Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck - Sep 14 2025

Summary

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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show: Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck

Episode Date: September 14, 2025
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

The September 14, 2025, "Sunday Hang" episode features Clay Travis and Buck Sexton in a lighthearted, freewheeling conversation, fielding listener messages and talkbacks while riffing on cultural quirks, parenthood, and facial hair debates. With their signature mix of humor and straight talk, Clay and Buck dig into topics like parenting etiquette, the politics of beards, regional stereotypes, and the eclectic make-up of their audience. The episode steers clear of hard news, instead favoring banter and audience engagement, perfect for a relaxed Sunday.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Parenting and Air Travel

• Buck’s Baby on a Plane: Buck recounts a recent trip with his infant son, proudly noting how well the baby behaved during the flight.
  • Quote (Buck Sexton, 03:26):
    “For years I was the grumpy person who said, hey, don't bring your crying baby to dinner. Don't bring a screaming baby to a place where people are trying to relax... Now I do. And guess what? He behaves.”
• Clay's Prediction: Clay teases Buck, suggesting his easy streak won't last.
  • Quote (Clay Travis, 04:17):
    “At some point... you're going to have a hellish travel experience, and you are going to pay penance for all of your past judgments…”

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2. Listener Talkbacks: From Boobs to Strip Clubs

• Boob Sculpture Double Entendre: Listener Madeline from Harrisburg brings up a Greenlandic sculpture, leading to playful interpretations of the word “boob.”
  • Quote (Clay Travis, 05:25):
    “A boob is also someone who is not particularly witty or with it. Right. A bit of a dullard... Was that a subtle double entendre?”
  • Buck zings, “It’s like that talkback was a booby trap.” (05:56)
• Audience Diversity: The duo revels in the eclectic backgrounds of their audience:
  • Quote (Buck Sexton, 06:29):
    “We have quite a range here in our beloved audience from pastors and Sunday school teachers all the way over to strip club proprietors.”
• Nashville vs. Tampa: Clay and Buck swap trivia about cities with the most churches and strip clubs, blending cultural observation with tongue-in-cheek self-awareness.

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3. Names and Family Legacy

• Speed as a Middle Name: Listener June asks about Buck's son's nickname, prompting Buck to reveal its historical roots.
  • Quote (Buck Sexton, 07:33):
    “It is his name on his birth certificate. It’s a family name… James Speed was Abraham Lincoln’s attorney general and is a direct relative of that paternal grandmother family line straight back.”
• Buck expresses pride and amusement at the genealogical legacy, mentioning both James and Joshua Speed (08:02).

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4. Facial Hair: The Great Beard Debate

• Listener Calls & Email Feedback: Discussions around beards become a central theme, with listeners weighing in on Clay’s appearance and the politics of facial hair.
  • Quote (Clay Travis, 10:13):
    “My wife said, ‘No, just put it back on.’ I've had a beard for 23 years… Now that my beard is going white, I am noticing how many of you out there… are dying your beards… Nobody buys it.”
• Aging & Male Grooming: The hosts swap theories on why beards gray before scalp hair, inviting listener expertise (11:05).

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5. Feats of Strength, Disprovals, and Serving Up Stats

• Tennis Serve Bet: Clay discusses his tennis serve, having just purchased a speed gun to settle a bet over whether he can serve over 100mph.
  • Quote (Buck Sexton, 11:49):
    “I bought a speed gun just now… The bet is, can I get it over 100 miles an hour?”
  • Clay confirms the purchase mid-show, promising proof soon and teasing doubters (12:14).

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6. More Listener Engagement and Humor

• MSNBC Criticism: Clay addresses MSNBC criticisms directed at him, turning it into a point of pride.
  • Quote (Clay Travis, 16:18):
    “If I wasn't already listening, I would be like, wow, this guy really has something to say.”
• Beard Loyalty Call: Sandy calls in to defend beards, sharing how her husband’s 1972 beard shave is still a sore subject.
  • Quote (Sandy, 18:29):
    “Everyone who can grow a beard who has the correct chromosomes for it should grow it.”

