Piggy Fronting Dr. Oz!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Commercial Break – "Piggy Fronting Dr. Oz!"

Date: July 11, 2025
Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley (“Astrid”)

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Overview

This episode of The Commercial Break finds Bryan and Krissy at their best, riffing on celebrity egos, influencer culture, and TV pseudo-science. The main theme is a hilarious, sharp-tongued takedown of both pop-culture psychics and wellness TV—a deep dive into a Dr. Oz episode featuring Teresa Caputo, the self-proclaimed "Long Island Medium." The cheeky duo also recount an awkward Disney influencer encounter and tease future show plans, all with their trademark irreverent, self-deprecating banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Disney Influencer Encounter: The Perils of Microfame

(03:03–23:05)

• Bryan shares a story about meeting a Disney Instagram influencer whose niche is showcasing how plus-size visitors can enjoy Disney attractions.
• Despite approaching kindly, Bryan is rebuffed:

  "I only say hello to fans during fan interaction events."
  (10:00)

• Bryan reflects:

  "Let me never be the asshole who denies someone the opportunity to tell me thank you for whatever it is I have done for them..." (14:23)

• The duo riff on influencer entitlement and the difference between real celebrity and niche internet fame.
• Krissy suggests maybe it was just a bad day, and Bryan agrees but stands by his impression of microfame gone to someone’s head.
• They compare the influencer attitude to stories about notoriously unfriendly celebrities (J-Lo, Mariah Carey, Ellen) and recall that most big stars they’ve met were actually nice (Mark Cuban gets a shoutout).

Memorable Quotes

• Bryan:

  "You really aren't...You aren't Kim Kardashian or Justin Bieber, Tom Cruise. You're a person who makes content online." (13:48)

• Krissy:

  "Most celebrities that I have met or even musicians that I've met have been extremely nice and graceful. So I hope it's the exception, not the rule." (19:33)

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2. Meta Commentary on Celebrity and Podcasting

(Throughout)

• The hosts riff on their own minor podcast fame, making fun of their small but loyal audience.
• They joke about their inability to recall important life dates but remember every dick joke they’ve made on the show.
• Merchandise plans are teased, with shoutouts to listeners and inside jokes about commercialism and “TCB Plus Minus”—their streaming platform idea for reviewing movies.

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3. Piggy Fronting & The Great Teresa Caputo Takedown

(28:17–57:54)

Set Up:

• The concept of "piggy fronting" is explained: a mangled Caputo-ism about spirits piggybacking; Bryan takes it to an R-rated extreme.
• Tease an unfiltered, comedic review of Dr. Oz’s show where he tests Teresa Caputo's psychic abilities.

Play-by-Play of the Dr. Oz Show:

• Caputo’s Entrance, the Big Hair Debate:

  • Bryan cracks that her "helmet" of hair probably hides receiving devices.
  • Krissy and Bryan speculate "no person in their right mind" would choose that hairstyle. (32:03–33:02)

• Testing with Science:

  • The show runs a "groundbreaking" experiment with Caputo's brain in a QEEG machine.
  • Bryan calls out the selective editing and pseudo-science:

    “What Dr. Oz and Amen are doing...is manipulating the way that we are interpreting these results by not giving you the full color context.” (39:27)

  • He googles what the temporal lobes do and points out that activation is typical for language, lying, and memory—classic cold-reading behavior.

• Mocking Caputo’s Cold Reads:

  • The hosts dissect Caputo’s “hits”—addressing someone’s “burden” after a parent’s passing or not getting to say goodbye to a sibling—and show how general such statements are.
  • They lampoon her technique:

    “Has anyone here ever had a daughter? ... I just felt it right in my left tit as I was standing over here.” (42:52) "[If] you've experienced death in your family, were you left with burdens and decisions that you didn't expect?...She's not saying anything groundbreaking." (44:03)

• Skepticism & Sarcasm:

  • Bryan and Krissy expose Caputo's generalizations and the audience’s willingness to say yes to anything. They accuse the show of stacking the deck in Caputo's favor—possibly even by prepping participants.
  • When Caputo tries to “connect” two unrelated audience members, the hosts burst out laughing at the absurdity:

    "What a coincidence. One woman has a mother and one woman has a brother. This is amazing." (45:42)

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4. Dr. Oz’s “Three Foods for Longevity” & The Blue Zones

(51:10–57:54)

• After the Caputo segment, the Dr. Oz show pivots to wellness guru Dan Buettner and the “Blue Zones”—populations renowned for longevity.
• Krissy and Bryan both agree the Blue Zones' secrets (walk more, eat vegetables, build supportive communities) are common sense.
• Bryan jokes:

  “If you're born in the wrong place, you're fucked. It's all about the geographic lottery.” (57:54)

• They highlight the value of humility, recognizing much of our health, wealth, and happiness is determined by where we’re born.

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5. Listener Shout-outs & Meta IRL Comedy

(58:39–59:59)

• Bryan and Krissy thank fans Jenny and Mary for gifts and listener support.
• They reflect on the humanity of small acts of kindness and humility—tying back to the episode’s themes.

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Notable Quotes by Timestamp

• On Influencer Entitlement:
  Bryan: "Let me never be the asshole who denies someone the opportunity to tell me thank you for whatever it is I have done for them..." (14:23)

• On Pseudo-Science:
  Bryan: "What Dr. Oz and Amen are doing...is manipulating the way that we are interpreting these results by not giving you the full color context." (39:27)

• On General Statements:
  Astrid: "I mean, it's so general. Everything's open to interpretation." (44:00)

• On Health & Geography:
  Bryan: “If you're born in the wrong place, you're fucked. It's all about the geographic lottery.” (57:54)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Disney Influencer story: 03:03–23:05
• Meta-celebrity & podcast/fan talk: Throughout, esp. 23:20–28:17
• Dr. Oz & Teresa Caputo review: 28:17–51:10 (main segment)
• Longevity & Blue Zones: 51:10–57:54
• Listener shoutouts/closer: 58:39–end

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Vibe & Takeaway

The episode is a classic Commercial Break: snarky, quick-witted, and conversational. The hosts highlight absurdities in influencer and TV pseudo-celebrity culture, skewer the manipulative tactics of “mediums,” and manage to tie it all together with authentic gratitude for their audience.

You’ll laugh, you’ll groan, and you’ll never look at a cold reading—or a Disney influencer—quite the same way again.

Transcript

[Unknown Singer]

I walked in the door to grab a latte I paid $10, heard Ariana Grande but then I saw him and his big dog I felt my knees weak here came the brain fog and though I'm not gay you make me feel that way I hope it never ends My new Starbucks boyfri friend. All my toes curl, all the feels come my world the gold you are my shining sun. We love to talk sports and swimming pools you like the patio I like the bar stools and we spill tea and we throw shade the other tables might think we're gay I don't really care I hope it never ends you're my best Starbucks boy boyfriend. And though we're still straight you make me feel a certain way I hope it never ends My new Starbucks boyfriend and though I'm not gay you make me feel that way I hope it never ends My new Starbucks boyfriend. And though I'm not gay you make me feel away I hope it never ends My new Starbucks boyfriend.

