The Best 7 Segments On The Bobby Bones Show This Week

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show: The Best 7 Segments This Week – August 2, 2025

In this engaging episode of The Bobby Bones Show, hosts Janae (Cheekies), Maria Hinojosa, and Radhi Devlukia break down the top seven segments that captivated listeners over the past week. The discussion is rich with insights, humorous banter, and memorable quotes, making it a comprehensive recap for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

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Segment 7: Fat Joe’s Diet Pepsi Habit

Timestamp: [03:31] - [04:05]

Overview:
The week kicks off with a surprising confession from rapper Fat Joe, who revealed his habit of consuming 30 to 40 Diet Pepsis daily. This revelation sparked a broader conversation about personal habits and their impacts.

Notable Discussion Points:

• Fat Joe developed this habit during a four-month jail stint in 2013, where Diet Pepsi was readily available.
• The hosts drew parallels between excessive Diet Pepsi consumption and modern social media usage, coining the term "for you media."

Memorable Quote:
Maria Hinojosa mused, “So social media is mostly just them giving you what they know you want instead of what you have selected that you want that you really don't care about. Crazy.”

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Segment 6: Lunchbox’s Quest to Join The Price is Right

Timestamp: [08:16] - [13:10]

Overview:
Listeners were intrigued by Lunchbox's determined efforts to secure a spot on "The Price is Right." The segment delved into his strategic approach and the challenges he faced.

Notable Discussion Points:

• Lunchbox strategically emailed the show, receiving an automated response about ticket availability in September.
• Janae shared her own experience attending the show, emphasizing the importance of being the “life of the party” to catch the attention of the casting team.

Memorable Quote:
Janae encouraged Lunchbox, stating, “Just keep going. Don’t ever sit down.”

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Segment 5: Chris Jansen’s New Album Release

Timestamp: [19:15] - [42:40]

Overview:
The hosts welcomed musician Chris Jansen to the studio to discuss his newly released album "Wild Horses." The conversation provided listeners with an inside look into Chris's creative process, personal life, and future plans.

Notable Discussion Points:

• Chris shared the story behind his favorite track "Hardest Hunting Season," inspired by a personal loss.
• He discussed his commitment to a caffeine-free lifestyle and his collaboration with Craven Flavor, highlighting their mutual respect and shared values.
• The segment concluded with Chris promoting his live album tour across major cities.

Memorable Quotes:

• Chris reflected, “It was a unique and it was for the everyday working-class hero, man.”
• Maria praised the partnership, saying, “It's how things work really well. And it's been a really good partnership.”

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Segment 4: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s Relationship Update

Timestamp: [42:46] - [48:07]

Overview:
The hosts delved into the latest developments in the high-profile relationship between NFL star Travis Kelce and pop icon Taylor Swift. They explored fan theories and the strategic nature of their public interactions.

Notable Discussion Points:

• Conversations revolved around their synchronized social media posts and the timing of their appearances.
• The hosts debated the authenticity of their relationship, weighing in on both genuine affection and strategic publicity.

Memorable Quote:
Maria asserted, “They’re definitely in love. And I think that everything that both of them do now on social media is strategic.”

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Segment 3: Listener Q&A – Selling a Couch with Cat Pee Stains

Timestamp: [53:37] - [58:22]

Overview:
A listener reached out with a dilemma about selling a couch that had been soiled by cat urine. The hosts provided practical advice on disclosure and pricing strategies.

Notable Discussion Points:

• The importance of honesty versus practicality in online marketplaces.
• Pricing strategies to account for imperfections without over-emphasizing them.

Memorable Quote:
Maria advised, “How much would you sell it for? If you price it at $150, someone will come and offer $100. Just accept it and move on.”

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Segment 2: Best Things That Start with 'M' Game

Timestamp: [58:22] - [66:56]

Overview:
In a lighthearted and spontaneous game, the hosts competed to list the best things starting with the letter 'M.' This segment showcased their quick thinking and camaraderie.

Notable Discussion Points:

• Entries included Money, Making Love, Movies, Music, Mexican Food, and Muffins.
• The playful competition highlighted the hosts' personalities and their ability to engage listeners with fun content.

Memorable Quote:
Janae quipped, “Maybe because my name starts with this letter, I just know a lot of M's but I'm going with music.”

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Segment 1: Eddie’s Hot Dog Challenge Failure

Timestamp: [72:04] - [75:35]

Overview:
The top segment this week spotlighted Eddie’s ambitious attempt to eat 70 hot dogs in 24 hours, which culminated in an early exit after consuming only 20.

Notable Discussion Points:

• Eddie’s determination and the physical toll the challenge took on him.
• The hosts discussed the importance of knowing one’s limits and the implications of such extreme challenges on personal health.
• The aftermath included reactions from fans and the impact on Eddie’s participation in future show activities.

Memorable Quotes:
Eddie confessed, “I was at about 15 hot dogs, I was like, nothing's moving in my body, so how am I gonna fit more hot dogs?”
Janae reflected, “It was a big loss. He owes me 50 bucks.”

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Conclusion

This week's episode of The Bobby Bones Show provided a diverse array of content, from celebrity habits and personal challenges to lighthearted games and relationship updates. The hosts adeptly balanced humor with insightful discussions, ensuring that listeners were both entertained and informed. Whether it's reflecting on Fat Joe's Diet Pepsi consumption or empathizing with Eddie's hot dog challenge, the show continues to deliver relatable and engaging segments that resonate with a broad audience.

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Notable Quotes Recap:

• Maria Hinojosa: “So social media is mostly just them giving you what they know you want instead of what you have selected that you want that you really don't care about. Crazy.”

• Janae: “Just keep going. Don’t ever sit down.”

• Chris Jansen: “It was unique and it was for the everyday working-class hero, man.”

• Maria Hinojosa: “They’re definitely in love. And I think that everything that both of them do now on social media is strategic.”

• Maria Hinojosa: “How much would you sell it for? If you price it at $150, someone will come and offer $100. Just accept it and move on.”

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Transcript

[Janae]

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[Maria Hinojosa]

When I became a journalist, I was.

[Radhi Devlukia]

The first Latina in the newsrooms where I worked.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I'm Maria Hinojosa. I spent my career creating journalism that.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Centers voices who have been historically sidelined.

[Maria Hinojosa]

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[Janae]

Hey guys, it's Janae AKA Cheekies from Cheekies and Chill Podcast. And I'm bringing you an all new mini podcast series called Sincerely Janae. Sure, I'm a singer, author, businesswoman and podcaster, but at the end of the day, I am human. And that's why I'm sharing my ups and downs with you in real time and on the go. Listen to Jiggies and chill on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. In 2020, a group of young women found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare. Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope about the rise of deepfake pornography and the battle to stop it. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Maria Hinojosa]

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[Radhi Devlukia]

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[Maria Hinojosa]

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[Radhi Devlukia]

It's the least that you can do.

[Janae]

After 80 years of learning his wildfire prevention tips, Smokey Bear lives within us all. Learn [e-mail] and remember, only you can.

[Maria Hinojosa]

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[Janae]

USDA Forest Service, your state forester, and the Ad Council. Hey, I'm Radhi devlukia and I'm the host of a really good Cry podcast and I have the opportunity to talk to Dr. Julie Smith. Julie is a clinical psychologist, a bestselling author, and one of the most trusted voices in mental health online. Resentment isn't something that the world owes you. It's that, you know, something that you need to work on. Look out for those feelings of resentment because they're a sign that there was some sort of boundary that wasn't held before. Listen to a really good cry on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Maria Hinojosa]

It's the best bits of the Week with Morgan. Part two, she's breaking down the top seven segments from the Bobby Bones show this week.

[Janae]

Best Bits weekend. We are catching up on the Bobby Bones Show. Part one and part three this weekend are with Eddie. Part one, we're catching up all about the hot dog challenge, which, yes, is going to be in this week's countdown. And of course, what's happening in dad life and dad making friends life, all that good stuff. And then part three, Eddie answers a question that apparently a lot of people have been asking. So big stuff on both of those. Check those out. But if you've already listened, then let's dive in. This week we all shared some confessions. We opened up about the daily habits that we just can't quit. And this is all because some celebrity confessed to drinking 40 diet sodas a day. So what was our diet soda that all of us like to do every single day? It's kind of our kryptonite.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Number seven, the rapper Fat Joe drinks 30 to 40 diet Pepsi's a day. Now, I want to know what your Diet Pepsi is, but I want to talk about this first. This is a habit he picked up during a four month jail stint in 2013 and Diet Pepsi were easily available, so he just kept drinking them.

[Janae]

Okay, I have thoughts on that. Keep going.

[Maria Hinojosa]

What? You don't want Diet Pepsi in jail?

[Janae]

Well, not that it can be in jail, but it's just that accessible to where you can have 40 a day.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That is kind of weird probably if you're paying for them from your commentary.

[Janae]

Oh, yeah, because he has, he has money. I thought they were just like grabbing.

[Maria Hinojosa]

He made the confession on his podcast with Jadakiss during the Drinks Champs show. What is your 30 to 40 Pepsis a day? Because I think mine is just getting on Twitter and refreshing it all the time. If I have nothing going on, I get on a swipe down, swipe down, just see what the news is. I don't go to my ads that often, but I just go down, see what the news is, see what the news is all the time, all the time, all the time. That's my Diet Pepsi's Eddie. Probably gambling my Diet Pepsi. I mean, every chance I get, I see something on tv. I'm like, oh, wow, that's score. The odds are good on that. Let me put a dollar. I wonder if I could bet on that. The story's from Bro Bible Amy.

