SORE LOSERS: Why Does Scuba Steve Hate America?

Summary

Podcast Summary: SORE LOSERS – “Why Does Scuba Steve Hate America?”

Podcast: The Bobby Bones Show – Sore Losers
Date: March 20, 2026
Hosts: Lunchbox & Susan
Producer Mentioned: Scuba Steve
Theme: Sports, Life Scheduling Fails, March Madness, and the Ultimate American Dilemma

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Episode Overview

This episode delivers the familiar blend of humor, real-life anecdotes, and a heavy dose of sports talk as Lunchbox and Susan navigate the chaos of their personal schedules, reminisce about recent misadventures, and, most importantly, recount the annual drama of March Madness. With tongue-in-cheek outrage, the hosts question Scuba Steve's patriotism for scheduling his son's birthday during the holy days of college basketball. The episode is an ode to the joys (and pains) of filling out brackets, the chaos of adult responsibilities, and the silliness of trying to keep tradition alive amidst real life.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. Adult Chaos: Losing Track of Life and Appointments

• Physical Therapy Fails: Lunchbox opens with his inability to remember his physical therapy appointment, musing on feeling like "a child." (02:44)
• Work & Life Scheduling: The crew mocks their overloaded lives, busy calendars, and the futility of trying to schedule anything months ahead.
  • Notable Quote:
    Lunchbox (14:44): “I’m 44 and I don’t know what time my appointment is today. If you could give me a call back.... They don’t want to babysit you and call you and tell you what time your damn appointment is.”
  • Susan (15:31): “Without keeping a calendar, it is nearly impossible for me to know about an appointment in August. So I’m sorry.”
• Kids’ Sports Scheduling Nightmare: Lunchbox reveals the complexity of juggling three kids’ baseball teams and practices scheduled when no working parent could possibly make it.
  Lunchbox (06:54): “Three different kids on three different baseball teams.... The oldest kid has practice on Tuesdays at 4pm. Which makes no sense because most adults have jobs.”

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2. Recent Cruise & Outings: Unfiltered Tales

• PBR Atlanta & Bartender Selection:
  • The group marvels at the hiring practices of the PBR bar in Atlanta:
    Lunchbox (08:15): “Bravo to whoever hires for PBR in Atlanta. They have a type, and they nail it.”
• Cruise Antics & Assless Chaps:
  • Hilarious confusion about who saw who in assless chaps, dancing, and mechanical bull challenges.
    Susan (09:41): “Apparently they went and shook it during Lee Bryce.”
• Obstacle Course Fiasco:
  • The absurdity of being asked to create an obstacle course for a thousand drunk cruisers with zero supplies.
    Susan (36:05): “Can you come up with an obstacle course for a thousand drunk top shelf cruise people without any supplies in the next two hours?”
  • Memorable moment: Drunk volunteers and failed attempts at organizing cruise events.

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3. Sports Spotlight: World Baseball Classic and March Madness

• USA’s World Baseball Classic Loss
  • Deep disappointment as Team USA falls to Venezuela amid much anticipation. Lunchbox (27:16): “[USA] couldn’t hit Eduardo Rodriguez, who hadn’t been good in about 15 freaking years.” Susan (30:17): “Why would you bet Venezuela against USA? Why would you cheer against America?”
• Pitch and Replay Rule Changes
  • Concerns voiced regarding upcoming baseball instant replay and challenge rules leading to frustrating delays. Lunchbox (31:49): “Do I need them raising their hand every at bat, challenging balls and strikes? No... It just makes the game so annoying.”
• Reflections on World Baseball Classic’s Significance
  • Acknowledgment that the Classic has evolved, with real stakes for the players and fans now.
    Lunchbox (33:57): “Well done. Because I used to not give two craps about the World Baseball Classic, but now the stars play. Everybody seems to really care.”
  • Neighborhood disputes over who to root for—especially when favorite players play for other countries. Susan (34:41): “Callaway, you’re the guy we want to root for, man.”

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4. March Madness: The True National Holiday

• Outrage Over Scuba Steve’s Birthday Scheduling
  • Key Segment: 45:25–49:23
  • Criticism (in jest) of Scuba Steve for scheduling his son’s birthday on the Friday night of March Madness opening round.
    Lunchbox (45:23): “We work with a guy that... has no idea what’s going on in this world. Scuba Steve... decided to throw a birthday party on Friday night.”
  • Baby Box’s betrayal: when given the choice between March Madness and the birthday party, Baby Box chooses the party. Lunchbox (47:29): “Baby Box... looked at me and goes, ‘Dad, I can’t wait to go to the birthday party.’”
• The Sacred Ritual
  • The hosts detail the sacredness of March Madness’s first weekend—ordering food, not showering, never leaving the house. Susan (49:23): “You look like hell warmed over for about three of the days... your premier food is by us, stuff like that. And gold belly for the rich folk, Blake Shelton bones.”
• Bracket Philosophy and Joy
  • One bracket only! Experience the pain and joy authentically—don’t dilute the thrill with multiple entries. Lunchbox (52:17): “Believe in your picks. Believe in yourself... Because if you have multiple brackets... whoever loses, you’re like, that’s all right, I got them in a different bracket. You need to feel the joy of a win and the pain of a loss.”
  • Statistical “analysis” offered for picks: Arizona and Duke as top choices (statistically, at least according to Susan).
    Susan (52:00): “Statistically speaking, Arizona and Duke are the statistical leaders... It’s going to be Arizona or Duke.”

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5. Bracket Drama: Families, Technology, Old School Methods

• Filling Out Brackets with Family
  • Stories about helping relatives (with no computer access) fill out paper brackets and enter them online.
    Lunchbox (59:37): “We’ll help you fill out a paper bracket and then we’ll enter it in on the computer... Oh, kid, would you really do that? Kid?”
• Bracket Business Logistics & Sore Losers Nation
  • Frustrations running big bracket pools, Venmo confusion, and business headaches. Lunchbox (65:30): “I ran a bracket for the sore losers nation... I don’t have enough time. It’s exhausting.” Susan (66:24): “People’s usernames is different than their Instagram names... Their address is different name on. Their address is different from their name on Etsy... None of it matches up.”
• Women’s Bracket
  • Shoutout to women’s bracket pools and the persistent question of “who will win?”
    Lunchbox (61:43): “There are only two teams—it’s Arizona, Michigan... Arizona is cutting down the nets... Tommy Lloyd is bringing a championship to Arizona.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On scheduling and calendars:
  “Without keeping a calendar, it is nearly impossible for me to know about an appointment in August.” – Susan (15:31)

• On March Madness rituals:
  “This is the time to get a 30 rack. Now that I’m adult, try to polish that puppy off in four days... You watch from one game on Thursday to a game on Sunday, unabridged. That is all that’s on the TVs. And I got seven of them.” – Susan (49:23)

• On Bracket Belief:
  “Believe in your picks. Believe in yourself... That is what March Madness is all about. To see your picks advance, to see your picks get knocked off, and the devastation that you have to wait 365 more days to fill out another bracket.” – Lunchbox (52:17)

• On Scuba Steve’s “unpatriotic” move:
  “I wouldn’t go to my own kid’s 8th birthday during March Madness.” – Susan (46:26)

• On trying to track down Venmo payments for pools/business:
  “Did we send this person a shirt? They all are different names. The Venmo, the Etsy, the address, the Instagram name, none of it matches.” – Susan (66:24)

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Important Timestamps

• Life chaos, schedules and physical therapy drama: 02:44–07:46
• PBR Atlanta, cruise stories, assless chaps: 07:51–10:35
• Obstacle course fiasco & cruise event planning: 36:05–37:33
• World Baseball Classic heartbreak: 26:45–34:41
• March Madness as a sacred holiday, Scuba Steve controversy: 45:23–49:23
• Bracket philosophy and statistical predictions: 52:00–53:51
• Family bracket dramas and filling out picks for others: 58:10–61:43
• The pain of big group pools, payment/user chaos: 65:15–67:50

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Conclusion

Amidst the laughs and chaos, this Sore Losers episode is a hilarious, relatable ride through the manic month of March for sports fans. Lunchbox and Susan offer up their traditions, grievances, and battles with modern adulthood—with the annual bracket the only constant in a swirling storm of work, kids, and forgotten appointments. Scuba Steve may bait them into jokingly questioning his “Americanness,” but the real love here is for the tournaments, the traditions, and the community around them.

This episode is for anyone who’s ever tried to hold on to tradition while juggling the real-world circus, and for every sports fan who believes the bracket is king.

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[Susan]

Continue your rant.

[Lunchbox]

I don't have time. I just. I'm like, I might be a child, dude, because today I have a physical therapy appointment, right? Let me tell you what time my physical therapy appointment is. I don't know. I just know that when I went to physical therapy last week, we scheduled me for Thursday or Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and I believe my Thursday is 5pm Wednesday. I have no idea. I'm like a child.

[Susan]

Not a child. That's. You and me are both on the same boat with this. If you don't know your weekly schedule, you're too busy. You need to slow down. So me, what do I know? I mean, besides the Bobby. All you people that say we don't.