[Brian Green]

On this episode of the commercial break we say piggy fronting because I could imagine a ghost like full balls deep into Teresa's hair. But it reminded me that a while ago I I collected a video as I do when I'm trolling on the Internet, sometimes I'll collect videos and put them in a folder and. And we never got to it. Two of my favorite people in the world, Dr. Ahmed something or other and Teresa Caputo, got together for a one time special appearance where Dr. Oz really tried to debunk that Teresa had the abilities to be like the Dr. Oz. The Dr. Oz who is now Secretary of state or something. I'm not sure he's something.

[Chrissy]

The next episode of the commercial break starts now.

[Brian Green]

Oh yeah. Cats and kittens. Welcome back to the commercial break break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co host of this show, Chris and Joy Hoadley. Best you, Chris.

[Astrid]

Best to you, Brian.

[Brian Green]

Best to you out there in the podcast universe. How the hell are you? Thanks for joining us. I wanted to share a story about Disney. I just, I'm dragging it out so I keep mining for little nuggets about my trip to Disney. Yeah. So we don't get it all in one show and turn off the three listeners that we have currently crumbles. Yeah, a little. Yeah. I'm going to lead a trail so that I can go when I go back to Disney next time I'll remember all the shitty things about it. So when we went to Disney, I don't think I've Told this story. Tell me if I. If you've heard it. I might have told you, but maybe I did. Okay, let me just tell it and.

[Astrid]

Then you tell me.

[Brian Green]

Stop me if I've already told this on air, because sometimes I don't remember.

[Astrid]

I can't remember a thousand episodes.

[Brian Green]

I can't remember a thousand episodes worth of content. Actually, unbelievably, the one thing that stands clear in my mind a lot of times in a fog of confusion, children and mass chaos is when I listen to an episode of the commercial break, I can almost remember verbatim what I'm about to say next. It's kind of crazy. It's like my brain is making a movie that's there for, like, I can pull it.

[Astrid]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

So when I listen to episode 4 or 5 or 6 or 40 or whatever it is, I can remember what I said in the moment, like when we're talking, I can remember the next thing I said. It's a little bit weird. It's a little bit unnerving sometimes how good my brain is at recalling that. Yet the really important stuff in my life, like my anniversary, children's birthdays, taxes, all that stuff, I can't remember for the life of me. I know, but a dick joke comes back to me so clearly.

[Astrid]

And then there's all the years before we even started the podcast that we were just doing the same thing that we're doing now, telling each other, and.

[Brian Green]

I don't remember any of that. Well, alcohol was involved. Maybe a tasty teener here or there. Hey, D ad I go to Disney and I am, as I explain, when you're in Disney, then Instagram serves you up Disney content, right? Because it knows you're on the property, so it serves you up. Yeah, it's very evil in that way. But I know the game. I'm not stupid, and I'm okay with it. Let's serve me up the Disney. Let me be in the Disney bubble while I'm in the Disney bubble. So here we are at this resort, inside of the property, and up comes a reel from an account I have been following for a very long time. I don't want to name the account because I don't want to shame anybody here on air. But let me explain the account a little bit. The account is from a number of people who sometimes may or may not have trouble getting on certain rides for certain reason. They are not a hundred percent able to be fitting in a ride, let's put it that way. And that's the whole point of the account. The whole point of the account is if you are like me, can you fit in a ride? What can you eat? Where can you go? The things that you can do in Disney World that are comfortable for you with this certain body type, let's put it that way.

[Astrid]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

I'm trying to be as ginger as I can here. Okay. And it's a number of people that share the same account. It's like a group of people that are doing this content. It's become very popular online, as you can imagine. They get the. They have their fair share of people that love them. They have their fair share of people that do not care for them, that are just mean to them. I have never been one of those people. That is. It can be. Sure, sure. There are. It seems to be to a lot of people because in the comment section there are hundreds if not thousands of comments sometimes saying, thank you for that. I appreciate it. You're bright, you're doing this. Whatever. Okay. So I have come to know these people because I see their content online. I've come to understand that there are other people out there in the world who are relying on this information for their future trips to Disney World. And so good for them. Congratulations. You found your niche. There are riches and niches. There it is. And you've amassed a following. I wouldn't call myself a super fan of this content because it doesn't always relate to me, but I find it interesting in some ways sometimes. And so I am there in my Disney resort at night and I am flipping through the Instagram, I am doom scrolling as I often do in my weird algorithm, and up pops a reel from this particular account. And I recognize immediately that in this reel they are not only at Disney World, in this moment or at sea, they seem to be, but they are in the resort, the specific hotel that I am staying at. And I recognize that they are probably staying in the building right next to me because I know the resort that well. There are identifying characteristics about this particular reel that they did that lead me to believe they are right here with us right now. Cool. Whatever. Right?

[Astrid]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

So at some point in one of the afternoons, here is how we did it. We said, let's go in the morning, let's get shake all the willies out until we can shake our willies no more, until the kids are absolutely at their wits end, about to die, falling asleep, melting down, sunburned and hot and hungry and hangry and all that stuff. Let's get them back to the hotel, cool them down For a couple of hours, maybe splash in the pool. And we'll go back at night when the temperature is a little bit more reasonable and hope that we can get a couple extra hours out of kids that normally go to bed pretty early. And that worked for the most part. So here we are at our resort on one of these afternoons we come back. But the youngest of the brood can be a real fuss nut. Sometimes she is the. She's got the most personality. And that personality can flip on a dime. If you have multiple children, then you know the last one is often the one that tests you the most. She does. But she's also the cutest of the group at times. She can be the cutest. She's having a meltdown, total meltdown. She will not take a nap. She is not laying down. She has nothing to do with it. But we know, because we know her so well that she is in absolute meltdown mode because she needs a nap. Yes, that's the only thing that she needs is sleep. But she will not recognize that she wants anything but sleep. Of course they do. They're fighting it to the last. That's what they do. So in cases like this, sometimes you have to pull the emergency cord. And the emergency cord in her case, as has been most of my children and parents will recognize this is a ride in a stroller or a ride in a car.

[Astrid]

Uh huh.

[Brian Green]

Just get them moving. When they're moving, they'll fuss, but they'll start to calm down because there are new sights and sounds and then eventually it just all fades away and they.

[Astrid]

Oh, the car usually happens like that.

[Brian Green]

Oh, like that. But this one, sometimes you can't even get her into the car. She becomes wild. She'll like kick and scream and yell and she doesn't want to be in the car. But the stroller she's usually game for because that means we're going somewhere and we're doing something. So I say to Astrid, I got it, let me put her in the stroller. And away we go. So we go in the stroller and we're going from building to building. And this resort is very spread out. There's lots of walkways and pools and characters and things you can look at. And so we're going from building to building and pathway to pathway, in and out, in and out in the hot Florida sun, just melting me. And every. My bones are at 180 degrees. It's just miserable. But I just keep walking and praying that at some point she falls asleep. But she does not. She she's, she's awake.