[Janae]

Yeah, I probably Instagram stories like, I can get caught on those. But on my for you page, not necessarily. All the people that I know But I go into like the what's suggested for me and I get caught on those and I swipe and swipe and swipe and before you know it, too much time has passed and I'm annoyed with myself.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Which brings up a good point. It's not so much social media anymore. It's for you media. Meaning even five years ago and way before that social media was you followed people and then you cared what they were up to. Now you have an account and you follow people, but mostly you just look at what's on your for you page and 90% of those people you don't.

[Janae]

Follow, I don't even know who they are or where they come from. And then I start to wonder about them.

[Maria Hinojosa]

So social media is mostly just them giving you what they know you want instead of what you have selected that you want that you really don't care about. Crazy. Because we don't look at things we follow as much anymore as we used to. We just look at what's provided us on the for you page. Heck, when it gets on TikTok and it's like you want to go to the people you follow or you're for you, I go for you. I don't even want to see who I follow and what they're up to. How often do you follow something that just pops up on your for you? A decent amount. That's good. Yeah, I mean especially if it's like in the brand of what I like to follow, so. But yeah, it's way less social media now and more so they know what you like so they're just going to give it to you.

[Janae]

Yeah, I like the way you put that. You called it for you media. I know you made that up.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Don't, don't, don't stick me to that. No, don't stick me to that.

[Janae]

I'm not. But I just for perspective, I like I hadn't thought of it that way and that I've even seen a shift in how I consume my social media.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I only realized it when I started to go. I don't care about watching what I follow. I only care about watching what they want me to watch. And anytime TikTok puts me on following, I get off of it. That in stem, I hate stem.

[Janae]

Oh yeah, I feel like stems right up your alley.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Now when I get on Tick tock I'm not there to learn, I'm there to watch 90s wrestling, sports, highlights, stuff like that. Lunchbox, what is your Diet Pepsi? Fantasy sports. Whatever season it is like right now it's fantasy baseball. I check my. I mean, the games haven't even started yet. And I check, make sure anybody's starting. Okay. Fantasy lineup. Hour later. Check it again, Morgan.

[Janae]

Mine would be cheese. I eat a lot of cheese.

[Maria Hinojosa]

So you just always go to cheese? Yeah.

[Janae]

Like, if I'm hungry and I want a snack, I go to cheese. I add cheese to everything. If I'm out and I'm not even hungry, I'll get a cheese dip. I just love cheese.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I was eating some crackers on Friday, and my wife goes, freeze. I was like, what? She'll stop. Don't move. And I'm like, okay. And I'm thinking, yeah, yeah, they had cheese in them. They were farmhouse cheddar. I didn't even think about it. I was just eating some soup that Kayla made, and I'm just eating, and I need something to go with the soup. I can't just eat soup by itself. So I need bread or I need crackers. And so I just find some crackers. Don't know how old they are, and I pour them out on a paper towel, and I'm eating them. I'd eaten, like 12, and I'd probably. I was probably in the bathroom for an hour and a half.

[Janae]

So when you looked at them, though, like, even when you saw them, didn't.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Even think about it.

[Janae]

You didn't think, oh, these are orange.

[Maria Hinojosa]

They were even named farmhouse cheddar. And I saw the name of it. Is the cheese in the cracker? Yeah. Okay. So you probably can see it.

[Janae]

The color of the cracker is the color.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Oh, yeah, it's yellow. It's for sure yellow. No, I know it. Saw the title on the box. It was literally called farmhouse cheddar. And I was like.

[Janae]

But also, sometimes you might be cool with eating the cheese. You know, like, it's not real cheese, but I think that whatever you had is probably real cheddar. But I wonder if you could eat the cheese.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Oh, like easy cheese.

[Janae]

Like, farmhouse.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That melted me. I mean, no pun intended. Just that little bit. It hurt me for a day, a whole day, because I've eliminated all dairy from my diet because it's killed me. Anyway, that's the old minute with Bobby and Light. It's the best bits of the week with Morgan.

[Janae]

Number two, Lunchbox is finally making some moves to be on a game show. He sent an email, and he got an email back, and he's booked a flight. So a lot of big updates here. Is Lunchbox finally going to make it on a game show? Or her reality show. Or any of the above.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Number six, if you missed it. I told Lunchbox if he could get tickets to the Price is Right, I'd let him off work. And then he emailed Price is Right. You can hear that email on yesterday's show. How are your teeth? My teeth are great. Okay. Because there is a theory the Price is Right only picks contestants with great teeth. Well, I mean, I had braces for two and a half years as a kid. So they are straight. Like they are on point. A discussion on the Price is Right fan Reddit forum. They're talking about every contestant has perfect white teeth and that they may look at people's teeth before they put them on the show. Smile for us.

[Janae]

Smile. Yeah, he's got good teeth.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Are those white?

[Janae]

He's got good teeth.

[Maria Hinojosa]

They may not be white. I'm straight. No, they're straight. Eight months. Yeah. Okay. They get it in post. They'll widen them up in post. So you emailed them? I emailed them. Had a great heartfelt letter. Drum roll, Ray. And I wanted them to make my dreams come true. October, this is the date. And they reply. They did reply. They did reply. Here we go, here we go. Here we go. And they said, thank you for reaching out. The Price is Right October tickets will become available in September. The times are 7:30am, 11am and 1:15pm for taping. So you just got a standard. Yeah, I thought the heartfeltness would get them to like personally respond, but I guess they just have an automated response system that tells me I have to wait till September to get the tickets. So what's that process in September? Like I'm just going to go to the website, I guess, and I fill out a form and they'll let me know if I got tickets gen pop like everyone else. No preferential treatment? No, no. And I even sent it from my Art iheart email. So thinking they would see that being like, okay, this dude's a real deal. Oh, they're not going to look at your email address where it's based on. No, no, that's not gonna happen. You'd have to say it in the body and they probably wouldn't even care about that. Oh, see, I thought they would. The built in audience of iHeartMedia would be like, oh my gosh, we gotta get this guy on. You may be a salesperson. They don't know that.

[Janae]

Yeah. Also, should he have attached a picture of himself smiling?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Probably don't attach a picture. Not yet.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Like cheese.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I want to go over to Nicole in Phoenix. We'll talk about this with her right now. Nicole was on the prices, right? A few years ago, were you on or were you in the audience?

[Janae]

I was in the audience.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And when you're in the audience, you're waiting because they might call you up, right?

[Janae]

Correct. So when we got there, we had to get there early to, you know, get in line. And you go through the screening process, like security, and then there's like two long rows of benches outside. And it was hot and it was like three hour wait and crazy. Like, you just have to stay, like, motivated in life of the party for like, that whole time.

[Maria Hinojosa]

How do they screen? Do they talk to you individually or they just watch for people that are active and, I don't know, life of the party, as you called it?

[Janae]

Yeah. So in the beginning, they just watch you. So me and this other guy, I. This other guy, he, like, hung out with everybody that was sitting there. Like, he bounced from group to group to group. Like, the whole time he came and sat with us. I did it for a while, and about two hours in, I faded. I was like, oh, my gosh. But he, like, kept on. And he wasn't, like, over crazy or, you know, over obnoxious, but, like, he just kept everybody laughing. Like, he went through the crowd, like he never stopped. He went and hung out with everybody. And then at the very end, when they were lining us up to take us in, then right there, there was several of the people that worked there, and they would talk to each person. And there was like a group of. I think there was like six of us, and we all made our own shirts. We had, like, orange shirts with bling on it. And I'm a nurse, so I said, give this nurse a shot.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And I had like, a shot. Good pun. Good pun.

[Janae]

Yeah, I have cool pictures. Like, I don't know how to email them to y' all or whatever, but, yeah, it was. It was a blast. And then the studio is so small. Like, it looks so big on tv and it was small, but a lot of people are like, oh, my gosh, they're watching you. But unfortunately, we got front row, but I didn't get picked. But I was hearing Lunchbox and his personality, so I was like, just pace yourself and mingle with everybody. And, like, don't sit down. Like, don't ever sit down. Just keep going.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Jimmy V. Don't give up.

[Janae]

Ever sit down.

[Maria Hinojosa]

We know me, I never give up. Okay, so your advice, your advice to Lunchbox is if he has to get tickets first Right.

[Janae]

Yeah, but I. We didn't have a hard time. We just emailed the show and then we got them, so I don't. I don't know if.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And then after he gets the tickets, which seem to be. Seems like it's pretty easy. He just needs to. Don't sit down and bounce around for three hours so they see him being Mr. Life of the party.

[Janae]

Yeah. And just, like, stay involved with everybody, like, every group. Yeah, It's. It's crazy. Like, I was like, oh, I could do this. And I was like, man, I'm tired. But, yeah, I think. I think he has a good shot.

[Maria Hinojosa]

All right.

[Janae]

Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Got. Nicole, thank you for your call. Hope you have an awesome morning.

[Janae]

Yeah, you guys, too. Have a good day.

[Maria Hinojosa]

There's your playbook. That's it. I'm in. I can't wait. Got to get tickets first, but then you're in, and then I'm in la, and then I'm on the prices. Right. And then who knows? From there. If you get on, would you rather not get on at all or get on and embarrass yourself by sucking at a game? I'd rather get on and embarrass myself and suck it at a game. Let's go. It's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Number two.

[Radhi Devlukia]

When your car is making a strange noise, no matter what it is, you can't just pretend it's not happening. That's an interesting sound. It's like your mental health. If you're struggling and feeling overwhelmed, it's.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Important to do something about it.

[Radhi Devlukia]

It can be as simple as talking to someone or just taking a deep, calming breath to ground yourself. Because once you start to address the problem, you can go so much further. The Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the Ad Council have resources available for you at loveyourmindtoday.org hello, puzzlers.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Let's start with a quick puzzle.

[Radhi Devlukia]

The answer is Ken Jennings appearance on.

