THURS PT1: Another Country Artist Fell At Bobby's House + Bobby Wants To Start His Own Nation + Baller Or Buffoon? Guy Gets Private Jet to Bring Him A Sandwich!

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – February 20, 2025

Episode Overview: In this episode of The Bobby Bones Show, host Bobby Bones engages with his co-hosts Caroline D'Amore, Amy, Lunchbox, and Morgan in a lively discussion covering a range of topics. From recounting humorous incidents at Bobby's house to debating the merits of extravagant spending, the episode offers a blend of personal anecdotes, pop culture insights, and listener interactions. The episode culminates with a fascinating exploration of micronations and a debate on whether certain actions are "baller" or "buffoon" behaviors.

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1. Recapping the “Falls” at Bobby's House [02:35 – 05:30]

Bobby opens the episode by revisiting recent mishaps involving guests Sarah Evans and Luke Bryant falling on antique chairs at his home. He humorously details how the old chairs, dating back to the 1930s, couldn't withstand the robust seating of his larger guests.

• Bobby Bones [02:48]: “So remember when Sarah Evans fell at my house?”
• Caroline D'Amore [04:06]: “Yeah, that's a sign.”

The conversation highlights the challenges of maintaining vintage decor while accommodating guests of varying sizes, concluding with laughter over the destroyed chairs and relief that both guests were unharmed.

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2. Discussing Popular TV Shows and Series [05:31 – 16:40]

The hosts delve into their favorite television series, offering reviews and recommendations. Topics include the gripping historical drama Chernobyl, the suspenseful British series The Capture, and the new adaptation of Suits with a fresh cast.

• Bobby Bones [13:03]: “Day of the Jackal is freaking A plus.”
• Bobby Bones [15:04]: “Sterling K. Brown, who was in This Is Us, Oh, yeah. He's so good in it.”

They also touch upon the critically acclaimed Paradise on Hulu and speculate on its potential as a fan favorite. The discussion includes light-hearted banter about starting watch parties and sharing viewing experiences, emphasizing the camaraderie among the hosts.

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3. Exploring Micronations: Malacia and the Idea of Bobbyville [17:35 – 24:35]

Bobby introduces listeners to Malacia, a real micronation nestled within the Nevada desert. Founded in 1977 by Kevin Bach, Malacia boasts its own flag, currency—Valora—and even declares war on East Germany, despite the latter's non-existence since 1990.

• Bobby Bones [21:00]: “Malacia was founded in 1977 by Kevin Bach, who declared himself its supreme Leader.”
• Lunchbox [23:08]: “It has a signature drink. It's called the Molassellini...”

The hosts find the concept amusing and contemplate creating their own micronation, "Bobbyville," complete with unique laws and traditions. The segment is filled with humor as they discuss practicalities like land ownership and creating national beverages, showcasing their playful creativity.

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4. Baller or Buffoon: The Private Jet Cheesesteak [29:35 – 34:20]

In the "Baller or Buffoon" segment, the hosts debate the intelligence and extravagance of a man who chartered a private jet to deliver a Philly cheesesteak from Pat’s in Philadelphia to his home in Houston, costing a staggering $32,000.

• Bobby Bones [29:35]: “I have a Hawker 850 that can do it today.”
• Amy [32:37]: “The fact that he has the money to be like, I just want a Philly cheesesteak from Philly. Send a PJ.”

The discussion compares this act to historical anecdotes like Elvis Presley's over-the-top demands, ultimately classifying the cheesesteak delivery as more "buffoonish" than "baller." The hosts joke about the feasibility and practicality of such extravagant gestures, emphasizing the thin line between generosity and excess.

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5. Listener Stories and Advice [16:40 – 43:37]

The episode features interactions with listeners, offering advice and sharing personal experiences. A notable listener inquiry involves managing co-parenting dynamics when an ex-partner continues to involve their son in his life post-breakup.

• Bobby Bones [26:33]: “I'll just speak from someone who only had a mom for a lot of my life...”
• Bobby Bones [28:00]: “You can be a version of that...”

Another listener shares a harrowing experience involving a DoorDash driver attacking her after a stale order delivery, sparking a conversation about tipping practices and safety precautions.

• Bobby Bones [32:37]: “How much did he spend?”
• Caroline D'Amore [43:35]: “He was the hero.”

These segments highlight the show's commitment to addressing real-life issues with empathy and practical advice, fostering a supportive community among listeners.

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6. Concluding with Final Thoughts and Humor [43:38 – 44:17]

The hosts wrap up the episode by reflecting on the absurdity of certain actions and the importance of making sound decisions. Bobby shares a personal anecdote about a mix-up with a food delivery, reinforcing the unpredictability of such services.

• Bobby Bones [43:37]: “I was a doctor from the 1400s that specialized in the plague...”
• Caroline D'Amore [43:22]: “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe I'm gonna go ahead and assume they're doing that.”

The episode concludes on a humorous note, with the hosts encouraging each other and listeners to engage with their favorite shows and share their own stories, maintaining the show's light-hearted and inclusive atmosphere.

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Notable Quotes:

• Bobby Bones [02:48]: “So remember when Sarah Evans fell at my house?”
• Amy [32:37]: “The fact that he has the money to be like, I just want a Philly cheesesteak from Philly. Send a PJ.”
• Lunchbox [23:08]: “It has a signature drink. It's called the Molassellini...”

Conclusion: This episode of The Bobby Bones Show masterfully blends humor, personal stories, and thoughtful discussions, offering listeners an engaging and entertaining experience. From the quirky world of micronations to debates on financial extravagance, Bobby and his co-hosts create a dynamic and relatable narrative that resonates with a diverse audience.

Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Arturo Castro]

Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history. Each week I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon Levitt.

[Bobby Bones]

I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait.

[Arturo Castro]

Listen and subscribe to Greatest escape on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[John Cameron Mitchell]

This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation island stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently canceled. In the future we will all be canceled for 15 minutes, but don't worry, will take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies, like bad touch football, anti racism, spin class, and mandatory ayahuasca ceremonies are designed to force the council to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing.

[Bobby Bones]

Karen, where have you brought us?