[Astrid]

She's really fighting it.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. So I turn the corner on one of these pathways and there's a bunch of benches along the pathways, trees and shade and all this. And on one of the benches in what I think is like a smoke, is supposed to be a smoking area, there's like a couple of bunch benches sitting there. I see one of the people who creates content on this page on Instagram. So I'm right, they're here and there's one of them. And I think, creator to creator, fellow creator to fellow creator. Let me say hello and just say, hey, I. I follow you and that's a nice thing. Congratulations on your success. I'm feeling generous of spirit and generous of heart because it's Disney and that's what you do. So as I'm approaching, I'm. It's like my little radar. I have a little computer in my head and I'm looking up and down and seeing and making sure and coordinating and triangulating. Yes, that's the person that I think it is. And I stop and I say, excuse me, are you one of the creators on La La La la at La la la la la la la la la to. But I only. But I only say hello to fans during fan interaction events. And I go, oh, well, I don't know if I would consider myself a fan. And they go, well, either way, I only interact during fan interaction events. And I thought to myself, well, haven't we put the crown on our heads, you fussy little fuck? And I said, okay, I was just gonna congratulate you on all this success, but I guess I won't. And I'm certainly not attending a fan interaction event after this fan interaction, right? To which they, they replied, thank you, bye. And I was like, oh, okay. Alrighty, Rudy. Mrs. Snooty. Okay, well, hoity toity ella boity. I mean, who the fuck died and made you queen? You're not that big of a deal. You really aren't. You aren't Kim Kardashian or Justin Bieber, Tom Cruise. You're a person who makes content online and you have found some success doing that. And I have been following you for a number of years and have watched as your success has grown. And I thought it was a nice thing to do, to stop and say, congratulations on all your success. I'm not a fan, quote unquote. And I'm not here to fanboy, ask for your autograph, steal any of your precious fucking time. All I'm doing is saying, hey, congrats on all the success. But they couldn't take a compliment. They couldn't. They couldn't even wait to tell. To shut me down. And, I mean, they shut me down quick. And I think to myself, after this interaction, which is very weird, a little rough around the edges, and I just moved on. Like, I just moved on. Okay, whatever. No skin off my back. It's not like I'm meeting my hero. It's just someone I see on the right.

[Astrid]

And you've got the baby, too.

[Brian Green]

And I've got the baby who luckily, at that point was our, like, halfway, as, you know, halfway asleep. They weren't. She wasn't as fussy as she had been, or twirly whirly. But the next 15 minutes, putting the baby fully to sleep gave me the opportunity to get thinking about it.

[Astrid]

It's running through your.

[Brian Green]

It was run through my head. And I thought to myself, let me never be the asshole. Let me never be the asshole who denies someone the opportunity to tell me thank you for whatever it is I have done for them, or congratulations, or I saw you online and I liked this. Or maybe even I saw you online. I don't care if you like it or not. Let me never be that asshole. And if I ever have an interaction with anybody that's listening to this show or sees us online or whatever it is that's anywhere close to that, it's time to pack it up and go home. Because that is the epitome of entitlement and just shittiness. I mean, absolute shittiness.

[Astrid]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

To someone. You made the assumption was.

[Astrid]

Were they alone?

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Astrid]

Okay. It wasn't like they were with the family and you were interrupting or.

[Brian Green]

No, I wonder.

[Astrid]

I wonder if they just had a really shitty day at Disney.

[Brian Green]

Listen, I can. I can listen. I can understand that. Disney is hard for anybody. It's hard. It's a lot of stuff going on. It's not a relaxing vacation. It is a go, go, go. Every moment is consumed. People are pushing and shoving and walking in front of you. Hot. Being rude, and you gotta switch hotel rooms and my ticket doesn't work. And I had a fast pass for this and all that other. I get it. I've done it so many times, I can't even count. However, yeah, you. You gotta rev down. Yeah, you gotta rev down a little bit. Like, I understand maybe you don't want to get mauled by people, but I don't imagine that's kind. The kind of creators these people are. I can imagine they get stopped. I bet they do a lot get stopped. And, hey, thank you for the content. You helped me out. Thank God, you know, whatever it is. But I'm not. Like, I wasn't asking for an autograph. I didn't have a plushie with her name, you know, like, her face on it asking for an autograph. I was just there to. I was just trying to be nice. Yeah. And what I got was complete rudeness. I mean, absolutely, disgustingly rude. And it really.

[Astrid]

Their loss.

[Brian Green]

It really just shot shown a light, shined a light on the things that I don't want to be. You know, we had. We spoke to Chelsea Lynn, also known as Tammy, a couple of days ago. You hear that interview coming up shortly? She was fantastic. And overnight successes are never overnight. And I'm not claiming we're a success. I'm not claiming anybody would even know who we were, because we haven't had a lot of fan interactions at all. I think I can count two, three, something like that, four. I don't know people who have ever recognized any of us outside in the real world. But we were asking her what it was like to be, like, you know, go from zero to hero in just a relatively short amount of time. She said, it happened very slowly for me. You know, I had a couple fans here, a couple fans there, and then during the pandemic, it blew up a little bit. She said, but I had that seven years of kind of no notoriety whatsoever to get used to, to, like, build into it, to slowly get there. And. And she seemed very grateful for all of it. It seemed like she was very humbled by the experience and that. Not a. I didn't see an air of snootiness about any of this or entitlement about any of this. But you make some videos about Disney World, and now you're gonna treat everybody like you're fucking. I don't know. Who's a notorious pain in the. Who's a celebrity who's a notorious pain in the ass?

[Astrid]

Well.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah, you know, I don't know. Who's that guy? Ari?

[Astrid]

Yeah, from Entourage.

[Brian Green]

Entourage. I've heard he's an asshole.

[Astrid]

I've heard that.

[Brian Green]

I wouldn't know. Or maybe I would, but, you know, I've heard he's a douchebag. Mariah Carey, I've heard, can be a real pain in the ass. Who's the person who. They said, don't look at them on set. Like, you can't. Isn't that Ellen? You couldn't look Ellen in the Eye or something.

[Astrid]

No, it can't.

[Brian Green]

Well, remember when all that drama came out that she was treating everybody like shit on her show? Is it raining outside?

[Astrid]

Oh, it's thundering and raining like crazy. It is, yes.

[Brian Green]

Oh, I didn't even. I didn't even recognize we're in the middle of torrential downpour here because everybody's in the middle of a torrential downpour. But I hear Ellen was. Remember that whole expose? The reason why she's off air is because. And people came out and said she's a real nightmare to work with and that don't look her in the eye. That kind of shit. I just don't understand. I don't get it. No matter what. Oh, I have a friend, let's call it a friend, who had. Was on set with JLo and JLo's security, had to meet with this friend on set, worked in the movie business, had to meet with his friend on set to discuss security protocols around JLo. Mm, fair enough. When you get to that level of fame. Yeah, you gotta be careful. I get that. I understand protection. I understand wanting to make sure that everyone's safe, including your family. But then apparently there were, like, some weird requests, like, you can't look JLO in the eye. Don't say hello. I mean, just like weird ass shit. It's.

[Astrid]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

It's so strange to me. It's so inhuman and disconnected from anything that.

[Astrid]

That I would say it does seem foreign.

[Brian Green]

And it made most people.

[Astrid]

Most celebrities that I have met or even musicians that I've met have been extremely nice and graceful. So I think. I feel like. I hope that it's more of the exception than the rule.

[Brian Green]

I. We were just talking about this a day or two ago. I met with, spoke with, interacted with Mark Cuban, probably one of the most famous billionaires that. That lives today, at least in the United States of America. And he couldn't have been more human than. I mean, he was just. And nicer and nicer.

[Astrid]

Until you've emailed him.

[Brian Green]

Until I've emailed him into irritation. Somebody texted me about it. The.

[Astrid]

Originally was really nice.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, somebody texted about that. They were like, listen, Brian, I get it. You like to talk for a living, and I understand. But if I was ever friends with Mark Cuban, the last thing I would want to do is irritate him about anything. I can't help myself.

[Unknown Singer]

I know.