[Maria Hinojosa]

The puzzler with A.J.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Jacobs. The question is, what is the most entertaining listening experience in podcast land?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Jeopardy.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Truthers who say that you were given all the answers believe in.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I guess they would be conspiracy theorists.

[Radhi Devlukia]

That's right. Are there Jeopardy.

[Janae]

Truthers?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Are there people who say that it. It was rigged?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah. Ever since I was first on, people are like, they gave you the answers. Right. And then there's the other ones, which are like, they gave you the answers and you still blew it.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Don't miss Jeopardy. Legend Ken Jennings on our special game show Week of the Puzzler podcast. The puzzler is the best place to get your daily word puzzle fix. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Janae]

Hey, I'm Radhi Devlukia and I'm the host of a really good Cry podcast and I have the opportunity to talk to Dr. Julie Smith. Julie is a clinical psychologist, a best selling author, and one of the most trusted voices in mental health online. She was one of the first therapists to use TikTok as an educational platform and since then she has built a global audience of nearly 10 million people by making emotional support accessible, honest, and deeply human. You know, resentment isn't something that the world owes you, it's something that you need to work on. I would say with this stuff is look out for those feelings of resentment because they're a sign that there was some sort of boundary that wasn't held before. You know, that. That if you're not asserting your own desires or wishes or needs and then resenting your partner or your friend for filling the space for you, then it comes back to, okay, well, what do you want that's not this. Listen to a really good cry on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Liz went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. My husband comes back outside and he's shaking and he just looks like he's seen a ghost and he's just in shock. And he said, your dad's been killed. This is Hands Tied, a true crime podcast exploring the murder of Jim Melgar. Liz's mom had just been found shut in a closet, her hands and feet tied up, shouting for help. I was just completely in shock. Her dad had been stabbed to death. It didn't feel real at all. For more than a decade, Liz has been trying to figure out what happened. There's a lot of guilt, I think, pushing me, and I just, I want answers. Listen to Hands tide starting on 8-2-6 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Pretty Private with ebony, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm Ebony, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color who faced it all. Childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental health struggles and more. And found the strength to make it to the other side. My dad was shot and killed in his house. Yes, he was a drug dealer. Yes, he was a confidential informant, but he wasn't shot on a street corner. He wasn't shot in the middle of a drug deal. He was shot in his house, unarmed. Pretty Private isn't just a podcast. It's your personal guide for turning storylines into lifelines. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect podcast network. Tune in on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Chris Jansen stopped by the studio. He has a new album out. We talked all about that record, but also dad life, from fishing to one of his kids wanting to be a model to. To some of them performing with him on stage and the whole Mountain Dew thing. Is he still drinking them? Is he not? What's the situation with his health? So we got the full lowdown. This is Chris Jansen in studio number.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Five on the Bobby Bones show now, Chris Jansen. Chris, how you been, buddy?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Hey, I'm doing great, man. Thank you for having me in. Beautiful studio.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Thank you. Built up my own two hands.

[Radhi Devlukia]

I knew you did you ever build.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Stuff on your property?

[Radhi Devlukia]

I do build stuff on my property. I mean, not good, but I do build stuff. Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

What do you do? Well, like, what do you do at home? What's your, like, dad thing or, like your Chris thing?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Well, this afternoon, I'm going fishing with Jesse, my youngest, and we go fishing just about every day that we're home.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Do you have a pond on your property?

[Radhi Devlukia]

I do. I have a pond at the. At the house where we live. But then I have a lot of acreage on the Harpeth river, and we go out in the river. And so lately, actually, in the last couple weeks, we've been. Me and a crew of guys have been clearing out the river on the days we've been off and the riverbanks and kind of pretty it up, kind of making it more scenic and so you can get down into the water. So that's what we've been doing.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You stock the pond at all? We do, man. That's just total joy for a kid to go into a stock pond. And by kid, I mean me as well.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, all of us. It's awesome. Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You're wearing your bass pro hat, and so I know. You know Johnny Morris. I know Johnny Morris. I was up there a few weeks ago, and it's really cool to be able to text him and just be like, we're coming up. But he let me fish out of one of his stocked trout licks oh my gosh. It was un. But it was called the, the Glory Hole.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah. It's unbelievable, isn't it?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Unbelievable. They're massive. You can see them and you're just fly fishing in and boom.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, it's the. It's the greatest ever. Honestly. He's been like father figure to me, as you know, and just been so good to me. And I'm really, you know, always proud to be a bass pro man. But it, I fish that too. And it is pretty awesome.

[Maria Hinojosa]

It's the greatest fishing experience I've ever had. And I fished my whole life growing up and Arkansas Keith, My stepdad was a striper guide. And yeah, that's probably the most fun fish to catch for me as a striper because they're big and they fight.

[Radhi Devlukia]

They are big and they do fight, you're right.

[Maria Hinojosa]

But being able to catch those trout in that up there is awesome.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Well, trout is my favorite. You know, last week we were on the road. We were in Montana, New Mexico and Colorado and we had like a four day run out there before we came back to the east Coast. And so again, Jesse, who was traveling with us, my youngest, he was like, dude, we got to go fishing. So we took some. We took some fly rods with us. We weren't having any luck. We were in. We were in Bozeman, then we were in Avon, Colorado, around Beaver Creek. And we went over. We went over the store and bought a cheap little spinning rod and some rooster tails and we started popping the trout out there one after the other. So it was pretty fun. We took one and cooked it in the hotel.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I think we grew up pretty similarly. Did you ever. Probably Arkansas Keith. Don't care. But did you try to catch catfish A bunch.

[Radhi Devlukia]

That's basically all we caught.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And so we would do things like set trot lines.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yep.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And we would take like big penzoil oil jugs and put it. And you know, they'd pull them down.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And so that's. That's how we catch all the big catfish. By setting trot lines.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I don't, I don't know if anybody trot lines anymore, do they? Is that even illegal? Even legal now?

[Radhi Devlukia]

I think so. I mean, I would have to check the law on it, but I think it's pretty legal and I think not.

[Maria Hinojosa]

How we did it though.

[Radhi Devlukia]

You never know. I mean. Yeah, there was a lot of things growing up, they probably would be frowned upon, but. But no, we did the same thing with like Mountain Dew 2 liter bottles, you know.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah. So we Did Pennzoil, Pennzoil. Cut, cut. And they'd float and, and you set them and boom. When they pull them down, you had them.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, it's like milk jugs. But that's all we really fished for because that's like the low hanging fruit, you know what I mean? But we grew up going to a place called Clearwater Lake, my grandma and me, and she always took me fishing as a kid. So that's where my early love from, it came. I was just fishing on the riverbanks with my grandma.

[Maria Hinojosa]

What do your kids want to do? Because I know you take them on stage, take them fishing. What do they want to do now?

[Radhi Devlukia]

So all four of my kids are doing really well. The older two, my bonus kids, are very successful and they're living their life and they're doing great. One's in hr, one's in medical. They're. They're crushing it. My younger two, the. My youngest daughter, Georgia, she wants to be a model and, and she very well could be. And then Jesse, you know, he, he gets on. He. It was his idea for the singing thing, so he gets on stage to sing with me on his own merit. And he either wants to be a singer or a hunting and fishing guide, he tells me. But then some days he's like, I want to be a bull rider. So I don't know, whatever, whatever, you know, and he loves ufc. He loves the ufc. So he wants to, he likes to sc. And so he's always telling me, you know, you used to fight with me when I was little and now you don't fight with me anymore. You know, it's like we can't fight every single second of the day. But it is really fun to. You know, I forget, you know, being a dad, sometimes you forget what it was like being a kid and looking up to somebody like that. And so I try to make every moment like that count. Like sometimes Kelly and I will talk about it. She'll go, gosh, like you spent the whole day on the river or whatever you're doing. But investing the time in your kids, I think is, is the most important thing you can do. Just, just the time. It doesn't matter what you're doing, but just the time. So someday they remember. You know, my dad was busy all the time and they, and my mom and dad worked all the time, they travel all the time. But we had a very normal life outside of it. And I'm proud to say that we do. I feel like we have a very normal life and I haven't missed a day of car rider line yet as a, as a dad, and she has. Kelly hasn't missed a day of car rider line yet.

[Janae]

You mean that car carpool line?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, yeah, that miserable.

[Janae]

Oh, yeah.

[Radhi Devlukia]

You know what? It's, it's.

[Maria Hinojosa]

No, I'm not saying like it is what it is.

[Radhi Devlukia]

50.

[Maria Hinojosa]

50.

[Janae]

Like it's intended. Do you ever get honked at? I. I can never do it right, you know, so I missed a lot of days.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah. So I got it. So before, before, before we were friends with the principal, right? At the schools. And, and both principles are really cool at the schools because they're, you know, they're in different grades. But before we were friends with them, we would get in trouble all the time because me and Kelly are like a personality in the car. So we pull up in these car rider lines and we always, we're always going what we think is the right way. It's like the short right way. That's what people would think. Instead, they want you to go the long way. So then we sit in the long way and then we get in trouble. We have to go through the whole deal. Mr. Jensen, you can't sit like, okay, no problem, you know, whatever. But it's okay. It's not miserable because soon it's not going to be happening. And I, and I, it's. It makes me so sad.

[Maria Hinojosa]

But both can be true. It can be that part of that process can be not joyful or miserable, but what you get from it can actually be wonderful. Because I think that would be miserable. I've picked up other kids in that line. I'm like, I don't want to sit here. This is terrible.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, it was terrible sitting there, especially the weight, you know, at the end of the day because they, they make you, you know, every. They make you wait in line. And I hate waiting in lines. But. But, you know, it's part of life. But, but again, as a, as a dad, I can tell you, I can assure you and anybody out there listening, they would agree. You know, it's like you don't get those moments your whole life and, and once they're gone, you miss them. And I remember, I remember being in Carter lines with, with my older two kids, my bonus kids as a stepdad early on and, and going, guys, it sucks. I don't like this, you know, but. But then when it's over, it's, you know, you miss it. You miss those, you miss those weird things like that in life and the.