[John Cameron Mitchell]

Cancellation island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to cancellation on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Why would you do that to me? Los Angeles, 2021. A friendly neighbor appears out of nowhere and promises to make all my dreams come true.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's not forget that David Bloom was a professional con artist, so you didn't stand a chance.

[Caroline D'Amore]

But my dreams soon turned into a Nightmare. I'm Caroline D'Amore. Listen as I take down my scammer on Once Upon a con on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

Here we go. Come on, Bobby. Transmitting across America. This is the Bobby Bone Show. Let's go hey, welcome to Thursday show Morning Studio.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Morning.

[Bobby Bones]

So remember when Sarah Evans fell at my house?

[Caroline D'Amore]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So we had Sarah Evans on the show. We were recording with her, and it was an old chair that we had. They're like, from like 1930. I have them because they look cool. But we're like, hey, be careful. And she sat kind of hard. Dumped over. We've talked about it on the show. Funny, but only funny now because she was okay.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, totally okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And she was a great sport. And so Luke Bryant was at the house five or six days ago doing something. And he came back yesterday. So it's like two in a week. And when he was there a few days ago, I was like, hey, be careful in this chair. Because if you sit down really hard. And Luke is a big guy. Luke is six two. If he's wearing cowboy boots, he's six four. I mean, he's a big dude. And so he comes over yesterday, and I guess I probably should have reminded him. And again, he's a big dude. He definitely is bull in a china shop sometimes in the best ways. And he sits down and boom.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Same thing wipes out. He falls down, goes hard, Boom.

[Bobby Bones]

Not only that. Again, I should have said something to him. Not only that. Like, he's the. Like the legs ripped out of the bottom of the chair. So now I just have to put new chairs there.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, that's. This is a sign. But no, they're cute.

[Bobby Bones]

But no, it's not a sign.

[Caroline D'Amore]

It's just a sign.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not because I've had the conversation. Hey, but if you don't sit hard, it's not an issue. Or Sarah Evans was leaning back. She was doing the thing where you. Where we do we get in a chair and we lean back, and sometimes you just fall over. So she leaned back more than it was the old chair.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Luke definitely sat hard, and the old chair died of slow down. Yeah. And then he's like, I'll just keep sitting in it. I'm like, dude, the legs are broken at the bottom. And he's like, I don't care. I'm like, you're gonna have to hold your core for an hour. About 30 minutes in, I could tell. He was like, oh, man. Cause it was like balancing the whole chair. So that'll end up being on a bobby cast. But yeah, the chair. Rip. Chair. Those were great chairs.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, I know.

[Bobby Bones]

They were so cool.

[Caroline D'Amore]

They're really cute.

[Amy]

But it took two victims, though, you know?

[Bobby Bones]

It did take two. When Luke fell, though, he felt like Such an athlete. Because he went over and, like, tucked and got tight and went, boom. And Luke and I are friends, so I laugh. I mean, I laughed.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Did he have a drink in his hand? Because what was impressive about Sarah is she was holding coffee, and most of it stayed in her. Like, it went up the mug, but then back into the mug.

[Amy]

Pretty amazing.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like when someone jumps in the water from a boat and they have a beer in their hand and they hold it up. Yeah. Or if they get, like, thrown in the water and they still have their beer out. That's kind of what she was doing with coffee, but. Yeah. So rest in peace. To the chair. And Luke sat there in. Held his core for another 30 minutes.

[Amy]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh. I mean, we probably did an hour and 20 minutes. It wasn't even another 30 minutes. We probably did another 50 because we got on something. And then because we had told Luke it was gonna be an hour. Because I had right after that hour, a couple interviews that I was doing where people were interviewing me about the Nashville live music thing that we're doing. It's in movie theaters all across the country coming up next month. And so I'm doing, like, a. I'm hosting it, but I'm doing this with three really famous songwriters. And, like, if you see at the movie theater, they're like Phantom of the Opera. You can watch it live. You ever see those? Like, it's a preview.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So we're doing, like, a Nashville songwriting night, but in theaters all across the country from here. And I had interviews where they were interviewing me about that. And so I was like, well, end here, because I'll go do that. And I'm sure you have stuff to do. And then at one point, with, like, five minutes left, Luke's like, I got all time in the world. Let's keep going. And I'm, like, weighing it. I'm like, man, I gotta do these interviews. But also, like, Luke was on one, and it was really good because he was super comfortable. And so I, like, I know I knew the people because I've worked with them before. They were interviewing me, and I was, like, possible to bump 15 minutes. So we did. So we did, like, an hour and 15 minutes, right? It was good. And with Luke, we finish, and I go to Mike, and I'm like, how was that? And he's like, it was good. I was like. It felt like it was all over the place because Luke just goes, and he'll hit three topics. You didn't even ask him about it. Like, he's talking about french vanilla ice cream. And I was like, what do you think about country music? Like, he gets somewhere completely different, so that'll be out in a few weeks. But even it was like him whenever american idol came to him because idol starts back. It's his eighth year on it, and that's really where him and I became close, too, because I did four years on that show. But hearing how he didn't really want to do it at first because idol had left fox. It was rebooting on abc, he was going to have to give up some touring dates because he made, if you believe the reports, at first, $10 million a year. But he had to give up a bunch of touring dates to do that. So it wasn't like it was 10 million made money. It was probably a couple million that he would have made extra, but he was having to be in california. So he's weighing all that, and he's like, it's not that I don't want to do the show, but it's not like they're going have $10 million. And I'm like, wow, 10 million extra dollars. So he talked about that, and then, you know, calling urban, who did idol on abc. No, on fox, and calling blake shelton, who did the voice. So we talked about all that, and then I was like, is it weird that people know how much money you made? Because in this space, that really doesn't happen in athlete world. It does happen because agents will spread that to, you know, congratulate themselves, and it's kind of how the market's set. All that'll be coming up soon. But, yeah. Luke, wipe down the chair. It's kind of awesome. Especially because he wasn't hurt.

