SUNDAY SAMPLER - The Nashville Podcast Network (12-8-24)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – SUNDAY SAMPLER - The Nashville Podcast Network (12-8-24)
Release Date: December 8, 2024
Host: Premiere Networks
Guests: Dr. Josie Horczak, Dr. Amy Addis, Marcus King, Amy Brown, Don Toliver, Rodney

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1. Introduction to the Episode

The episode opens with promotional segments unrelated to the main content. These advertisements are seamlessly integrated but are excluded from this summary to focus on the valuable discussions and insights presented by the guests and hosts.

2. Inside the Vet's Office with Dr. Josie Horczak

Timestamp: [03:57] – [07:29]

Host:
"You’re listening to In the Vet's Office with Dr. Josie Horczak."

Discussion Highlights:

• Joan Rivers’ Personality: Dr. Josie Horczak shares her experiences working with Joan Rivers, highlighting her demanding yet warm nature.

  • Dr. Josie: "She was an enormously busy person, and her dogs were so important to her. [...] When she was finished with that, she turned out to be, of course, a very dear friend." [04:33]

• Challenges of Treating High-Profile Pets: She discusses the complexities of managing celebrity pets and the high expectations that come with them.

• No Such Thing as a "Disabled Pet": Emphasizes the resilience of animals and the importance of viewing them without limitations.

  • Dr. Josie: "There is no such thing as a disabled pet. [...] Dogs on three legs or cats on three legs that would never know the difference." [08:08]

3. Interview with Marcus King: Musical Journey and Personal Resilience

Timestamp: [09:05] – [14:39]

Host:
"Marcus King, welcome to the show. Let’s dive into your musical roots and personal experiences."

Discussion Highlights:

• Early Musical Influences: Marcus recounts growing up in a ranch-style home and the influence of his grandfather on his drumming skills.

  • Marcus King: "I started on drums... My grandfather taught me how to play a train beat." [09:32]

• Overcoming Trauma Through Music: He shares a poignant story about how the loss of his childhood crush led him to channel his emotions into songwriting and singing at age 13.

  • Marcus King: "I wasn't able to find a way to comfort myself... So that's when I decided to start writing and start singing." [11:06]

• Family Dynamics and Healing: Discusses reconciling with his mother and the impact of his upbringing on his self-worth.

  • Marcus King: "I love my mother and I try to take care of her the best I can." [13:11]

4. Amy Brown on Alcohol, Anxiety, and Healthier Choices

Timestamp: [19:11] – [25:30]

Host:
"Amy Brown joins us today to discuss the relationship between alcohol consumption and anxiety."

Discussion Highlights:

• Impact of Alcohol on Anxiety: Amy explains how certain alcoholic beverages can exacerbate anxiety and worsen hangovers due to their chemical composition.

  • Amy Brown: "Dark liquors like whiskey, Prosecco, champagne, and red wine are the worst. They have chemicals that worsen hangovers and anxiety." [19:11]

• Recommendations for Healthier Drinking: She advises opting for clear liquors like vodka, gin, or tequila mixed with soda water or fresh citrus to minimize negative effects.

  • Amy Brown: "Stick to clear liquors like vodka, gin or tequila with soda water or fresh citrus. Those are easier on your system." [20:51]

• Non-Alcoholic Alternatives: Introduces non-alcoholic spirits as viable options for those looking to reduce alcohol intake while still enjoying flavorful drinks.

  • Amy Brown: "Another option might be non-alcoholic spirits... It's infused with Lion's mane, which is a functional mushroom." [21:01]

• Trends in Drinking Habits: Discusses the decline in alcohol consumption among Americans, particularly Millennials, and the rise of movements like Dry January.

  • Amy Brown: "Americans are drinking three drinks per week and that's down from four to five drinks in 2023." [22:00]

5. Don Toliver’s Spoiler-Free Review of Moana 2

Timestamp: [43:20] – [57:21]

Host:
"Don Toliver provides a review of the highly anticipated Moana 2."

Discussion Highlights:

• Repetitive Plotline: Don criticizes the sequel for lacking originality, noting that the plot mirrors the first movie without introducing substantial new challenges for Moana.

  • Don Toliver: "Main problem I had with this movie... it kind of feels like the villain was a rehashed version of the villain from the first movie." [43:20]

• Lack of Memorable Music: Highlights the absence of standout songs that defined the first movie, attributing this to the absence of Lin-Manuel Miranda's involvement.

  • Don Toliver: "Moana 2 did not have that song. It didn't have a 'How Far I'll Go,' which is another character defining song from Maui." [46:13]

• Improved Animation: Acknowledges advancements in animation quality, particularly in nighttime scenes and action sequences.

  • Don Toliver: "The animation really shined in those action sequences, especially in that third act." [50:00]

• Character Development: Expresses disappointment in the lack of growth in Moana’s character, feeling that the sequel regresses rather than builds upon her established leadership.

  • Don Toliver: "I would have liked to see her shine more at the beginning of this movie." [55:00]

6. Rodney’s Insights on Fatherhood and Men’s Mental Health

Timestamp: [57:06] – [59:18]

Host:
"Rodney shares his experiences as a father and discusses the importance of mental health awareness among men."

Discussion Highlights:

• Teaching Emotional Intelligence: Rodney emphasizes the significance of teaching his children to express emotions and develop emotional intelligence.

  • Rodney: "I love shaping and I love... teaching them to grow up and be men." [54:20]

• Combatting Toxic Masculinity: He discusses the challenges of redefining masculinity to include emotional vulnerability without compromising strength.

  • Rodney: "Men are being recreations of toxic masculinity... how I carry myself and live my life is first thing on my mind." [55:00]

• Role of Therapy and Support Systems: Rodney highlights the barriers men face in seeking therapy and the importance of creating supportive environments that encourage mental health openness.

  • Rodney: "It's a responsibility. I mean, it's the most challenging and most rewarding thing I've ever done." [57:06]

7. Concluding Thoughts and Episode Wrap-Up

Timestamp: [61:31] – [64:56]

The episode concludes with final remarks from the guests and hosts, encouraging listeners to engage with additional content and resources related to the discussed topics.

