SUNDAY SAMPLER - The Nashville Podcast Network (2-23-25)

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – Sunday Sampler (February 23, 2025)

Hosted by Bobby Bones and presented by Premiere Networks, this episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" serves as a Sunday Sampler, featuring a diverse range of segments from The Nashville Podcast Network. The episode delves into inspiring personal stories, engaging interviews, comedic anecdotes, and insightful discussions aimed at both entertaining and motivating listeners.

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1. Spotlight Interview: Matt Stell on His Hit Song "Pray for You"

Timestamp: [02:53]

Bobby Bones kicks off the episode with an in-depth interview with Nashville-based country music superstar, Matt Stell. Stell shares his journey from moving to Nashville to securing a publishing deal, culminating in the unexpected success of his song "Pray for You."

Key Highlights:

• Journey to Success: Stell discusses relocating to Nashville, the challenges of breaking into the music industry, and the pivotal moment when "Pray for You" became a life-changing hit.

  "[03:29] Matt Stell: I moved to Nashville, finally got a publishing deal. And about six months into that publishing deal... I had no idea it was going to be a life-changing hit song."

• Creative Process: The collaboration with fellow songwriters and the intent behind writing a song that resonated deeply with listeners.

  "[04:15] Matt Stell: I thought it was good, but I didn't think it was for me. I wasn't confident enough to pick and choose opportunities."

• Impact and Reflection: Stell reflects on the song's impact, including personal milestones and the humbling realization of creating music that matters to people.

  "[07:16] Bobby Bones: Did you have to have, like, an internal conversation? This is not exactly what I thought it would be, but this is awesome. So we're gonna commit and just go."

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2. Comedy Segment: "Sore Losers" with Eddie and Lunchbox

Timestamp: [17:08]

Eddie and Lunchbox engage listeners with a humorous take on a conversation between a season ticket member and a newly assigned ticket representative, Jasmine, from Nashville SC. Their comedic portrayal highlights the miscommunication and exaggerated frustrations of fan interactions.

Notable Moments:

• Frustrated Inquiry: Eddie humorously bombards Jasmine with out-of-scope questions about team performance, illustrating the gap between fan expectations and representative responses.

  "[19:14] Lunchbox: That, dude, she's just trying to draw check in the box by your name, bro."

• Relatable Humor: The duo pokes fun at real-life awkward phone interactions, resonating with listeners who have experienced similar comedic exchanges.

  "[21:38] Eddie: My wife said I was suffering from secondhand embarrassment. She goes, that makes me so uncomfortable."

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3. Personal Growth Insight: Morgan Huelsman on Overcoming Fear

Timestamp: [27:05]

Morgan Huelsman shares a heartfelt story about overcoming procrastination and fear, specifically related to pursuing improv classes and acting lessons. She delves into the psychological barriers that prevent individuals from taking actionable steps toward their passions.

Key Insights:

• Identifying Fear: Huelsman explores how fear of rejection and failure often hinders personal growth and the pursuit of desired activities.

  "[28:00] Morgan Huelsman: Why do you think it is that people find themselves in this kind of rotating pen pal type situation?"

• Taking Action: She recounts her turning point of finally signing up for improv classes, emphasizing the importance of confronting fears to achieve personal fulfillment.

  "[30:34] Morgan Huelsman: I'm proud of myself for finally signing up for the class and I hope that that will encourage any of you."

• Practical Tips: Huelsman offers actionable advice for listeners to identify and address the reasons behind their procrastination, encouraging proactive steps toward their goals.

  "[30:08] Morgan Huelsman: So for the next eight weeks, that's where I'm gonna be on Tuesday nights. You can't miss more than two or you have to start over."

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4. Entertainment Breakdown: Amy Brown's Movie Podcast Highlights

Timestamp: [35:23]

Amy Brown provides a concise overview of her podcast, "Movie Mike's Movie Podcast," where she analyzes significant superhero films that have shaped the genre. In this episode, she emphasizes the importance of "Batman" (1989) and "Blade" (1998).

Discussion Points:

• "Batman" (1989): Brown highlights how this film transformed the public perception of Batman from a comedic figure to a gritty superhero, setting a new standard for the genre.

  "[35:23] Amy Brown: ...number one is Batman 1989. Why I believe this is the first most important superhero film is it created a new public perception of Batman..."

• "Blade" (1998): She underscores the film's role in proving that superhero movies could cater to adult audiences with its R-rated content, paving the way for future mature-themed superhero films.

  "[43:13] Amy Brown: ...number two, it would come almost 10 years after this in 1998. My next most important superhero film of all time is Blade from 1998."

• Genre Evolution: Brown discusses how these films influenced subsequent superhero movies, encouraging a blend of action, depth, and mature storytelling.

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5. Building a Support Network: Conversation with Caroline

Timestamp: [43:18]

Caroline engages in a profound discussion about the significance of establishing a "village" or support system, particularly for artists and creatives. She reflects on her personal struggles with self-worth and the journey to embracing her inherent talents.

Key Themes:

• Self-Worth and Acceptance: Caroline shares her challenges with self-esteem, particularly in relation to her vocal talents, and how external validation impacted her perception of self-worth.

  "[46:05] Caroline: ...I couldn't understand it. And the minute that I started singing, I started to get accepted. And... I have been terrified to mess up."

