105.) FOTS Friday + Traveling Weekend (5/22/26)

Summary

The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show

Episode 105: FOTS Friday + Traveling Weekend (5/22/26)
Hosts: Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez, Peter Rosenberg
Date: May 22, 2026
Format: Culture, Music, and Unfiltered Debate

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Episode Overview

This lively Friday episode centers on travel plans for Memorial Day and the summer, parenting adventures, memorable show moments, listener questions, and some behind-the-scenes radio discussion. The trio blends candid humor, anecdotes from their lives, and cultural commentary, peppered with nostalgia about their most dramatic “crash out” (explosive) interviews and behind-the-scenes dynamics. Listener calls and emails drive key conversations—especially around the evolution of the show, industry politics, and honest reflections on public figures.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Memorial Day Weekend & Summer Travel Plans

• Rosenberg’s Family Trip: Peter Rosenberg shares detailed plans for the weekend, including his cousin’s wedding in Boston, a family barbecue, and a stay in Newport, Rhode Island. The crew compares notes on Newport, child management on the road, and making logistical arrangements for broadcasting while traveling.

  • “I gotta do my show. Natalie and the baby are gonna attempt to go out. But I realized, Lauren, Maya’s now of the age where I have to find a space to do my show…” – Rosenberg, [03:23]

• Traveling with Kids: Personal stories abound about traveling with toddlers—strategies for keeping them occupied during long flights, the stress of keeping them entertained and behaved, and the economics of family travel.

  • “You know how rich you have to be take business class overseas with your family?” – Rosenberg, [10:47]
  • Laura recommends packing new toys for the flight and reminisces about flying to Japan with her daughter Kenza. [08:41]

• Laura’s Summer: Laura outlines her upcoming trips—Puerto Rico for Ricardo’s 40th birthday, and a child-free wedding in Paris.

  • “...me and Ricardo are doing a solo trip while my mom and my sister hold down Kenza.” – Laura, [07:23]

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2. Realities of Parenting Young Kids

• Dad Talk: Rosenberg and Laura commiserate over the never-ending energy toddlers bring. Walking, visiting parks, and strategies to avoid screen time form an ongoing conversation.

  • “Now I’m starting to understand the no break of it when she’s awake—it’s on until she sleeps again.” – Rosenberg, [04:08]
  • “Do you remember when I told you, stretch and get in shape because you’re gonna be running around a little one?” – Laura, [05:19]

• Occupying Kids in Transit:

  • “On my carry-on, I would pack small little toys. I would let her play, and then when she chucks it, take out another one...” – Laura, [09:00]

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3. Pet Update: “Sushi” the Tortoise

• Laura’s Family Grows: Laura’s daughter Kenza introduces Sushi, a young tortoise gifted by Ricardo, the result of a compromise after “asking for a dog” was tabled.
  • “Kenza has been asking for a dog, and I’ve been asking for a dog. But, you know, obviously, me and Ricardo said, hey, we both have to agree on that...so he was like, yeah, what about a turtle?” – Laura, [14:41]
  • Extended banter on the lifespans, species, and care of tortoises, with Rosenberg (facetiously) consulting “Claude” the AI for information.
  • “She’s going to grow...or he. We don’t know. She’s too young. We don’t know if he’s a he or she yet.” – Laura, [15:39]

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4. Listener Interactions

• Emails & Encouragement:
  • Email from Darren in Scotland sparks debate on loyalty and camaraderie, especially regarding hot-button issues with former show members (Shawnee and Cass). [21:49]
  • Advice for hard work: “At least you got a job, fam. People out here don’t got a job.” – Laura, [21:53]
• Voice Notes:
  • A caller critiques Drake’s recent antics as “anti-black,” sparking a nuanced race and celebrity discussion (see Segment 5 below).
  • Listeners share memories of the crew’s most “crash out” show moments/interviews.

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5. Race, Identity, and “Drake Discussions” (Listener Voice Note)

• “Drake is anti black. He don’t care about black people...trying to clown him by putting him in different scenarios.” – Caller, [32:54]
• Rosenberg responds deeply about celebrity co-opting, Twitter backlash, and the weak responses of stars to criticism:
  • “There are certain people who end up going MAGA or MAGA sympathetic because they feel that people...have been mean to them. So as a result...they feel so bullied by black Twitter that they’re like, well, you know what? Then I think I like MAGA...That's incredibly weak.” – Rosenberg, [34:04]
• Both Laura and Rosenberg agree on the dangers of aligning with groups out of personal vendettas and the naiveté of believing acceptance is real:
  • “When they’re done using you...if you’re not standing in line...you become, you know, the enemy.” – Laura, [35:39]

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6. Show History: Legendary “Crash Out” Interviews

• The crew and listeners look back on their wildest, most uncomfortable, and infamous interviews:
  • Ebro vs B.Dot & Elliott Wilson (on payola in radio) – intense, explicit, passionate debate (see timestamped quotes below).
  • Joe Budden walkout, Kodak Black tension, Khaled vs Cypher, Sweetie’s freestyle, Azalea Banks crying, and many more are dissected, with behind-the-scenes detail and honest self-critique.
  • “I loved how serious Scythe was and that Cal goes, you know, after all that—first of all, I just want to say you’re a liar. You have major problems.” – Rosenberg, [48:06]

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7. Industry & Social Media Politics

• Hot 97 Social Media Rant: Rosenberg is visibly frustrated about “Happy Birthday Academics” being posted despite his known hostility toward the morning show, while their own life milestones get ignored.
  • “When Maya was born, they didn’t put up a congratulations, Rosenberg, on the birth of his daughter...And then academics has a birthday...that’s such crazy disrespect.” – Rosenberg, [26:19]
• The team acknowledges differing approaches behind-the-scenes and a sense of disrespect from their former station. [27:17]

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8. Show Dynamics & Interruptions

• Listener points out that Ebro often cuts Laura and Peter off—sparking a candid meta discussion about broadcasting, gender dynamics, and defending one’s space on-air.
  • “Ebro, stop cutting off Laura and pee...just let him finish, bro. It’s a bad listen when it happens.” – Listener (email), [27:44]
  • “We are both. Ebro and I are both guilty...I try to ignore him [when interrupting], continue to stare at you…” – Rosenberg, [30:18]

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9. Reflections on Hasan Piker Interview & Progressive Politics

• Feedback sought on a recent, lengthy interview with progressive commentator Hasan Piker. The hosts analyze generational divides on race vs. class, progressive strategy, and the expectation of Black-centric advocacy.
  • “There are certain liberals and progressives, they do not prioritize race stuff. They prioritize financial stuff...” – Rosenberg, [53:59]
  • Laura shares that some in her activist circles find him abrasive; Rosenberg is more critical of the left’s “savior” dynamic. [53:28–56:41]

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10. Behind the Curtain: Politics of Show Bookings

• Frustration is aired about challenges booking NYC Mayor Mamdani for their show—even after supporting his campaign. Rosenberg is candid about being iced out now that they’re an independent platform.
  • “He won the mayorship. We have not heard from him once...So the same thing we killed Eric Adams for? Even though Mamdani’s a thousand times the mayor he is, he’s done the same thing. Completely ghosted us.” – Rosenberg, [58:27]
  • Laura brings up a similar past experience with AOC. [63:01]
• The segment reflects on the transactional nature of media relationships and the disappointment when allies don’t reciprocate.