[Lunchbox]

You guys don't have a schedule.

[Susan]

Bobby Bone show put some dumb schedule in our calendar.

[Lunchbox]

Yes.

[Susan]

And out of principle, I refuse to have my own then sub calendar, so I have to look through two calendars. But sure, we have a Bobby Bone show calendar that is just inserted in my phone without my permission. So I will say this. I know my week. I know that baser is celebrating eight years cancer free.

[Lunchbox]

What?

[Susan]

Tomorrow. Oh, hey, what's the sarcastic clap?

[Lunchbox]

But sure, that is not a sarcastic clap. That is.

[Susan]

It's like a slow clap when you tell a dumb story.

[Lunchbox]

I'm saying we needed that. We needed some cheer because there's not enough people in here to cheer for her. Sore losers nation will cheer for her when they hear this. But we only have two people and so our claps would sound really dumb. That's amazing.

[Susan]

So there's that. Then there's also kind of thinking about flying Justin in for that. Wow, only 250 bucks.

[Lunchbox]

That's pretty good.

[Susan]

But also now, with Bays in her new position, she works right up until 4pm on Fridays. So would it really be worth it?

[Lunchbox]

What new position you guys doing?

[Susan]

Same job.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, you're talking job.

[Susan]

Sorry, same job, different pay. But bro, she starts at 6am and goes till 4 on the dot. Used to be able to sneak out at about, I don't know, 1:30. Oh, yeah. Not a minute before I'm like, oh my gosh, this is reminding me of school. I mean, not until the bell can she get up from that computer. She doesn't take break the lunch breaks,

[Lunchbox]

so she works 10 hours a day.

[Susan]

It's a lot.

[Lunchbox]

That's too much.

[Susan]

Yeah. And then she brings it on me a little bit. I'm sorry. I can't. I can't. Okay, okay. What about dinner? Yeah, I can. At 401. Okay. Okay. 401. Dinner. And then when she goes to dinner, she hasn't eaten all day because she doesn't take a lunch break.

[Lunchbox]

Well, so the cow for your health.

[Susan]

So there's that March Madness. This is from the dome, guys. And then was there that Bazer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The Dodds are. Then we're going to do something with the Dodds. End of April, there was going to be another buddy's birthday tomorrow night, but he canceled because not enough people can go. Buddy. Grayson. He was.

[Lunchbox]

He was gonna know. Grayson.

[Susan]

He was going through. We went to Gatlinburg a couple years ago. He's going through sobriety. And we kept making jokes like, all right, we're on 40. We're about to take a right for Grayson onto New Beginnings Drive.

[Lunchbox]

I like it.

[Susan]

We kept joking like, we're taking him to rehab.

[Lunchbox]

And he didn't like it.

[Susan]

He was dying, laughing.

[Lunchbox]

Okay.

[Susan]

He thought it was hilarious.

[Lunchbox]

But then he canceled his birthday party.

[Susan]

But then he canceled it. Not enough people. I believe he's back on the bottle. Oh, but. So we're going to do that a different time. My point being, I remember my schedule. If you're too busy, you're not going to remember it. I know now, okay, that's a. A good amount of stuff I have in my life.

[Lunchbox]

No, I usually. I am. This is where I'm disappointed myself. A. I missed the bracket reveal on Sunday, and now I don't remember what time an appointment is. I remember everything. I write everything down. Here's the problem is, I made my five o' clock for Thursday, and my wife now informed me that she has a PTO or PTA meeting at 5 o' clock on Thursday. So my obsession became, oh, my gosh, I gotta cancel my Thursday at 5 o'.

[Susan]

Clock.

[Lunchbox]

And I woke up this morning and I realized, oh, wait, I have an appointment Wednesday. But I've been thinking about the 5 o' clock so much that I don't remember. It's probably. It's either 3 o' clock is what my guess is, is that I'm. I have an appointment at 3 is usually when it is. But I can't tell you 100% certain. And that's. That's disappointing because I remember everything and. But I need to start, like, because we have baseball now, so we have three different kids on three different baseball teams. So we have practice. The oldest kid has practice on Tuesdays at 4pm Noted. Which makes no sense because most adults that have normal jobs are not off to take their kid to practice at 4pm on a Tuesday.

[Susan]

What about happy hour in Atlanta from 3 to 5? Is that a good time frame?

[Lunchbox]

Probably not, right?

[Susan]

Inside joke.

[Lunchbox]

Because no one would show up and no one will be there because they're still at work. So you're just going to be in there with the bartenders and the hot. And I mean hot bartenders in their assless chaps.

[Susan]

I heard that.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, my God. They knew. Whoever hires for PBR in Atlanta, bravo, bravo. They have a type and they nail it.

[Susan]

Word travels fast.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know what the criteria is when they hire people, but they do a great job. And I don't know where they recruit from if they look on Instagram, but there wasn't a bad looking chick in that place.

[Susan]

What about dudes?

[Lunchbox]

Were there any dudes working? I don't think there was a single dude. Bartender.

[Susan]

I usually don't remember them. Can I please piggyback off the assless chaps? Yeah, Bimini. I was rushing because it was when they're hustling me out. Can't watch. Lee Bryce, give your wife a quesadilla. Give Morgan a quesadilla, all right? She's vegan. You won't eat. I'll steal you a water. I'll get you some scraps. When I'm leaving in that whole rush and that commotion, the girls turn changed into assless chaps. Do you not remember that?

[Lunchbox]

I didn't see any girls in assless chaps.

[Susan]

The dancers from the boat went onto the island and during the Lee Bryce thing, they danced. I guess because I. Yes, because you were announcing. Cornhole. You're over there with the megaphone. This is the final game.

[Lunchbox]

All right, dude?

[Susan]

Loud enough. Try not talk directly into it. Right in somebody's ear. Appreciate it, guys. This is the final game. I go up there, hustle, baser. Quesadilla. Hey, let's get you going where you're going. Oh, we're going to a golf cart. Whoa. Assless chaps. They were gonna. Apparently they went and shook it during Lee Bryce.

[Lunchbox]

Man, I didn't even see them. I guess I was just in the people with the pool after not getting to announce Lee Bryce. I was just in the pool with the people and I just saw Lee Bryce. And then I was talking to people and I didn't even notice the assless chaps girls.

[Susan]

I almost didn't either. It was like Bazer Quesadilla. Oh, crowd. Oh, drunk guy. Oh, alligator. Oh, there's a bowl sitting there in the middle of the pool. Assless chaps. Lee Bryce chaps. Okay, Gotta go. I mean, it was one of those. Man, it all happened so fast. There was a thousand people shoved into that pool.

[Lunchbox]

That was very interesting because I. I have to say, the people at pbr, then the girls in the assless chaps would get on the mechanical bowl. Dude, I've never seen people do such amazing tricks on that bowl. They sit there and practice all day, but they were doing flips and rolls and hanging upside down off the bowl.

[Susan]

Well, we have a PBR here.

[Lunchbox]

We do.

[Susan]

Right next to category 10.

[Lunchbox]

Really?

[Susan]

Maybe for the convention. I'm t. Would truckers not love that? I'm bringing that to the meeting on Friday.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, man, I did not know that. Yeah, we have a meeting on Friday, guys. I told you tickets would be on sale July 1st. And we are now in the end of March, and nothing has. Nothing has changed. We have not discussed it one time. We have not done anything in the planning committee. But July 1st. Cause I never go back on my word. But yeah, if you're ever in Atlanta and you want to see some very nice sites, if you want to see what Atlanta has to offer. PBR in the battery. Bravo. Bravo. Bravo.

[Susan]

Boomers flying out of there in a couple weeks.

[Lunchbox]

I'll tell.

[Susan]

Yeah, I'll tell him. Go in the night before. Tell Mimi and Papa your flight might get moved up early.

[Lunchbox]

What's he going to Atlanta for?

[Susan]

Or bouncing around? He's going to be in Gatlinburg with my parents for a week, and then he's coming to Nashville for three days, and then I'm dropping him out of school spring break.

[Lunchbox]

But if he's in Gatlinburg for a week and then here for three days, that is not spring break.

[Susan]

Well, spring break, right. He's there from Friday until Friday and then he comes to Nashville until Monday. Maybe misses one day.

[Lunchbox]

Okay.

[Susan]

And I'm dropping him off at the airport, but I told him I got to be to work at midnight, so I'm taking him to the airport at 12:30am no, you're not. Yeah, I am.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Susan]

I'm going to bring him to work, but then I'll drop him off at 5 or before the show.

[Lunchbox]

What. What time is this flight?

[Susan]

Probably noon. I don't know. Kids. Sit at the airport.

[Lunchbox]

Sit here.

[Susan]

That'll go over.

[Lunchbox]

Well, he can Be on the podcast.

[Susan]

I gotta see when his flight is. Yeah, we start. That's a precedent. We start randomly bringing kids and cousins and nephews.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, he's, he's like 18. He's like a grown up, right?

[Susan]

But remember when Amy brought her niece and she just like kind of sat in the corner, didn't really know where to put her hands?