[Caroline D'Amore]

He wasn't hurt.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Caroline D'Amore]

That's the big takeaway.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm drinking this apple drink. I won't say what the brand is. No free advertising. I hate apple as a flavor. It's the worst flavor, like, in an apple. Don't rich. Apple's the worst. It may be because it's green. Maybe if it was red, I might like it more because I like the flavor of red. I don't like apple anything. My wife and I were at a place last night, and they were like, do you want to. I think it was a ollipop and was like, oh, what flavors do you have? And they were like, we have crisp apple, and then this is apple. That's the worst fruit flavor. I'm name a fruit flavor of something that you drink or candy that's worse.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Grape.

[Bobby Bones]

No, grape is Grape is really good.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I prefer apple juice over grape juice all day long.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't mind apple juice so much. I'm talking about when something's flavored. Apple. Yeah.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I want an apple. I want an apple Jolly Rancher over a grape Jolly Rancher.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I think you're in the minority there, but it is your taste really. Well, you heard these.

[Amy]

Oh, grapes. Great.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, grape's good.

[Lunchbox]

But apple, I mean, you guys like apple? Apple's good, too. I mean, I'm not saying I don't.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Really know any other.

[Lunchbox]

I can't think of any other one that's bad. Cherry.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't like peanut butter, so most people do. I would say peach flavored stuff is pretty bad. I like peach. I either love peach. I don't like peach drinks. Yeah, peach drinks are terrible. And I love peaches. One of my favorite fruits, behind watermelon. But, yeah, you're right. Peach drinks are bad. You know how they make big red? They make a big peach. Worst drink ever. Ugh.

[Amy]

I didn't know that.

[Bobby Bones]

That sounds disgusting. And I love peaches. Morgan walked in with no glasses on today.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

How's your disease?

[Morgan]

I'm still dealing with it, but a hat is also similar. She said, as long as I have a hat or glasses on, I'm okay.

[Bobby Bones]

So why? What's the deal?

[Morgan]

It just helps protect the light from hitting my eyes too much because the eyes are connected to all of that. So I'm doing better, but I'm not in the clear yet. So I'm just trying to allow my body to keep adjusting.

[Bobby Bones]

So when you wake up and you have this. What's it called again?

[Morgan]

Vertigo. Well, it's called bppv. So vertigo is a symptom, and my diagnosis is bppv, which is a positional vertigo.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. So vertigo is what happens because of whatever BPV is.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Bppv, for example, pp.

[Bobby Bones]

My butthole hurts, but it's only because I have ibs. So if someone's like, what do you have? Well, I have a hurt butthole today. Well, why? Well, I have ibs. It's an issue. So that's the same. Your vertigo is my hurt butthole.

[Morgan]

Okay, Yep, we can roll with that.

[Bobby Bones]

So when you wake up, do you know how bad it's gonna be as soon as you wake up? Or do you have to, like, walk around before you go? Okay, today's a 7 out of 10.

[Morgan]

It definitely gets progressively better throughout the day. Waking up, I won't have the best idea because this last time when it happened to me was rolling over in bed. So I'm kind of afraid when I wake up. I'm just not sure what I'm gonna open up my eyes and feel like.

[Bobby Bones]

Have you watched those POV videos on TikTok?

[Caroline D'Amore]

I have been.

[Bobby Bones]

That may help em.

[Morgan]

Those make me feel better at least that I don't have. Like, the Black Plague.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's like they're all bad now. You guys watching them? Eddie, you watch them.

[Amy]

You send me a couple that were awesome, but I haven't like, gotten my. My algorithm's not feeding me yet.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, the Black Plague is. It sucks, but it's. It's like, cool to watch.

[Caroline D'Amore]

You lived through that?

[Bobby Bones]

I lived through all of them. No, I think I died most of them. I watched Chernobyl. I worked at Chernobyl yesterday. Oh, my God.

[Amy]

That's when you sent me.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it exploded. I lived a day as Michael Jackson and it was. The only thing I played with was monkey.

[Amy]

So that's good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. You wake up as Michael Jackson and you walk through a day of that.

[Amy]

You were worried about what you were gonna do.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I was like, I don't know how this is gonna end, so. But I got through that. I was a. I was a doctor from the 1400s that specialized in the plague. And they had. They wore big, like, look. Like a bird mask back then. Like, their masks had a big nose, like a bird nose. I did that yesterday in pov. It's pretty cool.

[Amy]

You sent me the Challenger one. That was kind of sad.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Like the.

[Bobby Bones]

I was an astronaut on the Challenger, 1986. I only know that.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Did it explode?

[Amy]

Yeah, it did.

[Bobby Bones]

You get in it.

[Amy]

But it starts like, ah, waking up, cup of coffee with your crew, and then to the end of the day.

[Caroline D'Amore]

That's terrible.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Most of them are sad, now that I think about it.

[Amy]

I never seen Chernobyl, like the. The documentary or whatever, or the show. Is it good?

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yes.

[Amy]

Okay. Because, I mean, you send me the POV and I'm like, well, I don't really know what's going on here. And then I saw the end. I'm like, well, I need to watch.

[Bobby Bones]

This whole story and it's only four or five episodes or something like that's a limited series. So there's no season two because it doesn't exist for season two.

[Amy]

Where was that?

[Bobby Bones]

In another country? Yeah.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Sure. Chernobyl.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. I know how to say it, but I'm saying, like, maybe Germany.

[Amy]

It's not in America.

[Morgan]

Okay, Ukraine.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Ukraine.

[Bobby Bones]

One of Those sauerkraut and what was.

[Lunchbox]

It like a power plant?

[Bobby Bones]

Nuclear. Yeah. Yeah, it was a nuclear accident. That was in 1986. Was the Challenger in 86 as well?

[Amy]

I think so.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, what a crappy year of true. Yeah, they both were Chernobyl and the Challenger explosion was 1986. Yeah, you'd like it. It's sad when you won't like what happened, but you would like it because it's very historic and it's also good so you feel smarter after you watch it. It's only five episodes. We started watching and I wouldn't do this on Tuesday reviews day. We started watching a show called the Capture. Peacock has nailed it with a couple shows they have. If you haven't watched the Day of the Jackal, it's awesome. And I finished that and talked about that on Tuesday reviews. Day of the Jackal is freaking A plus. You watch that? Mm.

[Morgan]

Mm.

