Postgame Show: THE ALIENS ARE HERE! (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: "Postgame Show: THE ALIENS ARE HERE!"

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Released: February 11, 2026
Special Guest: JuJu Gotti
Recording Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

In this animated, offbeat postgame episode, Dan, Stugotz, JuJu Gotti, Greg Cote, Mike Ryan, and company dive into a wide assortment of topics—sports, social media, conspiracy theories (aliens!), and the quirks of modern culture. While the show remains rooted in its unique comedic rapport, it touches on thought-provoking themes, social commentary, and classic Le Batard bickering. Prominent throughout are references to the work of fellow journalist Pablo Torre, alien disclosure, and the panel’s signature comedic takes on basketball, pizza, and even theme park rides.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Pressures of Creative Output & Group Dynamics

[00:48 – 01:41]

• The episode opens amidst studio banter about Jeremy struggling to produce a song under time constraints.
• Dan acknowledges the group’s impatience and pressure put on Jeremy.
• Quote: "He's pissed off at us. He's not even wrong to be pissed off at us... we're playing defense against everything he's doing." — Dan Le Batard (00:48)

2. Pablo Torre’s Investigative Reporting & Media Responsibility

[01:01 – 02:26]

• The group debates how to credit Pablo Torre for his rigorous reporting and whether it comes off as self-congratulatory to demand more media attention for such work.
• Dan worries about the optics:
  • Quote: "How do you correctly walk the line between asking the media to please pay attention to what is really good work... without looking like we're grandstanding?" — Dan Le Batard (01:01)

3. THE ALIENS ARE HERE!

[02:26 – 02:53]

• Stugotz derails the conversation, referencing recent government disclosures about aliens.
• He’s baffled by everyone's indifference; juxtaposing coverage of routine sports news (Kawhi Leonard) with revelations about extraterrestrials:
  • Quote: "There are aliens with bases in our oceans. The government has told us they exist and you’re talking about Kawhi Leonard." — Stugotz (02:26)
• JuJu remains skeptical:
  • Quote: "I haven't seen these aliens." — JuJu Gotti (02:53)

4. Origin of the "Three-Point Dunk" Idea & Intellectual Credit

[03:03 – 05:44]

• JuJu and the crew dissect Nick Wright's idea (recently aired on Bill Simmons’ podcast) that dunks should be worth three points—an idea JuJu claims predates Wright’s.
• JuJu, however, views it as flattery, not theft, and expresses a measured attitude about idea ownership:
  • Quote: "That's a form of flattery to me... Just remember that great minds think alike." — JuJu Gotti (03:18)
• Greg Cote laments how often pundits get credited for takes he’s made months earlier—on e.g. the Bills and Patriots—only after they catch fire with ‘insiders’.
• Memorable Moment: A heated but friendly back-and-forth about “being early vs. being wrong” in sports analysis.

5. Fixing the Layup/Dunk Scoring Conundrum

[05:22 – 05:57]

• The logistics of awarding three points for dunks are debated (e.g., how can you tell if a player’s intent was to dunk or lay up when fouled?).
• JuJu proposes a bold rule:
  • Quote: "Once you go up for a layup or a dunk in the paint, that's three free throws, no matter what. Case closed. Get out of my face." — JuJu Gotti (05:45)
• The notion is acknowledged as a “slippery slope” and lightly mocked.

6. Pablo Torre in "Enemy Territory" & Dangers of Investigative Journalism

[05:57 – 07:11]

• Greg Cote suggests increased security for Pablo and Amin while investigating Clippers-related stories at Crypto.com Arena, playfully dramatizing their “danger.”
  • Quote: "We need to give them boys some extra security. Because imagine...you see Amin prancing his ass through the bowers of your organization." — Greg Cote (06:05)
• The segment carries tongue-in-cheek "danger to journalists" banter, with Mike Ryan joking:
  • Quote: "They're going to kill Pablo because of salary cap circum. I mean, a little self-important this segment, huh?" — Stugotz (07:02)

7. Disney Theme Parks, Teacup Trauma & AI Skepticism

[07:11 – 09:01]

• The crew reminisces about the spinning teacup ride, joking about childhood queasiness and the authenticity of viral videos.
• Dan questions if his dislike for teacups makes him a “wimp” and Greg Cote responds with mock derision and commentary on distrust in digital media:
  • Quote: "I watched this video 800 times. I was like, is brother Sam in the teacup or not? I don't know. We are going 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction as a society. I don't know what this is I'm looking at." — Greg Cote (08:04)
• Mike Ryan notes social media influencers likely skipped ride lines, prompting more playful skepticism about reality online.

