Ron Magill Is Back, Jack! Make The Flamingo Florida's State Bird! | Hour 3

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: "Ron Magill Is Back, Jack! Make The Flamingo Florida's State Bird! | Hour 3"

Date: May 14, 2026
Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, with Tony, Chris Cody, Roy, Zas, and special guest Ron McGill

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Episode Overview

This episode is a spirited and humorous mix of animal expert Ron McGill’s triumphant return post-retirement, discussion of Florida conservation politics (including a campaign to make the flamingo the state bird), media snark, sports nostalgia, and classic banter on the absurdities of animal and human behavior. The show oscillates between playful grilling of Ron, genuine animal education, and signature irreverence regarding MMA, sports culture, and pop entertainment.

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Key Segment Breakdown & Highlights

I. MMA on Netflix & Ronda Rousey’s Return

Timestamps: 03:53 – 08:22

• Netflix Premieres Live MMA
  Hype around Netflix’s foray into MMA, headlined by Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano, with Nate Diaz vs Mike Perry, and Francis Ngannou vs Felipe Linz.

  • Chris Cody (04:15): “I think it’s going to be a shit show… I don’t know that there’s anyone out there who has a more inflated sense of worth than Ronda Rousey.”
  • Panel skepticism about athletic prime after long retirements, especially given “celebrity boxing” vibes.
  • Roy (08:20): “I mean, it’s celebrity boxing… this fight’s gonna be terrible. It’s all about marketing.”
  • General consensus: Quality questionable, but everyone will be watching—because it’s spectacle.

• Ronda Rousey Soundbite (05:33–06:10)

  • Rousey asserts this comeback is her best ever:
    • “What made me the best is better than it's ever been because I have more experience and because I am older.”

• Time Disbelief (06:10–07:20)

  • Surprised it's been a decade since Rousey’s peak and Skip Bayless’s First Take days; Holly Holm KO’d Rousey ten years ago.

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II. Ron McGill’s Return, Retirement, and Animal Antics

Timestamps: 09:02 – 26:44

A. Sounds & Retirement Life

• Ron joins to animal sound quizzes, misidentifying Greg Cody’s stomach as a pig or frog “That’s unfortunate” (11:40).
• Describes enjoying “sleeping in,” newly retired (11:56–12:13):
  • “Usually I wake up at 5 o’clock in the morning… This morning I went to seven.”

B. Animal Video Breakdowns

• Sloth Bear Protects Cub from Tiger (12:24–13:28)

  • “People think that the tiger is...the pinnacle of predation in India. But the sloth bear can be very, very dangerous, especially when she's protecting her cubs.” – Ron McGill (12:37)
  • Lively anthropomorphic banter as Chris Cody imagines the cub acting tough behind its mother.

• Pelican at a Restaurant (17:12–17:35):

  • On hand-fed wildlife: “This pelican now, well, he's master feeding him for the rest of his life....becomes a nuisance or becomes inept in getting its food on its own.”

• Skunk Crossing the Road (18:17–18:51):

  • Ron voices the mom skunk’s exasperation corralling her kits, “Don't make me have to stink this kid out. Let's go. Come on. Jesus Christmas. Oh, my God. To skunk these kids. I'm not having any more of these. I'm telling you that right now.”

• Turtle Crossing/Wildlife Rescue Tips (19:23–20:29):

  • Ron notes proper way to move turtles: “You should always move a turtle in the direction it was going in the first place.”
  • Mentions zoo’s ancient tortoise, Goliath, 135 years old and just became a father.

• On Animal Longevity (21:28–21:35):

  • “The oldest a vertebrate animal can live is the Greenland shark...over 300 years. But after that, it's the turtle...over 200 years.”

• Sea Turtle Grooming (21:56–22:36):

  • Explains fish symbiosis: “He's kind of being groomed...setting himself to get any external parasites.”

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C. Ron’s Animal Endowment & Flamingo Campaign

• Ron’s Conservation Work (22:36–23:21):

  • Continues endowment work for conservation scholarships post-retirement.

• Flamingo for State Bird (23:23–24:47):

  • Ron’s new crusade: Make the flamingo Florida’s state bird instead of the common mockingbird:
    • “Flamingos are back now in Florida and it’s a great sign how Everglades restoration is working...The state bird is actually the mockingbird, which is the state bird of four other states...We need to have something that’s our own.“ (23:40)
    • “My goal is to make the flamingo the state bird of Florida.” (24:12)
  • Show members join the “Flamingo!” chant, calling for audience support.

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III. Comedy, Media, and Sports Absurdities

Timestamps: 32:01 – 36:05

• Recap and comments on Netflix’s dominance in comedy (“Netflix bought comedy”).
• Ari Shafir’s odd-half beard/hair look and his “cool podcast traveling everywhere.”
• Dan Le Batard (35:32): “Netflix does this thing where [they] just bought comedy...now you need a Netflix special. And they basically come in and say, you got jokes, we got money.”

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IV. Wrestling Fandom Confessions

Timestamps: 38:33 – 44:47

• Zas recounts marital tension over his expensive wrestling habit.
  • “She asks me how much these tickets cost, and of course she did that yesterday...and then she goes, total for the two? I go, no, no, no, that’s per ticket.”
• Group debates whether you can safely lie about large expenses; consensus: not when you’re sharing bank accounts.
• Chris Cody’s wife is bemused/disgusted by his wrestling obsession, especially after eight nights in a row watching WrestleMania.
  • “Because like I told you a couple of weeks ago, there was a stretch where I was watching wrestling...and she doesn’t understand. Like, again, this is eight days in a row you’re watching wrestling. I'm like, this is WrestleMania week.”
• Good-natured ribbing: “She could pull Roman Reigns out of a lineup?” “She doesn’t appreciate when I tell her Cody Rhodes is coming out and she just keeps walking.”

