Tues Pt 1: Why Listeners Are Ashamed of Bobby + Never Gonna Get It! + Bobby's New Pet Peeve UNLOCKED + Happy Birthday Darius Rucker

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – Tuesday Pt 1 Summary

Release Date: May 13, 2025
Host: Bobby Bones
Network: Premiere Networks
Episode Title: Tues Pt 1: Why Listeners Are Ashamed of Bobby + Never Gonna Get It! + Bobby's New Pet Peeve UNLOCKED + Happy Birthday Darius Rucker

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1. Listener Shame Towards Bobby Bones

Overview:
Bobby Bones opens the episode by addressing unexpected feedback from his audience on social media. A listener expressed shame over following him on Instagram, sparking a discussion about sensitivity and humor in his interactions.

Key Points:

• Incident Description: Bobby shares a story where a woman from Nashville appreciated his podcast for strengthening the communication between her and her sister in Dallas. However, a joke he made about this interaction didn't land well with some listeners.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Bobby Bones [04:12]: "I thought for sure people would get the joke. A lot of people didn't get the joke."
  • Eddie [05:07]: "God dang, that's funny, man. I mean, walked right up to it."

• Discussion Highlights:

  • The disparity between Bobby’s perception of the joke as humorous and the audience’s varied reactions.
  • Eddie and other co-hosts weigh in, suggesting that increasing societal sensitivity might be a factor.
  • Bobby reflects on whether his understanding of sensitivity has evolved or if the audience is becoming more sensitive.

2. Anonymous Listener Inquiry: Gender Reveal Incident

Overview:
An anonymous listener reached out seeking advice after inadvertently spoiling his sister’s gender reveal party by prematurely declaring the baby's gender.

Key Points:

• Listener's Dilemma: The listener confessed to inadvertently revealing the gender after seeing baby items in the room, leading to familial tensions.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Listener [06:51]: "Hello, Bobby Bones. It seems I'm the jerk of the family after accidentally ruining my sister's gender reveal."
  • Bobby Bones [08:29]: "If you really didn't know, there should be an understanding. But how do you not know it's a gender reveal?"

• Advice Given:

  • Apology: Bobby emphasizes the importance of a sincere apology without deflecting blame.
    • Bobby Bones [09:14]: "Do one apologize, but don't apologize by saying, hey, if your feelings were hurt, cuz that's not a real apology."
  • Understanding Intent: Acknowledging that the mistake was unintentional and focusing on mending the relationship.

3. “Never Gonna Get It” Game Segment

Overview:
In this interactive segment, Bobby engages listeners with trivia questions, offering prizes for correct answers. The focus was on consumer habits, specifically a statistic about Americans’ plans to replace certain items within five years.

Key Points:

• Question Posed: "One in ten Americans don't plan on replacing this for at least five years. What is it?"

• Participant Responses:

  • Scott [09:59]: Guessed "a new car" – Incorrect.
  • **Eddie, Amy, Morgan, and Lunchbox participated, with Lunchbox correctly identifying it as a "cell phone."

• Notable Quotes:

  • Bobby Bones [13:05]: "So it is not air filter. Amy, you're wrong, okay? Eddie does not smoke alarm alarms. You're wrong, Morgan. Cracked screen. That is not it. So basically, we're in a lunchbox. Do we think it's a cell phone?"
  • Bobby Bones [13:35]: "That is a cell phone. Congratulations. Nice job, Lunchbox."

• Outcome:
  Lunchbox wins a pair of shoes by correctly answering the trivia question.

4. Bobby’s New Pet Peeves

Overview:
Bobby delves into his evolving list of pet peeves, sharing personal frustrations that resonate with many listeners.

Key Points:

• Phone Etiquette: Annoyance with people answering calls without recognizing the caller from caller ID.

  • Bobby Bones [30:04]: "It's this pet peeve about answering phones without knowing who's calling."

• Language Usage: Frustration with the misuse of the word "literally."

  • Bobby Bones [32:30]: "Someone says literally, and it's not literally. Those are like my super pet peeves."

• Expression Improvement: Suggesting that writing creativity could involve aliens or talking dogs to enhance storytelling.

  • Bobby Bones [33:29]: "There's two things you could write into any story to make it better. Aliens are talking dog."

• Notable Quotes:

  • Eddie [32:10]: "I'm just trying to think of, like, I did that the other day."
  • Bobby Bones [32:44]: "I think I now have one super, I have a mini, but those are my three super. My Mount Rushmore pet peeves."

5. Happy Birthday to Darius Rucker

Overview:
Celebrating Darius Rucker’s 59th birthday, Bobby shares heartfelt stories from their friendship and Rucker’s journey in music.

Key Points:

• Origin Story: Darius Rucker recounts how his singing in the shower led to forming a band, highlighting the serendipitous nature of their friendship.

  • Ray [49:19]: "I start singing Billy Joel's Honesty... this kid pops and jumps out of his room... let's get together."

• Personal Connections:
  Bobby reflects on his first interview with Darius and their shared experiences, including Darius’s strained relationship with his father.

• Notable Quotes:

  • Bobby Bones [54:32]: "Four number one country albums, ten number one songs, three-time Grammy winner... Darius Rucker turns 59 years old today."
  • Ray [50:22]: "He asked me for $50,000. It was shocking."

• Darius’s Impact:
  Highlights Darius’s resilience, overcoming drug use, and transitioning successfully into country music, earning respect and accolades in the industry.

  • Bobby Bones [54:46]: "He did not have any net worth. Very little. This is why he's American, though."

6. Pet Peeve Unlocked: Phone Answering Frustrations

Overview:
Bobby introduces a new pet peeve centered around modern phone etiquette, discussing how technology has changed interpersonal communications.

Key Points:

• Caller ID Misuse:
  Bobby expresses irritation when people answer calls without recognizing the caller from the phone display, despite caller ID being a standard feature since the late '90s.

  • Bobby Bones [31:12]: "There's no need to answer the phone. Like, they have no idea who's calling. This is not 1996."

• Personal Anecdotes:
  Shares personal experiences where friends and co-hosts answer calls indifferently, leading to misunderstandings and frustrations.

  • Eddie [31:38]: "I'm just trying to think of, like, I did that the other day..."

• Emotional Impact:
  Highlights how this behavior affects personal relationships and communication efficiency.

  • Bobby Bones [32:02]: "I have a top tier list of pet peeves. When someone answers the phone, they don't know who is calling. That annoys me."

7. Good News: Stan Cattrell’s 1000-Mile Run

Overview:
Bobby shares an inspiring story about Stan Cattrell, an 82-year-old ultra-distance runner planning to complete a 1000-mile run across Georgia to support injured veterans.

Key Points:

• Stan’s Challenge:
  At 82 years old, Stan aims to run approximately 25 miles daily for 40 days, totaling 1000 miles, to raise funds for veterans’ housing.

  • Bobby Bones [14:41]: "Stan is going to run a marathon a day. If you were 25 and running a marathon a day, that's crazy."

• Personal Reflections:
  Bobby admires Stan's dedication and physical stamina, contrasting it with his own limited athletic achievements.

  • Eddie [15:02]: "Yeah, he's running across Georgia to raise money for injured veterans."

• Notable Quotes:

  • Bobby Bones [15:24]: "A marathon a day for 40 days. That's pretty much a marathon a day for 40 days."

• Encouragement:
  Encourages listeners to follow Stan’s journey on Instagram (@runStan.Run2025).

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Conclusion

In this episode, Bobby Bones navigates a mix of heartfelt stories, engaging listener interactions, light-hearted games, and personal reflections. From addressing listener concerns and celebrating a friend's milestone to unveiling new personal frustrations, Bobby offers a well-rounded and relatable listening experience. The episode culminates with uplifting news, showcasing resilience and community support, aligning with Bobby’s commitment to delivering both entertainment and meaningful content.

Notable Closing Quote:

• Bobby Bones [78:15]: "We talked about donating organs. We talked about Brooks and Dunn becoming millionaires... We did the anonymous inbox..."

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Note: This summary intentionally omits advertisement segments and non-content sections to focus on the core discussions and interactions within the episode.

Transcript

[Bobby Bones]

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[Eddie]

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[Amy]

Every single day we are given a choice. We can either bring heaven down or bring hell up. Welcome to Bring Heaven down, the podcast where faith meets everyday life and the presence of God becomes real right where you are each day. On Bring Heaven down, we will dive into the truth of God's word because heaven isn't just a distant place, it's a promise we can carry into our homes, our work, our relationships, even our struggles. Listen to Bring Heaven down on the iHeartRadio app, Abbel podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lunchbox]

You say you'd never give in to a meltdown, never let kids toys take over the house, and never fill your feed with kid photos. You'd never plan your life around their schedule, never lick your thumb to clean their face, and you'd never let them leave the house looking like less than their best. You say you'd never put a pacifier in your mouth to clean it, never let them stay up too late, and never let them run wild through the.

[Bobby Bones]

Grocery store we have on aisle six and aisle four.

[Lunchbox]

So when you say you'd never let them get into a car without you there. No, it can happen. One in four hot car deaths happen when a kid gets into an unlocked car and can't get out. Never happens before you leave the car. Always stop. Look lock Brought to you by NHTSA and the Ad Council.

[Dan Flores]

Why is a soap opera western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Here we go. Come on, Bobby. Bobby Bones transmitting across America. This is the Bobby Bones Show. Let's go. Welcome to Tuesday's show. Morning, stud. Morning. I did an Instagram, and people were commenting. I'm ashamed to follow you. I thought I knew who you were. I guess I don't. They're really upset at me, so I'm gonna tell you what happened. So I get on Instagram, and I'm talking about a woman who came up to me when I was in Dallas, and she said, hey, listen to her every morning. And the woman lived in Nashville. Her sister lived in Dallas. She said, and my sister and I, we talk like normal adult siblings, but we don't talk all the time. But I got her listening to the podcast, and now we talk almost every day about something on the podcast. And so I kind of layer that out, and I'm like, I'm sitting here. She comes up, says this, says this, says this. But I thought for sure people would get the joke. A lot of people didn't get the joke. Did you see it?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I got the joke. I feel like, yeah, I would never.

