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Dan Le Batard
You didn't answer my question at all. You wanted to give me your Quentin Ewers takes and I was asking if I could use the sound of Wilson yelling of Tom Hanks yelling for the volleyball in Castaway to if, if Zach Wilson does get in the game, can I have access to that sound or what are the rules around here in terms of using sound without having to pay for it? That's what I wanted to know. Well, we don't have the sound anyway, so I would go with, no, that is not helpful. That is not what I need to find out. That for me, please, in a way that is more organized than just generally wandering around making shit up. Because you don't know the answer to my question and everyone's just staring at me.
Billy
Dan, we have breaking boxing news now. It was confirmed by the two people involved in the fight that they would be fighting Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul. However, that fight has collapsed over network issues. Instead of Jake Paul will be facing someone else. It's not someone the size of Anthony Joshua, but it is someone that has some boxing chops. Tank Davis and that fight will be in Atlanta. Juju.
Juju
I am there, so I would.
Billy
Have thought it more likely that he fought Tank Abbott.
Dan Le Batard
Quite honestly, I would have guessed that as well.
Billy
When I started saying you knew where it was going.
Dan Le Batard
When you said Tank, I'm like more legitimately a 60 year old tank Abbott. So he's going to, he's going to try and do the real boxing thing and he's going to try to earn it. Certainly if he were fighting Anthony Joshua, that would be earning it. Juju, I'm remiss here in that we talked Hard Knocks and we talked Bills and we did not talk about it with you. And everyone here seemed to be indifferent on what I was saying about how a team like this should be rooted for. But you got to get around the personalities and it doesn't have to be doing a whole bunch of cocaine or being rebellious, but Josh Allen and the Bills should feel more like America's team than they do. Why has Hard Knocks not captured that the way these guys would like it captured?
Juju
Because this, this team is just proof. Like some teams got the Taylor Swift stories, some teams got magnanimous features and arrests and Tyreek Hill pancake. The Bills ain't numbered. A bunch of square brothers we don't got. We not interesting. We just trying to get that ultimate goal which is the Super Bowl. Now, with that being said, they are dangerous as hell. I don't know how none of this stuff Some of this stuff is making it to the air. Like my boy Dion Dawkins. Drifting with your kids in the car is wow, that's just crazy. But this week right here, we also learned that Ed Oliver takes Ty Johnson horseback riding. And Tyler like he about to fall off the horse the entire time he was riding it. Most dangerous hard knocks ever.
Dan Le Batard
You guys don't think it'll be funny if the Dolphins season, Zach Wilson gets in the game, throws three interception, makes two good throws on touchdowns. And you can just shout this, Wilson, where are you?
Roy
Wilson. Wilson.
Dan Le Batard
Wilson.
Roy
I didn't mean all of it. Roy. Roy. I did not need all 32 seconds of castaway.
Matthew Barry
Moving scene though.
Billy
You see where the waveforms are the loudest.
Spence
That's one I'm tearing up now more.
Matthew Barry
Just gonna let it keep going.
Billy
More background. Yes, I am on this Tank Davis fight.
Matthew Barry
Tank Davis, heard any of our notes?
Billy
A great boxer. 30:01.
Roy
He's small though.
Billy
He is retired. And he is a full 13 inches shorter than Anthony Joshua. So there is still an angle here for Jake Paul to get you. Because Jake Paul, big dude. Big dude over six feet. I sit next to him almost as big as I am.
Dan Le Batard
No, but this is a real fighter. This is a real fighter.
Billy
Yeah, he's retired, but he's small. There's weight classes for a reason.
Dan Le Batard
That is correct. And, and also a lot of I. I've told you about that guy all over the Internet. I forget his name. Who's always saying, I'm 260, I'm huge. I'll beat you in a. I'd beat a street. Beat you in a street fight. And all the MMA guys are like, what are you talking about? Mighty Mouse would take you down like quickly because he's 132 pounds for reference.
