TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (TUES): Bobby's Proud Of His Wife + Eddie Had Surgery

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – "Tell Me Something Good (TUES): Bobby's Proud Of His Wife + Eddie Had Surgery"

Date: May 5, 2026
Host: Bobby Bones (Premiere Networks)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show is centered around sharing good news stories and reflecting on personal milestones among the show's team. Topics range from Amy’s health rituals and kidney stone talk, Bobby’s pride in his wife’s podcast vulnerability, Eddie’s root canal experience, some humor and banter, heartwarming community news, and celebrity podcast updates. The episode keeps a positive, candid, and conversational tone, woven with personal stories and uplifting moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Amy’s Hot Lemon Water Habit & Kidney Stone Discussion

• Amy celebrates sticking with her morning routine of hot lemon water for a full week, even while traveling (03:30).
  • “It was one of the highlights of my marriage...he would always bring me my hot lemon water” (03:47).
  • Shares the health benefits: hydration, Vitamin C, digestion, and kidney stone prevention (04:51).
  • Reveals she currently has a kidney stone detected by a recent body scan (05:06).
• Bobby, Eddie, and Amy dive deep (and humorously) into the anatomy and pain of passing kidney stones for men vs. women (05:36–07:13).
  • “Is it harder for men than women because you guys have a bigger vaginal hole and we have a smaller penal hole?” – Bobby (05:37)
  • “We have three different holes down there.” – Amy (05:54)
  • “It looks like it's more difficult for men.” – Amy (06:20)

Learnings:

• Kidney stones are more painful for men due to longer, more complex urethras.
• Prevention tips center around hydration and diet.
• The placebo effect is discussed and endorsed as a real, effective tool for simple habits (08:09).

2. Placebo Effect Humor

• Bobby suggests that even if the hot lemon water is just a placebo, it doesn’t invalidate Amy’s experience (08:09).
  • “Who cares if it works? It works.” – Bobby (08:09)
• Amy references Bobby’s earlier advice about using “sugar pills” or Skittles before bed to improve sleep if you believe in the placebo effect (08:15).

3. Bobby’s Pride in His Wife & Behind-the-Scenes Podcast Insights

• Bobby shares having a rough sleep but is “happy” for a banana for breakfast (11:11).

• Bobby did an audio-only "Bobbycast" episode with his wife, Caitlin, about pregnancy and birth:

  • “She got extremely vulnerable and talked about some stuff that we've never talked about before…” – Bobby (11:42)
  • He highlights her courage and promises to share more on air soon.
  • Mentions confusion over similarly named guests (Heather Morgan, Heather McMahon, Leanne Morgan) (12:19).

• Briefly discusses their first therapy session since the baby’s birth—no big revelations, just navigating early parenting (13:02).

4. Eddie’s Root Canal Story

• Eddie details his two-and-a-half-hour root canal (14:25).
  • “I've had, what, three root canals now? ...This was a full root canal.” – Eddie (14:36)
  • Shares anxiety about devices to keep his mouth open; finds relief when the dentist is flexible and kind (15:17).
  • Despite pain meds being prescribed, he feels great and hasn’t needed them (15:46).
• The segment closes with lighthearted jokes about pain meds on flights and a funny story from Amy about pretending to snort spilled medicine (16:00–17:07).

5. Community & Listener Good News Stories

• Amy: Shares the story of Ed Bombas, an 88-year-old veteran whose viral story raised $2 million, and now donates $1,000 to 50 other veterans to help launch their campaigns (28:23).
  • “But then even for Ed, getting the money…now he's donating it to other things.” – Amy (29:36)
• Lunchbox: Brings the story of Addis Bennett, who became homeless after a hernia but was helped by the Salvation Army, got medical care, and is about to graduate with his associate’s degree at age 60 (29:54).
  • “A hernia made him homeless…that's a great story. It just irritates me in general.” – Bobby (30:45)

6. Personal & Pop Culture Updates

• Morgan: On finally getting an audiology appointment, possibly linked to vertigo and hearing loss. Discussion about hearing tests and Bobby boasting about his hearing abilities (20:58–22:21).

• Lunchbox: Shares excitement about a “Survivor” episode featuring Mr. Beast, saying the celebrity twist worked extremely well compared to others (22:45–23:47).