• Overcoming Internal Barriers: She discusses the internal struggles that come with recognizing one’s gifts and the fear of failure that often accompanies success.

  "[48:11] Caroline: ...there's the pressure of I can't mess this up. What if I mess my voice up?"

• Community and Support: Emphasizing the importance of a supportive community, Caroline talks about how building a "village" has been crucial in her personal and professional growth.

  "[44:59] I (Caroline): This is coming back to you too. I'll do mine briefly, but then we really want to hear about your village."

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Conclusion

Timestamp: [51:08]

Bobby Bones wraps up the Sunday Sampler by encouraging listeners to explore the various segments and podcasts featured throughout the episode. He highlights the value of engaging with different content to gain inspiration, laughter, and personal growth.

"[51:08] Bobby Bones: Hey, thanks for listening to this week's Sunday Sampler... we appreciate it. We got an Instagram and a TikTok and yeah. See you guys next week."

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Note: Throughout the episode, Bobby Bones skillfully weaves together interviews, comedic sketches, and personal stories, creating a dynamic listening experience that caters to a wide range of interests. The inclusion of memorable quotes with timestamps allows listeners to revisit key moments, enhancing the overall engagement and value of the episode.

Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

21/ terms and conditions apply. Back with a Sunday sampler. Matt Stell in New Orleans. That's what you hear from me. We were at the super bowl and he played against LeBron James in high school and his mom recorded over the video and so we're Gonna play that coming up in a second, but you're gonna hear clips of a bunch of podcasts here. And if you like any of the stories, go check out that individual podcast. I would recommend Dr. Joosse's podcast if you love animals and celebrities. And check out Morgan's new podcast as well, called Take this Personally. But I want to start with this. It's an episode from the Bobbycast this week with country music superstar Matt Stell.

[Matt Stell]

I moved to Nashville, finally got a publishing deal. And about six months into that publishing deal, I think I write Prayed for you with a couple people in town and my manager at the time and Allison Vel. Shout out Allison. The song's about her husband. And. And I wrote Pray for your and I thought we had written a good song that day, but I had no idea it was going to be a life changing hit song. And no idea. And so my publishing company, we're putting out an EP and they're like, we should put these songs. And my publisher was like, man, you should put Pray for your on there too. I was like, okay, well, let me.

[Bobby Bones]

Stop you for a second because if you write Pray for your, you three were just together generally writing, and then your publisher was just gonna go and pitch the song. You weren't writing for anything specific. She didn't have anybody in mind.

[Matt Stell]

So I think they were. I mean, I think we were kind of writing for. We were writing for me because, you know, the idea was like, we're gonna put an EP together. I get, you know, pitch delay. We'll see if we get some traction.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I wanted to know. Like, what was the purpose of the write?

[Matt Stell]

Yeah, to me, I was in there writing this song that is, like, I'm proud to say it's a good song. I'm really proud of that song. It's not the kind of music that I thought I would be making, you know, from what we just talked about. But I wrote that song and I was, you know, cool, awesome. Wrote a good song.

[Bobby Bones]

The day you finished, did you think it was good?

[Matt Stell]

I thought it was good.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you think it was for you?

[Matt Stell]

No. No, I didn't. I didn't know. Like, I'd never written a hit song before. Like, I wasn't one of these guys that just moved to town and like, lightning hits in a bottle.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, thematically, when you finished it, we're like, nothing says Stell, I prayed for you. Like, I just wonder, right? Because it doesn't sound based on the things that you heard that didn't Resonate with you. And this is the irony of it.

[Amy Brown]

Is that especially the music you wanted.

[Bobby Bones]

To make, you finish the song and it's like, man, boom, stamp, Estelle, just right there.

[Matt Stell]

Exactly. And you know, to be honest with you, Bobby, I have, I have tried to put more and be more me in the music that I've made as an artist because I wasn't an artist at that. Like, I wasn't a person on the radio at the end. Like, we put that song out and that EP out and John Marks was at Spotify at the time and my other manager emailed him, they put that song on Spotify and it started. It was like a million streams a week on, without much at all playlisting. And then it, I mean, it organically did it.

[Bobby Bones]

It went viral before the social media was viraling songs to deals.

[Matt Stell]

Yeah, for you? Yeah, it went viral. Yeah, basically. Like for me, my socials have always followed my music. They have not like George Burge, one of my good friends, he's a little bit the other way. You know, social media, he's really good at it. And he's also very good at music. But his socials are the bell cow that gets all that great music to people. And me, I've always. My socials have always lagged behind whatever music I had. And yeah, man, that happened. And then we shut up.

[Bobby Bones]

Was it a single? Like, was it in your mind? Because again, if you send it to Spotify and John used to be the guy at Spotify. Was it this? I guess single's a weird word if you're not actually.

[Matt Stell]

It was the single. It was the song. It was the. It was the one song we sent.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so were you served trying to service it to radio as well?

[Matt Stell]

Well, at that point we were, you know, I was going and playing some songs in some offices downtown, but I really, you know, hadn't nailed any. Anything. You know, we had a little interest here and there, but I didn't have a record deal or anything.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you feel like the song where you're like, oh man, it's a good song, but I don't really want this to be the single. Even though the song was good, did part of you not want it to be the single because it was love?

