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Chris Cody
Foreign.
Amin Elhassan
That's right. It's Thursday Thunder.
Juju
That's right.
Amin Elhassan
And it's presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The crown is yours, Juju. What do we got?
Juju
Ah, man, you know, we got the biggest of the big one tonight, you feel me? And we got Scooby Snacks all across the board. Usually just like I usually. I bet Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers, every wide receiver over because it was like five yards each. That's how I usually go with these Ole Miss guys. But they playing that vonted Miami defense, so I gotta narrow it down tonight. First leg, I'm going with Harrison Wallace iii. Not the fourth, you feel me? For over five catches, man. Five catches. He gonna have to. It's gonna be a lot going on out there, you dig? Second leg, I'm sticking with them boys. Dijon Stribling, AKA the Scribbler. I'm going with my boy for over four catches tonight. You got to dig them. The Scribbler. I see you, brother. Next leg, I'm going with Keelan Marion from the. From the U. You dig it? I'm going with my boy to have three receptions tonight and the last leg. Big flesh, you know, we need big flesh tonight to tote that ball, to tote that rock. So I'm going with him for over 16 carries tonight and the Fiesta Bowl. Jump in, man.
Dan Le Batard
Can you guys help me figure out before we get to the rest of what it is we're doing with juju here, including two top five lists. I want to simply be on for the rest of the day today until after the game, but no one wants to do it with me. And I feel like I'm just gonna do a stream. I'm gonna do a live cast tonight just by myself on the Internet, because none of you wanna do it with me, that I'm just gonna be alone at a microphone watching the game and no one else here wants to participate. I think our audience would want it. I think our audience would really enjoy spending that time with us, but no one here wants to do it with me.
Chris Cody
Now, juju, back me up on this. Is this another Jake Paul fight situation where you're like, this is a great idea, and then what are y' all doing it? Where's the way you're doing this?
Juju
Exactly. Don't get me started on the J Pop event, Boy, y' all know me. I'm courtside shorty, so I'm used to a certain amount of. Yeah, I mean, playerism with my tickets. That boy dance at us in the back corner next to the bathroom.
Chris Cody
No wonder he ain't come right now. This is what I suspect. I suspect the tickets would have been a lot better had Dan Levitar been there. Once they figured out.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, wait a minute.
Chris Cody
You know, Dan, Wait a minute, Juju.
Dan Le Batard
You think I put you in a back row? The look on Chris Cody's face right now is he was deeply mortified by.
Roy
The idea that we were offered the best of tickets.
Dan Le Batard
And then all of a sudden, I don't go and they don't become the.
Roy
Best of tickets anymore.
Juju
They was trying to see. They was not just standing there to stand there. They were standing there because they couldn't see from our seats. I stayed an extra day in Miami for this. I could have went home to my boat.
Roy
I thought you guys were going to be making stuff from that.
Dan Le Batard
Did you make anything? We did.
Juju
We made a ton of stuff.
Amin Elhassan
Thanks for watching, Dan.
Roy
Yeah, where did.
Juju
Where was that spaghetti, Juju?
Chris Cody
Glass half full. We would never would have met Tank had we said anyone else.
Juju
Hey, we deserved it.
Dan Le Batard
What are your top five lists, Juju, what do you have for us today?
Juju
Well, first, before I get to the top five list, I want to say, yeah, y' all tried to play me earlier on my mic McDaniel glasses situation, but I serve an on time God, you dig? I don't know about y', all, so don't glass as goofy as hell. And he got his goofy ass fired two seconds later. Salute. And as a fix, listeners, if the first listener this weekend that can show me that you are subscribed to at DLS Hoops and our DLS Hoops substack, I'm gonna send you this brand new never open before Miami Mike shirt to you in the mail to commemorate my boy getting the hell out of town. That's why I dress for the occasion.
Chris Cody
You did.
Dan Le Batard
You got that put put together quickly. You got that? You got all your dolphin gear ready? Top five list. We got a couple of them today. Very fortunate. What did we do to deserve two. Two top five lists today?