• Bobby: Talks about a recent in-depth interview with Vanessa Carlton for the "Bobbycast," noting her honesty, rarity in doing interviews, and what her music meant to him in the early 2000s (24:07–27:53).

  • “That song is really one of the most famous songs of the past 25, 30, 40 years...” – Bobby (26:25)
  • “She was great…You never know till it's edited and people hear it. But I liked her a lot.” – Bobby (25:58)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Amy on kidney stone pain:
  “If I can just keep it at bay…just living its best life.” (05:13)
• Bobby:
  “Is it harder for men than women because you guys have a bigger vaginal hole and we have a smaller penal hole?” (05:37)
• Amy:
  “We have three different holes down there.” (05:54)
• Bobby, supportive:
  “Even if it's a placebo, who cares if it works? It works.” (08:09)
• Amy, about her ex’s hot lemon water habit:
  “It was one of the highlights of my marriage, actually.” (03:47)
• Bobby, proud of his wife:
  “She got extremely vulnerable and talked about some stuff that we've never talked about before, including a lot of the complications…” (11:42)
• Bobby (on homelessness and healthcare):
  “We're in the richest…nation in the freaking world and we can't even like, keep people from being homeless because it hurts so bad.” (30:29)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Amy’s Hot Lemon Water & Kidney Stones: 03:24 – 10:33
• Placebo Effect Talk: 08:09 – 10:33
• Bobby on Wife’s Podcast Vulnerability: 11:11 – 13:02
• Eddie’s Root Canal Story: 14:25 – 16:05
• Amy’s Flight/Xanax Joke: 16:00 – 17:07
• Morgan’s Audiology Win: 20:58 – 22:21
• Lunchbox’s "Survivor" Recap: 22:45 – 23:47
• Bobby on Vanessa Carlton Interview: 24:07 – 27:53
• “Tell Me Something Good” Stories:
  • Ed Bombas (Amy): 28:23 – 29:43
  • Addis Bennett (Lunchbox): 29:54 – 30:45

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Tone and Language

The tone is consistently conversational, upbeat, sometimes irreverent, and supportive, with the group riffing on both personal and community triumphs. The banter is genuine and the team leans into vulnerability, humor, and mutual encouragement—making the atmosphere relatable and warm for listeners.

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This summary covers all major discussions, memorable moments, and the authentic spirit of the episode—providing a clear snapshot for anyone who missed the show.

Transcript

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

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[Geico Gecko]

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[Geico Voice]

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[Bobby Bones]

Come on, it's time for the good news. Tell me something good around the room. You want to go first?

[Amy]

Sure.

[Bobby Bones]

I know you're looking for papers. I didn't know if you were trying to find yours.

[Amy]

No, I got it in the dome.

[Bobby Bones]

I get it.

[Amy]

Okay. So just more proud of myself because years back, I was a huge hot lemon water in the morning before anything else person. Like, I went years and years and years. In fact, it was one of the highlights of my marriage, actually,

[Bobby Bones]

that was a highlight that you drank.

[Amy]

It was one of my. One of the highlights. There's one way that my husband at the time was very thoughtful is he would always bring me my hot lemon water because we would wake up so early for the show. And he would wake up, too. I mean, this is, I'm talking way back in the day, and he would bring me my hot lemon water. And it was so nice. But also that helped me be consistent with it. And I just loved starting my morning that way. And then for several years, I got off of it. And for the. I was waiting. I didn't want to speak too soon. I know that y' all don't care about this, like, at all, but I have gone a full week with hot lemon water, including when we were traveling, I took lemons with me. That way I had them in my hotel room and I would have my hot lemon water even when we were in Austin.

[Bobby Bones]

And what's that do for you?

[Amy]

Well, let's Google the benefits.

[Eddie]

Well, I bet inflammation, right? Probably something with inflammation.

[Amy]

Hot lemon water. I mean, of course I know them. But right now you're okay?

[Bobby Bones]

Of course. Of course. Of course you know them. But look it up and tell us.

[Amy]

Yeah, I love to just read so I don't mislead you. If you drink hot lemon water in the morning, it aids in Hydration.

[Bobby Bones]

That's just drinking water.

[Amy]

Stop. Boosts vitamin C intake.

[Bobby Bones]

That's the water part.

