TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (THURS) Bobby On His Mom Never Getting To Meet Baby Billie

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show - "Tell Me Something Good (Thurs)"

Episode Date: May 14, 2026
Main Theme:
A warm, candid roundtable as Bobby, Amy, Eddie, and Lunchbox share positive stories ("Tell Me Something Good"), reflect on parenthood and personal growth, and discuss the lasting influence of confidence and opportunity in childhood—all with their trademark humor and empathy.

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Episode Overview

This episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" centers on their regular “Tell Me Something Good” segment, where the crew shares recent feel-good moments from their personal lives, as well as uplifting news stories. Conversation flows between updates on family life (especially Bobby’s newborn, Billie), thoughts on parenting, nostalgia for childhood, and deeper reflections on the role of support and confidence in development. Vulnerable moments from Amy and Bobby about family form the emotional core of the episode.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Bobby on Family Movie Night & "Project Hail Mary"

• [01:12-03:49] Bobby recounts trying to start the movie Project Hail Mary with his wife and baby. He jokes about the challenges of watching movies with a newborn, noting, "We probably watched 45 minutes of it last night. Ryan Gosling's awesome."
• Observes with amusement that Gosling doesn’t throw a football convincingly in the film promo:

  "When he threw that ball in the promo, I was like, oh, he never played ball." (Bobby, 02:41)

• Discusses the differences between movie adaptations and books.
• Transitions into talking about "The Boys" show and how adaptations often diverge from their comic origins.

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2. Amy’s Vulnerability: Bittersweet Reflections on Motherhood

• [05:58-08:46] Amy shares her experience of taking her son to his last youth group session and spending time with her pregnant friend Kat.
• Watching her friend practice folding a stroller sparks unexpected feelings:

  "I'll never have that...it's weird how little moments will pop up. I mean, obviously, for years I've accepted the fact that I'm not gonna get pregnant, but here I am at 45...and then I have this weird moment..." (Amy, 07:36)

• Admits gratitude for her adopted children, Stevenson and Stashira, while noting "you have those little moments where you're thinking, this would never bother me, and then you're, like, punched in the gut."
• Bobby gently teases her about “immaculate conception,” sparking group laughter.

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3. Bobby on Missing His Mom’s Presence for Baby Billie

• [09:05-10:39] Bobby opens up about the pain of his mother never meeting his daughter Billie:

  "She'll never get to meet my mom. But when that hits...that stinks...I do find something to appreciate from that. Caitlin's parents are awesome and so involved and I'm grateful..." (Bobby, 09:05)

• He connects with Amy’s bittersweet moment, pointing out their shared practice of finding gratitude within emotional loss.

Memorable Quote:

"I have that moment too...my mom never getting to meet our baby...but I do meet that with how fortunate am I that I really enjoy my in-laws. They really care. They want to be present, even though it's not an easy drive." (Bobby, 09:57)

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4. Funny Baby Stories & The “Close Friends” Instagram Circle

• [10:39-14:20]
  • Amy raves about a new pic of baby Billie with a bow in her hair ("wild that an eight-week old baby has enough hair").
  • Bobby explains Billie's abundant hair leads to “bulldog” behavior as she fusses with hair in her face.
  • Reveals his wife’s use of Instagram’s "close friends" for sharing baby pics, with Ray being newly added:

    "Ray saw...for the first time a picture of baby Billie. Is that true, Ray?" (Bobby, 12:12)

  • Group jokes about odd "close friends" list inclusions, including Bobby being on Kelsea Ballerini’s for a while.

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5. Eddie’s Proud Dad Moment: Mysterious Academic Award

• [14:31-16:03] Eddie gets an email—his son is getting an academic award (unknown category) and describes it as a "huge deal" for their family.

  "It's an academic award, guys. This is a huge deal. This doesn't happen with the Garcias." (Eddie, 14:52)

• Bobby guesses it might be for most improved, emphasizing the value of growth over easy A’s:

  "That, I think as a parent, would be better…that means there’s been real growth." (Bobby, 15:17)

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6. Discussion: School, Confidence, and Individual Talents

• [18:36-25:16] The crew reflects on academic strengths, school experiences, and the importance of fostering confidence in kids.
  • Eddie, who is dyslexic, describes how different strengths manifest in his own children.
  • Bobby notes:

    "I believe with my whole heart the reason that I was able to be successful in school is because I was told very early on I was smart. And...that allowed me to open other doors for myself." (Bobby, 24:45)

  • Amy reflects on "positive deposits in the piggy bank"—how feeling capable in something can counterbalance struggles in other areas.
  • They lament the lack of resources in public schools to help kids find and expand their unique talents.

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7. Fun Tangents: Chalkboard Math Races & The Value of Speed

• [26:04-27:32]
  • Bobby describes being a "champion of the board races" in math—“My only skill is being fast and committing even if I’m wrong, that people go, hey, maybe he’s right. He’s so fast.”
  • Lunchbox shares school stories, excelling in math (but struggling in geometry), with humor about getting by on test scores and skipping homework.