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11. Viral Moments & Media Ecosystem

• Quick debrief on the fallout and online movement of their headline-generating Jason Lee interview:

  • “We’re not going to algorithm hustle with white supremacists, so we could at least algorithm hustle with someone who’s just a gossipy guy...” – Rosenberg, [66:29]

• Sweetie Freestyle Flashback:

  • The team recounts the awkward, much-memed Sweetie freestyle, explaining how her team pushed for it—and that it was not meant to set her up.
  • “We turn into the bad guys because we can’t fake it...We tried to make that not happen...” – Rosenberg, [71:40]
  • “She was like, yo, that really hurt my feelings...” – Laura, [72:15]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On parenthood and travel:

  • “She’s no longer blobsted. No, I’m gonna be that dad walking up and down the plane and she goes out to people, she goes, ‘hi, hi.’” – Rosenberg, [08:32]

• On the price of business class seats:

  • “So you spend 30 grand on flights. Absolutely. To sit in a bigger seat? Can’t do it.” – Rosenberg, [11:02]

• On disrespect from former colleagues/station:

  • “Maya was born, they didn’t put up a congratulations… And then academics has a birthday. He not only does he not work there, he HATES your morning show!” – Rosenberg, [26:19]

• Crash-out Radio Drama (Ebro vs B.Dot):

  • “The only people who say sht like that is people who ain’t box.”* – Ebro, [41:58]
  • “You want to talk about all the different times I’ve been bitter about things at Hot 97...that setup in that small studio was such that Ebro had his own throne, while Laura and I got jammed into a corner...” – Rosenberg, [50:11]

• Sweetie Freestyle (cringe epic):

  • “It had energy…” – Producer Griff & Rosenberg, [70:43]

• Meta on Show Interruptions:

  • “For me it’s like playing double Dutch. Just trying to get in, just trying to get in when you guys are on fire.” – Laura, [29:44]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Time (MM:SS) | Description | |---------|--------------|-------------| | Weekend and travel plans | 02:08–08:39 | Planning Memorial Day, parenting travel challenges, Newport/Boston moves, Laura’s PR and Paris trips | | Dad life/parenting | 04:47–06:18 | Running after kids, keeping them entertained | | Snacks and travel toys | 09:00–10:22 | Flight strategies with young kids | | Tortoise, pet update | 14:41–19:22 | Laura and Rosenberg on Sushi, pet choices and tortoise care | | Listener shoutout, old crew loyalty | 21:05–22:41 | Email from Scotland, encouraging hard work, old show logistics | | Hot 97 social media rant | 24:07–27:27 | On Academics birthday post over personal/professional milestones | | Show interruption/gender dynamic | 27:44–31:41 | Listener feedback on Ebro interrupting, meta-discussion of radio flow | | Drake, code-switching & race | 32:54–35:35 | Listener voicemail, Drake parodies and race-coalition discussion | | Legendary interview crash-outs | 36:21–50:43 | Revisiting infamous interviews: B.Dot, Khaled, Sweetie, Joe Budden etc. | | Hasan Piker interview feedback | 51:46–56:41 | Longform interview, leftist politics, Black issues in progressive spaces | | Mayor Mamdani booking frustration | 57:12–64:21 | Political guests, campaign support, media reciprocity frustrations | | Sweetie freestyle fallout | 68:46–72:46 | Flashback, behind-the-scenes, learning moments | | Closing reflections | 72:58–73:41 | Thanks, sign off |

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Tone & Style

The show keeps its signature blend of humor, candor, and familial banter—ranging from loud belly laughs to honest frustration. The crew isn’t afraid to critique themselves, each other, or the broader industry, often voicing what many think but rarely say publicly. There’s an undercurrent of nostalgia, a willingness to pivot between pop culture and political analysis, and a commitment to listener engagement.

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In summary:
This episode captures the unique chemistry and topical range of The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show. The hosts bounce between their own lives (family, travel, pets), current news, industry scores (and snubs), legendary show blowups, and astute cultural commentary—all in real time with their audience. Unscripted, witty, and always willing to “fight for the mic,” the trio turns a regular Friday into a swirling ride of laughs, real talk, and radio history.

Transcript

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[Producer Griff]

Just don't call it a podcast. The Ebro Laura Rosenberg show.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, no, no. Say it again.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. There you go.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Good morning.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, I thought she was on her mic. She's on Ebro's mic. It doesn't matter. Either way, you're. Hi.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Hi. Happy Friday.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hi.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Finally. I know. That's how we all feel. Oh, finally. End of the week.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, I need this. I need this. I got big memorials this weekend. I got to. We are going up today, so we have a cousin's wedding. My cousin's wedding. My cousin Liz is getting married on Sunday in Boston. That's on my dad's side. But since we're gonna be in Boston, which is where my mom's. My cousins on my mom's side are all at Saturday. We're doing a big thing with the fam up there, like a barbecue.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, that's nice.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So Maya's gonna get to be with a bunch of cousins and stuff, which should be fun. And meet my uncle for the first time, she hasn't met my uncle yet.

[Laura Rosenberg]

That's fire.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I kind of can't believe she hasn't met him. But he's had. He's had surgeries and some stuff going on the last year, so. And then Sunday's the wedding. But tonight, on our way, we're actually stopping on the trip in Newport, Rhode Island. Have you been a Newport?

[Laura Rosenberg]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Supposed to be fabulous.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

People love Newport. It's supposed to be gorge.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You a fan?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, Producer Griff is a fan.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I. I had a hunch, if anyone knew. Be Griff. What's it like, Griff? It was where we did our baby moon, actually. You did your baby moon there.

[Louie]

We've never been to Rhode Island.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Nice.

[Producer Griff]

That was your.

[Louie]

One of the states we've never been to.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, God. Okay, so you're like, let's hit Rhode Island. So we're doing it. I gotta do my show. Natalie and the baby are gonna attempt to go out. But I realized, Lauren, Maya's now of the age where I have to find a space to do my show, because if it doesn't work, Natalie's like, wait, so I'm gonna go out with the baby for four hours? Like, what am I. What if she doesn't want to be out for four hours?

[Laura Rosenberg]

I know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So I was like, damn. I guess you're right, because we can't just be in a room with her. Me doing my show now.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So I called the hotel and was like, do you guys have, like, a little office I can use? Like, they're literally putting me in their little hotel office.

[Laura Rosenberg]

The hat's actually pretty nice.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And they're letting me use their space.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Right, right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So I can do my show and Natalie can attempt to go out with. With the baby.

[Laura Rosenberg]

That's what's hard, man. Because sometimes, like, yeah, babies could be cool for, like, two hours and then be like, all right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, enough is enough. And, well, she. And now I'm just getting used to that age now where, like, now I'm starting to understand the no break of it when she's awake, like, it's on until she sleeps again.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know, and then you have to decide how much you want to cave and, like, have her watch Ms. Rachel or. That's why. See, now I understand why people go out with their kids so much. When Maya was little, we really didn't leave that much. It was wintertime, and we were new to it and didn't know what to do. And also, frankly, she was easy at Home. Because she was a little blob. Now that she's off and running, when you put her in that stroller and go, for the most part, she's entertained.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like rolling down the street and just kind of, like, taking things in.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Did that work? That. Did it work that way with Kenza for you?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Totally. Yes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So even when she was annoying and in the running, I want to do everything. Once you put her in the stroller, we're like, hey, we're going out on an adventure. She settled in.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah. She was cool. But eventually she was like, all right, man, get me out of here. She would tell me, like, now I'm ready. Get out.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I gotta get out and go.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So we take her to the park now. We took her to the park last week and we set her down in the park. Laura. Yo. All she does is sprint. She doesn't even want to do other stuff.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Do you remember when I told you stretch and get in shape because you're gonna be running around a little one? It's so true.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, you're off and running. She's. And it's annoying because I have to be helicopter dad, but I am right now, so I'm running after because I don't know these kids. Of course, f. These kill kids. As a wise woman once said. A wise child.

[Louie]

Take her to the zoo, Rosenberg.

[Laura Rosenberg]

That's what you're supposed to do.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The.

[Louie]

The zoo out there is really dope.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, in Rhode Island? In Rhode island, yeah.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, cool. That's something to do.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, how close is Providence to Newport? You can drive up there 35 minutes. Okay.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay. Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Also, big shout out to my friends over at Roots of Fight. They sent me the new. The new rock stuff. Oh, let's be honest. Griff really should be the model for Roots of Fight. Your man wears a Roots of Fight T shirt three days a week. Wife and sister in law. That's all they buy me for Christmas and stuff, everyone. So, hey, Roots of Fight. We need a pack for Grif. Grif needs the dad Bod special.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Let's do it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Send through a box, but yeah, this is the new rock joint. That's pretty fire. So shout to Roots of Fight. Laura, are you ready to get to.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I am.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Doesn't this feel good on Friday, folks? It's a rare condition this day and age to read any good news on the newspaper. Aren't you guys going away soon?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Of the grand. Well, why do you. Why do you have to take a secret like it was load?