[Brian Green]

The thing is, if you meet me, it's unlikely I'm gonna say I only interact with you during a fan interaction. It's More likely that I'll just email you into irritation and submission. I probably want to hang out with you for the rest of the day. I'll be like, hey, what you doing?

[Astrid]

Yeah, hey, I was just chilling here.

[Brian Green]

I need somebody to talk to. Astrid won't listen to me anymore. You want to take a seat? No. You got actual friends and family? Okay. Can I follow you with your friends and family? I might be the opposite of that girl. I might actually just hang out with you for the rest of the day. If I ever get there. Let me. Let me be the first to hang it up.

[Astrid]

I'll give you a love tap.

[Brian Green]

Give me a love tap, and I'll turn off the sign, and we'll all go home forever and. Okay, I'll put this out. There could have been a really bad day. Could have had a scary interaction with a fan.

[Astrid]

Could have. Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Could have had multiple scary interactions with a fan. Could have been that all the hate that they get online, they just have a rule amongst themselves. We only do this when there's. We only meet people when there's security around to check out the good, the bad, and the ugly. I don't know.

[Astrid]

Could be at that point about these fan interaction events.

[Brian Green]

I know. What's a fan interaction event? You, like, charge people to come and say hello to you.

[Astrid]

Comic Con, I guess. I don't know.

[Brian Green]

They do, like, a day. I think they do like a day where everyone meets up in Disney and they all go around, okay, figuring out if they can ride rides together. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know enough about it, because I don't.

[Astrid]

You're not a fan.

[Brian Green]

I'm not. I see their. Their. Their reels, and if I see one, I stop. Number one, it's Disney. I'm interested. Number two, the content in and of itself is interesting. It's not something that I have to worry about, but it's something lots of people go to Disney have to worry about. And so I find it interesting. Oh, you know, can you get on that ride? Can you go to that restaurant? Can you be in that particular mode of transportation? Is it. Is it made for you? Because there are lots of people at Disney and all around the country and world who are concerned with that kind of stuff. So they aren't serving a purpose. They are. Yeah. I can imagine they're doing it on behalf of other people so that they can save themselves some time, some energy, effort, money, and I imagine embarrassment. Right. And so I think in that sense, it's good, it's good content. Let it be so. Yeah, but you know, okay, let's take it on faith that maybe they were having a bad day or had a bad fan quote unquote interaction. Maybe they had some haters that were driving them a little bit crazy and they needed to put some rules and parameters around it. But.

[Astrid]

Oh, but not to say thank you.

[Brian Green]

Not to say thank you. Is that thunder?

[Astrid]

That's thunder.

[Brian Green]

Okay. All right, so we're going to take a break and take these earphones off of our heads so that we don't get electrocuted in the process of making this episode and then we'll be back when it's all over. You make this rather snappy, won't you? I have some really heavy picking to do before 10 o'. Clock.

[Rachel]

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[Brian Green]

Okay, couple exciting things in the works that I want to let the listeners know about. We mentioned this earlier this week, but I'll follow through on it. TCB plus minus Chrissy and I's streaming platform idea from 2020 that we wrote in the book and we never really got to may come to fruition in this sense. Chrissy and I are going to sometime in the next, let's call it month, month and a half, we are going to do a special two parter episode. Looks like it might be about three hours long two parter episode where Chrissy and I review a movie in its entirety. As we watch the movie together, all of us will be doing this on streaming and then we'll put it out as special episodes on YouTube and on the audio platform. That movie is a movie made, produced, written and starred in by one of our favorite fuck nut preachers, Kenneth Copeland. It's his first movie, actually, and it's a western. And it is so fucking funny. I've only. It's two and a half, two hours.

[Astrid]

Ten minutes just thinking about it.

[Brian Green]

I've only watched about 20 minutes of this movie and it is so crazy and funny that there's no way this is not going to be the best three hours of our lives. TCB plus Minus is coming to a screen or your earballs soon enough. Stay tuned. We'll give you exact dates and times. It's likely going to be on a weekday at some point and we're going to stream it live and then we'll put it out as an audio too. We want you to be a part of that. There is no cause. We're not like you don't have to sign up for anything or any. We just want you to be aware that that's out. So it appears that after five years of being a podcast and after 350,000 pitches for the same merch ideas, we have finally found a merch partner that is worthy of our attention. If you don't mind, Chrissy, that they're not using AI to generate bad logos and stick them on shitty T shirts that will fall apart the first wash. A quality, solid merch company. And we have gotten some really good design mock ups in conjunction.

[Astrid]

Yeah, I like them a lot.

[Brian Green]

Our friends at Odyssey and Astrid and everybody who's Juliet, everybody has been working on it. It appears our very first merch drop will happen sometime in August. Limited edition merch. It'll only be on sale for about two, two and a half weeks. You get it. You don't. And then you'll have to wait till the next merch drop, which looks like it will likely be the 12 days of TCB will be the next merch drop. So stay tuned. Get your credit cards ready, save up your money, put the toll booth change in your in a bag and get it ready. 1995 plus 1995 plus 1999 shipping and handling. Probably more like 3995 plus 1995 shipping and delay. But get your, save your money, get it ready. Because we are going to do our official first merch drop and we are looking to sell, at least we're looking to sell out on this first go. And we're making at least two hats the first run. So both of you have to buy a hat. That's what I'm saying. Both of you, both listeners have to buy a hat. Okay, here we go. In. In preparation for our TCB plus minus. In preparation for our very first merch drop, we were coming up with ideas for merch. And something that came up that is always coming up with when we're talking about merch or stickers is Teresa Caputo. And how we take the likeness of Teresa Caputo, her hair, something and put it into a. Into merch. Piggy fronting, of course, is probably the one of the more I'd say recognizable sayings that we have around here. Piggy fronting is of course Teresa's way. She used to say piggybacking, that one ghost would piggyback onto another one.

[Astrid]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

And they'd go dancing through the room indicating how they were murdered or whatever we say. Yeah, we say piggy fronting because I could imagine a ghost like full balls deep into Theresa's hair. But it reminded me that a while ago I collected a video. As I do when I'm trolling on the Internet, sometimes I'll collect videos and put them in a folder and. And we never got to it. Two of my favorite people in the world, Dr. Ahmed something or other and Teresa Caputo got together for a one time special appearance where Dr. Oz really tried to debunk that Teresa had the abilities to be like the doctor. The doctor. The doctor who is now Secretary of State or something. I'm not sure he's something as he Surgeon General. This guy is something. Yeah. Biggest snake oil medicine salesperson. He sells dick pills. I mean this guy is a crackpot. He really is. I think any doctor that really wants to be a television star, like Dr. Phil. Dr. They should all be taken with a grain of salt because something's wrong with them. They have. They have. Something's wrong with their bricks. Anybody wants to be famous, something's wrong with our heads. It's the truth. You wouldn't take medical advice from Brian, would you? Don't take it from Dr. Just because he went to school longer than I did or he went to school at all, doesn't mean that he knows more than I do. But Dr. Ma. Dr. Oz. Mehmet Oz Mamet, yeah. Dr. Mehmet Oz and Teresa Caputo got together. Skeptic versus psychic. They wanted to know really if these psychic abilities she had were real or not. And so he kind of put her to the test in an hour long episode, special episode of the Dr. Mahmet Oz Show. So I've downloaded it. This is probably going to be a two parter, maybe even a three parter episode. So here we go. Let's get started on a Friday for you here on the commercial break. It is Teresa caputo on the Dr. Oz Show. I think in its entirety, unless we just get bored and turn it off. So let's see. I don't want to make any promises because I. There's Only so much Dr. Mehmet Oz that I can take. But we'll start it off here today on Dr. Oz.

