Clay Travis (2:52)

Go to PureTalk.com Clay and save an additional 50% off your first month. PureTalk Wireless. Worth bragging about. Welcome in our number three Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. Encourage you to find us everywhere podcast, on social media, on YouTube, where soon all three hours of the program will be going up on video. Not that I understand why, but you can find us on video there and you can find us on video all sorts of places. You can find me, you can find Buck. We're trying to get the word out wherever we can on as many different platforms as we can use to find people where they are. We are joined now, as we told you we would be, by comedian Adam Carolla, who did a show back in the day, the man show, which I think is long past due for a resumption because I think young men today would love this show even more than young men did when it was initially on 20 some odd years ago. Adam, you're still traveling. You are an unabashed, which is somewhat rare in Hollywood, person who is willing to publicly say, hey, you know, I'm a Republican, I tend to vote Republican and for Trump and things like that. I'm putting those words in your, in your mouth. But that is somewhat of a rarity. And you're also really good friends with Jimmy Kimmel and you guys have remained good friends for a very long time. So this story obviously can hit you from multiple different directions and appreciate you coming on. I know you've been on several times before. You listen to the show often. What do you think people should know about this situation and where do you expect it to go from here?

Adam Carolla (4:36)

Well, I mean, the first thing I think all Americans need to understand is a lot, there's a lot of people of the world on the planet and even in this, our own country that have real problems. You know, we sometimes get so caught up in what this millionaire is trying to do to what that billionaire. Everybody's going to land on their feet. You know, if Jimmy show never came back for another day, Jimmy would still be rich. He'd still be creating, he'd still be working. He'd go right on to whatever his next endeavor was. And whatever you think about Trump, he'll be playing golf this Sunday with other rich guys. So, you know, I think people need to get a little bit of the weight of the world kind of vibe, dispel that a little bit because Everybody in this story could be. Could be Trump, could be the fcc, could be Kimmel. Everyone's going to land on their feet and everyone's doing just fine. Now then we get into the implications part where we go, all right, well, everyone's still going to be rich and everyone's going to still be a homeowner. But, you know, what are the. What are the implications here? I've always kind of said people should be free to say whatever they want to say on tv, radio, podcasts, where have you, and then whoever pays them should also be free to fire them if they want. And.

Clay Travis (6:20)

I think we lost Jimmy there. I mean, I think we lost Adam talking about Jimmy there for a minute. We'll see if we can get him back with a better signal buck. In general, I think the proposition here that there is going to be some sort of major significant ripples or impact to Adam's point actually fades somewhat because no one's taking Jimmy's ability to speak away. And I think a lot of times when people say, oh, the First Amendment, in this day and age, it probably matters less to be on a platform than ever.

Buck Sexton (6:54)

Let me put this to you. Let me put this to you, Adam. I mean, I think that the. You're, you're right, obviously, in that Jimmy's rich. All these other people that we're talking about here, he's going to keep doing stuff no matter what, even if he's not on the show, that's fine. But I think that the reason that one is there was just the rawness of people still processing what had happened to Charlie Kirk. The worst political assassination in, I don't know, in living memory. And I think that that had a lot of people very upset and rattled. But in terms of the broader implications for corporate America, there has been, everyone's been saying, a vibe shift post Trump 2024, where it feels like companies are certainly more cautious about spitting in the face of half of the country. And I think specifically with Disney, people are looking at this like, does Disney realize that they're not untouchable as well from the consumer? I mean, how do you view that part of it?

Adam Carolla (7:50)

Yeah, the companies are going to go wherever the money is going, but sometimes they're like a battleship. It takes a while to turn around, you know, so we've been kind of talking about this stuff for eight years. They've been turning the battleship around for seven years, and they finally corrected course, you know, and, you know, it's something, of course, Michael Jordan knew all those years ago, which is Republicans buying Nikes as well. So Madison Avenue and. Or, you know, think about the kind of commercials you used to see four or five years ago, the mix race couples, the mixed race lesbian couple is driving the Subaru. And now you got Dana White as the voice of Dodge, and there's a guy doing donuts in the parking lot with a flag flying off the back of the Dodge Ram truck like it's turned around. I agree.