[Laura Rosenberg]

No, because I had to think about it for a second.

[Peter Rosenberg]

When do you guys leave?

[Laura Rosenberg]

So I have to go to Puerto Rico.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You have to go to Puerto Rico?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes, for Ricardo's birthday. The big 40th.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What? There's a 40th in Puerto Rico?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes, yes, yes. It was kind of like last minute plan because he was going to be out there working and I was like, just stay and we'll go meet you over there and we'll celebrate over there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wow. So when's that?

[Laura Rosenberg]

The first week of June.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So first week of June, you're going

[Laura Rosenberg]

to Puerto Rico for the weekend? For the weekend, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then at the end of the month it's my. My girlfriend Kat is getting married in Paris, so.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, she fancy.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah. So me and Ricardo are doing a solo trip while my mom and my sister hold down Kenza.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So wait, oh, Kenza's not going to Paris?

[Laura Rosenberg]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You guys are going to Paris?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah. So it's a wedding. They're like, no kids. We're like, understand?

[Peter Rosenberg]

And you're going for how long?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Three days? Yeah, yeah, like three days.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nice.

[Laura Rosenberg]

That's pretty fun. So we're doing that. Yeah, that sounds pretty good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

A little pair. Bill. Gay. Paris.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm Franced out after last year.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I know I did.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We went. We went hard body friend. And actually we really are gonna have to because we're going to Italy a week from today.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh my God.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, we go to Italy a week from today, bro.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Italy is so fire.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm a little scared.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I fell in love with it. I fell in love with it. Me and Ricardo were like, why didn't we do this sooner?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, it's the best. Don't get me wrong. And you know, a lot of times I have places I've been, but I'm excited to go there with Natalie because we've done it in our previous lives, but like now we want to do it together. Super excited. You know, the baby traveling at this age scares me because again, last time we traveled last summer, she was a blob.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

She's no longer blobsted. No, no, she's. I'm gonna be that dad walking up and down the plane and she goes out to people, she goes, hi, hi.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Hi.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Mm. Hi.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I told you just have to take a carry on full of new toys, just new things and you open one as soon as she. I used to take one toy out and let Kenza play with it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I want everyone, I want all of the people who come for Rosenberg to Tell me that I'm spo. I want you to hear Laura's plan.

[Laura Rosenberg]

No, listen to me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Listen to this spoiling. Listen to this plan.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Well, listen, when you're going to Japan, that's a long ass flight, so you better be ready. And I, you know, I care about people that are sitting around me, you know, So I on my carry on, I would pack like small little toys, you know, like little, little tchotchkes that, that are for kids. So I would let her play with me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, fresh out the pack.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Each one is like five bucks, bro. You know, like little chippy ones. And I would give it to her and she would play with it for like an hour she was in. Or maybe an hour and a half. And when she, you know, when they're finally done with how they just chuck it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, that's, that's. She's in her Diddy era, right? This ain't so rock.

[Laura Rosenberg]

So then I would just chill with her until she really, you know, I would, I would wait, play with her, entertain until she started getting like. Then I'll take out another one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now that's what I would do. Our original flight is Friday night at like 8:00'. Clock. Mm. So my hope is that like an like as the flight's taking off, she kind of starts to go down.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

She'll fall asleep and maybe we'll luck out. We're getting the thing we ordered, the piece that connects the duna to the yo yo.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And then we're going to set her up in the duna seat, I guess. Is that what it was for me?

[Laura Rosenberg]

I guess, I guess I didn't do that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But I guess we'll put her on the duna seat on the plane. But the duna seat's kind of small. Like it's not that comfy.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Listen, when you need to take her out, you'll take her out.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We have a whole row.

[Laura Rosenberg]

We have a row.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So we'll do the best we. I'm just, sorry, I don't mean to be a bitch, but I'm just a little, I'm just a little nervous. Bitch about the actual like no flight.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I don't think about it like that. You're just gonna go, you're gonna go. You're gonna face anything that comes your way.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And if I have to, that's it.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yep, yep. We do the dance to entertain her.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Have us doing the dance, baby.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's crazy. I wish we could travel like business class. You know how rich you have to be take business class overseas with your family.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes. It's insane.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, everyone's dropping five grand each.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Five grand? Sometimes it's like eight.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It can be more, but, I mean, I saw some that were like five.

[Laura Rosenberg]

That's crazy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So you spend 30 grand on flights. Absolutely. To sit in a bigger seat. Can't do it. So I figured if we get the whole row. And here's the beauty of it. We have up until two years old. We got to take advantage of. Of that. It's children under two that literally the board first, right? Is it up to three or two?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes, yes, yes. I think it's under two. Under two.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Damn. Over two. They're already out with you, right?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They're done with you. Now you just have a kid.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Because one time. I try to. I try to. I carried Kenza, and the guy was like, she doesn't look like she's 2. I was like, bro, come on. Like, let me go. She's sleeping. It's. She's heavy. Like, let me rock.

[Peter Rosenberg]

She's close to two, bro.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And I think she was three at the time. He was, yo, some people just take their jobs way too serious. I was like, really? You're gonna make me stand out here

[Peter Rosenberg]

because she's three, not two? Come on, fam.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Ye. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So as I said to you guys the other day, Maya is a little bit in her Diddy era, meaning you give her something and she doesn't like it. She's like, nah, nah, nah. If it ain't Grey Goose, we don't drink it. I need. Don't give me no. Like, don't give me no bottom shelf bull ish. What I want. I want this tortilla stale. So. But she also has been really fun. And, like, when you. When you pay attention, she really is a great kid in that, like, if you give her attention and you're actually focused, she's just down to hang and do whatever.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So I started teaching her some very important skills. Basketball. Tell me she's not ready to DJ any pizza. She's taking bookings in Europe and Asia next summer. Look, she's doing what every DJ these days does. Nothing, just touching the buttons. Hold on. Let me go over here. DJ Pacifier.

[Laura Rosenberg]

She's so cute.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So this was a little thing that Uncle Dip gave her, the little DJ thing.

[Laura Rosenberg]

That's fire. I love this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

She turns the little wheel. She pushes the little button. That was. That was the. The pretend lesson. Then we got. Oh, nice and easy.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hands light. She loves it. Just getting her comfortable. Touching. See, you can touch the record. Hit that. You got to hit the kick.

[Laura Rosenberg]

No, I love this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

She. By the way, I will tell you, of everything so far, the two things she's most into right now in the world are balls. Ao and the turntables playing.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like, she. She. She will focus on a ball. She loves basketball. Little ball. She'll take a ball and just carry it around with her all day long. She loves it. And the second the turntables go on, she's very focused on watching the records play. And, like, can she be involved in it?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Anyway, so I love this. This is so fire.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's pretty great. I'm not gonna lie.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Aw, baby. Maya. Well, we have a new addition to our family. Whoa. Hold on. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Finally got a dog.

[Kenza]

This is my pet that my dad brought me, and he's. And she's a chattah tortoise. And also her name is Sushi. She always gets scared, and I get scared of her because she always reaches her legs up, and then he goes in a pointy part. And I don't realize that, but she's still going. She goes so fast. And she's walking right now.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay. Hi. So, Sushi. That's our new friend. Hi, Sushi.

[Kenza]

She's scared.

[Laura Rosenberg]

She's cute. She's scared.

[Producer Griff]

Come on,

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sushi.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Kenza has been asking for a dog, and I've been asking for a dog. But, you know, obviously, me and Ricardo said, hey, we both have to agree on that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And you're not there yet.

[Laura Rosenberg]

We're not there yet. So he was like, yeah, like, what about a turtle? And she was like, a turtle? Yes. I want a turtle.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wow.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And then he was stuck, by the way.

[Peter Rosenberg]

By the way, Ken's is just botching your negotiations, Laura. You're in the middle, trying to fight for a dog, and he offers a turtle. This is like the Republicans and the Democrats.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And he comes out and says, well, we're not really willing to give you childcare. How about we give you funding for some basketball courts? She was like, oh, I love basketball.