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Notable Quotes:

• Dr. Josie Horczak: "There is no such thing as a disabled pet. Dogs on three legs or cats on three legs that would never know the difference." [08:08]

• Marcus King: "I wasn’t able to find a way to comfort myself... So that's when I decided to start writing and start singing." [11:06]

• Amy Brown: "Dark liquors like whiskey, Prosecco, champagne, and red wine are the worst. They have chemicals that worsen hangovers and anxiety." [19:11]

• Don Toliver: "Moana 2 did not have that song. It didn't have a 'How Far I'll Go,' which is another character defining song from Maui." [46:13]

• Rodney: "It's a responsibility. I mean, it's the most challenging and most rewarding thing I've ever done." [57:06]

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Conclusion:
This episode of The Bobby Bones Show delves into diverse topics ranging from veterinary insights into celebrity pets, personal resilience and musical journeys with Marcus King, the intersection of alcohol and mental health with Amy Brown, critiques of Disney’s Moana 2 by Don Toliver, to profound discussions on fatherhood and men’s mental health with Rodney. The conversations are enriched with personal anecdotes, expert opinions, and actionable advice, providing listeners with a comprehensive and engaging listening experience.

Transcript

[Host]

All right, we're all set for the party. I've trimmed the tree, hung the mistletoe, and paired all those weird shaped knives and forks with the appropriate cheeses. And I plugged in the Partisan Partisan. It's a home cocktail maker that makes over 60 premium cocktails, plus a whole lot of seasonal favorites too. I just got it for 50 off. So how about a Cosmopolitan or a Mistletoe Margarita?

[Co-Host]

I'm thirsty. Watch.

[Host]

I just pop in a capsule, choose my strength and wow.

[Co-Host]

Beginning to feel more seasonal in here already.

[Host]

If your holiday party doesn't have a bartender, then you become the bartender. Unless you've got a Bartesian, because Bartesian crafts every cocktail perfectly in as little as 30 seconds. And I just got it for $50 off.

[Guest 1]

Tis the season to be jollier.

[Co-Host]

Add some holiday flavor to every celebration with the sleek, sophisticated home cocktail maker Bartesian. Pick up your phone and shake it to get $50 off any cocktail maker. Yes, you heard me. Shake your phone and get $50 off. Don't delay.

[Guest 2]

Here's a little tip for all the music fans out there. Discover is accepted at 99% of places that take credit cards nationwide. You heard that right, 99%. And every time you make a purchase with your card, you automatically earn cash back, which means you could earn rewards for those almost front row seats to ride share to the venue. Even the concert merch that you've had your eye on since it dropped. If all that sounds like music to your ears, remember it pays to Discover. Based on the February 2024 Nielsen report. Learn more at discover.com creditcard what's up?

[Don Toliver]

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[Co-Host]

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[Don Toliver]

Because it's like clipped.

[Rodney]

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[Co-Host]

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[Don Toliver]

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[Co-Host]

Life easier and seamless without interrupt.

[Don Toliver]

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[Co-Host]

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[Guest 2]

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[Host]

You'Re listening to. In the vet's office with Dr. Josie Horczak.

[Guest 1]

A lot of people you got close to were pretty high profile. And what I have noticed on this podcast especially is we'll have stars, country music stars or like Bobby Bones, come on. And you talk to them about their career and their goals. And they're, they're kind of one person. And then when you talk to them about their animals, you can just see like a completely different side of them. I think just from watching her on TV that Joan Rivers was pretty intimidating. I'm assuming, though, that you probably saw a lot more of a softer side to her with her animals.

[Dr. Josie]

I saw all sides of Joan Rivers. She was an enormous personality. She was driven in a way that very few people are. When I would go into her home to work with the dogs, there would be posted on the refrigerator, her daily schedule. And it said things like up at 5, exercise, makeup, leave for studio. And then her entire day was, you know, calculated down to the moment. And it ended at midnight. I mean, she was very regimented old enough to be more than my mother, and she had a schedule that would have run me into the ground. So she was an enormously busy person, and she was extremely demanding, and her dogs were so important to her. So I was used to getting yelled at on occasion or emails that I wish she had never sent to me. But when she was finished with that, she turned out to be, of course, a very dear friend. So we would go through the cycles of Joan's love and her wrath. Um, she was an enormous supporter of mine. When I started my house call practice, she told everyone she knew. The relationship over those years turned into a lovely, lovely friendship where we went out to dinner together. I mean, she called one day. We had homes close to each other about 100 miles north of New York City, and she called and said, take me to the movies on Saturday night.

[Guest 1]

So it was like she didn't ask.

[Dr. Josie]

Of course she didn't ask.

[Guest 1]

Not a question.

[Dr. Josie]

She would have the most beautiful dinner parties where the group of people around the table were just from all different types of parts of her life, and every person was felt. Felt like they were the guest of honor. She was an enormously gracious, warm, loving person with a little bit of a biting part of her.

[Guest 1]

You don't want to be on her bad side.

[Dr. Josie]

Oh, no.

[Guest 1]

I love the story about her Yorkie. I think it was a Yorkie that you had encouraged her to get a.

[Amy Brown]

Surgery that she did not really want.

[Guest 1]

To do, and then she ended up doing it and was like, ah, I was right to do it.

[Dr. Josie]

Well, she was never wrong, of course, but, you know, like, even with her first Yorkie, Spike, Spike went to work with her wherever she was. He traveled around. He was part of the show. And I recommended that because he wasn't feeling well, that maybe she would leave him out of the show that week and he should stay home. And like, all of a sudden, you know, she just looked at me and she said, don't tell me what to do. Just make my do dog well enough to go. Like, you didn't.

[Rodney]

You didn't.

[Guest 1]

I wasn't messing with her.

[Dr. Josie]

Exactly.

[Guest 1]

Wow. Yeah. It's funny. We do I. Even if they're not famous, you have. Everybody that's a veterinarian has owners that can be a little bit more demanding. And I think our job is to kind of look past that and see, like, okay, where is this coming from? They just really, at the core of it, love their pet and want their pet to be okay.

[Dr. Josie]

I had a client who moved to New York after He retired. He had been a movie producer. So he moved from California to New York and he lived in his apartment with his two cats. And he paged me on a Saturday night for an emergency and I called him back immediately. I said, what's the problem? He said, my cat just scratched me with his nails. His nails are too long, come and cut them. I said, It's 10 o'clock on a Saturday night. I don't, I don't make house calls. If you truly had an emergency, I would help you, but I'm not coming to cut your cat's nails. And he kind of hesitated and said, you know, in la, nobody would ever say no to me. So he was like being brought back into the real world.

[Guest 1]

Yeah, you're like, not in New York.

[Dr. Josie]

No means no, and you're retired.

[Guest 1]

Yeah, exactly, exactly. Another thing that you talked about in the book that I really loved and I have seen with my own experience as a veterinarian, is that, no, there is no such thing as a disabled pet. And so we have a lot of patients that require amputations or they lose an eye or they go deaf. And so I really loved how you put an emphasis on that. I think I tell my owners all the time, we can learn so much from our animals. I have had dogs going through chemo that are bouncing around and rolling in the grass. Dogs on three legs or cats on three legs that would never know the difference. And if someone cut my leg off, I probably would be in bed crying about it for six months, a year, the rest of my life, who knows? But they are just so resilient in that way.