[Bobby Bones]

Talk to anybody like that.

[Eddie]

I also know you. So the joke was very obvious to me. If some people only kind of know you, maybe they're like, oh, what a jerk.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, I'm gonna listen. Listen. Hey, guys, Bobby here with a quick, wholesome story I wanted to share from Dallas as we get ready to do the ACMs. So this morning, having a little tea drink, and a woman comes up to me and she says, hey, I. I live in Nashville. My sister lives in Dallas, and I put her onto your podcast. So she said this about the show's podcast. She said, and so we both listen every day, and it gives us a reason to actually talk to each other. Not the sisters don't talk, but we have a reason to now and communicate even more because of that. And I'm sitting on the couch thinking, can't you see I'm drinking my morning drink? Give me a minute. God dang that.

[Eddie]

God dang, that's funny, man. I mean, Walked right up to it.

[Bobby Bones]

Pulled the cloth out. That was a little joke. People were so upset. I don't know. Maybe I. Maybe people are getting a more sensitive. Or maybe I'm just losing any sort of understanding of sensitivity. Which one is it? I thought it was pretty funny.

[Eddie]

I'm just gonna go for anybody that was upset. Doesn't.

[Bobby Bones]

Or idiots. I'm good with.

[Eddie]

You really understand.

[Bobby Bones]

I know I'm good with you.

[Morgan]

Good way of putting it.

[Bobby Bones]

Amy. I didn't say that Abby was pet sitting at my house for a day because we went and we had to do the ACMs last week and a lot of messages about Abby asking one, did you use the pickleball court?

[Eddie]

Oh yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because she wanted to just go over to the house and use it.

[Eddie]

Yep, we did.

[Bobby Bones]

And Jeff, fun. Uh huh. It was awesome. And did you swim in the pool? Did not swim in the pool. Got it.

[Eddie]

But I may have worked out in your gym.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

That's okay. What else? Did you take a bath?

[Bobby Bones]

I was. That's a great. That's a great.

[Eddie]

Actually, no, I did not.

[Bobby Bones]

You know what she did though? That was pretty cool. She said because we had some dry cleaning come back and she said, hey, I took the dry cleaning. I want to go through your closet or your stuff. I hung it in like this open area upstairs. And I was like, look at Abby. Not like getting in our stuff.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Oh, that's nice.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, the question is, should I have paid her since she used all the facilities or should it have been a trade off?

[Scuba Steve]

Trade off?

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Eddie]

No, no.

[Scuba Steve]

I mean, you got free gym access, you got free pickleball court.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean that is like a country club membership there. I still paid her. I still paid her. She went over and she didn't have to spend the night or anything, but she was there because we had to stay a little later than we thought in Dallas. But yeah, that was up Abby. I appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah, you're welcome. But to answer the listeners questions, you did play pickleball, you did not swim in the pool, you did work out in the gym. Anything else? I watch tv. Yeah? Anything good?

[Eddie]

Not really, no.

[Bobby Bones]

No Tuesday reviews day. I don't have anything. Okay. No, Bones, it's the anonymous. Anonymous in box. There's a question to be had. Send it into the mountain. Hello, Bobby Bones. It seems I'm the jerk of the family after accidentally ruining my sister's gender reve. First off, no one told anyone it was a gender reveal. It's supposed to be a surprise. Secondly, I went to the bathroom. I caught a glimpse of a bedroom with the door open, and it was filled with baby stuff, mostly blue stuff. So when I left the bathroom, I said, hey, so it's a boy. And the whole room goes silent. My sister. My sister was almost in tears, accusing me of making it all about me. I get that gender reveals are big now, and perhaps I couldn't have been so quick to blurt that out, but I'm failing to see how this is all my fault. How much crow do I need to eat to do whatever I can to make this right with her, her husband, my family, her friends, and everyone else who thinks I'm the world's biggest jerk, Signed ruiner of surprises. So if you really didn't know, that's funny that you walk out, hey, it's a boy. Holy. And everyone's waiting. Even the sister they didn't even know. If you really did not know, there should, there should be an understanding there of oops, I screwed up a little bit. But how do you not know it's a gender reveal? Like that could be their fault too for not communicating that everyone's coming over for a gender reveal. I don't think this is totally your fault because there was no malicious intent here, but I would still apologize.

[Eddie]

Absolutely.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And, and if you don't normally do this sort of thing, like, and you normally pay attention and whatnot, I'm sure they're like, hahaha. But if you're notorious for just not paying attention to any details, they're probably far more annoyed.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, he did see details. He saw blue and came out and was like, it's a boy. How about that? So this is what I would say. Do one apologize, but don't apologize by saying, hey, if your feelings were hurt, cuz that's not a real apology. The apology should have. Should be like this. Hey, I shouldn't have walked out of the bathroom and just said that it's going to be a boy. That's on me. And just leave it at that. You don't really. It's your sister. If it were like a secondary friend, I would say you could do a couple of those things because it's kind of not your fault. But for your sister, as you said, you just need to eat crow. Yeah, but if they didn't communicate that properly, you should know in your heart that you really didn't do anything wrong.

[Eddie]

But don't say but you didn't tell me. Don't.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. Internally, you know, you. Because I don't feel like you did anything wrong if you didn't know. I know now. If you didn't pay attention, you could have accidentally screwed up. But just go and apologize. But that's funny. Everybody. It's a boy I just saw in the bedroom.

[Morgan]

Everyone's like, oh, all right.

[Bobby Bones]

Close that up. Time for never gonna get it. One in 10Americans don't plan on replacing this for at least five years. No, you're not gonna get it. Never. Never gonna get it. Not this time. One in 10Americans don't plan on replacing this for at least five years. That's the question we have Scott on in Indiana. Hey, Scott, do you wear a size 11?

[Ray]

11.

[Bobby Bones]

11 and a half. Just depends on the style or the brand. But, yeah, felt that. Scott's plan for a pair of my shoes. And, Scott, you get the first option to answer the question here. One in ten Americans don't plan on replacing this for at least five years. So you'll answer. You'll pick somebody on the show to answer, and there'll be a wild car round. And if you win any of those three, you win the prize here. Scott, what do you think, buddy? Sounds good. All right, cool. Now, what do you think about the answer to the question? One in ten Americans don't plan on replacing this for at least five years? Gosh. I'd say a new car. Okay, a new car. Good. That's a. That is definitely a pretty good guess here. That is incorrect. So let me introduce to you the players that could win you a pair of really nice shoes. Amy, Lunchbox, Morgan, or Eddie. What'd you say over there, Amy?

[Eddie]

Really nice.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you.

[Eddie]

You said really nice shoes. And I go, really nice.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you. I appreciate that.

[Scuba Steve]

I like that. Go.

[Bobby Bones]

So I'll let you pick two of them. If either one of them get it, you win. One in ten Americans don't plan on replacing this for at least five years. How do you feel about your answer over there?

[Eddie]

Well, I feel like it's very different than what he said.

[Bobby Bones]

Like it should be, because his wasn't right.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Like, very.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Yours is very different. You feel fair?

[Eddie]

I feel fair.

[Bobby Bones]

Lunchbox.

[Scuba Steve]

Oh, I nailed it.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel really good about mine, Eddie.

[Morgan]

I've never felt this good before.

[Dan Flores]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Okay. Hey, Scott, you can pick two of them to play for you. Which two would you like? God, there was so many. So much confidence there. I was really feeling Amy. But then she didn't seem like she was super confident, but hers is way different. She said, yeah, I think I'm gonna go. Eddie and Lunchbox.

[Morgan]

Solid.

[Bobby Bones]

You got you some shoes, dude. Lunchbox. What do you have?

[Scuba Steve]

Phone. Buy a phone. You're keeping it for five years.

[Bobby Bones]

That's good. Boom. Okay, Eddie, what?

[Morgan]

Do you have smoke alarm in your house?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think batteries is the answer. Is that what you're.

[Morgan]

I just meant the smoke alarm, but yeah, batteries too, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, no, I'm saying, like, that's changing.

[Morgan]

I mean, you may want to replace those.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Amy, I said air filter pretty good.

[Bobby Bones]

It's kind of like Eddie's. Yeah, you're. You're gonna die of, like, breathing in really toxic.

[Eddie]

After five years, I changed my.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I'm just saying, if you were the person that did that. Yeah. And Eddie's buying a new smoke detector every five years. You got new ones everywhere. Yeah. Morgan, what's yours? I went on a similar level of.

[Eddie]

Lunchbox, but more specific. A cracked phone screen.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Eddie]

It's very specific.

[Bobby Bones]

It is very specific. How do you feel about Lunchbox's cell phone and Eddie's smoke detector, Scott? I'm not feeling confident, but you never know. Whoa.

[Scuba Steve]

Oh, man.

[Morgan]

Mine's pretty stupid.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, I agree with that.

[Morgan]

I get it.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Eddie said, I've never felt better. Like, we can't listen to him.

[Bobby Bones]

Would you like to switch off of any. Either of those two to somebody else? Would you say that one of them are right? Yeah. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Answer that.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, one of them definitely could be right.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, Definitely could be right.

[Eddie]

Definitely could.

[Bobby Bones]

But you can just stay with them. I encourage you to, if you feel good, stay with them. I'll just stay with them, because I don't think an air filter. I think you got to change it more than every five years or you're breathing in some nasty. Okay, well, we got that. We'll beat that. Yeah, we got it. So it is not air filter. Amy, you're wrong, okay? Eddie does not smoke alarm alarms. You're wrong, Morgan. Cracked screen. That is not it. So basically, we're in a lunchbox. Do we think it's a cell phone?

[Scuba Steve]

It's that cell phone, man. You buy that iPhone whatever, six, you're not getting a new one in the next five years. You're waiting till the iPhone 20 comes out before you get a new one.

[Bobby Bones]

A lot of words there, huh? Right.

[Scuba Steve]

I don't even know what iPhones are.

[Bobby Bones]

I know a lot of that made sense, but we got it. Yes.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. Like, if you buy that Android, you're not going to go out and buy the razor the next month. You're waiting.

[Bobby Bones]

Exactly. He's just. A lot of words there.

[Morgan]

I think you got it.

[Scuba Steve]

Hey, what shoes you think he's gonna pick?