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V. Quips, Quotes & Standout Moments

• On Animal Bodily Functions:
  • “Sounded like a motorcycle race.” – Ron McGill, on the horse fart (09:50)
• On Conservation Symbolism:
  • “It’s the flipping flamingo. So I want people to start getting because I’m going to get on that bandwagon this time next year.” – Ron McGill (24:03)
• On Celebrity Combat Sports:
  • “I like watching people fight for money. Men, women, not kids.” – Roy (08:44)
• On Netflix, Comedy, and Money:
  • “Netflix does this thing where they just bought comedy...now you need a Netflix special.” – Dan Le Batard (35:32)

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Ronda Rousey on Her Return:
  “What made me the best is better than it's ever been because I have more experience and because I am older.” — Ronda Rousey (05:55)

• Ron McGill on Flamingo Campaign:
  “We need to have something that's our own that no one else can have. It’s the flipping flamingo.” — Ron McGill (23:40)

• Chris Cody on Wrestling Habits:
  “It is embarrassing when I tell her I’m a grown man and I’m still paying this much money for pro wrestling tickets.” — Chris Cody (40:26)

• Roy on MMA Fights:
  “I dig it. Men, women, not kids.” — Roy (08:44)

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Actionable Calls & Engagement

• Support Ron McGill’s Endowment:
  Ongoing, direct donations recommended, aiding animal conservation and scholarships (22:36–23:21).
• Back the Flamingo State Bird Campaign:
  Ron calls for audience mobilization to clinch the flamingo’s rightful spot as Florida’s iconic bird (23:23–24:47).

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Overall Tone & Style

• Playful, irreverent, and conversational, blending expert insight (Ron McGill) with classic Le Batard group wit—a seamless ride across sports spectacle, animal quirks, and the humorous indignities of fandom and pop culture.

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How to Use This Summary

This comprehensive breakdown offers the key stories, best lines, and takeaways—letting you share in the laughs, debates, and oddball wisdom, even if you missed a minute of the actual episode. If you want animal facts, offbeat sports culture, and local color, this is the hour for you!

Transcript

[Dan LeBatard]

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[Ron McGill]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats Podcast.

[Tony]

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[Ron McGill]

No, I am.

[Zas]

Yeah, I do too.

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We all are.

[Dan LeBatard]

Great.

[Ron McGill]

Yeah yeah, we love. We love it.

[Tony]

The Roku Channel. Do you watch it there?

[Ron McGill]

No, this is a bad game. I also.

[Dan LeBatard]

I love

[Tony]

vizio.

[Chris Cody]

Watch free plus I have a Vizio TV.

[Ron McGill]

Yeah, good, good.

[Tony]

My free DirecTV.

[Chris Cody]

I have DirecTV.

[Ron McGill]

Oh, you're learning now. There you go.

[Chris Cody]

The truth.

[Tony]

Google tv.

[Ron McGill]

Yes. The answer is yes. Here.

[Tony]

Sling Free stream.

[Ron McGill]

You love it to be enough.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Tony]

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[Ron McGill]

absolute favorite.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, that's my favorite one.

[Tony]

Very good. Ron McGill will be with us here shortly. I just heard in my headset, which can be a little bit of air traffic control. I just hear the phrase, yeah, hold on, I'm moving the horse fart. That's something. I. I just.

[Chris Cody]

What was that in reference to?

[Tony]

And said we'll have Ron McGill in a second. It really does sound a bit like a leaf blower. It. It. It's beyond chainsaw.

[Ron McGill]

We'll.

[Tony]

We'll play an assortment of sounds for Ron McGill. Also, this weekend, if you want to be watching some mixed martial arts with Tony, you can do so this weekend. He's got a live stream. Zaz is actually weirdly excited about Gina Carano again. Ron against Ronda Rousey, which is confusing to me. I don't know why he's excited about this.

[Chris Cody]

I think it's going to be a shit show. So, like, I'm. I'm into seeing it. I mean, I. I don't know that there's anyone out there who has a more inflated sense of worth than Ronda Rousey and Apex Mountain. So I'm interested in seeing what she looks like, and I think she's likely going to crush Gina Carano. I'm not even sure how good Gina Carano was when she last fought 17 years ago. So I think it's going to be a total clown show.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's going to be awesome and it's going to be super fun. And brought to you by Netflix MMA Hangout streaming live at Le Batard show on YouTube starting at 8:00pm Dan, we've got Gina Carano versus Ronda Rousey.

[Chris Cody]

I just said all that.

[Dan LeBatard]

I said it better. We also have Mike Perry versus Nate Diaz and the Unk Backyard Brawl off, which is going to be super exciting. The return of Francis Ngannou, Dan and Robelis Despana, the Cuban fighter. We have everything for you live, 8pm on Saturday night. Gina Carano versus Ronda Rousey, presented by Netflix.

[Zas]

His nickname is the Cuban Fighter.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, but I'm just reminding Dan that

[Zas]

one time you're like the Cuban fighter.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, no, he's like 6 foot 8.

[Roy]

He's huge.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's jacked.

[Ron McGill]

Scary.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, Dan, you tell me. Ronda Rousey thinks she's a little bit bigger than she actually is.

[Ronda Rousey]

And so the fact that you haven't done this for 10 years, would it be fair to say that this could be the best version of you that we see?

[Ronda Rousey (Interview)]

It definitely is. Because what made me exceptional as a martial artist is my grasp with martial arts. You know, everything that I did in the cage was unprecedented and witty and really smart. It wasn't that I was just so much. I wasn't like people compared me to Mike Tyson, but it wasn't that I was so much stronger, like bigger, like, faster than everybody, because I'm an incredible martial artist. And your mind doesn't stop working on those things. You know, that's one of the things that just gets better and better with time. And so what made me the best is better than it's ever been because I have more experience and because I am older.