[Lunchbox]

I don't really understand that.

[Susan]

She's interning. What?

[Lunchbox]

Feeling yourself is bringing an intern to what?

[Susan]

But, but you, like, can't boss her. It's like it's not a real internship. Okay, go get me a paper.

[Lunchbox]

No, I'm not going to get you a paper. I'm here just so I get college credit. And why you're living with your aunt.

[Susan]

I'm going to just sit here and only do stuff for Amy.

[Lunchbox]

Wait, so you're in college and you decided to spend your summer with your aunt who's divorced and has two kids? What kind of college life is that?

[Susan]

But what did she learn sitting in the producer studio for a week?

[Lunchbox]

Nothing.

[Susan]

Because we weren't training her because she's not a new employee. So they instructed us not to tell her anything. It's like, I'm not gonna teach her the board in five days.

[Lunchbox]

That was weird. So when she went back to class, right. She goes back to her college professor and she's like, so what did you. What was yours? Oh, I went and interned at a radio station.

[Susan]

Wow.

[Lunchbox]

What did you do?

[Susan]

Sat on a stool for five days.

[Lunchbox]

Wait, so you went there in the whole summer, all you did was sit on the stool for one week? All right, that's good college credit.

[Susan]

Sometimes my aunt would come and throw her phone at me and tell me to talk to somebody. But then other than that, I really didn't do much. There was a guy in front of me. I think his name was Sizz. He didn't even turn around and talk to me because he was so busy, but I sat a foot from him. So for five straight days, I didn't even talk to him. But he was just sitting right there because he talks to other people and has headphones on. But I learned a lot.

[Lunchbox]

It was really worth my summer. My. The summer dream. My junior and senior year. I'm really glad I took advantage of the college lifestyle. Very strange, man. The world is strange. But yeah, so I did call the physical therapy place on the way to work and let the voicemail said, hey, man, I'm 44 and I don't know what time my appointment is day. If you could give me a call back. You know what they don't want to do is they don't want to babysit you and call you and tell you what time your damn appointment is.

[Susan]

Way to bring it back around.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, that's. That's embarrassing.

[Susan]

And I have a follow up.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Susan]

When a dentist or. My wife's got me going to the dermatologist now. Hey, I went, whenever you want to blow $200, just go to the dermatologist. Actually, I think they covered it. Thank you. I heart. But the dentist thing, when they say, okay, let's go ahead and schedule your next appointment six months out. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't keep a calendar. I love that you guys are trying to do that. I'll call you. I. Without keeping a calendar, it is nearly impossible for me to know about an appointment in August. So I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I get you deal with Garth Brooks and other people like that who have crazy calendars. I don't keep a calendar. So thank you.

[Lunchbox]

Well, props on you, because in six months, I would never call them.

[Susan]

No, when they hit. When I tell them that I'm like, I literally don't keep a calendar, so please don't schedule it. They look at me like I'm like homeless.

[Lunchbox]

You know what I like about them is they write it on a little card.

[Susan]

Right. But that's pointless because I don't keep account.

[Lunchbox]

I just stick it in my wallet, and then every once in a while, I'll just say, oh, there's a card. Okay. I got an appointment coming up in a month. Sort of like my dermatologist. When I went, was it a week and a half ago? A week ago. I made my appointment for next year.

[Susan]

Props.

[Lunchbox]

It is on Monday. Let me tell you the date. I will tell you the date. Let me look at the calendar. I don't have. I don't have it written in here. I'll just. I know it's in. It's a Monday, so I just got to look at which Monday it is. Monday, March 15th.

[Susan]

I'm most likely to have skin cancer. Then I'll be back.

[Lunchbox]

No, Monday, March 15th.

[Susan]

It's probably the cruise. Good job.

[Lunchbox]

No, the cruise is the first week of March.

[Susan]

Okay, so that makes sense. That's why I tested.

[Lunchbox]

Because maybe the cruise is after being

[Susan]

a lobster on Bimini. This is when I'm most likely to have skin cancer. I'll come see y'. All.

[Lunchbox]

I knew they tried to schedule me that Monday of The cruise. And I said, oh, sorry, I'll be on a cruise. And that's just from memory. Yes. I said, so I need to move it a week, but that's pretty good. And so I know it's Monday, March 15th, 2:30. See you there.

[Susan]

Yeah. The thing with Dodd, they scheduled an April 20th, us all hang out. I'm like, I'll do it for you, Dodd. But I don't keep a calendar. So for me to remember something a month ahead, I really have to program it in there. You know, I'm good at a week. Same day, easy. Bazer tells me something that weekend. Simple. But to program something a month out without having a calendar is tricky. But I'll do it for the Dodds. I love them.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, we made an appointment to go to see. Who are we going to see? Shane Gillis. He's going to be at the Bridgestone.

[Susan]

It's coming up.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. April 16th.

[Susan]

Maybe Ray's funny.

[Lunchbox]

Maybe it's 17th. I don't know. But I'm going. Another couple in the neighborhood, they were talking about it and we're like, oh, we should all go together. So we put that in writing a couple months ago and we bought the tickets. So I know I'm going to that. But guess what? Is it in my calendar? No, it's in my head.

[Susan]

Right?

[Lunchbox]

So today I let myself down. I let myself down. But you know what's not going to be a letdown? This freaking pod. Let's get it started.

[Susan]

Then. Now is our time to shine, because Pat McAfee has been dipping, bro.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, no. I saw Pat McAfee. You know where he was?

[Susan]

WCW.

[Lunchbox]

The World Baseball Classic.

[Susan]

He was at the game.

[Lunchbox]

He was at the game in a tank.

[Susan]

Yeah, they've been, apparently. So. I was always wondering what their soft underbelly, their weakness, if you will. It's baseball. So he's not great at talking baseball. He sounds so funny. And then what's the other thing? Basketball. Yeah. March Madness. He was talking to Dicky. Coach K wasn't great. Talking basketball. So they are just a powerhouse football show. But this is where we come in. More sports, less lifestyle, less sex. Whoa.

[Lunchbox]

I hope not.

[Susan]

That this is where we overtake them.

[Lunchbox]

Did you see who Pat McAfee was sitting next to at the World Baseball Classic?

[Susan]

No. Dude, I would have only watched that game if I bet it. And I don't bet Earnest. Okay, so that. What? I thought that might have been a flashback. I saw it on Instagram. So, yeah, he went and saw Jelly Roll get inducted. He Comes to, flies his private jet every once a week to go the Opry.

[Lunchbox]

Who does? Ernest?

[Susan]

No, Pat McAfee. He went and saw Jelly Roll get inducted. Lainey Wilson sang that night. Ernest was there. He wrote a song with Ernest. Oh, he went and saw Ernest play. He's, like, good friends with Ernest.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I saw that. And I was like, man, I know that guy. And then it hit me. I was like, that's Earnest. Really? I just had to Google it. At first I thought it was Hardy. I didn't know which one was which. And then I realized, no, that's not Hardy. That's another one. And then I got it right. It's Earnest.

[Susan]

All right, let's start the show.

[Lunchbox]

Ernest Goes to the World Baseball Classic. Coming out soon.

[Susan]

Old reference. None of the newbies are going to get that. We're gonna do it live. We are the 1, 2, 3.

[Lunchbox]

So, loser. What up, everybody? I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports, so I'll give you the sports facts, my sports opinions, because I'm pretty much a sports genius.

[Susan]

Y', all, it is statistical season for Jennifer Brownlee.

[Lunchbox]

He's back.

[Susan]

She wants some stats. I'll give it to you. That's foreshadowing for later. What up, y'? All? It's Susan. I'm from the North. I'm an alpha male. I live on the north side of Nashville with Bays or my wife. 2.33 acres, two kids at Vanderbilt. They're defrosting Justin in Michigan. Maybe via flying to Nashville. Via. Don't know. That's kind of. I haven't even told him about it.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, that's pretty good. Make plans without him knowing.

[Susan]

I heard the pod. So when's my flight?

[Lunchbox]

He would have to be at the airport. If he's going to get on the airplane, he needs to know about it in advance.

[Susan]

I'll already tell you. He's going to turn me down because he's mad at us.

[Lunchbox]

He's mad at us.

[Susan]

He has to be.

[Lunchbox]

Why?

[Susan]

Our text to him? No, dude, we have been bashing his March Madness idea.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no. I never bashed the idea. I bashed the idea of him wanting to put it on Facebook, have people email me, and then me connect him with Justin. There's no need for a middleman. All he has to do is create a bracket on ESPN or Yahoo or wherever he wants, come up with the scoring system, post it and say, hey, it's 50. It's a hundred dollars. It's $10,000 to get in, whatever he wants. And whoever wants to get in says, okay. And he puts his Venmo on there and they Venmo him money. Then he sends them the password to get in. It's that easy. There's nothing dumb about it. It's just the way he was going about it was dumb. I wasn't going to be a middleman and check my email every day to see how many people want to get into the freaking bracket. That was it.

[Susan]

The business model was flawed.