Juju
I had one prepared, but conversation broke off and I was like, okay, let's get to this one as well. Top five shows to re watch, you dig? And I'm not talking about your offices always. Sonny Martin, those comedies, we can play those all day, but just top five like dramas to re watch. Oh, well, I top boy. Yeah, digging it. The British one, isn't it?
Chris Cody
I can't deal with the accents, man. I tried. I couldn't do it.
Juju
Yeah, the same way I felt about Pluribus. Whoa. Be you. I'm glad all y' all folks got to see it go nowhere. Number five, Shameless.
Chris Cody
I've never watched it.
Amin Elhassan
I was watching it last night, actually.
Chris Cody
I caught one episode by accident. I was like, this show is amazing. What is this? And it was shameless, but I've never watched it.
Juju
Exactly. Number four, the Wire.
Chris Cody
There's three.
Juju
Better watch that you did. Come on, man. Number three, Fargo.
Chris Cody
Great show. Because every season is self contained.
Dan Le Batard
But which season? Like, it's not. It was four. Wasn't as good as the first three, was it?
Juju
Chris Rock.
Chris Cody
I like the Chris Rock season. I like every season of Fargo. Fargo's always good.
Juju
Me 3. Check any of the seasons out. Like. Like Amin said, none of the seasons got nothing to do with the other one. Like True Detective. Should have made my list. Just forgot all about that one. Number two, Breaking Bad.
Chris Cody
Never seen. Not one second.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, you got to. It's really good. You have to.
Amin Elhassan
I only watched the last episode.
Roy
What?
Dan Le Batard
Oh, no.
Amin Elhassan
I remember I had never watched the series, and it was like the biggest thing. And I'm like. I knew the show was. I'm like, you know what? Let me check this out.
Chris Cody
I know two scenes from the entire show.
Roy
You can't keep getting away with this.
Chris Cody
Because it's a meme and the other one is a go.
Amin Elhassan
I thought a good idea for a podcast would be watching series. The first episode and last of a series, and then just trying to dissect the series just by the first and last.
Chris Cody
What would you call it?
Amin Elhassan
First and last.
Chris Cody
There you go.
Roy
You've never for as hard as you go breaking right.
Chris Cody
Not even second. You know what? Do you know why? Because it was out at the same time as the Wire, and all these white people didn't want to watch the Wire. All of a sudden they're like, oh, this guy sells drugs. This is so fun. I'm like, oh, I see how it is. And then I'm like, I turned it.
Juju
To, like a principal thing, so you basically turned into Jason Whitlock is what you're saying. Take that bast. Magic crate. See, you miss the magic crate. Now you take that back.
Roy
Been much Breaking Bad?
Juju
God damn it.
Chris Cody
How dare you respect yourself.
Juju
That's the ultimate number one Family Ties. Game of Thrones. Come on, man.
Mike Ryan
That's a hot take.
Chris Cody
You going to get sad, though, with.
Dan Le Batard
A Starbucks cup in the eighth? Feels like season eight in. In season eight where there's a starbuck caught on the set in one of the scenes that's.
Roy
Come on Juju.
Mike Ryan
We dive into this, by the way, Juju in on on Mystery Crate this week, but where Chris said he watched the last episode of Breaking Bad without having seen the rest of the series. I actually, while I was at work at Channel 7 back in the day when the last episode was airing of Game of Thrones, I live tweeted the last episode without having watched any of the series nor watching the episode. That's how many people were tweeting about it on the timeline at that time.
Amin Elhassan
I was just reacting to the reactions.
Chris Cody
It was a thing. But damn juju. Like the first four seasons of that show are probably the four best season of television anywhere. But yeah, and I'm last two or three. Oh, no.
Juju
Ain't gonna lie. They kept me glued. I was still glued. The same way I say I like the Pluribus, I still mess with the Game of Thrones in them. But what is the.
Dan Le Batard
I'm only through two episodes of Pluribus, so I haven't gotten to the rest of it.
Mike Ryan
You're gonna love it.
Dan Le Batard
I'm gonna love it. But Juju is telling me to just stop.
Juju
I'm telling you, bro, your life too important bit, bro. You got million dollar deals to sign, you got deploy, you got meetings to.