[Matt Stell]

And in my, you know, if I'm being honest, I wanted that song to be a multi week number one for Blake Shelton or for whoever. Like, I thought that's what I was doing because I thought we'd written a good song that day. But man, you know, for me, in this business and how hard it was and to get started and getting started late, you know, if you have an opportunity. I've never been one that was so confident in myself that I would be picking picky and choosy about opportunities. And so when that song hit like it did, we started getting calls from some labels and we got a call and. And signed a deal and blah, blah, blah, you know, that led to, you know, whatever.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you have to have, like an internal conversation? This is not exactly what I thought it would be, but this is awesome. So we're gonna commit and just go.

[Matt Stell]

Yeah. Well, I knew I just wanted to make music that mattered to people. And I did struggle with this a little bit earlier. Yeah. To answer your question, but, like, I had. I always want to make music that mattered to people, but I never thought I was going to be as someone who wrote, like, one of the bigger wedding songs. I wasn't married. I mean, like, I wasn't even engaged at that time. I don't think. Maybe I can't remember. Maybe I was. Those timelines seem like they're parallel, but they're different tracks of mine. But, yeah, I had no idea. And now, you know, now that I am married and found somebody that I. That I think those things about that song makes. Even makes more sense to me now, number one. But number two, it is really, really humbling and special that people want to include that song, get it tattooed on them. Somebody has those lyrics on a headstone like that. I. There's no amount of like, oh, wow, I wish this. Wish my famous song was about whiskey. You know, like, dude, I'm just glad to have made any music that matters to people. And. But, yeah, I mean, there was that. The questions you're asking were questions I asked myself, and these are the answers to those questions.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Morgan Huelsman]

All right, let's talk about why we put things off that we really want to do. Like, I want you to think about something that you really wanted to do, but you put it off or that you currently really want to do, but you are putting it off at this exact moment, even though you know it's something that you're going to totally enjoy and you want to do it. I have done this many times now. About a year and a half ago, I think it was maybe even two years at this point. Time has been weird lately. I took an improv class and I absolutely loved it. I left it feeling energized and I told myself that I would sign up for another session soon. So they're eight week courses, but guess what? I totally put it off and put it off and put it off. I originally signed up for improv after I had that teeny tiny role in the Christmas movie Holiday Harmony. My scene was in the bathroom. Not sure if y'all saw it. My kids thought that my bathroom scene was hilarious. My debut in a movie and I. I had my lines in a bathroom. But I loved the entire experience. So after that, I decided to take improv lessons and acting lessons to, you know, hone in on my skills. I obviously should have done that stuff before I filmed the movie, but I was playing myself and it was sort of a last minute thing that I got invited to do and I was like, I don't have time to take any lessons. I'm just gonna go for it. And I had no idea how much I was gonna love the whole thing. So then I decided I would like to pursue more of these opportunities. So I'm going to do the acting lessons, I'm going to do the improv. And I did all that and then just stopped. Stopped going, didn't pursue anything. And I really think it boiled down to that. I feared the rejection. And I don't know why we do this to ourselves, because I know better than that. I have heard from others. I've even shared on this podcast. I know that we have to just go for things. We can't fear the failure because even from the failure, obstacle is the way we will learn from it. We will grow from it. We have the question that Donald Miller gave us. What does this make possible? So I know all the things, so why was I putting it off? Like, why did I quit? And then why did I just ignore it even though I've had it on my list for sure the last six to eight months? Sign up for another improv class. Sign up for another improv class. Like when we know we want something and then fear creeps in. Ugh. It's the worst when the fear wins. And that's what happened to me. I feel like we easily convince ourselves that we don't really want it because that's easier than failing. And that's sort of what I started to tell myself. I'm like, well, I guess it's not something that I really wanted, because if I wanted it, I would be signing up for it. Or we Tell ourselves that we're going to wait for the perfect time. Then the perfect time never comes and we think about doing it so much that we exhaust ourselves before we even get started. And that's exactly what happened to me. However, I had a turning point today. I finally signed back up for the improv classes. Like, before I hit record, I made myself go to the website. I signed up. I'm going to be taking classes starting in March. It'll be for eight weeks, every Tuesday night, 6:30 to 9:30. I'm sure I'll run into some issues there, but I'm gonna have to navigate around it. This is something that's important to me. So for the next eight weeks, that's where I'm gonna be on Tuesday nights. You can't miss more than two or you have to start over. And I did level one a while back and I gotta do level one again because so much time has passed. I would feel ridiculous going into level two. So I'm gonna start level one. I'm gonna see how it goes, and then if I still love it, I'm gonna roll in to level two. But I'm proud of myself for finally signing up for the class and I hope that that will encourage any of you. Right now, if there's something you've been putting off, maybe even pause this right now and go look up what it is you need to do. Go to the website. Can you sign up for it? Do you need to look at your calendar? What is it you need to do? Like, if you've been putting off something, ask yourself why you're putting it off. Is it fear? Is it perfectionism? Is it lack of time? Whatever it is, acknowledge why you're putting it off and figure out a way to make it work. When we do that, it will help get us out of the what if cycle, which is what I need to get out of. I will just know, and I owe it to myself to give it a try, and so do you.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Lunchbox]

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[Eddie]

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[Lunchbox]

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[Eddie]

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[Lunchbox]

Your new ticket rep. How's it going, Jazzy?