[Tony]

I don't know if this is happening to the rest of you. I'll put that side of sound. I'll put that sound aside for a second. The thing that's happening to me in terms of time is when they say Skip Bayless hadn't been on first take for 10 years. I can't believe it's been 10 years. I also can't believe it's been 10 Years since that was a phenomenon. I'm stunned that that was 10 years ago.

[Dan LeBatard]

Holly Holmes completely just kicked her out of nowhere. And that was the end of Ronda Rousey. I want to say that was 15 or 16.

[Zas]

I feel like Zaz set that sound up, though, to mock her for the Tyson reference. People were calling her the tight, like the Tyson of MMA at the time.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, I may have. I may have thrown to the wrong clip there, but there's another spot where she was asked, why should people watch the fight this weekend? And she says, you know, I wish I could have seen Tyson or Ali.

[Ron McGill]

It's like, you may have shown the wrong clip.

[Roy]

She's not wrong. She's a phenom when it comes to women's combat sports. She is the Mike Tyson, and a lot like Mike Tyson. Well, after her prime, she's fighting on Netflix and is going to draw a big audience.

[Tony]

Am I the only one, though, that is stunned by both of those things, being 10 years ago that I just mentioned that it's been 10 years since Skip Bayless was on First Take. He had a recent Appearance, where the numbers went up. And it's been 10 years since Holly Holm took out Ronda Rousey. I'm surprised that that's been 10 years. It doesn't seem like it's been that long ago. And otherwise, if I were to tell you you have fighters that haven't fought in 10 years or 17 years, that' something that most people would sign up for.

[Chris Cody]

Right? And I mean, look, she's. They. She trying to sell the fight, but you're not at your best 10 years after your last fight, when you were at your worst when you retired 10 years ago. You are not at your best. And Gina Carano, like I said, maybe I'm not remembering correctly. Was Gino Carano a great fighter?

[Tony]

No.

[Chris Cody]

No. And she last.

[Ronda Rousey]

Pioneer.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can we say pioneer the sport.

[Roy]

She was good for the promotion that she was in, and she last fought like.

[Chris Cody]

I feel like Gina Carano's got a little bit of Anna Cornucova to her.

[Roy]

I mean, it's celebrity boxing.

[Ron McGill]

It's.

[Roy]

I mean, Kimbo was at the height of that promotion, so this fight's gonna be terrible. It's. It's all about marketing. So what? Oh, I know. You don't want to see them.

[Dan LeBatard]

Like, you want to see a backyard ball between Mike Perry and Nate Diaz.

[Ron McGill]

You want to see that.

[Chris Cody]

I'm going to. Who cares if I think it's gonna be good or not? I'm watching it.

[Tony]

Who cares?

[Roy]

I have a shocking take. I like watching people fight for money.

[Chris Cody]

Me too.

[Roy]

I dig it. Men, women, not kids.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't like robots. I don't like robots fighting for money, either.

[Ron McGill]

I don't.

[Roy]

I'll watch a Battle Bots clip on my algo fight for money.

[Tony]

I'm in Claymation.

[Roy]

I love celebrity Death match.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, remember they had Eddie Vedder versus Scott Stapp one time? I was into that.

[Tony]

Ron McGill is with us now. We haven't seen him in a while. We miss him. We have an assortment of sounds to play for him. I don't know if he's still allowed to wear that shirt as a retired. Retired member of the zoo now that he is officially retired. But let's play an assortment of sounds for him. The first sound. We've been wearing this out. Ron, have you ever heard any animal be gassy for as long as this horse was gassy?

[Zas]

Welcome back, Ron.

[Ron McGill]

Sounded like a motorcycle race.

[Tony]

Have you ever heard that from an animal? What's the longest you've heard an animal do that?

[Ron McGill]

Generally. Generally a horse. Gorillas are also pretty notorious for Having long flatulence. But that horse, that horse was probably colicked, which is why I was laying down like that. You know, horses can get upset stomachs pretty easily. Tend have to walk them around to get things moving so that gas comes out. You can see how she was pressing on his belly there to try to relieve the stomachache. Because what happens with a horse is the colics, which is basically getting a bad stomachache. It might roll violently and by doing so it can actually twist its intestines and can actually lead to death. So they have to be very careful.

[Tony]

Well, that took a darker turn than I was expecting. But if I were to simply tell you guys that this was not a horse farting. If I were to tell you, hey, let's. There's construction happening in a nearby yard. If I made you guys guess, there's no one that's guessing that that's a horse. No one. If I give you only the sound.

[Ron McGill]

You're right. You're right. I wouldn't guess it was a horse. Like I said, motorcycle race, chainsaw, something.

[Tony]

Two of my favorite words there. You're right. I've been feeling them all day since getting the thing right when I was saying that you can get a robe at only expensive hotels.

[Ron McGill]

You're right. Thank you.

[Tony]

I really do. I want to change the name of the show to your right. Let's play for Ron here. What animal here, Ron? Is this

[Ron McGill]

not a pig? Could be a pig or a frog. Pig, frog.

[Tony]

That is Greg Cody. That's Greg Cody's stomach. That is not a pig or a frog. It's just the stomach of Greg Cody.

[Ron McGill]

Wow, that's unfortunate.

[Tony]

Thank you for being on with us, Ron. We appreciate it. I have some videos here to play for Ron McGill. Are you enjoying retirement, by the way? Because we have not talked to you since you were officially retired.

[Ron McGill]

Yeah, yeah, Officially retired last Friday and just got back from Los Angeles last night. So kind of enjoyed some time with the family out there and, you know, getting ready to start with the foundation on June 1st. So I'm going to enjoy these few days here. Just kind of relax and unwind a little bit.