[Chrissy]

Long Island Medium.

[Brian Green]

Teresa Caputo has a gift for communicating with the dead.

[Chrissy]

But there have been critics accusing you.

[Brian Green]

I love that, that intro, yeah. Long island comedian Long island comedian Teresa Caputo has a knack for making people laugh. But now because of Dr. Oz, things got serious.

[Chrissy]

Being a fraud. What do you have to say to them?

[Brian Green]

See for yourself. When Teresa shows you why millions turn to her for hope.

[Theresa Caputo]

I just got the goosebumps. Did you just get the chills?

[Chrissy]

Plus the three things you should eat to live a longer health.

[Brian Green]

Okay, well, we'll get to that later. Happier Life 3, coming up next.

[Astrid]

Just three?

[Brian Green]

Yeah, just three. A doctor. All right, let's get to Doctor.

[Chrissy]

For his TLC reality show, Long Island Medium, Teresa Caputo captivates audiences with her self proclaimed gift for communicating with the dead. But there are some critics who question her legitimacy. Today, Teresa is here to show us why millions look to her for hope. Please welcome Theresa Caputo.

[Brian Green]

Dr. Oz. If you were a real doctor, an actual scientist, you would say that there is absolutely zero proof that psychics can communicate with the dead. Hi. Thank you. Thank you. Here's my helmet. It enters the room a couple feet before I do. Thank you. Thank you. Nice to see you.

[Theresa Caputo]

Thank you so much.

[Brian Green]

Thanks for having me.

[Chrissy]

I've always loved Theresa's hair. I don't know how long does it take to make.

[Theresa Caputo]

It's just 1, 2, 3, get out.

[Chrissy]

Of bed at night.

[Theresa Caputo]

20 minutes. 20 minutes, 20 minutes.

[Chrissy]

It's lots of practice.

[Brian Green]

I'm sure it's because it's hiding a series of devices that let her know. I know it, I know it, I know it. And recently she's gotten a new hairstyle. It's more choppy changey. It's less big bouffant, more choppy changey. But I know and we all know somewhere in that head or somewhere on her body is a series of devices that let her know from behind the curtain.

[Astrid]

Yeah. I think it's like a hairpiece almost.

[Brian Green]

I think it's a hairpiece. And here's what I imagine. There are little, like, pulsating somethings or others. So right means yes. Left means no. Front means maybe. Back means, you know, the Braves are winning. I don't know. Something like that. I don't know. But that's what I imagine, because no person in their right mind, no human being in the right mind, chooses to have their hair like that. That's just a ridiculous, crazy.

[Astrid]

And it just looks too thick. You can't even see through.

[Brian Green]

That's right. Yeah. No one has hair like that. No one.

[Chrissy]

The media can be tough sometimes.

[Brian Green]

Oh, sure.

[Chrissy]

Difficult questions. And there's been.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, let's. Softball. Teresa Caputo. Mamet.

[Chrissy]

Some local critics accusing you of being a fraud. What do you have to say?

[Brian Green]

Local critics, I think they're. I think they're pretty unlocal. I think they're all around the world.

[Theresa Caputo]

Yeah. I don't say anything. I feel everyone's entitled to their own opinion. I have a beautiful and amazing gift that helps people, and I just don't focus on the negative.

[Brian Green]

I love how they put the words on the bottom, like the little flare. It says, theresa Caputo sets the record straight. Yeah.

[Astrid]

She's setting it straight.

[Brian Green]

Yes. Let's hear about the bullshit straight from the bullshit artist.

[Theresa Caputo]

That's all.

[Chrissy]

There's been reports of this Trees does. These live tours where she actually does readings.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

There have been reports that you've canceled that tour. And even your fans, not just the critics, your fans say maybe it's because of the controversy.

[Theresa Caputo]

Absolutely. Now, well, that just shows you how accurate that information is, because I am literally on tour right now, touring all over the country, and I'm going back out on tour in June as well. Yeah.

[Chrissy]

That's remarkable.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, it's remarkable. Remarkable. Thank you, Theresa. Thank you for setting the record straight on that.

[Chrissy]

This gift you have. A lot of folks don't really understand how it came about.

[Theresa Caputo]

Right.

[Chrissy]

Whether they might have it. I'd love to hear your story of how you first figured out that you felt things differently.

[Theresa Caputo]

Well, I.

[Brian Green]

Well, I was about 15 years old, and I was hanging out with my mother, and this lady walked in, and she had a nice purse. And I said, watch, Mom. I'm gonna get $15 out of this lady. And I said, looks like you have a ghost hanging out behind your head. Have you ever known a dead person?

[Theresa Caputo]

Always felt that since I was a child. I always Felt different. I used to say that to my mom at the age of four. I used to say I don't feel right. I don't feel like I belong. And I thought what was going on in my brain was going on in everybody else's brain. And.

[Astrid]

Well, then why would you feel different?

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Then why did you feel different? That's a good question, Chrissy. Chrissy points out something very interesting. She just said she always felt different, but she always felt like she was just like everybody else.

[Theresa Caputo]

And I just trusted it and embraced it. And here I am.

[Brian Green]

Here you are.

[Theresa Caputo]

Healing hearts.

[Chrissy]

So I was curious about how your mind.

[Brian Green]

Healing hearts. He's so full of shit.

[Chrissy]

Some of you may remember this last year, I asked the leading brain expert to take a look at what's happening to Teresa's brain when she says she's.

[Brian Green]

A leading brain expert.

[Chrissy]

With the dead. I want you to take a look at this very carefully.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, let's take a look very carefully.

[Chrissy]

Can science detect the spirit at work? That was the question we tried to answer with our first of its kind experiment with the help of first of.

[Brian Green]

Its kind leading brain. You don't think. You don't think this has been done before?

[Astrid]

No.

[Brian Green]

You don't think they've ever put a psychic in an MRI machine? Come on.

[Chrissy]

Dr. Oz, researcher, Dr. Daniel Amen. We hooked up Theresa to a QEEG to scan her brain in its normal.

[Astrid]

He has a renowned brain.

[Brian Green]

He is a renowned brains researcher. Yeah, we should call it researching what.

[Astrid]

She thinks she's doing.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. And I remember the results of this because I think we talked about this years ago on the show. And the results are that her brain goes into some meditative state. And my belief is she goes into some meditative state because she's full of fudgeing shit. And so it's almost like a pathological liar believing their own bullshit. She has to to keep a straight face.

[Chrissy]

And when she read our audience for messages from the other side.

[Brian Green]

That's the best haircut we've ever seen Teresa with. She's got a full brain cap on. I love it.

[Chrissy]

Allow the messages to come to you. And when they do, raise your finger. She's going out of the ready even.

[Brian Green]

Raise your finger. Come here.

[Theresa Caputo]

Hello, it's me, Spirit for the results. Do I have a choice at this point?

[Chrissy]

What we discovered was that when Teresa was channeling, there was a dramatic shift in her brain activity. Oh, my goodness.

[Brian Green]

She went from almost all full of shit to totally full of shit.

[Chrissy]

What we see is the alpha waves Go down. Actually, her frontal lobes go down significantly.