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8. Tell Me Something Good – Uplifting News Round (Stories & Commentary):

a. Lunchbox: New Fence Saga

• [29:15-30:43] Finally gets a replacement after years of DIY patch jobs, jokes about “keeping a low profile” during construction because of his “superstar” status.

b. Lunchbox: Honest Man Returns $30,000 Fanny Pack

• [30:52-33:34]
  • Luis Salazar finds a fanny pack with $30K at a gas station and turns it in. Discussion about how many people would actually keep such a large sum—wild guesses (“9 out of 10 would keep it!”—Lunchbox, 31:47), but the crew overall has hope for humanity.
  • Lighthearted speculation about the source of the money (“drug deal money is still legit money” – Amy, 33:23).

c. Eddie: 10-Year-Old West Texas Artist Raises $10,001 for Veterans

• [33:53-35:34] Gunner raised money selling art, donated all $10,001 to the American Valor Foundation (helping veterans/first responders).
  • Crew debates how to “say” the amount—“$10,000 and $1” versus “$10,001”—prompting playful ribbing.

    “We have the ability to take a really great story and just shift the entire... because somebody says one stupid thing and then we go chase that.” (Bobby, 35:31)

  • Bobby applauds Gunner’s generosity: "That's awesome. That is what it's all about."

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Notable Quotes

• Amy (on motherhood) [07:36]:
  “I'll never have that...but it's weird how little moments will pop up...then I have this weird moment...watching her do her stroller drill, and I'm sort of like, oh…”
• Bobby (on his mom never meeting Billie) [09:05]:
  “I have that moment too...my mom never getting to meet our baby...but I do meet that with how fortunate am I that I really enjoy my in-laws.”
• Eddie (on academic awards) [14:52]:
  “It’s an academic award guys. This is a huge deal. This doesn’t happen with the Garcias.”
• Bobby (on school confidence) [24:45]:
  “I believe with my whole heart the reason that I was able to be successful in school is because I was told very early on I was smart...that allowed me to open other doors for myself.”
• Lunchbox (on returning the money) [31:47]:
  “Nine [out of ten would keep it].”
• Bobby (on baby Billie’s hair) [11:01]:
  "It is wild that an eight-week old baby has enough hair...her hair is so long...it's like in her face and she's going [fusses].”
• Eddie (on kids’ talents) [19:01]:
  “It’s just weird that one kid has a strength that the other one doesn’t…”

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• [01:12] – Bobby starts his “Tell Me Something Good” with Project Hail Mary story
• [05:58] – Amy's youth group drop-off, friendship, and motherhood reflections
• [09:05] – Bobby shares about his late mother and Billie
• [10:39] – Stories about baby photos and Instagram close friends
• [14:31] – Eddie’s son’s academic award
• [18:36] – Discussion on kids’ strengths and school experiences
• [24:45] – Bobby’s views on confidence and its impact in childhood
• [29:15] – Lunchbox celebrates his new fence
• [30:52] – Fanny pack with $30,000 good deed story
• [33:53] – Young artist donates $10,001 to veterans

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Tone and Style

The episode is an easygoing mix of heartfelt vulnerability, playful banter, and classic Bobby Bones Show humor. Listeners get both relatable real-life reflections and uplifting stories designed to inspire—especially around family, resilience, and doing the right thing.

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Summary Takeaway

This "Tell Me Something Good" episode balances real-life vulnerability (Amy and Bobby’s family moments), lighthearted family milestones (Eddie and Lunchbox’s updates), and inspirational stories that champion kindness and personal growth. The crew’s honest, hopeful conversation makes this a feel-good episode for anyone needing a dose of positivity—reminding us that life’s bittersweet moments can be eased by gratitude, relationships, and doing good for others.

Transcript

[Amy]

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[Bobby]

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[Doug]

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[Bobby]

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[Doug]

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[Bobby]

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[Doug]

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[Bobby]

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[Bobby]

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[Bobby]

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[Eddie]

He is awesome.

[Bobby]

I wish they wouldn't have had him do the promo, though, where he's actually throwing Hail Mary footballs because he can't throw football.

[Amy]

I can't let that go.

[Bobby]

I can't Because. And not in a bad way. Meaning there are difference in stage kids that grow up performing and kids that are athletic. And we just think good looking stage kid actors are athletic because they're good looking and they can, you know, play roles on.

[Amy]

They can play ball.

[Bobby]

Yeah, but he threw. When he threw that ball in the promo, I was like, oh, he never played ball.

[Eddie]

It was strange.

[Bobby]

It was strange. But of course he didn't. He spent his whole life on Mickey mouse club, dancing, singing. Why would I expect that kid to be able to throw a football far looking like an athlete?

[Eddie]

Because he looks like.

[Bobby]

He looks like. Yep. So this is not a review because I'm not finished it. But I was excited that it was up. That's so cool. When I saw it to buy, I was like, let's go. Is like 20 bucks or whatever. Yeah. Or you can rent it. But renting it right now is like 1799 and ain't no way I'm going to rent it. Not be able to watch it because of the baby and then have to buy it again if we don't get it finished in 48 hours. So, yeah, that's what's up. That would be my good one that we started that so far.