[Eddie]

And I'm like, okay. And she's like, I just wanted to call and see as a season ticket member, if ever, if you're happy with everything that's going on, every. The process and everything. I said, well, I do have a few questions.

[Lunchbox]

Here we go. Do I have any comments?

[Eddie]

And she goes, are you just. Are you looking forward to this upcoming season? I was like, well, last season ended on a little bit of a rough note. You know, we were really piss poor towards the end of the year. What do you like on the. In the midfield? Like, what. What did we do to address the situation? And she's like, excuse me. I'm like, how are we going to score more goals? It seems like it takes a lot of effort for us to score just one goal. When we go to the games, we don't really score a lot of goals and we get beat two to nothing, three to nothing. And if we score one goal, it's a miracle. What have we done to improve that?

[Lunchbox]

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[Eddie]

And she's like, oh, sir, I'm just calling about your season tickets.

[Lunchbox]

That wasn't in her training class.

[Eddie]

And I'm like, yeah, I know you're calling about my season tickets, but you said, if I have any questions. And I said, and I saw that we let our backup goalie go. Do you know, was there a reason behind that?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, contract issues.

[Eddie]

And she's like, I didn't make that decision. I'm just your ticket rep. Like, I'm just handling anything on your season ticket sales. Like, if you need any Help with.

[Lunchbox]

That, dude, she's just trying to draw check in the box by your name, bro.

[Eddie]

She has a list of people that she is supposed to call now that she has this job to introduce herself and like, get the ball rolling. Like, just so she, you know, who she is and she can say, yep, I did that. Yep, I did that. She reports to her boss. I Talked to all 30 people on my list and they are all happy. And I just start pestering her with questions. I said, you know, last year was the first year we didn't make the playoffs. Like, what's the, you know, mood around the office?

[Lunchbox]

Well, at the office we always like to network on Fridays.

[Eddie]

She says, well, we're really looking forward to this season and, you know, we're really glad that you're a season ticket member. Is there anything else I can do for you? And I'm like, well, like, how are we going to handle the firepower of Messi and his boys when they come up from Miami? She's like, I went to a couple.

[Lunchbox]

Games with the girls and drank.

[Eddie]

I. She goes, if you do need me at a game, I will be there. If you, you know, if you tell me beforehand, I can come down to your seats. And I'm like, well, how is that going to help us stop Messi? And she's like, I don't.

[Bobby Bones]

That.

[Eddie]

I don't know that.

[Lunchbox]

Sir, Sir, I'm just trying to get you to renew at your rock bottom price of $40 for the season pass.

[Eddie]

I mean, I hit her with like 10 questions, kept her on the phone for at least 15 minutes.

[Lunchbox]

It's got to improve her life and how you view your job. If she does enjoy Ted Lasso, I should ask her.

[Eddie]

I said, hey, did Ted Lasso inspire you to apply for this? I should have had that one because.

[Lunchbox]

That does make it cooler that she's working at a stadium and then also can just go outside and watch the games. I wonder if her offices are at the stadium. They have to be.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's a great question.

[Lunchbox]

That makes me jealous that they have the Ted Lasso life, because that was pretty cool how the one lady, whoever the owner.

[Eddie]

Oh yeah.

[Lunchbox]

How she would always go into her office.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it was so great.

[Lunchbox]

That's a pretty dope office.

[Eddie]

That was that. I wonder, my friend Jenny works for Austin FC and I'll ask her if her office is at the stadium because that would be.

[Lunchbox]

So I would have asked questions like that. Instead you're being a dick and you're like, hey, so Hani Mukhtar and Zimmerman, they weren't very social when they would lose a game and then you guys would have your meet and greets.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you.

[Lunchbox]

Why don't you do something constructive where you said, hey, it was really hard. The one cool time was when my kids play basketball with Mukhtar. There's been other times, though, where they get one hot dog and you guys run out. Why didn't you address that?

[Eddie]

I should have addressed Meet the Team Day. I'm like, hey, so two years ago.

[Lunchbox]

Hit her with Meet the Team Day.

[Eddie]

Two years ago, we went to Meet the Team Day. And you. If you were a season ticket member, you got to go and you got to do all this stuff. But my kids didn't get to do anything because everything we did was, oh, you have to have a wristband for that. You have to have a wristband for this. You have to have this color wristband. And there were no damn wristbands. But no one said that on the copy. Like, how have we worked to improve that?

[Lunchbox]

That would have been a good question.

[Eddie]

That would have been a great question.

[Lunchbox]

Listen.

[Eddie]

She would have been like, I didn't even know we have fan Meet the Fan Day. This is only my second day on the job.

[Lunchbox]

Sir, you're going to hang up and listen. You're hanging up.

[Eddie]

So I thought, I'm sitting there laughing to myself, and I get off the phone and my wife was like, who was that? I said, oh, that was our new season ticket rep with Nashville Se. It's Jasmine. She goes, well, what the hell were you asking her all those questions for? And I said, oh, I thought I was being funny. She goes, that is so awkward. I'm like, I cracked myself up. She goes, she's not gonna know the answer to that. That poor girl is just trying to do her job. She has so many more people to call, and you just took up 15 minutes of her time. And I'm like, I laughed to myself. And my question is, is that Jasmine girl, when she gets off the phone with me, was she laughing or was she like, what the hell did I get myself into?