[Amy]

Stimulates digestion.

[Bobby Bones]

Water.

[Amy]

And helps prevent kidney stones, which. Fun fact. I have a kidney stone.

[Bobby Bones]

That ain't fun.

[Amy]

Well, it hasn't passed. When it passes, it's painful. If I can just keep it. Keep it at bay, keep it at home in my kidney or wherever it is, just living its best life.

[Bobby Bones]

Settlement.

[Amy]

Yeah. So I just feel better in the morning after I have it. And maybe it's mental and placebo. I don't care. But I like it.

[Bobby Bones]

Stupid question.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

With a kidney stone, is it harder for men than women because you guys have a bigger vaginal hole and we have a smaller penal hole.

[Eddie]

Don't be dumb.

[Amy]

I don't know that. I would also need to Google what.

[Geico Voice]

That's probably accurate.

[Eddie]

Stop.

[Amy]

Is it more?

[Eddie]

We've been through this. The hole isn't the vaginal hole.

[Amy]

We have three different holes down there.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, I didn't know what hole it came out of. I just didn't know.

[Amy]

I don't either.

[Eddie]

Urethra.

[Bobby Bones]

But below our waist, we have two holes.

[Eddie]

Correct. A tiny one and a bigger one.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not necessarily physically harder for women to pass kidney stones based on anatomy. But women face unique challenges. Just infections. Not just. But infections. Men. It looks like.

[Amy]

It looks like it's more difficult for men.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, it's more painful for men.

[Amy]

And it's anatomical, but probably also. Y' all aren't used to pain.

[Eddie]

But it's not because their hole is bigger.

[Amy]

No, it says anatomical, which would mean

[Bobby Bones]

the smaller men have a harder time passing them due to a more complex urethra, which is force.

[Amy]

It's longer. Yeah, you have a longer urethra, so therefore it has to go through it for longer.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, it hurts because it's in the women is only 4 centimeters. You stop.

[Eddie]

You didn't know that?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I'm reading.

[Amy]

We're looking at it.

[Bobby Bones]

I asked a question. Of course I didn't know that. But I thought you called it a

[Eddie]

vaginal hole, which is. That's a different hole.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, but you didn't know that. You just said it was not the same. Yeah, we both.

[Eddie]

They come out of the urethras.

[Bobby Bones]

Right, but the. It's not the hole. It does come out of the hole, but the hole is. Has a longer path to get to the hole. So it hurts all the way down the hole.

[Eddie]

Okay, but you didn't say longer. You said bigger.

[Amy]

Okay, whatever, dude. What are you. Like.

[Geico Voice]

You didn't know what libido was, Eddie,

[Amy]

Are you, like, so happy Eddie's low T makes him an expert in vaginas now, and you're retro.

[Eddie]

Not funny.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's not funny, but the urethra is the urethra. We both have it, right? Like, man.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's what you use to pee, right?

[Eddie]

Which is not a vaginal hole.

[Bobby Bones]

The women's urethra is much smaller than the man's.

[Eddie]

It is. It's, like, narrower, no, shorter, so it

[Bobby Bones]

doesn't hurt as bad.

[Amy]

Bobby just said men, 20 centimeters.

[Bobby Bones]

You got to go through that little hole. That long.

[Eddie]

Does that depend on how big?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, yeah. So you're.

[Amy]

Well, I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Stop.

[Eddie]

Don't. Hey, maybe that's why I'm saying, like, you know, same.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Anyway, whatevs.

[Amy]

I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I think I'm so. I think I'm back on it. Like, I think it's my new thing. I. I don't have a husband to make it for me.

[Bobby Bones]

But even if it's a placebo, who cares if it works? It works.

[Amy]

That's what I'm saying.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, placebo works.

[Amy]

That's what. Remember you told us to. That there was some study or article or. And this was a while back. But you take your. Give yourself a little sugar pill or skittle, but tell yourself right before bed, this is going to help me sleep.

[Eddie]

My wife would be like, you have

[Bobby Bones]

to believe it, though.

[Amy]

That's what I'm saying. Like, just get yourself even. Here's what I say. Put it in a prescription bottle, like the leftover from something.

[Eddie]

No, no, let me get my skittles. Hold on. Take my skittles.

[Amy]

Pull it out, swallow. You don't have to chew it, just SW it.