[Bobby Bones]

He's like, he can't see them, so I'll just mail him a pair of them. They're basically the same.

[Morgan]

I think my truck's got this.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. You want to bet anything on it? Nop. They don't.

[Scuba Steve]

Well, they want your confidence.

[Bobby Bones]

One in ten Americans don't plan on replacing this for five years. Lunchbox. You are right. Yeah. Let's go. That is a cell phone. Congratulations. Nice job. Nice job, lunchbox. Nice job. Scott. Scott. We'll send you a pair of shoes. We'll send you a sign book as well. Play that song, Raymondo. Bones, it's time for the good news with Amy. Tell me something good.

[Eddie]

Coming up on June 15th, an 82 year old named Stan Cattrell is planning a 1000 mile run.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Eddie]

Across Georgia again. He's 82. However, he is an ultra distance runner, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and a former Marine.

[Bobby Bones]

82, y' all. All that stuff's awesome. He's also 82 and he's going to try to run a thousand miles.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he's running across Georgia to raise money for injured veterans, and the money is going to go to help, which is an organization that provides housing for vets. He's gonna do about 25 miles a day for 40 days. So that's pretty much a marathon a day for 40 days. You can follow his journey on Instagram at run, Stan. Run 2025.

[Bobby Bones]

A marathon a day.

[Eddie]

My bad. 2025 is this year. His handle, for whatever reason is 2021. Maybe that's when he started running long.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I should have thought that out. But also, he's probably like 78 then, so that's. That's crazy. He's that old. No. Regardless of his age, too, it's crazy. He's going to run a marathon a day. If you were 25 years old and you were running a marathon a day, that's crazy.

[Eddie]

I did a marathon once back in 2001. I haven't done it since.

[Bobby Bones]

You haven't done one every day?

[Eddie]

That was one day. I haven't even done it ever. Ever. Nothing close. It was miserable.

[Bobby Bones]

Little marathon flex in there for Amy.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. There you go. That's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good, Bones.

[Amy]

Every single day, we are given a choice. We can either bring heaven down or bring hell up. Welcome to Bring Heaven down, the podcast where faith meets everyday life and the presence of God becomes real right where you are each day. On Bring Heaven down we will dive into the truth of God's Word with open hearts and open hands. Because heaven isn't just a distant place, it's a promise we can carry into our homes, our work, our relationships, even our struggles. Bring Heaven Down. We'll take Bible verses and apply them to your life. Romans 15:13 says, May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. That's our prayer for you. That Bring Heaven down becomes a daily reminder that God is near, he is good, and he is working in your life even when it doesn't feel that way. Listen to Bring Heaven down on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's bring Heaven a little closer together.

[Dan Flores]

The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck, this podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best selling author and meat Eater founder Stephen Rinella.

[Amy]

I'll correct my kids now and then.

[Bobby Bones]

Where they'll say when cave people were here and I'll say it seems like.

[Amy]

The Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.

[Dan Flores]

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts.

[Amy]

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Abby]

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[Bobby Bones]

As well have said we're gonna walk.

[Abby]

On the moon, but she sure showed them who's boss and toured the world.

[Bobby Bones]

They would just be gobsmacked and they.

[Eddie]

Would rush up after the set and say not bad for chicks.

[Abby]

So come and join our girl gang. Listen to the Girlfriend Spotlight on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

She was a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a hero.

[Eddie]

She was stoic, modest, tough, someone who inspired people.

[Bobby Bones]

Everyone thought they knew her until they didn't.

[Morgan]

I remember sitting on her couch and.

[Eddie]

Asking her, is this real?

[Bobby Bones]

Is this real?

[Eddie]

Is this real?

[Bobby Bones]

Is this real? I just couldn't wrap my head around what kind of person would do that to another person that was getting treatment, that was, you know, dying. This is a story all about trust and about a woman named Sarah Kavanaugh. I've always been told I'm a really good listener, right? And I maximized that while I was lying. Listen to Deep Cover the Truth About Sarah on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Mike]

Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shankar. I host a podcast called A Slight Change of Plans. I started this show because unexpected change comes for all of us, and there's no set playbook for how to deal with it. I have all of this psychological baggage that I'm carrying with me, and the last thing I want to do is to pass that on to my daughter. So I have to figure this out. This is this puzzle of my trauma. I have to figure it out, and I have to figure it out now. Join me this season when I talk to Amanda Knox about her choice to reconnect with the prosecutor who helped put her behind bars. This is not about him. This is about me and what I am capable of giving. And I know that I am capable of being kind to this man. And by God, I am going to do it, and no one can stop me. Listen to A Slight Change of plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

I have two stories that I'm not sure I believe. Number one, a revealing new surveys found that many Americans would be willing to donate an organ to family or friends. However they many, only 39% of Americans would donate an organ for a loved one. I find that to be way low. 39% for a loved one. For a loved one. Now, I think anybody that I love, I would donate an organ for. I just don't love that many people. I think that's where the twist is for me and my wife. And I have a list of people, a funny list, and when they do something cool, they get moved up the list for organ donation.

[Eddie]

When do y' all talk about this list?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, usually if something like, cool happens or something big happens or somebody does Something super selfless or, like, shows up for us. We're like, oh, they just moved up a spot. They're getting closer to that organ donation line. But I find it to be remarkably sad that less than half of Americans would donate an organ for a loved one.

[Eddie]

I know. I wonder if when they were asked this, were they really thinking it through? Like, were they really thinking about.

[Bobby Bones]

But they weren't even asked. Like, you have to do it right now. So I think it would be way higher because they're not. You're not committed to it.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I would just say yes in the survey.

[Morgan]

You can say, whatever.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I'll be like, yeah, I give them all of them right now. Who needs it? Well, we do right now. Oh, sorry. I didn't think you're being serious.

[Morgan]

What if loved one is just too broad? Like, if you said your kids or your wife.

[Bobby Bones]

But a loved one like, that could.

[Morgan]

Be your brother that you don't get along with.

[Scuba Steve]

But that's not a loved one.

[Bobby Bones]

But I still think you would if.

[Amy]

You love your brother.

[Bobby Bones]

100. Not you, because you.

[Morgan]

Hey, I give it to all you guys.

[Bobby Bones]

39 seems way low because I. I would. The only organs I wouldn't donate, like my heart and my brain.

[Morgan]

Hey, what about your.

[Eddie]

Yeah, your man organ?

[Bobby Bones]

You know, one of that. You only have one of them.

[Scuba Steve]

No, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

And what. What loved one needs that you never know. Dude. Go ahead.

[Eddie]

Why?

[Bobby Bones]

Kidney? Yes.

[Eddie]

Yes. Liver? Yes. It'd have to be something that you could survive.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

What about toe?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Not sure why they need that toe specifically, but yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

Oh, yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. All that. If I. Yes, if I love that. But I don't know why they need it. And I don't all of a sudden, like. Like, they have to have it. So they're taking my pinky.

[Eddie]

Well, they don't need it for their pinky, but maybe, you know, for their.

[Bobby Bones]

Man organs, like Eddie. Not that I would do.

[Eddie]

Haven't they. There's things before where, like on someone's thigh, they grow a nose.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So that's like skin grafting.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, so if they needed skin. Yes, but I don't think they go to my pinky. Not a lot of skin there. I think Eddie had it. Eddie, here's the deal I'll make with you.

[Morgan]

Come on.

[Bobby Bones]

If you ever need a man organ, you can have a pinky.

[Morgan]

Hey, I'll take.

[Eddie]

No, you should just.

[Bobby Bones]

That'd be upgrade. You should just offer. No, whatever. It'd be a little pale, but it's upgrade.

[Eddie]

Would y' all want that or would you just offer nothing?

[Morgan]

I'll take the pinky.

[Scuba Steve]

It's better than.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what she said. Yes.

[Eddie]

No, I think you'd rather have the story.

[Bobby Bones]

Moving on. No. That's not a story you want to tell? No, I'm a Kindle. That's not a story I want to tell. Okay. Secondly, this is another one that I'm just like, I don't. I don't believe it. Because I feel like 39 is way low on the order. This is the second story I read. I'm like, I don't believe it. It's from the New York Post. Women are more attracted to bald men. Hey, let's go.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Because I need to see manliness or something.

[Bobby Bones]

I know. I need to see who wrote this article.

[Morgan]

Or what if it's like, just their confidence level because we shaved our heads.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

If the authors, like Cue Ball Jones, I think we know why they wrote the article.

[Eddie]

No, I think it could represent some sort of a. It's. Or it could be subconscious. Like we don't even know what's happening. Because it's a testosterone thing or something.

[Bobby Bones]

No, that would be less testosterone.

[Eddie]

Oh, I thought that men that were bald had too much.

[Morgan]

It has nothing to do with testosterone, guys.

[Scuba Steve]

Low T for sure.

[Bobby Bones]

Looking at you, it's low T. No, we don't know for sure. We can look that up. It may have nothing to do with. Women are attracted to bald men, according to a new study commissioned by Illicit Encounters, the company which proudly advertises itself for married people that are looking for. Yeah, whatever. Surveyed thousands of women to distinguish the physical attributes that they found attractive in a man. Surprisingly, researchers found that a bald head was very desired, beating out dark, curly and blonde hair. It might be because baldness was associated with positive traits like maturity, intelligence, honesty, education, what the heck, all that good stuff.

[Scuba Steve]

And low T can cause hair loss, particularly on the body and face, but it doesn't directly cause baldness.

[Morgan]

Thank you, lunchbox.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a link between testosterone and baldness.

[Ray]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not a simple case of high testosterone causing hair loss. The key factor is the hormone dht, which is derived from testosterone. Some individuals are genetically predisposed to have hair follicles that are highly sensitive to dht, leading to hair loss even with normal testosterone levels.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's it for me.

[Bobby Bones]

So yours is probably so high. Yeah, it's pushing the hair out like it's a cup of water.

[Morgan]

I got too much testosterone.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but that can't be true. The women are more attracted to bald guys. I'm going to tell you why. I'm gonna tell you why. Just, I would even say subconsciously, genetically, and you can't like find the best looking ball. You can't look at the Rock or Jason Statham. I'd be like, well, look at that. Because I can find you like seven guys named Bob that has that ring on the back of their head that's bald.