[Lunchbox]

What you did was funny. The nation will think what you did was funny her. That was part of her job, so that you were probably a nuisance. But I will say, I love that you had fun with people on the phone. I do it a little too much to the now the point Bazer makes me go in the other room even if I'm ordering pizza, because I'll be like, hey, how's it going? What do you. What do you? What are you guys doing there at the old pizza joint? Yeah, yeah, we're just going to do two pizzas. Going to try and eat them up and sop up that beer. You know what I'm saying? She gets so secondhand cringe that she'll make me go in the other room and do it.

[Eddie]

My wife said I was suffering from secondhand embarrassment. She goes, that makes me so uncomfortable.

[Lunchbox]

You just got to do in the other room. Guys have been there. You do it. You on the patio. You have a little fun with the local pizza joint. Whether it's a kid that smoked a little too much or a guy, that's a dead end job. You can't just make these phone calls. Cut and dried.

[Eddie]

My last question to her was coach Callahan, like, what has he been doing around Nashville in the off season? Is he getting it because we hired him midway through the season? Like, has he put down roots here and what's his attitude like? And she was like, I haven't met the coach.

[Lunchbox]

That's surprising.

[Eddie]

Well, she's only been there for like a week.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, she really only had.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. She was like, I'm your new ticket rep. I just started with national sc. I'm just reaching out to let you know that.

[Lunchbox]

Here's the list that this one man asked me. I need to know all of this stuff.

[Eddie]

Apparently I'm supposed to call him back by Wednesday.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, I didn't know they're going to give you personalized calls. I might need to become a season ticket member. Dude, that's pretty hands on.

[Eddie]

No, no, they only call you when they first start the job to introduce themselves. And if you need anything, do you have any questions? She said, do you have any questions? And so I had questions. How are we going to score more goals? What did we do to improve our midfield? Why did we let our backup goalie go that blocks all the PKs. And I want to know what the coach has been up to.

[Lunchbox]

If a place did call you after you went to an event, a restaurant or anything, would it annoy you or would it seem like they cared? The fact she's calling you seems like she cares. But you're saying it only happens once.

[Eddie]

A year and once a year and it's like I get a new ticket rep every four months. They don't stay around very long.

[Lunchbox]

Is she trying to upsell you? I don't get how it's. How is it a base pay I want?

[Eddie]

No, it's, it's.

[Lunchbox]

See, if I was her, I'd Try to upsell you. Why is she not trying to get you in a better seat? I'd have turned it on you. Well, I don't know. You want to be right next to coach and ask those questions? We can get you in our premium seating right on the first base line, which is also. That's. I use baseball terminology. I'm not familiar with soccer, but that's right along your visitors dugout zone, the net pitch. So, dude, I'm going to try and hit you like that.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I don't think. Like I said, they had the chance for upgrades a couple of months ago. Like, you could change your seats. You know what I mean? Like, they already went through that. She missed that part.

[Lunchbox]

Here's how I would hit you. I would have hit you with. Sir, when you go to our games, are you getting the party pack? No, I just get a hot dog and lemonade. Okay. Well, are you the cheapskate of your group? What if you got some better seats? Is that going to help with clients, your family, your wife, your kids, getting a better view of the players? Let's try and get you locked in today. See, I'm going to upsell your ass.

[Eddie]

It's not bad.

[Lunchbox]

Yep.

[Eddie]

Damn.

[Lunchbox]

I need to look into that.

[Eddie]

Do you want to see the coach come on and off the field where you can yell those questions? You need to move to the other side of the stadium where you're at. The coach will never even know you're in the stadium.

[Lunchbox]

Well, my seats are pretty high up.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I mean, I do see him down there when I pull out my binoculars and I look and I can.

[Lunchbox]

See him and I got a problem with our seats. They're in the sun. Sir, if you do this upgrade today, I'm personally going to deliver a pair of Ray Bans to your office on Monday. And you can wear those every time you come to the game. Coach, I need to be in sales. I'm in the wrong industry.

[Eddie]

Oh, man. So that was my. That was my. I thought I was funny, but I don't know if Jasmine enjoyed my jokes. My wife didn't. And so then I was like, man, does everybody go through this where they. They're in their own head? Like, this is so damn funny.

[Lunchbox]

Jasmine, what are you wearing?

[Eddie]

No, I didn't ask that. I didn't ask that. I didn't ask that.

[Lunchbox]

You were in the Nashville SC uniform.

[Eddie]

Hey, do you have that new jersey by chance? Can you send one over my way? Because, you know, I'm a season ticket member and I never got One they used to send them to the station. Nothing.

[Lunchbox]

Jasmine here at work, they don't let us wear sweatpants or hoodies anymore.

[Bobby Bones]

You wearing?

[Eddie]

Oh, what's the dress code over there at nsc?

[Lunchbox]

Oh, just high heels and slacks and then sometimes skirts.

[Eddie]

Sometimes I wear some soccer shorts. You know what I mean? Like, and I put a jersey on. Do you like that?

[Lunchbox]

Wonder how old Candace is doing over there.

[Eddie]

Oh, she don't work there anymore.

[Lunchbox]

I think you told me that.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Take this personally with Morgan Huelsman. Erica, thank you so much for joining me.

[Eddie]

How are you?