[Bobby Bones]

And the Capture is British as well. So it's not in English. It's in British. So partial English. Partial. What the heck did they just say? It's super cool. There's two seasons of it and it's about a soldier and like, it starts where he's convicted of murder in Afghanistan and he's in court trying to prove it wasn't his fault. And then it kind of goes into some really cool places. But that show's really good. And Callum Turner plays the soldier and he is Dua Lipa's fiance. That's where I know him from more.

[Amy]

Than she has a fiance.

[Bobby Bones]

Uh huh.

[Amy]

Didn't know that.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, dude, get up the times, man. Hey.

[Caroline D'Amore]

So what else is on Peacock?

[Bobby Bones]

Day of the Jackal, which is A plus. Oh, and then the Capture, which is the.

[Morgan]

The new Suits show is going to be on there too.

[Bobby Bones]

I never watch Old Suits though.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Wait, is there a new season?

[Morgan]

Yeah, it's. But it's Suits la.

[Bobby Bones]

Same people or.

[Morgan]

No, no, all new cast.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, I never watched Old Suits, so I guess I'm not disappointed or happy about it.

[Morgan]

So you can watch the new one and see if you like the new one.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I go back to season one of the original.

[Morgan]

It's really good.

[Bobby Bones]

You know what's really good is it's not done yet. Are you watching Paradise?

[Morgan]

Oh my God.

[Bobby Bones]

It's one of the best shows out.

[Morgan]

I think it's gonna be my favorite show.

[Bobby Bones]

It's getting there for me too.

[Morgan]

Have you caught all the way up? Are you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, all the way caught up. It's freaking awesome. It's on Hulu.

[Morgan]

Yes. And you can watch it on Disney too, because they're connected.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Caroline D'Amore]

They're on the mode.

[Bobby Bones]

So can't do it. Full review, but it's not Tuesday review day. But that show I thought was gonna be good. It took me places that I didn't expect to go, but. Which definitely could have ruined the show because it's not exactly what it pitches itself as. But if they would have pitched it as what it is, I think some people would have been turned off by it. Yeah. But I think once you get into it, it's awesome.

[Morgan]

I'm obsessed with it.

[Bobby Bones]

Me too.

[Morgan]

I've turned my whole family onto it. Me too. It's my new. It's how I felt about Silo. Season one.

[Bobby Bones]

The guy that plays the main guy, Xavier.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Sterling K. Brown, who was in this is Us. Oh, yeah. He's so good in it. Yeah, it's awesome. So that's a few shows that I'm just in the middle of now that all three of them are awesome. Day of the Jackal, we're done. But you guys would love that show.

[Amy]

Have you not watched any of the White Lotuses?

[Bobby Bones]

No. We almost started season one. I think when season one started, I'm not sure what year that was, if you don't mind looking that up. There was some reason we didn't start season one. And because we didn't start season one, we never got into the other stuff.

[Amy]

None of them are connected, so.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, you can watch them.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that's what she said, too. She was like, we start season three, Caitlin. Okay.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, you can.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And I was like, if we're gonna do it, let's start from season one.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Lunchbox]

Well, it's a good.

[Caroline D'Amore]

The girl. Coolidge.

[Bobby Bones]

Jennifer Coolidge.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Her that matter? I guess not. But there is some stuff in season one that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we want to start at season one if we're gonna do it.

[Amy]

Do you?

[Bobby Bones]

Because they're all available. So 2001. What year is it now? 2025, I think my wife and I were still pretty new.

[Caroline D'Amore]

2001.

[Amy]

Wait, 2001?

[Bobby Bones]

I'm sorry, 2021? Oh, yeah. We were still pretty new, and that show is a bit irreverent. And I was like, ah, we'll find some stuff that I. When you're kind of feeling each other out with what your consumption is. So we didn't start it, but, yeah, I think we'll do that next.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I'm shocked at some of the stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

They show in White Lotus.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You runned a show recently. We can't Talk about shows. We can't talk about shows. You're on probation. You did.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I did not think you did.

[Bobby Bones]

You did, and it may be on today's show. Or was it on it?

[Caroline D'Amore]

I didn't.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you did.

[Caroline D'Amore]

It's a true story.

[Bobby Bones]

It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You're on probation again.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I'm sorry.

[Lunchbox]

You gave out some details?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Oh, come on.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, we're gonna go. Let's start the show. Thank you, guys.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Hey.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Caroline D'Amore]

Hope we didn't ruin Chernobyl for anybody.

[Bobby Bones]

We didn't give any of the toy lines.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, you said it was a nuclear experiment explosion.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what the whole show's about.

[Caroline D'Amore]

You told us the Challenger blew up.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not even on the show.

[Amy]

She's trying her best.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I'm just kidding.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, we are here. Thank you, guys. Let's start the show.

[Arturo Castro]

Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history. Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zoe Chow.

[Bobby Bones]

Titanic, Charles Manson, Alcatraz, Assata Shakur, the sketchy guy named Steve.

[Arturo Castro]

It's giving funny true crime.

[Bobby Bones]

I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait.

[Arturo Castro]

Listen and subscribe to Greatest escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

Welcome to my legacy. I'm Martin Luther King iii, and together with my wife, Andrea Waters King, and our dear friends Mark and Craig Kilburger, we explore the personal journeys that shape extraordinary lives. Each week, we'll sit down with inspiring friends like David Oyelowo, Mel Robbins, Martin Sheen, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Billy Porter.

[Arturo Castro]

And they're plus one their ride or.

[Bobby Bones]

Die as they share stories never heard before about their remarkable journey. Listen to my legacy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is my legacy.