[Lunchbox]

Correct.

[Susan]

Because you were an unpaid middleman. That was unnecessary.

[Lunchbox]

Right. And I don't have time to be the middleman right now. I am doing my research. It is March Madness. I mean, we are about 24 hours away. 24 hours away from the greatest couple of days in sports that happens every single year. And I can't freaking wait.

[Susan]

For me, it's always excitement, celebration, and sadness. The excitement March Madness. The celebration baser. Another year cancer free. The sadness when Pablo left this earth. Oh, we'll take a break, right?

[Lunchbox]

Well, yeah, we'll do a moment of silence right now.

[Bailee Taylor]

I'm Bailey Taylor, and this is It Girl. You may know me from my It Girl series I've done on the streets of New York over the years. Well, I've got good news. I am bringing those interviews and many more to this podcast. Yes, we will talk about the stage style and the success, but we are also talking about the pressure, the expectations, and the real work with the women shaping culture right now.

[Bailee Taylor (guest or co-host)]

As a woman in the industry, you're always underestimated. So you have to work extra hard and you have to push the narrative in a way that doesn't compromise who you are and your integrity. You know, I like to say I was kind of like a silent ninja.

[Bailee Taylor]

Each week, I have unfiltered conversations with female founders, creatives, and leaders to talk about ambition, visibility, and what it really takes to build something meaningful in the public eye. Because being a Nick Girl isn't about the spotlight. It's about owning it. I think the negatives need to be discussed and they need to be told to people who maybe don't do this every day just so they know what's really going on. I feel like pulling the curtain back is important. Listen to It Girl with Bailey Taylor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Carrie Champion]

It Girl, if you're trying to keep up with everything happening on and off the court, we've got you covered on the podcast. Flagrant and funny.

[Jemele Hill]

You look at the top four number one seeds. What do you think UCLA is going to do break down that for me, my friend?

[Carrie Champion]

Obviously UConn is the overwhelming favorite in this tournament, but I'll be honest, I think people are kind of sleeping on Texas.

[Jemele Hill]

Experts are suggesting that UCLA is the number one challenger to UConn and that right after that would be Texas. SEC is so is so deep and so thick in just about everything. It really is annoying. So it's UCLA, Texas, South Carolina, LSU, only ones that could possibly upset UConn.

[Carrie Champion]

On flagrant and Funny we're giving our unfiltered takes on the biggest moments, the conversations everyone's having.

[Jemele Hill]

So whether your bracket is busted or you just want the latest on the tournament, we got you Listen to Flagrant and Funny with Carrie Champion and Jemele Hill on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of

[Sophia (OK Storytime podcast)]

iHeart Women's Sports I became a millionaire overnight, but lost everything that actually mattered

Wait a minute, Sophia, did you just say he lost everything?

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Hold on, Sophia. So the girl he wants to marry is already sending money out the door,

and that's just the beginning. He makes a plan, sets up a trust, and find finally thinks he has everything under control.

Okay, so things work out then?

Let's just say the people he trusted the most are the ones who ended up shocking him the most.

So does the money end up being worth going through all that?

To find out, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lori Siegel]

I'm Lori Siegel, a longtime tech journalist, and consider my new podcast, Mostly Human, your bridge to the future.

[Lori Siegel (entrepreneur segment)]

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[Lori Siegel]

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[Lori Siegel (AI dating commentary)]

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[Lori Siegel]

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[Lori Siegel (AI model hallucination segment)]

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[Lori Siegel]

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[Lori Siegel]

Listen to Mostly human on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite show.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, let me tell you, I got into that World Baseball Classic and I'm like, oh, my gosh, we beat the Dominican Republic. We are going to win. We are so unstoppable.

[Susan]

Where are the hockey jerseys in.

[Lunchbox]

Where are the hockey jerseys in. Way to taint the hockey jerseys. Like those. Those were game worn hockey jerseys. They were, I think. I don't know, I may have made that up. You can't wear those in and lose to Venezuela. And I'm sorry. The star power of America. What a bunch of chumps. Good God. I'm all excited, ready to celebrate. And they couldn't hit Eduardo Rodriguez, who hadn't been good in about 15 freaking years. It was so. They were the little dribbler. Little dribbler. And I got to give it up. Venezuela. They obviously were pitching great. They obviously pitching great. Then Bryce Harper comes up and my cousin Andrew, he had texted me because he's about to have a baby. And he goes, we're watching the game and my wife think this game is going to send her into labor. She's so intense. And I said, excuse me. And he said, yeah, she's feeling stomach tightness, some cramping. Feels like probably a false alarm and pretty sporadic. Currently no patterns, but it's not nothing. And I said, maybe this baby can inspire some hits. Then the USA went three up, three down, and he was like, not so much. And then Bryce Harper hits the home run and it's like, oh, he's pointing to the American flag.

[Susan]

Whoa.

[Lunchbox]

Usa. Usa. And the kids are asleep, but I did a big old yes. And my wife jumped out of the couch. She was scared to death. And then the top of the night, they walk the guy. Even though, I don't know, it may have been a strike, may not. Then he may have been thrown out, still on second. And then Suarez, who either strikes out or hits a home run, somehow doubles like, what are we doing? He makes contact. I do. Never makes contact. Then we lose the game three to two.

[Susan]

Suarez, the Rankies. Yankees guy?

[Lunchbox]

No, that's Eugenio Suarez. He was on the Mariners at the end of last season.

[Susan]

Tigers now.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know where he's playing.

[Susan]

Well, you got to keep up with NFL too because you got guys switching teams.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, NFL. I'll figure that out when fantasy draft comes up.

[Susan]

Freaking Broncos got waddle.

[Lunchbox]

They got waddle. They paid a lot for him.

[Susan]

Boomer is stoked.

[Lunchbox]

See a Bronco fan.

[Susan]

Yeah. And Bo Nicks, he'll be back, right? That was just a little foot fetish he had or whatever.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, he had a foot fetish that kept him out. I mean he, he's good to go. I think he's back playing now.

[Susan]

And Titans making moves.

[Lunchbox]

Titans made moves.

[Susan]

Well, they're also going to get, you know, they're going to get Jeremiah Love.

[Lunchbox]

No, they're not.

[Susan]

Yeah, they are.

[Lunchbox]

You think so?

[Susan]

Yeah. So they're going to, they're going to have a great quarterback. A new color, blue. But don't they already have Pollard and Jeremiah Love? Cool. Two headed monster.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, but I mean, I don't want to talk football right now. I want to talk World Baseball Classic. It was so fun to watch though.

[Susan]

I didn't watch it, man. I went to bed

[Lunchbox]

and then when they lose I was just like, well this sucks. Like no one cares.

[Susan]

Did you have any skin on it?

[Lunchbox]

No, I had USA pride.

[Susan]

Well, that's why I'm glad and not glad that I don't bet anymore. I would have definitely bet Venezuela. I looked at it this morning.

[Lunchbox]

Why would you bet Venezuela against usa? Why would you cheer against America?

[Susan]

It was so cold. They lost to Italy. Their dumbass manager like at one point said, oh yeah, we're good. We should be good in this pool. Well then they found out that they had to win by a certain run total and they almost didn't even make it. I mean it's been a disaster, bro. I would have put whole pile of chips on Venezuela +220.

[Lunchbox]

He literally said, hey man, I'm going to play some other players since we already advanced. Actually you lost to Italy. So you had an advance. You needed Mexico to beat Italy or Italy. I mean it was a random ass thing.

[Susan]

But didn't he say they're out drinking too? All the guys are having a good time drinking beers with the boys.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, yeah. Tough when you don't really know the rules of the tournament, man. But I will say I love the one game play like it's sort of like March Madness. It's one game. If you played a Series with the usa probably beat Venezuela. I don't even know if I say that right. Venezuela, that's a tough word and yes, but the one game playoff is a lot of fun.

[Susan]

Well, a lot of fun. Venezuela, South America.

[Lunchbox]

Think so.

[Susan]

Secondarily, the World Baseball Classic. Are they using abs? What is that the pitch thing where they say if it's a striker.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Lunchbox]

They have umpires.

[Susan]

Right. But they're not challenging it. No, because during Major League Baseball they're going to be able to challenge this year.

[Lunchbox]

It's going to get really annoying real

[Susan]

fast and if they get it right, they keep their challenges.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, it's going to get really annoying really fast.

[Susan]

Oh, me and Justin already called it. It's going to be a disaster.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, we're going to challenge like 700 pitches.

[Susan]

It's going to be so annoying.

[Lunchbox]

Like I understand, like, I get that these hitters are very like, they are really good at telling the strike zone. They can really tell by a millimeter when it's off most of the time. But do I need them raising their hand every at bat, challenging balls and strikes? No, it sucks that umpires miss calls, but that is the nature of the game. All these replays are getting so they take so long. It just makes the game so annoying.

[Susan]

Basketball, in basketball. Are we even getting a good view of it? Whose finger it hit before it went out of bounce? Well, Brazil here. You can see his hand goes over top and then it does graze the other players hands. But did Brazil have the final fingertip? Guys, the Cameras are like 2D. Can we at least get him into 4K?

