Hour 3 - Wait, Aliens Are Real?

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show (Hour 3): "Wait, Aliens Are Real?"

Date: February 16, 2026
Guest Hosts: Covino & Rich
Network: iHeartPodcasts / Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

In this hour, guest hosts Covino & Rich blend sports banter, pop culture, and comedic takes while filling in for Dan Patrick. The show dives into diverse topics, including Olympic curling, NBA All-Star weekend, team chemistry in Major League Baseball (with a focus on the Mets clubhouse drama), and a lighthearted President's Day trivia contest. The episode crescendos to a spirited discussion about Barack Obama's eyebrow-raising comments about aliens, questioning whether a revelation this massive slipped under the radar.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Olympic Curling Craze

• Timestamp: 02:22–05:16
  • Topic: The hosts, while watching Olympic curling, debate if the exuberant crowd reactions are genuine or exaggerated for TV cameras.
  • Covino’s Take: "No one’s that excited about curling. I get excited for my daughter’s year old girls flag football, but it's the Olympics, it's the best in the world." (04:16)
  • Rich’s Joke: Compares the curling rock to a "Roomba with a handle." (05:13)

Bonus: Listener Call-In (Curling Deep Dive)

• Timestamp: 33:11–34:36
  • Ryan from Canada: Explains curling terminology ("curling stone, or a rock") and physical demands, painting the sport as much harder than it looks.
  • Rich: Teases, "I'm not gonna be winded from curling, I promise you that."
  • Ryan: Retorts, "I was sore for five days after a family tournament!"

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2. Lowering Expectations, Loving the Outcome

• Timestamp: 07:00–09:45
  • Main Idea: The hosts riff on the "key to life": keeping expectations low to enjoy pleasant surprises, whether that's a cartoon movie or a Bad Bunny concert.
  • Notable Quote (Covino): "If you keep your expectations low, you won’t be disappointed. That’s our show's motto." (07:21)
  • Rich: Praises the animated movie "Goat," linked to Steph Curry, claiming it won the weekend for families over NBA All-Star events.

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3. MLB Clubhouse Chemistry – The Mets Under the Microscope

• Timestamp: 06:44–23:01

  • Storyline: Focus on reported tension between Mets stars Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto, after Lindor admits publicly that "everyone is not best friends" on the team.
  • Notable Quote (Covino, quoting Lindor): "Are we all best friends? That's not how it works in the clubhouse... They have a good dynamic and root for each other and that's it." (13:36)
  • Rich’s Reaction: "Like, you're supposed to love each other, if anything. You want people to be genuine and real." (15:02)
  • Chemistry Analogies:
    - Covino compares it to radio show hosts not being friends after the mic goes off.
    - Rich says, "That's called chemistry... When there's real chemistry, things are clicking, you know, people feed off that. You can't fake that." (17:08)
  • Historical Baseball Insight:
    - Rich references how good clubhouse guys like Jose Iglesias and JD Martinez contributed to the team's 2022 success ("the Grimace year").
    - Covino contrasts the Mets with the chemistry-strong Dodgers.

• Fan Perspective:

  • Hosts reveal the disappointment upon learning sports teams aren’t always made up of tight-knit friends.
  • Covino: "When the velvet rope was pulled back a little bit too much, it sort of rubbed me the wrong way when I realized that NFL players didn't know everyone on the team." (13:36)

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4. Presidential Day Sports Trivia

• Timestamp: 35:06–41:03
  • Segment: Rich hosts a spirited President’s Day sports trivia with Sean from Connecticut. Contestants need to answer trivia tying presidents to sports moments.
  • Sample Questions/Answers:
    • Q: "Who is the only sitting president to attend the Super Bowl?"
      A: "Donald Trump" (36:13)
    • Q: "First president to publicly fill out a March Madness bracket?"
      A: "Obama, correct." (36:53)
    • Q: "First president to throw out a pitch at a MLB game?"
      A: "Taft, 1910." (37:56)
    • Q: "Which president was a licensed bartender and owned a tavern in Illinois?"
      A: "Lincoln, bro." (39:58)
  • Host Banter: Amusing side notes about Dan Quayle’s "potato" scandal and Lincoln as "presidential bartender at Hooters."
  • Notable Quote (Covino): "Four score and seven beers ago." (40:09)

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5. Barack Obama Admits Aliens Exist?

• Timestamp: 50:16–53:36
  • Main Story: Covino & Rich dissect a recent podcast appearance by Barack Obama (on the Bryan Taylor podcast), where he casually suggests that aliens exist.
  • Notable Quotes:
    • Covino: "He said on the Bryan Taylor podcast… Aliens exist. And there’s a lot of controversy here because it was in a passing moment, like 'yup, aliens exist. Sure do. And they’re real.'" (50:16)
    • Rich: "It was almost like the former president said yes, there are aliens, and the guy's like, 'That’s great and all... Hey, where do you and Michelle like to eat lunch?' I’m sorry, wait—" (50:47)
    • The hosts lament the missed journalistic opportunity: "No one followed up with that?... Sort of a passing comment on the podcast." (53:36)
  • Follow-up Details:
    • Obama later reportedly walked back his comments, saying they're not at Area 51 and expressing doubt "they ever made it to this planet."
    • Covino's Hypothesis: The aliens Obama referred to could be "any sort of living organism," perhaps small or molecular—not the "grayish green creature with a big head" from cinema (52:07).
    • Rich questions: "Do you think if you become president, you really get a 'here's the secret stuff' briefing? Or is that just a myth?" (52:30)

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• [07:21] Covino: "If you keep your expectations low, you won’t be disappointed. That’s our show's motto."
• [13:36] Covino: "Are we all best friends? That's not how it works in the clubhouse... They have a good dynamic and root for each other and that's it."
• [15:02] Rich: "Like, you're supposed to, like, love each other, if anything... You want people to be genuine and real."
• [17:08] Rich: "That's called chemistry... When there's real chemistry, things are clicking, you know, people feed off that. You can't fake that."
• [36:53] Rich: "First president to publicly fill out a March Madness bracket? Obama, correct."
• [40:09] Covino: "Four score and seven beers ago."
• [50:16] Covino: "He said on the Bryan Taylor podcast… aliens exist. And it was in a passing moment, like 'yup, aliens exist. Sure do. And they’re real.'"
• [50:47] Rich: "It was almost like the former president said yes, there are aliens, and the guy's like, 'That’s great and all... Hey, where do you and Michelle like to eat lunch?'"

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Useful Timestamps

• 02:22: Curling crowd excitement and authenticity
• 07:00: The “lower expectations” mantra in life and pop culture
• 13:36: Mets chemistry and Lindor's divisive comments
• 33:11: Listener (Ryan) calls in to explain curling
• 35:06: Presidential sports trivia begins
• 41:03: Trivia wrap-up and musings about Lincoln
• 50:16: Obama podcast alien admission dissected

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, irreverent, witty—Covino & Rich bring banter along with critical sports and culture analysis.
• Mix of insider sports knowledge, pop culture references, and listener engagement.
• Willingness to call out awkward or overlooked moments (“missed opportunity” with Obama’s alien comment).