[John Cameron Mitchell]

This is John Cameron Mitchell. And my new fiction podcast series cancellation stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently cancelled. In the future, we will all be canceled for 15 minutes, but don't worry. We'll take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies, like bad touch football, anti racism spin class, and mandatory ayahuasca ceremonies are designed to force the council to confront their wounds, worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing. Karen, where have you brought us Cancellation island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I'm Mary Kay McBrayer, host of the podcast the Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. Join me every week as I tell some of the most enthralling true crime stories about women who are not just victims, but heroes or villains, or often somewhere in between. Listen to the greatest true crime stories Ever told on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a country inside of the United States. I'm not talking about Washington, D.C. but its own country. The Molossian nation. I saw it on Tick Tock. I looked it up. It exists here. Hit it. Most Americans don't know that there's a country inside the United States. It has its own flag, currency, and even a dictator. Welcome to Malacia. Hidden in the Nevada desert, Malacia was founded in 1977 by Kevin Bach, who declared himself its supreme Leader. Covering just 11 acres, this tiny nation has its own laws, military, and even a national anthem. Malacia uses its own currency, the Valora, which is backed by cookie dough instead of gold. It also has a strict border policy, requiring visitors to go through immigration before entering. But here's the craziest part. Malacia is still technically at war with East Germany, a country that hasn't existed since 1990. It refuses to recognize the fall of the Berlin Wall. The US doesn't officially recognize Malaysia, but that hasn't stopped it from running like a real country. And this guy wears a Malaysia military uniform when you go in. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[Caroline D'Amore]

He has medals and sacks in his own country?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, his own country, his own medals. Like, he's not even stealing valor. That's his own country. I'm ready for Bobbyville.

[Amy]

Oh, no.

[Bobby Bones]

If he can do Malacia, there's no reason I can't do Bobbyville. What?

[Caroline D'Amore]

Well, they refer to him as His Excellency.

[Bobby Bones]

He gets a pick. It's 11 acres.

[Amy]

I mean, that's a lot of land.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what, like somebody that lives 20 minutes out of town has So I went over to ChatGPT. I said, Is Malacia nation real? This is AI. Yes, the Republic of Malacia is a real micronation, but it is not officially recognized as an independent country by any government or international organization. And then it goes through Kevin Bao, who founded it and in Dayton, Nevada. And again, he's basically just being funny. But the fact that you can go to this and people go and check out Malacia, it's a tourist thing, is hilarious. And I'm ready for Bobbyville usa. Let's watch.

[Lunchbox]

It has a signature drink. It's called the Molassellini, A non alcoholic mix of sprite, grenadine and pineapple juice. And you add cherries, slices of banana, orange and pineapple. And onions and spinach are banned in that country because the president doesn't like them.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm in.

[Caroline D'Amore]

No peanut butter.

[Bobby Bones]

No peanut butter, no onions, no mayonnaise. We're out with it now. I know. Milk, because I can't have any sort of dairy.

[Amy]

Oh, no.

[Bobby Bones]

No milk. So if you guys want milk. No cows, no beef. We'll take beef.

[Caroline D'Amore]

What will be the.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm tear up everything I've learned. We're gonna. I'm gonna tear up everything. And our people are gonna be rich as crap. Okay, but 11 acres is probably gonna be me and my wife.

[Lunchbox]

Does he have other people in this, like. Or is it just him? Are there like, followers?

[Amy]

He says he's a military.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think it's a cult.

[Caroline D'Amore]

He has a first lady.

[Morgan]

Oh, guys, there's a website now.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm on the website.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Ye Burrows.

[Lunchbox]

Are there other people there?

[Morgan]

There's a population of 40 people. 36 people and 4 dogs.

[Bobby Bones]

And 11 acres. I guess the house is just a neighborhood then.

[Morgan]

You can see pictures of this whole thing online. They have parades, they do parties.

[Bobby Bones]

I was blown away. Does this guy put that much time into it? But hopefully in 2026, we'll have Bobbyville. We'll. We'll have broken ground on our new country. It says that micronations like Molossia are created for political expression, artistic projects and other things. But about Malasia. It's up there. The official website of the Republic of Malacia. Dang. That dude's got to figure it out.

[Amy]

It's pretty cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's invade. Let's take it over. Let's invade Malacia, right? 30 people. The people from Bobbyville invade Malassia. And then I have two countries. That'd be awesome. Isn't that fun, though?

[Caroline D'Amore]

Oh, my gosh, yes. This is Crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw on a Tick Tock. I was blown away. I was doing that and I was doing the POV videos. Have you guys done those yet?

[Amy]

The point of view.

[Bobby Bones]

Just do POV videos on Tick Tock later today. And I was in the Great Pyramids. I was a female worker in the time of the Great Pyramids.

[Amy]

Well, that's cool.

[Bobby Bones]

I1 they wanted to show the Holocaust. I was at Auschwitz, which was crazy. I know.

[Amy]

Not cool.

[Bobby Bones]

I was at Pompeii the day the volcano exploded yesterday. And I was an artist in the 1950s, a singer in the 1950s. And they're like a minute, minute and a half generated by AI and it shows you kind of what it would be like living then.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Oh, yeah, we're busy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, between. Well, you had a busy day. I was getting IV last night, so I don't. So I don't get dehydrated. Oh, yeah, Sitting there.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I wasn't implying.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you were. I'm lazy.

[Caroline D'Amore]

No, it had nothing to do with you as a person. I just met all the different characters you were yesterday. Oh, that's like. You were.

[Bobby Bones]

I felt. I. I felt attacked. But you're right, you were not attacking me.

[Caroline D'Amore]

That's how you filtered it.

[Bobby Bones]

Absolutely.

[Caroline D'Amore]

It went through totally on me. So that was your. You already.

[Bobby Bones]

