Postgame Show: Pulling Out During The Apocalypse (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Summary

Episode Overview

Title: Postgame Show: Pulling Out During The Apocalypse (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Date: March 31, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Main Theme:
Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and company (with guest JuJu Gotti) riff on March Madness predictions, NBA fan moments, and the pitfalls of post-apocalyptic TV plotting. The group delivers their signature playful banter while unpacking sports, pop culture, and some surprisingly deep philosophical tangents—laced with humor and a few memorable audience polls.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Final Four and Against the Spread Picks

Timestamps: 01:03–02:07

• Tony’s Pick: UConn vs. Illinois
  • Tony is bullish on UConn (“those pesky Huskies led by Dan Hurley and them boys getting points against Illinois. Illinois is a great team, but I feel like UConn is a team of destiny.”) [01:09]
• Mike’s Pick: Arizona vs. Michigan
  • Mike touts Arizona in what he calls “an all-time generational matchup... according to Ken Pom, Thrill score 92.8, highest ever. I like Arizona here. Call it a gut feeling.” [01:27]

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2. Player of the Day & NBA Fan Kindness

Timestamps: 02:07–03:18

• JuJu Gotti’s Highlight: T-shirt Time at an NBA game
  • JuJu spotlights a sweet moment: “A kid couldn’t get the T-shirt. The kid next to him, same age, gives him his. That’s a real player move.” [02:37]
  • Roundtable agrees: “You usually see an older kid giving a shirt to a little one. Two kids, same age? That’s society at its best.” [03:04, C]
  • Dan quips about “the kid running back to the nosebleeds—right into the darkness” [03:06]

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3. Pop Culture Breakdown: ‘Paradise’ Season Two

Timestamps: 03:18–07:39

• Collective Disappointment with the Finale
  • Dan sets it up: “Last year, we were all in on Paradise... Season two, though—the shark done jumped.” [03:18]
  • Mike's out: “Time machine? No, thank you. I’m out.” [04:55]
  • Dan laments “Game of Thrones” syndrome: “What are we doing? It feels like Game of Thrones, but in two seasons instead of seven.” [05:03]
  • JuJu reflects: “I don’t think this season did the storyline from last season justice... I had a trigger warning—villain came in my life and did that exact thing. Bro, watch Paradise.” [05:57, 07:11]
• Notable Quote:
  • Dan: “Why do people pull out during the apocalypse? There’s no hospitals, there’s no medicine... but you can pull out.” [05:36]
  • JuJu: “You so tight lipped about everything... and you gonna let this random brother come in here and enter you?... It’s just random.” [05:57]

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4. Joker and Player of the Day: Women’s Final Four and Viral Moments

Timestamps: 07:39–08:38

• Joker of the Day:
  • “Texas took on Michigan for one of them spots. Michigan lost 77 to 41.” [07:49]
  • Laughter at Michigan “bringing giant intimidation factor and then losing big.”
• Shoutout to Miss Grand Thailand:
  • For her “dance moves in the beauty competition... lost because the dance moves were ‘unbecoming.’ What kind of rules is that, man? We love you around here, sis.” [08:35]
• Memorable Moment:
  • “Michigan chose the little giants intimidation factor... and lost 77 to 41.” [08:05]

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5. Poll Results – The Audience Speaks

Timestamps: 08:43–10:29

• Greg Cody’s Weekly Polls, including:

  • Do you own a wallet? (91% YES) [08:45]
  • Can you have a popular catchphrase if you only use it alone at home? (68% NO) [08:45]
  • Is “Casey at the Bat” the most famous baseball thing ever written? (62% NO) [09:44]
  • Do the San Francisco 49ers lead the league in “exciting whites?” (89% YES) [09:56]
  • Is the 79 sophomore still physically growing? (72% YES) [10:16]
  • Noticing people texting at 70mph? (85% YES) [10:29]
  • Is Greg a “name from a generation ago?” (84% YES) [10:32]

• Panel Banter:

  • On the 49ers: “Use check–they got George Kittle... and the Bosa twins.” [10:15]
  • On growing sophomores: “That’s scary.” [10:16]
  • On the “Greg” poll: “I only know 4 Gregs my entire life, so you might be right.” [10:32]
  • Memorable closing line: “And those are your polls—you can pull out.” [10:39, E]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Me and Mike have a double against the spread... I’m going to take the Huskies plus two and a half.” — Tony [01:09]
• “It’s an all-time generational matchup... I like Arizona here. Call it a gut feeling.” — Mike [01:27]
• “Why do people pull out during the apocalypse?... But you can pull out.” — Dan [05:36]
• “You so tight lipped about everything... and you’re just gonna let this random brother come in here?” — JuJu Gotti [05:57]
• “Michigan chose the little giants intimidation factor before the game... Michigan lost 77 to 41.” — JuJu Gotti [07:49]
• “We love you around here, sis.” — JuJu Gotti, referencing Miss Grand Thailand [08:38]
• “Is the 79 sophomore still physically growing? 72% of the audience says yes.” — JuJu [10:16]
• “And those are your polls—you can pull out.” — JuJu [10:39]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:03 – Against the Spread Picks
• 02:07 – Player of the Day: NBA T-Shirt Time
• 03:18 – ‘Paradise’ Season Two Breakdown
• 05:36 – Philosophical Digression: Pulling Out in the Apocalypse
• 07:39 – Joker of the Day, Miss Grand Thailand Shoutout
• 08:43 – Poll Results & Greg Cody Show Plug
• 10:39 – Episode Close: “You can pull out.”