Billy
So Floyd Mayweather, listed at 5 foot 8, went in the ring against Logan Paul. Didn't knock Logan Paul out. Logan Paul actually acquitted himself nicely in that fight. Jake Paul reputed to be a better boxer than Logan Paul. And also Tank smaller.
Dan Le Batard
How much does Tank weigh? How much. What's the. Just. It's not hype that I want. It's weight that I want.
Billy
It would appear Tank is an ironic nickname of sorts.
Dan Le Batard
Jude, I want more information on this because one of the things. Look, this is a great time for combat sports. I can't believe MMA is going from banned in 36 states to on the White House lawn and selling for $7.7 billion. And the biggest name, whether you like it or not in boxing right now is Jake Paul, it's not merit based, it's fame based, but it's. So he's a pay per view attraction. That's not up for debate.
Billy
He could, I guess it can move up to 147. He's fought primarily at 135.
Dan Le Batard
It's a real boxer, but it's still some of the circus freak elements. Anthony Joshua would have been the end of Jake Paul. That's not what this is going to be.
Spence
You can't be a tank and weigh that much.
Dan Le Batard
You can't put it on the pole.
Juju
Have you seen a tank?
Dan Le Batard
Put it on the poll at Lebitard show. Doesn't a tank have to be over 140 pounds?
Spence
Yeah, tank has to be over 240 pounds. Come on.
Dan Le Batard
Okay. How high are you going to go with this?
Spence
I would say 260, 240, 260. Tank means you're on the verge of being seen as heavy.
Dan Le Batard
Hard knocks, Are you down? Juju on the fact that people don't seem to like it, that people like, this is your team. It's a showcase for your team.
Spence
Or.
Juju
I'm not down at all. I like it because it's no scandal. Me and my girl while we watching the show, we literally say out loud, oh, America hates this. Like the most interesting thing that came out of the show last night was Trudevius White. He rings out his socks full of sweat after every couple of drives. And I was like, no wonder you be getting burnt, bro. You out there running on sponges, man. Like, I ain't never seen somebody ring out their socks full of wet and they have to have some change of ss. But yeah, bro, this, this is. This is a boring squad. I think they should switch it over first. Ever. Switch over. I think people are more interested in what's going on in Cleveland right now. What's going on in Dallas for sure. What's going on with the Bengals? What's going on with the Giants? It's a lot of stories out there and I think hard knocks might need to consider taking that thing on the road.
Matthew Barry
That would just be funny if just next week they're just like, all right, we're in Cleveland.
Spence
Now we get it.
Dan Le Batard
Bill are looking clean back there. What are some of the other things I missed Juju while it is that I was gone. It is nice to be back. It is nice to see you all again. It is nice after all of these years to still love being here and loving doing this with you because it is a daily blessing that is really super ridiculous. That we get to do any of this. You what? What did I miss while I was gone, bro?
Juju
You missed that my boy Greg Cody is a whiz on the monkey bars, bro. Like, my boy can get through some monkey bars, bro. And I've seen the video. Video proof. He also revealed that he is, in fact, the biggest slut at the Hut. You feel me? That was a big revelation.
Matthew Barry
That was a big one you made.
Dan Le Batard
You heard about that, Dan?
Spence
Yeah, Somebody made a T shirt for me. That's how.
Dan Le Batard
I just. I don't. I don't know the details. I know that Chris and Greg went to what used to be known as an adult bookstore together. A sex shop, as they called it. I don't.
Spence
Entertainment center.
Dan Le Batard
Well, whatever it is, would love to see the content from that. It had to be maximum awkward, was it not?
Matthew Barry
Check out last week's great Cody show.
Spence
Yeah.
Juju
All right. Great Cody with Gary Cody featuring the Greg.
Dan Le Batard
Well, I don't. So which is it? I just.
Roy
I don't think that's the name. I don't think that whatever it is that Juju did right there with. And. And at the end. I don't think that's the name of it.
Spence
It's.