[Bobby Bones]

Men have a harder time passing kidney stones due to a much more complex urethra. The women's is way less complex because there's less to go through. The men's is way more complex and more painful because it says 20 centimeters for men. But, I mean, mine's probably 40.

[Amy]

Oh. And so also, let's be real. The only reason I'm dealing with that I know it's in there is I

[Bobby Bones]

had a long way to travel. My nickname in college was urethra.

[Eddie]

The kidney stone's like, gosh, this is taking forever.

[Bobby Bones]

He just goes back home. Ah, screw this, man. We're never gonna get there.

[Amy]

I had the body scan, that craft body scan that I got, and that's one of the things that it revealed to me was like a kidney stone. Just chilling.

[Geico Voice]

How do you get a kidney stone?

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably a lot of reasons. I would think diet would probably be a significant.

[Amy]

I know that if you get dehydrated, it's more likely to pass. So I need to stay hydrated so that my kidney stays home.

[Eddie]

You want it to stay in.

[Bobby Bones]

Your urine becomes oversaturated with minerals and salts which could be from a lot of stuff. Like bad diet too. And so if you don't drink enough water, if you're dehydrated, you can get them. It's the most common cause. Then it's like proteins, foods, high oxalate foods. I don't know what that is.

[Geico Voice]

But spinach, rhubarb, nuts and chocolate are

[Bobby Bones]

rich people are sensitive. Yeah. To sensitive to that. Medical conditions like obesity, which you. So a lot of things. Basically it all goes to the same thing. Water, sleep, diet.

[Eddie]

They can zap it, right.

[Bobby Bones]

Or you can have a Skittle. You can have Skittle. It gets rid of it immediately.

[Amy]

Maybe I just start taking. Swallowing Skittles at night and be like this is getting rid of my kidney stone.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy, don't forget you're swallowing Skittles with no chewing though either. Yeah, I think that or whatever that probably comes out urethra.

[Amy]

It gets confused and doesn't know I'm using Skittles. Example. You could do a nerd.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Kidney stones can be zapped using a non invasive procedure called electro corporeal shockwave.

[Geico Voice]

Really?

[Eddie]

And that kind of just crumbles them up that way.

[Amy]

Oh, it dissolves and then high energy shock waves.

[Eddie]

Well, you can look into that.

[Amy]

I could look into that, I suppose.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, well get on your water.

[Amy]

Hot lemon water.

[Bobby Bones]

A couple here. You got my last banana this morning. Although it's getting a little black. I don't like my bananas start to ripen like that.

[Eddie]

It's quick. It happens real quick.

[Amy]

It's sweeter.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it? It feels mushier. I don't like that. But I needed a banana this morning because I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. So I got my banana. I was happy. I was like, please let there be a banana in there. So got my banana. My wife and I did a audio podcast last night. Audio only. And so we were talking about on the bobbycast. You can hear it. We were just talking about her pregnancy, but birth and baby. Up to this point, my wife lost a bet to me. I don't know at this point, a year and a half ago, it was 12 episodes, and she's done one in a year and a half. And so she was like, I'll do a second one. And I'm like, you owe me 10 more. Yeah, but I'll take the second one. And so we did that. It's up on the Bobby cast if you want to hear it. But it was really good. Maybe I'll play club of it tomorrow or something. But I was really proud of her. She got extremely vulnerable and talked about some stuff that we've never talked about before, including a lot of the complications that she had leading into it. So that's up on the Bobbycast, if you want to check that out. Also, Heather Morgan's up today, too, so we got a couple up there.

[Amy]

Heather Morgan.

[Bobby Bones]

Sorry. You know who I get mixed up? Leanne Morgan. Yep. I do this all the time because they're both Southern comedians and Heather McMahon and Leanne Morgan. Thank you.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And Heather Morgan's also a friend of ours who's a songwriter in town, so that also mixes it up.

[Amy]

Yeah. Heather McMahon.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you. So that's up. But yeah, that's it. That's all I got for today. Got a banana. And we did a little podcast last night, and I was proud of my wife. One, she doesn't really like to do that, but she was. I didn't make her do it. I didn't put her in a hammer lock and be like, you got to do it. So we went to therapy yesterday for the first time without the baby. How was that A little weird for my wife? Cause first time we left the baby,

[Eddie]

the in law still, and we left

[Bobby Bones]

her in the truck stop.