[Guest 2]

What was your house like, South Carolina like, what was it? Well, I don't know physically. What was the house like? Couple bedrooms.

[Marcus King]

Yeah. So I initially grew up in a ranch, three bedroom, one bathroom house with a side room where I had my drum set and my guitar. And I would just spend hours in there either playing drums. My grandfather taught me how to play a train beat and he'd play along with me.

[Guest 2]

What's the train beat? Can you just give me example? Oh, like a. Got it, got it, got it. I hear the trainer coming. That's what I think of when you do that. But yeah, maybe just because we're trains in it and I'm very slow.

[Marcus King]

Yeah, no, no, no. I mean, that's the train beat. That's the quintessential. And he taught me, you know, because it's all about the timing and, like, not letting it drag, not letting it rush, just keeping it right there. And I started on drums actually. So I just, I spent a lot of time alone. But it was, you know, next door was my grandparents house and I just hang out with them while my dad was at work and just play guitar all day or drums to sing.

[Guest 2]

We'll just call it the blues. Before your voice hits puberty, would you.

[Marcus King]

I don't know, man.

[Guest 2]

And how bluesy can you be with a high pitch voice?

[Marcus King]

Well, I mean, you'd have to ask like, like Tina Turner. I mean that was, that was the. In like Aretha Franklin. Like I liked soul singers.

[Guest 2]

Sure.

[Marcus King]

You know, I feel like you know, even like B.B. king after like 68, 69, B.B. was putting out like soul records.

[Guest 2]

But did it change for you at some point where you were singing but your voice hadn't hit puberty? And then after it was.

[Marcus King]

I started singing when I was, when I was 13. So I think that's why I made sing.

[Don Toliver]

Before that?

[Marcus King]

Nah.

[Don Toliver]

Wow.

[Marcus King]

I just played guitar. I was too bashful to sing.

[Co-Host]

Wow.

[Marcus King]

Yeah.

[Guest 2]

First time singing then. And why in public?

[Host]

Why?

[Guest 2]

What got you there?

[Marcus King]

Well, you know, I had always kind of expressed my, you know, trauma or whatever, it was just through the guitar. And you know, when I was 13, the girl I had a crush on died in a car accident. And it really fucked my head up and I had, I had all these abandonment issues anyway and they all just kind of like came to a head and I was really not able to, you know, find a way to comfort myself, you know, and we didn't have the distractions like we have now, you know, so I wasn't on an iPad or anything to like fully escape and immerse myself in something else. So that's when I decided to start writing and start singing, you know, just so I had two more vessels to put my pain through. And I think the first time I sang publicly, I sang Not My Cross to Bear by the Allman Brothers Band.

[Guest 2]

Well, that's not an easy one.

[Marcus King]

It's not easy.

[Guest 2]

So you decided to just go? Yeah, yeah.

[Marcus King]

I mean it's.

[Guest 2]

You didn't do. I'm a little teapot. Right.

[Marcus King]

That's how I learned to swim, you know, just get thrown into the deep end.

[Guest 2]

I spent a lot of time in therapy. I got some crazy abandonment issues myself. Dad left when I was five or six. Mom died, drugs in her 40s. And so, you know, mine are to the point where they're built in, like they're cooked in. But I can acknowledge them and I can see them and I can see it affect And I can feel it affect me, but I can acknowledge.

[Don Toliver]

Right.

[Guest 2]

Like, forever. I didn't even know.

[Rodney]

Yeah.

[Guest 2]

Like, I didn't know why I was just wanted to be by myself or, you know, I never told a man I loved him to met my wife, you know, a few years ago. But I was just always like, this is who I am. This, who I am this way. But that's. That was like, what mine were rooted in. Like, was yours a parent thing? Was yours a home type thing?

[Marcus King]

Yeah. My mom left when I was very young, and that was really hard for me, and that was. It's still something that I really struggle with, you know.

[Guest 2]

Is she alive now?

[Marcus King]

She's still alive. Her health's not very good, but we, you know, we've patched things up and we're. We're a lot closer now, you know.

[Guest 2]

That you're better man than I am. Like, my real dad's still alive. I don't talk to him.

[Marcus King]

Yeah, I mean, it's challenging, you know.

[Guest 2]

How old were you?

[Marcus King]

I was like five.

[Guest 2]

Yeah, me too.

[Marcus King]

So, like, that age is really, really tough because, you know, I'd go to school every day. I'd get sent home from kindergarten every day because I'd cry so hard that I'd throw up. And this was a daily thing because you don't know where your mother's at. That's, you know, just as a. As a mammal, a living, breathing mammal, you're just instinctively, you're gonna need your mother's affection and love and attention, and I didn't have it. And I had my grandmother who was, you know, really like my mother.

[Guest 2]

My grandma adopted me. Dude, we might be the same person.

[Marcus King]

Yeah, we're. We're a lot.

[Guest 2]

Except for that smoothie. That's too much. I need again, I need lots of sugar.

[Marcus King]

Yeah.

[Guest 2]

So your grandma was very instrumental in your upbringing, huh?

[Marcus King]

And she was, you know, just a really sassy German woman and just very loving, very affectionate, and it almost, you know, kind of balanced it out how affectionate she was, you know, made up for the fact that my mother had left. But, you know, I still. I love my mother and I try to take care of her the best I can.

[Host]

All right, we're all set for the party. I've trimmed the tree, hung the mistletoe, and paired all those weird shaped knives and forks with the appropriate cheeses. And I plugged in the Partisan Partisan. It's a home cocktail maker that makes over 60 premium cocktails, plus a whole lot of seasonal favorites, too. I just got it for 50 off. So how about a Cosmopolitan or a Mistletoe Margarita?

[Co-Host]

I'm thirsty. Watch.

[Host]

I just pop in a capsule, choose my strength and wow, it's beginning to feel more seasonal in here already. If your holiday party doesn't have a bartender, then you become the bartender. Unless you've got a Bartesian, because Bartesian crafts every cocktail perfectly in as little as 30 seconds. And I just got it for $50 off.

[Guest 1]

Tis the season to be jollier.

[Co-Host]

Add some holiday flavor to every celebration with the sleek, sophisticated home cocktail maker Bartesian. Pick up your phone and shake it to get $50 off any cocktail maker. Yes, you heard me. Shake your phone and get $50 off. Don't delay.