Gary Cody
With this week.
Matthew Barry
This week we have Matthew Barry. So last two weeks, good episodes.
Spence
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
Okay, so this is. This is the time of year. Do you guys find any of this weird? This particular time of year, when this side economy to this giant thing that is the NFL bursts to life in just what is a lovely participation in how to play with our games, where it's so interactive that there are a whole bunch of people addicted to fantasy football.
Billy
Not at all. And proud to be on the DraftKings network.
Juju
Hey. Yes, sir. You also missed dan. Michael Porter Jr. Has become a super villain since you've been gone. Like, he has been saying some things into some microphones. Sir.
Spence
All.
Dan Le Batard
All I saw in Michael Porter, if we were playing word association on how things got out to me in the deep sea, is this is. This is literally the only information I have. And I don't have any context. And I'm scared even saying it. Michael Porter, addicted to women. That's like. Those five words are the only thing.
Roy
That got to me.
Dan Le Batard
I have no other information.
Billy
His brother can't get any right at all.
Juju
Like, not even an ounce of it. He also says that he plays Andrew Tate interviews when women come over just to check their temperature. What in the Joker in Gotham type of psychology is that? I don't understand it. We also find out that Giannis slaps the hell out of his teammates when he's playing basketball. Slapped the hell out of somebody. Salute to the brother he slapped. He had great restraint. I don't even think he reacted. He was just like, ah, that's Giannis.
Dan Le Batard
Billy, you look clean. You're gonna. You're going to get home, and your people are gonna notice you on the way home. You that you look strapping right now.
Gary Cody
Thank you. I appreciate that. I want to see how long before my wife notices. My children usually notice before my wife does.
Spence
Me too.
Gary Cody
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
What do you guys. So what's happening here in both of you?
Gary Cody
We're on unhappy marriages.
Spence
Yeah. Billy, that is a beautiful set of hair, though. It really is.
Gary Cody
Thank you.
Juju
We also found out, Dan, that Izzy Gutierrez is now a Detroit Lions lifer. Honolulu. Izzy moving forward.
Dan Le Batard
I have rarely been as rattled as I was seeing the lyrics scroll across the screen. That gave me information on Izzy's text string. I. I just. I. I'm still not.
Spence
Yeah. What was it called again?
Billy
Well, it was a whole thing. It's actually called sue me, but people thought it was suck my. Oh, I shouldn't have said that out loud.
Spence
Yeah, yeah, probably not.
Juju
Mina Kimes was on the late night show with Seth Meyers.
Dan Le Batard
That was cool.
Spence
How about that?
Juju
Good for moving on up.
Roy
Tell me more.
Dan Le Batard
There.
Roy
Don't leave that. What?
Dan Le Batard
Tell me more. How did she do? How was it?
Billy
That perfectly encapsulates it. I didn't actually watch.
Dan Le Batard
Okay.
Matthew Barry
But I. I saw that she was there, and I'm like, yeah, way to go. This makes me happy.
Billy
I saw the day after. I'm like, I'll still post.
Dan Le Batard
Okay, before you go any further, Juju, you're someone who celebrates your colleagues while we were away, not just Mina. Right. It's not a small thing that we made a Taurasi movie. It was on Amazon Prime. That's a really nice thing. And while we were away, another one of our friends, Pablo Torre, signed a legacy deal with the New York Times and the Athletic to, like, really legitimize one of the golden podcasts, top 100 all time, according to Time magazine. Like, those are celebrate your colleagues moments.
Matthew Barry
We saw your video from the future. That was cool.
Dan Le Batard
And I. I think we should celebrate some of those things that we. We shouldn't just skip past them.
Billy
You decided to go on vacation, pal. We did, yeah. We were celebrating.
Roy
We're catching you.
Billy
It was. Yeah, it was like a two day thing.
Roy
Okay.
Spence
We were here. Where were you?
Dan Le Batard
I'm sorry, my bad. Keep up.
Roy
Yeah. Thank you.