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Conclusion

“Pulling Out During The Apocalypse” is a quintessential Dan Le Batard Show episode: personality-driven, irreverent, and filled with sports debates, offbeat pop culture critiques, and playful social commentary. Whether dissecting college basketball, bemoaning the downfall of a favorite show, or simply tallying the audience’s whimsical poll answers, the crew and JuJu Gotti keep it loose, funny, and strangely insightful. As JuJu ends: “And those are your polls—you can pull out.”

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[C]

Me and Mike have a double against the spread. With the final four this weekend, two games on Saturday. I'm going to take the Yukon Illinois game. I'm going to take those pesky Huskies led by Dan Hurley and them boys getting points against Illinois. Illinois is a great team, but I feel like UConn is a team of destiny. A great coach, some great players getting points. I'm going to take the Huskies plus two and a half.

[B]

Mike, that is a great game. But out of the final four matchups, your game's better, my game's better. It's Arizona versus Michigan and according to Ken Palm, this is a matchup of the number three and number four Ken Palm teams. Not for this year, it's for all times. This is an all time generational matchup. It should be hyped as such. The Thrill score, by the way, according to Ken Palm, 92.8. That is the highest ever. I can give you plenty of basketball arguments for Arizona. You can give me plenty of basketball reasons for Michigan and we'll argue to a standstill. But I like Arizona here. Call it a gut feeling. And that's why I'm going with the Wildcats. Okay,

[D]

welcome in Juju Gotti Juju. We'll start with the player of the day. Who's the player today?

[E]

Let's go, man. Last night in the association we had a little T shirt giveaway. You know how it be at T shirt time. That's the two words that'll turn the entire arena up no matter what the score is. So we know the children love them T shirts. And we had a kid be such a great player, in my opinion, he kept it all the way. Pete. Look at my boy. He said he couldn't get the T shirt. And look at my boy next to him. He got one and so get what he Did. You can have mine, player. You did. Come on, man.

[F]

Look at that. How about that?

[E]

You did. Come on, man.

[C]

Of the same age, like normally, you see. All right, cool. The, you know, older teenage kid giving it to the, you know, five year old. Here's your T shirt. But seeing two kids of the same age there, that's real sweet.

[E]

It was sweet, right?

[D]

The one kid, it seems like was sitting, had some good seats. A little closer right now, the kid ran back to the nosebleeds, right into the darkness.

[C]

All of a sudden, the part of the court that it was there was completely dark. And that's what we need in this society.

[D]

Absolutely. We should encourage that some more. Juju. Last year, we were all in on Paradise. What an amazing show. What an amazing premise. Didn't see that twist coming. The season ending episode. What a cliffhanger. Can't wait for season two. I haven't watched the finale that aired last night, but I watched the first seven episodes of season two, and I gotta say, the shark done jumped.

[C]

You didn't like it.

[D]

Oh, my God.

[C]

Which part did? There's a lot to. There's a lot to get to because there's a very long story, you know, with a bunch of different characters weaving in and out. Juju. Have you seen the finale or no?

[E]

Yes, sir, I saw the finale. Okay. My girl stayed up at 12 on Sunday night.

[C]

Oh, so you've got, you've had the, the, the info for about a day and a half now. Me and, me and Amin have not seen it yet, so we're only speaking to the seventh episode. Amin.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

So there have been a couple of episodes that were good episodes.

[B]

Greed.

[D]

The. I think everything that happens outside of the community. Yeah. Has been really interesting watching Sterling K. Brown kind of get reunited with his wife. Spoiler alert.

[C]

Spoiler alert. If you're not watching, please, spoiler alert. Spoiler alert.

[D]

But, like, all the stuff around Jane and all the stuff like how everyone is reacting and kind of just moving along. Let's just do this. Let's just do that. I'm like, this does not seem like the same kind of pacing as we had in season one.

[C]

Yeah. And I just feel like there's a lot of different storylines kind of mixing into the same story where it's like, how are we going to get these plot holes fixed up?

[D]

Because with a time machine, apparently.

[C]

You're right. Correct. Exactly.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Like, no, no, no.

[F]

Come on.

[C]

No, don't do that. Mike.

[F]

No.

[B]

I'm out. I'm out. You guys got me into this show and I hadn't made the jump in and now it seems like it's falling apart. Time machine? No, thank you. I'm out.

[D]

It feels like. You know what it feels like? It feels like Game of Thrones, except instead of having happen over seven seasons, it's happened over two. You lost me again to like, what are we doing?