[Guest 2]

Here's a little tip for all the music fans out there. Discover is accepted at 99% of places that take credit cards nationwide. You heard that right, 99%. And every time you make a purchase with your card, you automatically earn cash back. Which means you could earn rewards for those almost front row seats to ride share to the venue, even the concert merch that you've had your eye on since it dropped. If all that sounds like music to your ears, remember it pays to Discover. Based on the February 2024 Nielsen report. Learn more at discover.com creditcard Congratulations to.

[Rodney]

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[Guest 2]

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[Don Toliver]

Roll things.

[Guest 2]

Little food for yourself. Life ain't always pretty, but hey, it's pretty beautiful. Laugh a little more than tighten up your core, said Ek. You're kicking it with four things with Amy Brown.

[Amy Brown]

First, I want to go over what real alcohols you can have or the ones you may want to stay away from. Again, if you're trying to avoid the anxiety, apparently dark liquors like whiskey, Prosecco, champagne, and red wine are the worst. They have chemicals that worsen hangovers and anxiety. Sugary cocktails are also a no go, which after I read this, I was like, oh, okay. My drinks the other night on my date, yep. Had Prosecco mixed in a sugary concoction. So bam. That was likely my problem. The high sugar, which leads to a sugar spike and then a sugar crash, which then will increase my anxiety, my irritability, and then also, I had no idea about this, but the bubbles in Prosecco and champagne, they speed up the absorption of alcohol in our bloodstream, which lead to a quicker and more intense effect. So at the time it's feeling really good. It's all enjoyable and you're like, I feel great. This is fun. Which might lead you to order more. And then the after effects of that anxiety, which I was also surprised to see red wine on the worst list. I mean, the whiskey, the sugary drinks I get, that was easy for me to understand, but red wine was a little confusing. But I guess it's, it's a sugar and chemical thing and I am bummed to see Prosecco on there. And keep that in mind though, with New Year's Eve coming up. Prosecco, champagne, a lot of that is served. And maybe you want to avoid that this time of year and see if you feel better the next morning. Now, as for the best drinks to have to decrease your anxiety, the article said to stick to clear liquors like vodka, gin or tequila with.

[Guest 2]

So tequila.

[Amy Brown]

Okay, that's a little.

[Host]

What are you listening?

[Co-Host]

I was sitting back here and I was like, man, I can't wait to.

[Lunchbox]

Hit this when she says tequila.

[Amy Brown]

Oh, okay, that's Scuba Steve. I had no idea idea he was even listening to this. He's back in his glass production room.

[Guest 1]

Tequila.

[Amy Brown]

You can have vodka, gin or tequila with soda water or fresh citrus. Those are easier on your system. And then again, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Don't forget water between drinks. It can make a huge difference. And we know this, I know this, we don't always do it, but just make a deal with yourself. Make smarter choices and then you'll have less anxiety. Now, Ray, speaking of the glass room where Scuba works, he is one of our producers on the Bobby Bone show and he was actually just making fun of me this morning for being so old that I can't even handle one drink. Ray likes to drink, but mostly I would say now it's during brunch on Saturdays. That's his time to go out. And he's the one that got me on Unbooze a while back, which is a supplement that helps you feel better after drinking. And I will say it has helped me, but sometimes I run out or other times I just forget to take it. And last weekend, you know, I had those drinks but I was out of Unboo, so I do need to order more. And I will shout out Ray because he has a code, sin 23, which I think his handle on Instagram is like Sissan Raymondo, but Cision is like for season but szn23. And that'll get you a discount. If you're curious about Unbooz and I'll link it in the show notes. But in addition to taking something like Unbooze, that may help you out, another option might be non alcoholic spirits. Now, I came across that brand recently, like I told you, thanks to that Instagram ad. And what I ordered specifically was from Little Saints. It's a whole non alcoholic brand. So there's nothing confusing about it. You don't go to the website and you're like, wait, which one's the alcohol? Which one's the not? Because they all look like alcohol, but nothing is. And I was most intrigued by their drink that mimics tequila. I thought it would come in handy for when I want a margarita, something like that. When I got the bottle in the mail, I saw that the company is also founded by a woman, which I love, and my Overall review is 4.5 out of 5. I really liked it. So much so that yeah, I may order more stuff from the site. Like I was saying to Eddie, maybe I'll order some gifts for people. I know there's a lot of NA brands out there. This is just the only one that I've tried and really enjoyed so far. And this one is infused with Lion's mane, which is a functional mushroom. It's an adaptogen that's good for brain health, mood support, gut health, and a lot of other things. I've always loved Lion's Maneuver, so to have it in my mocktail, it's like a. It's like a bonus. I don't know if it's just me or if y'all are also getting more non alcoholic type ads, but I do think that drinking is on the decline. Drinking alcohol, people are drinking less, which I guess is good. And probably why some brands have increased marketing because they want to capitalize on the fact that people are drinking less or they are curious about drinking less. And speaking of curiosity, I decided to do a little research because I was like, okay, what are the statistics on this? Like, is drinking actually going down? And I found that on average this is from NC Solutions. Americans are drinking three drinks per week and that's down from four to five drinks in 2023. Millennials in particular are drinking less, like 40% less this year than last year with an average of again three drinks per week. Which is crazy to think about if we were going from five drinks to three and with dry January coming up next month, like might be the highest year of participation yet because this last January was up 10% from the year before. So it's just in one year and 10% jump. That is a lot of people. And the top reasons Americans are drinking less included. Well, we want to improve our physical health. We want to save money. Although I will say the non alcoholic drinks, they might be more expensive than the alcohol ones. So. So maybe they're saving money and just not drinking anything. Not even the fake version. And overall we just want to make lifestyle changes.

[Lunchbox]

We're going to do it live. We are the 1, 2, 3.

[Co-Host]

So losers. What up, everybody.

[Host]

I'm.

[Co-Host]

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, y'all.

[Lunchbox]

It's sin. I'm from the north. I'm an alpha male. I live on the north side of Nashville with baser, my wife. We do have a farm. It's beautiful. A lot of acreage, no animals, a lot of crops. Hopefully soon. Corn, pumpkins, rye, I believe. Maybe a little fescue, to be determined. Over to you, coach.

[Co-Host]

And here's a clip from this week's episode of the Sore Losers. My in laws come in and they act like my house is a pile of shit. They act like we can't take care of ourselves. They start. They're like. My father's like, hey, where is that curtain rod that your wife once hung up? I'm like, what? She's never mentioned a curtain rod in her life to me.

[Lunchbox]

All the stuff you didn't do.

[Co-Host]

I'm like, what curtain? There's no curtain rod. And he goes, yeah, she said she gave me a to do list and one of them was, hang this curtain rod.