Dan Le Batard
The reason I want to watch it though is because Vince Gilligan, who made Breaking Bad, who made, I mean, yeah, Better Call Saul. Those are two of the best television shows I've ever seen. So I'm assuming that this one's going to be good too.
Chris Cody
Not a second.
Juju
Yeah, well, this was. I would compare this to this. Michael Jordan is the best basketball player you've ever saw. I don't think you want to watch him coach the little league team. It's still boring. So salute to the goat. Salute to Vince Gillian. But he missed with the Pluribus. We got to be able to be honest with you, folks. Our heroes. You missed with Pluribus on my opinion.
Dan Le Batard
All right. Did Vince Gillian miss with Pluribus in your opinion at Le Batard show? Can we get what's the other top five list?
Juju
You got the other top five. This is just stuff I forgot to say this week. Lights come on. I started looking at folks.
Chris Cody
I feel like that's a list you could do every week.
Roy
All right, so you forgot to say so you need to.
Juju
You might be looking at me. I'd be like, oh, no, never mind.
Roy
Okay, so what are the five things you forgot to say this week?
Juju
All right. Oh, well, I. You know how good of a football player you have to Be to make the world just not even care about you trying to kill a man with a helmet.
Dan Le Batard
Everybody forgot about Miles Garrett. Yeah. Tried to kill.
Roy
It was a weird controversy, and nobody deserved it, but. So you really think that.
Dan Le Batard
You think Rudolph called him the N word?
Chris Cody
I believe.
Juju
I can believe it. Number five. Y' all boys need to get some WD40 on them carousels when y' all be riding them or something.
Dan Le Batard
Thank you. You're so right about that, everybody.
Amin Elhassan
Yours was going back.
Roy
I was trying.
Dan Le Batard
I was in the chariot.
Roy
Bleep off. I showed enthusiasm. Late my career. I showed enthusiasm for the stupid coaching Garrett's help. And while Roy just sat there grinning. What? Not doing much of anything until I reprimanded him.
Juju
My thighs still hurt, man. What are you talking about?
Chris Cody
I won't back you up anymore, Roy, because you.
Juju
I apologize. I apologize.
Dan Le Batard
I went too far.
Juju
I'm sorry.
Chris Cody
No, no, no, no, no.
Juju
Number four, the. The Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the.
Dan Le Batard
Hornets by 30 at home. By 30 at home.
Chris Cody
Dan texted me.
Roy
I did ask Amin. I'm like, why? Explain this. Explain this, Amin. Explain this to me, please. Explain it.
Dan Le Batard
Go ahead.
Roy
Go ahead and hurry up and explain.
Chris Cody
I'll let him finish his list.
Juju
Number two, I call Snoop Dogg a hero. I forgot about what he been doing in the politic world.
Roy
You forgot Juju.
Juju
I ain't gonna lie. Look, I was thinking about a career path. I'm like, dang. I like to be able to do sports and music. That's right up my alley. I forgot about all the other stuff. Hand out of bounds on me.
Dan Le Batard
That's a lot of stuff you forgot.
Chris Cody
It was recent. What happened in the last year, man, Me, coach.
Juju
Sorry about that. Number two, Zazlo trying to steal that brother job. What the hell was that?
Dan Le Batard
That's right.
Roy
Clean as day, huh? That's right.
Juju
And got a nerve to still be like, I'm gonna text him and see how he's doing. Do not look out there. Y' all try to steal my job. Don't text my phone, man. Leave me alone, bro. Salute his ass, though, Judge Ass. And number one thing I forgot to say this week, man, we all forgot to say this. Congratulations to Chris Whittingham, man. My boy got engaged.
Dan Le Batard
Yes. Come on. Look at that. Thank you for. Yes. We've got to get some fancy lad in here. Let's go. Yes.
Juju
Yes, sir. Chris Whittingham is a fancy lad.
Chris Cody
Oh, question. Does she know that he uses his oven as a clock?
Dan Le Batard
I mean, I would love to ask for a series of game show questions.
Amin Elhassan
We have to interview her.