Clay Travis (8:48)

Where do you see this going? How does this play out? We're talking to Adam Carolla, longtime friend of Jimmy Kimmel. You know Jimmy well, if Disney comes to him and they say, hey, you've got to apologize and you've got to make a donation, that's one of the demands that's out there from one of the affiliate stations. Do you think the show comes back? Do you think Jimmy just says, you know what? I've done my, my duty on this show. I'm going to ride off into the sunset and do a new show. How do you think this plays out if you're analyzing the Disney and the Jimmy perspective?

Adam Carolla (9:21)

Well, knowing Jimmy like I do, he's not a big apologizer, which. But neither am I. And so you can go, well, that's not a good trade. And it's also. But it can be a noble trait. It's. I believe what I say. I mean, I get asked to apologize for stuff a lot, and I say no because I stand by what I said. Also, Jimmy does have quite a sense of responsibility to his employees, and I know he feels very sort of personally responsible for the families and all the people and the breadwinners and all the people that he employs. And so he is in a little bit of a quandary because he does feel very indebted to those people and feels like, you know, they have family and livelihoods, and he's a big part of that. And so it's a kind of a weird position, he said, because I don't think he's planning on apologizing. On the other hand, if the show goes away, there's a lot of people that are going to be out of jobs. And he feels responsible for those people.

Clay Travis (10:29)

Adam, you're a Trump guy. Jimmy's clearly not. Some people would say, how are you guys friends still to the extent that you are. How would you describe it? How would you respond to that?

Adam Carolla (10:42)

Well, you know, I think when there's a divorce, it's incumbent upon the parents to act responsibly in front of the kids. Right. So you'd like to make a Good example. And not trash mama or talk crap about papa, you know, in front of the kid. And I do feel a little bit, first off, we're friends, you know, we laugh, we talk about food, sports and make fun of people and talk about the old days and that kind of stuff. I, you know, politics is not, it's not like we ever did talk about politics, you know, and we never, we didn't, we just didn't begin to talk about politics. It's like, you know, it's like you guys have to not talk about politics. We never spoke about politics and we basically just didn't begin. But I think I feel like a little bit of a fiduciary duty to like, hey, listen, whether it's your daughter or your old comedy partner, just because you disagree politically doesn't mean you have to hate the person, not break bread with the person, not have dinner with the person. I mean, you don't have to ruin Thanksgiving because you guys have different political beliefs. And I feel the same way with friends and old, old comic partners.

Buck Sexton (12:04)

Do you feel like we're entering a new age, a revitalized age of comedy because comedians are able to be funny again? I guess that's a simplistic way of putting it. But they're allowed to make fun of the, the leftist cathedral a little bit. I mean, certainly with Biden's dementia and the COVID up and all these things now it feels, and with Trump winning, it feels like you can actually just make jokes without the same fear of cancellation. I mean, is this the best it's been in that world, in your memory, or is it a return to like the late 90s? How would you view the, the landscape right now for making jokes without fear of getting picketed and, you know, the, the Subaru drivers you mentioned before getting very angry at you, that sort of thing?

Adam Carolla (12:51)

Yeah, I think it's a, you know, salad days for comedy. And the best time for comedy is always going to be the freest time for comedy. So that'll be the best time for all artistic expression. You know, the best time for painters are going to be the freest time to paint or sculptors, poets, you know, writers, if you, like, you're looking over your shoulder and you're not going to be able to do your job as a comedian. And I always use the example of don't you go out to eat and you're with one of your buddies and you want a steak and a martini and you want to just kind of cut loose and you see a single woman sitting in the booth right next to yours. And you know she can hear every word you say. Well, you change the conversation. It's not as free a conversation with her there, you know what I mean? And if you're kind of looking over your shoulder when you're talking, it's never going to be the best version of what you're going to have to say.

Clay Travis (13:55)

We're talking to Adam Carolla. Last question for you. And we appreciate you calling in and giving us your. Your analysis here. You called in the last time I think we had you on because you're. You found out your house survived the awful fires in Los Angeles. I've seen you post a couple of times since you also used to work in Construction. Scale of 1 to 10. How is the city of Los Angeles and the state of California doing in allowing people to rebuild who lost everything in those LA fires? What are you seeing on the ground? You got the construction background and you've got a home that survived but was in the midst of much of the destruction.