[Eddie]

Is it like the book like to track with the book?

[Bobby]

Yes, yes. It tells the story a little different. Same elements of the book, but they run a couple of storylines at the same time. Which the book didn't do that because the book didn't have to do that because the book could be a linear and it could take you forever to get through because it's a book. But I was happy so far in the first 30 minutes.

[Amy]

I read it like five years ago. So I feel like it's a good gap to where I'm like, the book was great, but I'm not gonna be overly comparing it.

[Bobby]

Sometimes they'll even change the endings of movies from books a little. And I don't know if they did this here. So a little bit of me is still like, oh, I wonder what happens at the end. Because I watched the boys on Amazon. I do think now it's a top five favorite show of all time. For me, it's all the elements I like. It's funny. I love superheroes. It's also the absurdity of superheroes with real life people and also how they became superheroes kind of makes sense. It doesn't because it wouldn't. But it's not. Just like they came from melmac, where Alpha's from. So I really love the boys and it's over after this season. And I didn't know it was a comic. And Mike told me it was a comic that just did okay. Didn't even do that great, right? Yeah, not that successful. And we were talking about it and I said, hey, I don't want to spoil anything because I was one episode ahead of Mike and he's like, well, I've already read the comic. I know what happens at the end. But Mike also said to me, sometimes they do it different. Yeah, they could change it. Are you caught up with the last episode? The latest one? No. Me either. Came out yesterday. Yeah, no, no Internet's though. Oh, he's had no Internet for like six days.

[Eddie]

That's tough, Mike.

[Bobby]

Can we say why or no? Yeah, sure. He moved. So is that because they haven't been able to get out there? They got out there, but they ran into a big problem and can't get it up. So I just have to call them every day and get an update.

[Amy]

Like, big problem?

[Bobby]

Yeah.

[Amy]

They anybody ever lived there before?

[Bobby]

Yeah, it was like set up with the person before us and then now they can't get it working.

[Eddie]

Okay, are you having to go somewhere to use Internet or using like, your phone?

[Bobby]

No, he's going to where we shoot Netflix stuff. I went to Starbucks yesterday because he has like 20 minutes. He's like, do you care if we go over to the building? Because we built some other studios in town. I was like, yeah, dude, you can live there. I don't care because we have an apartment on top of it too. And he did that. Then I think he got tired of driving. 20 minutes, that's harder. Man, that stinks. That's not. Tell me something good. We started the movie. I like it. It's good. I'll review it probably Tuesday. Amy.

[Amy]

So last night my son had his final like, youth group for the year because summer, they're breaking for summer. Next week is the last day of school, which is crazy. I cannot believe we're at that point. So I got an email. It's like the last youth group. And it's not necessarily easy to get there on a Wednesday night, especially if there's homework and it's 6:30 to 8:30 and then we're getting home late. But I was like, you know what? It's the last one. I'm gonna take him. And he was so excited. And my friend Kat, who I co host my podcast with, she lives kind of close to where the church is. So I decided to impromptu, like, text her and go over to her house to wait in between instead of, like, driving back and forth. And we just had the best time. It was me, her, and her husband. I definitely was crashing their dinner. Like, I just.

[Bobby]

Yeah, but husband, wife, it ain't a crash. That's more like a. Like an injection of different.

[Amy]

Yeah, but it was just one of those things where normally I definitely like to be winding down, getting ready for bed around 8, getting in bed by 8:30, reading. And of course, I wanted to, like, make sure my son got to go to the last youth group of the semester and then got that special time with friends. And also, I don't get to hang out with her husband that often. And, like, they're real cute and funny together, and they're having a baby. And maybe think of you and Caitlin, Bobby. Because she's still pregnant, and she's trying to figure out they just got their stroller. So then she was like, do you want to see me fold it up? And so she's like. She was like, I practiced this morning. And then her husband's making fun of her like that she's doing drills, like, setting a timer, seeing how long she can, like, do the stroller. And I'm just like, oh. And then I had these thoughts of, like, I'll never have that. I know. And I was like, I'm good with not ever having a baby, but it's weird how little moments will pop up. I mean, obviously, for years I've accepted the fact that I'm not gonna get pregnant, but here I am at 45, just stopping over at my friend's house, and then I have this weird moment of watching her do her stroller drill, and I'm sort of like, oh, you

[Bobby]

know, would you want to adopt a baby?

[Eddie]

You can.

[Amy]

I know, as a single person right now and raising my kids still. At the moment, no. But I don't know. We'll see. Who knows? Then you can do all that sharing, like, a little vulnerable moment of, like, unexpected, like, ting. But then I do have gratitude for, okay, that wasn't my story. And I remember being sad about that years ago. And then we got the blessing of Stevenson and Stashira, so it all works out. It's just, you know, you have those little moments where you're thinking, this would never bother me, and then you're, like, punched in the gut.

[Bobby]

You know what I'm rooting for?

[Amy]

What?

[Bobby]

Immaculate conception.