[Eddie]

But if they shaved that, they'd be bald.

[Bobby Bones]

I think, I think you look at both sides, look at genetics subconsciously and go for the children that we're going to have. Who would be the best appropriate with. And, you know, a lot of things happen there. Height, hair loss.

[Morgan]

What are you talking about?

[Eddie]

Hair loss?

[Morgan]

That's what people do.

[Bobby Bones]

I said subconsciously for sure. It is. Really? Of course.

[Morgan]

I never thought that.

[Bobby Bones]

By the way, Mother's Day weekend that we just had is like the ultimate scouting for guys that are looking for somebody to date.

[Eddie]

Why?

[Bobby Bones]

Because every girl's posting a picture of their mom. And that's, that's 20 years, 25, 30 years in the future.

[Scuba Steve]

It's a great point.

[Bobby Bones]

That's. It's the ultimate scouting tool. Like go back to their Instagram, find a Mother's Day post if you're thinking about dating them, see what their mom looks like. That's what you will be with in 25, 30 years. You talk about Bill Belichick doing tape, like running the tape, scouting up high school players, what they're going to turn. That's that.

[Eddie]

I understand that a little bit, but I just don't think you can't. 100. It's not 195. It's not 95.

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing's a hundred percent. Yeah, generally nothing's 100. But yes, if you don't think everybody kind of looks like their moms. If you're a girl. Yeah. That's your scouting.

[Morgan]

So Mother's Day is a scouting day. Interesting.

[Bobby Bones]

If you're single. Wow. Yeah. Rival should do like stars, like four stars. Four, four, four and a half stars. Five stars.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So I don't believe women are more attracted to bald.

[Morgan]

Do you want to do a. A little around the room?

[Bobby Bones]

But I think you're just gonna be. If we brought in eight bald men and brought in eight guys with, with hair, I think then you would have the. We just can't look at good looking bald guys and make them the judge because that's what everybody's thinking of right now.

[Morgan]

You know, my wife likes to do.

[Bobby Bones]

I think Height, though. I don't even think it matters. I don't think they're gonna pick bald head over not bald head. And they may not pick hair over ball, but I don't think that matters as much is my point where they're just, I want a bald head. That's not really something you dedicate yourself to. I gotta have a bald head. But you do go, I, I must date somebody 5, 10 or higher. I must date somebody that has certain traits physically.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Morgan]

My wife likes to rub my head now when we watch tv.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie After Dark. Yeah. This is Weird Bones. This clip has gone super viral, which is super, super cool. Brooks and Dunn, they had sat down, I was talking with them and I just asked them, when did you guys become millionaires? And man, it's crazy to think even like 30 years ago, they were mailing out checks, paper checks through the postal service for a million dollars. And that's how they knew they were millionaires. I remember asking kicks on the bus. We got royalty checks like the same day, literally came in the mail with two commas on it and a number.

[Morgan]

Number in front of me.

[Bobby Bones]

You got a paper check? Yes, absolutely.

[Morgan]

Nothing more fun than being broken your.

[Bobby Bones]

Ass your whole life and, and walking.

[Morgan]

A million dollar check check with two commas on it.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, excuse me, I need to.

[Morgan]

Go talk to a manager.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, might want to go do that, I guess. Look at my checking account though. I got some ideas. So we, we get, we get these checks. I opened mine first, I don't know, whatever. Didn't know what it was and turn up and so, oh, I just became a millionaire.

[Scuba Steve]

And he's like, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

He tears his open. He goes, yeah, me too. How about that? You open an envelope and there is a check for a million dollars. That is such trust in your mailman not to not steal it, just for it to get there. Yeah. Because you don't even know when you don't get it that you lost it because there's no Internet. You can't log into a portal and see that.

[Eddie]

That's so true.

[Bobby Bones]

And you open a check and you think it's going to be like, for them, $13,000 or something, and it's a million dollars.

[Morgan]

It's funny, he said that. He's like, I gotta get a manager or something.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

I would go straight to the bank.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. What do I do with this? Yeah. So I thought that was a super fun story. That thing's been viewed like 4 million times now, that clip, awesome. That's from the ACM special that I did on Amazon Prime. If you guys want to watch that, Bones, I want to share a new super pet peeve of mine, which I think I've always had, but I don't know it affected me so much. But I called Scuba Steve the other day, and Scuba Steve answered the phone like this. Hello? Okay, our cell phone tells us who's calling. Yeah, there's no need to answer the phone. Like, you don't know who's calling. Like, my name comes across. I don't know what I'm listed as. It could be Bobby. It could be good things or bad things. But he knows it's me, and so I'm calling him. He's like, hello, it's me. It says on the phone it's me. When people answer the phone, like, they have no idea who's calling. This is not 1996.

[Morgan]

I think I answered in a sense of like, you're. You're calling me.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you did not. You answered it. You answered it like, hello?

[Morgan]

Like.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was like, dude, it's me.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And he's like, sorry. I think what he said was sorry. I'm just used to answering the phone like that from numbers I don't know.

[Morgan]

Huh.

[Bobby Bones]

Pretty peculiar when people do that, right?

[Eddie]

Yeah. I think the only time I do that is if I'm annoyed.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, go ahead. Oh, at what? I don't know.

[Eddie]

I'm just trying to think of, like, I did that the other day. I was kind of just frustrated with my boyfriend, and I go, hello?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, that's different.

[Eddie]

But I know it's him. Yes, he's called like, I should be like, hey, what's up? But I was like, hello?

[Bobby Bones]

I think that's purposeful enough that you know who it is. Scuba made me feel like he never met me before.

[Eddie]

Yeah. But that's it.

[Bobby Bones]

Hello, Is this.

[Eddie]

I know. Yeah, that's. Maybe it's Scuba annoyed with you?

[Bobby Bones]

It's gonna be annoyed with me.

[Morgan]

No, not at all.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I think if there's intention with the answer, like, if my wife's annoyed me, and she'll be like, yeah, I know she knows it's me calling. So I'm adding that to my list now of I have a top tier list of pet peeves. When someone answers the phone, like, they don't know what you calling, that annoys me. The other ones are saying, something's over 100 because it can't be 101. It can't be 110.

[Eddie]

Someone says, literally.

[Bobby Bones]

Someone says, literally, and it's not literally.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Those are like my super pet peeves. So I think I now have three super. I have a mini. But those are my three super. My Mount Rushmore pet peeves. I think I need one more to fill out the presidential faces.

[Morgan]

You do one more.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I know what it is. You can't write it any better. Yeah. You can ever. You can write every single situation that's ever been presented on Earth better.

[Eddie]

Yeah. But the thing is just a saying.

[Bobby Bones]

I hear you.

[Eddie]

It's for emphasis.

[Bobby Bones]

And it's just a pet peeve that. It's not the Constitution. People don't get arrested for it. But I can be annoyed by it. Right?

[Eddie]

You have every right to be annoying.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you.

[Eddie]

You could.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that was pretty dumb.

[Bobby Bones]

Can't write anything. Yeah. Because again, I've often said there are two things you could write into any story to make it better. Aliens are talking dog.

[Morgan]

Everything's better said blank.

[Bobby Bones]

Everything's better with aliens or a talking dog.

[Eddie]

I don't know about the aliens part, but talking dog.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Imagine you called a talking dog and he didn't know who you were. Hello. That story just got better.

[Eddie]

But it's also not believable.

[Bobby Bones]

Sure. So there's a social media craze. It's happening. Amy even got a letter from her school that. A lot of kids are doing this. And I want to play this from Tick Tock first. Dangerous trend called Chromebook Challenge is going viral on Tick Tock, where students insert paper clips, coins, or metal objects into their Chromebook's USB ports, causing electrical short circuits, smoke, and even fires. In Colorado, over 30 cases have been reported In Texas, Each damaged device costs up to $400. Some students have been burned, schools evacuated, and legal charges are being considered. Schools are cracking down. Suspensions, fines, and even police involvement are now on the table. The lithium ion batteries can explode at over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. And here is a story from WFSB News talking about one student that had to go to the hospital because of it. The trend has students putting items in the USB port of the laptop to cause a fire. Several videos have been trending on the app. Plainville PD says a student who caused the short circuit stuck scissors in the port, then was sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Parents are incensed about the trend that continues to make its way around schools. Yeah, I'm watching the clips, dude. It's hilarious. No.

[Eddie]

Okay. So, yeah, y' all are.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like dry ice coming out of the computer that's pretty cool.

[Eddie]

No, it's not funny.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not funny because it's funny. I didn't think I was going to laugh like I did until I started watching it. You shouldn't do it because you're wasting your parents money. This is very expensive.

[Morgan]

Or it could be the school's laptop.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but no, the chill, like the letter I got from my son's principal is like, hey, parents, I'm sure you're aware, or maybe you're not. This TikTok challenge that's happening, go ahead and talk to your kids. Because it's stupid.

[Bobby Bones]

I want to say it's stupid because I'm laughing. I'm not promoting it.

[Eddie]

If the Chromebook is damaged like we, the parents or the kid, we're going to be held responsible for the damages, and there will be consequences and fines.

[Bobby Bones]

It's too much smoke, right?

[Scuba Steve]

That is a lot of stuff.

[Eddie]

See? So if y' all were in high school or junior high right now, y' all would be trying it.

[Morgan]

I'd probably do it.

[Bobby Bones]

No, because for sure, I had to buy my own Chromebook probably, which means I had to work a lot of hours to do it. If it's not.

[Eddie]

No, it's given. It's given to you at school. Like, that's what the school is saying. You're being issued this. However, you're going to be responsible if it's.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm still not going to do it.

[Eddie]

In a. I never got in trouble.

[Morgan]

Like, my son has one that he brings home.

[Bobby Bones]

I never got in trouble. Okay.

[Eddie]

Yeah, same.

[Morgan]

Try it.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my God. I have. I have. Have. Want a computer that's mine. I don't use anymore. Ever. Let's do it. Come on.

[Eddie]

No, because it's just gonna.

[Morgan]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

Nay. I am. A good point.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. We can do it on 25 whistles and our YouTube.