[Lunchbox]

It is like we are going into millimeters. Like if you see his hand push, okay, just call it off him. You know what I mean? I understand the nick of his finger, but you can't. Oh, it's. I don't know. I. Drives me nuts in basketball. And if it's not clear and obvious, let's move on. Sometimes they sit there and review crap for three minutes and it's like, guys, it's supposed to be clear and obvious. If you don't see it in the first two takes, move on.

[Susan]

Well, I told you, I work facilities. I mean they're not great with. I remember Adam Alonzo. Dude was amazing. Broken English. Absolute pimp. But they designed the system to where they're going to have the computer and they're going to be able to start reviewing stuff. Dude was Texas State ahead of their time. We used to review plays.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know.

[Susan]

So he had the mod you guys are advanced. But, bro, all we had done put up flags, put up chairs, put some cushions on chairs, couple folding chairs called a day. Then they had a Adam Alonzo. They're like, dude, you're in charge of the. The replay system. So he's clicking on the mouse trying to play it for the umps or the refs. It was so slow. We're like, guys, guys, let's just keep Adam doing facility. He was never wanted this job to be where he's going to be clicking. I mean, was so slow.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And maybe that's the problem. Maybe the Internet connection goes out. I don't know why, but it takes forever. It is so frustrating. But I mean, listen, World Baseball Classic. Well done. Because I used to not give two craps about the World Baseball Classic, but now the stars play. Everybody seems to really care. The USA looks devastated last night when they lost. They look sad, they looked miserable. And some people were saying, oh my gosh, if I win, it'll mean more than a World Series. I was like, now that may be a little crazy. Maybe that's a little crazy, but maybe it's gotten to that level. So entertaining.

[Susan]

Well, they're represent. It'd be like, you represent your family, man.

[Lunchbox]

But here's the problem. And then I saw on Facebook, Callaway was cheering for Venezuela. Like, what?

[Susan]

Callaway, you're the guy we want to root for, man.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, we're the one. We have your back. USA rally behind you.

[Susan]

I'm. That's it. I'm changing all. All of our socials back to sore losers.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, he's.

[Susan]

It's been Callaway's face for the last year.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. He said because Acuna is from Venezuela and that's his favorite player that he had to cheer for Venezuela.

[Susan]

Is he really?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Susan]

And also Dominican Republic, as great as they are at baseball and everything, I've been there partying on vacations. Never see kids playing baseball.

[Lunchbox]

Huh? Maybe you don't go to the small towns, man. Right.

[Susan]

Kind of like those daycares.

[Lunchbox]

They were saying that last night where Acuna is from. I think it was Acuna and some other guy named Garcia. They're from the same little village, about 10,000 people. There's no roads to get there. You got to take an all terrain vehicle or an off roading vehicle to get there. They produced like 20 major leaguers from that little village.

[Susan]

And that makes sense because we never left the resort.

[Lunchbox]

No wonder you didn't see baseball being played, dude. They didn't have it on the beaches

[Susan]

all the rich Americans weren't playing it

[Lunchbox]

all the drunk, retired Americans.

[Susan]

They were playing splash ball.

[Lunchbox]

Wow, that's crazy, man. They were playing drink the Corona.

[Susan]

They were playing dizzy bat, not baseball.

[Lunchbox]

Did you guys have an obstacle that you had to come up with?

[Susan]

Hey, guys, you got two hours. Can you come up with an obstacle course for a thousand drunk top shelf cruise people without any supplies in the next two hours?

[Lunchbox]

And we don't want.

[Susan]

Let me think about it. No.

[Lunchbox]

And we don't have. We don't want anybody to get hurt. And we've been planning this for a year, but we decided we would leave this to you guys as we're driving to the beach. Oh, man. Thanks, man.

[Susan]

And I go. I go. I was like. Then trying to help. I. You know, I always try to have a positive outset mindset. I go, well, I mean, there's that shovel there. They can spin around that.

[Lunchbox]

And either you said, no, no, no, no, no. The worker said, well, that shovel, sharp. Okay?

[Susan]

Like, they would cut their foot out. I'm like, I don't have any supplies. And he's like, towards the bottom of the shove, sharp. You would risk somebody cutting their foot. Well, then why are we putting this on? Where's some foam dongles or maybe a beach ball? Like, where is any of that stuff?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, guys get in the water and swim to Nassau and back, and winner gets. Gets a pri. I mean, what was the prize? Was there a prize even? Like, what are we doing?

[Susan]

I get on the megaphone. Hey, does any of you guys want to do this relay race? Two drunk chicks step forward.

[Lunchbox]

They did.

[Susan]

And then they're like, okay, we're canceling. Nobody else volunteered to play. Oh, really? We told you that 20 minutes ago.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, but we did. I mean, I'm gonna tell you what I think. I think Morgan. I think she was frustrated, too. I don't ever see Morgan get frustrated. Maybe I do every day. But that last day, I mean, she drank her frustration away. She got so hammered.

[Susan]

Oh, yeah.

[Lunchbox]

So hammered. Do you have the clip? I'd like to hear how hammered she was, because she was supposed to host the blackjack final with me. There was a tournament, and she came to the final, and she was so sauced that she couldn't even play her hands. Some Mario had to step in for her. And this is Morgan at the blackjack. That was bad audio vodka. And let me tell you, two hours later, maybe three hours, maybe four hours later, Morgan goes, hey, we got to do the. Did we ever get a blackjack winner? I'm like, what do you mean? She goes, I don't think I went to the blackjack tournament. She didn't even remember being there. She had no idea that we had did the blackjack final.

[Susan]

Man, I'm not gonna knock her. Because two days after we were in Key west on the golf cart, I said, hey, guys, did we ever turn in the golf cart? No recollection of it.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I asked. I said, hey, guys, did we ever go to Nassau? Really weird, man. Did Keith Urban ever play a show? Man, I don't remember. Yeah. Oh, no, I went to bed. That's right. No, I watched it.

[Susan]

Well, and then also, Amy was on her sober journey or something.

[Lunchbox]

She wasn't on a sober journey.

[Susan]

Well, it was, I believe, night one, and they're stressing her out. They go, okay, we need you raging idiots 30 minutes ahead of time. Will you be there? She's like, baser. What? What is that martini you're drinking? Leche martini. I'll take two. Because she was already getting hustled and rushed over nothing. Like, she hadn't even eaten her dinner or iceberg salad and piece of square of bread.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, and one. Like, one piece of kale. That's interesting. Yeah, but I mean, the fact that they wanted us there 30 minutes early to stand there. Like, why? All we're doing is introducing someone. It takes three minutes to get there, get on stage, say it, get off. We don't need to be the 30 minutes.

[Susan]

Well, I appreciated it one time because I got to meet Brittany Kellogg.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, that's cool.

[Susan]

And she goes, I have the same call times as you. So we sat there for 30 minutes. Her dude looked like Jay Cutler.

[Lunchbox]

I remember you talking to that guy.

[Susan]

Rapped out with him, too. For 30 minutes. Got to know him. They're great.

[Lunchbox]

Have you guys made plans in town?

[Susan]

No, but we started following her. Like, she does funny Instagrams where she rips on people that rip on her. So she'll be like, it's take out the Trash Tuesday. And it'll be like, some person that's not ugly or that's ugly and making fun of her. And she's like, look at you with your ugly face in your big old behind. Look at me because I'm hot. I'm hot. It's like, I'm just making up the song.

[Lunchbox]

Well, I think you guys should do a double date dinner.

[Susan]

But she was cool, and she's like, oh, I can't drink before I sing. She goes, but, well, don't give us a day off. I think when they went to. Was it Bahamas or mini? I think they got.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, that's good, man. Gotta let loose on the cruise every

[Susan]

once in a while. And then the dudes, they couldn't do shots before. It's the second they got off stage. Shot time. So I'm glad I was there. 30 minutes for that.

[Lunchbox]

You made a new friend.

[Susan]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

And we're gonna take a break. We'll be right back.

[Bailee Taylor]

I'm Bailee Taylor, and this is It Girl. You may know me from my It Girl series I've done on the streets of New York over the years. Well, I've got good news. I am bringing those interviews and many more to this podcast. Yes, we will talk about the style and the success, but we are also talking about the pressure, the expectations, and the real work with the women shaping culture right now.

[Bailee Taylor (guest or co-host)]

As a woman in the industry, you're always underestimated. So you have to work extra hard and you have to push the narrative in a way that doesn't compromise who you are and your integrity. You know, I like to say I was kind of like a silent ninja.

[Bailee Taylor]

Each week, I have unfiltered conversations with female founders, creatives, and leaders to talk about ambition, visibility, and what it really takes to build something meaningful in the public eye. Because being a knit girl isn't about the spotlight. It's about owning it. I think the negatives need to be discussed and they need to be told to people who maybe don't do this every day just so they know what's really going on. I feel like pulling the curtain back is important. Listen to It Girl with Bailee Taylor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Susan]

It Girl.