[Producer Griff]

Done.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes. Yes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So. So now. Now you're out on the dog. For now.

[Laura Rosenberg]

For now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But Sushi is in.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Sushi.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What's the lifespan of a little tortoise?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Like, 100 years, basically. I can hand. We're gonna pass that. Pass Sushi on to her kids and maybe her grandkids.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wait, no, no, that's not. For small ones like that.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes. They. They live, like, 100 years, bro. If you take care of them, obviously, she's going to grow or he. We don't know. She's too young. We don't know if he's a he or she yet.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wait, wait. How big is sushi going to get?

[Laura Rosenberg]

It just depends on the enclosure. Like if she was in a huge, like enclosure, she will grow huge. But she, she. We keep her in a semi small one. She'll stay like that and then we got to get a bigger one. Yep.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But then what about when you get the bigger one? How much will she grow?

[Laura Rosenberg]

She'll grow more.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But. But will she just keep growing and keep growing?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes, and eventually I'm gonna have to give her back to the pet shop. Wait, no, not the pet shop. The zoo is a good idea. Maybe I'll do the zoo.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wait, this is gonna be a full size tortoise? Like one of those giant tortoises?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Listen, the guy says that it all depends on the enclosure. If she keeps. If we keep her or he or she is in a small environment, she could stay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What's she called?

[Laura Rosenberg]

It's tortoise. I don't know what kind. I forgot.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What?

[Producer Griff]

Sushi. The tortoise.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I know it's sushi. The tortoise. I thought there was a kind of tortoise sushi.

[Laura Rosenberg]

It is a kind of tortoise. I just forgot. Sushi is approximately five months old. That's why she's so little. Or he's so little.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hey, Claude, my friend got a little tortoise, five months old. It's very tiny. How big will it eventually grow and how long will it live?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Let's see, let's see, let's see. This was not my idea. I just want to let you know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's see, what the.

[Laura Rosenberg]

What does Claude say?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, it says that depends a lot on the species. Tortoises are very enormously in size and lifespan. Do you know what kind it is? I'm gonna tell you some. Okay. Will you remember if I tell you Laura?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Mm?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Will you.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Wait, what'd you say?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Will you tell me if I. If I. Will you remember if I tell you the kind?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Russian?

[Laura Rosenberg]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Herman's?

[Laura Rosenberg]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Salcata. Greek?

[Laura Rosenberg]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Red footed? No, none of those.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Maybe it's salcata. Maybe it's that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's African. It says.

[Laura Rosenberg]

So I'll get back to you on what kind of tortoise she is.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm saying not sure. I chose not sure. No worries. Here's a quick overview for the most common species. One of those popular pet tortoises stays quite small, reaching about 6 to 10 inches. Lifespan 40 to 60 years.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sometimes longer. Herman's tortoise, another very common pet species. Grows to about 7 to 11 inches. Lifespan 50 to 100 years. They can genuinely outlive their owners. Looks like those get pretty big. Sulcata tortoise. A big surprise for unprepared owners. These grow to 24 to 30 inches and can weigh 80 to 100 pounds. Lifespan 70 to 100 plus years. Tiny babies are often sold cheaply, but they become massive animals. Do you think that's what you have?

[Laura Rosenberg]

He. The way the guy told described it, it was like, this one's probably going to. She's like. He did tell me. She can't. She or he can get huge, but it just depends on the enclosure. So I don't know. Listen, Sushi's here. Talk to me. In a year, I might be making a trip to the Bronx Zoo and be like, here, this is for you. Have a new life. So I don't know. This was Ricardo's idea. Rosenberg. I'm still on Team Dom.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I've been given all kinds of looks to play to camera. And I'm watching Baskin. He's staring at all the screens, so I know he can see that I'm making, like, faces that I'm trying to make fun of Laura with my face. And he just continues to just show Laura my face. Was saying a lot for the people viewing at home, which is basically what I was trying to say was potentially, congratulations.

[Laura Rosenberg]

It could be. It could be.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, my God.

[Laura Rosenberg]

So we'll see. Rosenberg. But for right now, Sushi's in the building.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Shouts to Sushi. Shouts to Sushi. That's tough to say.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Shouts to Sushi. There you go.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wow. What a cute little turtle. For now. Until it's a gigantic. My friend Alexa Bliss got a pig. She got a tiny pig. That pig became a gigantic pig.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I saw, remember? I saw. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Larry became Larry. Steve became a gigantic pig before he sadly passed. Beautiful, beautiful animal.

[Laura Rosenberg]

All right, well, listen, we have a Freedom Friday video from Calvin.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, you want to see it?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes, I get. When we get a video. No videos. Why are y' all shy? Send us videos.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Laura wants you to send news. It's a video of him watching our show.

[Boxer Guest]

Y' all full of.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I sent you a video.

[Producer Griff]

I don't know if anybody's gonna read you.

[Sweetie]

Why?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Your people ain't playing it.

[Laura Rosenberg]

We're playing it now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Calvin talking about no videos. I seen it. Is it because I'm not from New York? That was the whole video. So was There another video? There's no other video.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Producer Griff says he has no other video. So that was your video. All right, but thank you. I appreciate it, guys. Don't be scared. Send in some videos. I want to see ya. We only have like one. All right, well, let me get to some emails. Okay? So thank you for everyone who always sends us some cool emails. This one is from Darren. Hi guys. To all of you. I'm a huge fan from Scotland. Been listening to you all for over 10 years. I have to say, I was skeptical when I first heard the new show, but now I see the plans and the visions. I love it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Don't ever doubt.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I'm currently away working in the UK for six weeks. 12 hour shifts and every. Oh, wait, did we do this already? Every day. Okay, 12 hour shifts every day. Any words of enthusiasm to keep me going? Like I said, I love the new show, but I do miss Shawnee and Cass. Have you guys tried getting them on the new show or just. Just a shadow? Will that not be allowed? See, yes, we do want them on the show, but I personally think that something will happen to them at their other jobs. I think there'll be some kind of retaliation. I don't know that for a fact, but I am too scared. I do not. I do not want Shawnee to lose his job. I don't want Cass to lose his job. So I. That. That's how I feel.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, what about words of enthusiasm, Laura? Encouragement? 12 hour shifts.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, man. At least you got a job, fam. People out here don't got a job.

[Boxer Guest]

Damn.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's all she hits you with? She. All she hit you with was. Was guilt. Be happy you got a job.

[Laura Rosenberg]

No, but. And thank you for supporting us and listening to our show. Made me, you know. Are you a Patreon subscriber? Subscribe for an extra show so you can have more entertainment while you work those 12 hour shifts. But thank you. Darren. What do you think? You think something will happen to Cass or Shawnee if they pop in? Be honest, knowing the management over there,

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think it would. I would be. I think it's a mindful situation right now. I. I'd be a little worried.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah. That's the only reason we haven't had the mangai. Seriously?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Damn. What's up with the apple?

[Laura Rosenberg]

It's not that we don't want to. It's that I'm just, you know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Here we go. I got this for you, buddy.

[Laura Rosenberg]

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[Laura Rosenberg]

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[Producer Griff]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

A little Peter Rosenberg. Real late banger to perk you up. Westside Gun screaming hey, yo.

[Producer Griff]

Shot it 22 times, but I hit

[Peter Rosenberg]

four niggas figure fours. Figueroas on my neck. Figueroa pitch. The yolo pitch. Thank you, buddy.

[Laura Rosenberg]

We appreciate you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Shouts to Westside Gun too. All right, let's see. Let's keep things moving. Oh, I. I just thought of something that I forgot when you. Oh, do we. Do we really get into. I don't think. I think all week we were good about this. What? I mean, why would Hot 97 Social put up a. A happy birthday academics.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Well, what do you think?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Can you show that? You have that over there?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, God. Rosenberg. Why are we doing this?

[Peter Rosenberg]

The hell is this?

[Laura Rosenberg]

I don't understand. What do you mean? Why? The person who runs their social, Rambizi, is a huge fan. Why wouldn't he? This doesn't surprise me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

When you say Rambizi, is that like your personal nickname? No, that, like, people call.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Because that's his IG handle.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's the Rambizi?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes, that's his IG handle.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So let me hit him with something.