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Memorable Moments & Quotes with Timestamps

• Buck’s pride as a dad: “He just slept on my lap like the little angel he is. I'm sorry, folks. Just facts.” (03:26)
• Clay’s beard wisdom: “There's no way that you're 65 and you have a midnight black beard. Nobody buys it.” (10:13)
• On listener diversity: “From pastors and Sunday school teachers all the way over to strip club proprietors...” (06:29)
• Family name history: “James Speed was Abraham Lincoln’s attorney general and is a direct relative...” (07:33)
• Listener Sandy's advice: “Everyone who can grow a beard who has the correct chromosomes for it should grow it.” (18:29)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:26: Buck on being a parent traveling by plane, and Clay predicts future parenting woes.
• 04:49: Listener Madeline's double entendre “boob” talkback.
• 06:15: Email about Kamala not running and strip club diversity.
• 07:22: Listener June’s question about Buck’s son’s “Speed” nickname.
• 10:13: Clay ponders the fate of his beard and beard color as men age.
• 11:49: Buck announces purchase of a speed gun for tennis bet.
• 15:57: Listener response to MSNBC criticisms.
• 16:58: Listener Sandy calls in to encourage keeping the beard.

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Tone and Style

The episode is lighthearted and conversational, with the hosts demonstrating their trademark blend of humor, irreverence, and genuine rapport with listeners. The open format allows for playful tangents and audience participation, emphasizing community and relatability over hard-edged debate. Clay and Buck’s signature banter and mutual ribbing are prevalent throughout, making this episode a relaxed Sunday companion for fans.

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Transcript

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[Clay Travis]

And nothing in between. Fuel your [e-mail] Bold, reverent, and occasionally random. The Sunday Hang with Clay and Buck podcast starts now. How would you assess New York City? You hadn't been back to New York City in a while. We know they have the big mayor race coming up. You were up there. First of all, your son was an angel on the flight, so you still have not had to deal with screaming baby on an airplane yet.

[Buck Sexton]

This is going to make me unpopular with some people because for years I was the grumpy person who said, hey, don't bring your crying baby to dinner. Don't bring like a screaming baby to a place where people are trying to relax. And they say, just wait till you have your child. Oh, now I do. And guess what? He behaves. Or if he's fussy, I or Carrie will take him and remove him to a place where he's not. Particularly in restaurants I've been, people say, just wait till you have a kid. No, I actually do not let my baby ruin everyone else's dinner. Believe it or not, I don't know who these people are who thought that I was going to learn some tough life lesson. Everyone just came over, talked about how cute the baby was and how they didn't even know he was on the plane because he just slept on my lap like the little angel he is. I'm sorry, folks. Just facts. You know, people can get mad at.

[Clay Travis]

Me at some point. I'm going to be on the record here. You're going to have a hellish travel experience and you are going to pay penance for all of your past judgments of parents on airplane flights.

[Buck Sexton]

People are, you know, there's, there's, they're talking a big game with this so far. I'm now walking the walk and talking the talk. And you could keep your kids in line. I'm just saying you could keep your kids in line.

[Clay Travis]

Everybody, Sunday sizzle with Clay and Buck.

[Buck Sexton]

Madeline from Harrisburg. Penns play it.

[Sandy]

Hi, guys. There's something I wanted to share with you since boobs are back in the news. We were lucky enough to just return from a trip that included a stop in Korkator, Greenland, and one of the sculptures in that village, a stone sculpture in the fisherman's Wharf is of Abub, and it's named the most beautiful thing. It was done by an artist who did sculptures all over the village. Somehow, when I heard this from the tour guide, I immediately thought of Clay Travis. Can't imagine why.

[Buck Sexton]

Aww, that's nice. But what, like, I'm not sure I see that you're the boob expert here. Like, you know, we. We all appreciate the female form.

[Clay Travis]

Clay is. Well, there's a. There's a double double entendre there going on too, because a boob is also someone who is not particularly witty or with it. Right. A bit of a dullard. So I kind of wonder if Madeline was also undercutting me a little bit there because, yes, there's the physical object, but also someone is a boob if they are not particularly, you know, with it, so to speak. So I don't know. Was that a subtle. A subtle double entendre that she was.

[Buck Sexton]

It's like that talkback. It's like that talkback was a booby trap.

[Clay Travis]

There you go. By the way, got the VIP email from Keith. He says Clay's wrong about Kamala running again. The big liberal donors want nothing to do with her. So he agrees with you there. However, this is a heck of a pivot in this email. I don't even know if you've seen this yet.

[Buck Sexton]

No, I have.

[Clay Travis]

Clay was right. Clay was right about diversity in strip clubs.