[Chris Cody]

Do you sleep in now?

[Ron McGill]

I did sleep in a little bit this morning, especially since I got in from LA last night late and I'm still on that LA Times, so, you know, usually I wake up at 5 o' clock in the morning without an alarm clock. This morning I went to seven.

[Tony]

I want to play some videos for you here. We've had a handful here because they're collecting because we haven't had you on in a while. Watch this bear do some play by play on what it is this bear is doing with, with this tiger.

[Ron McGill]

Oh, this bear is challenging a tiger. That's a sloth bear. And I've seen a sloth bear is protecting her cub and that's a big challenge. And that's it. Saw it happen right there. People think that the tiger is the, you know, the, the pinnacle of predation in India. But the sloth bear can be very, very dangerous, especially when she's protecting her cubs. And that's what she's doing. She's trying to make herself look as large as possible. Making herself realize, hey, listen, you want to come in my cub, you got to come through me first. Tiger goes, nope, no thank you.

[Zas]

Now, is the cub there terrified or doing like a whole me? It looks like in this video, like the cub is like, hold me back,

[Ron McGill]

mom, I'll get him. Well, that's your inventive mind there, Chris.

[Tony]

Let's roll it again.

[Zas]

I'm telling you, I'm seeing a little hold me back here.

[Ron McGill]

Protect me, Mom. Notice he's behind him.

[Zas]

Watch right here. Watch right here.

[Ronda Rousey]

Watch.

[Zas]

He's like, not get.

[Ron McGill]

I'll get him, mom.

[Tony]

Nah, that's right.

[Ron McGill]

Look, I'm coming with you.

[Chris Cody]

Ron, would the bear win that fight?

[Ron McGill]

I've seen the bear, actually, you know. Yeah. When I say win the fight, it wouldn't kill the tiger, but it would give enough damage that the tigers say, this is not that important to me and run away.

[Roy]

Tony, you know that moment at a party or at a tailgate where everything just sort of clicks?

[Dan LeBatard]

I know it. Well, it's usually when I show up, everybody goes crazy.

[Roy]

Yeah, you usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually walks in with Cuervo walking like this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging out into this is the night.

[Dan LeBatard]

It has that effect on people.

[Roy]

It does. You usually take the credit for it, but again, it's the Cuervo effect. It's like that moment in a big game where everyone in the crowd just starts standing up, hooting and hollering. Keep it Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

Keep it Cuervo, baby.

[Roy]

Chris Cody, when you come over to my house and we put on the games, I got basketball, I got baseball going on, but what do I lay out for you and the boys for entertainment and drinking?

[Ron McGill]

Miller Line. Uh huh.

[Roy]

Those beautiful white cans or on draft or the bottle, if you prefer.

[DraftKings Promo Announcer]

Oh.

[Zas]

When you open that with the can,

[Ronda Rousey]

though, and you one of the best

[Roy]

sounds on the planet. You pair that with the right game. You take that first sip, we both look around. It's not a bit.

[Zas]

I have goosebumps thinking about the first sip.

[Roy]

We take that first sip, we open it up, and we're looking around. There's just that five seconds of almost eerie silence where you're just soaking it all in and you're like, man, did we make the right call or what? That's why we reach for Miller Lite. It's clean, refreshing, easy to drink, brewed for taste with simple ingredients.

[Zas]

Ah, that golden color.

[Roy]

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[Tony]

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[Ronda Rousey]

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[Ron McGill]

Don LeBatard the elephant went into a 711 and bought a pack of cigarettes. But my question to Ron is this. Stugats.

[Tony]

That joke didn't really land the way you wanted it to, did it? We all just stared at it.

[Ron McGill]

Didn't land at all. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Tony]

Let's play for Ron the video of a pelican.

[Zas]

I love this.

[Tony]

And he keeps telling us not to feed the animals. He says that that's not wise. Here's a pelican.

[Zas]

37 year old pelican.

[Tony]

Yeah. Makes its way daily into this restaurant where they give it fish.

[Dan LeBatard]

Looks like Mykonos, Dan.

[Tony]

Yeah. Just walks right.

[Zas]

It's passing the host booth right now.

[Tony]

Yeah. Just walks right in, makes a reservation, sits down and gets a little bit of fish thrown its way. What are your thoughts here, Ron?

[Ron McGill]

Well, you know, yes, theoretically, you shouldn't be feeding the wildlife. This pelican now, well, he's master feeding him for the rest of his life. You know, God forbid that restaurant goes out of business and the pelican goes, hey, where's my fish now? Got to learn to fish on its own, you know, this is what happens when you start feeding wildlife. It starts depending on people and then becomes a nuisance or becomes inept in getting its food on its own. And that becomes a problem.

[Tony]

No good at getting food on its own. Just makes the reservation there with Larry David. Goes right in and gets whatever it is that it wants to eat. Gets fish served fresh. Let's play the video here of the skunk and let's see what it is that Ron has to do with. Play by play here, Ron.

[Ron McGill]

Okay. It's a skunk with her offspring trying to cross the road. Convincing the offspring.

[Roy]

Follow me.

[Ron McGill]

Stay behind me. Stay. No. Hey, you got to stay behind me. God. Come stay behind me or you're gonna get run out.

[Zas]

My kid does the same thing. It's like, let's go.

[Ron McGill]

We're crossing a street. We gotta pick up the pace. I'm just learning to walk, Mom. I don't even my feet under me yet. My plate. Stay with me.

[Zas]

Stay with me.

[Ron McGill]

Come on, let's go, let's go. Don't make me have to stink this kid out. Let's go. Come on. Jesus Christmas. Oh, my God. To skunk these kids. I'm not having any more of these. I'm telling you that right now. I'm done with kids. Come on, let's go.