[Brian Green]

Significantly.

[Chrissy]

And it activated both of her temporal lobes. So there's just some evidence now that.

[Brian Green]

It is in fact a brain phenomenon. It's a brain phenomenon. Hold on one second here. Let's back this up with some actual science. Just give me one second. Bear with me, audience, while we get through this together. What is the temporal lobes in your brain responsible for? Question mark? Because now we want to know what the. Because what they're not doing is giving you a clarity on what those are responsible for. Auditory processing. The primary auditory cortex processing sound and is crucial for hearing and interpreting language. Language comprehension, memory formation, emotional regulation, visual recognition and integration of sensory input. So it dominates language, logic, and detail processing. If someone is lying, would they be using their temporal lobes? Question mark? Yes. If someone is lying, their. Their temporal lobes are most certainly activated and more involved here is how they play a role. Memory retrieval. Recalling memories in order to distort and manipulate them. Language processing, the ability to construct a believable narrative. Auditory monitoring. When lying in conversation, people monitor how their lie sounds and how others are responding. So there we go. What Dr. Oz and Amen are doing, which is not very cool in my opinion, because the brain guy is really a well respected brain guy, is they are manipulating the way that we are interpreting these results by not giving you the full color context. The brain doctor certainly knows this. Probably said it on the show, but it was not. It was cut out of this so that they could get more running room from the people who do believe. That's that they want the people who believe in Teresa Caputo to watch their show and buy their. My pillows.

[Chrissy]

So what do you conclude from this experiment? Do you think there's something really happening inside Teresa? Well, I do. I actually watched. You know, there's a lot more that's.

[Brian Green]

Real than scientists believe that's real. Oh, my God.

[Chrissy]

I must say, Theresa, that little cap you're wearing is quite a fashion statement.

[Brian Green]

It sure is.

[Theresa Caputo]

It was one of my better hair days.

[Brian Green]

Well, we can all agree on that, Theresa.

[Chrissy]

These results, they were stunning to me. Were you surprised by them?

[Astrid]

I'd like her to wear the cap and then do the readings.

[Brian Green]

Do the cold readings.

[Theresa Caputo]

Yeah, I wasn't. I really was because I knew there was something going on there. But it was just nice to see that it was validated, you know, and that's what I feel that I'm able to do as a medium. It has never been. Dr. Oz, about me wanting people to believe in mediums. That's not the focus of my gift. I want everyone to know that their loved ones are with them and that they have the ability to connect with their own loved ones, knowing that what they're sensing and feeling is real, that they're not crazy, and they just want us to live a happy life after they're gone. Because what I found out is a lot of people, and this all ties into health, of living a healthy life as well. Because if your loved one leaves the physical world and you're left with burdens and guilt, should have, could have, would have.

[Brian Green]

That's why I'm selling my Teresa Caputo get rid of the spirits Kale pills to take every morning for 1995. Plus 1995 shipping and handling. We'll send you one full box of kale pills every month. These ko pills will get rid of demons and help you connect with your dead loved ones.

[Theresa Caputo]

Only ifs that blocks you from healing, which turns into stress, anxiety, and it can snowball into serious health issues. And by being able to release that is such a good.

[Astrid]

In which case, you should go see an actual licensed therapist. Psychiatrist or a therapist in some sort, versus spending that same money on going to see her on tour.

[Brian Green]

Yes. And I want you to notice what Teresa is doing here on Dr. Mehmet Oz's show, where Dr. Mehmet Oz lies to you about the things that are making you healthy for clicks and for views. But what's really going on is that she is trying to connect this with some kind of health angle to get Dr. Oz to buy into her bullshit. This is. She's very manipulative. Extraordinarily manipulative, because when we were showing.

[Theresa Caputo]

That clip, I was drunk.

[Brian Green]

We've. We've listened to 100 Hours of Theresa Caputo and never once have we heard her talk about the health benefits of her readings.

[Theresa Caputo]

Yeah, over to that section over there.

[Astrid]

That's a nice little bonus she threw in there.

[Brian Green]

Yes, it is. Thank you. Thank you.

[Theresa Caputo]

And there was a mother energy. And she said to me that my daughter was left with the burden of feeling that she didn't make all the right choices for me. And I want my daughter to know that I knew that she was there. Is that you, ma'?

[Brian Green]

Am?

[Theresa Caputo]

Can you stand up, please?

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Chrissy]

Let's go over there.

[Brian Green]

Here we go.

[Chrissy]

You just sensed that while you were watching that video.

[Theresa Caputo]

When I was watching the tape, I heard. But this is what happens. I sense and feel things. I might not necessarily know what it is, but I'm drawn to a certain.

[Astrid]

Intention, not a general Statement.

[Brian Green]

I know my.

[Astrid]

Yeah. Does anyone here have a mother?

[Brian Green]

Does anyone here have a mother?

[Astrid]

Okay.

[Brian Green]

Has anyone here ever had a daughter? Did you ever feel like you made the wrong decisions on behalf of your daughter when it comes to parenting? I mean, I just felt it, Chrissy. I felt it right in my left tit as I was standing over here. Someone grabbed me in my left tit. I felt a piggy fronting, if you know what that ever feels like. If you ever been. Have you ever been balls deep. Mm. I know you and Jeff like to get into some freaky shit. I know. I know you do. And that's okay, Chrissy. I felt balls deep here. And that tells me that Jeff's ready for your special lasagna quote, unquote, when.

[Theresa Caputo]

You get home area.

[Chrissy]

What's your name?

[Theresa Caputo]

And is that your mom's rings? Are those your mom's rings?

[Brian Green]

Both.

[Theresa Caputo]

Both perfect.

[Astrid]

And I wore them because I was thinking about my mom.

[Theresa Caputo]

Well, it's 43 years, but that's the thing. That soul bond can never be broken. That when we lose our loved one, the only.

[Brian Green]

What a generalized statement.

[Theresa Caputo]

The thing that is broken is that physical connection. And when I was sitting there, I was made to feel that your mom couldn't communicate in the end that you were left with choices and decisions and now you're left with those burdens. Did I make the right choices?

[Astrid]

I mean, it's so general. Everything's open to interpretation.

[Brian Green]

You know, Chrissy, when you've experienced death in your family, were you left with burdens and decisions that you didn't expect?

[Astrid]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Do you wish that you could have commuted. You wish that your loved one could have communicated more at the end the things that she wished and desired or key or whatever? Yeah, of course. That's what death is. Death is of an abrupt ending. Usually an abrupt ending to someone's life where you're left the loved one with burdens and decisions. She's not saying anything groundbreaking, nor is she being super specific about anything.

[Theresa Caputo]

Proud of me? Did I disappoint my mom? And your mom made me feel the emotion that she wanted you to know that you always made the right choice for her. And that as you told her that it was okay to let go and to leave the physical world? Correct.

[Brian Green]

I stepped on a feeding tube. I know.

[Astrid]

I was thinking the same thing. Like, what if she killed her?

[Brian Green]

I know.

[Theresa Caputo]

Know that she heard you.

[Brian Green]

Wow.

[Theresa Caputo]

Your mom also talks about the brother that is also on the other side as well. I don't.

[Brian Green]

No. She took a big Swing. Yeah, swing. Bada, bada, bada.

[Theresa Caputo]

Okay, who can connect with the brother?

[Brian Green]

Who's got a brother?

[Astrid]

Who's got a brother?