[Mike D]

Thank you, I'm good. I've been really excited to talk to you.

[Eddie]

What's super frustrating on dating apps because you get on there with great intentions. When the constant pimping happens, you get very frustrated.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Why do you think it is that.

[Eddie]

People find themselves in this kind of.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Rotating pen pal type situation?

[Mike D]

I think most people are generally clueless. They don't know how to. How or when to transition from that conversation to the date. And so if I can do anything to help people speed that up, I certainly will. I don't think people have. I don't think I'm. In general, I don't think people have some nefarious intentions to just waste your time on that. Some people do. Sure. Some people are doing it for that validation. Oh, look at me. I'm still desirable, but I never want to meet these people. Oh, I'm just out of a relationship. I don't actually want to date. I just want to make sure people still like me. Yeah, of course there are some people out there like that. But on the whole, I think people generally do want to meet and they really just don't. Like. No one taught this skill in school. It's a new skill. And so people really just don't know. So I would say give the benefit of the doubt. That's why you're going to use your language to try to get it closer to a date. Or just ask yourself and then you know from their answer because they could either just not answer you, in which case there's clearly no date. They could ignore your suggestion of meeting, in which case they either didn't understand or have no interest in meeting, or they could grab it and run with it. You win either way because you know exactly what your next step is.

[Eddie]

It's the basic skill of communicating, which it is.

[Mike D]

But. But again, maybe it's not basic, maybe it's not common, maybe it's not basic.

[Amy Brown]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

You also have this step, which I love and I've incorporated into my dating.

[Morgan Huelsman]

And it's been super helpful to find.

[Eddie]

Who really is a good communicator. Is the ask two questions and then make a statement.

[Mike D]

Oh, my God, yes.

[Morgan Huelsman]

So tell.

[Mike D]

Tell everyone about it in case they don't know.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Well, I want you to tell them. You're the expert.

[Bobby Bones]

You came up with it.

[Mike D]

I mean, you. You nailed it.

[Morgan Huelsman]

So.

[Mike D]

Okay, so let's have a mock conversation. So we are on a dating. And send me a message. What would you ask me? And whatever, anything. I don't care.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Hi, Erica.

[I]

What are your favorite genres of food?

[Mike D]

I love Italian and Thai.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's really exciting.

[Morgan Huelsman]

What's your favorite place in town to go to?

[Mike D]

There's this place called Regent Thai I really like.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Oh, that's really good.

[Mike D]

We just did it. We did it. That was the exercise. So exactly what we did here, you're engaging me in conversation and I am shutting it down at every turn by not asking you a question back. Even an and you. And you would be so. Anything would be so easy. And so my recommendation, I call it two Qs, two questions and a statement. So you ask question one. What type of food? I gave a statement. Italian and Thai. Question two. Oh, do you have any favorite places? I gave a statement. Regent Tai. And then you're not going to keep asking me questions. You're not my interviewer here and. But the reason I do have you answer that last message in a statement is because I never, ever want anyone to accuse you of ghosting them or not answering. And so we're simply closing out the conversation with a statement. Sounds great. Sounds delicious. Yum yum. I love pad thai. I don't care. So 90% of the time, the conversation was done anyway. And you're just sort of shutting the door. They already shut the door. You're just like putting the deadlock on it. 10% of the time, the other person will come back and ask you a question because they go back to the conversation, realize there's nothing to talk about, realize, oh, I didn't ask a question. Half of that 10% will be how's it going? Or how's your day? Which is a non starter.

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[Matt Stell]

Hey, it's.

[Amy Brown]

