The Best Adventure Mike D Went on With Bobby

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: The Best Adventure Mike D Went on With Bobby
Host: Bobby Bones (Premiere Networks)
Guest: Mike Diestro
Date: February 14, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode is a listener Q&A with Bobby Bones and Mike Diestro, focusing on Mike’s most memorable adventure with Bobby, his running habits and music preferences, a moving update, language and family insights, and his deep love for movies. The tone is friendly, introspective, and often humorous, revealing behind-the-scenes moments from their lives and the show.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Best Adventure With Bobby: Dancing With the Stars in LA (01:21)

• Mike’s Top Adventure: Moving to LA for 3–4 months while Bobby was on Dancing With the Stars.

• "My College Experience": Mike reflects on sharing a small apartment with a roommate, likening it to "living in a dorm," which he never did in college.

• Lifestyle in LA: Days felt like being in school—radio in the morning, Bobby to the dance studio, Mike finished up work or explored.

• Challenges: “We didn't do any laundry…we were just kind of getting by, as two people living in a dorm room.” (Mike, 02:44)

• Nashville Shuttles: They’d occasionally return to Nashville during the stint—often for tour stops.

  “That was like, that one distinct memory of being gone for a long time where we had an apartment…That was my college experience.”
  (Mike Diestro, 01:33)

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2. Mike’s Running Schedule & Mindset (03:46)

• Not Always Training: Mike clarifies he hasn’t trained for a marathon in three years but tries to run 40 miles a week.

• Routine: “My long run is usually on Sundays…I'll do 20 miles. That’s my long run.” (Mike, 04:14)

• Why He’s Not Racing: He gets too competitive at races—goes out too fast and “burns out at mile 20.”

• Flexibility: Runs 20 miles on Sunday, and two additional 10-mile runs during the week.

  “Never gotta get ready if you stay ready or whatever.”
  (Bobby Bones, 04:09)

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3. Running in the Cold & Gear (05:15)

• Cold Tolerance: Mike describes how he’s gotten used to running in very cold weather, layering up with masks and heavy clothes.
• Observations: He comments on people running in just shorts and long sleeves in icy conditions, wondering, “You must be from Canada, man.” (Mike, 06:16)

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4. Top Five Favorite Running Songs/Artists (06:30)

• Genres: Prefers 2000s punk rock and 80s hardcore for running.

• Top Artists, Not Songs:

  1. Slipknot – for intensity at the run’s midpoint.
  2. Blink 182 – but not the radio singles, only deep cuts.
  3. 80s Hardcore – Black Flag, Minor Threat, Misfits, Descendants.
  4. Wu-Tang Clan – 90s rap energy.
  5. Banner Pilot – A little-known mid-2000s punk band that once let Mike’s band open for them.

  “I think my number one running genre is probably anything from the 2000s…punk rock, nostalgia.”
  (Mike Diestro, 06:47)

• Honorable Mentions: Post Malone, Tyler, the Creator (his most modern regular pick).

• Cannot Run to Podcasts: Mike says he needs music, not talk, for running motivation.

  “I could not listen to people talking while running.”
  (Mike Diestro, 11:54)

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5. Moving Update & Minimalism (12:33)

• Forced Move: The house Mike’s renting will be sold; they need to move by May’s end.
• Minimalist Approach: Recently decluttered, discarding everything that didn’t fit in his car from a previous move.
• Emotional Relief: “I had this kind of breakdown…Why do I even have all this stuff?” (Mike, 14:03)
• Learning: Now more cautious about new purchases: “It also helps you with not spending money on stupid things down the line.”

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6. Eddie’s Spanish Proficiency & Language Nuances (16:29)

• Eddie’s Spanish: Mike says Eddie is “pretty good” but may miss subtle meanings; understanding is harder than speaking for learners.
• Language Maintenance: Mike himself feels rusty if not speaking regularly, usually practices with his parents.
• Cultural Nuances: Translation challenges—Southern phrases or family slang that don’t move easily between languages.
• Bobby's Reflection: On how few Americans are bilingual, “We should have five languages. We're smart enough, we can figure it out.”

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7. Love of Movies & Movie-Watching Habits (21:01)

• Why So Many Movies: Mike has always loved going to theaters, associating it with childhood.
• Family Influence: “My dad’s never sat through an entire movie…If we ever go to the movies, he stays awake until he finishes his popcorn and then he’s out.” (Mike, 21:59)
• Making It a Point: As the host of a movie podcast—and with a movie theater pass—he makes time to watch everything.
• Subscription Model: “I have saved so much money with that thing. I think movie subscriptions are, like, the best thing ever.”