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Episode Takeaway

While the hour is packed with sports and fun—curling, Met drama, trivia—the most unforgettable (and potentially jaw-dropping) moment is the casual revelation by President Obama about the existence of aliens, promptly glossed over by his interviewer. Covino & Rich shine a light on this, asking the question: did we just let the most important news ever slip by us... because of a podcast host with no follow-up game?

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For listeners:
If you missed the live broadcast, this summary captures all the zaniest moments, the sharpest sports takes, and the big "Wait, what?!" pop culture bombshells of the hour.

Transcript

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[Rich]

She is not with us anymore.

[Chelsea Handler]

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[Covino]

You are listening to the Dan Patrick.

[Rich]

Show on Fox Sports Radio.

[Covino]

Happy Valentine's, papa. Happy Valentine's weekend, papi. Happy President's Day. I'm still celebrating, bro. Bring the romance, Lance.

[Rich]

Romance over here.

[Covino]

So I'm rocking this shirt right now. Kavino and Rich. And for Dan Patrick again, covino and rich. 5 to 7 on the east, 2 to 4 on the west. Monday through Friday. Day one of the Dan Patrick presidential hat trick. You watch us live on YouTube. Simulcasting, chatting live. Join the chat YouTube.com/ino Enrich FSR Covino and Rich FSR really appreciate it if you followed us. Thanks, guys. Hope you had Keyshaw Johnson sort of weekend. Even though Jackson Hayes killed the dunk contest right from the get go, single handedly ruined it. Did he even know that the competition had started?

[Rich]

No.

[Covino]

Hope you had a Jordan Daytona 500 sort of weekend. Michael Jordan with the big win, proven he's a winner. And like I said earlier, a Swedish women's Swedish curling team sort of weekend.

[Rich]

Kavino just asked me a great question off the air.

[Covino]

Was it that great? That's why I asked it off the air, maybe.

[Rich]

So he looks up at curling, which they're playing on One of the TVs in here, and he goes, there's people cheering like emphatically. And Karina's like, are they faking it?

[Covino]

They could be.

[Rich]

Are they really like they.

[Covino]

Are you that excited?

[Rich]

Come on. I get it. We, it would be weird to be like, well, we root for football and baseball and basketball and all that. But is it, do you feel like they're faking it a little bit when you see people emphatically rooting for Curly?

[Covino]

I mean, I could be, here's what I'm saying. Imagine that.

[Rich]

You could get into anything.

[Covino]

No, no, no. I could be at the weakest NFL or baseball game. If that camera's on me, I lose it. Like that little kid who starts thrusting at the camera. So maybe it's just when the camera's on you and you're on the screen, you just lose all control. And yeah, it's like at the Home Run Derby, you two are famous as the Bushwhackers. That is true. Anytime you know the camera's on you at these big events, you just get excited. So that has to be what's happening.

[Rich]

No one's that excited about curling. I get excited for my daughter's year old girls flag football, but I get it. It's the Olympics. It's the best in the world. But they're scraping the ice. Sam probably knows the term for that. Is there a term for when they scrape the ice for curling or whatever they do?

[Covino]

Sweeping.

[Rich]

Sweeping. Is it sweeping? Maybe a little.

[Covino]

It's a Swift Swiffer. Yeah.

[Rich]

When they're doing that, there's people in the crowd that are like, yeah, yeah.

[Covino]

It's like, crazy. Is it really that easy, though, Rich, or do you think it's one of those things that everyone thinks they can do it? Yeah. Once they got out there, they'd slip and fall and hit their head. It's probably that g. It's just still amazing, even though we've seen it for years. Amazing to see that people enjoy this. We wouldn't be able. We wouldn't be able to stop our. You know. What is that thing called? The.

[Rich]

The old.

[Covino]

Yeah, the big. It's like a puck on steroids. Yeah.

[Rich]

It's like a bocce ball puck.

[Covino]

The Roomba. The Roomba.

[Rich]

The Roomba with the handle.

[Covino]

So anyway, hope you enjoyed your Olympics over the weekend. Hope you got some romance, maybe a nice dinner, maybe some chocolates, some Russell Stovers. And now you get Covino and Rich. It just keeps getting better.

[Rich]

My kids are old enough to, you know, read effectively now where they could, like, see things that my wife and I write to each other.

[Covino]

Oh, boy.

[Rich]

And my wife bought me. We just got a new backyard grilling area all put together, and I think it's nice. And I got. I got a nice flat iron for. For my own little. Because I'm going to take hibachi lessons. I'm going to learn how to do an onion volcano.

[Covino]

You got that Kevin Black is stone one?

[Rich]

I don't.

[Covino]

What do you got?

[Rich]

The better one?

[Covino]

Oh, this is a better one.

[Rich]

Those are the ones. You could roll it up. This is like a built in. Nice deal. So my wife, because I was like, you know what? I want to start making this.

[Covino]

Sorry, Daddy stacks.

[Rich]

I want to be. I want to be the guy known for, like, making a great Smash Burger. Because that's all the rage now. So she bought me one of those Smash Burger paddles. She just wrote like a cute little. A cute little card about, like, let's for lots of smashing in 2020. Say, like a little sexual innuendo on. My kids kept asking, like, mom, what does it mean you want to smash dad? And I'm like, no, we're talking about burgers, kids. But yeah, you got to get one of those paddles, right? You guys coming over for Smashburgers or what? Presidential trivia in a few Minutes. We're going to get to that. We talk some NFL. Could we talk about my dude, Francisco Lindor? I stick up for this guy. I love this guy. He's my favorite New York met.

[Covino]

Is he really your dude? Because he says no. He says he has no friends on the team. Really quick though, Rich. It's the top of our last hour. The Dan Patrick Show. How could you roll right over the NBA headlines?

[Rich]

The NBA headlines?

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Like what?

[Covino]

Well, I mean, in hour one, we were joking that you went and saw an NBA inspired cartoon movie rather than watch All Star Weekend.

[Rich]

I'll tell you, I thought goat great in the theater.

[Covino]

I'm so good about it. I mean it looks good, but why did you say.

[Rich]

Because I went in thinking I wasn't gonna care. It was just like, that's the key to life.

[Covino]

Keep expectations low. If you keep them low youw won't be disappointed. That's our show's motto.

[Rich]

Did you say the key to life was to have no expectations?

[Covino]

Keep them low. Cuz most things stink nowadays. So then once in a while you're pleasantly surprised. Like, oh, like Bad Bunny for example. I'm not a Bad Bunny hater and I love the cultural pride of it all. But I'm a Rock fan, right? It's as simple as that. I'm a Rock fan. So of course, yeah. Metallica, let's do it. I had zero expectations for Bad Bunny. So I went in, I watched and guess what?