Adam Carolla (14:38)

Yeah. I have a blog@adamferla.com and you can just. People can keep up with it and watch. You know, I chronicle the whole thing. In terms of Malibu, the answer would be zero. There is zero building, and I go up and down Pacific coast highway every day. My head is on a swivel. I know what a lumber truck looks like. I know what caisson rigs look like. I know when guys are out there shooting elevations with a transit like, I understand what it's like to prepare a site to build on. There is 100% zero work going on in Malibu. There's a little bit in the Palisades, not much, but Malibu is a big fat zero burger. And I think Altadena is pretty much a zero burger as well. And it's permit, it's red tape. It's Coastal Commission city, it's the city council, it's all the above. But it's what I predicted from my hotel room the following morning after the fire. You guys have no idea what you're in for because you're not going to get permits and the city is not going to be helpful.

Clay Travis (15:50)

One last question. I know I don't think you've told this story, Adam, but since it ties in with the fires when you graduated high school, you thought, hey, maybe I'll be an LA fireman. And you went and applied. And then when you finally got a callback, how long did it take? And there's been a lot of discussion about dei. What was your experience in that?

Adam Carolla (16:12)

Well, I was a poor kid who wasn't going to college and came from a poor family and really didn't have anything going on in my life. And the job market was bad and the economy was bad. This is the mid. Mid, early 80s. And I literally just walked to the North Hollywood Fire Department because it would have been a perfect job for a guy like me. I played football. I was pretty strong. I was kind of not scared of stuff, and I would have been a good fireman. And so I just walked in off the street and I just said, can I sign up to be a fireman? And the guy said, yeah, fill this out. And I handed it back to him. And he said, but don't hold your breath. And I said, why? And he said, it's going to be a while. We're not really hiring white guys right now. And I thought, yeah, all right. I just handed him the paper. And then I got on with my life. And years went by and I was driving a truck and working on construction sites and swinging a hammer. And at some point my dad showed up. I was having lunch with him, and he gave me an envelope from the LA Fire Department because it was his address. I wrote on the pamphlet on the piece of paper because I was living with my dad at the time. It was so long ago. And they. I had a test date and I said, hell, I'll take the test. It's been seven years. And I went to go take the test and I was standing in line and I was asking everyone when they signed up, and I talked to a young black woman behind me and I said, when did you sign up to take this test? Because it's been seven years for me. And she said, Tuesday.

Clay Travis (17:48)

Oh, my God. That is an unbelievable. So you had to wait seven years to take the test to be an LA fireman? Black woman in line with you signed up and got the test that week. Yeah, it's amazing. Adam, we appreciate the time. I know you're a busy guy and thanks for calling us up.

Adam Carolla (18:09)

Thanks for having me, guys. Always appreciate it.

Buck Sexton (18:12)

Anytime.

Clay Travis (18:12)

It's Adam Carolla. That's a crazy story. I think really kind of goes to the essence. Seven years to become an LA fireman. If you're a white guy, black woman, that week she gets to take the test. I bet. Also, Buck, the tests probably are scored differently. Just going to toss it out there. I bet you don't have to get the same scores, but you're not even held even on that test back in those days. Want to tell you prize picks we won. We won again. 2 out of 3 weeks. Cha Ching. Cha Ching. I'll give you a pick on Thursday for the NFL action that is going on. You can play along with us. California where you just heard Adam Carolla call in from in Texas, in Georgia, down in Florida where Buck is. In Tennessee where I am. You can play in 40 plus states. You get $50 when you play. $5. This is an advertisement. It's a lot of fun. You can play along or you can think. Clay Travis has no idea what he's talking about. You can take the exact opposite. All you have to do is pick more or less. You can also make your own picks again. Three weeks. Two winners nearly won. Three out of three weeks.

Adam Carolla (19:14)

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Buck Sexton (23:11)

All right, welcome back in here to Clay and Buck. They're. They're weighing in over at the View. We can get to that in a little bit. But they're very upset about the government abusing its power to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air. The government didn't do anything. This is made very clear by the fact that we all believe that the ABC is going to bring him back. So. And I also think that they did this intentionally in order to help Jimmy Kimmel actually protect him from himself. Over at Disney. Madam Wisconsin wants to weigh in on that law enforcement discrimination conversation real quick. Go for it, Matt.