[Buck Sexton]

What is.

[Clay Travis]

What a pivot. What a pivot from Keith. Just covering all the bases. They're covering all the ground.

[Buck Sexton]

I love that this show.

[Clay Travis]

We really.

[Buck Sexton]

We have. We have quite a range here in our beloved audience from. From pastors and Sunday school teachers all the way over to strip club proprietors. You know, we got a whole range of people who listen, and this might be welcome.

[Clay Travis]

This might be a good example of me being from Nashville because there was a time, I don't know if it's still true, where Nashville had the most churches and strip clubs per capita of any city in America.

[Buck Sexton]

I think Tampa has the most strip clubs per capita. Now, don't ask me why. I know that. I've really never been to.

[Clay Travis]

I would. I actually think that's probably true. They probably don't have the same number of churches as. As Nashville. But yeah, you could sit on Saturday and then you could make it all up on Sunday. Very eas. Sometimes side by side.

[Buck Sexton]

Good heavens, Clay. Podcast listener June, KK Talk Back. Hit it.

[Asma Khalid]

This nickname for your beautiful baby boy, Speed. Is there a story behind that? I know we all have Nicknames for our children. And just wondering if there's a story behind the Speed.

[Buck Sexton]

Hey, June. It's actually not a nickname. It is his middle name. It is his name on his birth certificate. It's a family name. It is my Grant, my paternal grandmother's maiden name. And if you know the Speed museum in Kentucky, it is that same family. In fact, Clay, I just had a genealogist based in Franklin do an official all the way back to the 17th century family tree.

[Clay Travis]

That's very cool.

[Buck Sexton]

And James Speed was Abraham Lincoln's attorney general and is a direct relative of that paternal grandmother family line straight back. So that is where the. That is where the Speed name comes from. As well as Joshua Speed, who is a good friend of Abraham Lincoln. So it's a family name. Straight up family name. There you go. It's. It's my dad's middle name. Everyone calls my dad Speed. So we have Speed the elder and Speed the younger.

[Clay Travis]

Now that's awesome. And, and if you missed it earlier, we had a special baby drop in. You can see it on video if you go subscribe to the YouTube channel. Three and a half month old baby boy visiting and starting to show a little bit of. For people out there who've been through the baby business for several months, you don't necessarily get a lot this. You're starting to get a little bit of a feedback here, which is those of you out there raise babies. He.

[Buck Sexton]

He's laughing and giggling all the time now. Baby giggles are the. Are really the greatest, absolute best thing in the world.

[Clay Travis]

Sunday drop with Clay and Buck. The talkbacks are phenomenal from you guys. Relating to yesterday's show, I'm sure from today's show also. But my buddy Gary, who told me that I had the beard of a homeless man after we talked about him. First of all, he's a big fan, so I appreciate him. Still listening. He said, clay, I listened to your show today as I do most days. My wife and I enjoy your show tremendously. You were discussing the email regarding your homeless appearance. That was my email. Sorry about that, but I couldn't resist. Please shave the beard. My wife and I lived in middle Tennessee for a number of years. We love the area. Maybe we will see you down the road if you will speak to me. Gary. Smiley face. Louisville. So. So Gary, who has gone from. I don't know. I don't. I've shaved the beard before and my wife said no, just put it back on. I've had a beard for 23 years, so that's a long time to have a beard. So I, I. You know, I remember when I was a kid, you ever go on vacation and you get your dad to not shave and see if he can grow a beard, and you think it's kind of a fun thing. I imagine that kids today still. I took the beard off on a vacation. I was like, okay, I'm going to do the reverse. And my kids were like, no, no, no. And Laura was like, yeah, really? You need to grow the beard back. So I think I need to cover up as much of my face as possible is the big takeaway here, Gary. Although I will say, now that my beard is going white, I am noticing how many of you out there are. I don't know why beards go white before the hair, but a lot of you out there are dying your beards, and I just got to call you out, because now that I'm getting into my upper 40s, there's no way that you're 65 and you have a midnight black beard. Nobody buys it. You're. You're out there doing the. The painting of the beard. I don't even know how you dye your hair. I've never done it so far. But I don't know what I'm gonna do when I've got the full white beard and still the dark hair. That's kind of a weird look. I don't even know biologically why that would happen. Somebody out there is probably an expert and can explain this. Have you noticed that, Buck, your beard goes gray for almost all men before your hair does? What would make. Why would that make sense? I mean, I know the beard hair is shorter, so maybe it's getting replaced more frequently, but it doesn't make sense to me that that would happen first. These are kind of things I sit around and think about. I used to think that I'd have.