[Geico Voice]

Whoa.

[Amy]

Check your fine.

[Bobby Bones]

She'll be fine.

[Geico Voice]

Windows down, though.

[Bobby Bones]

No, they left. We had a friend come over for like an hour and a half. So, yeah, windows down. We left her and Stanley in the back. Stanley watched over windows down.

[Amy]

Any revelations? Not that you have to share in therapy? Yeah.

[Geico Voice]

What'd you learn?

[Bobby Bones]

No, no revelations. Mostly it's like it's our first time and we talked about me going away for the first. It was just. Mostly it's just like talking stuff out right now because everything is really new. So no. No real revelations. We did talk about therapy last night in that podcast, though. Eddie. Anything.

[Eddie]

Had a stupid joke, but I won't say it.

[Bobby Bones]

You can't say that.

[Geico Voice]

You can't do that.

[Bobby Bones]

Just don't say it. Don't even say you don't have a. Do you have a joke then?

[Amy]

Yeah. That's not fair.

[Eddie]

I Was just gonna ask if. When you were out in Austin, did you think about not coming back?

[Amy]

What? That's weird.

[Geico Voice]

That's a really stupid joke.

[Bobby Bones]

What that feels like is he thought of that because he.

[Amy]

He doesn't want to go back.

[Bobby Bones]

Thought about not going back.

[Amy]

You've rejected that?

[Eddie]

No, I've just had, like, walks that I've taken for, like, hours and be like, man, I could just keep walking that way.

[Amy]

Yeah, well, you.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not there yet.

[Amy]

Yeah, you have four.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I'm not there yet.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, maybe, but not. I'm not there yet. Okay. No, so.

[Eddie]

So what's good, though, is I did go to the dentist yesterday, get my root canal, and, man, I've had, what, three root canals now? And I feel like this was.

[Bobby Bones]

You got one yesterday, A full root canal. Full root canal.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

You were going in.

[Eddie]

Full root canal.

[Bobby Bones]

A banana in my mouth. I wasn't expecting to talk so quick.

[Geico Gecko]

Wow.

[Eddie]

And it lasted probably about two and a half hours.

[Amy]

Whoa.

[Eddie]

The whole thing.

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing looks weird on you?

[Eddie]

No, dude, I feel great. I have a temporary crown in it right now, and I'll go back in two weeks to get my permanent crown. But, man, the process was great. Like, the lady that did it was so nice. She was singing the whole time. And at first she tried to put, like, a thing to keep my mouth open. And, dude, I panicked. Like, I can't have something that just pries my mouth open. It's just like a little block that goes between your two teeth. But the fact that I couldn't close my mouth, I freaked out. And she was like, hey, it's okay. Like, you don't need that.

[Amy]

Oh, need it then.

[Bobby Bones]

I need that when they put that in.

[Eddie]

Yeah. She said some people need it.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I grind my teeth so bad up on any stress. You don't like it? It's uncomfortable.

[Eddie]

Freak me out. It's just the fact that, like, there's something there that won't let me close my mouth.

[Bobby Bones]

I use that same kind of thing when I poop for my butt cheeks. Just holds it out. Help me then.

[Eddie]

I'm freaky.

[Bobby Bones]

I have stomach issues. No, I just spray.

[Amy]

No, you do not.

[Bobby Bones]

Of course I don't.

[Eddie]

But anyway.

[Bobby Bones]

I can't believe you're good today. Like, you are good. Yeah.

[Eddie]

And they gave me pain meds and everything. I haven't touched. I haven't taken one. Don't eat it, Rocky. It feels great.

[Bobby Bones]

Sell them to Amy.

[Eddie]

You want some Amy?

[Amy]

I was joking, but I was thinking about.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, can I Tell the joke.

[Amy]

What joke?

[Bobby Bones]

The thing you did that was.

[Eddie]

Amy.

[Bobby Bones]

It was really funny. It was really funny. It was one of the funniest things.

[Amy]

Okay, you can say if she was joking. I was joking, obviously, so I was totally joking.