[Janae]

Conversations that are had, like school I.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Get that, you know, every day me and I. So I take Jesse, Kelly takes Georgia and, and, and for no other reason. It's just, just kind of how it happened. But. Well, I know really why I started. Me and Jesse like to hunt in the mornings. And so, you know, before school we usually hunting or fishing, but we ride to school in the mornings. And we're, we're, we're listening to Hank junior Records and we're listening to Skynyrd. And every now and again Jesse's like, can we put on a walk by Pantera? And I'm like, yes. Can we turn it up in the car rider line? I'm like, yes, absolutely. So we roll through the car rider line cranking bad reputation or walk by Pantera.

[Maria Hinojosa]

So you mentioned Bozeman, Montana a minute ago. I've been to Bozeman. It's awesome.

[Radhi Devlukia]

It is.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Been around Bozeman. It's the only place that I've been. And again, we drove out into the national park. And the national parks are so big. They're like small states themselves. And there was no cell service at all. We've done this bit on this show before. If you had to move somewhere that you've never actually lived before and you're not really associated with, but where would you move? Like, I love Chicago. I think Chicago is great, except for in the winter when it gets too cold. Where would you move? You've traveled everywhere.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah. So my. Well, I'm going to give you a two part answer. The first part is my favorite city in the whole world is New York City, Manhattan. And I could live there today because.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I didn't expect that from you.

[Radhi Devlukia]

It's vibrant, it's fun. There's. I love to eat. And there's food 247 and you can basically get whatever you want. You can get great steak, you can get great a hamburger. You can get great sushi. 247 and I love it there. I also love Los Angeles. If I, if I was living a bougie, bougie lifestyle, I'm not afraid to admit that I love Bel Air. I think it's beautiful. I think the people are nice.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And that also means you have a lot of money if you're living there.

[Radhi Devlukia]

And it smells good.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah.

[Radhi Devlukia]

But it smells like a candle. 247 But I think if I an unfamiliar place that I'd love to live, I would love to live in Montana as well. I'm a, I'm a West guy, you know, I love the south, of course. I love, I love our country. But I love the south. We spend a lot of time in Florida. But if I could live there full time. I love the no humidity in the west and I love the hunting and the fishing and the culture is nice and just open sky.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I don't like the cold anywhere.

[Radhi Devlukia]

See, I do.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I hate it.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, I don't mind. It just reminds me of my favorite time of the year. It's like if, you know, if you can get a pumpkin spice and a, in a, in a cold morning, there's nothing better.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's fine for like five days and then I'm good, I'm good. I don't need the seasons. Give me a week of winter. Yeah, I'm good to go. I like to be warm, be able to go outside and play in the cul de sac until the sun goes.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Down, you know, I hear you, I hear you. I hear you big time actually.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, Chris Jansen is here. He's got a new album out today called Wild Horses. So let's start with me and a beer because this is the single we're going to play.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Set this song up for us. Like give me a story about it behind it.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Sure. So Kelly and I were talking at the house about, you know, we were in the early stages of making this, this Wild Horses record. And she goes, man, can you please just go write something like fix a drink and good vibes. But like in the middle of that, and I said, honest to God, like you don't know how hard it is to write a song like that or to write a Buy Me a Boat or something like that. Very fun, light hearted song. Because as a songwriter, I first go to introspective, I go to the deep spots, you know, like most people. But to write a song that it just makes you feel good is sometimes the most challenging thing. But I got together with my guys, it was Ashley Gourley, Taylor Phillips and Andy Sheridan, who. Andy's a co producer on the, on the track and the whole record. And I said, hey, this is the goal. Let's make a V like a, like a V, fix a drink. Good vibes are here. We want to sit in the middle. And that's where me and a Beer came from. And I, we looked up all the titles, which was the interesting thing. And if you go back through my catalog of hit songs, the one thing I'm really proud of, and I didn't ever really realize is that you can't find another drunk girl, you can't find another Buy Me a Boat, you can't Find another. Fix a drink, can't find another. Good vibes, Maybe one. But you didn't. Nobody ever wrote me in a beer and I just couldn't believe it. It was. I thought it's got to be a million times out there. But it wasn't. It was unique and it was for the everyday working class hero, man. I mean, because, you know, the people I play for every night, I can see it, they're a little quiet. And then if they have one beer, they're like, I'm loving it. If they have two, they're like, we're not leaving. And three, you know, it's off to the races. So that's was really the premise behind it.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Hey, Chris, let me ask you a question about playing back at Tootsies back in the day.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Sure. Please.

[Maria Hinojosa]

What was the most amount you could make a night in tips?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Made $5,000 was the most in a night.

[Maria Hinojosa]

One night.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah. Yeah. Made $5,000 one night. The reason is like, it teach. It taught me how to be a hustler. And I was already a hustler when I got there, cuz. So, you know, because I came from playing just whatever venues in Southern Missouri where I was from, and traveling around and doing that in school to coming to Nashville where they don't pay you money. You just get paid out of a tip jar. So I thought, well, this is. This is so uncharacteristic to what people are used to. And it's not really fair, but it's the way of the world. So you just learn how to. You just learn how to hustle tips and speak to people. Not really fans, just people in the bar. Speak to patrons like you've known them forever and almost make them feel like they know you forever. And then they'll want to tip you on that and just play what they want to hear.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Just play what they want to hear. What most you ever got for a single tip or performance, probably like. Oh, don't even say it.

[Radhi Devlukia]

No, no. Really? 500 bucks.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Whoa.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah.

[Janae]

Okay.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Is that somebody trying to show off for another girl, like some old business?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Dude, it's always the old business.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Okay, so. So I got. I got the. I got a great description for you. So years ago, when Bridge Bridgestone arena used to be called what it used to be called Gaylord.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Okay, that's before us.

[Radhi Devlukia]

It was a long time ago. That was like right when I first got the town. But so, okay, this guy used to come in and he's not part of the Gaylord Opry entertainment Group that I know, you know, but it was somebody from the old school Gaylord camp. And he would come in there all the time, slacks and the whole deal. He looked like he just walked out of the corporate office. And he would always come in in the evenings, probably around 5 or 6 o', clock, right about shift change, because you go 6 to 10. So it was like right in that shift change and he was sitting there and watch me six to 10. And he would tip hundreds, he would tip 500. And it was always in that way. But it was never like, he never had girls with him or nothing. Was just like a corporate dude that just came in there and drank Bud Lights and just normal tipped hundreds.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Was he trying to get you?

[Radhi Devlukia]

He.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I don't.

[Radhi Devlukia]

I hope not. He didn't. Wow. But he would tip hundreds. Tip, you know, I mean, I've made 500 bucks per song. I mean, you just play what people want to play and that's it. I mean, I use the same. I use the same method now, even being a professional touring act, like, I just am of the belief that if you have the luxury of having hit songs, which is so hard to do and it's like cracking the code and not everybody gets to do it. If you have that luxury, play the hits. People want to hear the hits. And then, you know, you can play some B sides. That's cool. But, you know, it's. It's a great privilege for me, so I enjoy it. And honestly, sometimes people remember, they will. They know about my story with tootsies and playing on the tip jar circuit. And they will. Not in a rude way, but they'll bring like, they'll be like tips in a note, like, can you play this? I'm like, sure. But then we donate the money. So like the last three times it's happened, we just give it to St. Jude, the local St. Jude chapter and things like that. And that's a good way to raise money.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Dude, that's crazy. Made 5,000 bucks. And I'm sure you reported all that to the government. Absolutely, absolutely.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Every single day. Every single day.

[Maria Hinojosa]

When I waited tables, every 10 cash. Reported it all. Chris has got a new album out today that's called Wild Horses. I want to play a little bit of Hardest Hunting Season with Jamie Johnson.

[Radhi Devlukia]

It's my favorite song on the album, as a matter of fact. I have a group of friends in Florida, where we live sometimes that, that I hunt and fish with. And it's a great family. It's a father, two sons. We're. We're really close. We hunt every year, fish every year. Last September, one of the brothers, who I'm. I'm closer with, called me and said, hey, man, Graham just passed away, was his brother and dad. I just. I was. What do you say to that? You know? And he said, dad would like to know if you would please come down and. And be a part of the funeral in some way. Maybe sing a song. I said, sure. So we flew down and I did go rest high on the mountain on piano. And as I walked up graveside, the dad, who I'm really close with, he said. He said, I'm so sorry. He said, hey, Chris, this is going to be my hardest hunting season. And it just. You know, selfishly, I accidentally take song titles away from just about everything that I do. You know, I wasn't looking for it in that moment. It just happened. And I came back that Sunday, and then the following Tuesday, we got into the studio at the cabin and I had some guys coming over to write for this for what turned out to be the Wild Horses album. And I said, hey, I got this idea. We gotta do it. And they were totally on board. It was Josh Phillips, Mitch Oglesby and Michael Wilkes. And. And. And they were just totally on board. But it's a very true story. And then I always. You know, I've done a lot of great collaborations over the years, which I'm really proud of, but the one that I wanted to do forever was Jamie, because I'm just such a big. I'm probably his number one fan. And I reached out to him, I said, I would really appreciate you giving this a listen and considering doing this with me. And he hit me right back and he said, I would love to. And he did. And I just thought it was so eloquent how he did it, and I really appreciate it.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I want to play one other song here because I have a question. It's called the Broken, and I know you. I know Kelly Lovelace. Kelly Rowland. Is that the Kelly Roland I'm thinking of, or is that a different Kelly Roland?