Adam Carolla (23:44)

First time caller, Adam Carolly did a great job. I am such a huge fan of his. But what he told you about the we call it preference points here in Wisconsin and about 20 years ago after I graduated with a police law degree, I wrote an exam for our state police and got a 94% very good score. But I got surpassed by somebody who was a minority female with a disability who wrote in 87. But after getting all their preference points, they pushed to 95 or 96 and it was just enough to put them ahead of me to proceed on with the interview process. So this has been going on for about 20 years. I used to basically reverse racism. I always thought it was wrong, but if you brought it up, you know you were shunned. But I was telling your call screener it was kind of a blessing in disguise because I actually am not utilizing my college degree. But I soon after started my own business. I'm 17 years in and I do professional animal handling and control.

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Clay Travis (25:30)

Welcome back in Clay Travis, Buck Sexton show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We got a bunch of different clips, clips that I want to make sure that we get to, to kind of update you on how everything is going out there. And I've sent a couple in. Let me pull them up to see exactly what's going on here. I wanted to first play a clip of Harry Enton. We are not that far away, one year away from the election taking place in the midterms. And Here is what CNN's Harry Enton says Republicans are advantaged by. Let's listen to that cut.

Adam Carolla (26:10)

What are we seeing, you know, Donald Trump being underwater, Democrats and all this guarantees us we're going to fly high in the midterms. Let me tell you, this guarantees you nothing. Nothing. Because at this particular point, the Democrats are the New Orleans Saints of political parties. What are we talking about? Trust the Dems or gop? More on the economy. Who leads on the economy? Republicans by 7. Immigration, Republicans by. By 13. How about crime? A big issue for Donald Trump and the Republicans. Look at that. Lead by 22 points. So the bottom line is this. At this particular point, the ball may be on the ground, but the Democrats have not picked up the ball running with it. If anything, at this particular point, it's the Republicans who are running with the ball on the top issues, the economy, immigration, and crime.

Clay Travis (26:51)

Okay, so that is out there worth paying attention to. As we said, about 14 months away from the midterms taking place. I also wanted to play this because, Buck, you talked about it, and there was the report from Mary Margaret Olahan at the Daily Wire came out on Friday afternoon that the individual who tried to kill Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh in the Washington, D.C. area, this would be assassin, was motivated by the fact that he wanted to overturn the overturning of Roe v. Wade. That is, he wanted to kill a justice. While this is so important, and I. I feel like it's totally been snowed under. You mentioned it. We still have no idea who specifically leaked this opinion, but the goal was to put pressure on Republicans and potentially meaning Republican appointees on the court and potentially get one of these individuals killed. Remember, Democrats had control of the Senate and they had control of the White House. So if the Brett Kavanaugh assassin had succeeded. This was a draft opinion. It doesn't become law until there is actually the release of the opinion. So if you kill a Supreme Court justice, you get a new one appointed. The outcome of this case could have potentially been changed based on Assassin goals. And I believe we have audio of. Somebody will share me the number. But that was just discussed by the White House press briefing with Caroline Levitt, 34. Let's play that, and then I'll get you to react as well.

Adam Carolla (28:30)

Buck, Charlie's killer lived with his boyfriend who identifies as transgender. And then we have the Annunciation shooting, the Covenant shooting, all of these incidents.

Commercial Announcer 1 (28:38)

The president said that we're looking into transgender violence.

Adam Carolla (28:40)

Does that mean the FBI is looking into it? And can you give any more clarity.

Commercial Announcer 1 (28:44)

On how the administration is viewing this uptake in specifically transgender violence?

Adam Carolla (28:49)

It's definitely something worth looking into. And I think anyone who denies that at this point is being willfully ignorant and the administration is taking it seriously. All causes of violence and why these people would be driven to such evil and such hatred. And there's probably many answers to that question, but the administration is really focused on all of them for individual investigations and cases. Of course, the FBI and the Department of Justice are leading those.