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8. Rotten Tomatoes, Reviews, & Avoiding Influence (23:51)

• Becoming a Critic: Mike explains it's no longer possible for outsiders to become Rotten Tomatoes critics.

• Independent Reviews: Refuses to check ratings before reviewing—doesn’t want to be influenced.

• Review Process: He uses a stopwatch to record how much “real time” he loses track of—a barometer for movie quality.

• TV Shows: Sometimes checks ratings for big time investments, but cares most about a movie's runtime.

  “If I look at a rating going into a movie, I get influenced. So I don’t look at ratings until I’ve already recorded my review.”
  (Mike Diestro, 24:18)

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Notable Quotes

• Mike Diestro on LA Adventure:
  “That was my college experience…because I never had a college experience where I lived on campus, I didn't never had a dorm room.” (01:33)

• On Running Discipline:
  “I can run 20 at, like, just the cruising speed. But when I do a marathon, I get too competitive and then I start out too fast. It’s hard for me to, like, find your balance.” (Mike, 04:25)

• On Decluttering:
  “I had this kind of breakdown where I was fixing something in our closet, and my entire closet just went all the way down…Why do I even have all this stuff?” (Mike, 14:03)

• On Language Loss:
  “The hard thing about Spanish now for me is that I don’t get to speak it that often. Even me, I feel rusty in just speaking it. Understanding it’s still 100%…” (Mike, 16:34)

• On Movie Review Ethics:
  “If I look at a rating going into a movie, I get influenced. So I don't look at ratings until I've already recorded my review.” (Mike, 24:18)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Listener Q&A Begins: 00:44
• Best Adventure With Bobby (Dancing With the Stars LA): 01:21
• Running Routine & Long Runs: 03:46
• Running in the Cold: 05:15
• Top Running Songs/Artists: 06:30
• Moving Update & Minimalism: 12:33
• Spanish/Language Discussion (“How bad is Eddie’s Spanish?”): 16:29
• Mike’s Movie Passion Origin: 21:01
• Rotten Tomatoes Critic Process: 23:51
• Movie Review Philosophy: 24:18

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Episode Conclusion

The episode closes with Mike plugging his podcast Movie Mike’s Movie Podcast, where he does weekly reviews, historical context, and upcoming releases, and a reminder to follow the show and submit questions for future episodes.

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Perfect For:
Fans of the Bobby Bones Show, running enthusiasts, music lovers, movie geeks, and anyone interested in behind-the-scenes life tidbits from show members. The tone is warm, conversational, and offers unique personal insights into both Mike and Bobby's worlds.

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[Bobby Bones]

We are here to answer some listener questions, right, Mike? Yes, that's what we're doing here.

[Mike Diestro]

I always get nervous with this.

[Bobby Bones]

Why you're always good?

[Mike Diestro]

I don't know. Just answering questions about myself. I just feel on guard.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, don't be on guard.

[Mike Diestro]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I promise. None of them are bad. They're all fun. They're all exciting things. And we are going to answer listener questions y' all submitted on Instagram. Make sure you follow Obby Buncho and obgirlmorgan. I post those questions up there all the time if you want to get your question in. So Mike D. As you heard, he's on here with me. Thanks for joining, Mike. What's the best adventure you've been on with Bobby? This is from Lisa.

[Mike Diestro]

Best adventure was moving to LA for like three to four months to do Dancing with the Stars.

[Bobby Bones]

That feels so, like so long ago. And the fact that you guys truly were living out there for that portion also feels like a fever dream.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. I think the first three years of me moving to Nashville and joining the show just feel like I was never here. It's like a lot of travel. But that was like that one just distinct memory of being gone for a long time where we had an apartment that to me it felt like because I never had a college experience where I lived on campus, I didn't never had a dorm room. That was my college experience. Of cause it was a relatively small apartment. Essentially you walk in, there's a kitchen, a small living room, and then to the left and right were each of our bedrooms. They were about the same size bedroom.