Chris Cody
We have to interview her.
Dan Le Batard
I cannot wait to see and watch how starched this wedding is to have her on the show.
Chris Cody
And we just have to. You know what we do, True or false. And we come up with a bunch of things about Chris. Some of them are true, some of her false is she has to figure out what's real and what's not.
Dan Le Batard
That's a good game show. Yes. Congratulations to the fancy lad. Always happy he is moving up in the world. As soon as he leaves here, he finds love.
Chris Cody
I. I've told you, Dan, many a time, one of the weirdest experiences of my life is walking around my house. And my dad likes to watch a lot of soccer on his iPad, like either highlights or full games, whatever. And I just. I'll be like, doing something. I'm like, why does that sound familiar? And I realize my father is watching a game that Chris Whittingham is playing.
Dan Le Batard
He's a giant voice, crazy. He's calling the biggest games.
Mike Ryan
He doesn't watch any heat games on his iPad.
Dan Le Batard
He's very young, and he's arrived at the top of the world's sport. And the World cup is coming. It's great to watch all of it. Happy for Whittingham. Before we get to the polls here, juju, do you have any super bowl predictions for us? Do you have any predictions in general?
Juju
I got the predictions, bruh. Unfortunately, my Bills, man, everybody been saying it all week. Oh, it's time for Josh Allen. Like, bro, our defense, our run defense is trash, man. I don't have too many high hopes for us in the super bowl era.
Dan Le Batard
No Rubber tree?
Juju
Not at all. But I definitely think we should hire. How about as a Dolphin? Neither here nor there, but I think the super bowl this year will be the LA Rams versus the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Mike Ryan
I like it.
Dan Le Batard
Wait a minute. So juju's got the Rams winning three road games. You got them winning.
Juju
I do.
Dan Le Batard
You got them winning three road games.
Juju
Shocking is they got devonte Adams back this week.
Mike Ryan
Instead of the Jags.
Amin Elhassan
Jackson sneaky hot right now, guys.
Chris Cody
I don't care how sneaky.
Mike Ryan
I would be so happy to see.
Chris Cody
That Jags in the Super Bowl.
Dan Le Batard
Nobody like it.
Amin Elhassan
It's an emotional hedge from juju right there. That's what he's doing.
Juju
All right, I'm doing the thing.
Dan Le Batard
Anyway, polls at Lebatard show juju.
Juju
Can you write as fast as someone speaks for 20 minutes? 91% of the audience says no, they can't.
Dan Le Batard
Greg Cody Alleged that he could keep notes for 20 minutes with somebody because he writes so fast. Your father's delusional, Chris. Like.
Amin Elhassan
Yes.
Dan Le Batard
Okay.
Juju
Do reporters in the locker room still use pins? 54% of the audience says no. They don't.
Chris Cody
They do.
Mike Ryan
Some of them.
Chris Cody
They do. A lot of them.
Dan Le Batard
Older ones.
Mike Ryan
The older ones got the reporter pad and everything.
Chris Cody
The pad and everything.
Mike Ryan
They record it and then they. I, I look at the pad and. And it's just like a word to pretend like they are writing something down when a player.
Dan Le Batard
No, you got to get that right. You got to get those. Those quotes have to be accurate, people.
Mike Ryan
That's why they recorded. No, none of them are writing the quotes down the way that Greg Cody.
Chris Cody
Is saying they're writing or he's misquoting thoughts down. They're recording, but they're right. You can't read. Not one of them. What else you got?
Juju
Also, earlier this week, I didn't put this on the poll because I didn't want to find out if the answer was yes on the poll. But can you still say peg leg? I heard it. I just didn't put it up. I didn't want to be the same.
Dan Le Batard
I want it up on the pole.
Roy
I am offended.
Chris Cody
It's a hard.
Roy
I want to live dangerously. It's not just. Wait a minute. It's not just pirates who have prosthetics. Like, I know.
Juju
They just have peg legs. That's all.
Chris Cody
A peg leg is not any prosthetic. It's a specific. It's a peg.
Hawk
You walk like this.
Roy
No, but it's.