[Laura Rosenberg]

But that's why it doesn't surprise me. He's obsessed with him. Like, that's.

[Louie]

You played yourself.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So. Because Rambeasy as you put it, loves academics. They would post a happy birthday when academics went at Mero.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And they had a back and forth in which he trashed the morning show, trashed the station. They posted a happy birthday to that person.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And that's supposed to be your friend. In theory, your social media department.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Mm.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is supposed to be a friend of the station. First of all, that is so disrespectful. Mero should have smacked fire out of someone. Actually, no, he shouldn't. But you get the idea. He should want to smack fire to someone for them doing that. That's such crazy disrespect. And here's why I'm offended. This Rambizi character, who I heard itched up when Ebro saw him right to his face. He was running it when we left, of course. Yo, this social media account, and I know some of y' all might not get this because you weren't, like, morning show listeners. So you don't sort of understand the relationship between us as the morning show talent and our, like, people. Yo, when Maya was born, they didn't put up a congratulations, Rosenberg, on the birth of his daughter.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Of course not.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yo, they. And by the way, the crazy thing is, considering all they want is engagement. The funniest thing was, like, I remember Ebro put it up himself. Ebro made his own post. Like, you know, because Ebro's gonna get that engagement and want to show us love, of course. But Ebro put up the engagement post. It got, like, mad engagement. It was like, so they don't even understand. I point that to say they didn't even understand that our audience had been invested in us for so long. And they've been listening to me. Yo, we had people at some of you still here in the El army, but there were people listening to us on radio. And I know some of you going, yes, that's me. They had been with me through my first engagement in marriage, through divorce, through all this stuff. They went on the whole journey. So when Maya was born, yo, I was getting the sweetest messages from people feeling like they really gained a niece. And, like, they just. Our station didn't even know that it happened. And then academics has a birthday.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yep.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He not only does he not work there, he hates your morning show. Or do they want to make him the morning show one day? Is that the secret plan?

[Laura Rosenberg]

I don't know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

With the full circle moment. That was nasty word. That. That pissed me off on behalf of Merrill and Kaz. That was not cool. All right. Let's, let's read another message, shall we? Ah, perfect. A message going at Ebro. My favorite.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh,

[Peter Rosenberg]

Brandon says Ebro, stop cutting off Laura and pee. The question is Ebro ever gonna hear this if we read it now? Well, I don't know, but he'd skip it if he was here. So here we go.

[Cypher Sounds]

Year.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Good morning. Big fat here. Love you guys. Been rocking since Uzi vert. I love the new show even more, buddy. Bro, my guy, I get you're the old man, but can you please stop cutting Laura and Rosenberg off and let them finish their point more? So Rosenberg, it's almost like as soon as he's about to make a point here you come over talking, stopping a mid sentence to overrule what he's saying with your opinion. Just let him finish, bro. It's a bad listen when it happens. And Rosenberg do better on standing up saying, can I finish or something, bro? All love. Keep it up, keep it going. Wish much success upon your lives and endeavors. Big fat. Sincerely, Rook psa. Rosenberg, I listen to a lot of shows and you are by far the funniest guy in the business. Keep doing you, bro. Bum Jason Lee and his opinions. Lol. Laura, I love you and condolences. Keep bringing the rundown and the low down.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, thanks Brandon.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, listen, we are, I'll say this, we are both. Ebro and I are both guilty of cutting Laura off. I've been, I've been working immensely at it. I don't think I'm nearly as bad as Ebro, but for some reason I think our chat punishes me like twice as bad as they ever punish Ebro. And I will say this, and Ebro's admitting it, has admitted he has a tough time letting people finish his sentence now admitting it as the first step. Changing the behavior would be the second step. I always feel this pressure. I don't know if you feel this way and maybe you do it, maybe you feel it towards me also, but I feel it towards Ebro. When I'm in the middle of cooking and I feel like I'm about to get to a point I can feel, I can feel him wanting to get in. And it ends up making me feel very rushed in the point that I'm trying to make.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I can see that I don't understand,

[Peter Rosenberg]

but I really, I don't quite understand it.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And for me it's like playing double Dutch. Just trying to get in, just trying to get in, just trying to get in when you guys are on fire.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Cause then I'm Then cutting him. I'm jumping in, he's jumping back in. And then. But I'll tell you, you have to fight even harder, too. That's on you, too. You do have. We're assholes, but you have to push sometimes.

[Laura Rosenberg]

It's just exhausting. Cause it's like there's many times where I'm, like, talking over you guys to get my point across, and you still don't shut up. At least you look at me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I try.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And you realize what's happening, and then you pull back.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's the little part that people don't see, is that when it happens, Ebro will start talking over Laura. I will ignore looking at him because once I look at him, it's only a room of three people.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So once I go to him, now him and I are talking, and you're pushed out again. So what I will do is try to ignore him and continue to stare at you as he's like, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah. Over you.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I will say, though, you have been doing a great job of just, like, having eye contact, trying to bring me. So I appreciate you trying. That's all I can ask for.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But I want you to try harder to push. Because the truth is, if you call us out at some point, you're like, hey, I'm talking.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yo, I promise you, Ebro will bitch up so fast if Laura just hits him with it. Hey, I'm talking still. He will be like. Whereas if I do it, it's different. The guy on guy thing, he's gonna run me over unless I go, Laura. I felt like. I felt like a little bit of an asshole. I'm not gonna lie. But I felt like a week ago in the Jason Lee thing, if I hadn't been like, ayo, bro, I need to finish. I felt bad doing that, but I also felt like if I didn't do it, Ebro was going to sit there and talk on my behalf as if I wasn't in the room. And I was like, I've already been bitched by this guy. I'm not going to now be bitched again by not representing myself to the person. So I know, I know he means well. And listen, it's part of, you know, Ebro, when his voice isn't here, it's missed because he's got so much to say every day. There are days Laura and I come in, I'm like, I don't know what the hell we're talking about today.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

And Ebro's always got something, but sometimes you just have to fight back to get our words in.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes. So appreciate you guys, though.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Appreciate you. What do you got there, Laura?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay, let's play a voice note.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Or you want an email?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Let's do a voice note.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, we'll mix it up here.

[Caller/Listener]

Here's a Freedom Friday ELR big fan trying to do this under 90 seconds. So Drake is anti black. He don't care about black people. He don't love black people. He over here trying to act like it's hilarious to make fun of black people. He's got this older man that looks like he came out of Annabelle himself with the afro and have all these unique, like, ways of trying to clown him by putting him in different scenarios. And that just makes me think of they're trying to poke a hole at, you know, people that are self actualized, foundational black Americans that care about, you know, the roots in the story. They kind of just want to wash that off and say, who cares? Like, that's what that's played out. Look, you don't fit in. And it just reminds me of that give me a hug little thing that he said in there. And I mean, I'm not even a fan of Drake, but that's how, you know, ubiquitous this guy's music and all that crap is. It's literally everywhere. You can't really escape it. Not that interested in the albums. Don't really care. I love the reactions because it's just so funny. There's so many funny sound bites. I think you guys do a great job. I'm a first generation American. My family's from Jamaica. So even hearing the patois and all that, I know people love to jump on it. And so it's par for the course. You know, you got Chet Hanks over there at Stagecoach now and he was Mr. Chatsuna and all that nonsense. So I'm not, you know, surprised by the code switching. Just wanted to holla at y'.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All.