[Radhi Devlukia]

No, that's from Destiny Child.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Kelly Rowland. That's a no. I know it's your wife. I'm kidding.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Well, we get asked that every time we check into a hotel.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Really?

[Radhi Devlukia]

They look at her and they go.

[Maria Hinojosa]

But I was Kelly Roland. But the reason I asked that is she doesn't. Your wife doesn't list her name as Kelly Jansen.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, well, I don't. She's. I think she is proud of our marriage. I know she is. But when we. The truth is, is that we got married on July 4, 15 years ago. We just celebrated 15 years. And whenever we got married we were in the middle of a radio tour and on my first record deal ever and we were just kids, you know, and, and we didn't have time to go do and all the switching over with the names and I was like, I don't, it doesn't offend me. Just keep your name. And it's just easier. So it just kept it easy. So she's always kept her name, her maiden name and I'm good with it.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Do people often think that she's Kelly Rowland, not Kelly Roland? It's a weird question to ask Kelly Rowland. If they see the writing credits. I think it's Kelly from Destiny show all the time.

[Radhi Devlukia]

I'm telling you. From writing credits to hotels to just, just you name it, banks, whatever. They're like, they look at her and they go, you're not.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You don't look like her.

[Radhi Devlukia]

You don't look like Kelly Rowland.

[Maria Hinojosa]

What about the song you wrote with Beyonce Knowles on here? Chris has a new record out today called Wild Hors. So what are you doing out to support the album?

[Radhi Devlukia]

We are flying out to six major cities and we are taking this live on the road, which is cool. We're going to six major market, big radio markets and we're doing this live for fans.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Doing the record live?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, I'm doing, I'm doing probably about half the record live and then doing the rest of it. A Q and A for people. A real up close and personal thing which would be the first time I've ever done something like this. But we're going to hit multiple cities in certain days. I think we're going to take two to three days a jaunt but we're going to hit multiple cities during each one. And this is in the middle, middle of, you know, extensive tour schedule which I'm grateful for. So it just kind of lined up and worked out great. But it's a good way to get real with people and get them involved with an album. It's a unique way and so pretty proud of that. But you know, other than that, man, I've been playing these songs. I've been released. I released a couple of songs early off this record, this Flag, the Bride, of course Me and a Beer and now Wild Horses in, in, in leading up to releasing the full blown album and we've been playing those live and they've been going over really good, which I'm, you know, I'M always hesitant to play new songs. It can be an awkward thing. It's, you know, doesn't matter. What you're doing is people come to hear the hits and so you gotta. You gotta be careful playing B sides or something they've never heard before. But these songs have somewhat familiarized themselves to them already, and that feels really good. It's like the first time on an album that I felt really confident doing it. No big deal. Like, I actually even started playing bass guitar on Wild Horses Live. I haven't played bass since I was a kid. This is my first instrument. And so it's opened up a lot of new doors for me personally. And, And I'm, you know, it's enjoyable.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Let me ask about the Mountain Dew. Do you drink Mountain Dew at all? Again, are you back?

[Radhi Devlukia]

No. Off you still.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You still clear?

[Radhi Devlukia]

No, sir. So. So as of June 1st this year, that marked one year of not having any Mountain Dew. No Cokes? No. No nothing. No. No caffeine sodas at all. No soda caffeine at all.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Not even any Starbucks?

[Radhi Devlukia]

No, sir.

[Maria Hinojosa]

No.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Zero caffeine.

[Janae]

Wait, well, earlier you said something about a pumpkin spice latte. Decaf.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Decaf.

[Maria Hinojosa]

No, he just eats a pumpkin in the morning.

[Radhi Devlukia]

We eat a lot of pumpkins. No, but it's decaf. I haven't had any caffeine and I haven't had any sodas. And because I got really bloated for a couple weeks and Kelly was like, gosh, are you getting a dad bot already? And I was like, I don't think so. And then we had this industry, this number one party for all I need is you. And all my co writers were picking on me, going, God, you're gonna dad bot. And I was like, shut.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Your co workers were telling you you're gonna dad bot.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, like my co writers were like, messed up. Yeah. And like these dad bods were telling me I got a dad bod. And I'm like, I'm like. I'm like, dang, man. So I honestly. But I. But I, you know, I don't get self conscious about stuff. I don't care. But. But I was like, I don't feel very good and I'm not telling a lot of people I don't feel good. So I went to a GI doc who told me that you have to quit drinking Mountain Dew today if you haven't done it already or you're gonna.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Die because you drank so much.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, Because I had a thing called leaky gut, which is a real thing where if you. If you consume something so bad for so long, it eats basically a hole through your stomach and that's it. And I got that. And so I had to do.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You were hitting them pretty hard, right? 20.

[Radhi Devlukia]

24 a day?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, yeah, 24 a day easy.

[Janae]

24 cans.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, like, you know, like the big box a day.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah.

[Janae]

How did you sleep?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Easy. I still don't sleep. You know, it's winching. I sleep worse now than I did then, but. But I'll tell you the. The greatest thing about it is, is that my complexion came back. I'm a pretty. Like, I'm a darker skinned, like a more of an olive skinned type person naturally. And it was hollowing me out. It really was tearing my life up. I mean, I've had nine root canals like it was. It was destroying 24 of anything a day.

[Maria Hinojosa]

24 massages of a day. You probably gotta go and have. That's crazy.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, man. But I feel pretty good. I've only had. I've only had water and. And natural juices for over. I mean, June 1st was a year and now we're well over a year. So I'm never going to go back. It's just something I just cut out. I had to cut out of my life. And I want to. You know, people aren't gonna live forever, but I want to live as long as I can. So that's it.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Are you working with Craven Flavor?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, and I love them.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, they do our green room. They're really good. How'd you get together with them?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Man, it was so. I don't even know how it actually originally happened, but this sweet girl, Ashley, somehow the wires got crossed. And then all of a sudden Kelly's like, we got this offer from this girl named Jen. They reached out to this girl named Jen, this great marketing girl, and then she reached out to Kelly. Would you. What do you think about working with these people? And I'm. I'm funny about working with people because if I'm going to endorse something or they're going to endorse me, even more importantly, I want it to be natural and not weird. And I just don't do it if it doesn't feel right. But I said, let's just at least meet these people. So she came out to our show in Illinois and I'll never forget, we're standing by a train track. Bus is parked over there is me and Justin Moore and a couple other people. And she brought her husband. And I was like, man, these are good folks. And it was kind of like we'd kind of getting the ball rolling and then Craven happened and they've been a really good partner, man. Like we. We got these gift boxes. We've. We've. They've set up around the album. I didn't. They did around the album. Really eloquently done. My kids are trashing the house with. With food all the time.

[Maria Hinojosa]

They also are really good.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, it's. Dude. It's awesome, dude. The. The. The dill pickle pretzels. Probably our favorite. The choice favorite in the house. And I'm a big ice cream nut, so I love the. I love the mint chocolate chip ice cream. But I. I just like them personally. You know, aside of the product, I think that a product really stands on its own two feet when people are. Are nice and. And they're good folks at the heart and the core. And that's how things work really well. And it's been a really. Been a really good partnership.

[Maria Hinojosa]

See, I'm okay with bad people with great product's great. That's why I like Craven. Hey, dude. Congratulations.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Thank you, Bobby.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, I know it's a big day. New record out today.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Thank you.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Great to see you. You guys check out the new album Wild Horses. It is out today. Go stream the crap out of it. And that is Chris Jansen, everybody. There he is.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Thank you, guys. Thank you.

[Maria Hinojosa]

It's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Number two.

[Janae]

Travis Kelce just hard launched his girlfriend Taylor Swift on Instagram, which has been huge news in the world of social media. So we talked about it. There were some fan theories and what all the show thinks is happening behind the scenes was a lot of this discussion. And regardless of all of this, I'm really happy for him. And I think they are very genuinely in love with each other. And I can't wait for the day that they get married and laugh in everybody's face, because I think that's what's gonna happen.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Number four stories. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are entering a more public and serious phase of their relationship. A source says they're more in sync than ever. The insider says the couple's been discussing their future together since they began dating in 2023. And they are both all in again. This is from people. You see the photo dump? He did.

[Janae]

Yep. Sure did.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Is that her giving him permission? You can finally post some pictures.

[Janae]

But she had posted about him. Why would he need permission to go? I mean, two years.

[Maria Hinojosa]

The Matt Healey stuff where his mom was on with Andy Cohen. And she's like. She could say stuff about him and write songs, but he wasn't allowed to say anything about her.

[Janae]

Yeah, I don't know what was up with that. I was like, what took him so long? You know, I have my own running theory.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Travis.

[Janae]

Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Okay. I would like to hear your theory on where this relationship is. Amy, go.

[Janae]

So this caused me to start following Travis, because previously I was not. Then I go to his account, try and catch up on things, since I've never followed him. And what is a post right after that or in the same, you know, timeline on Instagram is stuff with him and Adam Sandler and then the Happy Gilmore 2 movie, so.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Oh, you think this is for the.

[Janae]

Movie Wednesday or Thursday?

[Maria Hinojosa]

I love it.

[Janae]

He posts the Carousel with lots of Taylor and Taylor's brother. And it's like, look at us. We're all happy family. Well, then after that, like, what? On Friday? That's when Happy Gilmore 2 came out.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And she also posted, hey, go see it. He's great in it. Or stream it.

[Janae]

They're just very strategic about everything. And nothing's a mistake. So I don't.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And nothing's a coincidence or random.