[Lunchbox]

I coach, you haven't done it for six months.

[Co-Host]

No, no, I have never been told about a curtain rod anywhere. And I'm like, what? And he's like, yeah, she told me that you guys want to hang a curtain rod in the kids bedroom. I'm like, we do. So he goes down and he hangs the damn curtain rod in the kid's bedroom. And I'm like, well, what the hell?

[Lunchbox]

You want to just take my man card too, Jim?

[Co-Host]

Then. Oh, then we bought a mirror that. She bought a mirror at an estate sale. And she. I was like, well, where do you want to hang it? I don't know. I don't know. She's stuck in the closet. Never said anything else about it. Her parents are there and her father in law's like, no, so where is this mirror going? I'm like, I. I don't know. And he goes, no, no, she said she wanted it in the kitchen, right? And I'm like, no, she has not mentioned anything about a damn mirror to me since we, you know, like we bought the mirror we put in the closet. And she said she was gonna think about it. He's like, no, she said she wants it hung up right here. So he gets out the tape measure and starts marking and hangs it right on the wall.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, let me get the tape measure. It's in the bedroom.

[Co-Host]

And I'm like, well, what the hell? Like they start just doing everything.

[Lunchbox]

But you got him knocked off the list though.

[Co-Host]

It was never on the list.

[Lunchbox]

But you're saying it's a little bit. It's a little bit. I was going to say emasculating. Yeah.

[Co-Host]

And a little bit of like, okay, and like the kids laundry, you know what I mean? It gets washed and it stays in the laundry room and you never put it away. So they go in there and that's where they pick out their clothes.

[Lunchbox]

I'm the man in this house, Jim.

[Co-Host]

No, no. Father in law, mother like, hey, we're going to clean this up right now. We're going to clean this laundry up right now.

[Lunchbox]

What this place look like.

[Co-Host]

And I'm like, holy as they act like we came and take care of ourselves.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, you're talking about Mount Laundry.

[Rodney]

Honey.

[Lunchbox]

What happened to the mountain back here? It's love, dude. It's awesome though, once it all gets done.

[Co-Host]

Yeah. But I'm sitting there trying to watch football.

[Lunchbox]

I'm curtain rod going across the top.

[Co-Host]

I'm trying to relax and there's drilling, freaking knocking stuff out, like pulling this out, moving this, doing that. And I'm like, so am I allowed to relax or am I supposed to go help that? That was my big dilemma, right?

[Lunchbox]

You just stand there and really you're in support.

[Co-Host]

I mean, yeah, but then I can't see a t. Well, see, we have.

[Lunchbox]

A lot of TVs. I've made sure that we had. We're a TV household. So usually any project we're doing, I have a tv.

[Co-Host]

And guess what? Spare bedroom. How often do I go in the spare bedroom?

[Lunchbox]

You don't. But baser's got this roller TV that I can roll. I roll around.

[Co-Host]

Spare bedroom. Never go in there. That's where the in laws are staying. Right?

[Lunchbox]

And what about, what a pointless room, right?

[Co-Host]

It's so dumb. It's like, oh, we need a spare bedroom. You know, when people come visit, guess how often people come visit. Maybe once a year so you can figure it out. Throw an air mattress somewhere. You don't need a spare bedroom. It's absolutely stupid. But I haven't. I don't go in the spare bedroom. But since they're staying in there, we need to tidy up the spare bedroom. So we're in there. The in laws are moving the bed, vacuuming behind the bed. And I'm like, what the. They're acting like we live in the damn shithole. And then I've never done anything in my Life. I mean, they've got the vacuum out, they got the mop, they're, you know, doing. Washing the sheets and the comforter and the pillows and the everyday.

[Lunchbox]

Coach, that's not even the worst of it. Did you get criticized for your tools?

[Co-Host]

Oh, next. Hey, where are your drill bits? Oh, they're right there in that closet.

[Lunchbox]

They may have a little dust on them.

[Co-Host]

And he's like, I didn't see him. I don't think you have any drill bits. I'm like, oh, I have drill bits, man. They should be right there. He said, I didn't find him. He goes, I'll just go to Home Depot and get some.

[Lunchbox]

You got Home Depot?

[Co-Host]

And I'm like, all right, man. And he goes to Home Depot, gets whatever he needs. He comes back and he's like, oh, they are in that closet. They were just underneath something. I'm like, I told you. He goes, yeah, but these drill bits are better. These are a little bit newer. And he goes, to get my electric drill. And he's like, seems like you need a new electric drill. The battery's not holding a charge.

[Lunchbox]

No, I charge that thing every night.

[Don Toliver]

Should be good.

[Co-Host]

And he's like, you want me to go pick you up one right now? I'm like, or he goes, you want to go to Home Depot with me and get one? I'm like, no, I really don't. I don't have any desire right now at this moment, at this point in time to go to Home Depot to get a gosh darn drill. I would just like to relax. And he's like, I'll just go to Home Depot. So he goes back to Home Depot.

[Lunchbox]

He made a double trip to Depot.

[Co-Host]

He made a triple tip trip to Depot. Right?

[Lunchbox]

That's bad. That means you didn't have it, Coach.

[Co-Host]

No, I had a drill. I had the drill bits. But apparently the battery wasn't holding its charge. Then he. The back door. Like, when it's wintertime, it's harder to lock it.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, you gotta winterize it, man.

[Co-Host]

And he's like, oh, you need a chisel. He's like, do you have a chisel? I might.

[Lunchbox]

Coach, you've been asked for the electric gun, the chisel, the curtain rod, and a ancient mirror.

[Don Toliver]

Yeah.

[Co-Host]

And I'm like, no, no, man. I don't. I don't have a. I don't have a chisel. He goes, I wish I'd known that before. I gotta go back to Home Depot. And he goes back down, depot, gets the chisel, and he's like chiseling out where the lock goes, because I guess it's sunken down or it's not level anymore, so it was hitting the top. Chisels a little piece of the wood off all the while. I'm like, none of this bothers me. None of this bothers me. Can we. Like, I've lived in this house and none of this has bothered me. I have not wanted to fix any of this. No one has told me I need to fix any of this. But they come to town, is like, oh, my God, this house is falling apart. And then the spare bedroom. Guess what, Ray? We never used a spare bedroom. I never put a curtain rod up. Never. Or a shower curtain, right? And so, like, how are we supposed to take a shower? I'm like, I never. I didn't think about that. Whenever you come, we usually just hang a towel and it gets on the. Or put some towels on the floor and that likes the water. Well, that. That's unacceptable. Well, we'll just run to Target real quick and we'll get a shower curtain and rot. And I'm. Oh, my God.