[Bobby Bones]

I keep. In my purse, I keep a bag with me. In my bag, I have a bottle of Xanax. And I wasn't planning on using it, but somebody on our flight was, like, really nervous. And I said. I said, hey, I have this. If you. She's like, I never take one. I was like, we'll make sure you're good. Tiny piece. Gave her a tiny piece of wine to calm her down because she was freaking out in the airplane. And so she took it. But before I handed it to her, she kind of dropped it on her pants. And so as soon as she picked it up, Amy went down and snorted her pants.

[Amy]

Okay, that's not exactly.

[Eddie]

Cause she broke it. She broke it in a little piece.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy goes down the way.

[Amy]

No, I licked my finger and then I went over and then I. Whatever it was, it was a. And then I stuck it to my nose like I was gonna snort it.

[Eddie]

Like you didn't want it to go to waste.

[Amy]

It was the tiniest cr.

[Bobby Bones]

And so I was like, it's simply a joke. But it was funny.

[Eddie]

It was funny.

[Amy]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

It was funny.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I was like, we thought it was real. We wouldn't have brought it up, right?

[Amy]

Yeah. Then you would know. I have a problem.

[Eddie]

At first I thought it was real, but then I saw it was the joke.

[Bobby Bones]

It's funny. It was good. She nailed it.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

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[Geico Gecko]

And now for a bit of breaking news. Between your breaking news with me, the Geico Gecko, here are some things you ought to know today. People who switch their car insurance to geico save about $900 a year. Experts are calling that nice to know. Also, plants can hear when bees buzz. My ficus just heard that. And finally, animal experts have confirmed that goats have regional accents. I'm getting a Hint of Irish there.

[Geico Voice]

It feels good to get good news. It feels good to gecko.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Morgan.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Audiologist]

So I finally got in to see an audiologist. This is like, really big news for hearing. Yeah, I think my vertigo might be impacted by hearing loss.

[Eddie]

But.

[Bobby Bones]

So which comes first? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Chicken or egg? What's the deal?

[Audiologist]

Most of the time the hearing loss comes first, and then vertigo is, like, triggered by moments of hearing loss. So it can be like tinnitus is what it's called, or other things. But I've been having, like, for the last several months, you know when, like, everything's quiet and you hear a really high pitched noise?

[Bobby Bones]

Nope.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah. You never had that?

[Bobby Bones]

Uh.

[Eddie]

Oh, I had that all the time.

[Audiologist]

That's a sign of hearing loss. And then when we were at the.

[Eddie]

Oh, boy.

[Amy]

Sorry.

[Eddie]

What a month it's been for me.

[Amy]

Low T and low hearing. Sorry.

[Audiologist]

Um, and then when we were at the I Heart country festival, I was like in the hallway and all of a sudden everything got really muffled and I was like, nobody else is experiencing that. That is just me. And everything was like. Everything felt like I couldn't hear it anymore. And so I've been suspecting of it. So it took a long time to try and get in to see an audiologist, but I am. I have my appointment tomorrow, so it's

[Bobby Bones]

crazy that specialists take so long to get into, even for something like an audiologist. Did you do the beep, beep, beep, hold your hand up. Beep, left ear. Is that what you did, that test?

[Audiologist]

Well, I don't know. I'll find out when I go in tomorrow.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you haven't been in and you just got the appointment? Yeah, got it.

[Audiologist]

Which was a huge, huge win.

[Bobby Bones]

I crushed those tests. I'm not good at a lot of sensory things. Can't see colorblind. Like put me. So I got. I'm out with my bat man, those hearing tests. And I. I show off too. Left. I do it fast. Right arm, double right, double left, right. Fake right, left. Oh, man, I love those tests. Lunchbox. Tell me something good.

[Geico Voice]

Oh, yeah. Last night I finally caught up on Survivor. There was an episode last Wednesday and then we went to Austin. I haven't watched it and everybody's been asking me that. I know that watches survive. Have you seen it yet? It's unbelievable. Mr. Beast makes an appearance and he brings one of his psycho crazy twists to the game and it was fantastic.

[Bobby Bones]

You liked it that Mr. Beast came on?

[Geico Voice]

Well, they've been having celebrities come on. They Had Zach Brown on earlier this.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw that one was not good. The fans said it wasn't good.

[Geico Voice]

Oh. I was like, this is so stupid.

[Bobby Bones]

Why? Because it's just making this one fried the whole time.