[Bobby Bones]

And you had a roommate.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah, so I had a roommate. Felt like a dorm room split right down the middle, had like a little balcony. And we would go to work, we'd do the radio show, which felt like going to class. And then he would go do dancing with the Stars. I would either go finish work or go do other stuff. And then we would just rarely see each other because he would be gone for so long, or then I would be gone for so long, and then we would just kind of come together at the end and then get ready for the next day. So it just felt like college to me.

[Bobby Bones]

That does kind of feel like college. I'm not gonna lie. That's kinda what it is. Like, you have a roommate, but you see him in passing.

[Mike Diestro]

We didn't do any laundry because it was like, we don't have, like, soap and stuff here. So we were just kind of getting by as. As like, two people living in a dorm room.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, and because during that stint, did you guys come back at all? Would you come back to Nashville for a little, like, just like, a day or two at any point in time?

[Mike Diestro]

I think looking back, I would. We would come back randomly because I kind of remember coming back and getting new clothes at some point, but I also would just go shop there and would buy new clothes. And we were also doing, like, touring at that time, too. So I think that's how he ended up coming back to Nashville, is he would go somewhere, tour, and then reconvene back in Nashville, but then end up back in la.

[Bobby Bones]

That was a crazy time.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And it feels like a lifetime ago at the same time.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah, it's 2017, 2018. Wild. Wild.

[Bobby Bones]

That. That was now.

[Mike Diestro]

I mean, almost a decade ago. Oh, my gosh.

[Bobby Bones]

That's crazy. That's just crazy. What is Mike's normal running schedule when he's not training for a race?

[Mike Diestro]

Becca in Virginia, I haven't trained for a race in three years. So I think people think that I'm constantly training, but I'm not. Like, I'm always kind of itching to do a marathon. Even, like, right now, there's one, like, coming up here in, like, April, and I'm like, should I do it? Should I not do it? So I'm never. I haven't been training for three years, but my normal run schedule right now is I try to do 40 miles a week.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Never gotta. You're literally the same. Never gotta get ready if you stay ready or whatever.

[Mike Diestro]

Like, I could. Because my long run is usually on Sundays. Are always on Sundays. And I'll do 20 miles. That's my long run.

[Bobby Bones]

And then in a marathon is how many?

[Mike Diestro]

26.2.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Mike Diestro]

It's a lot. It's hard. The thing about me is, though, like, I can run 20 at, like, just the cruising speed. But when I do a marathon, I get too competitive and then I start out too fat. It's hard for me to, like, find your balance. Yeah. I think if I could do. If I just went out and ran a marathon, I would have a much easier time doing no problem. But putting myself in that race setting, I get a little bit too competitive. Like, I know I can go faster. I know and go faster and. And then I burn out at that mile 20 where I'm just like, I don't know if I can finish this. I should have been slower.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, hey, you might have a chance in April, it sounds like, to potentially do it.

[Mike Diestro]

But I'll do that 20 mile long run and then I'll do another two days of like 10 mile runs, and that's my week.

[Bobby Bones]

So you'll run three times a week and 40 miles total?

[Mike Diestro]

40 miles, roughly. I think this week I did 42.

[Bobby Bones]

That's wild.

[Mike Diestro]

But it was also like the first time this week I've been able to run outside in like two weeks.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So you're probably really excited because there.

[Mike Diestro]

Was snow and there was crap everywhere. And then when it stopped, it was like super cold. So I was like, I just.

[Bobby Bones]

That first 40 degree day we had, I thought I was in Hawaii. I was like, yes, we had sunshine and I, like, walked. I was like, I don't even care that I'm still a little bit cold because this feels awesome outside.

[Mike Diestro]

I mean, I can. I was so excited to run. I think the first day I ran it was like 25 degrees and I was like, I don't care. Like, I think I've also kind of built up a tolerance to the cold where like, after about 10 minutes, I'm fine. Like, I don't feel cold anymore.

[Bobby Bones]

So you'd be like one of those. I've seen them when we were like in the ice storm, I saw people running and they were like shirtless and shorts. I was like, are you insane? Actually insane. That could be.

[Mike Diestro]

You know, I got to bundle up a lot. Like, I'm wearing, like, full face mask. I have like layers of stuff to where I see other people out running too. And they're like, just in a long sleeve. I'm like, I don't know how you do it. I could do it like, all bundled up.

[Bobby Bones]

But yeah, I feel like I feel like they're just showing off, you know?

[Mike Diestro]

You must be from Canada, man.