Dan Le Batard
You know what?
Juju
Cryptic video too. You sent Cryptic video. You sent from the studios.
Roy
Okay, go ahead.
Dan Le Batard
People were confused by it.
Juju
Yeah. They were like, what is Dan saying? Congratulations to Pablo. But what does this mean?
Gary Cody
What year was it in the video?
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, it was 2043, I think.
Spence
Good news. The newspaper guy's not on fire.
Juju
Good.
Dan Le Batard
I believed you. It's like, how do you.
Billy
At first I was like, oh, no. Acting. But it was fine.
Roy
But the announcement was unclear is what you were saying.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, I was just like, what's the big.
Spence
The future. What's he doing?
Billy
Congratulations. Pablo would have sufficed, perhaps.
Matthew Barry
So creative.
Dan Le Batard
It would have been harder Pablo being.
Gary Cody
In the Pablo announcement too.
Billy
Yeah, it would have been nice. A bit of an overthink.
Spence
Yeah, Very artsy.
Roy
I was just told what to do.
Billy
Doesn't need a chain email, folks. Just. That's an announcement.
Roy
Okay. Where were you on the front end of this? Anybody?
Billy
I wasn't.
Spence
Thank God.
Billy
I wasn't one of the 27 people on that chain.
Roy
Okay, but anybody can only say no so many times.
Gary Cody
Yeah, the people that said no typically are left off those chains.
Spence
How many takes did that take?
Dan Le Batard
I'm just.
Roy
Anybody could have said something on the front end to that. It's not. It's not helpful to say it on the back end.
Billy
No one's going to tell you.
Spence
It feels good though, to say it on the back end.
Billy
Dan wants to act.
Dan Le Batard
All right.
Roy
No, Dan didn't really want to.
Juju
Who made you act?
Billy
Have they ever watched Juju?
Dan Le Batard
You look so good, Billy. Go ahead. I'm sorry, Juju.
Juju
No, I was just about to say what's the end game, Spence? But Billy looks great.
Dan Le Batard
He does, right?
Billy
I'm happy to report. No dicks on your head.
Spence
Oh, good.
Dan Le Batard
Congratulations, Billy. What did I miss in the wnba?
Juju
Juju, man, Every member of the Indiana Fever has gotten in season ending injuries right now. Besides Kelsey Mitchell and a couple of the girls. I'm exaggerating for sure. But yeah, the Fever, they have an entire different team. Asia Wilson, remember a couple weeks ago we was like, dang, what's going on with Asia? She beat. Right. The Aces have gotten it together. Like have no fear, they are clicking at the right time. Jewel Lloyd decided to start coming off the bench and that helped tremendously. They now in fourth place in the entire W, put it together at the right time. And the Atlanta Dream, number two team in the entire league right now. I'm not gonna elaborate, but keep an eye out for the Dream. Even though we had a Tough loss last night in Vegas at the Buzzword.
Dan Le Batard
Well, wait a minute. That's a. That's a big deal, Juju, because you've. You've not had a good Atlanta Dream Team, have you?
Juju
Like, right. Never. Not. Not in my existence as a Dream fan. We have been the bottom of the league. I'm talking about the arena. Was me, Renee Montgomery, and these two brothers that be coming to the game all the time. Like, we have been on the bottom of the league for a while. So being here is. It feels great.
Dan Le Batard
That's a big deal, man. Like that. That has been. So Renee Montgomery has turned around the Atlanta Dream, like, in. In a way that's obvious right now, right?
Juju
Very obvious. And the people give her, like, so much love. The little girls after the game, they all run up with them, want to picture with Renee, and even the. The older ladies, they. They want to picture with Renee because they were there during the pandemic where vote war, knock, and all of that stuff really changed the direction and the trajectory of the Atlanta Dream franchise. Salute.
Dan Le Batard
That's a cool story. Let's update some polls here before we get out of here for the day. And it is really nice to see you guys again and. And be back, and it's been fun, and I missed you guys. So what do we have on the polls?