[Geico Voice]

Like, it's just corny and just kind of cheesy. And I haven't liked, really, the celebrities coming on, and they have a Billy Eilish kind of twist in the game this season, which is annoying. But Mr. Beast, it was fantastic.

[Bobby Bones]

That's cool.

[Geico Voice]

Like, he. He. He's known for his twists, like, his games, and he brought something really cool and really just like, oh, my gosh. It was.

[Amy]

Ooh.

[Geico Voice]

Yeah, it was good. Really good.

[Bobby Bones]

So just quick note. The Bobby Cass Caitlyn and I did last night went up last night. Heather McMahon's up now. Jen Hamilton comes up Thursday, which is good. Yeah, it won't be up for a couple weeks. But Vanessa Carlton, I was with her yesterday doing a Bobby cast.

[Eddie]

How was that?

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I really like her. I didn't realize she never does anything.

[Eddie]

What do you mean? Like, no interviews?

[Bobby Bones]

Never. And so we have a whole different building that we shoot that in across town. And so a lot of times I'll already be in my studio when they arrive. I had to leave here to go there. It was a rare, like, noon taping, so I had to leave her quickly to get over there, and she was already in the front building. I don't want to drive up and then just walk around and not say anything. So I walked in to say hi to them. And in Nashville, for the most part, a lot of people are kind of, like, extremely fake nice. Some are actually real nice, but, you know, it's just like, oh. And she wasn't like that. And I thought, I think I'm gonna like her because she was like, what's up? I mean, it was just. It was just like how I like it, you know? And so she came in and she's very dry. I don't know. It was just. And she sat down and she was like, this last podcast I'm ever doing. Like, I'm never doing another podcast after this. And I was like, why? She goes, I never did one before this. And I was like, really? And then her person was with her was like, well, 20, 21 you did. She goes, that was a podcast, so she never does anything. And I was like, why did you do this one if you never do them? And so she doesn't live in Nashville, but she did years ago. And she was like, I always thought it'd be good to do something like sit down and, like, talk with you. And I was like, great. And so to me, that was fun. She was very dry, and I don't know how her. You never know till it's edited and people hear it. But I liked her a lot. And it's crazy to see someone who we only see as a teenager be an adult.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I only see her much as an adult. I haven't seen her really do anything as an adult, but we only see her playing. Making my way downtown Walking fast misses Pass as they going by and so, yeah, she was, like, 21 when that happened.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

But she was great.

[Eddie]

So where does she live?

[Bobby Bones]

You know, I do. I'll just say the Northeast. Because I don't know that she says where she lives. I'll just say the Northeast. But, yeah, it was cool. That. Just a little bit from it, you know, that song is really one of the most famous songs of the past 25, 30, 40 years. Right. It's been. It was big itself. It was in White Chicks. People still play it. She's. She did a festival at Coachella. She. Teddy Swims had her come out. She. And I asked her. I was like, you get tired playing this song? And she's like, I play it very first.

[Amy]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

She goes, I know what the fans want. They're gonna get it. She goes, I sit down, though. She goes, that way everybody's not the whole time just waiting. Like, when they get their phone, you know, she's like, we do it. It's awesome. And we move on.

[Eddie]

That's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

So that was a good one. I know it's a couple weeks out, but that was a good one. So I just never met her. It was one of those rare ones. I've never met them. They never do anything. And ended up being pretty good. She's pretty cool. So that's what's up. And then I just. Just sing the songs. She has, like, three songs that I really like. I think her music reminds me of, like, my super struggle time in this business. And so. But it's. It's like super struggle, but, like, the best memories because I has unlimited potential. I could do anything and didn't know what it was.

[Amy]

What was that? Was that early 2000s? When was that?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, for 2001. 2000. 2001. Like, I was still in college, but I was also, like, working full time. And I was like, February of 2002.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But I was like, man, I'm about to take over the world. Little to know. I wouldn't but yeah, it was a good time. So she was good. That's what's up. She was a ballet dancer until 17. She was in like the ballot. The, like ballet, fancy school. I forget what it was called in the Northeast. And then she went to like Berkeley Music School.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's in the Northeast.

[Bobby Bones]

It's in Boston, I think.

[Amy]

Oh, why do you think Berkeley was in California?

[Bobby Bones]

That's.