[Caller/Listener]

100.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, listen, I agree. Well, let me not say I agree. That's your opinion. I hear you. I hear you. I do not understand. It's just weird. The Drake stuff with and again where he's sort of been on these race things and coming out or not coming out against people trying to associate with him who are clearly racist. I just don't quite understand.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I don't either. I don't.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The guy who came along, who I knew when he was coming up was definitely, like, hyper aware of the world. I'm like I just think that I've said this earlier and I'll say it again. And I know this to be true about some people. There are certain people who end up going maga or maga sympathetic because they feel that people on, quote, the other side, in other words, and I think this is mostly black Twitter, they feel like has been mean to them. So as a result, they feel so bullied by black Twitter that they're like, well, you know what? Then I think I like maga. And I know that what I'm saying may sound silly. I promise you that's happened. I promise. And I would say, by the way, it's incredibly weak. And I know what the first part of it feels like, the feeling bullied by black Twitter. I've definitely been there and know what it feels like. And you're like, oh, my God, can I get a break today? What I don't understand is how you being annoyed that quote, unquote, black Twitter has made crack jokes on you that it would push you to either okaying or aligning with racism and white supremacy as opposed to being like, well, these people on Twitter seem like a holes. I should find. I'm sure there are lots of other people on Twitter who aren't a holes. But no, for that to be the thing that would guide you to, like, socio and politically becoming okay with being anti black because you feel like jokes were cracked on you online, I don't know, man. It shows a real fundamental, like, there's a real fundamental problem.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I agree with you. Like, I just do not see a world where I'll be like, I'm not happy here. Let me go stand by these white supremacists because they might accept me, me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And they will. And they will accept you because they want what you can bring.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes. And then when they're done using you, if you're not standing in line, you know what I mean? Then you become, you know, the enemy well.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And by the way, you're already that one. Come on. Do you think they're not laughing at Nicki Minaj behind her back?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Come on.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You think she. You think when Nicki Minaj walks out of the room, they're not going, oh, my God, Becky, look at her butt. Come on, bro. That's every conversation, every MAGA party Nikki has been to so far. Someone has literally said in real life, oh, my God, Becky, look at her butt. It's so. That's. I just can't believe that, like, that they're ignoring that they're being willfully ignorant. It's really, really awful, man.

[Laura Rosenberg]

All right, let me see. We have an email from Jesse. Good morning, El Army. Good morning to all of you. I've been a big fan since Rosenberg and Scythe in the morning. Heavy on the YouTube watch and followed you guys for years. When I was working hard at FedEx in 2015-2019, I very heavily dependent on you guys for my morning drives. I even won a ticket for the weekend that I never picked up. This past Jason Lee interview. My question for the crew is what are some of your favorite crash out interviews that you guys have done? Jason Lee vs Rosenberg is up there now. My favorite of all time will be Ebro versus Elliot Wilson and b dot com EBER really opened the eyes to how radio and behind the scenes worked. I love you guys. Shout out to the crew. BTS Griff Baskeem. He spelled it B A S Q E M. Sorry if I spelled that wrong, but you got a lot of kids so that evens it out.

[Producer Griff]

What?

[Peter Rosenberg]

What? I don't understand how I'm having lots of kids manages to equal out your bad spelling.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, I can't. Let me see. What are. What I forget sometimes. Louie, do you remember any Crash out interviews?

[L]

Well, most people say Kodak.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So overrated, by the way. That's like not even Joe. But now you want to talk Joe Budden. The walkout. That was big.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, the Joe Budden walkout. Yeah, that's because Marissa Mendez was there with us, remember?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, well, that was part of it. But we were, we were both. Because I was kind of defending Marissa to Joe.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And saying he'd been a shitty friend or whatever. And then he ended up just straight up walking out.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Right. That there's. That.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That was an intense one. The Kodak one's overrated because people made that like I. I hate that conversation. So stupid. No, the Ebro B dot. Yeah. Can you pull that? Can you just pull up you YouTube like without having to download the whole thing? If you type in Ebro B dot. One app. I think it was on one app.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, it was a one app.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yo, that crash out, how hard Ebro went at that moment.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And by the way, no one deserved it more than B dot. I'm sorry. You can love B dot or hate B dot. But one thing we can all agree on, he is the most. I'm going to say this, let me say this in a nice way, self assured person ever. When he gives his opinions, he is sure that he knows the inner workings of every situation. And he stepped. Go ahead, Louie. Oh, this is the video. So. So we had B Dot, this one. Rap radar was becoming a thing. And Elliott, of course, by the way, shouts to Elliott, father of new twins.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, wow.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Which is in. Laura just gets tired even hearing about it. She can't even fathom that this is a possibility. But congrats to Elliot and congrats to B Dot, who's now found his. Found. Finds himself on the Joe Budden show. And B Dot had talked a lot of ish about the radio and things of that nature and Paola. And so we had Elliot and Beat out up when they were kind of building rap radar, and that was becoming a big thing. And he had certainly said some questionable things. So here comes Ebro walking into Juanp to break things down. I'm watching Bascom press so many buttons.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm scared. I don't know.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Because at this time, it was just a conversation between you four, Elliot, B Dot, Saif, and yourself, Correct?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And then Ebro kind of just walked in because they were talking about him.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Know if I might have texted him? I don't remember how. Or maybe he was sitting in the other room in, like, Dominican Drew or T. Storm's room listening. I don't know. But this crash out is iconic.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I was there, but I was in the other room listening, watching through a window.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, you were there too?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, I remember this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, I didn't know this was in your days.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was there. That's why I remember when he busted into the room.

[Producer Griff]

People in radio are not rich. Who said that they were rich? So what check are you talking about? Are we gonna pretend that records don't have money behind them? Yes. Records at Hot 90 or any money? No, I'm not saying Ebro. I'm not saying no. I will say no. I'm gonna say this right now. So let's be specific. Why do you think records break out of the south the way they do? Because.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Why?

[Producer Griff]

This is different variables. One of the reasons that people have money financing them, I. E. No, no, no, no, no, no. Don't dance. No, don't dance. I'm not dancing. You're dancing. Why do you think? Why do you think? It's not a thing. This is the fact. Why do you think? This is the fact that people like Trinidad James have people behind them.

[Sweetie]

Who?

[Producer Griff]

What people? And when you say financing a record. What record? All gold. No, but what do you mean financing the record? Financing the record. Records have money behind them. He wrote. And what's that money for. Come on. For radio, for airtime. And so they buy. So you're saying DJs are accepting money from airtime? That's because that's illegal. That's what you said. But that's what you said. See, that's that bullshit. That's that bullshit. The bullshit is people want the only people who say shit like that. I'm gonna tell you, the only people say shit like that is people who ain't box. Ebro. This is what see me to tell me this. The. That say like that $50,000 gets you up here. It gets you a ad on rap radar. That's the. That's you. That's an app. It gets you a post up top. It gets you an article in a magazine. It gets all of that. So don't come up here trying to throw at when y' all sight is the main one taking dough. That's an ad. You take those. So people could buy commercials here, too. Yo, you mean yo, yo, yo. You mean for that yo, you're not gonna do an editorial? Yeah, we do. And we make it known.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Exactly.

[Producer Griff]

That's not a post. But it's not a post. Exactly. So you mean that tweet you sent out wasn't paid for.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's say this once and for all,

[Producer Griff]

that's what you're saying.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Very common thought.

[Producer Griff]

Yeah, by people. No, by people who are losers. This is New York, yo.

[Cypher Sounds]

List.

[Producer Griff]

Look, it could probably happen in a small market. You do realize. Let me tell y' all something. You do realize that Elliot Spitzer ran through this radio station with a fine tooth comb in the whole fucking city for payola. You know the fuck got in trouble. The program director at Power 105, he got fired. It happened at Power. They ran through everybody. My background, the program, everybody. And you know what we got? $0. I remember that. 0. 0. So fuck y' all niggas with that bullshit. Get your motherfucking game up and start. No, no, no.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Listen.

[Producer Griff]

Listen to me. Listen to me, Elliot. Hang on, hang on. Y' all gonna stop that. And make good records. Beat out. Listen, I'm gonna take you somewhere else. My. The only reason you got a voice is cause of this nigga's relationship. You ain't did in this game. That's up. Nah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right.

[Producer Griff]

It's all good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's all good.

[Producer Griff]

No, that's n. It's all good. We gonna have a drink after this. I still love E. WRO at the end of the day, it's the truth. It's the truth.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, what part's the truth?

[Producer Griff]

People don't say like that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Careers.

[Producer Griff]

It's not you that is loose. And this is my life. That's my life. No, it's not. You just got started for 10 years. Whatever, man. Go back to smacking on air, man. Smack fest.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Smack fest was good, but. But vdot, first of all, you got in the ring with an animal.

[Producer Griff]

I love you, bro. We're gonna have a drink after this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I would have told you I love you, bro. Well, I know you respect him.