8. “Pizza Gate” (Not That Pizza Gate) and Pizza Etiquette

[09:01 – 10:27]

• The debate moves to pizza—specifically, the “right” way to eat it. Greg Cote gives a detailed, quasi-philosophical argument about only touching the crust because of his germaphobia:
  • Quote: "I tear off the crust because...I don't even want the possibility of it. I have nothing but a whole chunk of deliciousness in my hand to fold and manipulate how I want to." — Greg Cote (09:53)
• Dan and others rib him for “violating America,” and there’s irreverent banter about “pepperoni sauce.”

9. Life Advice, Brotherhood, and “Free Game”

[10:42 – 11:29]

• Greg Cote offers heartfelt life advice during Black History Month, emphasizing solidarity and compassion for one’s own community:
  • Quote: "Your people are your people for a reason...the entire world tries to tear them down...you don’t have to join in line." — Greg Cote (10:52)
• This shift from comedy to reflection is brief but impactful.

10. NBA Breaking News & More Basketball Banter

[12:07 – 12:53]

• JuJu delivers breaking news: NBA suspensions following the Pistons/Hornets fight.
  • Isaiah Stewart: 7 games
  • Miles Bridges & Musa Diabate: 4 games each
  • Jalen Duran: 2 games
• Quick discussion on whether suspensions were too lenient; brief joke about Duncan Robinson getting "eternal shame."

11. Polls, Social Media, and More Meta Humor

[13:00 – 13:37]

• JuJu’s social media poll segment is nearly empty ("not one poll up today"), but he delivers the lone result:
  • Poll: "Was Dave Portnoy the first person to call the bottom of a pizza 'the undercarriage'?"
    • 65% say yes.
• JuJu plugs the “Alley OOP” basketball podcast, keeping with the show's penchant for in-jokes and cross-promotions.

12. Show Wrap-Up & Running Gags

[13:37 – 14:03]

• End-of-show camaraderie and comedic callbacks—Jeremy’s song (created alone “vulnerable and ashamed”) will be stapled to the episode.
• Light roasting and callbacks (“big fat Dan”, “Happy Black History Month”), closing the episode in typical irreverent fashion.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Media Responsibility:
  "How do you correctly walk the line between asking the media to please pay attention to what is really good work... without looking like we're grandstanding?" — Dan Le Batard (01:01)

• On Society’s Priorities:
  "There are aliens with bases in our oceans. The government has told us they exist and you’re talking about Kawhi Leonard." — Stugotz (02:26)

• On Idea Ownership:
  "That's a form of flattery to me...great minds think alike." — JuJu Gotti (03:18)

• On NBA Dunk Reform:
  "Once you go up for a layup or a dunk in the paint, that's three free throws, no matter what. Case closed. Get out of my face." — JuJu Gotti (05:45)

• On Digital Reality Skepticism:
  "I watched this video 800 times. I was like, is brother Sam in the teacup or not? I don't know...I don't know what this is I’m looking at." — Greg Cote (08:04)

• On Brotherhood and Forgiveness:
  "Your people are your people for a reason...you don’t have to join in line. Your patience and understanding is going to be the world to them." — Greg Cote (10:52)

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Key Timestamps for Easy Reference

• [00:48] – Opening and Jeremy frustration
• [01:01] – On Pablo Torre’s reporting and media attention
• [02:26] – Alien disclosure rant by Stugotz
• [03:03] – The three-point dunk idea origins
• [05:45] – JuJu’s “three free throws” basketball rule
• [06:05] – Greg Cote on Pablo Torre’s ‘dangerous’ journalism
• [08:04] – Authenticity crisis: teacups, AI, viral media
• [09:53] – Greg Cote’s method for pizza eating
• [10:52] – Greg Cote’s heartfelt life advice
• [12:07] – NBA suspensions (Pistons-Hornets fight)
• [13:00] – JuJu’s social media poll segment

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Tone & Style

True to the Le Batard tradition, the episode is rapid-fire, playful, irreverent, and peppered with both deep takes and mock seriousness. The group’s banter, inside jokes, and tangential topic shifts exemplify the show’s signature blend of sports talk and comedic disarray. The authenticity, camaraderie, and willingness to mock both themselves and wider media make for a lively, uniquely engaging postgame show.