[Carrie Champion]

If you're trying to keep up with everything happening on and off the court, we've got you covered on the podcast. Flagrant and funny.

[Jemele Hill]

You look at the top four number one seeds, what do you think UCLA is gonna do? Break down that for me, my friend.

[Carrie Champion]

Obviously, UConn is the overwhelming favorite in this tournament, but I'll be honest, I think people are kind of sleeping on Texas.

[Jemele Hill]

Experts are suggesting that UCLA is the number one challenger to UConn, and that right after that would be Texas. SEC is so. Is so deep and so thick in just about everything. It really is annoying. So it's UCLA, Texas, South Carolina, LSU. Only ones that could possibly upset UConn

[Carrie Champion]

on flagrant and funny. We're giving our unfiltered takes on the biggest moments, the conversations everyone's having.

[Jemele Hill]

So whether your bracket is Busted. Or you just want the latest on the tournament we got you listen to Flagrant and Funny with Carrie Champion and Jemele Hill on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, presented by Capital One, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports.

[Lori Siegel]

I'm Lori Siegel, a longtime tech journalist, and consider my new podcast, Mostly Human, your brid to the future.

[Lori Siegel (entrepreneur segment)]

Anyone can now be an entrepreneur. Anyone can build an app, and it's very empowering.

[Lori Siegel]

Each week, I'll speak to the people building that future, and we're going to break down what all of this innovation actually means for you.

[Lori Siegel (AI dating commentary)]

What I come to realize is that when people think that they're dating this AI companion, they're actually dating the companies that create this.

[Lori Siegel]

We're experiencing one of the greatest tech accelerations in human history. And let's be honest, that can be messy.

[Lori Siegel (AI model hallucination segment)]

There's no playbook for what to do when an AI model hallucinates a story about you.

[Lori Siegel]

But it's my belief that we should all benefit from this moment. Mostly Human will show you how. My goal is to give you the playbook so you can benefit.

[Greg Gillespie]

The reason I say agency is because, like, if we can give power back to people, then I think that's probably the best thing we can do for your mental health.

[Lori Siegel]

Listen to Mostly human on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

[Sophia (OK Storytime podcast)]

I became a millionaire overnight, but lost everything that actually mattered.

Wait a minute, Sophia. Did you just say he lost everything?

That's right. It's inheriting too much Drama week on the OK Storytime Podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, I just inherited a fortune after losing my mom, and now my girlfriend's entire family is coming out of nowhere with their hands up. One sibling wants me to fund their whole lifestyle. Another vanished for four years and suddenly reappeared. And my girlfriend is already giving my money away.

Hold on, Sophia. So. So the girl he wants to marry is already sending money out the door.

And that's just the beginning. He makes a plan, sets up a trust, and finally thinks he has everything under control.

Okay, so things work out then?

Let's just say the people he trusted the most are the ones who ended up shocking him the most.

So does the money end up being worth going through all that?

To find out, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Susan]

Ray, was she the girl? Long legs, big old shelf.

[Lunchbox]

I don't I don't think I met her. Maybe. But I'm gonna tell you this.

[Susan]

She's from one of the Idols or Voice or something like that. She was big.

[Lunchbox]

I gotta say, man, tomorrow and Friday, I cannot wait to watch basketball. Basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball.

[Susan]

And that's why we're not doing the podcast.

[Lunchbox]

What?

[Susan]

Oh, I thought that's what you're gonna say.

[Lunchbox]

No, I think we'll still do the podcast on Friday because people are gonna want to hear our reaction to the games on Thursday. But here's the problem. We work with a guy that I'm starting to think that has no idea what's going on in this world. The other guy, no, his name is Scuba Steve. I don't think he understands what this Thursday and Friday means to America, to the, you know, guy that loves sports. The good old American. The good old guy that's filling out a bracket. Because I got a text from Scuba, says, yo. I'm like, yo. And then a link comes through, and I click on the link, women's bracket. And it is an invitation to his son's 8th birthday. Friday night at 6 o'. Clock.

[Susan]

Hard pass.

[Lunchbox]

Like. Like, what are we doing?

[Susan]

I wouldn't go to my own kid's 8th birthday during March Madness.

[Lunchbox]

I looked at it and I was like, okay, how are we going to handle this? How are we going to tell Scuba that this tournament, this thing called March Madness, is happening Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and it's going to be amazing? And the first two days are the best two days. Saturday and Sunday are good, but they're not as good as Thursday and Friday. And you schedule a birthday party on opening weekend at 6 o'. Clock. And I look at my son and I say, baby Box. So Scuba's kids having a birthday Friday at 6. And I tell them the place. I said, are you sure? Well, what do you want to do? I said, we got March Madness and we got the birthday party. And you know what? Baby Box said the madness. He looked at me and goes, dad, I can't wait to go to the birthday party.

[Susan]

What the. That ain't your kid.

[Lunchbox]

And I'm like, you have got to be kidding me.

[Susan]

Serious, Clark.

[Lunchbox]

Okay, the birthday party, six to eight. Cool. The rest of the weekend, I'll be able to watch basketball all day long.

[Susan]

Wrong.

[Lunchbox]

We have a T ball game, a coach pitch game, Another coach pitch game. All three kids have baseball games on Saturday. All right, that's cool. That's cool. Sunday, Sunday, we're going to watch all day. We're going to Watch all day, baby. Box two has baseball practice at 11. There is a birthday party. Uh, then there is T ball practice at 4, and there's also another birthday party. We have three birthday parties, three baseball games, two practices, all this weekend. So as much as I am over the moon excited for this, I would have loved Thursday and Friday to be uninterrupted bull crap. But Scuba Steve decides to throw a curveball and plan a birthday party on Friday night. And it wouldn't matter either way. Birthday party. You know, birthday party. You know why? Because got a text yesterday from family in the neighborhood. There's two other families we always get together with and have family gatherings and barbecues. And the one family's like, hey, you guys want to cook out on Saturday in our backyard or Friday in our backyard? And I'm like, do you guys not know what March Madness is like? I mean, we're already going to a birthday party, so it doesn't matter. But there's another set of people that don't give a crap about March Madness. Like, who am I hanging out with? Where has my life gone wrong?

[Susan]

Wild. Eight years ago, Baser beats cancer. Scuba gives birth to a kid. That is crazy. Same celebration and birth year. Also with the March Madness guys, it's the four days I get. There's another weekend. But this first weekend of four days, you don't shower. You're just ordering doordash. Back in the day, we didn't have that. It was pizzas. Now I get it. You got food doordash. You got Ubereats, you got Lyft Eats, you got your premier food is by us, stuff like that. And gold belly for the rich folk, Blake Shelton bones. So what I'm saying is, you don't leave your house. Baser understands this. You don't shower. You look like hell warmed over for about three of the days. Unfortunately, you're not going. You're not going to church. It's good. It has to get skipped. You can go online, but the. The cat's going to be meowing because its litter is getting a little too high. Maybe got out of water. But it is a time to get a 30 rack. Now that I'm adult, try to polish that puppy off in four days. Bazer gets not a box of wine. She gets one of those mini kegs of wine and puts it down. And you watch from one game on Thursday to a game on Sunday, unabridged. That is all that's on the TVs. And I got seven of them. They'll all be broadcasting every game. My third note, if I didn't have a second, who cares? My third note, guys, this is the time I suggest don't gamble, do a bracket. But what the gambling will do is it'll remove the joy of those upsets. You are going to have a kid like joy as an adult. As a 40 year old, if an upset happens, you're watching it, no money on it. You will scream like you've never squealed before, all because you didn't have money on it. The money robs you of that feeling. Gamble if you want. That's just my advice. My fourth thing, statistical citizen. I just did the research in about 10 seconds for Jennifer Brownlee. Typically, teams that are leading in categories, team categories, win the championship. Last year, Florida, Florida's not going to win it this year. It's happened once and that was like 20 years ago and maybe multiple times, but in our lifetime it's happened like once. Actually, it's happened a lot of times. But Florida, last time they did it was in our lifetime. Yeah, it's very difficult for them to do that again. It's not Florida. Statistically speaking, Arizona and Duke are the statistical leaders. You got point differential, you got defense, phenomenal teams. There's a lot of crappers up there. Like Miami of Ohio is a statistical leader.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, but they're in the playing game.

[Susan]

Yeah, they should be in a, they should be in, honestly, a Yugoslavian tournament. They probably shouldn't be in this one. So let me just say this. It's going to be Arizona or Duke, I don't know which one. One. Good luck. There is your statistical. Over to you, coach. Sorry to take so long. I'll hang up and listen.