[Eddie]

Oh, that'd be nice. Get pregnant without that.

[Bobby]

It just. All of a sudden, you're like, what the heck? And then you told Us, we would not believe you.

[Eddie]

Nope.

[Bobby]

We would go tell the truth. It wasn't immaculate, was it?

[Eddie]

We'd be like, who is it?

[Amy]

Who was it? And I'd be like, nobody. I didn't do that.

[Bobby]

Those type of moments, like I have that with our baby now where like she'll never get to meet my mom. But when that hits and it does, and that stinks because my sister has two kids and one of them now is 19, maybe 20 now another one is about to be a senior in high school. My mom did get to meet them before she died. So not only was that cool, that also makes me a little sad that she'll never get to meet our kid. But in the same way where I do find something to appreciate from that. Caitlin's parents are awesome and so involved and I'm grateful that we have in laws. Well, her parents I have in laws that care and love and at the drop will drive here.

[Amy]

Right.

[Bobby]

So in the same way that you're like, man, I have these little moments where I go, ah, but I also get to meet it with whatever. I have that moment too with that my mom never getting to meet our baby and. But I do meet that with how fortunate am I that like I really enjoy my in laws. They really care. They want to be present. Even though it is not an easy drive. It's nine hours. Sometimes they even fly. There's a nonstop from Tulsa now. That helps. But the problem is they have to drive an hour to Tulsa.

[Amy]

Right? Yeah.

[Bobby]

And then they fly.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

Yeah. So yeah, I'll meet your vulnerability there and also meet your finding a positive out of it because that sucks. But it's also awesome because I don't think everybody gets to have what I have with her parents.

[Amy]

Yeah. Your wife sent me my new favorite picture of Billy yesterday. My new favorite. Speaking of your baby, which one? There's a bow in her hair. She has a bow in her hair. I haven't seen a picture yet with

[Bobby]

a bow for two reasons. One, it is wild that an eight week old baby has enough hair that that you can put a bow in it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's crazy.

[Bobby]

It's crazy. And two, what we've realized is that Billy kind of gets annoyed and it's like she like bulldogs and it's because her hair is in her face already. So much did makes her itch. We didn't think about that. Her hair is so long. It's like in her face and she's going. We're like, oh, she's doing the fun bulldog Thing I know, it's the hair makes her face it.

[Amy]

Yeah, I don't even. I. She seems like the norm for me because that's. That. That's the baby I'm seeing the most of. But then like, our friend Jackie had a baby right around the same time. She sent me this picture this morning, cuz I gifted her that and she had. She's wearing.

[Bobby]

She had the baby like three weeks

[Amy]

before and there's like no hair.

[Bobby]

My friend Anya, who works at Sirius, no hair. She sent me a picture of her son who's a few months older and no hair.

[Amy]

No hair. So like Billy's this. It's kind of crazy how much hair she has. Well, you know, it was just really cute to get. I got that picture yesterday. I was like, oh, so maybe I was already feeling like, oh, baby fever. Like, I want a baby to put a bow. A bow. A bow in.

[Bobby]

Oh, congratulations to Ray, by the way.

[Amy]

Wait, what?

[Eddie]

Get a baby?

[Bobby]

No, not. Not at all though. But he's wearing a bow. No. I learned that Ray is on my wife's close friend's Instagram story. She just added them.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Bobby]

And so Ray saw, I think for the first time a picture of baby Billy. Is that true, Ray? Yeah, it was great. I. I may have gotten leaked one or two by proxy, but. Okay.

[Eddie]

By.

[Bobby]

By your wife. Yeah. God, yes. Seeing it, I thought it was for everybody. And then I saw the green around it and knew it was close friends.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Bobby]

I had a couple people that said, did you know your wife posted your baby on social media? And I was like, there is no chance. So it was just her close friends.

[Amy]

Yeah, but she said the green circle.

[Bobby]

She said, I haven't looked at who's on my close friends Listen. And she goes, and Ray wasn't on there, so I added him. And I was like, oh, I bet he thought that was really nice. So, yeah, big news for Ray today. He got. He saw a baby Billy in the green. Sometimes I'm on people's greens and I'm like, why am I in their green? What do you mean?

[Eddie]

Like people that you're not really friends with to them. No.

[Bobby]

Huh. And it's like they're sharing personal stuff and I'm on their green close friends list.

[Amy]

And I'm like, like, what kind of personal stuff?

[Bobby]

Well, it's not like their Social Security or their naked or anything. Do you guys ever have that pop up where you get a green and you're like. You're a little flattered. You're like, they Consider me to be on their close friends list.

[Eddie]

I've only seen two greens. Your wife is one. And then Kevin. Kick off. Kevin. It's the only two greens I've ever seen.

[Bobby]

I was oddly on Kelsey Ballerini's for a long time. I'm not anymore because I think she's mad about the Morgan Evans stuff. But I. I was on it for a long time, and I always thought, that's weird. I'm on Kelsey Ballerini's green.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

Like, we were friends a long time ago, and then. It's not that we weren't friends. We just didn't stay close. She moved off. Did. And also, she's like a. You don't have a close friend for the most part that you hang out with. That's like a younger woman.