[Bobby Bones]

You built different. What are Mike's top five running? Wait, what are my words are hard today for me. What are Mike's Top five favorite running songs. Victoria and Missouri.

[Mike Diestro]

Ooh. Running songs. When I listen to. What I listen to is a lot of 2000s punk rock. A lot of. I think my number one running genre is probably anything from the 2000s, which was probably my most influential decade. But it's either punk rock, nostalgia.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you love the nostalgia. What should we talk about in part one?

[Mike Diestro]

I don't know that I have specific songs. I have specific artists. I'll do my top five artists. Probably at number five is Slipknot because it's really heavy, really fast, and I usually program it in my. Like, I make a specific playlist every single run. Like, I'll pick out all the songs and I'll put a Slipknot song about where I know I'm at my halfway point.

[Bobby Bones]

And you need, like, a real.

[Mike Diestro]

And when I need something to, like, charge me up to get me back, because I'll usually do the method where you run one half one way and then just turn around and come back instead of doing a loop. So, like, I need that motivation to know I'm about to see the exact same chord. So I'd put Slip Knot at no.

[Bobby Bones]

Metal, and they're like Screamo, right?

[Mike Diestro]

Metal. Little bit new metal, but they scream.

[Bobby Bones]

I put up the, like, two, like, rock on the side. Okay.

[Mike Diestro]

I think so I'd put slipknot at first five. At number four, I would probably put blink 182.

[Bobby Bones]

All the small Things. Is that song in there?

[Mike Diestro]

Nah, I'm gonna sound like an elitist fan, but I don't usually put any of the singles in there.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so you're like deep cuts.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah, I like the deep cuts. So I'd put Blink 182 at 4 at number 3. Let me look at my last running playlist here.

[Bobby Bones]

I get it, though, because I. Whenever I work out, if I ever do intense workouts, I need upbeat, temp, like, tempo stuff to keep up with my pace when I'm doing things.

[Mike Diestro]

At number three, I would probably. I have an 80s hardcore playlist that I pick from. So it's like 80s hardcore punk bands like Black Flag and Minor Threat, and.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think I've ever heard of them.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah, this is a lot of. This is stuff that I just grew up listening to. So at number three, I'm just going to put 80s hardcore.

[Bobby Bones]

80S hardcore, which is like misfits. Say those names again.

[Mike Diestro]

Misfits. Let's see what else is on here. Black Flag, one of my favorite hardcore bands, and probably the Descendants, which I.

[Bobby Bones]

Think and not the Disney Descendants.

[Mike Diestro]

Different Descendants, a video people still reference a lot to me was the last time I went to one of their shows and I was in a mosh pit. I was watching the descendants.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, okay.

[Mike Diestro]

So 80s hardcore at three. At number two, Wu Tang. Because I listen to a lot of Wu Tang.

[Bobby Bones]

Like Wu Tang Clan.

[Mike Diestro]

Wu Tang Clan. Those.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a throwback.

[Mike Diestro]

Those songs get me, like, hype.

[Bobby Bones]

Because they don't put out new music anymore, right?

[Mike Diestro]

They haven't put. They haven't put out music since, like, 2014.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Mike Diestro]

So a lot of this is, like, basically one of their albums from the 90s. Enter the Wu Tang that I can just pick any song on that or run to.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Mike Diestro]

And then at number one, it's oddly going to be a band that nobody listens to. So I'll say Post Malone, because Post Malone is on here, too.

[Bobby Bones]

You got to see your band.

[Mike Diestro]

Okay. It's. It's a band called Banner Pilot, and they were pretty big in the mid 2000s. And I. The first time, like, my band ever had a legit show, we opened for Banner Pilot. Like, the first time our band was on a physical ticket, which was, like, I thought we made it moment. So for those who don't know, I was a lead singer in a punk band. And that was the whole reason I moved to Austin, Texas, where I ended up meeting Bobby, because we wanted to do music. Austin, obviously has a great live music scene, so for the first three years that I was living there, I was playing in shows all the time, playing in a band. And we got a show for. Somehow they let us open for Banner Pilot, who was, to us, like, really awesome because they were on this big indie punk label that was, like the Mecca for any punk band. And we got to open for them, and we had an actual physical ticket, which you don't really get anymore. But back then, if you had, like, an actual physical ticket, that meant you were playing a legit show. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And did you get to meet Banner Pilot?