[Lunchbox]

Damn, dude. Four depots in a Target.

[Co-Host]

It was like. I mean, it made me just sitting there going. And then my wife's like, is everything okay? I'm like, well, besides the fact that they think I am incapable of doing anything. And B, I don't know if I'm supposed to sit there and help or if I'm. If I'm allowed to sit here and watch football, I don't know the, you know, protocol here.

[Lunchbox]

The protocol is this. You offer something that's just completely pointless. So, for example, for me, it's just. Gary, let me hold this louder for you. No, man, these things hold themselves. It has four legs, stupid. Okay, no worries, man. You offer something that, you know, they don't even need help with, you know, hey, dude, it is getting dark, right? You want me go grab a light or something? No, man, I'm good. Oh, okay. Just let me know if you need anything, you know, you're offering. You know, what am I gonna do? Hold a light? You know, it's stuff like that.

[Co-Host]

Because I looked at the curtain rod and they were. I mean, it took them 45 minutes to do the curtain rod.

[Lunchbox]

And I'm like, guys, you got to measure it. That's a whole thing. It's not just sticking it up there. Gary would measure it. He would put a laser on it, dude. He would. He's got the drill gun. You're going to do one side than the other. There's a lot to it. You got to level it. There's a level on top meat, dude. Me, I'd stick it up two darts in the sides, right?

[Co-Host]

And we had the exact same conversation. I said, guys, it's been 45 minutes. What's going on? Why is there tape all over the wall? And my wife's like, oh, you know how my dad is. He likes to measure everything, everything and make sure everything's perfect. And she goes, that's how I prefer it. You know What I mean is if we just measure, measure, measure, measure, measure, make sure everything's perfect.

[Lunchbox]

You prefer it perfectly measured.

[Co-Host]

She goes, let me guess. Your dad would have just got up there and eyeballed it. And I said, yeah, I think he would. Eyeballed it. That's what I would have done. I'd have just looked.

[Lunchbox]

Your dad wouldn't have eyeballed it. He's a construction guy.

[Co-Host]

I know, but I think he eyeballed a lot. Like a curtain rod, I don't think is a big deal.

[Lunchbox]

I would almost imagine that the curtain rod, it can probably. There's probably. What was it called? Backsplash or something where it's actually level there. You would just need to level the top and boom it.

[Co-Host]

I don't know, but I'm just saying, I left that week feeling like, holy s, man. A, this dude thinks I am the laziest person in the world because I'm like, I don't want to do any of this crap. I just want to watch football. I never planned to do any of this. B, he criticized my tools, what I'm working with. He was like, you need to step up your game. And b, C, they're coming back in, like, two weeks, dude.

[Lunchbox]

The worst is the tool criticization. Criticizing. It happened to me. I would.

[Co-Host]

I.

[Lunchbox]

He goes, hey, will you go get me. Get me something to screw this in, dude, I just went and got a Phillips screwdriver. Like a hand one.

[Co-Host]

Yeah, dude.

[Lunchbox]

He wanted, like, some drill gun.

[Co-Host]

That's good.

[Lunchbox]

I bring him that. And he's like, what the is this? I was like, phillips? You want. He goes, we'll be out here all night if you. I'm gonna do it with that. My eye. That's a good point. He's like, you ain't got that thing, you know, whatever the name is. It's just, like, a hydraulic gun. And he's like, and. But, dude, my eye hand him. Like, it's limp, and it has no cord connected to it. I'm like, yeah, just this little Phillips dude. He's like, get that out of here, man. So then I did it and then I'm walking with my little Phillips screwdriver. It wasn't good enough.

[Host]

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[Co-Host]

I'm thirsty. Watch.

[Host]

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[Rodney]

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[Guest 2]

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[Host]

Take this personally with Morgan Kman. Well, because November is men's mental health awareness month. It just happened. The whole Movember movement was happening. I really wanted to focus this episode on men's mental health and talk about it in a lot of different ways. But first up, I have an expert on with me, Dr. Audra. And Dr. Audra, you are a psychotherapist, but also you kind of focus heavily on men's mental health. How are you? How you doing?

[Guest 1]

I'm great. I'm so good. I'm so happy to be here and excited to talk more about my passion.

[Host]

Say you're a male and you did finally find a therapist and you're like, okay, this could be a fit for me.

[Guest 1]

Yep.

[Host]

But then taking that a step further is they feel uncomfortable to do so why do you feel it has been generally harder for men to get into therapy?

[Guest 1]

Generally, I think we expect men to be hyper independent. They're problem solvers. You know, there's the trope around the lone wolf. Like, you can do it on your own, you can figure it out, and you are the provider, you are the protector. Like, there are all these. And even if these are stereotypes, they are really powerful expectations that still exist in our society. And they are powerful expectations that some men really hold true. Like, they. There are a lot of men that feel really proud of that traditional masculinity. There are a lot of women who look to men, who want men to uphold that real traditional masculinity. There are men who may be feeling conflict with it, but regardless, there's an expectation. And so we're essentially asking men to set aside everything that society has asked them to be. You're a little boy. Boys don't cry. Suck it up. Be a man. Don't cry. I'll give you something to cry about. Like, I have men who are commenting on my videos on TikTok and sending me DMs all the time, sharing the experiences they had at ages as young as 4, 5 or 6, where they learned, oh, I'm too old to cry now. And so when you learn that young that you're not supposed to have those sorts of emotions, that you're supposed to figure it out in your own man up. And then we expect them decades later to feel super comfortable walking in and asking for help. There's just such a discrepancy there between what we generally expect men to be and then what the experience and process of asking for help and going to therapy usually is.

[Host]

So being someone who is such an advocate for mental health, for everyone to address these issues and go to therapy utilizing this space, how is the best way we can encourage men that they are not losing their masculinity and in fact, gaining emotional intelligence and emotional vulnerability to become, like, a better version of this man that they want to be on this podcast, if I am encouraged, somebody's listening to this and they're like, yes, this is all true. This is how I feel.

[Guest 1]

Yes.

[Host]

How is someone like me, or, say, the women who are listening and their partner or their brother or their family member, how can they make it a space for that person in their life to show them that they can have both? Because they have been taught, you know, unlearning these things is part of that. But how can people help them to understand that better?