Clay Travis (29:15)

Okay, so this would be assassin, also trans. So, Buck, you just heard that question. The extent the audio wasn't great. Minneapolis trans shooter. Nashville trans shooter. The would be Brett Kavanaugh, assassin, trans shooter. And the person who just assassinated Charlie Kirk. Living with a trans person and motivated in some way by trans related issues. Seems kind of like a significant trend just in the last year of outrageous levels of trans violence.

Buck Sexton (29:48)

Well, you have people who are disproportionately in, let's just say, in need of mental health assistance.

Adam Carolla (29:58)

That's.

Buck Sexton (29:58)

That's part one of this. It used to be that transgenderism was considered something that alone was grounds for serious mental health treatment. And now we've reached an era where there has to be not only affirmation of it, but celebration of it. And if you don't go along with that, as we have seen in the press for years now, there are these really wild claims about, like trans genocide, you know, the effort, Clay, just to stop the surgeries and hormone giving. It's mostly hormone giving, but sometimes surgery too. And these clinics that are doing this in places around the country that has been responded to by the pro trans community with complete outrage, like the notion that you wouldn't want a 12 year old or a 14 year old to start taking puberty blockers. They can't answer these questions like what are the long term studies on? First of all, will this make this person actually feel better? Long term studies on that, if you really look at it, very poor. What are the long term health implications of this? Very poorly understood.

Adam Carolla (31:08)

And.

Buck Sexton (31:09)

And yet they push all of this and they still don't really know what to say about. I mean, here, this is cut 20. Clay, this is Abigail Spanberger, who's supposed to be the great moderate hope of the Democrat party in Virginia, right? The sort of a throwback. Mostly, I think she's just boring and doesn't really stand for anything. That's their version of a moderate. Here she is saying, well, I'll let you listen to her on the trans issue. Play 20.

Clay Travis (31:37)

Do you support biological males who say they're women using women's locker rooms and bathrooms and competing in women's sports?

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Well, the circumstance, as this legal case plays out is really one of.

Adam Carolla (31:49)

We've had court cases settled or judged.

Commercial Announcer 1 (31:53)

Here in Virginia in the 4th district, the former Gavin Grimm case related to bathroom usage.

Adam Carolla (31:59)

And in fact, the argument is, the assessment is there needs to be much clearer guidance in terms of what is an executive orders binding assessment of Title 9 versus what has been a decision of a court.

Clay Travis (32:13)

But do you personally support these policies?

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Do you personally support them?

Adam Carolla (32:18)

Do you support these locker room or bathroom policies? Congresswoman, why can't you answer this question directly? Let's go. Congresswoman. Congresswoman, do you support these bathroom and locker room.

Buck Sexton (32:31)

Thank you.

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Why can't you answer these questions directly?

Buck Sexton (32:34)

We know why and she won't and I'm dizzy from her answer. That was, that was a remarkable series of, of just non sequiturs and, and spewing nonsense.

Clay Travis (32:46)

This is what media should do. I don't know, guys, can you give me the guy's name who asked that question? There's no reason to be a media figure if you're going to ask questions that no one wants to know the answer to. And sometimes the non answer is more revealing than an actual answer would be. This is how broken the Democrat Party is. If you ask me, should men be able to compete in women's sports? I would say of course not. 99% of you listening to us right now, heck, it may be 100% would say, no doubt. What does it say about the Democrat Party that that answer, which is all just gobbledygook and designed to distract from the question itself, is basically the standard tenet. By the way, give him credit. I don't know what, what else he's ever done. So I'm not endorsing everything he's ever done. Uh, I always feel like you need to say that, but that is WJLATV reporter Nick Minoc. So that's the person who followed up. That's the person asking this question to me. If I lived in Virginia, this would be enough for me to vote single handedly against Abigail Spanberger. I don't know anything else about her positions, but if you will not honestly tell me what you believe on this issue, how can I trust you on anything? That's why I think this issue of men and women's sports is such a crucible marker. Because if you'll lie to me about this, I can't trust you on anything else.