[Rich]

I left.

[Covino]

Like, hey, that was pretty good.

[Rich]

I didn't understand something.

[Covino]

I liked it. Keep your expectations realistic. Keep them low. Don't expect so much. You went there and you enjoyed.

[Rich]

I like it.

[Covino]

I like it.

[Rich]

Like for instance, when I take my son and daughter to go see the Super Mario Galaxy movie later this year or Toy Story 5, there's an expectation, like, these are big brands, these are big franchises. Like I'm going to probably be like, all right kids, let's get ready. Super Mario Galaxy.

[Covino]

Like, no, don't overhype. When you overhype, you under produce.

[Rich]

But I'm saying that comes with a. To me, that comes with a hype. That's going to be a movie. Those are movies that make hundreds of millions of dollars opening weekend.

[Covino]

In fact, this should be our new mantra, Our new motto. Our new slogan. Hey, is Kavino and Rich.

[Rich]

Keep your expectations low and you'll love us.

[Covino]

Be realistic.

[Rich]

I said, you know what? Why don't we do this? My daughter had a flag football game. There's no school today. So I was like, why don't we? When, when Emmy's done with her game, why don't we go to the mall? They have a beautiful food court, nice little, little social area. Food court. Go get some dinner. Oh, go see what's playing and even look like what's playing. Oh God, that basketball movie. Steph Curry's behind it. I went in thinking like, yeah, the kids are easy to please. They'll like any animated movie. I thought it was fantastic. The storyline, it was quick. I think Sony does her animation very different than Pixar. No, Pixar is very clean and I don't know how to describe it. This is very like into the spider verse type of.

[Covino]

Did you like it? I thought you liked the animation.

[Rich]

I thought it was great.

[Covino]

All right, so hey, if you got the kiddos out there, those nose picking kids home for President's Day, maybe you take them to see Goat because Rich says Jordan didn't win the weekend. The NBA didn't win the weekend.

[Rich]

I think goat underrated.

[Covino]

Goat boy says Steph Curry in the movie Goat won the weekend.

[Rich]

Boy. Honestly, I thought it was great. You may thought it, for all I know Kavino, you'd see it and think it stinks, but I thought it was good.

[Covino]

I'll tell you who lost the weekend to me, your boy Lindor though back to that story. Yeah, I don't like what he's saying here.

[Rich]

Either do I. And, and I don't. This is an unrelated note, but did you see Mets owner Steve Cohen said as long as I own the team, we will have no captain. Because do you remember last year there was speculation like, oh, they're going to name Lindor captain, the first captain since David Wright and before that it was John Franco. Like the Mets have only had a few captains. They're not like the Yankees. Then again, not many teams have a captain. The Yankees are one of the few that do. Believe it or not, it's a rare thing. Not many teams have a cap.

[Covino]

They haven't had many captains though, that I know of.

[Rich]

Jeter is judge captain or no?

[Covino]

Yeah, Judge is captain.

[Rich]

But there's like Randolph Rondo. Dodgers, right? No, no, Dodgers captain, right, Danny? No, Yankees are like, that's their thing. But Lindor, the fans love him, but it seems like maybe he doesn't get along with everyone because maybe there's a reason. Nimmo and Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil and all these guys removed. Maybe there's dissension.

[Covino]

There was whispers, rumors, murmurs about him and sot not vibing and you know, you Assume. You, You. You assume that because they're both Latino guys. Hispanic guys. That maybe that's why they vibe. Lindor's Puerto Rican, Soto's Dominican. You know, that doesn't mean they're bf.

[Rich]

I'm not assuming anything. In fact.

[Covino]

No. But I think there isn't a, like, oh, they must salsa together and get along. That doesn't mean anything.

[Rich]

All white people think that.

[Covino]

Yes, I do. I do think that.

[Rich]

You think I think that because I'm a white guy, that I think because they're both Latino, they do the salsa together. And other.

[Covino]

Not saying that. You think that. And I bet you we have an understanding. Oh, there's a language. There's a connection there. They must get along.

[Rich]

You figured that. But I. I will say this. Last year, as a Mets fan, I had group chats from early on, and I was in denial of this, Danny. I really was. I was in complete denial because there was body language. And I'm not saying Soto has ever been the most demonstrative, like, let me show you my feelings type of guy. But he stopped doing the Soto shuffle on the batter's box. He stopped doing the few things that did give him a little pizzazz.

[Covino]

You know why? He says, because Francisco made fun of me. That's why.

[Rich]

That's what he said.

[Covino]

He's not very, very kind to me and my dance.

[Rich]

I know that. We have since learned that Soto was a little butthurt that when he signed with the Mets, Lindor didn't reach out. Apparently, Aaron Judge was a great teammate, and he didn't feel like when he signed that big deal with the Mets that some of the team leaders like a Nimmo or a Lindor, apparently no one reached out. And that sounds crazy to me because not to be an ass kisser, but like, when. When this network signed Stu Gotz to be the new show, I DM'd him like, yo, man, congrats. Welcome to the team. That doesn't make me an ass kisser. That's just. I feel like that's polite.

[Covino]

Sounds like a kissing ass.

[Rich]

Jesus Christ. My dad would say, I'm saying, don't kiss in a. I feel like it's a nice gesture to welcome the new guy. And Soto was butthurt. And my friends that are met are my. My chat with my met friends, which is now called Stern Stands. Stern Sits to Pee. That's the name of our chat now. Should change. He did make some good moves. But my Met chat last year was like, yo, watch. When one of them hit A home run. They're doing high fives and handshakes with Alonzo, some of the other guys, every time. Lindor and Soda. It would be just the most casual. Kavino. Like the little, like, low five.

[Covino]

I would see. Everybody speculated the little low five.

[Rich]

And I'd be like, ah, no, they're just being professional. Turns out they just don't like each other. And can you read what Lindor said to the press yesterday? Because I think this is not good.

[Covino]

Well, they're saying that Francisco Lindor painted an honest picture of the Mets clubhouse when asked about last season, noting that everyone is not best friends, he says, are we all best friends? That's not how it works in the clubhouse. He says, they have a good dynamic and root for each other and that's it. I don't like that they're not all best friends. Like, that's not something you sort of say about your teammates. That rubs my cheeks in a really negative way. I don't want to hear that as a fan. Just keep the illusion alive, too. As a fan. Like, you know, when we started interviewing celebrities and athletes many years ago, when the velvet rope was pulled back a little bit too much, it sort of rubbed me the wrong way when I realized that NFL players didn't know everyone on the team. But then, of course, it made sense. Like, I get it. There's so many 53 guys. Yeah, there's 53 guys. There's special teams, offense, defense. There's a lot of turnover, a lot of practice players. Practice players in and out. But you had this little kid fantasy that they were a team. You know what it felt like to be on a team, and you're like, but they're a team. When I realized they didn't all know each other's name, I'm like, you don't know your own team, but he's on your team. But that's how I felt.