[Janae]

Okay. Yeah, that's another way to say it, too. And I just think she loves success as much as anybody. She probably wants him to be successful. And she was like, hey, if I was finally posting about us on your page, this probably makes the most sense. Do it now and it'll just get you more attention. And I had no idea he was in that movie. But now I do a little bit. Yeah, I know, but I.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Did you watch it?

[Janae]

No.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You would hate it. Yeah, I did you like one?

[Janae]

I don't think I.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Even then you would hate to. I loved Happy Gilmore too, but not because of the movie itself. Just because it checked back in with.

[Janae]

A bunch of stories nostalgic for you.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yes.

[Janae]

So I don't know. I just kind of thought, okay, he's probably waiting for the right time to poster and just happened to be in alignment with when a movie he's a part of came out.

[Maria Hinojosa]

No, I do think she gave him permission to finally post. That's what you think.

[Janae]

But you don't like my theory.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I love your theory. I can't prove it's wrong.

[Janae]

I'm just a theory.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, I don't feel like. I think she probably was allowed him. Her team finally allowed him to do it because you don't think he's sitting there. Listen, he was trying to be famous forever, and I think their Relationship's real. But he did a reality show. A dating reality show. Like, he's been super thirsty for fame. Now, I don't think this relationship is just that, but I think if you're like that, you would have posted that a lot earlier had you been allowed to.

[Janae]

Wow.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Don't you? I don't know, but I do think it's real. Also. Big shout out. He cut his hair because I didn't like the long hair he cut. He shaved it back again because camp's happening, Chiefs. He's back. Shaved head. Shaved head looks much better in my opinion.

[Janae]

Yeah, I agree.

[Maria Hinojosa]

So you think they're real or no?

[Janae]

Oh, I think Taylor and Travis are real. Absolutely. I just think that this post was in alignment with this movie.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Eddie, what are your thoughts in the relationship? I love the relationship. I think they're so in love that you guys are just overthinking all of this. Like, okay, photo dump. It's time for them. But it's been done so strategic for the last 15 years of her life. So why would we think this would be any different? Like, every little move like this has happened in accordance with different projects or. Or so I think it's fair for us to feel this way based on the past and the history of it over and over again. Oh, it's fair. You can think whatever you want, but they're definitely in love. And I think that everything that both of them do now on social media is strategic. So I'm sure Travis had all these pictures loaded up, and whenever the people say, let it go, they probably just sent them to him too. Said, you can now post these. No way. No way. You're crazy, dude. They don't even think that much about it. Like, you're out of your mind. You're out of your mind if you don't think that. Are you guys kidding? She gets Easter eggs and everything. Brilliantly. Yeah, but she has people, too, that think about stuff. Dude, they're in love. They're just living their life happily. And I'm glad they're taking their relationship to the next level. What does that mean, next level? Just, like, let's get married. Like, it's been two years. Let's do this already.

[Janae]

Or are they already married? Because some people say that.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Nah, they'd have found that certificate somewhere, even in a small town.

[Janae]

Well, maybe they just married. They'd have found that, you know, their own private way.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Lunchbox. What do you think? Still not real. It's easy. She got this negative press from the Matt Healey stuff. And her camp's like, we need to put some good stuff out there. So they sent Travis. These are the pictures you're allowed to post. Post them now. That way we start talking about that instead of the Matt Healey stuff. Look at them. Oh, they're taking their relationship to the next level. No one's talking about that Matt Healy guy and what his mom said. It's all strategic. They don't even like each other. Oh, dang.

[Janae]

So where was his mom on Andy Cohen?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah. Watch what happens.

[Janae]

Oh, okay.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Because she is an actress. Like a British actress or Australian actress. One of those countries that ain't here.

[Janae]

Yeah, those countries that ain't here.

[Maria Hinojosa]

One of those other ones. Yeah. Where they have an accent.

[Janae]

Okay. Yeah, I'll have to check that out.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Okay, listen, I think it's real. I don't think about it much. Yeah, but. But I think it's real. And you know what? We love love. Don't we, everybody? Love's great. We love love. It's the best bits of the week with Morgan number two. I always had to be so good. No one could ignore me. Carve my path with data and drive. But some people only see who I am on paper. The paper ceiling the limitations from degree screens to stereotypes that are holding back over 70 million stars. Workers skilled through alternative routes rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills to speak for themselves. Find resources for breaking through [e-mail] brought to you by OpportunityAtWork and the Ad Council.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Hello, puzzlers.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Let's start with a quick puzzle.

[Radhi Devlukia]

The answer is Ken Jennings appearance on.

[Maria Hinojosa]

The puzzler with A.J.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Jacobs. The question is, what is the most entertaining listening experience in podcast land?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Jeopardy.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Truthers who say that you were given all the answers believe in.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I guess they would be conspiracy theorists.

[Radhi Devlukia]

That's right. Are there Jeopardy Truthers? Are there people who say that it. It was rigged?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah. Ever since I was first on, people are like, they gave you the answers, right? And then there's the other ones, which are like, they gave you the answers and you still blew it.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Don't miss Jeopardy Legend Ken Jennings on our special game show week of the Puzzler podcast. The Puzzler is the best place to get your daily word puzzle fix. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Janae]

Hey, I'm Radhi Devlukia, and I'm the host of a really good cry podcast. And I have the opportunity to talk to Dr. Julie Smith. Julie is a clinical psychologist, a best selling author and one of the most trusted voices in mental health online. She was one of the first therapists to use TikTok as an educational platform and since then she has built a global audience of nearly 10 million people by making emotional support accessible, honest, and deeply human. You know, resentment isn't something that the world owes you, it's that, you know, something that you need to work on. I would say with this stuff is look out for those feelings of resentment because they're a sign that there was some sort of boundary that wasn't held before. You know that if you're not asserting your own desires or wishes or needs and then resenting your partner or your friend for filling the space for you, then it comes back to, okay, well, what do you want that's not this? Listen to a really good cry on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Liz went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. My husband comes back outside and he's shaking and he just looks like he's seen a ghost and he's just in shock. And he said, your dad's been killed. This is Hands Tied, a true crime podcast exploring the murder of Jim Melgar. Liz's mom had just been found shut in a closet, her hands and feet tied up, shouting for help. I was just completely in shock. Her dad had been stabbed to death. It didn't feel real at all. For more than a decade, Liz has been trying to figure out what happened. There's a lot of guilt, I think, pushing me, and I just, I want answers. Listen to Hands tied starting on August 6th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Foreign welcome to Pretty Private with ebony, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm ebony, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color who faced it all. Childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental health struggles and more. And found the strength to make it to the other side. My dad was shot and killed in his house. Yes, he was a drug dealer. Yes, he was a confidential informant. But he wasn't shot on a street corner. He wasn't shot in the middle of a drug deal. He was shot in his house, unarmed. Pretty Private isn't just a podcast.

[Radhi Devlukia]

It's.

[Janae]

It's your personal guide for turning storylines into lifelines. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect podcast network. Tune in on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Amy is debating if she needs to disclose something when she goes to sell her couch. Basically, there's a situation that happened with this couch and one of her pets, and does she need to tell a new buyer if she's not selling it for very much or heck, even giving it away for free? Let us know after you hear this what you would disclose. If you're selling something on Marketplace number.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Three, what do you want to sell online?

[Janae]

A couch.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And I think that's great. I think somebody would love to have your couch. It's very nice. What's the issue?

[Janae]

Well, my cat has peed on it a couple of times, and I have cleaned it to the best of my ability. I just. It's time that it's gotta go. Like, the space where it was is a little too cramped and decided to put chairs there. So it's not leaving because of the cat pee. But I would like to sell it. Or honestly, they'd be doing me a favor if they come and haul it away.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's not how you sell it. No, you sell it because it's an awesome couch.

[Janae]

Right. But I could sell it or because of the cat pee, it could be free.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Why are you saying because of the cat pee? You don't have to say the cat peed on it.

[Janae]

Are you sure? I feel like I should disclose.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You think this is Carfax.

[Janae]

So, like, every accident that's happened on the couch needs to be disclosed, right?

[Maria Hinojosa]

That would be. What, are there stains? Like, big cat pee stains?

[Janae]

No. You can't even tell.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Does it smell?

[Janae]

No. I feel like I got that out pretty good. But cats, they pick up on things. So what if the person that buys it has a cat and then when they sniff out another cat has peed and then their cat pees on it? I just feel like it's helpful information.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I understand the moral dilemma. However, by that logic, you would need to disclose every accident that's ever happened on that couch.

[Janae]

Well, the. The cat pee is the worst thing.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I mean, what if you had a baby at the house and baby peed on it and you cleaned that out? Would you share that? What if somebody drooled all over it and you scrubbed that out? Would you share that? My point is, if you get it out, it's not like somebody was murdered on it. I think that you should. That's probably disclosed. Yes. And Just put that on the curb. No one would buy that, I don't think. Kathy, as long as there's not a stain that is very visible, I don't think you have to share this. That.

[Janae]

So I can actually sell it for money?

[Maria Hinojosa]

I think you can sell it. Does anyone think I'm wrong? No, I think that.

[Janae]

Okay, sorry. I don't know why. It just, like, I felt like the listing should say, FYI, there's cat pee. And then. Then.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Then you will not sell the couch. You will not sell the couch.

[Janae]

Okay, but again, how much.

[Maria Hinojosa]

How much would you sell it for?

[Janae]

Again, them coming to pick it up is doing me a favor because I'd have to pay to have it hauled off.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And that's terrible in the description. If you just pick this up, you're doing me a favor. That's terrible.

[Janae]

Okay, but also, don't you love the whole. Yes, there's cat pee. So this couch is free. It rhymes.

[Maria Hinojosa]

What are you starting a business? You Dr. Seuss? Okay, so what would. What do you want for the couch?