Juju
Does every single man over 40 years old think that he is 20 years younger? 87 of the audience says yes, they do.
Roy
Damn.
Juju
Should the goal posts be closer together?
Billy
Definitely.
Juju
54 of the audience says yes, they should.
Spence
Wow.
Juju
All right. Also, Dan, you miss CD Lamb. Almost got his back snapped in half by a referee. It sounds crazy. Crazy, but it happened. Is a 15 to 1 blowout more impressive than a 14 to 0 blowout? This has never happened before in the history of the show.
Spence
No.
Juju
50 of the audience says yes. 50 of the audience says no.
Dan Le Batard
That can't be true.
Roy
It's crazy.
Dan Le Batard
He's telling me, right? It's. It's AI. It's artificial intelligence. It's Photoshop.
Juju
Is Tom Brady still the face of the NFL? 63 of the audience says no, he is not.
Spence
Shock.
Juju
Right? Shut up, kids. 95 of the audience says yes.
Spence
Yep. Not even a question.
Roy
But look at Billy.
Billy
No cha cha cha.
Roy
No one has more popular opinions than matter of fact Billy.
Gary Cody
I mean, shut up, kids. You ever been to one of the parties where they say cha cha cha?
Spence
I have. Oh, gosh.
Gary Cody
Now they. And these kids.
Juju
How old are you?
Gary Cody
Thank you. Now they don't stop. Now it's how older you Are. And then they count until the end. It's like in.
Juju
Are you.
Gary Cody
That's the one.
Juju
Are you? Three, four.
Gary Cody
And in my. Then we sing in Spanish.
Matthew Barry
Johnny Damon.
Juju
Great.
Matthew Barry
Bring this up.
Gary Cody
Never ending. My God. Song's over. Go on.
Juju
Sorry, Billy.
Spence
No.
Juju
I stepped all over your dates. That's on me.
Spence
No.
Gary Cody
Hey, Juju, you know Vince Carter was like, a part owner of the Bills.
Juju
Yeah, him and Tmax.
Gary Cody
I had no clue. I was watching Hard Knocks like two episodes ago, and I. And I was. I was like half watching and I was catching up, and then I was like, I'm pretty sure that's Vince Carter. But he's talking about what it's like being a receiver catching passes from a quarterback. Like, is that just someone that used to be in the NFL that looks like Vince Carter? So I had to rewind him. Like, no, that's. That's Vince Carter. Vince Carter just thinks now that he's a partial owner of the NFL team, that he knows what it's like being an NFL player and he's just telling anyone that'll listen.
Juju
Yep, that's my 100% algorithm. As soon as that move was made. Algorithm. Me, My algorithm.
Billy
A lot of boobs.
Juju
Go on. Have you ever heard a title of a movie? Better than if I had legs, I'd kick you. 68% of the audience says no. They haven't.
Dan Le Batard
It really is a great movie title. You guys are still with me. I was thinking about this while I was in the deep ocean. That Jaws wouldn't have been a hit if it had been titled as they suggested. What's that Gnawing on my leg? But it's a. It's a better movie title, right?
Spence
Because the other sounds like a comedy. What's that? Knowing on my leg.
Dan Le Batard
But if it were Jaws, it could be the same movie anyways.
Juju
Yeah, but anyway, like I was saying, Johnny Damon made a return since you've been gone too, and he has turned into an absolute hunk. You gotta check it out.
Dan Le Batard
Wait a minute. So Johnny Damon has cleaned everything up and is now working out, and now he's beefcake.
Billy
No, the awesome looks really good.
Matthew Barry
Yeah, it's awesome, though.
Billy
It looks like the front man for the war on drugs.
Juju
Deep sea snorkeling. Yes or no? 74 of the audience says no. And those are your poles.
Dan Le Batard
Wow. Valerie.
Roy
Okay.
Dan Le Batard
She's gonna be very disappointed to learn that because she thought she was so right. And.