[Rich]

You realize, like, when I hear this.

[Covino]

I feel the same way. I feel deflated.

[Rich]

Like, you're supposed to, like, love each other, if anything. Like, you know, like, you pretend, you know, you want people to be genuine and real.

[Covino]

Well, it's like radio. It's like radio shows. You think they're best friends, but when the show's over, they all go the separate ways and they don't talk at all. Yeah, that's not what happens on this show.

[Rich]

No.

[Covino]

You two actually hang out all the time. We actually enjoy each other's company, sometimes reluctantly, but that's just life. But, yeah, we actually all get along and you know, we, we communicate all the time. It's like it's too much information. I don't like it. It rubs me the wrong way. And to me it's the opposite of chemistry.

[Rich]

What was that Dave Chappelle bit back in the day? When keeping it real goes wrong.

[Covino]

Yeah. Cuz you could all be professionals. I get it, you know, when it's the best, when it's genuine, when it's authentic. But you could say it's radio, right? I'm sure there's a lot of shows that could do a great job as professionals. And they go in there and they go to, who's the guy? Ross Markingham for the news and you know, he does his update and good job. But you know, it's better. Well, when there's real chemistry, things are clicking, everybody's vibing, you know, people feed off that. You could feel it. You can't fake that. So basically he's saying, yeah, it's, it is what it is. We're just professionals. Isn't that why we all got so excited with Fernando Mendoza? Because every interview was about how much he truly loves his teammates and he would die for them. And honestly, door is doing it all wrong.

[Rich]

I have only wanted to work with people I enjoy. In fact, that's how you win. Why is I with Sam running the board this morning?

[Covino]

Because we love working.

[Rich]

Because why am I here? Well, hold on.

[Covino]

First, respectfully, Sam, because you do a great job if you did it, whatever, right?

[Rich]

But we, we said to the boss, we said, hey, when we fill in for Dan Patrick, that's our biggest audience because Dan Patrick's a legend. So when we're filling in for dp, with all due respect to some of the other, yeah, we want B.A.

[Covino]

Barakis and who else was part of the A team? Yeah, we want Face. We don't want the B team.

[Rich]

We want the A team because there would be times where we'd fill in for Dan Patrick. And I'm like, with all due respect, Scott, our boss, I said, don't. Don't you want our show at its best when we're filling in for the biggest show on the network? Well, that means Danny G and I with Sam and our team needs to be.

[Covino]

But you know what that is? That's vibe.

[Rich]

That's called chemistry.

[Covino]

That's vibe, right?

[Rich]

And I hate when my dude Lindor is saying like, well, we could just coexist. No, I want you to like each other, man.

[Covino]

And he's doing it like in a matter of fact way, like that's how it is. And I'm sure that is how it is in a lot of cases. But if you're a fan, you want, you want to feed off that excitement and that was your team two years ago. Like, that was undeniable chemistry where the casual fan could watch me like, yo, I'm not a Mets fan, but that team's exciting. Yeah.

[Rich]

The Grimace year and the Hawk to a girl and all the. And you know what? You had great clubhouse guys and it brings up an interesting thought. The guy that they said was the centerpiece of that excitement. Oh, my God. Jose Iglesias.

[Covino]

Not only that, you had guys like Alonzo leaders backing up all that fun.

[Rich]

Well, J.D. martinez was at the time, like not a great player anymore, but he was a leader and apparently like a really good clubhouse guy.

[Covino]

Right.

[Rich]

And so they're saying it was J.D. martinez and Candelita himself. Oh my God, Jose Iglesias that brought that team together and brought that fun vibe. They weren't maybe the best, in fact impactful guys on the, on the field.

[Covino]

Edwin Diaz, but they had a different squad.

[Rich]

They brought it.

[Covino]

And now.

[Rich]

There'S some speculation that, oh.

[Covino]

My God, you got too many big personalities clashing. That's, that's the risk you take. And that's, that's why you also got to tip your Dodgers hat to what they're doing in la. They've managed to bring all these big star players and they've all managed to put their egos aside because they, they really picked a likable team that seems to get along. So that's not easy to. If that was easy to do, the Mets would be doing.

[Rich]

Here's the deal. Candalita himself. Yeah, Jose Iglesias, like a really good bench type of player. He's available now. So there's a part of me that's like you're telling me they must have such little faith in him that a team with a payroll the size of the Mets, you can't throw this guy. I'm not even joking. I think he's the type of guy that you could get for like a 1 year, 2 million, 1 year, $1 million type of contract where bring him.

[Covino]

In just for violence.

[Rich]

Like what? But you don't find value in that.

[Covino]

He's got to come up with a new hit.

[Rich]

But I'm saying, but I'm saying, like.

[Covino]

You could say he has a, he has a follow up single called Ideios mio. It's Jose Iglesias with his follow up and it brings a Whole new vibe to the team.

[Rich]

But you know what they are saying that a lot of the Mets that are have broke camp right now are saying there's a lot of big star players and they're all getting along. I think. I don't think it has anything to do with the new faces, the Polancos and the Marcusemians of the world. Those guys are brought in because they're good clubhouse guys. Everyone seems to be clicking, but I just think that there's two guys that aren't the best of pals. They just happen to be the two best guys on the team. And I think Lindor and Soto just aren't two guys that would hang out in real life. And maybe you make it work.

[Covino]

I mean, you don't even have to have that. There has to be mutual respect and understanding like the Bash Brothers. I don't think that McGuire and Canseco were BFFs, but I think they like playing together. These dudes don't feel like they like playing together. I mean, they're not bashing forearms.

[Rich]

To think of the mets in the 80s, what was a big part of that team. And you don't need to be a nerdy Mets fan like me to know that all those guys that were did drugs together. Thank you, Danny.

[Covino]

That were partying very hard together, team bonding, right?

[Rich]

I mean, like Keith Hernandez, Daryl, Doc Gooden, all those guys were out of their mind. Ray Knight, you know who a big centerpiece of that team was? That was like a goody two shoes. The late, great Gary Carter was doing like soap commercials and didn't drink or do drugs or anything.

[Covino]

But you know what didn't RFK Jr. Party with.

[Rich]

With those guys? I think back in the 80s, from.

[Covino]

What I hear, from what I'm hearing, yeah. All right, so again, here's something else you need to think about. You know how you're supposed to keep everything within the clubhouse? Those are like. Yeah, those are the rules, Right. And you heard what happened with Harper over the weekend, right? He's not elite, is what the GM said. You're supposed to keep these things in house. Your thoughts, your feelings. If Lynn Dore, who's supposed to be a leader of the team, potential captain, if he's saying this type of stuff at a press conference, what's really going on if someone gives you the opportunity, like, hey, man, how's the team chemistry? Hey, you know, it's great. It's great to be back. There's ways to just beat around the bush. He's like giving a Weird honest answer. Like, okay, do you appreciate the honesty or is this trouble in the making? Yeah, we're not best friends, but we're all professionals. Like, no, lie to me, Jerry. Lie to me, Francisco, or get it right.