[Guest 1]

Well, I think Part of what happens is that I do believe therapy as a resource or, like, coaching even. I feel like I know a lot of men's coaches who do essentially what I do in therapy. But there's a branding shift, which I think can be a little bit more accessible for some men. But I do think even therapy is becoming a less stigmatized resource. And even in some places in the country, almost like a status symbol. Like, oh, yeah, I've got the best therapist in New York. Like, you're in la. Like, yeah, I'm gonna go see my therapist. Like, there are places where I see that shift happening. And I think especially versus for that, I do see that shifting a bit. I think what we can do, general population can do, is in our own homes and with our own relationships with men. What I hear from a lot of men is that before they're even considering going to therapy, you know, they're gauging in their own life. Is there space for me to be emotional? Is there space for me to be vulnerable? And what happens when I do take up that space? What happens when I do allow myself to be vulnerable? I open up. I cry. I share that I'm struggling. I share that I'm hurting. I share that I'm. I'm worried, I'm scared. And what happens, what I hear happen. And this, again, generally, this is not everyone, but at all. But I think the men who are especially reluctant to therapy is that in their own lives, they're experiencing what happens when they are vulnerable and emotional, and it's completely turning them off. So they're feeling like, okay, I opened up to my spouse, I opened up to my girlfriend, or I opened up to my friends, and they. They shut me down, or they laughed it off, or they dismissed me, or, you know, I told her how I was feeling, and she seemed okay. Maybe she seemed a little uncomfortable in the moment that I cried. And then three weeks later, we got into a fight, and she turned it against me and she threw it in my face. And so I think that unfortunately, we are all unlearning a lot of these stereotypes, women included, are unlearning what it looks like for a man to be a man and what our expectations are and what we want and how we reconcile those differences. Like, if we're wanting men to shift, then we're also having to recognize, like, oh, my expectations then. And what I've been socialized to expect me to.

[Rodney]

Chef.

[Don Toliver]

Hey, it's Mike D. And this week on Movie Mike's Movie Podcast, I did a spoiler Free movie Review of Moana2 I love me some animated Disney movies, and I know I'm saying that as an adult male in his 30s, but I broke down the entire movie. There have been so many major movies coming out recently, so be sure to subscribe to my podcast to hear more spoiler free reviews. But right now, here are my thoughts on Moana 2. Let's get into it now. A spoiler free review of Moana 2. The question I want to answer by the end of this review review is was it even necessary? And yes, I know I'm an adult man talking about a movie primarily meant for kids, but it's a Disney movie. It is important. So we're here to talk about it. Pretty much what this movie is about. I hate to say it, it's basically the same thing as the first one when it comes to the plotline. Moana goes out on another big adventure. This one is going to test her levels of being a leader now. Somebody now who can speak and communicate with the ocean to a whole new level. Main problem I had with this movie, not just that the story was very repetitive from the first one. There's no real struggle. It kind of feels like the villain was a rehashed version of the villain from the first movie. It was the music. The music was so important to Moana1, really so important. In any Disney movie right now, you need that one big song. In Moana, you had that song How Far I'll Go, which is a big anthem from that movie. It is the character defining song of Moana. That is your hit from that. Every Disney musical movie needs that song to really resonate with kids, to really drive this to be a movie, that a kid is going to leave the theater and immediately want to go watch it on Disney plus even though it isn't available yet. You need that song to define your movie. Moana 2 did not have that song. It didn't have a How Far I'll go. It didn't have a you're welcome, which is another character defining song from Maui. It didn't even have the Shiny things song from one of the villains in the first movie. There were no memorable songs whatsoever in Moana 2. And what I believe it comes down to is that Lin Manuel Miranda was not a part of this movie. He did not write the songs. You have two new female writers who did all the music, and they were really just given guidance from Lin Manuel Miranda before they started making the music for this movie. He sat down with them and gave them the blueprint of what he did on the first one and what worked in that movie. And then they said he was just a phone call or FaceTime away. So maybe they used him with some guidance here and there. But you really felt his presence missing in these songs because they lacked originality. And it felt like they were given the assignment of, hey, do what we did in the first movie. Channel your best Lin Manuel Miranda and create your own songs. But you have to fit in this box. And what happens when you do that when it comes to music is you lose that creativity because you're just trying to do an impression. You're trying to cover the songs from the first one and make them your own, but you don't have that same artist doing it, and you don't have that originality. Because if Lin Manuel Miranda was given this movie and said, hey, let's see what you can do here with all these new characters, with this new storyline. What songs can you create? He's not gonna do exactly what he did in the first one. He's gonna experiment and do different things. And that is where you get the better songs. Not trying to do an impression of what you did in the first one, but trying to build upon it and create new songs. And you see this happening in movies all the time. Whenever the Batman movies lost Danny Elfman and they had to bring in a new composer and say, hey, do what Danny Elfman did and create these themes, you can't do it because you're trying to do an impression of somebody. You're not being original, and you're really not growing the music in any way. So I really felt, out of everything, that was really what was lacking in this movie. The improvements I do think they made was the animation style. And where this movie looked the best was in the nighttime animation scenes, I think on the water at night. There was a level of depth in the shading and the overall flow of these characters. I think that is where this movie really shined in those action sequences, especially in that third act. So maybe the story was kind of the same thing over and over again. The music was kind of just slapped together, but the animation really, I thought, was improved from the first one. So I think at least Disney is getting that right. Because even the comedy wasn't anything new. It was really just rehashing some of the jokes from the first one, which, again, I don't think kids are really going to care about that. In the theater, people were still laughing as this movie went along. But I think the main thing was we didn't really see a whole lot of development from the character of Moana from one to two because she went through that entire journey in one. And at the start of this movie, it almost felt like she was back at that point after going through all those things and finding out all these things about herself and being this really strong character. By the end of one, it almost like she regressed a little bit and was learning all over again instead. I would have liked to have seen her shine more at the beginning of this movie. Yes. Still been given a test that she had to overcome and do what she set out to do was find this island and connect her people with the rest of the world. That still could have been a test. But I would have liked to see her be kind of a stronger leader in the beginning because I think that would have been more impactful to kids of seeing like, oh, she learned something from the first one. She has these leadership skills now that she has to hone in. And the struggles of being a leader where even though you are strong and have proven yourself, how do you kind of advance on that? Instead, it was kind of just her from the beginning again all over and then trying to do what she did in the first one. So I think you have to give the kids, like a stronger role model at the beginning and show what comes with. Even though you have proven yourself how you have to do it again. I will say as much crap as I give the rock. He is actually a really good voice actor. I think he should stop doing live action movies and just do voice acting because he really shines as Maui. I think he really gives it his all. You can see his inflections and how much he puts a lot of his personal details into Maui. I think he has a lot of fun with it. It's probably also easier to fit into his schedule. He can just get into a recording booth, lay some lines down, and then get on his private jet and go work out for 10 hours or whatever he does. Whatever causes them to be 512 hours late to set. I think he actually does really great work in voice acting. Maui is his best character in the last 10 years. Why is Maui his best character in the last 10 years? It's because it's the only character that he portrays that actually has depth, that actually goes through something, that actually has ups and downs and doesn't win all the time. Maui loses fights. Maui also wins fights. Maui goes through sad times. All his other characters in every other movie, he's just the same thing over and over again. Wins every Fight doesn't get a scratch on him. Faces, no adversity. Maui actually has that. So I think that is why he's so attached to this character and why he's gonna do him again in the live action movie. But I'm not that excited for that. I think he should just stick to doing more animated roles. So for Moana 2, I don't think it was entirely necessary. Oh, I was even at a 2.5 for a while. But there was some clapping at the end of this movie, and I think people did leave satisfied. And I saw a lot of happy faces all around. So I think I have to give it a 0.5 just because I am an adult. Talking about an animated movie meant for a much younger demographic and if they had a good time, I think that is worth a 0.5 boost. So for Moana 2, I give it three out of five hooks.