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby]

You know?

[Eddie]

No. You really don't.

[Bobby]

So I was always like, why am I in our green? I wasn't mad at it. I'm not in a green anymore. Those greens never pop up anymore.

[Eddie]

Or maybe she's not posting in the greens.

[Bobby]

I bet she is, but I think I was taking off the green. I never post on green, but I do have a green list. I made a green list of people. You know how I have my list of everything? The people I play pickleball with, and I've just posted green up, being like, anybody want to play pickleball?

[Amy]

Oh, so your pickleball.

[Bobby]

It's like the bat sign. Bat symbol for pickleball. But it was only green on Instagram. Tell me something good. I like that. Check, check.

[Eddie]

Eddie, Man, I got an email yesterday that said my son is getting an award at school, like an end of the year award. They're not telling me what it is, but we have to go to the awards ceremony. It's tomorrow. And we find out what it is there. And I'm like, it's an academic award, guys. This is a huge deal. This doesn't happen with the Garcias. It does not happen.

[Bobby]

Which son in the age hierarchy?

[Eddie]

The second to the oldest.

[Amy]

So you're gonna find out at the ceremony.

[Eddie]

Yeah, we just go to the ceremony and then they'll call them up.

[Bobby]

Has he been crushing it?

[Eddie]

He's. He's been crushing it. But this one is like, it's. It didn't say. It's about, like, you know, a honor roll or whatever like that, Which I don't know if he is straight A's.

[Bobby]

What if it's like in the NBA most improved player and it's somebody who's really grown A lot from last year

[Eddie]

to this year, it totally could be.

[Bobby]

Or sixth man of the year, you know, have that. It's like you're not the starting group, but like you really are performing well. That I think, as a parent would be better than the other one because that means there's been real growth. Sometimes grades just come easy to kids. And if you have a kid whose grades come easy and you're getting those awards, that's just another day. Sometimes that ends up biting you in the butt when you get into college or in life because it's always been easy to you and now it is such a fundamental change to how you're having to study. And it's not there. Those work habits are not there. The kid who learns how to get better in high school often does really well in college because they've learned those skills, those study skills that don't come naturally. So that'd be really cool if that was it.

[Eddie]

That would be really cool.

[Doug]

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[Bobby]

Hey, everyone, check out this guy and his bird. What is this?

[Eddie]

Is this your first date?

[Doug]

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[Bobby]

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[Bobby]

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[Robert Smigel]

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[Bobby]

The worst?

[Robert Smigel]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

Me.

[Robert Smigel]

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[Bobby]

Right.

[Amy]

That's the name.

[Robert Smigel]

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[Bobby]

But they're open if you have a name suggestion. We're open.

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[Doug]

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[Robert Smigel]

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[Eddie]

what's really weird about, like, the academic stuff is like, my two biological kids. One of them is really good at math and the other one is really bad at math, and one of them is really good at English. The other one's really bad at English. It's just weird that, like, were you

[Bobby]

and your wife like that though, because you're really bad at math.

[Eddie]

I'm bad at both.

[Bobby]

Oh, you're not even good at English to raise that.

[Eddie]

Dude, I'm dyslexic. Like, no, no.

[Bobby]

You're number lexic.

[Eddie]

Both.

[Amy]

No, he's both.

[Bobby]

Both.

[Amy]

Oh, you are both. Both.

[Bobby]

Dude, you got screwed.

[Eddie]

We got really screwed. So, like, it's just weird that one kid has a strength that the other one doesn't because I've seen other families where, like, their kids just dominate science. Like, their, their parents are doctors and so in the science area, they're always like, the best. Like, they're probably going to be astronauts and like, they have three kids and all three of them are really good at science. So to me, it's just weird that, like, my kids have different strengths.

[Bobby]

Did anything come really easy to you guys in school? English and math? It doesn't sound like it, but was there something that came easy to you being social? Okay.

[Amy]

Talking. Getting in trouble for talking? It came easy.

[Bobby]

Okay. I think that counts.

[Amy]

Theater man dominated because I never took.

[Bobby]

So you would do that, Would you feel in because school you had to probably feel at times like you weren't part of the group. So what made you part of the group is probably talking and being like the class clown.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Especially when it was like, first week of school where everyone's getting their classes and it's like, oh, what class is that? College prep. Like, what does that mean? Advance. Like, what does that mean? I was not Part of that, yeah.

[Bobby]

I guess my point is you didn't feel like you belonged in certain academic parts of school.

[Eddie]

Correct.

[Bobby]

And when that happens to kids, for the most part, they want to feel. They want to belong. So they do things like act out and be funny, and that way they feel like they're a part of it without having to be the hard part. But when you did theater. What'd you call it?

[Eddie]

Theater.

[Bobby]

It was theater. Yeah. You felt like you belonged.

[Eddie]

It was just easy to me. Like, they'd give me my character and, like, if the show was Thursday night, I wasn't nervous. Everyone else was nervous studding their lines. I wasn't nervous. And I'd go up and dominate.