[Chris Cody]

You ever have sprayed by a skunk?

[Ron McGill]

Who's been sprayed? I have almost been Sprayed it almost just happened in Patagonia. Lifted up the tail and started to, you know, tighten those little squirt muscles, but I got out of the way just in time. No, not a coupa mia. What are you doing lifting up the

[Dan LeBatard]

tail of a skunk?

[Ron McGill]

I didn't lift the tail up the skunk. The tail lifts up on its own when it goes in a defensive position. I came around the corner, I didn't see the skunk there in the high grass. And then all of a sudden I saw the tail flash up and I went, oh, I didn't get skunked.

[Tony]

This next video that we're going to show you, Ron. Something like this has happened to me on multiple occasions where there are ducks in the road or a turtle and I'm trying to help to the other side of the street, but it's not where they want to be. So when I rescue them, something like this happens where the turtle all of a sudden is a lot faster than I thought it was. It wanted to go the other way. This officer puts it on the other side of the road and now the turtle is saying, bleep off, lady. I don't want to be where you want me to be. I'm going the other way. And then moving faster than I thought a turtle could move.

[Ron McGill]

Well, first of all, you should always, and I tell people this all the time, that's a softshell turtle. You need to be very careful because that thing could bite the heck out of you. They have a neck that comes out like a slingshot, give you a bad bite. You should always move a turtle in the direction it was going in the first place. Okay. I suspect that that turtle was going the other way and she thinks, oh, my God, I want to get it back into the woods where it's safe. But that's a soft shell turtle that wants to get back into the water. So that's what it was doing there. And they can run, you know, quite quickly, not any quicker than you can. It looks like it's running a lot of faster with those flippers. Are moving very quickly, but you could run a lot faster than that.

[Zas]

I love that this cop, this cop gives a thumbs up afterwards. Like, she did a good job. It's like, no, you screwed this up.

[Chris Cody]

She did a terrible job.

[Ron McGill]

What she's saying is, it's okay, he's going to be okay. That's not saying she did a good job. What do you guys always want to.

[Zas]

She's like, look at me, everyone.

[Ron McGill]

Good job. He tried to help it out. She realized you put it on the wrong side. But it's okay because I got into the water. It's safe now. Thumbs up. Thumbs up. Turtles.

[Chris Cody]

Okay?

[Ron McGill]

That's all she's saying. Cody, what do you got a rag on people?

[Zas]

I would love to see a video of Dan helping some ducks across the street. Like, just like somebody in the road. Just like, oh, is that Dan LeBatard?

[Tony]

Ron, Valerie was at the zoo the other day and came back saying that you have a turtle that's been alive since the 1800s. Is that true?

[Ron McGill]

That's Goliath. He's 135 years old. He's the oldest animal at the zoo. And to make it even more impressive, he became a father for the first time last year at the age of 134. Gives us all hope.

[Zas]

He's the one that you tickle his neck, right?

[Ron McGill]

That's the one. Brother, you know the size 525lbs of

[Tony]

tortoise, how long will that live? Like, what is the oldest an animal can live?

[Ron McGill]

Well, the oldest a vertebrate animal can live is the Greenland shark, which can live over 300 years. But after that, it's the turtle, the giant tortoises, and they have been documented to live over 200 years.

[Tony]

Staying in the turtle category, I ask you, what's happening here and what kind of play by play can you give us on what's happening with this turtle right here?

[Ron McGill]

He's kind of like in a little trance there, sleeping a little bit, kind of dozing off, enjoying whatever current is going on there. Just kind of dozing off. Eventually he'll surface to the water to take a big gulp of air. But these turds, and there's also some fish. You see the tangs on the back? They're kind of eating the algae off of his shell. So he's kind of being groomed, and he's kind of setting himself to get any external parasites. They go into, like, this trance. It's like when I did that with the giant tortoise at the zoo. Goliath, if you scratch his neck, he goes up and stretches his days perfectly still. It's a symbiotic relationship so that other animals can take the ticks off. For instance, the giant tortoise, it's a bird that goes in there and takes the ticks off, and he stays still like that. But with this sea turtle, it's other fish that come in there and kind of groom him that way.

[Tony]

I will remind the audience that you are the biggest supporter that Ron has of the endowment that has gotten quite substantive. And he will continue, even though he is retiring, he will continue to run the endowment. And that endowment cuts out all of the bureaucracy on where it is that your money goes. And Ron spends it immediately on fine dining and cars and expensive clothes. And you should continue to Support the Ron McGill Endowment the way that you do, because you do it better than anyone in the history of the zoo has done as an audience. So thank you for that and please continue to do that because as you said, Ron, in retirement, you're still going to be doing all of the endowment things that you've been doing that include embezzlement. You just agreed with it.

[Ron McGill]

I am going to be managing endowment.

[Zas]

Absolutely. Was the quote.

[Ron McGill]

Around the world and providing scholarships for deserving kids to learn more about conservation. But also, Dan, on another thing, not on this segment, but plant the seed for the next time I'm on. I want your fans to get behind making the flamingo the state bird of Florida. Okay, I'm back.

[Dan LeBatard]

I like that.

[Ron McGill]

I'm about to fight a big battle and we're going to get into the politics of it later on. But like, there's this one person up in Tallahassee who's trying to stop it and it's a no brainer. Flamingos are back now in Florida and it's a great sign how Everglades restoration is working. Everybody thinks the flamingos the state bird of Florida. Anyway, the state bird is actually the mockingbird, which is the state bird of four other states, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas. We need to have something that's our own that no one else can have. It's the flipping flamingo. So I want people to start getting because I'm going to get on that bandwagon this time next year. My goal is to make the flamingo the state bird of Florida.