[Lunchbox]

No, I mean, I really appreciate that. I appreciate the breakdown and the joy of the bracket and clicking on those things. And when you pick an upset and it does come to fruition, it's like you feel like you're the greatest person on the earth. But then it's really devastating when your, your team loses and you get, they get upset. You're picked to go far in the bracket and you just see ba, ba, ba, ba. The X marks the spot and you go one bracket. Don't be doing this variation crap. Believe in your picks. Believe in yourself. Believe in what you believe. Believe in that mouse when you click on it. Believe that is the way to go. Because here's the thing, if you have multiple brackets, no matter what, you're going to be cheering for every team. And so whoever loses, you're like, that's all Right. I got them in a different bracket. You need to feel the joy of a win and the pain of a loss. The pain of a loss. Yes, it sucks. Your bracket gets busted sometimes. But to know that you went all in, that you had guts, that is what March Madness is all about. To see your picks advance, to see your picks get knocked off, and the devastation that you have to wait 365 more days to fill out another bracket, to have another chance. That is what we do this for. So sit back, relax, and you ain't gonna relax. Cause you're gonna be screaming at the TV and enjoy the beauty that is March Madness.

[Susan]

One shiny moment, you reach for a beer.

[Lunchbox]

This, the ball is tipped. We can't play it, but we'll take a break and we'll be right back.

[Bailee Taylor]

I'm Bailee Taylor, and this is It Girl. You may know me from my It Girl series I've done on the streets of New York over the years. Well, I've got good news. I am bringing those interviews and many more to this podcast. Yes, we will talk about the style and the success, but we are also talking about the pressure, the expectations, and the a real work with the women shaping culture right now.

[Bailee Taylor (guest or co-host)]

As a woman in the industry, you're always underestimated. So you have to work extra hard and you have to push the narrative in a way that doesn't compromise who you are and your integrity. You know, I like to say I was kind of like a silent ninja.

[Bailee Taylor]

Each week, I have unfiltered conversations with female founders, creatives, and leaders to talk about ambition, visibility, and what it really takes to build something meaningful in the public eye. Because being an It Girl isn't about the spotlight. It's about owning it. I think the negatives need to be discussed and they need to be told to people who maybe don't do this every day just so they know what's really going on. I feel like pulling the curtain back is important. Listen to It Girl with Bailee Taylor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Susan]

It Girl.

[Carrie Champion]

If you're trying to keep up with everything happening on and off the court, we've got you covered on the podcast. Flagrant and funny.

[Jemele Hill]

You look at the top four number one seeds, what do you think UCLA is gonna do? Break down that for me, my friend.

[Carrie Champion]

Obviously, UConn is the overwhelming favorite in this tournament, but I'll be honest, I think people are kind of sleeping on Texas.

[Jemele Hill]

Experts are suggesting that UCLA is the number one challenger to UConn. And that right after that would be Texas. SEC is so, so deep and so thick in just about everything. I really. It's annoying. So it's UCLA, Texas, South Carolina, LSU, only ones that could possibly upset UConn.

[Carrie Champion]

On flagrant and Funny we're giving our unfiltered takes on the biggest moments, the conversations everyone's having.

[Jemele Hill]

So whether your bracket is busted or you just want the latest on the tournament, we got, you listen to Flagrant and Funny with Carrie Champion and Jemele Hill on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports.

[Lori Siegel]

I'm Lori Siegel, a longtime tech journalist, and consider my new podcast, Mostly Human, your bridge to the future.

[Lori Siegel (entrepreneur segment)]

Anyone can now be an entrepreneur. Anyone can build an app, and it's very empowering.

[Lori Siegel]

Each week I'll speak to the people building that future, and we're going to break down what all of this innovation actually means for you.

[Lori Siegel (AI dating commentary)]

What I come to realize is that when people think that they're dating this AI companion, they're actually dating the companies that create this.

[Lori Siegel]

We're experiencing one of the greatest tech accelerations in human history. And let's be honest, that can be messy.

[Lori Siegel (AI model hallucination segment)]

There's no playbook for what to do when an AI model hallucinates a story

[Lori Siegel]

about you, but it's my belief that we should all benefit from this moment. Mostly Human will show you how. My goal is to give you the playbook so you can benefit.

[Greg Gillespie]

The reason I say agency is because if we can give power back to people, then I think that's probably the best thing we can do for your mental health.

[Lori Siegel]

Listen to Mostly human on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

[Sophia (OK Storytime podcast)]

I became a millionaire overnight, but lost everything that actually mattered.

Wait a minute, Sophia. Did you just say he lost everything?

That's right. It's inheriting too much drama week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, I just inherited a fortune after losing my mom, and now my girlfriend's entire family is coming out of nowhere with their hands up. One sibling wants me to fund their whole lifestyle. Another vanished for four years and suddenly reappeared. And my girlfriend is already giving my money away.

Hold on, Sophia. So the girl he wants to marry is already sending money out the door.

And that's just the beginning. He makes a plan, sets up a trust, and finally thinks he has everything under control.

Okay, so things work out Then let's

just say the people he trusted the most are the ones that who ended up shocking him the most.

So does the money end up being worth going through all that?

To find out, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Susan]

Bazer goes, did you look at my bracket? Because I believe we're doing family. My parents are traveling the country. No way they're gonna be able to figure out brackets on their phones in a different location. So it's probably just me, Boomer, me, muff, bazer. $0 on it. But pride. I usually win. Bazer. Her bracket was sitting on the table.

[Lori Siegel (entrepreneur segment)]

Did you.

[Susan]

Did you look at it? No, I didn't look at it. Bazer. I did see you have Tennessee. I didn't tell her that. I'm like, no, I didn't see it. Seriously, did you see my bracket? No, I didn't see it. But like, she had Tennessee winning it all baser. I'm not copying that. She always goes with hometown hero. She'll usually pick to win it, and then if the team has an animal she likes. Yeah, she picks that one.

[Lunchbox]

My mom, she usually goes with the Catholic schools, like if Notre Dame's in or something like that.

[Susan]

Or Cal Baptist.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Oh, she'll probably go. Yeah, any church school, she'll probably go with that. Not sure going to be her strategy this year, but my dad has been trying to call no teeth Keith, kid, and he hadn't been answering. And I talked to my dad and he goes, oh, the bracket comes out and guess what? Keith calls me three times. Kid, am I going to be able to get in on the bracket? Kid, Is the bracket going to still be going on? Kid? I just. I don't have access to the computer, so I'm going to need to fill out a paper bracket. And my dad tells him, oh, we already know we got North Carolina down for you as the national champion. And he goes, kid, I don't think we're going to win it this year, kid.

[Susan]

But that kid hurt.

[Lunchbox]

And so he's like, but. So I'm not going to pick North Carolina. And my dad's like, okay, well, what we'll do is batter's box. And I batters box. What up, everybody? It's batter's box here with a special. We're going to drive up to where you're living. You know, he's living about 45 minutes outside Austin. He's like, we're going to come come to you. We'll go to lunch and we'll help you fill out a paper bracket and then we'll enter it in on the computer and that way you're in the bracket. Oh, kid, Would you really do that? Kid?

[Susan]

I have Jim and I making my picks this year. I'm not going to do the poster boards.

[Lunchbox]

That's beautiful, kid. I really appreciate that. And my dad's like, well, who do you got winning at all? And Keith goes, I can't tell you that. I goes, why? He goes, because then you'll know. You'll know who my picks are.

[Susan]

The Idaho Vandals, kid, and their turnover percentage.

[Lunchbox]

And my dad goes, keith, I'm going to come to you and fill out a paper bracket and then I'm going to go in and entering it in the computer. So what difference does it make if you tell me who your national champ is? I'm going to know either way. Do you really think I'm going to copy your picks? Oh, kid, I didn't even think about that. Kid. Oh, kid, quit. Kid, that is. Kid. Oh, stop. But, but honestly, kid, I don't know who my national champ's going to be yet.

[Lori Siegel (entrepreneur segment)]

Kid.

[Susan]

I'm thinking about picking Oregon for Charlie Kirk.

[Lunchbox]

Is that where he's from?

[Susan]

Favorite school? Oh, I don't even think they got in, though.

[Lunchbox]

Who, Oregon?

[Susan]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

I don't know. But you know what I do know is that I get a text from my cousin Andrew and I'm like, what is this? He's doing a bracket this year. Like he's doing a family one. Join my 2026 CBS Sports Women's Tournament bracket. And I'm like, what in the world?

[Susan]

You got to block that number?

[Lunchbox]

He. He is a season ticket holder to the women's college basketball at the University of Texas. And he goes to the games and now he is trying to rope me into the women's bracket. And I'm going to tell you this before we sign off. I'm going to tell you who's going to win the national title. There are only two teams. It's Arizona, Michigan. Those are the two teams they're going to meet in the Final Four. Whoever wins that game is going to win the national title.

[Susan]

Vanden Sloot.

[Lunchbox]

And I'm going to tell you who it's going to be. That little line, that graph that you've seen, no team in the west has won it since 1998, which is unbelievable. And to see that graphic, if you haven't seen it online, only, like 13 schools have won the national title since 98. That's quite, quite amazing. And Michigan falls on the right side of that line. But unfortunately for them, they lose in the final four. Arizona is cutting down the nets. I. It's the chalk pick. Everybody's picking Arizona. But they're the best team. They're the best team. Tommy Lloyd. These bringing a championship to Arizona.

[Susan]

They're good.

[Lunchbox]

They're really good.

[Susan]

Play once.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, once.