[Bobby]

Is it crazy that people feel like that having math tests? Yeah, because that's how people study for this, that are good at math, that either didn't have to study or they just studied. And it came so easy. They had that same feeling toward math that you had toward theater.

[Eddie]

But it also makes me feel like school is just so. For one kind of person. Yeah.

[Amy]

You know, and that's what some say the problem is.

[Bobby]

Yeah, it's good. They're getting a little better about it, but not underfunded schools. They're struggling just to make it right. One size fits all. But I bet you there were kids who, like, wanted to do theater but were so bad and so nervous.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

They would look at you and go, man, that guy's got it figured out. When you probably saw kids that got math or science or English easy, and you're like, man, they got it figured out.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby]

But think about it. You probably had something you were good at.

[Amy]

I mean, similar to Eddie, if I had to do something publicly or speak or perform, I wasn't in theater, but I was in the talent show and stuff. Like, I wasn't nervous.

[Eddie]

You dominated the talent show.

[Amy]

I mean, define dominate. I was seeing. And I can't sing, but I wasn't scared to do it. Like, I would go forward and do it. And then my first time public speaking wasn't until my senior year of high school, actually. But I. We had this huge. At Austin High, they have this huge alumni event every year, and I gave a speech at that, and I was like, no problem. Like, in fact, my teachers were, like, shocked by it. That's great, because they did. I didn't know I had that strength until I did it. But going up on stage in front of thousands of people and reading a speech or was like, oh, no problem. But I didn't know I really feel like.

[Bobby]

And again, it takes money to do this. Takes resources for schools to do this. And a lot of schools don't have those resources. But I really feel like if you could dial into what kids were good at and they have to do the other stuff too, because you need to do hard things because life is that. But you could let them excel at that. Let them know they excel at that. Put them in situations where they can grow in that. I think that just makes a healthier human. Because you don't feel like you're just bad at stuff. You don't. You don't grow feeling stupid.

[Amy]

Yeah. You have opportunities of. Yeah. Positive. Like if you have a piggy bank, like for us at school, Eddie and I probably both, like, our piggy bank was. There was a lot of deposits into the negative and we didn't have a lot of deposits to the positive. So it was. There was an imbalance there that continued to. And then it compounds and it makes school. You just. You do you feel stupid.

[Bobby]

Yeah. It rips your total confidence and your confidence.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

Because. And you're not stupid. And I'm not just talking to you guys. No, I'm not talking to you guys specifically. You know, you're not stupid. Appreciate it as a kid. You're not stupid. They're just not highlighting or giving you the opportunity to do what you're smart in. Because if you could do that more, I think you would have confidence and you could even tackle the other things you're not as good at.

[Amy]

With more confidence.

[Bobby]

Yes. Because you wouldn't feel like a total loser.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

It's unfair.

[Amy]

No, I.

[Eddie]

There's a place in town called something biz town. I don't know, you know what this is. But then the schools go to it like once, just once a year, like for a whole week. And it's basically a fake city. And with all the jobs with a hospital, with a doctor's office, with an insurance office, with the radio station, a TV station, all this stuff. And then the kids go in there and they start like, what do you want to do? Well, I want to work in the radio station. Great. The radio station has a sales team and an on air person and they literally teach you how to work in the world for a whole week.

[Bobby]

That's awesome, man. I wish that could happen everywhere. But you know what? That place has money.

[Eddie]

Money. Yes. And it's private. It's not like a public place. You have to pay to use it. So the school has to have funding.

[Amy]

What's the age limit on attending, Amy wants to go.

[Eddie]

That's a good question.

[Bobby]

I believe with my whole heart the reason that I was able to be successful in school is because I was told very early on I was smart. And. And what that did is allowed me to think I was smart and gave me confidence to be smarter. I think I do have some natural God given ability, but I think because I had confidence instilled in me because I was able to do something early that I think that allowed me to open other doors for myself. And I think if kids could be met there with what they're great at, because I think every human is great at something.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby]

If they could be met with that, I think you would have a lot more confident kids that can accomplish a lot more, or at least they're told they can accomplish a lot more. You still have some burnouts and stuff, but I believe I was a smart kid, but I believe I was told that and I was nurtured as that. And that allowed me to be greater more than anything else. That sucks for you guys. Our public school system doesn't find the great. And that gives you enough confidence to be good when you would normally be bad in some of the other areas. Yeah.

[Amy]

Well, here we are.

[Eddie]

Here we are.

[Bobby]

No, it all worked out. I. I was good at stuff, so I felt pretty confident.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

English, all of it. Science, pretty good. Math, no metamath mid I until it got to like algebra. But I was like, champion of the board races. We had like a district board race tournament. Do you guys have board races?

[Amy]

I mean, maybe we did, but we weren't a part of it.

[Eddie]

We didn't get invited to that.

[Bobby]

Fair enough.

[Amy]

What is that?

[Eddie]

Well, I was doing theater, man.