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This summary captures all major segments and personalities, providing a listener-friendly guide to the episode’s structure, substance, and signature style.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

Put a camera on the frustrated Jeremy out there. He's pissed off at us. He's not even wrong to be pissed off at us. We sort of deserve his rage because we ganged up on him.

[Stugotz]

What do you mean?

[Mike Ryan]

He asked a 14 minute question and.

[Dan Le Batard]

It'S taking him a long time to make this song. But songs are hard to make. It's. I mean we are really putting pressure on him to quickly make songs and he's got a certain standard and we're watching him while he does it and we're like bothering him. We're playing defense against everything he's doing. We'll get to juju here in a second and update the polls, but I wanted to ask the group of you as it relates to this Pablo reporting. Okay, cuz Pablo is doing an exceptional job, but I also feel like it can be off putting and not a great look for us to sort of be grandstanding about why can't anyone else do this work or why can't anyone else bring attention to this work? The second to me is more important than the first. The work is too hard to do to expect everybody in media to be doing this stuff. But it's not too hard since Pablo is taking the risk of responsibility to to then talk about what it is he's reporting without any legal risk to yourself because you put the responsibility of it on Pablo. And I don't know how to correctly walk the line between asking the media to please pay attention to what is really good work. Don't ignore it. It's hard to do what Pablo's doing and not looking like we're Grandstanding. I don't know how to do it correctly. I think we're off putting in demanding that the media please pay attention.

[Stugotz]

You sure are. You sure are demanding that people pay attention to Kawhi Leonard. There are aliens with bases in our oceans. The government has told us they exist and you're talking about Kawhi Leonard. Do we just not have the mental capacity to reconcile that we're not alone in this universe? Do we not want to do that to our theologies? The aliens are here.

[Juju]

I haven't seen these aliens.

[Dan Le Batard]

What? What did you just mutter?

[Juju]

I got it.

[Greg Cote]

I speak.

[Dan Le Batard]

We'll get to the polls in a second with juju. Juju. Do you have any thoughts on Nick Wright? I imagined. When was it? Did you have a time stamp on when it is that you gave us this idea? Nick Wright just stole it to make dunks worth three points.

[Greg Cote]

Nah, man. We gonna keep the respect on Nick. Right Name man. He ain't stealing nothing from me. I go the other way. I'm not like the rest of the folks in the media who get offended by stuff like that. That's a form of flattery to me and a reminder of what I was saying a couple months ago. Like, whenever I say stuff as Julie and G with my tie on, it's taken a little serious. More serious than this guy right here? I know I don't do myself no favors, so just remember that great minds think alike. And if you think Nick Wright is a great mind, you kind of got to lend me that. Now. You did.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's very kind of you, but it's just outright thievery. I. There are timestamps on this. You said this a long time ago. And now Mike Ryan's coming in here all lightheaded about how great Nick was on Bill Simmons's podcast, changing the NBA, fixing the NBA, which is a go to topic two days after the Super Bowl.

[Greg Cote]

That's how it goes, man. Like I say, I brought it in here. I said, bruh. I said a couple things about the Bills earlier in the season. Mina Khan said, about three months later, the whole world fell out and couldn't believe how brilliant of a take she had. I told you that the Patriots were frauds. Like halfway through the season, I told you they haven't played no damn body. I said, what have you done for me lately? I was in Miami when this happened. My Bills beat them. You got beat by my Bills. That tell me a lot about you. And then the world starts saying, no. Put it on. Ryan Clark said it. Dan Orlopski said it. It must be. Come on, man. I think he's got to throw my boy Jew a little bit respect right now. You feel me? I've been doing this for a little while. I've been here at this job for six years now. They usually make someone an expert at something. You feel me? Nostradamus over here, dude.

[Mike Ryan]

To be honest though, you're in the same situation I am. Again, not wrong, just early.

[Greg Cote]

Exactly. Not early. Not wrong at all. And I even showed support. I went the other way. I wore the Patriots jersey on here last week because guess what? I'm a friend. Unlike Duncan Robinson. My partner, A.J. highsmith, worked for the Patriots. He get paid every time they won in the playoffs. Come on, man. I'm rooting for that still. Good guy over here, bro.