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. They were really cool, really nice to us, and then it was an awesome show. And they've been one of my favorite. Like, it's weird that they're not even one of my favorite bands, but I listen to them so much that if you looked at my playlist, because a lot of my top songs are songs that I run to, I don't think I've ever done a run without them on my playlist now.

[Bobby Bones]

Are they still making new music?

[Mike Diestro]

No, I think they stopped making music probably around 2011.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So most of yours are. They're like old songs that you used to listen to.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. Very rarely will I sprinkle in new. If I do sprinkle in new stuff, it usually doesn't stick. There'll be, like, some new songs in rotation, but, like, my core running music is all 2000s, maybe a little bit of 2010s.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, let me ask you this. Have you ever heard of Tech9?

[Mike Diestro]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

You have Tech9 in your playlist? No, they're. They feel like a little bit. They could change your vibe.

[Mike Diestro]

I would say that's Wu Tang adjacent.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. And, like, you just, like, they have a little bit of screamo sometimes, but they're mostly rap.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. I'd say the most modern artist that I put on my playlist consistently is Tyler, the creator.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. You like him? He. I would imagine he's in one of your top artists.

[Mike Diestro]

He's a top ten. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Hey, you know what? Everybody just discovered some new music today.

[Mike Diestro]

And I know some people who run to podcasts. Like, oh, yeah, some people run to our show, and I'm like, thank you for the support. But I could not listen to people talking while running.

[Bobby Bones]

I could do it while walking.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. Like, sometimes at the gym, towards the end of a workout, I'll listen to a podcast. But running just to me is like, I need to escape. I need to have something pushing me along.

[Bobby Bones]

Or if I'm, like, lifting heavy weight, it has to be, like, something to, like, push me forward, not, like, talking in my ear.

[Mike Diestro]

There's probably somebody running now listening to this. I know. How are you doing it?

[Bobby Bones]

But you know what? Some people are like, that's why everybody has different motivations. So I get it. Is there a moving update? This is from Alyssa in Illinois.

[Mike Diestro]

There is. We have to move. I think the person who owns our house is going to sell it. So we are actually in the active hunt of looking for a place to live. We have, like, a scheduled showing next week.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait, so how long do you have until you have to move?

[Mike Diestro]

I have to move out by the end of May.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So we got time.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. We have this place till the end of May. So, like, right now is a little. I would say a little too early to be looking, but, like, in that sweet spot of if we do find a place, hopefully we could still get it around then. So the problem is we found a place that we really, like, have a showing next week, and we fall into in love with it, that if we don't get it, we're going to Be like, man, we envisioned our whole next year there already.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And that's hard. That's what's hard about it, too. Timelines have to add up to make sure. It's like, you're not paying two places at the same time for no reason. It's hard. Moving is hard. Honestly, like, I wish I could tell you there's, like, good with moving. The good happens after the move happens.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. I'm, like, trying to, in my head of just like, okay, it'll just be a little. It'll be like, a couple of months. That kind of suck in that transition. Transition process. But then I'm, like, trying to put myself in the future already. But I also. We don't have a lot of stuff, which is kind of nice.

[Bobby Bones]

That is nice. You guys are minimalists.

[Mike Diestro]

Pretty recently, I went through, like, just getting rid of a bunch of stuff. I had this kind of breakdown where I was fixing something in our closet, and my entire closet just went all the way down. Everything fell, and, like, the shells broke, and there was all this stuff. And I was like, why do I even have all this stuff? And I donated what could be donated and then just trashed other stuff because, like, from when I moved to Nashville, I packed up all my stuff, and what didn't fit in my Ford Focus did not make it here. I moved here with just what fit in there? No moving truck, nothing. And I've always kind of kept a box from each place that I've had, and it's been, like, maybe three places now since then. And I'm like, why have I been holding on to all these things? I'm like, I'm going to do something with it eventually. But it's the same brown box that I packed up in 2016 leaving college. I'm like, why do I need this stuff? So I finally just got rid of all these random things that I've been holding on to that won't serve me in any way.

[Bobby Bones]

Are they, like. Were they memories? Were they certain items of clothes?

[Mike Diestro]

It was, like, old headphones, cables that I thought I needed, some old clothing that I've had for a long time. A lot of just, like, random books that I'm like, I've already read, and I have no real reason to keep them. So it was just, like, a box of essentially junk. So now I cleaned out that entire closet where there's nothing in there anymore, like, on the shelves, and all it is is, like, basically a coat closet.