[Dan LeBatard]

Flamingo.

[Chris Cody]

Flamingo. There you go, baby.

[Roy]

Go.

[Tony]

Flamingo.

[Zas]

Come on, run.

[Ron McGill]

Flamingo. Flamingo. Let's go.

[Tony]

Hey. Hey.

[Ron McGill]

What are you doing?

[Roy]

They got to him, too.

[Ron McGill]

As a subset, the Florida scrub jay is going to be the state songbird. Scrub jay is going to be the Michelin state songbird. So you have two beautiful birds that can only be seen in Florida. Perfect iconic birds. Beautiful birds. We don't have to share it with any other state. It makes us the unique, beautiful state that we are.

[Zas]

Flu.

[Ron McGill]

Yeah.

[Tony]

Ming, go.

[Ron McGill]

Yeah.

[Roy]

O. Yeah, yeah.

[Ron McGill]

Start it, man. You guys can start this here. We can. Yeah, you go. I would get the picture up there. That's what I'm talking about. Baby.

[Tony]

All right, how and what can the audience do to support your cause here? Even though you're saying we're not going to do it yet for another year, what is it that you're doing?

[Ron McGill]

Oh, no, we're doing it now. This time next year, I want it to be passed because there's a bill that we're going to put into the House. Representative Mooney is a great guy who's going to push this bill through. It was voted 112 to 1 in favor to do it last year and then it died on the vine in the Senate because it's a very powerful lobbyist who's trying to make it her goal to make sure it never gets through. She wants to make sure it's always the mockingbird. I'm done with this. I'm done with the politics. You know, that's a good question. But the bottom line is, you know, the flamingo needs to be the state bird of Florida. It's a no brainer. It's an iconic animal. I just came from la. There's posters in the airport at LAX say Visit Florida. And what's on the poster of Visit Florida? It's not a flipping mockingbird. I can tell you that right now.

[Tony]

Chris Cody just said to me that over your right shoulder, that vase needs a better table. Needs a bigger table. There's a problem with the proportion.

[Dan LeBatard]

Nervous.

[Tony]

That thing's gonna fall on with the size of and the weight of.

[Ron McGill]

No, it's just tilted. It's a basket. It's a basket from Panama.

[Zas]

Of course it is.

[Ron McGill]

Yes. It's a handmade basket. I mean, that basket took over a year to make for the long class.

[Tony]

Basket weaving difficult. Let's play another sound for Ron McGill and have him guess what animal this is.

[Ron McGill]

That's a great. Cody Burke.

[Tony]

That's correct. Well done. You've gotten good at this game. We can't trick him multiple times.

[Zas]

Just started with that one.

[Tony]

He's Ron McGill. He's the most popular guest in the history of the show. It's nice to have you back. And please continue to support the Ron McGill causes because he's doing the right work, the right way and always does. Thank you, sir.

[Ron McGill]

Thank you. Go Flamingo.

[Tony]

We will get behind that cause for you. We will see if we can help somebody that you guys are behind. I'm surprised by this. You guys were very excited that Ari,

[Roy]

Dan, big breaking news in the world of hockey. Chris Knobloch, known for looking like a Pixar dad and also coaching the Edmonton Oilers, is no longer coaching the Edmonton Oilers. He has been fired.

[Chris Cody]

Peace out.

[Roy]

Good news is still very much looks like a Pixar dad.

[Tony]

How do you guys feel about that? That's because you've got injuries. And Roy, your thoughts here?

[Ron McGill]

Well, the Edmonton Oil is how they handled that firing was completely unacceptable because several days before they asked permission for the Vegas Golden Knights to interview Bruce Cassidy, who they fired a couple of weeks before the playoffs, they still had Chris Knobloch as their head coach. So the way they went about it, terrible.

[Tony]

But if you're going to fire him, whether you know you go about it correctly or not, there are better ways to do it. But he's got two enduring players and doesn't win enough. Like him being fired isn't terribly surprising, is it?

[Ron McGill]

No, it's not surprising. But it's still unprofessional how the Edmonton Oilers did that.

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[Ron McGill]

the noise Bloomberg follows the money. Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings, there's a money side to every story. Get the money side of the story. Subscribe [e-mail] Don LeBatard There is no

[Tony]

question, Dan LeBatard show included, anybody else, that this guy is the best, best

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player on the planet.

[Tony]

Whether he wins the Stanley cup or the Coxmite this year, there is no question about it.

[Ron McGill]

St

[Tony]

say overrated. What's going on? Altered world. Oh my goodness.

[Chris Cody]

So this is the Dan Levatar show with the stuff.

[Tony]

Somebody's gonna get gonged if it's not gonna be McDavid. Like somebody's gonna get gonged if you have those kinds of enduring failures. Even though to me I always think it's explanation, not excuse. When a guy is hurt, but not good enough. When you're a legend like McDavid and that franchise is going to suffer when they're knocked out in the first round, there's gonna be punitive measures. But I was beginning to say you guys were excited by Ari Shafir, who is the latest guest on South Beach Sessions. I will ask you all this is long overdue, it's years overdue. But South Beach Sessions now has its own channel on YouTube and I would ask you to subscribe if you want to partake in longer form conversations that are intimate, vulnerable, biographical. And you have some people that you care about talking about things perhaps in ways that you haven't heard them talk before. Why is it that you guys were so excited about Ari Shafir? I was surprised.

[Dan LeBatard]

You good gut for you, Dan.

[Tony]

You specifically says we're excited about that. Is there any particular reason? Is it because you guys like is his latest special Jew? I think his latest special is called simply Jew.

[Dan LeBatard]

Ari's an interesting guy because he's very nomadic. He's like in his 50s, never been married, doesn't get married. He's often like patagonia, like Ron McGill, you be tripping is a cool podcast of him going to different places and kind of absorbing the cold. He's a very eccentric guy, so it's a good gift for you, Dan.