Buck Sexton (34:15)

Well, this is also where Democrats find themselves as we're going to be getting ready for a midterm election here, constantly playing the game of, well, I'm not one of those Democrats. I'm, I'm some other Democrat. I'm not one of the open borders trans guys in your daughter's locker room. Go down the list of all these things. Notice how I just want to point this out. When was the last time you heard anybody talk about climate change? Just to give you a sense of what a absolutely manufactured delusion book plug climate change is. It was Clay Obama gave a speech at, I think it was the Coast Guard Academy. He said the biggest national security threat we face is climate change. This was a. And I understand right now you're like, buck, why are you even wasting our time? Who cares about climate change? Exactly. A few years ago it was the biggest thing that we all had to be so worried about. Now it's absolutely nothing. Democrats are in the party is insane. Their ideas make no sense. And here you have Chuck Schumer who's one of the, a perfect example of this. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and these others exist to pretend the Democrat Party today isn't what it really is to fool older voters who just don't know where is. Where is Schumer On Mamdani. Clay, here you go. Listen to this. Play 17, please.

Adam Carolla (35:40)

There are two key questions here that you haven't answered.

Clay Travis (35:43)

One is will you ever endorse him.

Adam Carolla (35:45)

And to what do you need from him to get your endorsement? Okay, well, first of all, you know I know him.

Buck Sexton (35:52)

We've had a good relationship in the.

Adam Carolla (35:54)

Past and we had a good meeting two weeks ago, a very long meeting with a lot of serious questions. And all I can tell you is I'm going to continue talking to him. What's the hold up? I got to continue talking to him. And that's what I'm going to do is part of the calculus that if.

Clay Travis (36:09)

You endorse a Democratic socialist, you're worried.

Adam Carolla (36:12)

It will be damaging to your party, maybe even your chances of winning back the Senate. I'm going to continue talking to him, Dana. You can ask me again.

Buck Sexton (36:21)

I mean, CNN actually doing real journalism. For a second there, I was shocked by it. But that's legitimate. And she can see, Clay. We can all see it. The whole game here is people like Schumer who have been in this game forever. They are at the top of the Democrat power structure. But they have to tell the general public that the Democrats are something other than what they are. Especially this up and coming generation of lunatics.

Adam Carolla (36:46)

Yeah.

Clay Travis (36:47)

And this is why I've said, sorry, New York. Maybe Mom, Donnie just is an Awful mayor for you. But I think that the premise of her question is accurate and so is the response of Chuck Schumer by trying to dodge it. He's terrified that Mom, Donnie Mamdani and AOC are going to be seen as the face of the Democrat Party in the midterms because overwhelming majorities of Americans, I think will reject them. And that's why he's trying to dodge the question. But even CNN now is on and starting to ask a little bit, at least basic questions that, that they're afraid to answer. Somebody's afraid to answer a question. It's a story.

Buck Sexton (37:28)

It's all about, you know, boiling the frog slowly. AOC is a democratic socialist. Bernie Sanders a democratic socialist. They just, they want to wait and wait so that people, you know, don't really understand what's going on and who's really calling the shots and what kind of policies they really want to do. He just doesn't want to say it out loud. He doesn't want to tell people the truth. Chuck Schumer, about the direction. I don't think the Mamdaniism Clay is some fringe thing. Democrats are going to walk. I think that's what the Democrat Party is. Well, Chuck Schumer's just there to lie about that.

Clay Travis (37:59)

And I think that's certainly what AOC believes, which is why I know you talked about this on Friday, Axios reported she's going to run for president probably. I think she's definitely going to run for president. And I think she sees herself as the heir to the Bernie Sanders left of the party. And you can see that with the way that she's been handling the attacking the oligarchy tour when this is all very funny. They only traveled via private plane and reports are AOC stayed in a thousand dollar a night hotel rooms. I just some of this stuff like I bet that no one listening to us right now, hardly. There may be some billionaires out there that have stayed in a thousand dollar a night hotel rooms and there is just no way that all you had to do was just fly commercial first class. You can fly first class and just stay in normal hotel rooms. They want to live like oligarchs, but they want to live like oligarchs while being members of Congress and the Senate. Right. They want all of the benefits that come with making a lot of money without having made the money themselves. Instead they want the taxpayer to fund it or their donors to fund it. And that's the story of these people. Remember tax the rich. When AOC showed up at the $50,000 per ticket met Gala in her white Tax the rich dress. I mean, these people are such frauds. This coming weekend, New York City Tunnel the Towers foundation having their annual tunnel of towers 5k run and walk held each year on the last Sunday of September. What began with 1500 people in 2002 now considered one of the top 5k runs in the country, drawing 40,000 people last year, it retraces firefighter Stephen Siller's final footsteps. That day, after abandoning his car, he ran with 60 pounds of gear from the foot of the Battery Tunnel to the Twin Towers. He never made it out. The 5K pays homage to the 343 FDNY firefighters, law enforcement officers and thousands of civilians who lost their lives on 9 11. Proceeds from the event support the Foundation's programs, including those benefiting first responders, catastrophically injured service members and more. Producer Ali and Cash Patel have done this event, said it's one of the most powerful and moving 5Ks they've ever participated in. When you come out of the tunnel, there are firefighters service members lining the road holding photos of all those we lost. To learn more about the event, go to t2t.org you can also do what Buck and I do. Donate $11 a month to tunnel the towers at t2t.org that's t the number two t.org making America great again isn't just one man, it's many. The Team 47 podcast Sundays at noon Eastern in the Clay and Buck Podcast feed. Find it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Buck Sexton (44:27)