Mike D. And this week on Movie Mike's Movie Podcast, I broke down what I believe to be the five most important superhero movies of all time. All throughout history. These are the ones that were most important to the success of the genre. I also gave my spoiler free review of Captain America Brave New World that a lot of people disagreed with, but I had to say it. So here's just a little bit of my top five list. Be sure to go check out the full episode to hear my full review. But right now, here's just a little bit of Movie Mike's movie podcast. And number one is Batman 1989. Why I believe this is the first most important superhero film is it created a new public perception of Batman and it legitimized the genre and took Batman from being a comedic character to a gritty character, even by 1980s standards. And this was a big deal, more so than Superman that came the decade before it. This is the one that I feel without its success would not have led to any other superhero movie being made. Before this, Batman hadn't been a gritty character. And even if you look at 1989 now, it's not as gritty as what we know to be now as a gritty Batman. But at the time it was revolutionary because everybody associated Batman with Adam West's depiction of him, which was great at the time. But that show was a comedy. It made him really zany. It made the fight scenes overly cheesy with the bam zap pow. It made Robin a very just one dimensional character. And for the longest time this movie was trying to be made in this way. Michael, you said, who is somebody who was fighting for this? He had the rights to Batman for a decade, maybe even longer than a decade, and he was fighting for the depiction of the character that he knew was out there he was a fan of Batman from when he was a kid, and he was the person, whenever that TV show debuted, he was like, oh, no, this is wrong. This is bad. This is not the Batman I love. So he bought the rights for such a little amount and kept trying to find producers, kept trying to get a movie like this green lit. And it wasn't until 1989's Batman that his love of Batman, his complete nerdom, actually came to life. And he was able to do it. So he was this driving force trying to bring this darker, more serious version of the character to life. And then you combine that with Tim Burton, and we finally got it. And it changed the public perspective of not only what Batman could be, but what superhero movies could be as a whole. Now, even in 1989, these movies were still being geared towards kids, with the idea being you put out a movie and then you sell a bunch of merchandise, which has always been the model. Star wars was the one who really made that. A thing like, oh, you put out the movie, then you sell a buttload of toys. That was the model. So we weren't there quite yet. But it did show that you can make something for kids because it is a superhero movie. But also that would appeal to the older audience. If you look at this one, at times, it doesn't feel like a kids movie. This movie moved on to Batman returns. And that one, you had a public outcry from parents saying, this is not a kids movie whatsoever. You have penguin biting at people's noses, causing them to be all bloody. And there was a big problem with that. But the reason I believe that this movie was so important is because it was the first movie to really usher in this new era of superhero film and say, a movie like this can be made, and you can change what everybody believes these characters to be. And you're gonna see this theme throughout my list, because whenever you set a standard, everybody starts following that, and then it almost takes somebody else to break that mold yet again to re revolutionize the genre. But this movie did that. It gave us not only the gritty hero, but also the gritty villain. Jack Nicholson set the standard for creating a villain like this. Made everybody who played the joker after him have some really big shoes to fill. So at number one, I have Batman, 1989. At number two, it would come almost 10 years after this in 1998. My next most important superhero film of all time is Blade from 1998. Why this movie is so important, one, I feel it's underappreciated it's underrated. And how revolutionary this movie was and how important it was for Marvel's success. It proved that you could make a superhero movie, a comic book character for adults. Because this movie is R rated, it's bloody, it's violent and it's cool. And at the time Blade wasn't even a popular character in the comic books. Even after this movie came out, he, his comics still struggled and they readapted them to fit the movie character more. So he wasn't even a top tier character, not even a second string character. Even now the character of Blade isn't as popular as all these other Marvel characters. And you look at their model now and this is what later Marvel would bank on. Because there had been attempts to make other character movies before this be successful. You had pretty much made for TV movies with Captain America, Spider man and those just never quite worked out. This was the first successful Marvel movie ever. It was the second one because before this, back in 1986, they made a Howard the Duck movie. I don't know why they decided to go with Howard the Duck first, but that movie was awful, terrible and it was a long time until Marvel had success. So this movie was important not only for Marvel because without its success, it was right there at the brink of bankruptcy. It had been fighting bankruptcy for so long because they just didn't have a successful movie. This was their first big hit, their first big taste of success. And it also inspired and was the stepping stone for a lot of R rated movies to come. If there wasn't Blade, we would have never got Deadpool, we would have never got Logan, we would have never got other comic book movies outside of Marvel like Watchmen and Kick Ass or even Suicide Squad. All of those movie success had to come from proving that you could make an R rated superhero movie even more so that you could do it without a popular character. Now at the time, Wesley Snipes was a very popular actor, so that brought in some fans. Vampires in the 90s were also hot as well. So that helped. And I believe this is what Marvel started to do whenever they sold all the rights to their main characters to Sony and to Fox. And later when they're trying to build things, they decided, okay, well we can't use our most popular characters. Let's build a team of all of our second string and third stringers and see if we can make something out of this. And that proved to be successful. So it's working with what you have. And also ahead of its time because you had A black lead in this movie, in a superhero film. He was the first successful black superhero in mainstream cinema. Paved the way for Black Panther. And I know X Men was already in development that would come out in the year 2000, but if it wasn't for the success of Blade, that wouldn't have set up the X Men. And it made $131 million worldwide on a 45 million dollar budget. And Wesley Snipes said it best. In Deadpool and Wolverine, there will only be one Blade. So hopefully they still bring this character back to Life. At number two from 1998, I have Blade.

[Caroline]

Hey.

[Eddie]

Hey, Caroline.

[Matt Stell]

She's a queen of talking.

[Amy Brown]

Hey, what's on your mind?

[Lunchbox]

She's getting real not afraid to feel.

[Matt Stell]

Take a soul to soul Just let it flow no one can do it quite like Caroline. It's time for Caroline.

[Caroline]

One thing I really do love to take is constructive criticism and encouragement from people that have went through things that I've went through. That's why I really feel like it's very important for artists in general to be behind one another. Creative people in general, specifically women. And yeah, I like to get together with my female compadres in this industry and I think those are the safest places, other than true therapy, to talk about all these things that may feel like first world problems and entitled problems to have, but when you have the load that you have on yourself as an artist and as a creative, it's. It's nice to be able to go to others and go, I'm tired of getting glammed every day and I've had four hours of sleep and I am living the dream, but it's much harder than I thought this was gonna be. And just, you know, it's. I think it's really nice to get those little stressors off your chest by talking about it in safe spaces. I am a big component of safe spaces. So do you feel like you have a safe space in life? Like, what do you feel like, how did you. This is a cool thing. I love to ask people. How did you build your village? Like, your people that you go to for anything in life but that community?

[I]

Well, okay, that's a great question. I started off. Thank you for turning the tables on me.

[Caroline]

Oh, sorry. No, I. I love podcasts because it's really.