[Eddie]

That's. Yeah, that's.

[Amy]

Oh, the music schools. East. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Pretty sure.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

[Bobby Bones]

Anyway. That's good. That was a good party yesterday. I was exhausted to. When I went over. It had to be the right interview or I was just gonna fade quick. All right, that's it. That's. Tell me something good. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good. It's time for the good news with Amy. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

So last December, there was this 88 year old veteran, Ed Bombas. He's working at a store. A kindness influencer. Samuel shows up, sees him, makes a video of him because he's 88 and back at work. Apparently Ed had pension from GM, but then GM filed for bankruptcy, so he had no more pension. He had to go get a job at 88. And he has a sick wife. So the video about him went viral. $2 million was raised for Ed, which is amazing. But the cool part now is Ed and Samuel have formed a relationship. And since Ed's a veteran and he's like, I'd really like to give back to veterans, they launched something called for your service campaign, and they're trying to raise money for 50 different veterans. And guess what? Ed did the 88 year old veteran himself, because people gave him money. He's donated $1,000 to each of the 50 veterans to launch their campaigns. And they're going to end up raising millions for the veterans as well.

[Bobby Bones]

There's so many parts of this story that's wild. The fact that you can retire from somewhere and then they go bankrupt and it's almost like they should put that pension money. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Untouchable.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Like you got to like root for your company to stay afloat after you leave the company. That crazy.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And then again, the $2 million, he became a millionaire. That's crazy. All of that is crazy.

[Amy]

But then even for Ed, getting the money that was raised for you, now he's donating it to other things.

[Bobby Bones]

That's insane.

[Amy]

Yeah. I love it so much.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, there you go. That's what it's all about. That was Tell me something good. It's time for the good news with lunchbox. Tell me something good.

[Geico Voice]

Addis Bennett lives in Phoenix, Arizona, has a job, doing great in life. Then he gets a hernia and he can't work because he's in so much pain it makes him pass out. And so he loses his apartment, loses all his stuff. Living on the streets, he's like, man, I've hit rock bottom. And then he sees the Salvation army, starts volunteering there. They connect him with a healthcare organization, gets the hernia fixed. Then he starts going to community college, and he's about to get his associate's degree and walk across the stage for the first time in his life at 60 years old.

[Eddie]

Wow. That's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, a tragic tale of the American healthcare system. Guy can't get his pain fixed, can't work, becomes homeless. We're in the richest. We're in the richest nation in the freaking world and we can't even like, keep people from being homeless because it hurts so bad.

[Eddie]

That's crazy. Like a hernia made him homeless.

[Bobby Bones]

Like the fact that he could not function because it hurts so bad, he couldn't think, so then he couldn't work. So if you can't work, can't pay your bills, can't pay your bills, you get kicked out. So big shout out to everybody who helped him get through that because that, that's a great story. It just irritates me in general. All right, there you go. That's a good one. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good.

[Geico Gecko]

And now for a bit of breaking news. Between your breaking news with me, the Geico Gecko, here are some things you ought to know today. People who switch their car insurance to geico save about $900 a year. Experts are calling that nice to know. Also, plants can hear when bees buzz. My ficus just heard that. And finally, animal experts have confirmed that goats have regional accents. I'm getting a hint of Irish there.

[Geico Voice]

It feels good to get good news. It feels good to Geico.

[Amy]

All right. If you have ever dealt with a traditional home security company, you know the drill. Expensive monthly fees, contracts that lock you in for years, and waiting around for a technician to set everything up. It's a lot. Well, now there's Simplisafe. They have completely changed the game. Simplisafe has no long term contracts, no hidden fees, no being trapped. They earn your business by actually keeping you safe, not by locking you in. Setting up is so easy. You customize your [e-mail], it ships to your door in a few days. And with the app Guided Setup, you can have everything installed and armed in under an hour. No technician needed. And it's not just a camera. It's a full ecosystem of sensors, cameras for inside and outside, and 24. 7 professional monitoring. If there's ever a break in a fire or a flood, SimpliSafe's agents are on it immediately. They were also named America's Best Customer Service by Newsweek, which honestly tracks Right now you can get 50% off your new system by visiting simplisafe.com bones that's half off. [e-mail] bones there's no safe like SimpliSafe.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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