[Janae]

I mean, I would probably take. It's more of, like, a little love seat situation. I'd probably take a hundred bucks. 150.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Oh, you're going up. You just said free. Now you're going up.

[Janae]

Nice. And it's velvet. I like it. It's cute.

[Maria Hinojosa]

So this is what I would do. Listed for 150. Someone will come to you and say, will you do 100? And don't even negotiate back with them so you feel better about it.

[Janae]

Say, no, I can't interact with them in person because then I'm gonna be like, online. Okay, no.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And don't yell. There's cat. Amy, forget the cat. It's not a thing, okay? Just move on. Sell it. But whatever they come back to you with, this can be your way to. To rectify your moral issue. Is that they. How about we take 75? Yes, I will. So you're taking their bottom line off for that nice caffeine.

[Janae]

So they say, take 75. And I'll be like, yeah. Cause there's caffeine.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Oh, no. Don't want to hear that. They'll hear that. Yes. If you whisper it even that loud, they'll hear it.

[Janae]

Okay. Because I called about getting it professionally cleaned again. I cleaned it the best I could, but to even get the lump, you're.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Spending more money cleaning it than you are.

[Janae]

It would be a hundred dollars to have a professional clean. And I'm like, wait a second. This is silly. Morgan, I would say As a fellow cat owner, that, yes, it would be kind to say that a cat peed on it just in case, but I think you can still get money for it. I think people would put in the effort for a nice couch. That's a hundred bucks and they would clean it.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I'd like to add perspective to that too.

[Janae]

I think that y' all are not cat. Morgan and I are cat owners, so we know cat pee is very distinct and it's like a whole thing.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I'm familiar with cats. You act like I've never seen a cat before.

[Janae]

Well, they are very territorial and they will go after something.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Whiskers. I've been there. I've seen them before. Listen, listen. Your price is already low because of the cat pee.

[Janae]

Right?

[Maria Hinojosa]

They're already getting the cat pee discount.

[Janae]

They don't know.

[Maria Hinojosa]

There's no need to tell them. Again, it's an A plus couch.

[Janae]

Okay. I didn't think about how like Carfax, you mentioned couch facts.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I'm gonna start that now.

[Janae]

Like that what do you disclose on or any spill.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Correct.

[Janae]

It's just I'm with Morgan. She understands my concern about the cat pee because it's such a.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And you're putting it at a cat pee price.

[Janae]

Specific scent, the cat pee.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Buy it now. Price is 150, but whatever they negotiate down to boom, you'll take it.

[Janae]

Okay.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's the real cat B price.

[Janae]

Okay.

[Maria Hinojosa]

But no need to say cat B ever again. Eliminate that from your vocabulary. You guys feel free to reach out in our voice online. I'll keep you posted and let us know. 877 77. Bobby. It's the best bits of the week with Morgan.

[Janae]

Number two, we did a draft of the best things that start with the letter M. And it's always spicy because we have no heads up of what's coming. We don't even know what letter it's going to be. So it's all on the fly. You just pick things and that's your team. So this week was the letter M. And next week I think it's gonna get even more brutal for us.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Number two, we're gonna do a draft. Awesome things that start with. And we'll hit the wheel here. And whatever letter it lands on go. It is M. M. Awesome things that start. Oh. With the letter M. And Ray won the dice roll backstage. Ray, M. You get to go first. Amy's out because she finished last.

[Janae]

Dang. I just thought of a good one.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, there's a great. There's a great one. One for sure.

[Janae]

Do not give any offended time.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, you have a bad history of.

[Janae]

Yelling at maybe once.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Raymundo, you're up. My biggest fear is that the one way my mom follows this show is on Facebook, and Morgan will post on Facebook, and if she sees that I don't put mom, she'll probably disown me. So give me mom. Okay. Awesome things that start with M. That's pretty solid. Very solid Lunchbox. Yeah. Things that start with M. Man, what do I like a lot?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Money.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's what came to my mind. Money. Yeah, that's good. Okay. Things that start with M. Morgan, we're over to you. Awesome things that start with M. Yeah.

[Janae]

Well, we do Tuesday reviews day. It's movies. Oh, that's good.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Good.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Movies is good. Drawing a blank, man. Dude, M's tough. I'm really struggling. I'm really struggling. Money came to my mind. I think probably all of us, but after that, like, I have words here, but I don't know if they're really good. You just have words. I mean, I have different things. I'm gonna go with Mac and cheese. That's so good. I don't feel confident with that one.

[Janae]

Four.

[Maria Hinojosa]

1, 2, 3, 4. You think it's pretty good for four? I think Mac and cheese is pretty solid. See, I do. I want a pander. Oh, I love it. Mexicans. Oh, that's good. I was gonna say Mexican food. Oh, that's great. I'm gonna go Mexican food. That's a really good dude. And I'd like for everybody in El Paso and all of our Arizona listeners, you know, I just want you to know I'm thinking about you guys, you know, everybody out there making Mexican food. Okay, so round one, Ray had moms. Lunchbox had money. Morgan had movies, Eddie had Mac and cheese, and I had Mexican food.

[Radhi Devlukia]

This is tough.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I'm struggling. You gotta go again. I have one. I'm gonna go Morgan. Oh, that's funny. That's funny. That's well done.

[Janae]

I did have my name written down, but that felt weird.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I'm gonna go Morgan as awesome things that start with letter M. Mexican food and Morgan. Okay, something just came to me. Go ahead. It's definitely unique. It's different. Give me Merica. Give me America.

[Janae]

Wow.

[Maria Hinojosa]

America with a apostrophe. Yeah, yeah.

[Radhi Devlukia]

America.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Hashtag or apostrophe. America. That's funny. That's risky, but it's funny. Risk, reward could be big there. All right, Morgan.

[Janae]

Maybe because my name starts with this letter, I just know a lot of M'S but I'm going with music.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's solid.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Oh, my gosh.

[Maria Hinojosa]

How did I not think of that? That's solid lunchbox man. I got money, right? And something else I like doing. Making love. Making love. Making love. Making. Yeah, Making love. Raymundo, you have moms. What else do you need? Gonna go the food route. McDonald's. Okay. Solid. Oh, not bad. Okay, we have one more in the M. Draft. Oh, my God. Raymundo, you'll go first. Round three, snake draft. You have mom and McDonald's. Your final pick is. I just keep thinking of states. That's really all I got. But that's going to sink me. Going Montana. There are options, but it's eliminating 49 other states. Midwest. Oh, that's good. You took a bunch of states. At least 12 there. That's good. Midwest. That's a side. My mind never went there. That's solid lunchbox. You have money and making love. Yeah, I got money and making love, and I need something else, and I don't have anything in my head. Gosh, what is good? Money, making love and five seconds, man. I guess I'll do it. Men. That's so good.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Dude.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's so you, man. I almost said that. I almost said you're gonna say men.

[Janae]

Masculine.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Need an answer. Go ahead, give me Mexicans.

[Janae]

Okay. I mean, what about, like.

[Maria Hinojosa]

It's the same word, though. I use in mind. Okay, well, if you don't want me to. No, no. I'm not just asking the group. I have Mexican.

[Janae]

I think it's se.

[Maria Hinojosa]

You said Mexican food. Okay, that's weird. Okay. I was trying to save. I'll change. No, no, no. You've already picked it. You've already picked it.

[Janae]

It's fine.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Morgan, you're up.

[Janae]

When you watch movies or you listen to music, you need some food and you might grab a muffin. Wait, what?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Muffins. Muffins.

[Janae]

Hey, laugh all you want, guys. I got a great team.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I thought you were going with something else there.

[Janae]

Me, too.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I can't tell you.

[Janae]

I can't say it.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I can't tell you.

[Janae]

But I just.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Eddie, you have Mac and cheese in America? I know. I just thought of it. But look, this is what I thought.

[Radhi Devlukia]

You were gonna say.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's what I thought.

[Radhi Devlukia]

I don't know, dude.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Like, Mac and cheese in America. My number three is. It's just the only one I can think of that starts with an M. Now I'm just gonna pick it. Give me marriage. Oh, that's solid. It's fine. That's good. So I'm the last one, so I get to talk through mine.

[Janae]

No, it's good. What do I know?

[Maria Hinojosa]

If Scuba Steve was playing, what would he have picked? Marijuana. Oh, marijuana. That's not for me. So I don't pick that one. So I have Mexican food and Morgan. So something else that I'm not gonna do because I feel like it's similar. I mean, I don't know. I thought I'd pick a Morgan Wallen.

[Janae]

Oh, that would probably been better.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Maybe.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

But I guess Morgan takes all Morgans. Oh, that's a good point. That's a good point.

[Janae]

Are you the last one?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Let's just be listed as Morgan. There's also. Because lunchbox is making love, I thought about making out, but that's kind of boring. I thought M. M's the actual letter.

[Janae]

M. That's what I thought Morgan was gonna go with over muffins.

[Maria Hinojosa]

M. M's is good.

[Janae]

I don't know. I think I like muffins more. More than Eminems. Okay.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I think I'm gonna go with something fun. Monkeys. Morgan and monkeys.

[Janae]

I mean, that's cute, because you could. It's also, like, cute monkeys, but also the band.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Oh, hey, we're the monkeys. Here we come. Walking down the street. Okay, let's see here. Ray has Mom, McDonald's and Midwest. Pretty good. Lunchbox has money, making love, and Mexicans. I mean, that third one's questionable. I know, but I couldn't think of it. Morgan has movies, music, and muffins.

[Janae]

I crushed this one.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Eddie has Mac and cheese. America and marriage all over the place. I have Mexican food, Morgan, and monkeys. Yeah, Morgan, your music and movies. That's pretty good, Morgan. Go vote. You can [e-mail]. that's our website. Good luck, everybody. It's the best bits of the week with Morgan number two.