Dan Le Batard
No, it's a leg.
Juju
That's a peg.
Roy
Look, the question being asked is not. Can you still reference that a pirate has a peg leg? The question is whether or not you can refer to a prosthetic leg as a peg leg. And you guys just made it a pirate because you want to make jokes about a disability and it's okay. And yes. See, this is the thing. It's fine to make the. Make fun of a pirate's disability a thousand. You can go after the eye patch as well. It's a pirate. You can make fun of all X monster spots.
Chris Cody
Davy Jones Locker, Paul SK Does Ed.
Juju
Orgeron look like that woman that your lesbian aunt has been bringing to Thanksgiving for the last few years? 97 of the audience said that.
Chris Cody
One man.
Dan Le Batard
It's actually me, Jeremy.
Roy
I'm sorry that I sounded so disappointed that he got.
Dan Le Batard
You were funny.
Mike Ryan
So upset that I got one right.
Chris Cody
Thought he was an ally. Can you be.
Juju
Can you be shot without being surprised. 53% of the audience says yes. A guy who calls the airplane a bird, douche or no douche, 82% of the audience says douche.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, put this on the poll, please. Juju, do me a favor because I meant to call Mike Ryan out on this earlier in the show. He comes on the show and this is the reason that he everyone hates Miami and will hate Miami tonight.
Amin Elhassan
Say why everyone hates my him saying.
Dan Le Batard
That in the analysis of the vibes around the Miami football team that Miami's dialed and not saying the in that Miami. He just said Miami's dialed, not Miami's dialed in. Douche or no douche. Guy who says Miami's dialed instead of dialed in because he can't. He's too busy to use the in there and he has to be cool with the dialed. That's why people hate Miami right there.
Juju
Last poll is Family Ties as good as a rewatch as the Sopranos?
Chris Cody
They come back 100%.
Juju
78% of the audience says no, it is not. Those are your posts, children.
Mike Ryan
Dan, just to clarify, no Edward Cabrera talk.
Dan Le Batard
Can you please play for me Hawk's old pirate song that just mentioned a bunch of different pirates?
Hawk
Blackbeard, dale Barra, John McKay, Bill Day, Walk the Plank, Eye Patch, Vince DiMaggio, Bill Madlock, Jim Fragosi, Connie Mack, Willie Starja Lima, Zilli, Lloyd McClendon, Sixto Lescano, Buried Treasure, Raymond James Stadium, Testa Verde, Keyshawn Johnson, Ken Obergfeld, Ed Ott, Dave Parker, Leroy Selman, Chum Bucket, Michael Stott, Kentucky Richie Zithrick, Russell and Jon Gruden.
Juju
We are scared of pirates. They are always scary and they're never caring.
Dan Le Batard
Chris, do me the favor. I know you're fading this out. I just want to keep talking so you guys can just go. And I'm just gonna keep going here for a while.
Mike Ryan
Lunch is here.
Juju
I'll see you later.
Dan Le Batard
You can just put it on YouTube and I'm gonna see if I I'm go at some point here, I'm going to pop up on YouTube over the course of the next 12 hours and just start droning into a drink how sad I am that I started a media company that everyone wants to go eat instead of work. I'm going to explain to people how sad it makes me that at this great time in University of Miami history as the Dolphins fire their coach and football matters more than it ever has, I've got a whole bunch of media people who don't actually want to do their job.
Mike Ryan
I'll hang out with you, Dan. You want me to do it, don't.
Dan Le Batard
I, Juju, Would you like to hang out with me? If I put together. If I put together a guerrilla livestream tonight where we're just screwing around watching the game with a few. I have not been able to get anybody to hang out with me. Nobody wants to work. I'm sort of. I'm a little bit surprised, Juju. I'm surprised and mortified that at this. At this time in Miami history when we've been Talking football for 20 years, everyone's got something better to do other than just to pop up on YouTube and entertain our audience by watch the game with us. Like, who can we get together? Can you help me? Can you, Jeremy and a couple of others help me make something this evening that isn't quite as lonely as I imagine it's being because they left while I was talking about this and I've been waiting for this game for 20 years and you guys haven't met the moment with bigger.