That's my insecurity screaming out. Okay. Watch the POV videos, though. You'll love them. They're awesome. Anonymous in A Question to be Heard, Send it into the mountain. Hello, Bobby Bones. I'm not sure that my ex knows what it means to be an ex. After what I thought were four great years, she dumped me out of the blue, saying she wasn't growing enough. Turns out there were three or four other guys out there she was growing with. What really sucks is that I had a great relationship with her son, and it was obvious the kid viewed me as a father figure. She knows this and still insists on trying to bring him over to my place to babysit while she goes out. Because she knows how much I like hanging out with him and he likes hanging out with me. But it's wildly unfair to the boy and to me to string him along like I'm still part of his life in that way. What's the best way to handle this? So far, I've declined to babysit for her because of this, and I think she owes it to her son to be honest and tell him I'm not in the picture anymore. Signed, the co parenting ex. So I would encourage you to view this a bit different. And I'LL just speak from someone who only had a mom for a lot of my life or only had a grandma for a lot of my life. When my mom was gone and my grandma was raising me and she adopted me, there were, I'll say, father figures that stepped in for two, three, six years at a time. If it was my youth director at church, if it was my football coach, Coach Gandalf, if it were my best friend in high school's dad whose name was Jerry, if it weren't for those guys to hop in and go, hey, I got you. I'll be a father figure for a while, I would have had nothing. So it wasn't about there being a replacement dad or someone stringing me along. But I'm very lucky that these men knew the situation that I was in and made it a priority to them to make sure that I at least had someone like that that I could lean on. So I would encourage you to not look at it like you're the substitute dad. Now, she may just be using you for that, but if you really want to be a father figure for this kid, he's going to need it. She doesn't have someone that she's with now, obviously, and he'll probably need consistency. And you could be a version of that, because I needed that. I had that. I think you could be that. So don't look at it as in, I'm going to show her. Look at it as I'm going to show him that if he needs a dude, I'm a dude he can be with. Unless you just don't want to do that. Because again, if it's not healthy for you, like you think, well, I don't get to be his dad, so I don't want anything to do with it, then that's okay. You get to put your boundary down. But if it's about him, he will need a father figure. And you can step up and be one of those. You don't have to be the one, but you can definitely be one of those. That would be my advice to you. So it's all perspective. And mine is I'm very lucky for people like you, the co parenting ex that were there for me. So take that and do what you want. But I do say if it's just not for you, you set a boundary and say, no, thanks, but don't feel like you have to be his dad. You can just be a part of his life in that role. I just fix that. I love fixing a problem. Love fixing a problem. All right. There you go. Close it up. Watch box. What do you have?

[Lunchbox]

Baller or buffoon? I'm scrolling the Internet, and I come across this video that's making the rounds of this dude. He's in Houston, and he really wants a Philly cheesesteak from this place called Pat's in Philadelphia. And so he calls up a private jet company, and he's like, hey, guys, I'm just really craving this cheesesteak. And this is what he says.

[Bobby Bones]

I am craving a Philly cheesesteak, but I want it for my favorite spot, and I want to get it here by dinner tonight. There's a restaurant in Philadelphia called Pabst. They just sell this incredible cheesesteak that I want delivered today. And what's the order? Just the typical original Philly cheesesteak. Yeah, but extra cheese, please. Beautiful. I have a Hawker 850 that can do it today. 32,000?

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

Lock it in. Can you arrange a car to deliver it to my house? Yeah, yeah. So once it lands, we'll just have a driver pick it up from the airport. The pilots will put it in, like, a. Like, a heated compartment, so it should still be perfect from Pats and it will be the house by dinner time. We'll get it delivered. Sounds good. Let's do it.

[Caroline D'Amore]

That is crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

How much did he spend?

[Lunchbox]

$32,000.

[Bobby Bones]

This wasn't a bit. It wasn't fake. Does he have a lot of money?

[Lunchbox]

Yeah, he has a lot of money. Like, this dude's rich. And I'm like, that is awesome. Like, that is why you want to be rich.

[Bobby Bones]

Baller or buffoon? Amy?

[Caroline D'Amore]

I mean, that's a little buffoon.

[Bobby Bones]

I would say it's buffoon too.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Buffoonish. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I would say, if you really want it and you have a plane, why don't you fly up there and eat it yourself? Like, get the full experience.

[Caroline D'Amore]

We didn't have time for that.

[Bobby Bones]

Are we sure he's on the phone calling, spending 10 minutes asking about a cheesesteak. You'd have your assistant do that probably, if you had no time. Lunchbox.

[Lunchbox]

That is absolute baller. To be able to say, hey, you know what? Hey, just put it on a private plane. Don't even need people on the plane, and fly that cheesesteak and have it delivered to my house. $32,000. That's nothing. I'll take it.

[Bobby Bones]

To be able to say it is baller, but to actually say it and spend money like that on that feels buffoonish.

[Lunchbox]

Dude, imagine. Imagine.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Imagine.

[Lunchbox]

I. I Understand that he was ordering one cheesesteak, but let's say he's got old. You know. What's a girl's name?

[Caroline D'Amore]

Cindy.

[Lunchbox]

Cindy over for dinner. And she's like, man, I really like a cheesesteak from Pat's in Philadelphia. He's like, you want that? We'll have it tonight, baby. And he has it delivered. That girl's gonna be like, why don't.

[Bobby Bones]

You just get on a plane, though, and go. If you have that? Because.

[Lunchbox]

No, no. But he had to work. He's at work.

[Bobby Bones]

But for dinner, you fly an hour and a half up to Philly on a private jet, and you eat it there. That's even more baller than getting it delivered, because they have an app called Gold Belly that we use sometimes, and you can order food from any restaurant in the United States, and they package it and send it to you. Takes about a day to get there.

[Amy]

That's.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Oh, they. They're not putting it on a private plane.

[Bobby Bones]

No, but they're. They're. It's like DHS or however they're flying, Right? Yeah. And it costs a little more. Like, we ordered some lobster. Lobster on bread. Lobster rolls. I'm from Arkansas. I don't know. All we have is Red Lobster. And so we ordered some lobster rolls from this place when we went to New Hampshire and took a train up to Maine last year because we couldn't believe the app. They were like, really? We did. So we ordered. It was awesome. And it was all, like, sealed and. But wasn't that $32,000? It was like, if I order something on Amazon and it's delivered.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Okay. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Buffoon.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Buffoon.

[Bobby Bones]

Ballerina.

[Amy]

I hate to agree with lunch.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, come on.

[Lunchbox]

This is baller.

[Bobby Bones]

Actually, to be able to do. It's one thing. To actually do it and spend that money is another.

[Amy]

The fact that he has the money to be like, I just want a Philly cheese stick from Philly. Send a pj.

[Caroline D'Amore]

I didn't know how much money this guy has.

[Bobby Bones]

And I would think Amy makes a great point with her tone, because I know what she's thinking. That if he's spending money on stupid things like this, he probably doesn't have a lot of money unless it was, like, handed to him by his dad. Because people that make good money decisions don't make terrible decisions like this. Yeah.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Like, he might run out, but maybe not. Maybe he has, like, tons and tons and tons. But you just think, like, gosh, eventually.

[Lunchbox]

But the private plane company did something. They found a jet that was already in Philly. So it didn't fly from Houston to Philly, back to Houston. It was already in Philly, but it.