[I]

This is coming back to you too. I'll do mine briefly, but then we' we really want to hear about your village. Okay. I'm from Waco, Texas, and I grew up in a great family. Like, my parents are Great. They had great friends. So I started off with friends of my parents, friends like the kids who are still my best friends to this day. So I feel like I have like deep friendships. And then when I came to Nashville, it took me a long time to find a village. I was absolutely terrified when I came here. I moved here when I was 19 and I was just like super nervous, didn't know anyone. It was. I was moved from my hometown of Waco, Texas to here and like was overwhelmed. I was also chasing the music industry and all of that and just like super intimidated. And I didn't have a lot of self worth back then. It's taken me a long time to get my self worth. I've had to like really develop it. I've still like pursued all my dreams despite the fact I did not feel worthy. But I knew that they were my dreams and I was supposed to do it. But I always felt like, oh my gosh, if people find out that I'm really a fraud and I'm really not worthy, then it's all going to be uncovered.

[Caroline]

Or if they discover that you actually think you're good at something. I was always, if someone said something nice about you, I have to put myself down. Oh, I have to put myself down.

[I]

But see, here's the thing with you that's different. You were born with this voice. So like a lot of people like myself, I'll use myself as an example. I have a lot of things I'm good at. But like you and your voice are in a whole other stratosphere. Like you are just like that kind of singer. Like you're like in the Celine Dion's of the world. Like you have like the voice that.

[Caroline]

Is like hand motion but it can't.

[I]

Be replicated, you know. Although I do hear a little Dolly Parton in your voice.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Do you hear that?

[Caroline]

I love Dolly. It's just from being raised. Don't know.

[I]

But like you have a voice though that like you can't, you can't learn to sing. Like you like. Yes, I'm sure you can take lessons and you can learn things and like whatever. But like your tone, your texture, the way it all comes out like that is like a God given gift that you have. And so for people hard on you about that growing up. Like were people, did they get jealous of that?

[Caroline]

No. I do remember one girl in high school when I won the pageant, school pageant. She. I didn't know. You know, I didn't own a BlackBerry but I went to school the next day and they said, did you see what she wrote? And I guess BlackBerry had kind of like its own Facebook or whatever. You could put statuses. And anyways, you can tell I was a flip phone girl. But the razor. Yeah. Oh, so many of those. Oh, they're the break like this. But the thing is, I remember her saying, like, you know, I didn't realize it was a talent show. I thought it was a pageant. And no, there's really. I don't know. Life was hard on me because of my voice. I think I was harder on myself than I ever really allowed life to be.

[I]

Okay, explain that.

[Caroline]

I think a lot of the turmoil that I have went through emotionally that has impacted me just as much is true tragedies in my life is because I was too hard on myself, really, so very much so.

[I]

What are some of the things that you feel like you were too hard on yourself that caused you turmoil?

[Caroline]

Well, once people started to acknowledge my voice, you know, I kind of went from the odd kid out to all of a sudden, people liked me, you know, and I had something that was interesting. And I just remember for so long as a young girl trying to be whatever I thought people would like so that I could fit in and I could have friends, and I could feel that connection that I always felt slightly like I was out on the outside, and I couldn't understand it. And the minute that I started singing, I started to get accepted. And I know that sounds so bad. But then I started putting a pressure on myself that this is my personality. If this is what it is that gets people to like me and to listen to me and to hear me, I have to be the best, then there's no. There's no alternative. And then there's also that pressure of I can't mess this up. What if I mess my voice up? And then the one thing that all these people have invested in me and believed in me for. I've lost it. I've ruined it.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my God.

[I]

So you were stressed out about your voice?

[Caroline]

Oh, very much so. So also, I have deafness that runs in my. In my dad's side of the family. So I was scared I would lose my hearing. I just was always panicked about it. Once I realized I had a gift, I realized how sacred of a gift it was, and I was terrified to somehow mess it up. But I think a lot of my life, I have been terrified to mess up. And at 30 years old, I can finally look back and realize that I made things so much harder than they ever actually had to be. It gets to be easy. And I didn't realize that when I was younger. I didn't realize that I could forgive myself. I didn't realize that I could mess up and forgive myself. I didn't realize that all the mistakes you make, they're great stories. When you get older, it's the stuff you laugh about with your friends, you know, it's the stuff you write songs about and people connect to and you can reach people that are going through those odd moments too. It's as a kid, I remember the first biography we ever had written up and there was something in it that I had said in an interview and it definitely didn't come across the way I wanted. But I had said something about I had always wanted a life that someone would write a book about because I loved books. I was just obsessed with books from a young age. And so I wanted something that was exciting and riveting and would make you want to turn the page. And I don't think I really realized what I was signing up for by trying to manifest that and praying to God every night, give me an interesting life. Really give me something fun. Give me Was that your Never let me get bored.

[Morgan Huelsman]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, thanks for listening to this week's Sunday Sampler. The Bobby Cast four Things with Amy Brown, Sore Losers. I mean, you heard all the shows. We'd love for you to go and check out an episode. Subscribe to the feed if you like. Or maybe just listen to the Sunday Sampler every week and get a little piece. Whatever it is, we appreciate it. We got an Instagram and a TikTok and yeah. See you guys next week.

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[Caroline]

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[Caroline]

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[Morgan Huelsman]

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[Caroline]

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[Morgan Huelsman]

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[Caroline]

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[Morgan Huelsman]

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[Caroline]

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[Caroline]

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