[Bobby Bones]

That's awesome. That feels good when you have it.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And when You. What really feels good about when you get rid of stuff is you really realize you didn't need it. There's nothing worse than getting rid of something.

[Mike Diestro]

You're like, dang it, I've never felt that way. Like, I shouldn't have got rid of that.

[Bobby Bones]

It's happened maybe twice in my life. And it was really. Because it was, like, a fashion item that was like a. It could have been a staple in my closet, and I got rid of it because of space or I was moving or whatever, and I was like, I really should have, like, kept that. And I wasn't understanding. Like, you know where you have the. Your staples in your closet. At the time, I didn't know anything about that. So I think that's the only two things. But it's really cool when you get rid of stuff and you're like, I don't even care about that stuff.

[Mike Diestro]

I think it also helps you with not spending money on stupid things down the line, because when you realize that you bought all these things that maybe you wore once or thought it was a good idea on the time, you second guess the things you buy later. Of like, is this going to be something that's just going to end up in the closet? Me not wearing it, me not using it? It has kept me from buying new things that I haven't bought anything since that. That was, like, months ago.

[Bobby Bones]

That is impressive. You're not wrong. I. I feel the same way. All right, we're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back with a few more questions. JP In Florida is coming out, taking shots and not at you.

[Mike Diestro]

Oh, okay. See, I told you I was nervous.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, don't be nervous. He wants to know how bad is Eddie's Spanish.

[Mike Diestro]

I don't think Eddie's Spanish is that bad. Okay. Because I've heard him have conversations with people that he can hold his own. Like, I think the hard thing about Spanish now for me is that I don't get to speak it that often. That even me, I feel rusty in just speaking it. Understanding it's still 100%, but it's one of those things. If you don't practice it all the time, you kind of lose it a little bit. As far as, like, being able to speak it on the level of, I couldn't do, like, a radio show in Spanish right now because you have to speak so well. I can't even speak English. But you have to speak, like, so well and precise and know every single. Just everything and be able to speak it in A smart way, because it is a language that if you don't speak it perfect, people will rip you to shreds. So people are very critical about Spanish. So. And I think when it comes to Eddie, I actually think he speaks it pretty well. But I think the difference between maybe some things that hurt him is, unlike me, he doesn't understand all of it. Where if he's speaking to somebody in Spanish, they could say something that he just doesn't know what they are saying. That doesn't happen to me. Like, I'll get tripped up on. Like, what's the Spanish word for this again? And I'll have to remember. And there's also just like this weird translation thing in my brain where I know what it means in Spanish, but there are some phrases that don't translate to English, So I couldn't really tell you exactly what it means, even though, like, I know what it means. It's just like some. Somebody telling you something in English that is so specific. Maybe like, to the South. Like, we have a lot of weird phrases in the south that we try to translate that to another language. It'd be really weird explaining that.

[Bobby Bones]

Bless your heart.

[Mike Diestro]

Bless your heart. Like, I don't know what that would be. Like, how would I translate that? Yeah, there's just these sayings, and especially when it comes to some slang, that stuff that I've learned over the years from, like, my parents, where it's probably even like an inside slang joke between, like, our family, that has become a part of my vocabulary that I would say. And people are like, what are you talking about? It's slang I've picked up over the years.

[Bobby Bones]

That's interesting. That's interesting that that's how it shows in languages. And I could totally see it. I mean, even when I was studying French, like, the way that they would go. Thing go about things, there were certain words that would change in very particular situations. I'm like, so you're telling me for that one word I gotta remember it six different ways? For what? Why? Not that the English language is much better? Because ours also doesn't make sense to me. The English language to me. Like, I am such a. I love. I'm a hooked on phonics kid, right? So that's how I learned the English language. And I would learn by sounding things out. The English language, you don't actually sound things out. If you've ever looked at pronouncing a word, it's never how you sound it out. It's like the exact opposite. So none of it really makes sense. But I think I can see where that would cause problems, especially if you're not using it every day. Languages are so important to be used every day. It makes it hard to continue to keep up with it.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah, I think. I mean, my biggest practice now is I call when I call my parents, like, I was like, that's my time to speak Spanish. And I also think about whenever we have kids, I want them to know both languages. And I'm like, if I want them to learn, I'm going to have to re up my abilities and maybe, I don't know, even take a. Or probably just spend more time with my parents, speaking with them that I could be able to teach them. I think that's important for me.