[Bobby Bones]

Has to fly back to Philly, stay in Houston. And also, that one way is not $32,000. That's. That's where that doesn't check out. So it's got to fly back as well. All right.

[Lunchbox]

Well, it was awesome. I'm just saying. That was so ball.

[Bobby Bones]

Or again, you meet a guy and he's like, I'm gonna fly in some food. It's gonna cost $30,000 for D. Yes.

[Morgan]

He is a buffoon, but it would.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Be baller and she probably marry him. What are you worried about that being a love bombing situation or like, this.

[Bobby Bones]

Guy makes terrible decisions, like, terrible financial decisions. On the night of February 1, 1976, Elvis Presley sent his private jet from Graceland in Memphis to Denver and back in one night because he wanted a 8,000 calorie sandwich made from a hollowed out loaf filled. An entire jar of peanut butter, one jar of jelly, a pound of bacon. Not your average snack priced at $50. That's what the sandwich was. But he sent his own plane to get it and bring it back.

[Amy]

And Elvis is a crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

He's nuts ball. He died because of bad decisions.

[Amy]

That's true.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, in some ways, Elvis was awesome, but in some ways, big buffoon. Oh, man, that sandwich looks terrible. Okay, I guess baller wins, though. That sucks. Okay.

[Arturo Castro]

Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and narcos and Roadhous. So many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because, honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history. Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buckwild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zoe Chao.

[Bobby Bones]

Titanic, Charles Manson, Alcatraz, Assata Shakur, the sketchy guy named Steve.

[Arturo Castro]

It's giving funny true crime.

[Bobby Bones]

I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait.

[Arturo Castro]

Listen and subscribe to Greatest escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

Welcome to my legacy. I'm Martin Luther King iii, and together with my wife, Andrea Waters King, and our dear friends Mark and Craig Kilburger, we explore the personal journeys that shape extraordinary lives. Each week we'll sit down with inspiring figures like David Oyelowo, Mel Robbins, Martin Sheen, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Billy Porter.

[Arturo Castro]

And their plus one, their ride or.

[Bobby Bones]

Die as they share stories never heard before about their remarkable journey. Listen to My legacy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is my legacy.

[John Cameron Mitchell]

This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast, ce. Cancellation island stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently canceled. In the future we will all be canceled for 15 minutes, but don't worry, we'll take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies, like bad touch football, anti racism, spin class, and mandatory Ayahuasca ceremony are designed to force the council to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing. Karen, where have you brought us Cancellation island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

What if you ask two different people the same set of questions? Even if the questions are the same, our experiences can lead us to drastically different answers. I'm Minnie Driver and I set out to explore this idea in my podcast Mini Questions. Over the years, we have had some incredible guests. People like Courteney Cox, star of the infinitely beloved sitcom Friends, EGOT winner Viola Davis, and former Prime Minister of the uk Tony Blair. And now Mini Questions is returning for another season. We've asked an entirely new set of guests our seven questions, including Jane Lynch, Delaney Rowe, and Cord Jefferson. Each episode is a new person story with new lessons, new memories and new connections to show us how we're both similar and unique. Listen to Mini questions on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Seven questions, limitless answers it's time for the good news with producer Eddie.

[Amy]

Two years ago on Valentine's Day, Cason Palmer, he was a senior at the high school. He said, you know what? I'm tired of seeing some of these girls get sad because they don't get roses during Valentine's Day. So he went out and bought roses for everyone. That was two years ago. His little brother, he's a senior, he did the same thing. He bought 300 roses, passed them out to all the girls in the high school so they wouldn't be sad on Valentine's Day.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Couple reasons why I probably did this. Number one, he's a straight baller and girls love him anyway. Or number two, no girls like him at all. And he's not a baller, and he's trying to be a baller. That's really the only two ways you do that. One, meaning you get all the girls and say. You just know. Like, you have that. That. What was that movie with Mel Gibson where he could, like, read the woman's mind and, like, they spoke to him like he could read. That's. Or it's the opposite, which was me, who've got no girls. But yeah. Milk. You ever seen the movie? It's a. Is what women want 2000. They could, like, read their minds.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, good reference. I hadn't thought of the movie in a long time, but, yes, I do remember it. And I'm just thinking about how expensive roses are, and these are high school kids.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Okay, cool.

[Amy]

Maybe he bought them the day after Valentine's Day.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, he's a big lunchbox fan. Okay, good. I like it, though. Great story. That's what it's all about. That was.

[Arturo Castro]

Tell me something good.

[Bobby Bones]

Imagine you're inside a bank, and someone comes in to rob the bank. Okay, so they're robbing the bank. They're on their way out. Their back is fully exposed to you. On their way out, they're looking at the door, walking out. Do you charge the person from the back and talk to them?

[Caroline D'Amore]

No. No. Nope.

[Lunchbox]

Yes. 100. Okay, 100. Like, because when they're not looking, is your time to shine. Like, if they're looking at you and they got the pointed gun pointed at you, you're like, hey, all right. You know what I mean? When they're not looking, boom, you're the hero.

[Bobby Bones]

Last month, a man in Albuquerque stopped a bank robbery as a suspect attempted to flee with 2, 400 bucks. Which, by the way, you're robbing a bank and all you got was $2400. Yeah, you need to have a little more patience. Put more in the bag. Umberto Garcia Rodriguez. But that is the most Hispanic name ever. It's three awesome. It's three awesomely. Umberto Garcia Rodriguez.

[Amy]

And he has my last name and Mike D's last name.

[Bobby Bones]

Umberto Garcia Rodriguez. Tackled him from behind.

[Amy]

Okay, good. He was the top.

[Bobby Bones]

He's the hero.

[Amy]

Good, good, good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. He's the protagonist, causing the money to scatter. Bank employees and customers joined in to help restrain the guy until police arrived, leading to his arrest on robbery charges. That's my favorite name. In the past year, Humberto Garcia Rodriguez, the ultimate Mexican. It's the ultimate. Yes. That's from Kob. I think there's no chance I would have done that. Yeah, I think there's a chance I would have done it if they were hurting somebody.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah. Like if they had a little child with them or.

