Brown]

Draw it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

Oh, that's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. He goes, it's going to hurt. He said, but what's going to hurt the worst is you'll heal, but you'll be so stiff from your injury that it's going to be worse than what the injury was. So I do the Alphabet all the time.

[Morgan]

Did you ask him, like, uppercase cursive?

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't ask him.

[Morgan]

Does that matter?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think I ever would have thought of that. Morgan, did you get a response? Not yet, no. Okay. All right, let's do one more voicemail number. Give me this one, please. Scuba still thinks he could have played in the NBA. Dude, I watched the video of y' all playing basketball from whenever that was over the summer or whenever. Scuba, you have, like, zero athletic ability according to those videos. Like, you could barely even dribble the ball. Just give up the thought that you could have made it to the NBA because it's like, zero possible chance. It's zero. Your response.

[Scuba Steve]

First response is going back to. We talked about last week. My athletic ability and my health. Fitness is not the same as what it was 15, 20 years ago. The second thing, I believe our team won, and I scored a couple baskets, so I'm not that bad.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I would counterpoint, say, athletic ability really doesn't change. Like, your Fitness can change. Your body can change. But you, for example, like Kevin James from King of Queens. Like, you look at him and you're like, it's bigger, dude. But then you watch him at some of those episodes when he's like, there's a. There's an episode where he's like acting like a stripper. They get a stripper pole and he's like climbing. He's hanging. He's a big dude for sure. His body's changed from when he was young athlete. Because his body's changed doesn't mean maybe he can't do it for as long. Bad dude's an athlete. I think his point was your body doesn't move. And also, I will compliment Scuba because Scuba's the one that puts the voicemails up for me. And he put that one up even though he knew that was about him.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, that's a big deal.

[Bobby Bones]

Take him on for the team.

[Morgan]

Good job, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

That's good. That's good guy. Scuba Steve, however, Liar. Scuba Steve is the one acting like he could have played in the NBA.

[Unknown Female Caller]

But a liar at Scuba doesn't do that anymore. So don't let him take credit. Abby does those now.

[Scuba Steve]

I passed them on to her.

[Unknown Female Caller]

But he was going to sit there and take credit for it.

[Scuba Steve]

Well, I didn't get a chance to speak. He was still talking. I'm going to interrupt him like you do.

[Morgan]

That makes more sense.

[Bobby Bones]

So I didn't know about Kevin James. Just an example I use because Kevin James, big dude. Kevin James was an athlete, played football. University of Nebraska. Was also a high school wrestling and football player. Pursued martial arts. The same Kevin James?

[Morgan]

Same one, yeah. Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

So. But he's not someone you would just see and go athlete. But when people start to move, you can tell regardless of what their body is. Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

But football, if he's playing what was a defense, he's got to be big and fat to be able to stop.

[Bobby Bones]

The people from coming. That's not true. That's just not true. A lot of those guys I see.

[Scuba Steve]

Coming against the line, they're just these big old beer belly gut guys.

[Unknown Female Caller]

They can move faster than you can move. Are so quick.

[Scuba Steve]

Titans game this past week, they're moving pretty slow.

[Unknown Female Caller]

Oh my gosh.

[Morgan]

That's different.

[Bobby Bones]

It's only different because they're moving slow. What you think compared to the other players, right. Who are moving much faster. I would bet you every single offensive and defensive lineman on the Titans could outrun you right now. Really? Every single one or me right now?

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But if they're 150 pounds heavier than you are.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay, then if we could set it up, I'll race one of them.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you think they want to come and race?

[Unknown Female Caller]

I got a question.

[Scuba Steve]

Give me the biggest fattest one in the line. I'll race him.

[Unknown Female Caller]

What about a retired one? Would you do a retired one?

[Bobby Bones]

Mike, will you look up?

[Unknown Female Caller]

I got one I can call right now. He'll come up and he'll smoke you.

[Scuba Steve]

He's a big fat tall guy.

[Unknown Female Caller]

300 pound behemoth.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Hannah O Dubs]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Even better than that because I don't anybody getting hurt because somebody coming up here and racing, pulling a hamstring, that's liability for us. We can look up the 40 times of like the the biggest fattest person on the titans what their 40 time was.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And have you run versus it.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay. So yeah. Beat a time that exists.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. And I'm sure the biggest one's like five, six or something. You know, something like that. But we'll find that and you run versus that and we'll see. Okay.

[Hannah O Dubs]

All right.

[Bobby Bones]

And that's just the slowest. Okay. So. All right. I think we're done. I didn't know Scuba didn't do voicemails anymore. I was like, oh, good for Scuba. Scuba always puts the show first. Like it doesn't matter if it's against him. Pro him he was still credit too.

[Scuba Steve]

No, no, I would just let him go. Whole thing. Yeah, I gave Nabi a few months ago.

[Bobby Bones]

He was letting me go through the whole thing, the whole complimentary thing.

[Scuba Steve]

I could have rejected him like hey, take that off the sheet.

[Bobby Bones]

But I did. Did you see it beforehand?

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, I see these every day.

[Bobby Bones]

Then you still get partial credit.

[Scuba Steve]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

I appreciate it. All right, we're done. Thank you guys for being here. We will see you guys tomorrow. We'll find out what the time is all that'll be. We'll get all that done. Okay. All right. Thank you everybody. And until then, goodbye everybody. This episode of the Bobby Bone show is brought to you by Chase Sapphire Reserve. Traveling is one of life's greatest joys. Honestly, can anything be more exhilarating? Yeah, it can. With Chase Sapphire Reserve, it's your getaway to the world's most captivating destinations. First, you'll earn eight times points on all purchases through Chase Travel. And the card gets you into the Sapphire Lounge by the club at select airports nationwide. And access to one of a kind experiences whether you are booking a once in a lifetime trip or your next weekend escape. Discover more with Chase sapphire [e-mail] Sapphire Reserve cards issued by JP Morgan Chase Bank NA member FDIC subject to credit approval terms apply. Let massage envy help you slay your holiday gift list this season now through December 31, 2025. Get a free 20 promo card when you buy 100 in gift cards in location. Terms apply. See Franchise Location for the tales. Make sure your holiday to do list includes some me time so you can unwind with a therapeutic massage, stretch session or professional skin care service like a refreshing facial focused on a specific skin concern. Book yours [e-mail] this is an ad by BetterHelp. We've all had that epic rideshare experience halfway through your best friends, and they know your aspirations to go find yourself in Portugal. It's human. We're all looking for someone to listen, but not everyone is equipped to help with over a decade of experience, BetterHelp matches you with the right therapist. See why they have a 4.9 rating out of 1.7 million client session reviews? Visit betterhelp.com for 10% off your first month.

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