[Brian Green]

Who's got a brother? Forget about you, living or dead at this point. Living or dead, I just want to get somewhere else. This is what happens in the cold reading. You take a swing, you miss, you move on to the next person. You couldn't just stick with it.

[Theresa Caputo]

Okay. Can you stand up, please? So, unfortunately, your brother is departed.

[Brian Green]

No, he's here. Right here with me. This is Bob. Yes.

[Theresa Caputo]

Okay. And you don't know this woman, correct?

[Brian Green]

No, I just met her.

[Theresa Caputo]

Perfect. And you never met me before, right? No. Although we do.

[Astrid]

What a coincidence. One woman has a mother and one.

[Brian Green]

Woman has a brother. This is amazing. I knew it the second that.

[Astrid]

I don't know each other, do you?

[Brian Green]

You don't know each other. You don't know me, do you, Dink? Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. You don't know my producers, do you? Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. You didn't write a lengthy email before we got here about who you'd like to talk to, right? Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Oh, my God. What a crock of shit. All right, we'll be back with more of this. Clean out the bullshit from your ears, and we'll be back with more.

[Rachel]

Okay, you're probably wondering why I, Rachel, have taken over the voice duties at tcb. It's pretty simple. Astrid asked me to shut Brian up.

[Brian Green]

Up.

[Rachel]

Even for a minute. Well, lovely Astrid, your wish is my command. Do you want to help Astrid, too? You know you do. Leave a message for her or me or Chrissy at 212-4333, TCB. That's 212-433-3822. You can be on the show, too. Just call and say something, anything. Or text us, and we'll text you right back. Promise. Then head over to tcbpodcast.com and get your free sticker. It's your constitutional right to a sticker. And we must abide. You get the point? Follow us on Instagram Hecommercial break and watch all the episodes on [e-mail] TheCommercialBreak Best to you and Astrid. Especially Astrid.

[Brian Green]

Okay, back with Teresa Caputo, filling our ears with magical thoughts of dead people. And. And we'll let her talk.

[Theresa Caputo]

Oh, hey, but here's the interesting thing. When spirit communicates, I also want them to communicate with personality the way that they were before they got sick or left the physical world, because I feel that's the best validation for you that it is your loved ones. And your mother, she was such a giving person and she said, don't leave until you speak to the brother. Do you understand that? Would that be your mother? But it's her.

[Brian Green]

No, she was quite the bitch. That's why I stepped on her feeding tube.

[Theresa Caputo]

It's her brother that's departed.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Theresa Caputo]

And you don't know this woman, but that would be your mother's personality.

[Brian Green]

Oh, see, now Theresa's gotta make the connection. So now dead people are talking to each other. Yeah. Hey, don't leave until you talk to this guy. Well, why can't you talk to that guy? This is so convoluted.

[Theresa Caputo]

Correct?

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Theresa Caputo]

And you.

[Brian Green]

Shrugged her shoulders. She's like, oh, not really.

[Theresa Caputo]

Brother says that you didn't get the opportunity to say goodbye.

[Brian Green]

That's correct.

[Theresa Caputo]

So you were left with, I hope my brother knows how much I loved him and I wish I could have been there more for him.

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Theresa Caputo]

But I didn't know.

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Theresa Caputo]

So know that your brother wants to take the responsibility of not you knowing that he was going to leave the physical world. Do you understand that?

[Brian Green]

Yes, I do. Do you understand? Do you understand? Say yes. Please say yes.

[Chrissy]

I want to hear your stories a bit. So what's going on with your brother? Just the backstory.

[Brian Green]

He.

[Theresa Caputo]

It's a very sensitive subject. Is that correct, ma'? Am?

[Brian Green]

Yes. Yes. He was an international drug agent.

[Astrid]

Have you seen the show Narcos?

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Have you seen the show Narcos? Well, he was an extra in that show. And it's very sensitive subject for.

[Theresa Caputo]

He said, Please, Dr. Oz, I take responsibility for my departure. Don't make my sister have to relive my death. Do you understand that?

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Theresa Caputo]

So no, I just got the goosebumps. Did you just get the chills?

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Theresa Caputo]

Know that that was your brother's soul that just moved through you to validate.

[Astrid]

That the brother said, shut up, Oz.

[Brian Green]

You better shut up, Oz. Coming up. Piggy fronting. You put a. Put my dick right in your mouth.

[Astrid]

Squashed that whole thing. When Dr. Oz wanted to dig in.

[Brian Green]

Ye. She did. It's a very sensitive subject. This lady will say yes to anything Teresa asks her because she's just so enthralled by talking to Teresa. How do we know that? Because when Teresa said, do you know me? She says, have we ever met before? She says, no, but I've been to many of your shows.

[Astrid]

So goes, Hi.

[Brian Green]

Oh, hi. Hi. Thanks for. Thanks for buying. For the new Mercedes Chose.

[Theresa Caputo]

Made certain choices for Himself. That ultimately ended his life. And those burdens were left with his sister. Even though she tried to help him, he kept her and pushed her away. Not in a mean way, just in an emotional way.

[Brian Green]

Yes. Yes.

[Chrissy]

And ma', am, you were hesitating. She said, wait a minute. What do you mean by that?

[Astrid]

Well.

[Brian Green]

Well, I actually dated her brother. Turns out he was gay.

[Astrid]

I mean, before you said, talk to my brother. Well, I have three brothers. But some of the things he said to this lady pertain to me.

[Theresa Caputo]

And that's amazing. Out of all the and that's amazing.

[Brian Green]

I actually wasn't talking to you. I was talking to her. This is crazy.

[Theresa Caputo]

There's people here. What are the chances of you sitting next to each other? Correct.

[Astrid]

I could tell you Sam Hewitt.

[Theresa Caputo]

Wait, what did she say?

[Chrissy]

Our next guest is coming on. He's very popular among some women.

[Brian Green]

What?

[Theresa Caputo]

What?

[Chrissy]

Theresa gets.

[Brian Green]

I only hear dead people. Oh, Dr. Oz went in for the mouth kiss there. Wow. Dr. Oz. It was kind of creepy. Oh, I thought this was the whole episode.

[Astrid]

Maybe it's just about the three only things we need to live longer.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Okay. Well, let's listen to that. Let's listen to that. Why not? Okay.

[Astrid]

We're.

[Brian Green]

We're just rolling with it, guys.

[Chrissy]

Check out this guy. He's the world record holder for the most pull ups in 24 hours. Today, Mark Jordan is trying to break a new record.

[Brian Green]

Pull ups are really tough. Yeah. And the older I get, the less I'm even interested in doing a pull up. You know what I'm saying? Hurts my shoulder, hurts my back. This guy's already at 7. I would be at half right here in our show.

[Chrissy]

And if you can hang on, pardon the pun. You keep going. I'll tell you the fantastic reason.

[Brian Green]

Look, even he's tired. He's the world record holder. He's at 10. And he wants to let go.

[Chrissy]

Isn't why. But first, meet the national.

[Brian Green]

That's not a pull up.

[Astrid]

It's not. He was going. He was lifting his head up.

[Brian Green]

He's not even in. He's not even close to bringing his chin across that bar.

[Chrissy]

A graphic explorer who traveled the world and learned about the world's longest living people. Today, Dan Buettner is going to spill the secrets.

[Brian Green]

Why is everyone excited about Dan Buettner.