[Eddie]

Why? Because you don't have a mom over there.

[Bobby Bones]

Time for the good news with Bobby. Tell me something good. Lorena Villagran, a student in Idaho, has a hearing aid. She's in first grade. And she was always really embarrassed about it because the kids would always be like, what's in your ear? She was made to feel different. She has a teacher, Courtney Cranor. And Ms. Crainer would see her always having to talk about it. And so Ms. Crainer ordered a bunch of kids books about hearing aids and put them all through the class. So when they would read them, all the other kids would hear stories about other kids with hearing aids that made them really cool and they were able to use that in a way that other kids basically like a superpower. I love that that's out of the box thinking too. Like somebody's getting picked on for something. Like they didn't have any books when I was a kid about smelly kids that didn't get a lot of showers, that had to wear the same clothes over and over every day. That would have helped me a lot.

[Morgan]

That'd be a terrible book.

[Bobby Bones]

It would be a bad book, but that would help me a lot. And they'd have been like, oh, Bobby's really cool. Yeah, great, great job from Ms. Crainer. I love that she thought of that. I would have never thought of that. Ktvb it's also why I'm not a first grade teacher, though.

[Morgan]

That's it.

[Bobby Bones]

What's one of the reasons that's what it's all about. That was. Tell me something good.

[Amy]

Every single day we are given a choice. We can either bring heaven down or bring hell up. Welcome to Bring Heaven down, the podcast where faith meets everyday life and the presence of God becomes real right where you are each day. On Bring Heaven down, we will dive into the truth of God's word with open hearts and open hands. Because heaven isn't just a distant place. It's a promise we can carry into our homes, our work, our relationships, even our struggles. Bring heaven down. We'll take Bible verses and apply them to your life. Romans 15:13 says, May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. That's our prayer for you. That Bring heaven Down becomes a daily reminder that God is near. He is good and he is working in your life even when it doesn't feel that way. Listen to Bring Heaven down on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's bring heaven a little closer together.

[Dan Flores]

The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck, this podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and best selling author and meat eater founder Stephen Rinella.

[Amy]

I'll correct my kids now and then.

[Bobby Bones]

We'Re they'll say when cave people were here and I'll say it seems like.

[Amy]

The Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.

[Dan Flores]

So Join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts.

[Amy]

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Abby]

The number one hit true crime podcast, the Girlfriends, is back with something new. The Girlfriends Spotlight. Our first two series introduce you to an incredible gang of women who teamed up to fight injustice, showing just how powerful sisterly solidarity can be. And we're keeping this mission alive with the Girlfriend Spotlight. Each week, a different woman sits down with me, Anna Sinfield, to share their incredible story of triumph over adversity. Like Tracy, who survived a terrifying attack.

[Bobby Bones]

I remember that feeling of, okay, this.

[Abby]

Is how I die, and turned that darkness into the most incredible journey.

[Bobby Bones]

I want to take over the world and just leave this place better than.

[Abby]

I found it, which took her all the way to Paris, the Paralympic Games.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my gosh, this is amazing.

[Abby]

So come and join our girl gang. Listen to the Girlfriend Spotlight on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Mike]

Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shankar. I host a podcast called A Slight Change of Plans. I started this show because unexpected change comes for all of us, and there's no set playbook for how to deal with it. I have all of this psychological baggage that I'm carrying with me, and the last thing I want to do is to pass that on to my daughter. So I have to figure this out. This is this puzzle of my trauma. I have to figure it out, and I have to figure it out now. Join me this season when I talk to Amanda Knox about her choice to reconnect with the prosecutor who helped put her behind bars. This is not about him. This is about me and what I am capable of giving. And I know that I am capable of being kind to this man. And by God, I am going to do it, and no one can stop me. Listen to A Slight Change of plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

She was a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a hero.

[Eddie]

She was stoic, modest, tough, someone who inspired people.

[Bobby Bones]

Everyone thought they knew her until they didn't.

[Morgan]

I remember sitting on her couch and.

[Eddie]

Asking her, is this real?

[Bobby Bones]

Is this real?

[Eddie]

Is this real?

[Bobby Bones]

Is this real? I just couldn't wrap my head around what kind of person would do that to another person that was getting treatment, that was, you know, dying? This is a story all about trust and about a woman named Sarah Kavanaugh. I've always been told I'm a really good listener. Right. And I maximized that while I was lying. Listen to Deep Cover the truth about Sarah on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Here's a voicemail from last night. Morning Studio calling with the morning corning for Amy. What do you call a snake that is 3.14 meters long? A python.

[Eddie]

Pie.

[Morgan]

Pie.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Good. Yeah, good.

[Morgan]

Three point. What is 3.14?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, good. All right, let's do the morning corner here. The morning Corny.

[Eddie]

What do you call a breakup between two chiropractors?

[Bobby Bones]

What's up?

[Eddie]

A joint decision.

[Bobby Bones]

That was the Morning Corny.

[Ray]

Pretty good.

[Bobby Bones]

A mutual breakup between two chiropractors. Yeah, Joint would be a joint decision.

[Eddie]

Oh, so you want me to add the word mutual?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, because it's a joint. It's doubling up the word joint like they're doing it together. A joint decision.

[Eddie]

Good call.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Morgan]

She's writing it.

[Bobby Bones]

She's gonna say it again. You can use it somewhere else.

[Eddie]

Well, we post them on Instagram. But also, I just want people to make sure they're also making note because people retell our jokes.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

And so they need to make sure to add that when they retell it.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a good point. Yeah. Here is Isaac from Virginia.

[Ray]

So I opened up to be, and.

[Bobby Bones]

Right there on the front page was Band Slam.

[Ray]

And I was like, that's the one with Bobby Bones.

[Bobby Bones]

So I watched it. First, I want to say you're welcome for the royalties. Second, nice shirt. And third, this movie started off and.

[Ray]

I thought that it was going to be horrible.

[Bobby Bones]

But then something happened and I got invested and I started laughing because it actually funny.

[Ray]

And then by the end, I even.

[Bobby Bones]

Had a tear in my eye.

[Ray]

Bandslam.

[Bobby Bones]

Who knew? I'm glad my performance can move you to tears.

[Morgan]

And he got paid.

[Eddie]

Nice.

[Bobby Bones]

I. Yeah, I had like 10 lines in Bandslam, the movie with Vanessa Hudgens and Lisa Kudrow. It's my. I think it's the only movie I've been in. I've done a few TV shows like acting. But yeah, I'm a big movie debut. Grand opening, grand closing. Hated it. Not them, just hate. You just wait around all day to do jack crap. But yeah, Bandslam is up and it was a pretty good movie. It did mild to pretty bad in theaters, but it was. I thought it was pretty good. Right. Didn't.

[Morgan]

It was really Good.

[Bobby Bones]

Critically acclaimed.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

It was basically an indie movie. Critically acclaimed, but really didn't get this. The support that it needed. Movie. Mike, what'd you think of Bandslam? I think it's pretty good. I like music, movies like that. I do not wear my glasses in Bandslam. And I have big curly hair.

[Morgan]

Was that the director's call?

[Bobby Bones]

No. Yeah, maybe.

[Morgan]

Hey, lose the glass.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe. So it's got 82 on Rotten Tomatoes. All right. Thank you for that, bones. She has 95 bridesmaids. Her name's Catherine. No chance.

[Eddie]

90?

[Bobby Bones]

I couldn't be a friend to somebody who has 95 bridesmaids. That's the whole wedding. Everybody. Here, you are a bridesmaid. How high maintenance must she be with 95 bridesmaids? Because once it gets to, like, eight, I'm already like, how high maintenance is she?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I'm confused by that at all. But also, to me, like, she's. She's not that. I mean, like, I guess if you have that many friends.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't even know 95 people.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I think if I were to list everybody I know, I'd struggle getting up.

[Eddie]

Like, you invited more than 95 people to your wedding?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, if I went through my phone. Yeah, but half those are my wife's.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

If I don't think I have 95 people on my phone.

[Morgan]

Yes, you do.

[Bobby Bones]

Mike, will you count these for me?

[Eddie]

All of them?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Scuba Steve]

Also, where.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I don't have that many. Look. Hey.

[Eddie]

What? Why do you not have.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't. I don't know that many people. Would you mind running through that real quick? See how many I have in my phone.

[Eddie]

I have 622 unread text messages.

[Morgan]

That's probably the same person, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Who knows? I might have more. But let's see. See, Catherine McGowan tied the knot, and she wanted around 10 people, but then she was like, no, I need more. So she invited 95 people to be bridesmaids at her wedding.

[Eddie]

Okay. She's just trying to seek attention.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, and then she has, like, a bunch of kids in, like, her class. She's like a dance teacher.

[Eddie]

That's kind of cute, but do they.

[Morgan]

All have to get the same dress?

[Scuba Steve]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, it says it down here. Okay. I have 300 people on my phone. There we go. Did you know at the bottom of your phone, it tells you how many contacts? See how many you guys have on your phone?

[Eddie]

What do you do?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, go all the way to the bottom. It'll tell you how many you have.

[Morgan]

But I will say, though, I don't save everyone's number.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't save anyone's number.

[Eddie]

Oh, wow. 1256.

[Bobby Bones]

Wow.

[Eddie]

Oh, gosh. I have some people saved under alarm emoji. Do not answer alarm emoji. So those. A few contacts are like that.

[Morgan]

514.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so hold on. I have 314. Amy, you have what? What?

[Eddie]

1256.

[Morgan]

Eddie, you have 514.

[Scuba Steve]

I have 446.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm surprised you have more than me because your phone. You don't have to use your phone.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah, like, I have people like, called Sandra six Street. I mean, I mean, delete that one, dude. That's a good sign.

[Eddie]

Morgan, I have 718.

[Morgan]

Oh, yes.

[Eddie]

Oh, my gosh, guys, what is going on with me? I have someone in here who saved as. Yo, Yo.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you're just a. You're a number hoarder. See, you just save everybody's number. I delete numbers pretty regularly. I just. And I don't really know that many people.

[Morgan]

I'm telling you, I don't save mine. I get a lot of maybe this is Fred.