Juju
Yeah, I'm there. You can count me in no matter what. Thursday night football is about the you tonight, so I won't be there. I would love to be right by you whenever they slay this dragon tonight.
Mike Ryan
Should probably get Damascia, right?
Chris Cody
He'll talk. Talk.
Dan Le Batard
No, I can't make it. I'm sure he can do no.
Episode: Postgame Show: Serving An On-Time God (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Date: January 8, 2026
Setting: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
This lively episode brings together Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, JuJu Gotti, and the rest of the crew for a wide-ranging, humorous conversation covering sports, pop culture, TV, and life. The group delivers signature comedic banter, tackles hot takes, discusses Super Bowl predictions, runs through unique top five lists with JuJu, and wraps up with memorable listener polls—all styled in their irreverent, rapid-fire, Miami-centric spirit.
"First leg, I'm going with Harrison Wallace III. Not the fourth, you feel me? For over five catches, man. Five catches." — JuJu [00:20]
[01:38] Dan expresses his frustration that no one will join him for a long, live-stream reaction during the game.
Quote:
"I want to simply be on for the rest of the day today until after the game, but no one wants to do it with me... I'm just gonna be alone at a microphone watching the game." — Dan [01:38]
The crew teases Dan about being left out, referencing past issues like Jake Paul fight tickets.
Memorable exchanges:
"Never seen. Not one second." — Chris Cody about Breaking Bad [05:55]
"You got to. It's really good. You have to." — Dan [05:57]
"Fargo's always good." — Chris Cody [05:38]
Quote/highlight:
"Number one thing I forgot to say this week, man, we all forgot to say this. Congratulations to Chris Whittingham, man. My boy got engaged." — JuJu [11:35]
Pluribus Debate:
"This was...Michael Jordan is the best basketball player you've ever saw. I don't think you want to watch him coach the little league team. It's still boring." — JuJu [08:31]
Podcast Idea:
"I thought a good idea for a podcast would be watching series, the first episode and last...Just call it 'First and Last.'" — Amin Elhassan [06:17]
"Our defense, our run defense is trash, man. I don't have too many high hopes for us in the Super Bowl era." — JuJu [13:02]
Quote/highlight:
"Can you be shot without being surprised? 53% of the audience says yes." — JuJu [16:39]
JuJu's Fashion and Mike McDaniel Firing:
"Yeah, y'all tried to play me earlier on my Mike McDaniel glasses situation, but I serve an on-time God...and he got his goofy ass fired two seconds later." — JuJu [03:34]
Game of Thrones Ending/Eight Season Meme:
"Are you going to get sad, though, with a Starbucks cup in the eighth?" — Chris Cody [07:08]
Pirate Polls Bit and Hawk’s Song:
"Please play for me Hawk's old pirate song that just mentioned a bunch of different pirates?" — Dan [17:50]
| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-------------|------------------------------------------------------| | 00:13 | JuJu’s player prop picks (“Scooby Snacks”) | | 01:38 | Dan laments solo game live stream | | 04:25 | JuJu’s first Top 5 list (Dramas to rewatch) | | 08:58 | JuJu’s second Top 5 list (Things he forgot to say) | | 11:40 | Chris Whittingham engagement shoutout | | 13:02 | Super Bowl predictions (Rams/Jaguars) | | 14:02-17:47 | Listener poll results and debate | | 17:50 | Hawk’s "pirate song" and closing bits |
The episode maintains the crew’s quick-witted, Miami-rooted, and playfully confrontational tone. JuJu’s idiosyncratic humor, Dan’s producer-angst, Chris and Roy’s observational asides, and Mike Ryan’s comic timing punctuate the show.
Beneath the basketball and football chatter, the episode is about sharing laughs, clever lists, and inside jokes—serving up original content that keeps listeners involved in both Miami sports and the crew’s ongoing family dynamic.
If you didn’t hear the episode, you missed:
But more than anything, you missed the unique, communal energy that makes The Dan Le Batard Show such a mainstay for both Miami sports fans and podcast lovers everywhere.