[Susan]

Can I just read a couple text messages between you, me and Justin?

[Lunchbox]

Yes, please.

[Susan]

Justin. First 50 I said dummy for the March Madness. Me. 50 different emails. 50 different Venmos. 50 different usernames on the site. Oh, wait. What site allows 50 teams? I'll wait. Justin. ESPN Idiot. I'm in a 50 team group right now. I don't understand how you think that's hard. Me then post on Facebook and we'll get a groundswell. It will be a sanctioned sore losers event. If you have the dick power to pull it off. Justin. Not gonna gain traction if you guys don't promote it. But apparently you effed that up already by saying it was a dumb idea. Lunchbox. No, what we said was dumb was having them email me so then I could send them to you. You just do it. And if you post it, they contact you. The middleman is dumb. Me. These things can get hairy quick. Just giving you a little business advice. I promise this is over in a second. Justin. There's no email. I simply send them the group name and password on espn then they venmo post it up on Facebook. This has been done since the Stone Ages. Lunchbox. Then do it. Justin. It's been done. But I didn't even see him posted.

[Lunchbox]

I never saw a post. I never saw it posted.

[Susan]

Me. You're going to need lunchbox to deem it a sanctioned event on the Facebook group right now. It's unaccredited. Justin. Well, the only one who can do that is Lunchbox waiting on him. Me yesterday at 6:05am Final message hasn't been respond to in two days. Me. Welp, Jennifer Brownlee just teabagged you. She put up squares a hundred strong and we got crickets from you. Dude, he's so mad he's not flying. I could buy his flight, he still wouldn't come out of principle. Dude, he's so mad at us. He's so mad because he thought he had a great idea. But it's like, bro, until you have all that crap flying into your Venmo, you don't want that.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, it's a lot. Dude, it is so much like, ah.

[Susan]

And he wanted a hundred dollars a team times 50. That's $5,000.

[Lunchbox]

He wouldn't get 50 people for $100. I don't think that many people would do it for $100. That's a lot of people.

[Susan]

Steep.

[Lunchbox]

I ran a bracket for the sore losers nation a couple years, and how many people were emailing and Venmoing in? It was so much. There were like 150 people in. I was like, it's. I don't have enough time. It's. It's exhausting. So maybe the. The $100 entry fee would, you know, whittle it down a little bit so you wouldn't get as many emails. But. Hey, Justin, buy. Post it, dude. I will endorse it, man. I will endorse it. We want what you want, man. We just want you to be happy.

[Susan]

Well, and you guys aren't business owners out there. I know you truck drivers, you guys just work for the Man. And then, I mean, honestly. Well, the farmers own their own businesses, but also the tug boaters. You're working for the Man. But me and Bazer at a clothing business, and what we learned is on Etsy, that people's usernames is different than their Instagram names.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, it's so hard.

[Susan]

Their address is different name on. Their address is different from their name on Etsy, and none of it matches up. So somebody would send Baser an Instagram message, and we'd be like, did we send this person a shirt? And we'd both be like, I don't know. They all are different names. The Venmo, the Etsy, the address, the Instagram name, none of it matches. So literally, our business consisted of this. Hey, do you know who John Doe is? I don't know. I got a Venmo from Jeremy likes.

[Lunchbox]

Thank you for believing that.

[Susan]

Okay, well, I don't know. Is that John Doe? Well, and then he has another. I guess he messaged me on Facebook and he said, I pet and I like to. So none of it ever is easy. The entire business. That's why we stopped doing it. Bazer, did you mail this? I got a girl on Instagram messaging me. Bazer. Well, I got a girl Instagram messaging me, but she's messaging me for her husband's account.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, my gosh. I have no.

[Susan]

I don't know. Are they married? Are they banging? I have. Did we send them both a shirt?

[Lunchbox]

I have no idea. Dude. I get the I for the fantasy football league. I'll get a Venmo. From someone that says, I'm paying for so and so I'm like, oh, my God.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like.

[Lunchbox]

Like. I mean, but that's okay.

[Susan]

Like the other day times that by 500.

[Lunchbox]

Like the other day, it was the last year. It was. Someone lived in Canada, and they don't have Venmo in Canada, so he had to have his friend or his sister or his cousin in America send me the Venmo. And then he was in the league. I mean, that was fine. It worked out. But sometimes it's very confusing. Very confusing. It's difficult. It's hard. So good luck. May your squares hit. May your teams advance. May your teams advance. And always remember, it is the greatest time of the year. The ball is tipped, kid.

[Susan]

I'm heading over with a fat Sharpie and a fat poster board. Just open that door for my fat ass. It is great. I got to do mute. Sorry, though. I got to do mute the first four hours. Baser's working till four.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, I forgot.

[Susan]

So I'll just have to just. Audio version only in the headphones, maybe.

[Lunchbox]

My. My wife, she's into it. She's like, I got to do my research. I got to do my. She's like. She tries to break down the bracket. She doesn't watch anything, and she'll read like 26 different websites. I'm like, she'll stay up till 2 in the morning and then she'll be so tired. Like, I can't stay up and watch the games. I'm so tired. Like, her team, Texas played last night. Did she even know they were in the playing game? No.

[Susan]

Well, and that's why my mom and dad aren't invited in the family one this year. Maria, sister Muff went over to dad's house a year ago and she said she was there for four hours helping him fill out the bracket. Oh, because he was researching every single team. Well, at the end of the. He finished last days are filled out hers in four minutes. Picking cats and her hometown team, the Vols.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. And just don't worry. Tonight I'll be on the phone with my parents at 10:30pm trying to get them in the bracket because they can't figure it out. And we always wait till Wednesday night at 10:30pm it's freaking amazing. And you don't.

[Susan]

You don't have to do the playing games, though, like.

[Lunchbox]

No, no, no, no. But games start tomorrow, man, so you gotta put it on. You gotta do it. The only problem is filling out your bracket. The playing games are tonight. What if you Want to pick one of those teams advance.

[Susan]

You just. They don't make you get it in before that. So you're fine.

[Lunchbox]

I know. All right, have a great day, guys. We're out of here. We gotta go. Dude, I just got a call back. Tell me what time my appointment is. I don't know what time I got to listen to voicemail. Let's see.

[Susan]

Oh, hi there. This is the doctor's office. You have. Yes, we found a fungus on your.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, it's two o', clock, man, not three o'. Clock. See, I would have been wrong.

[Susan]

And you no longer will be able to properly.

[Lunchbox]

Two o'. Clock.

[Susan]

Yes, the texture did come back. It was brownish green, and it looked

[Lunchbox]

like

[Charlamagne Tha God]

peace to the planet Charlemagne, the God here. And listen, we are back. The Black Effect Podcast Festival is back in Atlanta on April 25th at Pullman Yard. Yeah, and the full lineup is nuts. We got the Grits and Age Podcast, Deontay Kyle and Big Ice Cup Cat. We got Club 520 with Jeff Teague and the gang. Don't call Me White Girl. Mona will be there. Keep it positive, Sweetie, with Crystal Renee. We got Reality with the King with Carlos King. And yes, drink champs will be in the building. Plus, you know, we gonna have a lot of guests, so you need to join us. And we got the Black Effect Marketplace, the picture podcast, and everything you expect from the Black Effect Podcast Festival. Tickets are on sale right now. Go get yours@black effect.com podcast festival. Don't play yourself. Okay, pull up.

[Lori Siegel]

I'm Lori Siegel, and on my new podcast, Mostly Human, I'll take you to some wild corners of the tech world. I'm about to go on a date with an AI companion at a Real world cafe right here in New York City.

[Lori Siegel (AI model hallucination segment)]

There's no playbook for what to do when an AI model hallucinates a story about you.

[Lori Siegel]

Mostly Human is your playbook for how tech can work for you.

[Lori Siegel (entrepreneur segment)]

Anyone can now be an entrepreneur. Anyone can build an app, and it's very empowering.

[Lori Siegel]

Listen to Mostly human on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

[Stephanie Young]

In 2023, Bachelor star Clayton Eckerd was accused of fathering twins, but the pregnancy appeared to be a hoax.

[Lunchbox]

You doctored this particular test twice, Ms. Owens.

[Carrie Champion]

I doctored the test once.

[Stephanie Young]

It took an army of Internet detectives to uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing.

[Greg Gillespie]

Greg Gillespie and Michael Mancini.

[Lunchbox]

My mind was blown.

[Stephanie Young]

I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trapped.

[Susan]

Laura Scottsdale police.

[Stephanie Young]

As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences. Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lori Siegel (AI model hallucination segment)]

Ready for a different take on Formula one? Look no further than no Grip, a new podcast tackling the culture of motor racing's most coveted series. Join me, Lily Herman, as we dive into the underexplored pockets of F1, including the story of the woman who last participated in a Formula One race weekend, the recent uptick in F1 romance novels, and plenty of mishaps, scandals and sagas that have made Formula One a delightful, decadent dumpster fire for more than 75 years. Listen to no Grip on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Jemele Hill]

This is an iHeart podcast, Guaranteed Human.