[Juju]

You're telling me though, like, Nick Wright can tell the difference. Guy gets fouled going to the basket. If he was trying to dunk it, or maybe he was going to do a layup. I mean last night, Victor Wembanyama, he drove to the basket and he did a finger roll. Like you assume he's going to dunk, right? No, no, he did a finger roll.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wembanyama can do a finger roll without jumping.

[Juju]

I understand, but that's not a dunk. You wouldn't get three points.

[Greg Cote]

Slippery slope.

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What's a dunk?

[Greg Cote]

I think it's easy to fix that. Slippery slope. I had it all written out. Once you go up for a layup or a dunk in the paint, that's three free throws, no matter what. Case closed. Get out of my face. Whoa.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you have any advice for Pablo Amin and David Sampson on what it is that they're doing there? On Pablo Torre finds out.

[Greg Cote]

Pablo. Yes, sir. I got some metal art media, man. These are our brothers. I. I preach brotherhood and I preach love. We sending them folks to to LA this weekend in crypto. We need to give them boys some extra security. We need to make sure they got everything they need. Because imagine we go they going into enemy territory. Imagine you work for the Clippers and you see a mean prancing his ass through the bowers of your organization. Uhuh. No sir. Let's make sure we got some $200 an hour brothers with them brothers everywhere they go.

[Dan Le Batard]

I do think that Pablo's doing actual dangerous work. I don't know whether the people at large in this America, in this protect billionaires America.

[Mike Ryan]

I had the thought of when the original aspiration thing came out where I opened my phone and I Saw it and I was like, oh my God, they're going to kill Pablo at some point. I had that idea like six months ago.

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Why?

[Mike Ryan]

No, no, the aliens are the tip of the iceberg.

[Stugotz]

They're going to kill Pablo because of salary cap circum. I mean, a little self important this segment, huh?

[Greg Cote]

They're aliens.

[Mike Ryan]

Pablo self import, not me.

[Dan Le Batard]

I want to show people here a ride at Disney that has always been scary to me and it's not one.

[Juju]

Of and not a fan of this one.

[Mike Ryan]

This ride sucks, by the way.

[Greg Cote]

Terrible ride. Cup?

[Dan Le Batard]

No. The teacups are dizzying and it's unpleasant and I think I'm a little bit of a baby and not liking this. There are many. This is Sam Darnold and Kenneth Walker doing the teacups.

[Greg Cote]

I love the social media people like trailing them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, we need our own cups, please.

[Juju]

We need to get this footage.

[Dan Le Batard]

Two different social media handlers around the organic moment of here's Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker and Sam Darnold. Not an original ginger according to Chris Cody, but is an original ginger according to Earlene Cody, Chris Cody's mom and the authority, the true authority on these matters. The teacups. How do you feel about this juju? Am I a wimp for hating the teacups? They make me dizzy. They affect my equilibrium. I do not like that ride.

[Greg Cote]

You are wimp for a hundred other reasons, big brother. Neither here nor there, but at the same time, time. This is proof that I don't believe nothing. No mo bro. I don't know what to believe. I see a video, I think it's AI. I watched this video 800 times. I was like, is brother Sam in the teacup or not? I don't know. We are going 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction as a society. I don't know what this is I'm looking at.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, so that it's the not knowing that it's real that bothers you. It's not that. Sand Arnold. And play it again.

[Greg Cote]

I want to see it's real.

[Stugotz]

You know how I know it's real? Omar Raja in On the screen filming, right? Yeah, look, that's what I've been looking at the entire time. Is Omar having to film this. Oh yeah. Probably skip people in line for this, by the way.

[Greg Cote]

Oh yeah, no doubt. I can't tell anything no more. I'm like, is this. Are they sitting down for real? But neither here nor there. On the pizza gate.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, we'll get to pizza gate in a second.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, we will.

[Dan Le Batard]

I do think. I feel like not that pizza gate. I do feel like. Like most people here think. Think that I am simply wrong. That it's not. It's not about being early or being wrong. I think that they just think I'm wrong about everything I've said about the pizza.

[Greg Cote]

Nah, I don't know. It's just important to. I promise. The TV show Traders, bro. Oh, my goodness. It has changed my life. It has revolutionized my thinking. You be seeing something and think you right as hell, but be wrong as hell. You will see somebody that look like you, walk like you talk like you say something, and you just inclined to believe it. No, it's wrong, brothers. I don't do this in public because I'm a germaphobe. And when I'm in Miami, I'm touching the pizza on the crust only because I can't.

[Mike Ryan]

Y'.