[Louie]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, he brought me in. But that is. But he called you on something because it is a. It is a common argument. That is not true. That was a hum. Pardon my language. Humdinger.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, my God.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yo, he stood up. Yo. Ebro really will hit you with the. He hits you with the F, y' all in the thing. And then B Dot goes, I love you, bro. We can have a drink. That was a crazy. I think they made good eventually.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Well, yes. That was a. That was a doozy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That was a crash, of course. Siphon Khaled.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, siphon.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What? You were.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I was on the other side of

[Peter Rosenberg]

the glass in our awkward TV studio. Oh, man, I hated those days.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, that was so bad. Especially not for the audience, for you guys, for the chat, for everyone that's watching this. Cyph and Khalid go back.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Way back.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Way back. Like, they.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, they were. They were close, close, close. Back in the day.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Right, right, right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Many, many years ago. Here, pull it up. Hit that basket.

[Laura Rosenberg]

They have a special relationship.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They had a special, Like. Yeah. I mean, talking about staying in each other's houses, really running around. And then Khaled. This is. This is now a year or two into Khaled being hot now. Not as hot as he was gonna get. He would get even hotter after this.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I think this is pre Snapchat.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This is pre Snapchat. But he's already hot. And this actually added, I think, to the hotness. Let's see. Go ahead. Look at this group.

[Producer Griff]

This is 10 minutes and still don't know what's the problem.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Producer Griff]

I don't understand what's. What's.

[Louie]

What I'm saying is that I'm not treated like an old friend. Treat like a new friend. Well, I'm saying I was down from day one. And along the years, Khaled has not responded to me or been around me or done anything. I don't want to say anything for me, because I don't want anything. If you don't want to do something for Me, that's fine. I just feel upset that one of the, the one of the few real friends that I have in the music industry who I felt where you were, doesn't treat me like a friend. You know what I'm saying? If Jay Z don't do nothing, fine. If, if, if, if, if two chains don't do nothing, fine. Which two chains has done stuff for me. But if Talib Kweli don't do something, I feel a certain type of way. If DJ Khaled don't do something, I feel a type of way. Those are my friends that I started with, with. Well, like the first time I gave up my radio show for you to be on, the first time you were ever on Hot 97.

[Producer Griff]

And I know I was upset about that too. I remember that day. I was like, what the. That's love.

[Louie]

I'm not trying to bring it.

[Producer Griff]

I'm not, I don't like, I'm not

[Louie]

trying to throw nothing in no one's face. I'm just saying acknowledge the fact that you used to call me every week and now it's none.

[Cypher Sounds]

Well, I want to hear, to help you today. What I'm going to do for you is first of all, you're my brother. You're a great guy.

[Louie]

I'm looking for that email.

[Cypher Sounds]

You have problems and I have to be on because you're my friend and I want you to get help.

[Louie]

No, listen, because I'm gonna keep it

[Cypher Sounds]

real, make sure the cameras are still rolling. I would have major.

[Louie]

No, I don't, man.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let me tell you something.

[Cypher Sounds]

You're my friend.

[Louie]

Nobody in the world say I'm a liar.

[Cypher Sounds]

Hey, listen, let me tell you something. You're a liar. And what I'm trying to tell you is. Listen, what I'm gonna do is

[Producer Griff]

won't even admit any.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, because he won't admit any wrong.

[Producer Griff]

He's gotta take some wrong. This is what, this is what he gonna do. Khaled, just give him a fact. The two that let him know why he's still your brother.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay, first, he acts like you.

[Cypher Sounds]

First of all, Cyber's a great person. It's my brother and he's my friend. But he's lying. No, listen, it's the truth. And the good thing is that you know what's so good about

[Louie]

friends.

[Cypher Sounds]

And he knows another good friend of his is J1's that's his other good friend that's rocked with him for years. So for some reason the communication is not there. He has J ones to get to Me. First of all, I've never got a text from Cypher Sounds in my life

[Peter Rosenberg]

in a long time.

[Cypher Sounds]

In the last 10 years, probably in

[Peter Rosenberg]

the last seven, text messaging came out.

[Producer Griff]

Can I ask you a question?

[Cypher Sounds]

Because I tell you, Text cipher. Before I was in Harlem, tuned into a show. I've texted before, never got a reply back.

[Laura Rosenberg]

So, yeah, there's been some tense moments.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yo, Spicy.

[Laura Rosenberg]

It's been so tense.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I just loved how serious Scythe was and that Cal goes, you know, after all that. First of all, I just want to say you're a liar. You have major problems. Underrated. Funny, bro.

[Laura Rosenberg]

He said, I've never received a text message from you in my life.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yo, we were really around to see.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, there was some. Some crazy ones. But, yeah, that was one that was special. Those two.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Someone brought up Azalea Banks crying, but that's different. That's like more sad.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah. That wasn't really a crash.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Iggy Azalea, Cyphers. I mean, Ebro just said reckless stuff to her.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah. That got weird.

[Peter Rosenberg]

A little weird.

[Laura Rosenberg]

What else? I don't. Anything, I think.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Have I had any big, like, fights that he won?

[Laura Rosenberg]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, Griff loves to bring up Bad Boy Trainer. Who is the trainer who just. We didn't know what was going on.

[Laura Rosenberg]

What are the most awkward.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't know how that. But again, that's because here's the dynamic that exists previously into this day. Ebro will just say yes to stuff.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And then when the day comes, he'll either go, why are we doing this? Or I don't want to do this, or I can't do this, or he'll just do it.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

My. I am. I'm seen as the lazy one. Because who. When the name comes up and it's a question, I'm like, I don't want to do it. No, let's just not do it. And Rosenberg doesn't want to do anything. And then the result is you get things like Bad Boy Trainer, which is. I don't know what that was about. I don't understand what exactly what it meant, but we ended up in a situation. And that was that time when the way the studio was set up. You want to talk about all the different times I've been bitter about things at Hot 97, when that setup in that small studio was such that Ebro had his own throne, while Laura and I got jammed into a corner to sit awkwardly next to whoever the guest was. God forbid, it was two people. They'd squeeze four people along. One side of the board. So you'd have Ebro solo shot and then cut to the other shot with all of us just mashed together.

[Laura Rosenberg]

No, it was so bad.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And then if the interview was bad, of course now you're just stuck having a really awkward conversation.

[Laura Rosenberg]

There's an interview somewhere, I think it was with Future. And there were so many people in that interview that I was next to Ebro. I swear to you, I felt like I was a fucking parrot. Like, right here on his shoulder.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wait, where were you? Which room?

[Laura Rosenberg]

In that studio? Because there was no room, so I had to, like, push myself. It was bad.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wait, who else was in it?

[Laura Rosenberg]

I don't remember. I don't remember. I just remember that moment. We were. We used to. We laughed about it afterwards. We were like, yo, this was so awkward.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, More. More of your emails. Yeah, let's see. Actually here. Let's hear. We'll hear a voice note.

[M]

Hey, ELR show. Just wanted to hop on and give you guys, you know, your flowers on the conversation that you had with Hasan Piker. I thought it was really great and mesmerizing. I did want to get Laura's opinions and takes on it because I know she had a few friends who were a little, you know, not. Not too fond of Hassan Parker, which I totally understand sometimes. But I wanted to get Laura's thoughts and opinions on the conversation and on Hassan and, you know, just his politics. Also thought I'd recommend the YouTube channel you guys might enjoy. Has to do some, you know, they do some politics and some sports. It's called Search Party. So I would definitely give them a look. Anyways, love the show. And, oh, by the way, congrats, you, bro, on making the list on. On Complex. I do think Rosenberg should have given you a little bit more flowers instead of just hating on wackademics. But such is life.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let me, my man, I'm gonna be totally transparent because I do validate me. I am not on the list. I didn't make 35. I still do a hip hop show. I just went to Sirius. How much time am I gonna spend giving props to someone who's nine on the list who I do a show with? And I didn't make 35. I'm gonna sit there and go, oh, I think this list of me.

[Producer Griff]

I think the list is a crock of shit.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What? Are you serious? I thought I was incredibly generous with how much we talked about that. FA cocked a list. Ebro is the boss of global music at fucking Apple.