[Rich]

Lie to me. I believe.

[Covino]

Here's my theory and I'm not there. I believe him and others, but him and Soto especially, there are two superstars that can't seem to exist on the same planet.

[Rich]

You know what I mean? But I think everyone else is fine. I really do. They went out and got all these other names that apparently are doing just fine, but their egos. I think when Dor and Soto, if. Let's just say you were schoolyard picking teams, they could be. They would not be on each other's team.

[Covino]

Yeah, but if he's, if he's willing to say that, then there must be. It must be worse than we even think. You know what I think?

[Rich]

Soto saying all the right things. I don't know if you saw him. They asked him in a press conference like, hey, what. How do you feel about your protection in the lineup now that Pete Alonso's gone? And he was quick to be like, yo, we got Boba Shet now we're good, we good. You know, like he. I think maybe Lindor just wasn't welcoming and maybe Soto is one of those guys that has like a long memory where he's like, yeah, I'll never forget, I'll never forget. He didn't welcome me. I don't know. You would think.

[Covino]

I just think this is the tip of the iceberg.

[Rich]

Winning solves all this though, right?

[Covino]

I hope, you know, for your met's sake, I hope they can get it right. But clearly there's an issue and that's why they under produced last year. I imagine you felt that tension. You saw it. You don't have to be a detective to figure that out.

[Rich]

Yeah, let me throw one more baseball.

[Covino]

So they're not best friends.

[Rich]

One more baseball note at you and then we'll get into some NBA recap, the NBA all star weekend a little bit, talk some football and we'll get a contestant. Now, by the way, 87799 on Fox. I have a couple quick presidential trivia questions on President's Day, some sports tie ins. If you want to win a Cavino Rich prize, why not? It's President's Day. A lot of the pack, isn't it?

[Covino]

Aren't we throwing koozies in there?

[Rich]

So if you want in 87799 on Fox, we'll do Presidential trivia next.

[Covino]

And Rich's mini balls.

[Rich]

Yeah, I'll give you my mini balls and prize pack. But let me throw one last thing at you that I saw people fussing about. Danny and I and Kavino, you and I think agree on this. Players showing up to their new team carrying their old bag.

[Covino]

Oh, Luke Weaver got a lot of.

[Rich]

Heat for this, and fans are getting all mad about it. And it's not just by Mets, but you're seeing. You're seeing it on your own team.

[Covino]

Social media, huge sports nerd. If something like this bothers you.

[Rich]

But, dude, it is dream.

[Covino]

Weaver said it's not out of loyalty or, like, disrespect and disrespect. It's just out of habit. He had all his stuff in his old Yankee bag, and he brought it to the Mets clubhouse, and people were like, what is that? Why don't you let go of the ex, bro?

[Rich]

Much like anything on social media. Click on the comments and you'll see how. How many people care about things that they shouldn't care about? Because you could see some guy, he's rolling up to the Twins minicamp, Twins camp, and he has his old Tampa Bay Rays bag. Guess what These guys have their bets, their equipment, all this stuff.

[Covino]

Hey, dude.

[Rich]

In their old baseball bag. And guess what? When they go to the new team on day one, I could promise you the equipment manager will be like, all right, let's get you some new stuff.

[Covino]

That's always happened.

[Rich]

What do you want the guy to go to? Does Modell still exist on the East Coast?

[Covino]

I don't know.

[Rich]

What, do you want to go to Modell's and get a new bag on his own?

[Covino]

You could say Dick's on Fox Sports Radio. Dicks? Yeah, you could say that. Yeah. Dick's Sporting Goods.

[Rich]

You know, they don't. You know, you could buy that, right? Yeah.

[Covino]

But this goes back.

[Rich]

Wait, you sell Staples at staples, even.

[Covino]

Your 1986 Mets, when Bill Buckner, I think the story was when he missed that ground ball, he was wearing his.

[Rich]

Cubs batting glove underneath.

[Covino]

He was wearing his Cubs batting glove underneath the glove, underneath the mitt.

[Rich]

But for fans to get upset about this, it's the ultimate eye roll. Like, yo, day one, they show up, they put. Because you see, it's like. It's almost like the movie Major League. You know, when they just all pull up in their cars and get to camp on day one, a lot of players have their old bag, and fans on social media are so butthurt and mad about it. Like why are you still carrying like a Braves bag? Guess what? They haven't even met the equipment manager. I can promise you on day one, guess what part of their day one is Kavino? Some type of orientation where it's like here, come this way. We'll fit you for all the new gear. Relax. All right. Trivia next. We'll do that and we'll talk some NBA. Hang tight. More Cavino and Rich in for DP thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every.

[Covino]

Weekday morning, 9 to noon Eastern or 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

A homicide captain saying, detective, do not find out if this guy's guilty or innocent.

[Covino]

Who does that?

[Chelsea Handler]

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[Covino]

I wouldn't do it alone.

[Chelsea Handler]

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[Rich]

She is okay.

[Chelsea Handler]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

Enjoy the go with Charmin Covino and Rich sweeping the nation.

[Rich]

Oh, yeah.

[Covino]

Oh, we hope you enjoy our show. And of course, you know, there's always Colin and Dan Patrick. But hey, you like Dan Patrick?

[Rich]

Thanks for hanging with us.

[Covino]

And of course, Stu Gotts and the Odd Couple and never heard of him. Two pros. Cup of Joe, you know. Are we all best friends? Eh, not really. But we're all professionals.

[Rich]

See? How would that sound?

[Covino]

That would be the weakest. You'd be like, why do I want to hang with those guys?

[Rich]

Yeah, that's why. Francisco and Door at least fake the fuck. Has to fake it a little.

[Covino]

Fake it till you make it. My good Francisco Lindor basically admitted. And people are like, well, these two is honest and we do want honesty, but how about you get it right? Because that chemistry translates on the field.

[Rich]

There's times where honesty is not the right move. Like, how many guys have been asked by a woman in their lives, like, am I the best at blank? And like, hold on, I just got.

[Covino]

To make this clear again. He goes, are we best friends? That's not how it works in the clubhouse. Well, make it work.

[Rich]

You're a team leader, dude. Then you hear teams that win. What do they always say? It's a special group of guys. Clubhouse is great.

[Covino]

I'll do anything for these guys. I love these guys.

[Rich]

Well, hey, Covino and Rich in for dp. We're actually sure they likes each other. How about that? Trouble sleeping? Let me tell you guys about Z Kliner, the revolutionary recliner designed by Flexsteel. The Z Kliner engineered with restful sleep in mind, making it an ideal bed alternative.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

Did you say Don Patrick?

[Covino]

Don Patrick?

[Rich]

Don Patrick.

[Covino]

That's not how you say it.

[Rich]

Don Patrick.