[Dan Le Batard]

All.

[Greg Cote]

Y' all got that soap in the bathroom.

[Stugotz]

It be.

[Greg Cote]

It leave my hands stinking. I'm going to be honest. I bring my own soap down there. So when I'm at home, though, I tear off the crust because you eliminate the coast. It's like a little ivory coast where the crust turns into pizza. That little badlands right there. I don't want. Want none of it. I don't even want the possibility of it. I have nothing but a whole chunk of deliciousness in my hand to fold and manipulate how I want to. I'll never touch no pizza or no pepperoni sauce or no cheese. I'm touching the undertake. So you make the taco. I got you. You feel me? It's brilliant and easy, but let y' all tell it.

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You.

[Greg Cote]

You are against America if you do this. Come on, guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know what pepperoni sauce is. Is it the juices from pepperoni?

[Greg Cote]

Exactly. You know what pepperoni sauce is. But look at your belly. You know what some damn pepperoni sauce is?

[Mike Ryan]

Put up big fat Dan.

[Greg Cote]

Put up big fat Dan. Get that Dan. It turns a natural history. Happy Black History Month, by the way. You feel me? I got some free game for the world right now. In a world that magnify hate and tor and turmoil. Just remember, bruh, your people are your people for a reason. It's really up to you to treat them special. The entire world is trying to tear them down for the mistake they made. The entire world don't believe in them. They already don't. They hate them when they walk through the door. You don't have to join in line. You feel me? Your patience and Understanding is going to be the world to them. Lend it to your people, they your people for a reason. That's how you strengthen these bonds down the road. Have people willing to die for you because you took up for them and you had their back when they made a mistake. So free game for the, for the world.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, I could see that at Lebatard show if you want to vote on the polls. And again, if we want to get love advice from Greg Cody, the Telephone number is 305486, Gotts 305-486-4689. He's going to do this live at the end of the week. I get to feel like I make the argument that I'm not wrong. I'm just early on being fooled by the Internet. I was fooled by the Internet before. The rest of you were fooled by the Internet. If juju is now too old, if juju, our social media guy, is not savvy enough to realize that he's going to be made a sucker by the Internet. I wasn't wrong. I was just early.

[Greg Cote]

Maybe that. Let's not put that wording out like I'm savvy enough. I want to keep my job. Hold on, hold on. But at the same time, we got breaking news out of the NBA. The NBA suspensions for the Pistons Hornets fight has been released. Isaiah Stewart seven games. Miles Bridges four games. Musa Diabate four games. And Jalen Duran, two games.

[Juju]

How many Duncan Robinson get exactly?

[Greg Cote]

They gave him extra guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

Eternal shame. He gets eternal shame. Duncan Robinson from walking away. That's light on Isaiah Stewart.

[Juju]

I thought, I thought he was gonna get 10.

[Greg Cote]

All right.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like that.

[Stugotz]

It's light league saying play on.

[Greg Cote]

I dig that.

[Mike Ryan]

More fights coming off the bench, though. Yeah, that's a dangerous.

[Juju]

Why do you think they drafted him in Detroit?

[Mike Ryan]

That's exactly right.

[Dan Le Batard]

What, what did you just say? At Lebatard show on the poll questions, what do you have for us today, Juju?

[Greg Cote]

Well, I mean, this has never happened before in the history of the show, bruh. My boy ain't putting out one poll up today. I'm talking about not one of them. So as a treat, was Dave Portnoy the first person to call the bottom of a pizza the undercarriage? And before I read this, I gotta remind you to listen to the alley OOP at DLS hoops. That's how you find it. If you ain't hating, why you waiting? Subscribe, please. 65% of the audience says yes. Dave Portnoy was the first person to call the bottom of a pizza, the undercarriage. And that is your poll.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, thank you, Juju. We will staple to the end of this whenever Jeremy is finished with it, the song that he spent the last hour making in a lone room, alone, vulnerable and ashamed because look at Tony. Tony betrayed him.

[Mike Ryan]

I didn't betray him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike betrayed him. You guys, look at him.

[Mike Ryan]

He's leaking as a quarterback. Dan ever heard that?

[Dan Le Batard]

He's leaking confidence. Look at him out there. He doesn't feel good. He doesn't like us very music is.

[Mike Ryan]

He shouldn't be the bird there.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think that is.

[Stugotz]

I think that's a middle finger.

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Mike Ryan]

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