[Bobby Bones]

So she didn't. She did 95. He did not match and do 95. Because usually they do as many groomsmen as they do bridesmaids. Yeah. Yeah, he did eight. So there's 95. And again, she teaches, like, dance. Has all the kids in it. Just. That's a lot, though.

[Morgan]

So does one groomsman, like, walk down 11 point.

[Bobby Bones]

And I don't want to be. I don't want to be the one having to walk the dance kids down. Yes. So they thought they'd have their friends. And I get the idea of it. But even if you commit to it and it says you have 95 bridesmaids, that's. That's. That's. That's a lot, right? Yeah. And you ask them to buy all the same dress.

[Morgan]

That's not good.

[Bobby Bones]

That's also not very good. What are we gonna say, Amy?

[Eddie]

Nothing. I just realized I have. I have double the reason why I'm so high. Guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, now she's making it.

[Eddie]

Well, there's an explanation. I see now that I'm still synced up with the contacts from my ex husband's, so I guess we had the same. At some point.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Because there's all these. There's like Colonel Whatever. Emergency travel.

[Morgan]

Let's call him.

[Eddie]

Like, Colonel. Good morning, Colonel in case. I guess in case he needed to delight, like, travel real quick for work.

[Bobby Bones]

USA is what I say. Can't have enough kernels in your phone. This is one of the greatest stories of a band forming because the lead singer was just singing in the shower and somebody heard him. And so I'm talking about Hootie and Darius Rucker's birthday is today. He turns 59. And I do want to start with this. So this is Darius talking, and he talked about he's taking a shower, somebody heard him singing.

[Ray]

And I go into the take a shower and I just start singing. I'm singing Billy Joel's Honesty. And I finish taking my shower and I. I think nobody's in the hall. And I go around corner, this kid pops and jumps out of his room. He's like, is that you singing in there? I was like, yeah. He's like, you know, you're great. I was like, thank you. And he just said, I play guitar, you know. I was like, cool. He's like, let's get together and see if we know any of the same songs. That night we got together, and I think our first gig was a week later.

[Bobby Bones]

Tell me that's not crazy.

[Morgan]

That's awesome crazy.

[Scuba Steve]

I've never heard that in my life.

[Morgan]

So where was he?

[Bobby Bones]

In South Carolina.

[Morgan]

Okay, so he's in college.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I believe so. Yes. This is all stuff that he said to me in interviews. That we pulled this 59 again today. Happy birthday to Darius, by the way. My first ever interview in the history of my career was Darius Rucker when I was like 17 years old. Darius's dad lived nearby when he was growing up, but he was completely absent from his life. Like he did not have a relationship with his dad, even though he lived right down the road. Very similar with me in my situation. And he told me the story of what happened when he did run into his dad after not talking to him him for 15 years.

[Ray]

I don't see my dad from the time I'm like 13 or 14 until I'm 28. 15 years. So we talk for a little while and I give my phone number. This is four cell phones. And go on the road for a couple days. And I get back to my house and I check my answer machine and he's on my answer machine. And the first message he left me in my whole life, haven't talked to him in 15 years. He asked me for $50,000. It was shocking. I was like, are you kidding me? And expect me to give it to him.

[Bobby Bones]

This was one of the only interviews that when we did, and I know Darius well, where I started crying and I feel like I Have to be very stable, be the support. Whenever the person is telling stories, they're getting emotional. But Darius was like, yep. Didn't know my dad. Didn't see my dad when he went. He went to his dad's funeral and sat in the very back, and everybody was giving all of these tributes to his dad. He was like, I don't know that person. Dang. Didn't see him forever. Got famous. Just. If I can expand from that clip a little bit. Dad saw him, like, on Letterman playing. Found him in a restaurant, went up, hey, I want to. I want to be in your life. And then what he said. He went away and came back. They have cell phones. And when he came back, there was a blink on the machine. And he's like, oh, my dad. And he's like, Hey, $50,000. I think that's when I started to get emotional, too. That's a tough one.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's hard.

[Bobby Bones]

He's been out of the cycle of heavy drug use for 20 years, because in his book, he talked about a lot of drugs, and they were seen as, like, this clean cut. They're doing songs like I only want to be with you. But they were going hard. They were young. They were college kids now they had money. And so we talked a bit about how it caused the implosion of the band. And I'm curious. I've never done a drug. I've never had beer. And I. Kind of kidding, but not really. I'm always curious about how you feel when you do drugs, because it looks awesome how you feel right then. But I understand that the things that happen after aren't. But I was like, what's the best drug?

[Ray]

Ecstasy's diverse.

[Bobby Bones]

And did you take a pill under the tongue, or how's that work?

[Ray]

Both.

[Bobby Bones]

Even the name of it. I mean, this is awesome.

[Ray]

20 years.

[Bobby Bones]

The name of it sounds like it should be. That's.

[Ray]

That's. That's what I always say about that particular drug. They explain it to you, what it is by the name.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that the one where you get really dehydrated?

[Ray]

Yeah, you get really dehydrated, but you just get really happy. It's. I always say that if you. If you. If you think something's okay, you like it a lot. Yeah, you like it, you love it. And if you love it, it's the greatest thing that's ever hit the road.

[Bobby Bones]

And he talked about how don't love it because it ends up being way, way, way worse for you in the long run, because that's why he's not doing it. But I am always like, tell me more. I need to know. I think that's how I do my drugs. Just talking to people about it the.

[Morgan]

Way he said, too.

[Eddie]

That's what you're addicted to.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. People thought he'd be a laughingstock in country music. Darius said people didn't accept him at first when he signed a deal in country because again, he's Hootie and that the record label made a huge mistake in signing him. They said that too.

[Ray]

There's people who said that capital would be the laughing stock of country music if they signed me. It was deja vu because everybody. You know, there were some people at Atlantic Records that said they'd be the laughing stock if they put correct review out. And so it's like I just laughed at it. The thing that I had that made it okay. I wasn't expecting any success. I mean, there's no.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you have plenty of money then? So I was.

[Ray]

I didn't have plenty of money. I mean, trust me, country music been very, very good to me.

[Scuba Steve]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Cookie Monster and one of Hootie and the Blowfish's biggest songs is Misunderstood. And the song hold my hand Want you to hold my hand. That's by the way, there wasn't a clip. That was me saying, oh, that was you, in case you thought I was playing a clip. Yeah, no, he talked about what it's really about.

[Ray]

Hold My Hands, a protest song. And most people think it's just happy go lucky, come hold my hand. You know, but it's really a song against the evils of racism and the evils of. Of just disliking people for because they're LGBTQ or, you know, it's a song about we should all just love each other instead of all this hate. And people don't get that. They just think it's some pop fluff. But if you really listen to the words, Sony wrote a pretty good song there.

[Bobby Bones]

Four number one country albums, ten number one songs, Three time Grammy winner. Grand Ole Opry member hoodie sold over 25 million albums. Their debut album, Cracked Review, sold over 20 million copies. Darius Rucker turns 59 years old today. You know what I love? I love about two songs I love.

[Morgan]

Was that the clip too?

[Eddie]

What is it?

[Bobby Bones]

No, that's me.

[Morgan]

Oh, that was you again.

[Bobby Bones]

The one I love the most. Stop's not far behind. Can you name it? She never lets me in.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

Only tells me where she's been when she's had too much to drink.

[Eddie]

Let her fly.

[Bobby Bones]

Almost let her cry.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Let her fly, though.

[Morgan]

Yeah, it works.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe that was how they started.

[Eddie]

Let her go.

[Bobby Bones]

Just let her. Let it go. Yeah, I love that one. And then I just like the line. Aim. Bob is so cool.

[Eddie]

I only want to be with you.

[Bobby Bones]

And I texted him one night because my wife and I will play cards and if I'm the winner, the game before I pick the playlist. And it's all like, 90s and 2000s. That's how she knows the Cranberries. That's how she knows Counting Crows is because I force it upon her.

[Eddie]

Oh, it's like parents when they're kids. Kids different.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. She calls me Uncle. Uncle. Uncle Flashback or something. Yeah, something. My music name's like, Uncle Flashback. So I play Hootie and that was playing, and I texted Darius. I was like, hey, hey. Bobby is so cool. I said, what does that mean? What do you think it means? Because he didn't know me then, so it couldn't have been that.

[Eddie]

Yeah, Bobby McGee. Interesting Bobby.

[Bobby Bones]

Does anybody know? If you do know, don't answer. If you're guessing, though, go for it.

[Morgan]

I don't know, but I'm guessing because he always references Bob Dylan in songs. Is it Bob Dylan?

[Bobby Bones]

It is. And he says, before that, put on a little Dylan sitting on a fence. You asked me, I did not, what it meant by.

[Morgan]

He says, put on a little Dylan.

[Bobby Bones]

I like diddling.

[Morgan]

That's what I thought.

[Bobby Bones]

He was so cool. Bob Dylan. Oh, I want to be with you. Yeah, that's cool. That's really cool. Happy birthday, Darius. Darius is probably not hearing this. I think he's still probably in the uk. He's not living. Living there. But before we did the interview, he's like, I'm going to the UK for a few months just to get away. I want to go and just take some time and go write music and be there for a minute.

[Eddie]

Country music's been good to him.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, trust me, it been real good to him. Very, very good, as he would say. But been instrumental in my career in many, many ways. Love, Darius59. Happy birthday, Darius Rucker. There you go. Stories from the Daily Mail. A man was mauled to death and eaten by his pet lion just days after buying the beast because he wanted to keep it in the back.

[Morgan]

Is this America?

[Bobby Bones]

This is not America. But here's the thing. If you're gonna buy a lion, that lion has no relationship with you other than if it gets hungry, it's going to eat you. If you Raise it from a baby lion, it still might eat you, but odds are there's a relationship as well. But if you just buy one and you're like, I want to put in the backyard, that's probably not going to end well. But, no, not. Not in America, I think. So the kangaroo store yesterday, that was in America. Was that America. Kangaroo cage and got the crap beat out of him. And then I'm pretty sure that was America. Yeah.

[Morgan]

So we're slowly getting there.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, we fight smaller animals in lose. Yeah, that sucks. Pope Leo's childhood home is for sale, and its owner's jacking up the price. A real estate agent called the guy. He said, hey, the Pope used to live in your house. And the guy's like, stop joking. And he was ready to unload the home for about $200,000. And he's like, well, I think we're going to jack the price up on that. There's nothing wrong with that.