[Bobby Bones]

Heck yeah, it is. Again, because we're the only ones. I keep saying we, like, born in America and don't have our descendants are far away. Put it that way. Like, my German descendants are from, gosh, decades ago. So I don't have a lot of German speaking in my family. But, like, we don't have more than one language. And we should, we should, we should have five languages. We're smart enough, we can figure it out. We have enough education. Let's speak five languages. So, yes, dual languages is the best place to start. And then if they have. They fall in love with two languages, they're probably going to want to learn more. That's. That's the beauty of that, too. So I love that you just send them with mom and dad for the summers.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Let them hang out, learn it all. What got you so interested in seeing so many movies? Marianne and Lisa from California kind of sounded like Marianne and Wanda, but it's not.

[Mike Diestro]

I think I've just always loved watching movies and not just watching them at home, but the actual going to the movie theater. And I think there's just something where. I don't know if it's like, I still associate it with my childhood or I just, I don't really see it. I can't do anything else. Like, watching movies to me is like.

[Bobby Bones]

Breathing at this point or was that always the case?

[Mike Diestro]

I think always the case. Like, I found like, old. An old journal I had back in 2008 that I was so into watching movies even then.

[Bobby Bones]

Was your family into watching movies?

[Mike Diestro]

Not really. Like, my. I don't think my dad's ever sat through an entire movie. My dad has no hobbies. He doesn't watch TV shows, much less a movie. If we ever go to the movies, he stays awake until he finishes his popcorn and then he's out.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait, so you say he has no hobbies. What does he do?

[Mike Diestro]

Works.

[Bobby Bones]

Works. Comes home, eats, go to bed.

[Mike Diestro]

Yep. There's no hobbies. Like, his only hobbies are other work tasks. Like, they live out kind of in the country. So if it's not like mowing the grass or like fixing something, changing the oil on the truck or doing something. He's a truck driver. Doing something with his truck. He has no hobbies. Like, doesn't watch anything. I mean, he watches TikTok. That's his hobby.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Mike Diestro]

And then my mom. Yeah, she doesn't. She. She's gotten more into movies later in life. Like, she likes to go into the movies now. When we go home, she's like, take me to a movie. So we'll go see, like, Zootopia. Or she's really into horror movies, so we'll go see a horror movie. But that wasn't a thing. Growing up. She would watch TV shows, but never really into movies. And I was just always gravitated towards them. I think me and my older brother and I've just always made it a point to see everything. Like, we would make lists at the start of every summer back in the day. Like, we need to go see all these movies in theaters. And then now is in the dark with a movie podcast. I just make it a point to see everything. And with an unlimited pass to the movie theater. Why would I not go?

[Bobby Bones]

It's true. Why would you not go all the time?

[Mike Diestro]

I have saved so much money with that thing.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

[Mike Diestro]

I think movie subscriptions are, like, the best thing ever.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, especially when you go to movies as much as you do. Yeah. Could you imagine paying for every single.

[Mike Diestro]

Movie if they ever took that away? It would greatly change my life. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And how you would review things, how you'd probably podcast.

[Mike Diestro]

That's.

[Bobby Bones]

That's crazy. I guess I never realized your family wasn't really a huge. Beside your brother.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. Besides. Yeah. Everybody else not super into movies.

[Bobby Bones]

That's funny. Have you thought about trying again to be a Rotten Tomatoes person? Lori in Michigan.

[Mike Diestro]

I don't even know that they do submissions anymore.

[Bobby Bones]

They took it away.

[Mike Diestro]

I think they took it at least to open to the public. Maybe they offer it to, like, people in the industry that get, like, invites. But they used to send out like a. Like a tweet or just like, hey, the posting of, like, accepting new critics. They don't even do that anymore. So now I feel like the whole system is flawed. If they're not taking in new people. Like, who are these even legit anymore?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so where do you get your ratings from? From other people now?

[Mike Diestro]

I don't look at other ratings.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't?