[Covino]

Dan Patrick, the legend.

[Rich]

All right, well, hey, we're going to be here the next two mornings, so appreciate you guys hanging with us on President's Day. Now I have presidential history in a second. But we've got to take one phone call from Canada first because we were talking about people cheering for curling.

[Covino]

We're talking about how much we didn't know about curling.

[Rich]

Yeah, I don't know much about it. So a 10 second seminar with who, Danny, who do we got?

[Covino]

Ryan says he's from a curling family.

[Rich]

Oh, man. Ryan, tell us, Ryan, give us the. First of all, what do we. What do we call the thing that.

[Covino]

Just from a curly fry? Curling stone, my friend.

[Rich]

Or a rock.

[Covino]

Rich is smashing burgers with that thing.

[Rich]

Yeah, let's go. Yeah, curling stone.

[Covino]

And Ryan, it is harder than it looks, right?

[Rich]

Oh, well, first of all, the ice.

[Covino]

Has got pebbles on it. There is a very small surface on.

[Rich]

The bottom of that stone that's like maybe the size of your hand that actually touched it.

[Covino]

Okay. The curlers, the ones that are sleeping that are getting screamed at because they're supposed to hurry the heck up. They're trying to persuade the pebbles so the stone will be guided to the house. You'd be good at that, Doug Gottlieb, because he's yelling at everybody. Yeah, yeah. But I'm.

[Rich]

Explaining this to you guys. The exact same play.

[Covino]

Yeah. So when you're sleeping, you're putting your.

[Rich]

Whole body weight on that room.

[Covino]

And I mean, I did a tournament, I think it was last year with.

[Rich]

My family, one off, because I don't.

[Covino]

Curl as regular anymore. And I was sore for the next five days. The only thing rich. The only thing rich. Is curling is 2 pound weights at the gym. So, Rich, you're putting all your weight into it.

[Rich]

I love this guy, but I'm not gonna be winded from Crowley, I promise you that.

[Covino]

Hey, you don't know. You don't know that. You bet you would be.

[Rich]

I bet. Oh, you betcha.

[Covino]

You bet. Yeah. Rich, who lifts five and ten pound curls at the gym.

[Rich]

Thank you.

[Covino]

The insight man.

[Rich]

I'll tell you what it's got. It's got people watching people. You're mopped ferociously and you get out of breath. You know, people watch curling and love it.

[Covino]

That dude's floors must be sparkling.

[Rich]

But I. But I agree with you. Doug Gottley would be a fantastic curling coach. The exact same play. The exact same play.

[Covino]

Come on. Former FSR alum again, we're Kavino and Rich in for Dan Patrick, and we hope you had a happy Valentine's weekend. But it's President's Day weekend.

[Rich]

Up with some fanfare.

[Covino]

Sam, President's Day.

[Rich]

All right, now, I have compiled some presidential trivia.

[Covino]

Now, one of your favorite things of the whole year.

[Rich]

But I'm not doing multiple choice, Danny. But I'm going to give this person the opportunity you got to impress me.

[Covino]

Okay.

[Rich]

What would you say? Bat 300 or 400. We're approaching baseball season.

[Covino]

Oh. Nowadays you just have to bat like 210. 210.

[Rich]

And you're on the team.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I'm going to say this guy's got. I. I have 10 quick questions. He's got to get four out of 10. Okay. That's it. It's really simple.

[Covino]

All right. Sean in Connecticut was the first through.

[Rich]

Sean, you there? I'm here, man.

[Covino]

Let's do it.

[Rich]

Sean, I'm going to give you a fact. You tell me what president you got to get four out of 10. If you get four out of 10, you win.

[Covino]

Okay. And just throw a guess. If you don't know, throw a guess out.

[Rich]

Guess.

[Covino]

Who cares?

[Rich]

There's only 40 something options.

[Covino]

Right? I promise you I won't know the answer, so you won't look like a four.

[Rich]

All right, sounds good. Who is the only sitting president to attend the Super Bowl? Only sitting present to attend the Super Bowl.

[Covino]

Bush Jr. W. Bush.

[Rich]

Incorrect. I'm sorry. Donald Trump.

[Covino]

That was just recently.

[Rich]

Yeah. Last year, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl. New Orleans, when, of course, the Eagles beat the Chiefs. So you're 0 for 1.

[Covino]

He's not a bad guy. He was a sports guy for sure.

[Rich]

Okay.

[Covino]

Right.

[Rich]

Who is the first president of this United States of America? Okay.

[Covino]

I think I know.

[Rich]

George Washington. No, no. Do I give him that one because he played with my paws there? No, we don't. All right. The first president of the United States to ever publicly fill out a March Madness bracket. The first. That'd be Obama. Obama, Correct.

[Covino]

There you go. That's a good one.

[Rich]

There you go. One for two.

[Covino]

He's also the first president to say there's alien among us. Yeah, we got to get to that. I don't know if we have time.

[Rich]

All right, this president. Actually, you know what? I'm going to go vice president. This vice president incorrectly spelled the word potato at a spelling bee and never heard the end of it. What vice president incorrectly spelled potato?

[Covino]

I'm only familiar with one vice president.

[Rich]

That they consider pretty dumb. So I'm going to go with Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle's.

[Covino]

Answer me.

[Rich]

This guy, he's two for three. This guy, he's got a good start.

[Covino]

He's a genius.

[Rich]

Genius, genius. What is Dan Quayle up to these days. You know, I often want to check.

[Covino]

In on Dan Quail.

[Rich]

What is Dan doing?

[Covino]

I'm going to send him a DM right now.

[Rich]

All right, what president was the first to throw out a pitch at a Major League baseball game? That's a tough one there. Let's go. I'll give you a hint. He was a big fella. Sorry, not packed, bro. This guy's in fuego. President Taft, 1910.

[Covino]

That was too good of a clue. Rich has his favorite presidents.

[Rich]

You knew Taft was going to come up. Taft was going to be in there.

[Covino]

We got to acknowledge the Queen of England with her screwball, though. She had a mean pitch. Daft.

[Rich]

Yeah, that the best first pitch is not even a US President. You're right. It's the Queen of England and naked guns.

[Covino]

You saw that screwball or something? But Sean just needs one more.

[Rich]

Three for four. All right, now, we talked about Obama and how he put a basketball court in, how he's a basketball guy. Other presidents were athletic. We talked earlier today on the show about Gerald Ford. Could have played professional football. What president was so into boxing that while president, he would randomly spar at the White House?

[Covino]

Wow.

[Rich]

What president would spar, think about tough president.

[Covino]

Yeah, that's a good one there.

[Rich]

I don't know this. I'm just going with, like, Ken, not Kennedy. Good guess, though. Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt would box.

[Covino]

I heard Roberto Duran beat his ass.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Handler]

Bully.

[Rich]

All right, let's. Let's. Here's one. Which president was known to skinny dip after a morning workout in the Potomac River?