Juju
Yeah, last name before we get out of here, I was. What they call it? Ball sacked. Because Brock. Byers Bowers still has his hair, so he should be on the come on home list. You feel me? Check out DLS Hoops right now. Please subscribe. We need your help over there. We're averaging now was at 13 views an episode. Now we up to about 23. So your help is almost definitely appreciated. You feel me? Come on. And lastly, happy birthday to my dad, Lewis. Man, I've seen another year around the sun. Beautiful wife. Come on, man. Happy birthday, brother Greg.
Gary Cody
Which one's Lewis?
Spence
Yeah, the one giving the haircut care.
Dan Le Batard
Good luck.
Matthew Barry
Comedy.
Date: August 20, 2025
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
This episode blends sports banter, pop culture riffs, and classic crew dynamics with guest JuJu Gotti joining Dan, Stugotz, and the gang. The conversation skips energetically across topics ranging from the boundaries of using famous movie sounds on-air, boxing news, “Hard Knocks” and NFL storylines, various team updates, and offbeat personal anecdotes. Throughout, the group’s chemistry and playful teasing foster a fast-moving and unpredictable dialogue.
Dan, exasperated about production disorganization:
“That is not helpful. That is not what I need to find out... just generally wandering around making shit up.” ([00:20])
Juju on Hard Knocks’ Buffalo Bills:
“Bills ain't numbered. A bunch of square brothers we don't got. We not interesting. We just trying to get that ultimate goal which is the Super Bowl.” ([02:04])
Roy, stretching the Wilson sound bit:
"Wilson. Wilson." ([03:09])
Spence:
“Tank means you’re on the verge of being seen as heavy.” ([05:38])
Juju reflecting on the Dream’s years of struggle:
“The arena. Was me, Renee Montgomery, and these two brothers that be coming to the game all the time. Like, we have been on the bottom of the league for a while. So being here is... it feels great.” ([14:50])
Juju on Michael Porter Jr.’s weirdness:
“He also says that he plays Andrew Tate interviews when women come over just to check their temperature. What in the Joker in Gotham type of psychology is that?” ([09:27])
| Timestamp | Topic/Quote | |:-------------:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:02 | Dan’s Cast Away sound bite question; requests show rules clarification | | 00:40 | Breaking news: Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua off; Jake Paul vs Tank Davis announced | | 02:04 | Juju on why Bills are “boring” on Hard Knocks but “dangerous as hell” | | 02:56 | Dan & crew joke about using “Wilson!” sound if Zach Wilson plays badly | | 03:09 | Roy imitates extended “Wilson!” yell | | 04:36 | Billy and Dan analyze Tank Davis’s weight and fight hype | | 05:47 | Dan, Juju, and Spence banter about the “tank” nickname and boxing weight classes | | 07:21 | Juju: Greg Cody is “a whiz on the monkey bars”; reveals “slut at the Hut” | | 09:27 | Juju relays Michael Porter Jr.’s “supervillain” turn and Tate-watching confession | | 13:54 | Juju details major WNBA injuries, the Aces’ momentum, and the Dream’s rise | | 14:50 | Dan asks Juju about the rarity of the Dream’s current success | | 15:39 | Discussion of Renee Montgomery’s influence on the Atlanta Dream franchise | | 15:51-18:52 | Polls segment: audience splits on NFL, blowout definitions, and odd movie titles | | 19:23 | Johnny Damon’s physique and comeback mentioned |
The Cast Away Sound features trademark Le Batard Show chaos—absurd sound bite debates, fresh sports news, brutally honest takes on “Hard Knocks,” and a hilarious rundown of everything Dan missed. JuJu Gotti brings both sports analysis and comedic energy, dropping gems about the Bills, Atlanta Dream, Greg Cody's unexpected strength, and Michael Porter Jr.'s bizarre personal life. Birthday wishes and in-jokes round out a quintessential Local Hour that’s equal parts informative and ridiculous.