[Mike Diestro]

No. If I look at a rating going into a movie, I get influenced. So I don't look at ratings until I've already recorded my review. Even then, I don't. I don't really care. Like, I don't want it to influence me later, thinking like, oh, should I have? Not, like, should I have? Because it could influence me either way. If I go see a movie and I think it's terrible, and that's my genuine opinion, and then I go see it has a 94 on rotten tomatoes, I'm like, maybe I got something wrong. Maybe people are gonna think I'm stupid. Of, like, how could I think this movie is not good? But that's my genuine opinion. So then later, I don't want to have to, like, feel differently about it. So same with if I go watch a movie and I really love it, but then I see it as a 42, and I'm like, well, should I say I didn't like it just to go with the other critics? I'm like, no, I'm always going to say how I feel. So I'll see, like, clips of other people afterwards. Like on TikTok of just. I like seeing what other people have to say. Sometimes people offer some other insight that I'm like, oh, that's cool. Because I also just genuinely love movies, but I also don't want to steal, like, other people's opinions or have them influence me. So I like to get my review out and then.

[Bobby Bones]

And then check things out. If you're going to check.

[Mike Diestro]

If I'm going to check it out. But some, like, I think, like, Peacock, they put it on there. When you click the titles of all the movies where it's like, here's the movie, here's the score. I'm like, I don't want to know the score.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, what's really funny is, like, on those ones where they have it, I'm always like, a fan of the really crappy review ones. I'm like, I am who I am.

[Mike Diestro]

And I say that as somebody who gives scores to movies and then people want to know scores. So, like, I understand seeking it out, but I think when you're actually being the one putting the stuff out, you don't want to be as influenced. If I was looking at a review, like, if I want to know, like, about a TV show, like, TV shows. Like, my one thing. I'm not going to review it. I don't want. I don't want to have another thing that I feel like that I have to watch. So with TV shows, I'll sometimes go look at scores.

[Bobby Bones]

See, and scores help at least a little bit with if I should invest that much time. And, like, if a TV show has, like, eight seasons, like, okay, tell me, is it actually that good, or am I gonna be disappointed after season two or whatever?

[Mike Diestro]

For me, more than anything, I look up runtimes. I just wanna know, like, how much time and how to, like, pace my anticipation going into it. Of, like, okay, I kind of know what I'm getting into here.

[Bobby Bones]

Runtime. See, I don't. Cause if I look, then I'm gonna be sitting at. Looking at my watch like, dang, we're still only an hour in. We got two more hours.

[Mike Diestro]

Well, that's how I time. I time every movie that I go to. As soon as the first scene starts, I hit start on my stopwatch on my phone. And then I like it as an indication of how good the movie is. Because whenever the first time happens where I'm, like, aware that I'm watching a movie and I want to know how long we're into it, that is a sign of how entertaining it is. If I look at my stopwatch and I'm an hour 20 in, I'm like, whoa, this movie went by really fast. It's good. If I think a lot of time has gone by and I look at my stopwatch and we're only 17 minutes in, I'm like, oh, boy, this movie's an hour and a half.

[Bobby Bones]

That's fair. That's. That's a fair way to help your rating system. As a normal person, though, who's not rating anything, it just makes me be like, dang, we got a lot of time. I'm like, more. And I almost am like, that person. If I can't, I'm not supposed to do something. Like, Sam was to go in and enjoy myself and not be on my phone. I, like, really want to be on my phone because you told me not to be on my phone. I'm not type of person. So, like, if I'm timing, I'm like, don't look at it. I want to look at it. Bad about me. Well, Mike, thanks for joining me. And that wasn't too bad.

[Mike Diestro]

No, it was good.

[Bobby Bones]

Feel good now. Now I can.

[Mike Diestro]

Yeah. The Spanish question wasn't about me.

[Bobby Bones]

It was not tell the people where they can hear you while you're talking.

[Mike Diestro]

About your podcast and find you talking about movies. I do new movie reviews every week. I also do like a movie history segment and then I do a segment where I look ahead at what's coming out. So it's a little bit past, present and future Movie Mike's Movie podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

It's very back to the future of you.

[Mike Diestro]

Very back to the future. And then you can find me on socials on Mike Diestro or at Mike Diestro on everything awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

And you can check out the show at Bobby Bones. And that is all for us this weekend, everybody. Enjoy your Valentine's Day show up in love. That's all I'll say.

[Mike Diestro]

That's it.

[Bobby Bones]

That's it. Goodbye everybody.

[Morgan]

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.

[Mike Diestro]

Platforms obbyboneshow and follow ebgirlmorgan to submit.

[Morgan]

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