Illustrated Tickets Closing up shop today on Clay and Buck. Thanks for being here with us. We have a lot that we're going to be diving into this week. Actually have interesting announcement for you where I'll be next week, but I'll hold off on that for a couple of days here. Try to leave you in a little bit of suspense, but we've got Clay and I because there's two of us can cover a lot of ground here in this country and even globally. And so I've got some interesting plans in the mix. What we call a tease in the business. And I'll be telling you about those. But you'll be in Clay's capable radio hands all of next week. I will be on, I'll be working, but kind of on a, on a, in a different way. I don't put that it's undercover assignment.

Clay Travis (45:11)

I think that's fair to say.

Buck Sexton (45:12)

There you go. Yeah, I'm doing some, doing some interesting stuff abroad. So we will get into all of that, all those details coming up this week. And let's take caller Greg in Dalton, Georgia. What's going on, Greg?

Adam Carolla (45:26)

Hi, guys. I have a solution for the whole late night debacle. Jimmy's, you know, on on probation. Colbert is on the way out. Bring back Conan o'. Brien.

Clay Travis (45:44)

Thank you for the suggestion. Conan's politics are no different than those guys.

Buck Sexton (45:48)

Yeah, Conan's the Conan hates eats all MAGA as well, unfortunately.

Clay Travis (45:53)

I mean, my suggestion would be if you truly want to see if nonpartisan, try to appeal to everyone. Late night comedy can. Look, I've seen this before. Nate Bargazzi is the biggest comedian in America right now. He's selling out stadiums, he's selling out arenas. If he can't do it, it doesn't work. So if I were doing late night television and you said, hey, who's a comedian? That is not partisan, that is not political, that's trying to appeal to every single person, Democrat, Republican, independent, I would try Nate Bargazi. And I'm not sure that would work because again, Buck, one of the issues structurally is podcasts have taken over long form celebrity conversation to a large extent and places like Netflix have taken over comedy specials. So how much demand is there for the late night shows?

Buck Sexton (46:45)

Well, also the ability of TV executives to end your career on a whim. No, actually, that's not how it works anymore. You're talented and you have an audience. Plenty of places for you to go to work your craft.

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Buck Sexton (49:00)

What is it that makes the all.

Clay Travis (49:02)

New Hyundai Palisade Hybrid an incredible suv? Is it the spacious interior that's comfy.

Adam Carolla (49:07)

For the whole crew or the capability to go off road?

Clay Travis (49:11)

Maybe it's up to 600 plus miles of range?

Adam Carolla (49:15)

What if it's all of that and more?

Clay Travis (49:17)

What is it then?

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The all new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid?

Clay Travis (49:22)

So much more than just another SUV. Visit HyundaiUSA.com or call 562-314-4603 for more details. America is changing and so is the world. But what's happening in America isn't just a cause of global upheaval.

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It's also a symptom of disruption that's happening everywhere.

Clay Travis (49:42)

I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, dc. I'm Tristan Redman in London and this is the Global Story.

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Every weekday we'll bring you a story from this intersection where the world and America meet.

Clay Travis (49:54)

Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Adam Carolla (50:00)

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