[Covino]

Jesus. Yeah, I don't know this one either.

[Rich]

Let's go with Kennedy on that one, too. Now, that would be John Quincy Adams. Come on.

[Covino]

Everybody knows that's John Quincy Adams. That was back when it was safe.

[Rich]

To skinny dip in the Potomac.

[Covino]

You know who's a big skinny dipper? Rich's dad. True story.

[Rich]

That was a chubby dipper.

[Covino]

Yeah. Fluffy dipper, bro.

[Rich]

All right, I'll give you one. I'll give you a hint. This is a legendary president. This president was the first to be a licensed bartender, and before he became president, owned a tavern in Illinois.

[Covino]

Oh, my. You got to give more of a hint. I think.

[Rich]

Legendary president.

[Covino]

Okay, I think I gave a hint.

[Rich]

Owned a tavern in Illinois and was a licensed bartender. I'm going with Lincoln, bro. And you win the game. There you go. Abe Lincoln apparently can make a mean whiskey drink. So there you go, President. Whiskey drink.

[Covino]

He made a vodka drink. He made a. All right. Four score and seven Beers ago. All right, Sean, hang on the line. Get your info. We're going to mail you out a CNR prize pack. Want to know my little random presidential fun fact? Congratulations, man.

[Rich]

Fool me once, shame on you.

[Covino]

Congratulations.

[Rich]

Can't get fooled again.

[Covino]

Well, there used to be a stat that I was so intrigued by.

[Rich]

Shame on.

[Covino]

Shame on you.

[Chelsea Handler]

It fooled me.

[Covino]

We can't get fooled again. You know what that was a reference to? What was that?

[Rich]

The war. The war in Iraq. He was saying fool you. Don't fool me again.

[Covino]

There was a stat that said, for the average American, Abe Lincoln crosses your mind at least once a day, even if subliminally. Like a street sign, a school, something, a statue, currency. Like, you know, throughout a day, you're gonna subconsciously at least think of Abe Lincoln once. I don't know if that still exists, but that used to be a weird stat that I thought was interesting because I was like, hey, yeah, there I go, thinking about him again.

[Rich]

They teach kids a lot about Abe Blink because my kids are in third grade and kindergarten. And for presidency, I'm like, hey, hey, you little knuckleheads. What presidents do you know? And they know, oh, Trump's the current president. And they go, they always go to Abe Lincoln and George Washington. Those are clearly.

[Covino]

Would you agree?

[Rich]

Lincoln and Washington most famous presidents? Yes, without a doubt.

[Covino]

Right. Okay. And if you look at any photos of all the presidents, there's no one that stands out more than that guy. Not just because of his height, just. He looks so peculiar, man.

[Rich]

Danny, there's a.

[Covino]

Maybe because he was a vampire slayer or something. I don't know.

[Rich]

There's an. Which president slayed vampires on the side? No.

[Covino]

And there's approximately 130 known unique photographs of Abraham Lincoln. But if you see like any sort of painting or rendition of him with other presidents, like, that guy had the most unique Ichabod Crane looking vibe. Any other president.

[Rich]

The weirdest thing. You know, AI is pretty awesome nowadays. And you know, you could love it or hate it. Sam, I know you hate it, but have you seen. Unless it's like a video of dancing corgis and then I'll get. Then you're fine with it. Yeah, yeah. Have you seen. This is remarkable. They've taken all the legendary presidents, like the early on presidents, and they just sort of clean them up to show you like what they would look like now. And while they all look so old, like Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson, all these guys, they just look like regular old white guys. They put him in like a current suit and give him a current day haircut. And Covino's right. Of all of all the presidents, only one still looks peculiar, still looks like weird and it's Abe Lincoln because they can't, they, they can't figure out how to make this guy like what would he look like now?

[Covino]

Can't modernize that guy.

[Rich]

You can't modernize Abe Lincoln. All right, now, coming up, speaking of presidents, one former president who not only had a basketball court in the White House, he won Grammys. That was one of my other questions. What president won multiple Grammy awards? He was at the all star game yesterday catching loose balls courtside. Barack Obama made a comment about aliens. And while this interview on our podcast was, you know, had the honor of interviewing him, I don't feel like there was enough follow up on this. He talked about aliens and we have to break this down next. More Kavito and Rich in for Dan Patrick next.

[Covino]

But I'm now the president of everybody.

[Rich]

Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every.

[Covino]

Weekday morning, 9 until noon Eastern, 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And you can find us on the.

[Rich]

Iheartradio app app at FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app.

[Chelsea Handler]

On June 11, 1998, a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went missing. It's an all out manhunt for John Ajay. Every search and rescue team in LA county has been called in to help. Within days, tips started flooding into the sheriff's department. The rumor around the drug scene was that a deputy was taking care of. Is this the story of a man who just got lost in the desert or of a cover up inside the nation's largest sheriff's department?

[Rich]

A homicide captain saying, detective, do not.

[Covino]

Find out if this guy's guilty or innocent. Who does that?

[Chelsea Handler]

Valley of Shadows, a new series from Pushkin Industries about crime and corruption in California's high desert. Do you have any advice for us while looking into this disappearance?

[Covino]

I wouldn't do it alone.

[Chelsea Handler]

Listen to Valley of shadows on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. You can accomplish a lot in a decade. You could earn a bachelor's degree and a master's degree back to back. You could compete in two separate consecutive Olympic games. Well, we made my favorite murder. I spent 10 years of true crime, 10 years of conversation and 100 years of swearing. Here's the thing, everyone politeness, go f yourself is going to say when someone sneezes from now on, we have something for everyone. Advice, support, and a safe space for your feelings. This is terrible. Triflers need not apply. Stay out of the forest. You're in a cult. Call your dad. Don't worry, it gets worse. Toxic masculinity ruins the party again. Is said, dad, what the hell? What are we gonna do? And he goes, I don't. What the hell? I don't know. We're gonna sally fourth. Sally. We're gonna sally forth. You guys stay sexy. Don't get murdered. Elvis, do you want a cookie? A cookie? Listen to my favorite murder on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Goodbye. This season on Dear Chelsea, with me, Chelsea Handler. We've got some incredible guests like Kumail Nanjiani. Let's start with your cat. How is she?

[Rich]

She is not with us anymore.

[Chelsea Handler]

Okay, great, great, great way to start. So this is a great beginning and hopefully you'll be able to, I don't know, maybe you will cry. Amanda Seyfried. Life is so short. If you feel something like that, you have that fire in you for this experience. It's not for a guy. It's for the experience of being in love. And like, it's bigger than a guy. Elizabeth Olsen. I love swimming naked so much. And I know you love taking pictures of yourself. Yes, I love to be naked. I just want to be in my ronin world all the time. Ross Matthews. You know what kids always say to me? Are you a boy or a girl? Oh, my God. All the time. I know. So I'm always like, hi. I try to butch it up for kids, you know, so they're not confused. Yeah, but you're butching it up. It's basically like an angry woman. Doris Day, right? No, I turn into Bea Arthur. Listen to these episodes of Dear Chelsea on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Rich]

The Volkswagen Beetle started out as Hitler's dream car. It wound up as a beloved hippie icon and the best selling car of time. How did that happen? I'm Jacob Goldstein.