[Eddie]

Well, is somebody going to buy it and pay significantly more because the Pope lived there?

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe significantly is not the word, but I would think some. I think that's. You're looking for any reason whatsoever to raise the value of the house, but that's pretty cool. This Pope is awesome. And here's why this Pope is awesome. People are arguing he's not American because it's like he was born here and like. But then he moved. He's been a missionary pretty much his whole professional life, and I love that about him. And he's been someone who looks out for immigrants and the poor. And I think that is what Christianity is. It is about looking out for people that have it a lot harder than you. I think that's the basis of Christianity. You know, do on to others and also take care of others. And that's what his whole life's been about. He doesn't have any net worth. Very little. This is why he's American, though, if you don't mind me going on a little thing here. He has lived in other countries. He does have a double citizenship in Peru. He does speak really wonderful Spanish. But he is a Knicks fan, a Villanova fan and a White Sox fan. That's American. You don't love American sports like that. Like, he texts to keep up with Villanova and the Knicks. He. He was at a White sox game in 2014. They found him in the crowd. You know. You know American than that.

[Morgan]

I bet he loves hot dogs, too.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably eats apple pie every Wednesday. Sure.

[Eddie]

At what point did. Do you know when he decided to.

[Bobby Bones]

Be he was only a cardinal, like, a few years ago, by the way. He just became a cardinal.

[Eddie]

But I mean, even before that, like, was he. You know, I'm just thinking, like, Villanova days or high school. Like, did he have a girlfriend? Because, you know, there's some. Maybe a woman out there now that's like. Like, I used to date the Pope.

[Bobby Bones]

That's a good song. I used to date the Pope. So here's what I would say about that. From what I know. I've been listening to a lot of interviews, interviews with his brothers. They're also gems themselves. Oh, his name's Bob. He's Pope Bob. He's Pope Leo, but he's Bob. And his brother's like, I ain't calling him Pope. I didn't call him Father when he was just a father. He's like, he's my brother. He's Bob. And, you know, he chose Leo. I think there have been 13 other LEOs before him. Because you have to choose the name of a saint. You don't have to. You can choose any name you want. Francis chose Frank. He was the first ever Francis. So. But most of the times, they will choose names of saints or other popes that chose names from saints and never married, obviously. No kids, because he's been a priest. Girlfriend don't know. But he does have family members who talk about him as always, being, like, extremely devout and the good kid of the group, which is hilarious. His brother's like, yeah, we're like 11, all playing, and everybody like, you're gonna be the Pope because you don't do anything wrong.

[Ray]

Wow.

[Eddie]

They manifested it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Or 10 million people say that. And this is the one that came out.

[Eddie]

You spoke it.

[Bobby Bones]

I was watching him. I'm not Catholic, but I was watching him give a service on Sunday, and everybody's clapping for him, and he comes out, and it's just weird. The Pope speaking. Speaks English as his main language, because most of the time when I'm watching the Pope, he's speaking Latin, Spanish. Like, Francis spoke a lot of Spanish because he was from South America or Italian, depending on where they're from. And the Pope's up there just spitting American. Not even English, but American. And everybody's clapping for him. And he was super funny. And he goes, hey, I. I appreciate all that clapping, but, you know, as they say, sometimes people clap for you at the beginning, but will they still be here and clap for you at the end of this? We'll see. And everybody got a laugh, and he went on. So I Don't know. Think about become a Catholic couple months a year.

[Eddie]

A couple months a year?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I can't fully commit. The weddings are too long. The funerals are too long. Like, I think when someone's getting married and it's a funeral and it's from the church, I'm there for a couple months of the year, I'm probably not gonna go.

[Eddie]

They can do. They do shorter masses. I feel like Lunchboxes is a Catholic wedding. And it wasn't that long.

[Scuba Steve]

No, I wasn't Catholic. My wife's not Catholic.

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

His was just a long non Catholic one.

[Eddie]

That long? That's what. That's my point. I thought he like, you know, finagled it a little bit and was like, we're gonna do a show.

[Scuba Steve]

You're Catholic, I'm Catholic.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but it was. It wasn't in a Catholic church.

[Scuba Steve]

No, I wasn't at a Catholic church. It was a different type of church.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Morgan]

I remember he cried.

[Bobby Bones]

It did. Look, he did cry.

[Eddie]

Catholic vibes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But now that I think back, the only thing not catholic about it was Ray got so drunk, he didn't show up.

[Scuba Steve]

That was pretty uncatholic.

[Eddie]

Oh, I thought that's actually Catholic.

[Scuba Steve]

We like to drink.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but he got so drunk. He did, right? Ray did. Yeah, I did. The night before, it was. We were only there 48 hours. Couldn't really squeeze it all in. But you were there for a wedding.

[Scuba Steve]

No, no.

[Eddie]

It wasn't the night before, both nights? No, I think the night before. But he's like.

[Bobby Bones]

Couldn't squeeze it in. No, no. The one thing you don't squeeze is the wedding. Everything else is to squeeze around it.

[Ray]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Billy said he'd drive. I had to see all my Austin friends, so. Okay. It doesn't matter anyway. Shout out.

[Scuba Steve]

I think he was at the reception.

[Bobby Bones]

He was already drunk. His wife was like, eating him, baby fooding him on his lip, like. Okay. Been a while, dude. You've grown since then. That was good times, man. That was a flashback right there. That was good. That wedding was quick or what? He's now asking questions about the wedding. Yeah. And he cried. Lunchbox cried. It was awesome.

[Scuba Steve]

I didn't cry, man.

[Bobby Bones]

You did. It was awesome.

[Scuba Steve]

No tears.

[Bobby Bones]

A couple other things. Pope related. Anyway, big fan of this Pope. I loved watching all of the American priests or head of the churches watching it live because there is no leak. There's no shams that's out leaking draft picks or, you know, we hear there's an injury or we. None of that's happening. So when everybody finds out, everybody finds out. And all the American priests are like, wait, it's an American. It's Bob. Really cool. Really cool. So, yeah, Pope Leo's home is for sale. I'm gonna say a couple things, and I want to expand on it because I've already done it on 25 whistles, but there's a Pope Francis baseball up for auction. I'm really thinking about buying it. Like, for how you can listen on there. I don't want to. Not really what I want to, like, talk about here. Not because I don't want to talk about it, because I've already done it at length. And also I'm a little embarrassed about how much it is. But it's on 25 whistles. We also. We do stupid stuff on that show. We. My credit card points. I shared it with the. The cast and crew. I've never cashed my credit card points out of my whole life, ever. Because I'm always scared.

[Eddie]

You're the same. You carry the same type of card this entire time, too?

[Bobby Bones]

For, like, eight or nine years. Oh, okay.

[Eddie]

Yeah, we said her whole life. So I didn't know if, like, you have the same credit card from when you were 20.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't get a credit card till way later. I was scared to have credit.

[Morgan]

Smart.

[Eddie]

True.

[Bobby Bones]

So I shared with them my credit card points. I thought, you know, in the cartoon, when someone sees something, their eyes go bong out of their head. That's what happened.

[Eddie]

That's how I felt when I saw your 401k. I don't know if you just, like, save differently.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, I save everything I possibly can. Do you want to see how many credit card points I have?

[Eddie]

What. How is that possible? Like, what, do you put everything in the world on your credit card?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't even know what to buy. Like, what do you want, the Vatican? Let me buy the Vatican.

[Morgan]

You could probably do that with the points.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Can you buy that ball with the points?

[Bobby Bones]

Points? There's only a certain amount of places. But then I don't want to waste them because what if I lose my job and I go broke? I need those points to get me by for a couple years.

[Eddie]

You can retire on those points.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's in 25 whistles, too. If you guys get bored and you want to check it out.

[Eddie]

Did you say the amount?

[Bobby Bones]

Absolutely. I. I sent it to Eddie and they. We talked about it specifically. They talk about what you could turn that into if you just got cash. Back.

[Eddie]

Do you know?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Text it to me.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Morgan]

The number. What, he just showed it to you?

[Eddie]

Just turn into cash not to know the cash number.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I'm scared. I don't have. I have money trauma, so. And that. That'll never be gone. A man stumbles across a horde of priceless coins. Went out for a nature walk. That'd be pretty cool, huh?

[Scuba Steve]

That never happens to me.

[Bobby Bones]

You do many nature walks?

[Scuba Steve]

I do some walks, you know, and I find like, a dime or a nickel, but nothing like that.

[Bobby Bones]

He said, saw some coins on a beautiful Saturday. I took my detector, was out alone, and then all of a sudden, he shows these 1469 Roman coins that were together. These coins are over 2, 000 years old, and they don't really give a number as what they're worth, but it could be like, seven figures.

[Morgan]

I mean, that's where it's at.

[Bobby Bones]

I should get my credit card points by those.

[Morgan]

The coins.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I'll give you one more story because this one is. Oh, I got two. Run out of time. Scientists say if you live near a golf course, you have a higher risk of Parkinson's disease. This blew my mind. Do you know why it.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Also makes sense.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Is it because you're looking at the balls?

[Eddie]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

No. Because they're having to use so much on the grass, meaning all of the pesticides. Oh. And it gets in the water because they're having to weigh pesticide that entire plot of land, and it's going into the ground of the water, and the pest is. How crazy is that?

[Morgan]

That is terrible.

[Bobby Bones]

Because I thought, too, it'd be like Parkinson's from the golf balls going through my window. And I'm, like, always mad.

[Scuba Steve]

Like, how close?

[Bobby Bones]

Within six miles.

[Morgan]

Why do you live on a golf course?

[Scuba Steve]

No, I live within a couple miles of one.

[Eddie]

It says, like, a really green one.

[Bobby Bones]

So living. So here we go. This is what it says. Living within one mile, significant risk. More so of none. But if you more than three and then six miles, and it kind of fades away after six miles.

[Eddie]

And then also, I got Parkinson's. Like, no, don't. You don't.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, you might go get it. Go checked. Morgan thought she had Lyme disease. She didn't.

[Scuba Steve]

Can they tell right now if I have Parkinson's?