[Bobby Bones]

And I, I think there's a chance that I feel I would try to stop that, but I don't know, I would have let the guy just go. It's money that's nobody's. It's a company's. So no from me, no from you. But you.

[Lunchbox]

Yes. And that means it's an inexperienced bank robber because you never turn your back. You have to slowly leave the exit the bank or move fast. I mean, you can't be like, oh, if there's enough time for someone to tackle you from behind, you're not moving fast enough.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like a really inexperienced bank robber would be who I wouldn't want to tackle because they also probably don't realize you don't shoot anybody in a bank robbery. Like they're in just freaking out, having to rob quickly. They didn't put much time into it. Not knowing if they shoot somebody, it's a whole different crime and they're in jail for a long time. Like that would make me not want to tackle them even more. Yeah, so, yeah, I don't think you would have tackled them either.

[Lunchbox]

I mean, some people like to be heroes.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. There was an old man on a flight once. Lunchbox wouldn't take down. No, no, no. He was like, hold my phone. About to tackle this old man. At first we were like, he's doing nothing. And then he didn't even tackle him.

[Lunchbox]

Because the old man sat down because he was getting a little lippy with the flight attendant. And I was like, all right, you know, really old. And I was like, if he wants to get lippy, well, we'll get lippy. And I said, here, hold my phone. And then he, he calmed down. He calmed down and sat down in that middle seat.

[Bobby Bones]

You think because he heard you go.

[Lunchbox]

Home, he saw me starting to walk that way.

[Bobby Bones]

This next story made me think of you. KB zk A woman's attack by her doordash driver. Over tip Recovering. A woman was attacked by her DoorDash driver. February 13. Earlier that day, she had been celebrating the birth of her first grandchild after being awake nearly 24 hours. Order food. Due to a last minute addition to her order, two different drivers were assigned. The first driver took an hour to deliver the food, spending most of the time in an Applebee's parking lot. When he finally arrived, she noticed her food had been tampered with. She was delayed. She chose initially not to tip, but later changed her mind and tipped both drivers. At that moment, the first driver violently forced the door open. The one who wasn't tipped. Because I guess they should take that when you drop the food off, not tell you what your tip is for five minutes until after you drop the food off.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, but they can still come back. They know where you live.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it's not saved. It's not saved in their phone. So unless they saved it. And they wouldn't know to save it until they knew they didn't get a tip. Otherwise, they'd be saving everybody's address. I'm telling you, no one's gonna do that.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Okay, well, it needs to be longer than five minutes.

[Bobby Bones]

Sure.

[Caroline D'Amore]

So I'm with you on that. But, like, maybe. Yeah. There's a delay.

[Bobby Bones]

So the driver's, like, pushing the door open because of the tip, knocked her down. She had multiple injuries, including damage to her spine, hip, shoulders, and jaw. The driver entered her home and yelled, you got what you deserved. And fled.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Oh, my.

[Bobby Bones]

The second driver who got tipped called police.

[Amy]

Of course, they're.

[Caroline D'Amore]

This is what I fear.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy fears retaliation from everything.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Everything. I think it through. That's my. It's my first thought. It's like, how would they retaliate against me? Even if it's a terrible job, I'm like, just. Just tip them. Do whatever you need to do. It's fine. I don't want that to happen to me.

[Bobby Bones]

I can't believe you would push the door open.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And she was definitely saying, I tipped him later. But you probably only tipped it because you got attacked, because it happened right then. They should definitely put a buffer on when you. The order is complete and they drop it off because it says, your order has now arrived again, five to 10 minutes from when they leave. When their tip shows up, they should know if you tip them wonderfully, medium, or terribly while they're at your house.

[Caroline D'Amore]

So they can't. They can screenshot the address, but they'd.

[Bobby Bones]

Have to deal with every single one of them beforehand.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, they would.

[Bobby Bones]

With the intentions of anybody that doesn't tip me, I'm gonna go break in and kill them.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe I'm gonna go ahead and assume they're doing that.

[Bobby Bones]

The reason I know that that really doesn't happen is because a driver had dropped off that case of White Claw. White Claw at my house instead of what I had ordered which was like, some vegetables or something. All right? And so I got this big case of white claw, and I was like, well, this isn't right. And then I get a call going, hey, the driver dropped off the wrong stuff. Is it okay if I re give them your address? Because they didn't know how to get back to my house. To which I go, okay, so they don't have everybody's address saved. So I said, that's fine. And they made the switch and got their white claw back. Otherwise, we'd had a white claw party up in here. And that is the end of the first half of the podcast. That is the end of the first half of the podcast. That is the end of the first half of the podcast. That is the end of the first half of the podcast. You can go to podcast two or you can wait on podcast to come out.

[Arturo Castro]

Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because, honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history. Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon Levitt.

[Bobby Bones]

I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait.

[Arturo Castro]

Listen and subscribe to Greatest escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[John Cameron Mitchell]

This is John Cameron Mitchell, and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation island stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently canceled. In the future, we will all be canceled for 15 minutes. But don't worry, we'll take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies, like bad touch football, anti racism, spin class, and mandatory ayahuasca ceremonies are designed to force the council to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing.

[Bobby Bones]

Karen, where have you brought us?

[John Cameron Mitchell]

Cancellation island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Why would you do that to me? Los Angeles, 2021. A friendly neighbor appears out of nowhere and promises to make all my dreams come true.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's not forget that David Bloom was a professional con artist, so you didn't stand a chance.

[Caroline D'Amore]

But my dreams soon turned into a Nightmare. I'm Caroline D'Amore Listen as I take down my scammer on Once Upon a con on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The OGs of uncensored motherhood are back.

[Bobby Bones]

And badder than ever. I'm Erica.

[Caroline D'Amore]

And I'm Mila, and we're the hosts.

[Bobby Bones]

Of the Good Moms Bad Choices Podcast brought to you by the Black Effect Podcast Network every Wednesday.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Yeah, we're moms, but not your mommy.

[Bobby Bones]

Historically, men talk too much and women have quietly listened, and all that stops here. If you like witty women, then this is your try.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Listen to the Good Moms Bad Choices.

[Bobby Bones]

Podcast every Wednesday on the Black Effect.

[Caroline D'Amore]

Podcast network, the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you go to find your podcast.