[Covino]

And I'm Robert Smith.

[Rich]

On business history, we tell the surprising.

[Covino]

Stories behind the inventions and entrepreneurs that shaped our economy.

[Rich]

And the story of the Beatle is truly surprising. It has so much in it. It has Nazis. It has the German economic miracle. And it features one of the most.

[Covino]

Famous ads of all time.

[Rich]

An ad that really redefined what advertising was in the United States. The calculation was that there was some number of Americans who were were ready for Something different. Who were ready for something that was counter to the culture, if you will.

[Covino]

Perfect timing in the decade of the 1960s. Listen to Business History on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts and watch episodes on YouTube.

[Rich]

China's Ministry of State Security is one of the most mysterious and powerful spy.

[Covino]

Agencies in the world.

[Rich]

But in 2017, the FBI got inside. This is Special Agent Regal. Special Agent Bradley Hall.

[Covino]

This MSS officer has no idea the US Government is onto him. But the FBI has his chats, texts, emails, even his personal diary. Hear how they got it on the sixth Bureau podcast.

[Rich]

I now have several terabytes of an MSS officer, no doubt, no question of his life. And that's a unicorn.

[Covino]

No one had ever seen anything like that. It was unbelievable.

[Rich]

This is a story of the inner workings of the MSS and how one man's ambition and mistakes opened its vault of secrets.

[Chelsea Handler]

Listen to the 6th Bureau on the.

[Covino]

Iheartradio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So Abe Lincoln was a bartender at Hooters. Where was he a bartender?

[Rich]

That's the presidential fun fact.

[Covino]

Fact anyways.

[Rich]

And then Twin Peaks.

[Covino]

Oh, no. It was Ojos locos. Abe Lincoln bartender, Ojos locos. I heard it on the Cavino and Rich show. Really weird. I heard it some guy on the radio.

[Rich]

Oh yeah, Fantasia when he was fighting vampires.

[Covino]

Hey, we're Cavino and Rich live from the Fox Sports radio studio. In for Dan Patrick and for over 40 years Tirex been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive. Shipped fast and free. Backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tire rack, tire rack.com like tire buying should be quick reminder this is day one of the Dan Patrick Hatrick presidential Abe Lincoln hat trick. Which means we're going to be here Tuesday and Wednesday. So tomorrow we return with more prizes and more games. I heard Whack Diesel, Shaq Diesel trivia. So some multiple choice Shaq Diesel trivia for more Covino and Rich prizes.

[Rich]

You chatted out our good friends at Tire Rack? I was. Sam, one more presidential trivia question for you. Sure. What president was the only to get arrested while in office? And it has to do with traffic. Ulysses S. Grant was speeding in a carriage and was arrested. Wait, wait, I was like, what? He was arrested while.

[Covino]

How is that even possible?

[Rich]

20 miles an hour. What are you doing? So, hey, enjoy your President's day. Have fun. And speaking of presidents under the radar, when he wasn't Catching loose balls courtside, no socks, by the way. Huh? Obama rocking the. Showing some ankle yesterday or what?

[Covino]

You saw that? Yes, we can. It's ironic because isn't he a White Sox fan? Yeah.

[Rich]

Look at that.

[Covino]

Well, he said on the Brian Taylor podcast. Brian Taylor interviewing this guy that aliens exist. And there's a lot of controversy here because it was in a passing moment like, yep, aliens exist. Yep, they do. Sure do. And they're real.

[Rich]

The dude was doing a solid interview. It just, I felt like there was.

[Covino]

A moment for more follow up, like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you just admit that aliens exist? Yeah, it was a simple, like, hold on.

[Rich]

It was almost like, it was almost like the former president said, yes, there are aliens. And the guy's like, that's great and all. Hey, where do you and Michelle like to go eat lunch? Like, I'm sorry, wait.

[Covino]

He went right on to the next question and breezed right by the fact that he admitted aliens exist. And he said something about like, what was one of the first things you wanted to know as president?

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

And Obama went back to his, like, do aliens exist? And it's like, yo, dude, he's telling you all about these aliens and you're not diving into this.

[Rich]

Well, Obama has since walked it back.

[Covino]

A little saying like, says they're not at Area 51. Yeah.

[Rich]

And then he doesn't. He's not quite sure they ever made it to this planet.

[Covino]

Chances low.

[Rich]

Chances low, millions.

[Covino]

Meaning it doesn't necessarily mean welcome to our planet, that kind of thing. It could be any sort of living organism. We need to see something like, we've been told they exist. Like, we need to see the proof. I think what he was implying there is that, yeah, we know for fact that there's living things among us, that we're not really sure what they are. And maybe it's molecular and small and insignificant, but things do exist on other planets.

[Rich]

We just foolishly think anything that's quote, alien or from another world or planet looks like an alien that we depict in, like cinema. Right.

[Covino]

I don't think that's what he implies, but I would have loved to have gone further with the questioning.

[Rich]

We assume it's like some grayish green creature with a big head or something.

[Covino]

Right. I feel like our very own George, our very own George Norrie from coast to coast needs to sit down with Obama and follow up.

[Rich]

I'm telling you, it's.

[Covino]

Yeah. What did you mean about that? What do you mean by that they exist? What do you mean?

[Rich]

It's everyone's curiosity. I do wonder, though, if you do become president, which, again, only for, you know, less than 50 men have done art, do you think there is a. All right, here's all the secret stuff. You know, we know you want to know. Do you think there really is a list of, like, I get to know these secret things now? Or you think that's BS Also? Because we always assume, like, if you become president, you find out about aliens and JFK and all these troops. I feel like none of that is true.

[Covino]

Maybe it's like Independence Day, where they.

[Rich]

Tell you only if you need to know.

[Covino]

They're like. They take you to that secret place. They're like, yeah, we have a ship. Well, Obama did say that if they do have alien bodies preserved somewhere, they keep them somewhere where they were not brought to his attention. He's never seen them, and they never expressed that to him. So then I would have asked, why do you think they're real? Exactly. And that's the story. It's like, how could he have admitted this? The first president to admit that, yep, they exist, and no one followed up with that? Sort of a passing comment on the podcast.

[Rich]

Well, hey, we'll see you guys back here manana. Enjoy your Monday, your President's Day, if you have time. I said go see Goat with the kids. I thought it was great. All right, we'll see you tomorrow. Arriba. Dare chi, baby.

[Covino]

See you in the promised land.

[Rich]

Have a good one. Later, Danettes.

[Covino]

Goodbye, guys. Enjoy the day. Bye. Later.

[Rich]

Bye.

[Covino]

Now.

[Chelsea Handler]

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