[Guest 1]

Man.

[Co-Host]

Caroline, she's a queen of talking.

[Don Toliver]

Hey, what's on your mind?

[Rodney]

She's getting real.

[Marcus King]

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[Co-Host]

One can do it quite like Caroline.

[Rodney]

It's time for Caroline. But I just. I love being a dad. I love shaping and I love. It's. I just think it's important for them to see how I carry myself and what's important and how I treat their mama and. And just them. The truth. They're. They're half crazy. They're. So we have a 6, 5, 23 year old, and I'm just kind of all about teaching them to grow up and be men.

[Host]

How do you teach men in this world? I feel like that's a lost art a little bit.

[Rodney]

There's been so much people talk about, you know, was it toxic masculinity?

[Host]

Yes.

[Rodney]

And the worst thing you could be is a. Is a man.

[Host]

It's gone through a season where it's like being just like a man's man is kind of like the war. Truly the worst thing is.

[Rodney]

And it's sad because I think that's what we're supposed to be. And I just. I don't know, man. I talked to him about every night we have story time.

[Host]

Okay.

[Rodney]

And it's. I love it. I cherish it. And we'll start off. Got any questions?

[Host]

That's a great.

[Rodney]

Hit me with some. And they'll ask me, you know, is Bigfoot real?

[Host]

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[Rodney]

True.

[Host]

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[Rodney]

Yes, they know Bigfoot's real. Santa Claus is real.

[Host]

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[Rodney]

Yep.

[Guest 1]

I love that.

[Rodney]

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[Host]

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[Rodney]

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[Co-Host]

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[Rodney]

Birthday party at the farm and it was a blast. I was laughing and sweating and God, it was hot. Lungs were burning.

[Host]

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[Rodney]

It was cool. But, yeah. We have story time. And I'll start off with you got any questions? And then all hearts and minds clear. Can we move on? And then I'll.

[Host]

You see, you say that. All hearts and minds clear.

[Rodney]

Sometimes. Yeah. A lot of times. Are we good? And then we'll move on to a lot of times it'll be some little Bible story. Last night it was. What was it? Oh, the Jericho and marching around Joshua. And so we went through that for a little bit. And then we'll go into some story. And I try to tell stories that incorporate them in the story.

[Amy Brown]

Okay.

[Rodney]

That it's them going through some crazy adventure, and it's just a special time. And I make them lay still. Close your eyes. Picture it in your head. And we do it every single night. I love it.

[Host]

That's amazing.

[Rodney]

It's fun.

[Host]

Why is being a dad so important to you?

[Rodney]

It's a responsibility. I mean, it's the most challenging and most rewarding thing I've ever done, will ever do. It's part of what you leave behind. And it's teaching them to be in service and connected, to be more than just a good citizen, but to make a difference. And, I mean, that's the future of everything. I just. I truly believe that. And how they see me carry myself and live my life is first thing on my mind, what I'm thinking about. And it is cool because. Roses. How do I explain Rose? I say she's. She's kinder than. She's tougher than life and kinder than love. She's just.

[Host]

What a wonderful thing to say about your wife. I mean, tougher than life and kinder than love.

[Rodney]

Yeah, she is.

[Host]

You're gonna cry. Oh, how has her love changed you? How has it. How has it affected your heart? And being married to her.

[Rodney]

Man, I don't know if I can do that.

[Host]

Without crying.

[Rodney]

Yeah.

[Host]

That's so sweet, Rodney. What a gift it is having a love like that is also the biggest gift you can have.

[Rodney]

Exactly. And for them to see that, I think that's.

[Host]

So she's completely just metamorphosized you as a human with her love.

[Rodney]

Yeah. And it's. With her, it's. When somebody loves you that way you're vulnerable, but you're tougher than anything that could ever come at you at the same time because you have that.

[Host]

Do you have a place to. A soft place to land?

[Rodney]

Yeah. You're kind of fearless. Nothing else can hurt you. Nobody on earth can hurt me but her. I don't know. Things fall into place when you. When you see somebody love you and you just. I just quit. I quit listening to me about me and just trust her.

[Don Toliver]

Oh, okay.

[Host]

So what did you about you tell you and what does she tell you about you?

[Rodney]

I mean, is that golden rule thing about, you know, treat others how you want to be treated? But that's. I can't remember where I even got this from. Hit me a long time ago about. I wouldn't walk up to you and, I don't know, say awful things to you. Punch me in the nose. I wouldn't force a gallon of whiskey down your throat or large or, you know, a super double large pizza. Just cram it down your throat. So I don't know why people do it. You do it to yourself, those things.

[Host]

You say things to yourself, like bad self talk.

[Rodney]

Exactly.

[Host]

That's a. I. It took me forever to even realize what self talk was like. I didn't know that for a long time until I started getting into therapy and self aware that like, I even had bad self talk. And then when I realized that I'm like, man, I am an asshole to myself. Like, I am picking myself apart. I am tearing myself down. I don't believe in myself. It takes a lot to change that 100%. Did you have some pretty gnarly self talk?

[Rodney]

I think so, yeah. You know, I grew up. I was. I was adopted.

[Host]

And your adoption story is so touching. And it's such a journey. I mean, that's a lot to go through as a kid.

[Rodney]

It's. But what it does to you is it makes you. That you deal with self worth and you're trying to overcome just abandonment. And that's your. It's just a lot of self worth stuff. So you. You beat the out of yourself over and over.

[Guest 2]

And that's this week's Sunday sampler. If you hear something you like, go check it out, Go to the feed, subscribe to it, write a review, if you don't mind. It really does help us out. New episodes are out weekly, so go check them out. Thank you guys. We'll see you next week.

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