[Ron McGill]

I love art.

[Tony]

He does travel show. Yes. And he does psychedelics. But the last time I saw him. Okay, this was a bit surreal because this was me meeting him. Okay. It was sort of a Goodfella style scene in the back of a restaurant, like behind the kitchen with him and a bunch of his comedian friends. And the way he looked was super strange. Let's play the clip of how Ari decided to look for a month of his life. I'm gonna backtrack for everybody here. Last time I saw you, it was in the back of a restaurant that felt a bit like Goodfellas.

[Ari Shafir]

They hated us.

[Tony]

It was a comedian's. A lot of comedians were at dinner and you shot fairly shockingly, had half a beard and. And half of a haircut. I don't know how long this phase lasted.

[Ari Shafir]

It went for about a month.

[Ron McGill]

It went for.

[Ari Shafir]

I did it that day, I think. Cause I was doing a show, like, let me just around for the show. And then I was like. I think I was on the way home and some drunk white lady was like. And I was like, I'm keeping this for a while. Then children, dude would be like. They'd just point. They'd pill up at their mom's skirt.

[Ron McGill]

Mom, Mom, Mom.

[Ari Shafir]

And so I'm like, I'm keeping it. Yeah. Probably a month. It was. It was so wild. Who'd you say I looked like? Then there was some. Some. It wasn't like Nick Foles, you'd say it was somebody I looked like.

[Tony]

It was. It was brave of you to do it for even a month. It was a terribly bad.

[Ari Shafir]

People would see me from just this side and they would talk like normal. And then I'd turn. They're like, what the. What, man? Or I'd have two people talking both this way. And they couldn't. Neither one could see. They're like, oh, he's just shaved and, oh, he's just fully haired.

[Ron McGill]

Yeah.

[Ari Shafir]

Those people hated us. And Sylichus kept taking pictures and they were like, stop with the pictures. And he's like, all right. He would just sneak them. And they were like, we're going to throw you out. It really was like a Goodfellows place.

[Tony]

I'm gonna end up going to that again next year because I didn't. Valerie got s. And I didn't end up getting to go to any of the shows that I wanted to go to. But I was telling you guys earlier in this week, the way Netflix purchases almost all of comedy, the photograph. We're gonna ask. I'm gonna ask video to see if they can find the photograph of the party at Ted Sarandos house where you just have all of the comedians. Everybody in comedy that you've ever seen or cared about or would sell out a show was at the home of Netflix's. And that week, very famous comedians who always sell out were having trouble selling out because there were so many comedians playing all over the city that there was more comedy than there were people who enjoy comedy who could get to all of the shows because of what it is that Netflix has done. I just can't even imagine how much it cost. I can't imagine how much money Netflix has that they're able to spend it the way that they do.

[Dan LeBatard]

We were watching. My wife and I were watching the Roast of Kevin Hart, and she's like, man, like, everybody's there. And I'm like, yeah, like, Netflix does this thing where Netflix is a joke. They bring in all these comedy guys. Like, so they just bought comedy. And I'm like, yeah. Essentially, what they did was they saw instead of putting your stuff out on YouTube or some. Some other special or the HBO special, which everybody was trying to achieve at the, you know, end of the 2000s or whatever, it's like, now you need a Netflix special. And they basically come in and see, said, you got jokes. We got money.

[Zas]

Dan, do you have a chance to go?

[Tony]

I didn't get to go to a single thing. Not one thing, like, I want to.

[Zas]

I wanted to see you there in that photo. That would have been fun.

[Tony]

You had. You had, like, Larry David sitting down, doing a Q and A with Seinfeld. Like, it was just. It was. It was really an amazing week to be close to, but I was bummed because I didn't get to do absolutely anything else that was funny, though, that I wanted to get to, because I've been talking about the time distortion of the last 10 years and. And specifically what the time has done to Daniil Medvedev, because the last time I think that we played sound of Medvedev on this show was him going maximum villain, taunting a crowd. Let's play the sound of him taunting the people who were booing him.

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[Tony]

So that's four years ago. Now, let's pair that against. And this is largely a visual joke, so I will simply tell the audience that Medvedev, while strapped with a lot of tennis equipment, is trying to get on to the court, and there is just a guy obliviously stretching in front of him. Medvedev looks like he is brooding there. Looks like he is less happy than he was when he was being like, who are you?

[Zas]

You're one of these two people in life. Yeah, I'm sadly, the guy in front.

[Roy]

There was that one clip that we played a couple of weeks ago of him totally destroying his racket multiple times because, yeah, the last four years have been hard. Medvedev, man. Yeah, I feel you. He's just identified with an athlete more over the course of time than Medvedev.

[Tony]

I see that that racket is right near Roy over there. The. The racket that Greg Cody said he could easily break a racket, and it took him several tries in order to break it.

[Zas]

He tried to return the racket, but it didn't work.

[Tony]

We've been celebrating around here Zaslow's relationship with Tamara, his wife of many years. She has relegated him to under the covers, watching on the tablet because she is mad about his wrestling habit. And I heard you grumbling today, and I don't know whether Tamara would be displeased about me revealing your grumbling, but what is the issue that you are presently having with Tamara and how mad she is about your wrestling habit?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. I mean, so every time I go on a trip to go see wwe, and most recently was this past weekend, and it wasn't that far. Like, we were able to drive, went to Tampa, okay. And we saw a big WWE show. But these. These shows are expensive. The travel is expensive. And tickets to wwe, especially because I refuse to sit anywhere but ringside, are very expensive. And it's always embarrassing. Like, I never tell her when I'm buying the tickets. I just buy it, all right? I don't tell her how much. I just buy it. But inevitably, there's going to be a moment when we come back that she says to me, how much did these tickets cost? And, of course, she did that yesterday. How much did these tickets cost? And there's always, like, shame that washes over me when she asks me. And I have to admit to her that I paid X amount of dollars. And then she goes, total for the two. I go, no, no, no, that's per ticket. And that's. That's. That's never a fun admission.