[Bobby]

So there's Quiz bowl, which I loved. And I was great at it because I'm quick. I might be wrong, but I'm quick. So I'm gonna be right a lot. I'm gonna be quick and I'm gonna get it. And if I'm wrong, I'm still gonna be quick. So Quiz Bowl, I did that. There was a science competition that did that. And they had board races where they'd put you on boards and they would go three, 33 times. 268, boom, go. And you had a piece of chalk and you raced and you had to show your work. That was so sloppy, just like my handwriting, that I would have the answer and I'd circle it and I'd show my work. They had no idea what the work was because it was so sloppy. I was really good at that because I could work quick.

[Amy]

That was like. By board, you mean chalkboard?

[Bobby]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Oh, got it.

[Amy]

I was picturing, like a board board. Wooden board, or like, I was picturing like a game board.

[Bobby]

Oh, I don't know. I just think my only skill is being fast. I don't even think it's being right more than others. I think it's just being fast and committing even if I'm wrong, that people go, hey, maybe he's right. He's so fast. My wife says that too. Sometimes just because you answer quickly does not mean you're right. I was like, I don't know. Sometimes people just believe me. I just go, quick. Lunchbox. What were you good at?

[Lunchbox]

I was good at math. I was good at socializing, but, yeah, math came easy to me. Algebra, stuff like that. But geometry, I didn't see shapes. Man, that was weird.

[Bobby]

Yeah, for me. For me, it was algebra. Trigonometry, I was not good at.

[Amy]

I didn't even get there.

[Eddie]

No trig.

[Amy]

What, like Algebra 2?

[Bobby]

In college, I literally only did college algebra, which wasn't any of the advanced math, because I knew then do the basic. Nothing I'm going to do involves math. Nothing. So I ain't doing it no chance. And I. It was not easy for me. Even college algebra. And that was where they put the people that were bad at math for the most. Me and a bunch of athletes. So why did you. Did you ever want to do anything in math? Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

No, I just. I mean, I don't know why. I was just good at it. I was good with numbers. I don't know. I would not do homework. Get an A on the test, get a C in the class. That was my strategy. I had to take geometry twice, though. I failed that. Yeah.

[Eddie]

In high school. You took it twice?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, Yeah, I failed it. Had.

[Eddie]

You have to go to summer school?

[Lunchbox]

No, no, I just took it the next year. I failed the second semester of geometry, Ms. Mulder. I took honors. That was a bad idea. So then I went regulars. And I was like, oh, this is so much easier.

[Bobby]

And it was.

[Lunchbox]

It was so much. And I'd already done it once. It was really easy. And I mean, like, at the end of the semester, the teacher was like, oh, aren't you going to be exempt from the final? Because, like, if you had a high enough grade, you didn't have to take the finals. Like, absolutely. But then I'd skip the class too many times, so I still had to take the final. Because you had only had to have, like, three or less absences.

[Bobby]

I had like 10 attendance monster got him.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

Tell me something good. Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah. Man, this is going to sound really old and lame, but man, I got a new fence. My fence has been falling down. Like the kids climb over it and I thought it was going to end up like the sandlot and they were going to be buried under the fence. And a couple wind storms. I've had two sections of the fence blow over and I have propped it up with two by fours and all sorts of gadgets and had to replace random pickets because they just break. And I finally bit the bullet and called someone and said, hey, I need to buy a new fence. And they finished the work yesterday.

[Bobby]

How long were they in your property?

[Lunchbox]

Like a week. Because they gotta come and rip it out and they gotta dig the holes, put the new posts in, let them set, and then they come back like three days later and do the fence. Do you worry about.

[Bobby]

You worry about people on your property? No.

[Lunchbox]

What do you mean worried about them?

[Bobby]

Like not worried about them. Do you worry about. Because you're a superstar, world wildly famous. I wondered if.

[Lunchbox]

Well, yeah, I tried to keep a low profile, you know what I mean? I would try to be non, you know, visual.

[Bobby]

Because visual seed hide.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, because you know, it is a thing. Like when people come to your house and they realize it's you, it's like, oh. Then they start telling their friends, oh my gosh, you know whose house I'm working on and it can get awkward real quick.

[Bobby]

Yeah, that's what I was wondering. Glad you're able to handle it by being non visual.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, non visual. I definitely kept a low profile when they were there.

[Bobby]

All right, good news, good news. That is what it's all about. Time for the good news with Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

There was this guy, Luis Salazar, he's in Florida. He stops at the gas station, he goes in the bathroom and they're hanging in the bathroom stall. A fanny pack. And not just any fanny pack. It had, wait for it, $30,000.

[Bobby]

I don't think I would have looked in the fanny pack.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Amy]

I don't think so you want to return it? So you look in the fanny pack

[Bobby]

and I take it to the front

[Amy]

without looking, I think.

[Bobby]

So I'm just putting myself in the situation. If I see a fanny pack in a stall, I don't know, I don't know if I grab it.

[Amy]

I mean, I'm thinking like I leave it there because they're probably going to come back looking for it.