[Bobby Bones]

Probably. But you've lived next to, like, a muni for a few years. I think you're okay.

[Scuba Steve]

Yeah. It's a muni for a few years.

[Bobby Bones]

I think you're okay.

[Morgan]

No, his old house was by immunity too.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you double immune. Oh, no.

[Eddie]

I know. But I think of like my childhood. I lived in a golf course neighborhood and I lived there for 18 years. So then, like, what if stuff from your childhood.

[Scuba Steve]

We got parts.

[Eddie]

Parkinson's. I know that. That's what I have.

[Bobby Bones]

However, it's possible though, with you.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yes. Maybe you just explain something, you know.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, there you go. That's the news. Those were Bobby's big stories.

[Amy]

Every single day, we are given a choice. We can either bring heaven down or bring hell up. Welcome to Bring Heaven down, the podcast where faith meets everyday life and the presence of God becomes real right where you are each day. On Bring Heaven down, we will dive into the truth of God's word with open hearts and open hands. Because heaven isn't just a distant place, it's a promise we can carry into our homes, our work, our relationships, even our struggles. Bring heaven down. We'll take Bible verses and apply them to your life. Romans 15:13 says, May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. That's our prayer for you. That Bring heaven Down becomes a daily reminder that God is near, he is good, and he is working in your life even when it doesn't feel that way. Listen to Bring Heaven down on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's bring heaven a little closer together.

[Dan Flores]

The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. Hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Flores and brought to you by Velvet Buck. This podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode I'll be diving into some of the lesser known histories of the West. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian, Dr. Randall Williams and best selling author and meat eater founder Stephen Rinella.

[Amy]

I'll correct my kids now and then.

[Bobby Bones]

Where they'll say when cave people were here. And I'll say, it seems like the.

[Amy]

Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves.

[Dan Flores]

So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen to the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts.

[Amy]

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Abby]

The number one hit true crime podcast, the Girlfriends is back with something new. The Girlfriends Spotlight. Our first two series introduce you to an incredible gang of women who teamed up up to fight injustice, showing Just how powerful sisterly solidarity can be. And we're keeping this mission alive with the Girlfriend's spotlight. Each week, a different woman sits down with me, Anna Sinfield, to share their incredible story of triumph over adversity. Like Tracy, who survived a terrifying attack.

[Bobby Bones]

I remember that feeling of, okay, this is how I die.

[Abby]

And turned that darkness into the most incredible journey.

[Bobby Bones]

I want to take over the world and just leave this place better than I found it.

[Abby]

Which took her all the way to Paris for the Paralympic Games.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my gosh, this is amazing.

[Abby]

So come and join our girl gang. Listen to the Girlfriend Spotlight on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

She was a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a hero.

[Eddie]

She was stoic, modest, tough, someone who inspired people.

[Bobby Bones]

Everyone thought they knew her until they didn't.

[Morgan]

I remember sitting on her couch and.

[Eddie]

Asking her, is this real?

[Morgan]

Is this real?

[Eddie]

Is this real?

[Bobby Bones]

Is this real? I just couldn't wrap my head around what kind of person would do that to another person that was getting treatment, that was, you know, dying. This is a story all about trust and about a woman named Sarah Kavanaugh. I've always been told I'm a really good listener, right? And I maximized that while I was lying. Listen to Deep Cover the Truth about Sarah on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Mike]

Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shankar. I host a podcast called A Slight Change of Plans. I started this show because unexpected change comes for all of us and there's no set playbook for how to deal with it. I have all of this psychological baggage that I'm carrying with me, and the last thing I want to do is to pass that on to my daughter. So I have to figure this. This puzzle of my trauma. I have to figure it out, and I have to figure it out now. Join me this season when I talk to Amanda Knox about her choice to reconnect with the prosecutor who helped put her behind bars. This is not about him. This is about me and what I am capable of giving. And I know that I am capable of being kind to this man. And by God, I am going to do it. And no one can stop me. Listen to A Slight Change of plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

Bobby Bone Show Bonehead Story of the day.

[Scuba Steve]

This story comes to us from the UK. A 26 year old man is obsessed with firefighters. Wanted to be a firefighter, but it hasn't worked out for him since, like, how can I get close to him? I know what I mean.

[Bobby Bones]

Get close to them.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Not get the job. Right, right.

[Scuba Steve]

How can I get close to them?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, this is already starting off bad. Go ahead.

[Scuba Steve]

So he's sitting at his house and he lights a fire in the bedroom.

[Eddie]

That's one way. You knew it.

[Bobby Bones]

How about I just keep working and try to bfi?

[Scuba Steve]

So they come, they put out the fire, and he's like, man, I think it was electrical something, you know, there were sparks shooting out. So they go into the electrical box, turn some things off, put out the little fire, leave, leave. About an hour later, nine, one one, oh, there's another fire, man. Another fire.

[Bobby Bones]

I knew it.

[Morgan]

You want to get close.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, the problem is when you want to get close to somebody and you're doing something to get close to somebody, most the time, not a great idea if you're creating an event to get somebody to come to you. Unless that event is like a proposal.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's not a good idea. You gotta admit it.

[Bobby Bones]

Nope. Can't admit it. I'm not admitting anything. Nothing.

[Eddie]

I mean, it works.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep. Except.

[Scuba Steve]

Except he pleaded guilty to two counts of arson. Yeah, but they didn't put him in jail. They said you can't contact the fire department for one year.

[Eddie]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

So something's up.

[Eddie]

Oh, my gosh. But, like, what if one day there is a real fire now? He can't.

[Bobby Bones]

He cried wolf.

[Scuba Steve]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, something's he. That obviously. Yeah, he's not good. Okay, I'm Lunchbox.

[Scuba Steve]

That's your bonehead story of the day, Bones.

[Bobby Bones]

So this guy's at dinner and they say, would you like still or sparkling water? And he goes with sparkling. And when he drinks it, it starts to cause a burning pain in his mouth and it gets worse in his stomach. So they rush him to the hospital and they found his esophagus and his stomach were badly burned, appearing even black. But this is like a well known sparkling water. He drinks, it starts to like, kind of like. Oh. They say the water looked a bit yellow too. They're not sure. They're investigating this.

[Eddie]

Somebody spiked it with a burned serum.

[Bobby Bones]

I would just say acid instead. Like a syrup.

[Eddie]

I don't know, I was just thinking like a little vial of like something spicy.

[Bobby Bones]

All that's weird because one I. I look at my water. Unless the water is super clear, I ain't drinking it. Unless the glass is yellow to make me to hide the water. Because the water had a yellowish tint to it, they say, but I feel like the water is kind of like the toilet. When I'm done, I always look.

[Morgan]

Yeah, just double check.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I always look at the water. I look in the water, I make sure there's nothing floating. That sucks because it sounds like something. I wonder, any chance they grabbed the wrong bottle and it's cleaner?

[Eddie]

Yeah. I mean, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Or they just. They replace. Because we worked in the restaurant, it didn't matter what the brand was of, like, ketchup or mustard. You just filled it with whatever the cheap stuff is you ordered in bulk. Oh, so if they were, they replaced that with, like, cleaning solution instead of water into the bottle.

[Eddie]

Okay, well, back up. You're telling me if you had a Heinz ketchup bottle on a table, you'd fill it with whatever cheap stuff? No, I like the big one. Like, but still, everybody does that.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you buy. You buy the biggest bulk est and then you fill it.

[Eddie]

Okay. I would be able to know.

[Bobby Bones]

You wouldn't.

[Eddie]

Yes, honey. Is a very special.

[Bobby Bones]

Not one time in the history of me waiting tables did someone raise their hand and go, this is not Grey Poupon.

[Eddie]

Okay, well, they're not a ketchup connoisseur.

[Scuba Steve]

Oh, boy.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, the whole sparkling water story is weird. Just look at your water. Yeah, because he for sure drank something, so now it's, did someone try to kill him?

[Eddie]

Was he gonna date?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you go conspiracy on everything. Oh, wow.

[Morgan]

You think the date happens?

[Bobby Bones]

I'm thinking, because I've heard it a bunch of times where they accidentally serve the wrong liquid.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And Amy's like, yeah, someone trying to make. Someone did a vial. Yeah, that's from Oddity Central. We're done with the show today. Thank you guys for being here. Thanks for listening. We talked about donating organs. We talked about Brooks and Dunn when they became millionaires. It came in the form of a paper check, which is crazy to trust the postal service like that. We did the anonymous inbox where somebody guessed the baby sex and run the whole party. Go listen to the podcast. It's free. Just go search for the Bobby Bones show wherever you podcast. We're here tomorrow. We hope you guys are too. We'll see you then. Bye, everybody. Bobby Bones. Bobby Bone Show.

[Amy]

Every single day, we are given a choice. We can either bring heaven down or bring hell up. Welcome to Bring Heaven down, the podcast where faith meets everyday life and the presence of God becomes real right where you are. Each day on Bring Heaven down, we will dive into the truth of God's word. Because heaven isn't just a distant place, it's a promise we can carry into our homes, our work, our relationships, even our struggles. Listen to Bring Heaven down on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lunchbox]

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[Dan Flores]

Soap opera western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American west with Dan Flores is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network. So join me starting Tuesday, May 6, where we'll delve into stories of the west and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen to this the American west with Dan Flores on the iHeartRadio app, Apple.

[Amy]

Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

In 2020, a group of young women.

[Eddie]

Found themselves in an AI fueled nightmare.

[Bobby Bones]

Someone was posting photos. It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope about the.

[Eddie]

Rise of deep fake pornography and the battle to stop it.

[Abby]

Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple.

[Eddie]

Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm Clayton English.

[Morgan]

I'm Greg Lodd and this is season.

[Bobby Bones]

Two of the War on Drugs podcast. Last year a lot of the problems of the drug war.

[Morgan]

This year, a lot of the biggest.

[Bobby Bones]

Names in music and sports. This is kind of star studded a little bit, man. We met them at their homes.

[Morgan]

We met them at the the recording studios.

[Bobby Bones]

Stories matter and it brings a face to them. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real.

[Lunchbox]

Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs Podcast Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Bobby Bones]

You're listening to an iHeart podcast.