[Zas]

Have you. Have you considered the strategy of lying?

[Ron McGill]

Yeah, no.

[Chris Cody]

Well, I. Of course I can lie. But then, like, we share a bank account. She sees the bank statement. She sees.

[Zas]

But if you say confidently, she's not going to go like. She's not gonna be like, oh, I think he's lying. I'm gonna go check. She's like, okay.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, no. I mean, I'm not saying it like, I'm not withering when I'm saying it to her. I tell her with my chest out, all right? But it is. It is embarrassing when I tell her I'm a grown man and I'm still paying this much money for pro wrestling tickets.

[Tony]

You can't get away with that lie. Chris, if she's got access to the bank accounts and there's going to be some mystery charge there that's way too large. Okay, perhaps you have done it. But this expense is something she's asking about because it's a galling expense. She's going to. That lie is going to unravel quickly. That's not a good lie you're telling, right?

[Chris Cody]

I mean, I could easily hide something that cost me, you know, 60 bucks. She's not going to notice that. But when she sees the massive several thousand dollar charge on the credit card, it's like, all right, what is this?

[Tony]

When you say she's not gonna notice that? There was something about the Ari Shafir conversation that you guys didn't notice, which is the hat he was wearing, which was the funniest part of the entire conversation. Because he's in New York and he bought this hat. And he bought it at a place where it's supposed to be an Aaron Judge hat, but they spelled his last name. The first word of his last name was spel with a G. So it's an Aaron Gudge hat.

[Ron McGill]

What?

[Tony]

Number 99 of the new York Yankees. He purchased it specifically because he noticed the typo and it was an incredibly cheap hat. Not because he likes Aaron Gudge.

[Dan LeBatard]

Ari. Big sports fan, Dan. You get to sports with Ari.

[Tony]

We had a portion of the conversation about why aren't people in sports funnier? Because he used to do a sports podcast. I think it was called Punch Drunk Sports. And I don't think this made the interview, but he was saying, yeah, we would do funny stuff. Like one example When Ray Rice's video came out, we had an MMA fighter come on and say how he should defend that situation.

[Chris Cody]

He cut that.

[Tony]

Yeah. I'm like, that's probably why more people aren't trying funny in sports, because there is the risk of that particular mistake being made by somebody whose judgment isn't quite sound journalistically when it comes to sports. He's like, but we had a big following. Yeah, you. You'd get a big following doing things like that.

[Ron McGill]

Well, I'm glad we revealed it.

[Roy]

It's Ari.

[Dan LeBatard]

He's fine.

[Ron McGill]

Good judge.

[Tony]

He can do whatever he wants.

[Zas]

He'd probably be mad.

[Ron McGill]

You got it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Exactly.

[Ari Shafir]

Trust me.

[Dan LeBatard]

Ari is. Ari says and does whatever he wants.

[Tony]

That is correct. That is exactly what he does. I don't have to do that. But, yes, I. I immediately.

[Ron McGill]

Those are his thoughts and opinions.

[Tony]

That's correct.

[Ron McGill]

We are clear.

[Chris Cody]

The part that actually winds up bothering me, when she asks me how much the tickets are, and then I see her reaction, I'm thinking myself, like, does she not know Roman Reigns was in the main event? That's not a small. Like, that's not possible. That's not cheap ticket. So of course it's gonna cost this amount of money. It's Roman Reigns.

[Dan LeBatard]

She could pull Roman Reigns out of a lineup.

[Ron McGill]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Does she know all the wrestlers like you do or not?

[Ron McGill]

You're like, babe, this is. She knows the Roman Reigns is a Roman Reign. This is Goldberg.

[Chris Cody]

Roman Reigns. Okay.

[Zas]

Probably knows the Miz.

[Chris Cody]

I don't like Bill Goldberg.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, I didn't know you weren't a Goldberg guy.

[Roy]

He's a Bret Hart guy.

[Ron McGill]

You can't be a Bill Goldberg guy if you're a Bret Hart guy.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, God.

[Chris Cody]

Get with the program.

[Tony]

Tony, on your three things we know

[Chris Cody]

about you, I'm not a cuck and I don't like Bill Goldberg.

[Tony]

Dan, on the list of things that your wife is most disgusted about, you not discuss.

[Chris Cody]

It's a strong word, but okay, play along.

[Tony]

I don't think that this is playing. I think she's disgusted by your wrestling habit. How high? On the list of things that she'd like you to grow up about, is her bothered by your wrestling habit?

[Chris Cody]

I mean, she doesn't seem to appreciate when I'm sitting down on Monday and I'm turning on Monday Night Raw, I'm watching my stories and I say to her, cody Rhodes is coming out, and she just keeps walking. She doesn't really like that or shouldn't care. I don't know.

[Tony]

Is there something else, though, that she would say, my husband needs to grow up. We have teenage kids. He needs to be a little bit more mature. Is there something more than wrestling that she would choose than the amount of money that you're spending on wrestling and the amount of time you're spending watching wrestling that makes her to the tablet.

[Chris Cody]

It's definitely the wrestling. Because like I told you a couple of weeks ago, there was a stretch where I was watching wrestling, like, eight consecutive nights. It was like WrestleMania weekend. And she doesn't understand. Like, she's like, again, this is eight days in a row you're watching wrestling. I'm like, this is WrestleMania week.

[Tony]

She's disgusted by you.

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