[Bobby]

Well, that's why I would leave it at the front.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, he looked in there for an id. No ID there. And so he contacted the police department

[Bobby]

and the owner, no ID and $30,000 in cash.

[Eddie]

Crazy.

[Bobby]

How many people out of ten keep the money?

[Lunchbox]

Nine.

[Bobby]

Three.

[Eddie]

No, I say very little.

[Bobby]

Yeah, wait, I say three and one keeps it all. And to keep just a little, Just

[Eddie]

like a couple hundred dollars.

[Bobby]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

So you think 7 out of 10 people would turn it in?

[Bobby]

Yes.

[Amy]

Yeah. I have hope for humanity. I think nine out of ten.

[Bobby]

I don't think it's, oh, no, no chance.

[Amy]

No chance. But I bet nine.

[Bobby]

Some people would feel like, man, the world's been against me so long, this is a sign I'm supposed to keep the money. Out of ten, at least two would think that. And another one's like, I'm just a bad person. I'm keeping the money because I don't

[Eddie]

think it's like, you know, oh, it's the right thing to do. Whatever. I just think that, like, they're scared.

[Bobby]

Like, oh, that's a factor. But you don't think it's the right thing to do? No, no.

[Eddie]

I think people that take the money wouldn't do it because. Or the people that wouldn't take the money wouldn't do it because it's like, oh, it's the right thing to do. Don't take the money. They wouldn't take it. Like you said, they'd be scared that somebody's going to come looking for it and they'd be in trouble.

[Amy]

There's a lot of variables as to

[Bobby]

why, which is why it's more than one, I think one out of ten, man. No idea, though. Even I, I, I think about, I wouldn't, I would turn it in, but I'd be like, dang, nobody would know what happens.

[Lunchbox]

So he contacted the police department, the police department kept the money. And then someone came forward, said, hey, I lost this money. And they were able to meet up, and they hugged. The guy cried, and he was like, hey, it's not my money. What am I going to do with it?

[Bobby]

The reward question, it doesn't say anything about a reward. One wasn't expected, so.

[Lunchbox]

Oh, come on. You buying 30k, you better break that dude off. 10k.

[Bobby]

Oh, no way. You can't do a third of it.

[Amy]

What if that's a payment for something?

[Bobby]

Yeah, that money's a payment for something. I was thinking, like, 200 bucks.

[Eddie]

You guys think it's legit money? Like, I feel like it's a drug Deal.

[Amy]

Well, druggill money is still legit money.

[Bobby]

And I feel like you still break them off 200 bucks because you got somebody to pay for the drugs. Yeah, they pay your wholesaler. Good for that person for turning it in.

[Lunchbox]

Yeah.

[Bobby]

We think about just going to the police station, be like, I lost some money.

[Eddie]

Do you guys have any that we do.

[Bobby]

How much? And you just take a shot. 1700.

[Eddie]

What? Today's your lucky day.

[Bobby]

It's like a lottery. Just going to the police station. Time for the good news with producer Eddie

[Eddie]

man. Gunner is 10 years old. He lives in west Texas and he's an artist. He makes artwork with like, things that say you are worth it. Hats, shirts, posters. Well, he sells them at places online. He goes to event centers and sells them guys. He raised ten thousand dollars and he gave the American valor foundation a ten thousand dollar check. Basically raised money just to give it to them. And this foundation is cool. They support veterans and first responders. His parents are cops, so you felt really close to this.

[Bobby]

So his parents are cops. So he's not rich. So 10,000 bucks would have made a huge difference for him to keep making all that money and he still donated it. That's wild.

[Eddie]

And so he was like, the funny thing is he was like a couple hundred dollars short and somebody was like, you know what, I'll help you out. So technically it's $10,000 and one.

[Bobby]

That makes no sense.

[Amy]

Yeah, 10,001.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So they gave him like an extra couple hundred dollars. And so the check was actually $10,000 and $1.

[Lunchbox]

Hold on, hold on. Why do you say it that way? You say it like you are two. $10,000 and one one.

[Bobby]

You're like Ray when he talks about thank you. If something's 3200, Ray goes, that's 3.2000.

[Eddie]

So how do you say $10,000 and $1?

[Bobby]

10,001. 10,001.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah, see, that sounds weird.

[Bobby]

$10,001. 10,001. That's what I would say.

[Eddie]

10,001.

[Bobby]

10,001 doll. How much is that? I'd say it's $10,001. $10,001.

[Amy]

10 thousand and $1. Yeah, but Eddie.

[Bobby]

So what did you say again, weirdo?

[Eddie]

10,001.

[Amy]

Do $10,000.

[Eddie]

$10,000 in one.

[Bobby]

Yeah, that's weird.

[Eddie]

That's what you were saying.

[Amy]

It did feel weird.

[Bobby]

It's. We have the ability to take a really great story and just shift the entire.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby]

Because somebody says one stupid thing and then we go chase that. What's his name again?

[Eddie]

His name is Gunner Caldara.

[Bobby]

Gunner. Good job, man. That's awesome. That is what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

This is an iHeart podcast.

[Bobby]

Guaranteed Human.