[Radhi Devlukia]

If a baby is giggling in the backseat, they're probably happy. If a baby is crying in the back seat, they're probably hungry. But if a baby is sleeping in the backseat, will you remember they're even there when you're distracted, stressed or not, usually the one who drives them, the chances of forgetting them in the back seat are much higher. It can happen to anyone. Parked cars get hot fast and can be deadly. So get in the habit of checking the backseat when you leave a message from NHTSA and the ad Council. Hello, puzzlers. Let's start with a quick puzzle. The answer is Ken Jennings appearance on.

[Maria Hinojosa]

The puzzler with A.J.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Jacobs. The question is what is the most entertaining listening experience in podcast land?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Jeopardy.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Truthers who say that you were given all the answers believe in.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I guess they would be conspiracy theorists.

[Radhi Devlukia]

That's right. Are there Jeopardy.

[Janae]

Truthers?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Are there people who say that it's. It was rigged?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah. Ever since I was first on, people are like, they gave you the answers. Right. And then there's the other ones which are like, they gave you the answers and you still blew it.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Don't miss Jeopardy. Legend Ken Jennings on our special game show Week of the Puzzler podcast. The puzzler is the best place to get your daily word puzzle fix. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Janae]

Hey, I'm Radhi Devlukia and I'm the host of a really good cry podcast. And I have the opportunity to talk to Dr. Julie Smith. Julie is a clinical psychologist, a best selling author, and one of the most trusted voices in mental health online. She was one of the first therapists to use TikTok as an educational platform, and since then she has built a global audience of nearly 10 million people by making emotional support accessible, honest, and deeply human. You know, resentment isn't something that the world owes you. It's that, you know, something that you need to work on. I would say with this stuff is look out for those feelings of resentment because they're a sign that there was some sort of boundary that wasn't held before, you know, that. That if you're not asserting your own desires or wishes or needs and then resenting your partner or your friend for filling the space for you, then it comes back to, okay, well, what do you want that's not there? So listen to a really good cry on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Liz went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. My husband comes back outside and he's, he's shaking and he just looks like he's seen a ghost and he's just in shock. And he said, your, your dad's been killed. This is Hands Tied, a true crime podcast exploring the murder of Jim Melgar. Liz's mom had just been found shut in a closet, her hands and feet tied up, shouting for help. I was just completely in shock. Her dad had been stabbed to death. It didn't feel real at all. For more than a decade, Liz has been trying to figure out what happened. There's a lot of guilt, I think, pushing me, and I just, I want answers. Listen to Hands Tied. Starting on August 6th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Pretty Private with ebony, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm ebony, and every Tuesday, I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions of and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color who faced it all. Childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental health struggles, and more. And found the strength to make it to the other side. My dad was shot and killed in his house. Yes, he was a drug dealer. Yes, he was a confidential informant, but he wasn't shot on a street corner. He wasn't shot in the middle of a drug deal. He was shot in his house, unarmed. Pretty Private isn't just a podcast. It's your personal guide for turning storylines into lifelines. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect podcast network. Tune in on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite show. Both naturally. In this number one spot, Eddie not only did the hot dog challenge of trying to eat 70 hot dogs in 24 hours, but he also failed the hot dog challenge of trying to eat 70 hot dogs in 24 hours. So that's where we're at. I wanted to give you guys the finale because you deserve to hear. After we did a bunch of live streams and this whole thing and he really thought he could do it. We talked about it on part one extensively. So if you want all of his answers to all things hot dogs, go check it out. But for now, here's your number one spot.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Number one. For those that missed it, Eddie only ate 20 hot dogs out of 70. Massive failure. Vomited on the live stream. Vomited on the live stream. I was watching him. He was at home walking. You could tell he was suffering and was like, I don't know.

[Janae]

Boo.

[Maria Hinojosa]

And then away it went.

[Janae]

Yeah. Don't you think it's better, though, that he threw up instead of just giving up?

[Maria Hinojosa]

I feel like a little bit throwing up is giving up. Like, you let your body. Like you had a conversation with your body and you're like, you know what? I give you permission to throw up. I had a conversation with my body, and I told my body to get ready for all these hot dogs and it wasn't ready. No, you said you ate terrible food to send it down as a message that more terrible food is coming. That may have been the worst strategy. I've ever heard. We offered Eddie $800 if he could eat 70 hot dogs in 24 hours. And he ate 20. We went strong. We streamed for, like, three hours up here from. From the show after we finished. And we did all kinds of, like, cup challenges, and we had more people watching the stream than we've ever had watching the stream. So thank you to everybody. We gained, like, 2,000 followers on YouTube. So all that was great. The one thing that wasn't great was really your performance, the reason we were streaming. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your thoughts? Go ahead. My thoughts are. I. My. My mind was ready to win this thing. Like, I was willing. I was determined to win this thing. The problem that I ran into was that my body was not getting rid of these hot dogs. So when I got to about 15, I was like, nothing's moving in my body, so how am I gonna fit more hot dogs? And I just. The clock just kept on ticking. Dude, did it move faster than you thought? Yes, much faster. Because I started thinking, okay, now I'm at the point where I need to hit three an hour. I couldn't even get one when I could. When I was struggling to get one down, I knew I was in trouble. I text Eddie and I said, hey, how's it going? Because we had left. We left here 12:30 or. Yeah, around the 12:30 or 1. And we were going to eat lunch, but Eddie had been eating lunch since about 9 that morning. And I text him, said, how you feeling? And he said, I have hot dogs in my throat and not from the swallow down. I think from the build back up. Coming back up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So then he vomited. That was it, man. Like, I was working on my 21st, and I was close to getting my 21st, and then my body just said, nope, no more hot dogs. The 21st hot dog is like, your 23rd birthday means nothing. Correct. But no, I really was about 90% done with that hot dog. That last bite, that's when it all came out. But you know what, though? I would do, like, a little clap, but I don't feel like it's clap worthy. You thought you could do it. You said you could do it. You didn't do it. Saved us money. Made me money. He owes me 50 bucks. I do. That's amazing.

[Janae]

Yeah.

[Maria Hinojosa]

If he didn't do 35, he had.

[Janae]

To pay me for me. Saved money is made money, so.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Yeah, money is made money. Yeah. I feel like a let down, man. I'm really sorry, guys. Did you feel bad all weekend? Yeah, I really didn't eat till like Saturday late morning. I kind of had like a bowl of fruit, but that was it for the whole day. And then I had a little dinner at night. But man, I'm still not back to where I can eat a full meal. But even now, no, I don't even want a full meal. Do you like hot dogs now? No at all. Like, will that always be like tainted? Let me tell you, more than the room in my body, the smell of making a hot dog was making me gag on Friday. I never thought I would get to that point. Well, big, big loss. Big loss. Big l. Big L. Free 50 bucks for me and we'll move on to figure out what the next challenge is. It's the Best Bits of the Week with Morgan. Number two.

[Janae]

Thanks for everyone who's here and listening. Whether you're catching up with the show or listening to part one and part three, it's always my favorite to catch up with the show members. So I appreciate you being here and listening. If you want something else to listen to, you can check out my podcast. Take this personally. This past week I also answered some listener questions and is my boyfriend the one? It was a very popular topic. I talked about my dog and I becoming a therapy animal. Team her gotcha story, some misconceptions about me, all that good stuff. So go check it out and be sure to subscribe to Bobby Boneshow on YouTube or follow us on socials. Obbyboneshow and I am obgirlmorgan. Talk to you guys next week.

[Maria Hinojosa]

That's the best bits of the Week with Morgan. Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend. Go follow the show on all social platforms. Obbyboneshow and follow ebgirlmorgan to submit your listener questions for next week's episode.

[Janae]

What do you think makes the perfect snack?

[Maria Hinojosa]

Hmm, it's gotta be when I'm really craving it and it's convenient.

[Janae]

Could you be more specific?

[Maria Hinojosa]

When it's cray venient.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Okay.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Like a freshly baked cookie made with.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Real butter available right down the street at am, pm.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Or a savory breakfast sandwich I can grab in just a second at a.m. pM.

[Janae]

I'm seeing a pattern here.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Well, yeah, we're talking about what I.

[Janae]

Crave, which is anything from am, pm.

[Maria Hinojosa]

What more could you want?

[Radhi Devlukia]

Stop by AMPM where the snacks and.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Drinks are perfectly craveable and convenient. That's cravenience am, pm Too much good stuff. When I became a journalist, I was.

[Radhi Devlukia]

The first Latina in the newsrooms where I worked.

[Maria Hinojosa]

I'm Maria Hinojosa. I spent my career creating journalism that.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Centers voices who have been historically sidelined.

[Maria Hinojosa]

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[Janae]

Hey guys, it's Janae AKA Cheekies from Cheekies and Chill Podcast and I'm bringing you an all new MIN podcast series called Sincerely, Janae. Sure, I'm a singer, author, businesswoman and podcaster, but at the end of the day, I am human and that's why I'm sharing my ups and downs with you in real time and on the go. Listen to Chickies and chill on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2020, a group of young women found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare. Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope about the rise of deepfake pornography and the battle to stop it. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Radhi Devlukia]

And here's Heather with the weather.

[Janae]

Well, it's beautiful out there. Sunny in 75, almost a little chilly in the shade. Now let's get a read on the inside of your car. It is hot. You've only been parked a short time and it's already 99 degrees in there. Let's not leave children in the backseat while running errands. It only takes a few minutes for their body temperatures to rise and that could be fatal.

[Radhi Devlukia]

Cars get hot fast and can be deadly.

[Maria Hinojosa]

Never leave a child in a car.

[Radhi Devlukia]

A message from NHTSA and the Ad Council.

[Janae]

This is an iHeart podcast.