[Buck Sexton]

To sort of cut out, like, little bits of the gray. Now I just go with the gray. You've got a nice. You've got, like, a silver fox thing on the chin going there, buddy. So you just got to lean into it. I'm just going to say this because there's a lot of doubters out there still. Oh, yeah, a lot of doubters.

[Clay Travis]

Big.

[Buck Sexton]

I bought a speed gun just now. I just spent $200 on a speed gun. Now, I want to be clear. I just posted the first serve that I hit yesterday on a video. The bet is, can I get it over 100 miles an hour? I want to be clear about this. Can I get it over 100 miles an hour in the box Serve Gun video you will have an answer and I'm paying attention to all of the doubters here. You will have a video answer with speed gun by Monday.

[Clay Travis]

You just bought the speed gun during the break during the commercial break you.

[Buck Sexton]

Just bought a $200 tennis serve speed gun. Some of you gonna be eating your words and my serve.

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[Clay Travis]

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[Clay Travis]

Yeah, here we are in Pennsylvania. I just want to comment on your MSNBC comment that were made about you. Man, that sounds like a plug for your show. If I wasn't already listening, I would be like, wow, this guy really has something to say.

[Buck Sexton]

Knows what he's talking about.

[Clay Travis]

Keep up the good work.

[Buck Sexton]

There you go, Clay.

[Clay Travis]

That helps. And if you missed it on msnbc, they were ripping me for being in favor of less people being killed and said that that was because of my machismo, which I do appreciate the use of the word machismo because it makes me think that, you know, I should be a Starface scar face character walking around with like three buttons undone and a big gold chain. I don't have a lot of chest hair, but maybe I could dress up like that for Halloween. We've got so many great talkbacks. By the way, I was looking at these coming into the show. Where do we want to go into next? Well, Sandy is calling in Sandy and what you got for us.

[Sandy]

Bridge? You to keep the beard because my husband shaved his beard in 1972 on Mother's Day and I have not let him forget it to this day. I love his beard. I'm sure your wife loves your beard. Don't listen to the foolish suggestions.

[Clay Travis]

Why do you think? Sandy, I appreciate you calling in to defend the honor of my beard. Why do you think your husband in 1972 decided to shave his beard on Mother's Day?

[Sandy]

I do not know. He doesn't even know, God bless him. He just thought, well, I'll shave my beard. And he did.

[Clay Travis]

And he thought that was some sort of present for you. That was like, hey, it's Mother's Day, you're gonna get a clean shaven husband.

[Sandy]

I don't think his brain even went there. And I don't think he realized how much I loved his beard. But I think he knew I liked it. But I don't think he knew how beautiful he looks to me with his beard to this day. And oh, by the way, I found out today, listening to your, that men's hair, beards turn white early. My husband's in his late 70s. He's still got blonde hair, but his beard is white.

[Buck Sexton]

And I always come to Sandy. Excuse me, excuse me, Sandy in Texas, you know, what about my beard? You know, like, should I keep my beard? You seem very, very set on beards here. Can I get a.

[Sandy]

Everyone who can grow a beard who has the correct chromosomes for it should grow it.

[Clay Travis]

Thank you for the call, Sandy. And I'm sorry that your husband shaved the Beard in 1972. I don't know if you've made a choice. You're young in your marriage. My wife is still angry about the haircut I got before our wedding. I got a bowl cut. It's not a good look. She said, whatever you do, don't go get a haircut. I went and got a haircut. She said, whatever you do, don't get a bowl cut. I don't know how it happened, but I showed up with a bowl cut. She's still not happy about it. Every wedding picture got the bowl cut. So I understand. Sandy Look, 1972. She's still not over it. Awful decision. What was he thinking? Just an awful decision by her husband.

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[Asma Khalid]

I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, DC.

[Tristan Redman]

I'm Tristan Redman in London and this is the Global Story.

[Asma Khalid]

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

[Tristan Redman]

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

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[Clay Travis]

Now you can stream Fox News live on the Fox One app. Stay on top of breaking news and the biggest stories live as they happen, all from the Fox voices you trust, bringing you the coverage you won't find anywhere else.

[Buck Sexton]

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