[B]

If you mentioned Game of Thrones as a comp, I am especially out. Thank you. You guys did me a service. I appreciate it because it's, it's quite the time commitment. I like sports, as you know. Can't get enough of it. So I'll just get, I'll try to get some more.

[C]

The Shailene Woodley character I thought we spent a little bit too much time on for the way that things happen to her at the end of the question.

[D]

Juju, let me ask you this question. Why do people pull out in the apocalypse? The world has ended.

[F]

Yeah, good point.

[D]

There's no hospitals, there's no medicine.

[E]

Right.

[D]

Every time someone's knocking someone up, I'm like, guys, I get it. You know, there's no rubbers around. Can't go to the pharmacy and get any. But you can pull out.

[E]

Right? Right. That did seem very, very strange to me. That was one of my contentions with Jane and them. Not Jane, whatever. Shailene Woodley now, because, bro, what are you doing? You so tight lipped about everything. You got Elvis house, you got everything good. And you gonna let this random brother come in here and enter you. But man, it's just random. So it's like, I don't think that this season did the storyline from last season as good as justice as we thought it would be. As well as some of the villains in this season, man, like, I had to get a trigger warning on one of them episodes because it was a villain that was on the show, came in my life and did that exact thing. Oh, I'm so frail. I could never hurt anybody. He's the damn spoiler alert. You dig it? So, yeah, man, get better. Hopefully the next season will be better.

[D]

Juju, when they showed us the picture, the photo that they took, and it's like everyone's looking at the camera and he's sitting in the front row looking back at old girl. Like, come on, man, nobody does that. Yeah, like they could even make it subtle. They're just like, oh, this is how you know he's really in love with her. Just have him stare.

[C]

Staring back, like glaring.

[E]

I mean, sadly though, that's how I be in real Life, bruh. It'd be just like that in real life. Like I say, in my real life, I had somebody just like that changed my the opinion of me about over like 20, 40 people, you dig? And he was lying the entire time, so. Bro, watch Paradise.

[D]

That's true.

[E]

You still gotta watch it.

[D]

That may be true, but. Except I bet you he wasn't in a photo staring at you like that's. I don't problem with the character staring, bar. Come on, man.

[E]

Check your text messages later, bro.

[D]

I got you. Hey, but sounds like you might want to give us a joker of the day as well. If it's not the dude from Paradise.

[E]

Yes, sir. Man, I got a joker of the day, bruh. The women's final four and is set. But last night, Texas took on Michigan for one of them spots. And Michigan chose the little giants intimidation factor before the game. Look at my sisters. It's going to give it to you. Michigan lost 77 to 41.

[D]

Damn.

[B]

Damn.

[E]

Wow, man. Right? I also forgot to give a shout out to Miss Grand Thailand for being the player of the week. I don't know if y' all seen my sister with the dance moves in the beauty competition. She lost because they said that the

[C]

dance moves were unbecoming.

[E]

Right. Like, what kind of rules is that, man? We love you around here, sis.

[D]

What are the polls?

[E]

Oh, yes, sir. I got you. Let me pull my boys up, man. Also, congratulations, Messiah Jerry becoming the. What is it? The. The principal owner for the Toronto Temple. Do you own a wallet? 91% of the audience says, yes, they do. Can you have a popular catchphrase if you only use it alone in your house? Greg? 68% of the audience says, no, you can't. Damn. Sorry. Remind them, folks, just for the haters, what we got this week on the Greg Cody show with Greg Cody.

[F]

Thanks, Juju. In our Greg Mount Greg 4 bracket challenge, we're down to the final four. And so we're voting on the two semifinalists in separate polls on Twitter at Greg Cody. Follow me on Twitter. You don't even have to follow me. Just go there and vote in the polls. Vote often and early.

[E]

Yes, sir.

[F]

Thank you.

[E]

Is Casey at the Bat the most famous B baseball thing ever written? I never even heard of Casey at the bat. I had to look it up. 62% of the audience says, no, it is not.

[F]

Wow. Shock.

[E]

Do The San Francisco 49ers lead the league in exciting whites? I didn't think about it until they said it and Neither did the audience. 89% of the audience says yes they do.

[D]

Wow.

[C]

A McAFF.

[E]

Use check.

[C]

Yeah use check. They got Ricky Pierce all they got George Kittle

[E]

brought Pino brought parody.

[C]

Exactly right.

[E]

He be hitting the Dougie when he

[C]

used to go to the Bosa. Not the Bosa twins. The yeah, the Bosa twins.

[E]

Right, yeah. Because whatever that kind of thing.

[F]

Well put. Yeah.

[E]

The Booster Bro Is the 79 sophomore still physically growing? 72% of the audience says yes he is. That's scary. Have you noticed the amount of people that texting at 70mph? 85 of the audience says yes they have. And last poll as I fumble to pull it up because it's on Twitter and not on ig. Is Greg one of those names from a generation ago? I only know 4 Greg's my entire life so you might be right. 84 of the audience says yes it is. And those are your polls you can pull out.