[Chrissy]

In places where people live to 100. What's the secret to a longer Old Mediterranean diet.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, the old Mediterranean diet. It. Yeah, well, yeah, listen, it's healthy. It. Everyone is looking for the fountain of youth life.

[Chrissy]

Dan Buettner thinks he has the answer. Mutant discovered places where people lived longer than anywhere else. Up to 12 years longer.

[Brian Green]

I don't want those to last 12 years. I don't want 100 to 112. Do you know what I'm saying?

[Astrid]

Yeah, I'm okay. Live in these zones. They. They exercise, like, they just naturally walk.

[Brian Green]

They walk a lot.

[Astrid]

A lot. And they eat leafy greens and vegetables and fruits and.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, there is one place, I think it's in Italy. It's a town in Italy where they have more Centagenarians or whatever they call them than anywhere else in the world. There's like. There's like. I don't. I. If I'm. I might be getting this wrong, but if I remember the article correctly, there's like 60 people over a hundred years old. What is common. They have stairs throughout. All throughout the village. Cars are generally not something you would take to anywhere. They spend their entire life in that village.

[Astrid]

No fast food.

[Brian Green]

They don't eat fast food. Yeah, they don't ha. They don't generally watch television. They're not sentient. They eat a lot of olives. They eat a lot of leafy greens, a lot of lean meats like lamb and.

[Astrid]

Well, they're sentient, but not sedentary.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah, sentient. They're not sentient, which helps my chat. TCB is 130. No signs of it slowing down. Sentient. That's what happens when you get to the end of a long day. All right, how about we let this guy explain?

[Chrissy]

He tagged these places Blue zones and then set about researching their.

[Brian Green]

Oh, this is what I was reading about. The Blue Zone secrets.

[Astrid]

Well, there's a couple blue zones. Yeah, there's a few blue zones across the world.

[Brian Green]

Yeah.

[Astrid]

This room is Costa Rica.

[Brian Green]

Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, okay.

[Chrissy]

Health, nutrition and lifestyle. Like Okinawa, Japan, Sardinia, Italy.

[Brian Green]

Sardinia. That's where it was.

[Chrissy]

Where an astounding number of residents live to the age of 100. And Ikaria, Greece, where he found 20% lower rates of cancer, 50% lower rates of heart disease, and almost no dementia.

[Brian Green]

Geez, I'm going to live there.

[Chrissy]

Buettner used these Blue Zone practices to create a longevity blueprint, putting them into practice to improve lives around the globe. Places like Albert, Leah, Minnesota, America's first city to go blue zone. Losing a collective 12,000 pounds, slashing health care costs and adding nearly three years.

[Brian Green]

To project health care claims for the city workers declined by 50%. Participants added 2.9 years to the projected lifespan. And they lost a collective of £12,000 in Albert Lee, Minnesota. Albert Lee, Minnesota, which is probably a tiny fucking town.

[Astrid]

Yeah, I mean that's the thing. If you do put into practice some of the things that it really does help. But it's kind of common sense stuff.

[Brian Green]

I know, but common sense stuff is not always easy to do. Not in the world that we live in. You know what this makes me think about? Thinking about maybe trying to do more research on this. Possibly, maybe, possibly maybe doing, trying to do more research on this.

[Chrissy]

Lifespans in California, where after two years of blue zoning, three beach cities saw a 30% decline in smoking rates and a 14% drop in obesity, proving small shifts in how we eat, drink, move and think can create large changes in our health, happiness and how long we live. Today Dan shares his secrets from the places where people live to be 100 and beyond. Dan Buettner is here now. He says that the secret to living longer is not just about the choices we make. That's surprising to me.

[Dan Buettner]

Well, we tend to think of discipline and individual responsibility. But actually if you look at these spry centenarians, none of them were ever trying to live be a hundred. They never got on that difficult diet or bought the StairMaster for their basement or called it 800 number for supplements. Longevity happened to them. They lived in.

[Brian Green]

You don't say they're not buying the StairMaster for their basement in Sardinia, Italy at 88 years old.

[Dan Buettner]

Places where the culture made the healthy choice for them. And that's what we're doing around America right now in 23 cities.

[Chrissy]

But just to point out it's spry centenarians. A lot of people say I don't want to live the age of 100. But these are people who are 100 but they look like they're 60. They're vital.

[Dan Buettner]

So the reality is the longer you've lived, the healthier you've been. So these hundred year olds tend to live a long time and die pretty quickly. And part of the secret is they live in the right community. They create their own blue zones. We now know that if your three best friends are obese and unhealthy, there's about a hundred and fifty percent better chance that you'll be overweight yourself. So it's about building the right community around yourself.

[Brian Green]

Well, that is good news Chrissy, because I consider you a rather slim, fit, healthy, spry young lady.

[Astrid]

Okay. And I you.

[Brian Green]

Well thank you very much. No, I'm not a young lady but I, I've often been accused of being a spry healthy Young lady, that's for sure. All right, well, I don't know how much more Dr. Oz I can take. I mean, not that he's not giving out good information. Listen, even a blind squirrel gets a nut, even every once in a while. But I've watched enough Dr. Oz to know it's a lot of snake oil. But this sounds great. Basically what this guy is saying is if you're born in the wrong place, you're fucked. It's all about the geographic lottery. You know how much of your life, your wealth, wealth, your health, your happiness depends on where you were born?

[Astrid]

A lot.

[Brian Green]

Your education level, your access to funds, and your access to economic wealth and prosperity. A lot of it has to do with what lottery you won when your mom gave birth to you. That's it. Your geographic lottery. That's it. And so that reminds us all that it is a lottery and we have no choices. And those who don't win the geographic lottery, they also have no choice and where they are born. So let's treat each other with just a little bit of humility and respect when we do win the geographic lottery. Huh? Huh? I'm looking at you. You can't see me because you're listening to me, but if you could see me, I'd be giving you a look right now, right?

[Astrid]

That's right.

[Brian Green]

Am I right?

[Astrid]

That's right.

[Brian Green]

You're right. Okay. That's all I gotta say. I saw some ice rolling around my town yesterday. I. Oh, some ice. Yes, I did. Some blacked out vehicles.

[Astrid]

Really?

[Brian Green]

Flanked by some not blacked out vehicles. And I thought to myself, here we go. Yeah, it's here. I mean, I know it's here because I could read the news, but it's. I. I saw it and it, it just, it gave me a chill. Yeah, it's of kind, Gestapo type shit. And I'm not for it at all. Not at all. 212-4333. TCB 212-43822. Questions, comments, concerns, content, ideas. We take them all, that phone number, join in, jump in the conversation. I want to say a big hearty thank you to our friend Jenny, who sent us a lovely gift. I'll show it to you later. Chrissy sent us a lovely gift. Thank you, Jenny. Longtime listener, love her to death. Say thank you to Marianne.

[Astrid]

Thank you, Mary, who I heard from.

[Brian Green]

Yesterday, who heard the little old commercial break on WBEZ in New Orleans. Yeah, look at that. There you go. Thanks, Odyssey. Add the commercial break on Instagram tcbpodcast.com on the web and YouTube.com the commercial break for all the episodes on video the same day. They air here on the audio. Okay, Chrissy, that's all I can do for today.

[Astrid]

I think so.

[Brian Green]

I'll tell you that I love you.

[Astrid]

I love you.

[Brian Green]

Best to you and best to you out there in the podcast universe. Until next time, Chrissy and I will say, we do say, and we must say goodbye. Ram.