[Producer Griff]

I don't Understand why he cared about the list.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Ebro's check every two weeks is a fucking list that none of those guys could see.

[Producer Griff]

Who cares? Hold on.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What I am doing right now is giving what you call real props. I didn't under his whole, I just can't believe I'm on the list.

[Producer Griff]

What?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Why would you not believe you're on the list?

[Laura Rosenberg]

He did not say, I can't believe I'm on this list.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm just happy to be in the conversation.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I've been doing this for so long. Long. I'm happy to be included.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, you're. You've been doing this for so long. That's why you should be included in the list. That's exactly why I think the list is bullish. So I thought we gave. I. I thought. Considering the whole thing is silly, I thought we gave it. It's. It's due time.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And as far as the Hassan Piker, I haven't had a chance to release it. It was so damn long, bro. It was so long. So I haven't watched the entire Damn.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Laura. It was long.

[Laura Rosenberg]

It's. You guys went in.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, there was. It was.

[Laura Rosenberg]

He.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He can talk.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, he can talk.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It was really good. It was really good, but it was long.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And when I say friends there. These are people that I'm. Yeah, I'm friendly with that are in the. The social movement space and in politics and, you know, all of that. Just some people were just not happy with, you know, the way he talks about the black community and that he's very harsh when he says certain things. And that's really it. And some people just don't like him, which is okay. Everyone has an opinion. But I have to watch the interview so long. But I'll watch some of it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think you'll like it. I fundamentally think the issue of black, like, issues and Hasan Pikers. We live in an era where people believe the progressive conversation is to direct things through the lens specifically of what do you want to do for black people? There are certain liberals and progressives, they do not prioritize race stuff. They prioritize financial stuff, and then that relates to race stuff. But their focal point is class, not race. And they believe that basically by solving the class system, like you're kind of. You can solve the racism because the race issues through that. There's not a part of Hasan Piker to me that is. That seems racist, anti Semitic, any of those things. I just think it's the way he approaches stuff and he speaks super loose like he's just on TV being loose. So when someone says to him, hey, I feel X way about this black issue, and it's like, you need to suck my. I mean, that's like. That's gonna make people think. You really don't care.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't think that's what his intention is, but I also understand why people would be offended.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Right. And I feel like if you're getting this type of feedback, it's okay to just address it. You know what I mean?

[Peter Rosenberg]

But he did. I mean, he did. I think. I think he addressed it pretty well on our show. I wouldn't say completely, no, but I think he.

[L]

He explained himself pretty well.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He explained where it started through, like, the Nicki Minaj thing.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I thought overall the Hasan piker conversation was really good. I thought it was a really good thing. Listen, I think he's solid. I like him. I do not think he's the future of everything, the way people are making him out to be. I was happy we could give him on the show. I'm happy he gave us the time, but I. He's really smart. He speaks really quickly. You know, he knows a lot. He does things like his pronunciation of everything is great. He does these certain things that really can allow you to think he knows everything about everything. Like, he's still in his early 30s. He doesn't know everything about everything, of course, but he really sounds like he does, and that's powerful. I think he's a valuable person to have around. I think that we started. There's sort of been this conversation on the progressive left that, like, is he it? There's not going to be an it. Not who's a podcaster. Our. It needs to be people who really have policy and can make change, and it needs to be a collection of people who do that, because, frankly, I don't want an IT person. I don't want a cult of personality like Donald Trump.

[Laura Rosenberg]

There's no, like, one savior.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, that's. And then when you do, you know, that's when people think that that person's Godlike and they fall in love with him the way you fall in love with Trump. That's the only reason I keep pushing back on Ebro and Momdani. I think Mamdani seems great. I'm just not gonna do what people do on the right for their politicians and, like, well, I saw them posted on their page. Sounds awesome. Yeah, of course. Everything Mamdani posts on his page looks awesome. I just know I'm being honest with Myself, I haven't had enough time in the day to be watching every single thing that he's doing. So what I end up seeing is the stuff that he posts about.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Right, right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And stuff that he posts about looks really great and seems like so far he's really doing a great job.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So I want to continue to support him and then see after, like, two years, how do we feel that the city's been doing? Ebro thinks I'm, like, a hater because, you know, listen, Ebro's willing to interview this man. He be outside Mamdani's office, like me with Ghostface and Sean Wigs in the streets of dc. I'm waiting for them to come up here and do a proper interview. I don't feel like going to wait outside City hall, which they've literally basically asked us to do. I'd rather sit down and have a proper interview. That being said, I still think he's doing a tremendous job. I'm just not fanning out.

[Laura Rosenberg]

You won't even go to City Hall.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I will, but, like, okay, if we're gonna be all the way transparent. They asked us to come to City Hall.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't. First of all, when we first moved here, I was in conversation with people there who were like, he'll absolutely do your show. I said, probably going to be gone from hot soon. I really hope we can keep the relationship once he's mayor and we're gone from hot.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They were like, absolutely. He appreciates you guys. And for the record, I believe he does. I don't think this comes from him. I believe this comes from people around him who are booking. And then when we got here, we couldn't get ahold of him. He won the mayorship. We have not heard from him once. Okay, let's just be real. So the same thing we killed Eric Adams for?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Even though Mamdani's a thousand times the mayor he is, he's done the same thing. Completely ghosted us. Now we're not on the radio. I understand that part as well. The last major thing that happened in the election was our thing with Cuomo. That was literally the last major storyline before Mamdani was elected. The result was Mamdani got elected. The other result was.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And we got fired.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We got fired. And it didn't have nothing to do with that, is my guess. Was it the be all, end all? No, that is not the reason we got fired. However, was the Cuomo debacle part of why the end came? Yes, it was. So then to have people on his team not prioritize him seeing us now that we're doing this independent thing where we're still supporting him and talking about the issues, I think is quite weak. So months pass. I am hounding people at the Mom Donnie office, lots of different people about getting it done. Eventually they come back and they're like, perfect, we have time. 15 minutes at City Hall. Yo, my man is sitting down eating shawarma with Action Bronson and Queens. He is doing this one's YouTube page. He's on. He's going backstage to see Cardi B. He has time. Like, he is busy as hell and he's doing a great job. But clearly they are prioritizing the things that they think are important. And I'm saying they because I do not believe it's Zoron. I believe Zoron. I believe Zoron would be like, no, we need to go do their show. But someone in there has not prioritized that. So when they say, can you come up to city hall for 15 minutes? I think of it as, yeah, let's just roll up there and knock out some social content. Ebro wants to make it a whole full interview.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So we're like, we're going to rent equipment, we're going to do all the things. We set the whole thing up. Laura is dealing with all things shells at that time. So she's out for that weekend. We're kind of figuring out what's going to go on the night before. They go from 15 minutes at 1:45. And by the way, they'd already sent Griffin email. They wanted questions in advance. All of a sudden, now they want questions in advance from us. Now they want us to be there an hour early. I'm like, guys, I'm not getting there. 12:45 and waiting for an hour for a 15 minute interview. I'm sorry, call me pompous. He is the mayor of New York. I understand that, but we're all busy and I can't do that. But we're going to do it. All right, it's happening, it's happening, it's happening. At 9 o' clock at night, Griff comes back and goes, they want 2:45pm Now. So it's 15 minutes. It's at City hall. And now they can't do the original time. They can only do 2:45. Well, guess what? I'm on the air at 3:00'. Clock. I cannot do a 2:45 interview. So the night before the interview, they changed it and then we had an internal back and forth about whether Ebro should just go do it. I was vehemently against that. I'll be honest. Sorry. It's not Ebro in the morning. It is Ebro. Laura Rosenberg. If only Ebro can go. That's not really a show. If Ebro wants to go up there and throw it up on a social media page, cool. But we're not gonna pretend that it's an Ebro Laura Rosenberg show interview. So Ebro agreed. He's like, cool, let's wait and we'll do it when we do it. And now there's a conversation again about when it will be. I find this whole thing annoying.

[Laura Rosenberg]

It is annoying.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I love the mayor. I think he's doing a great job. And again, I don't think this is his choice, but I am disappointed by the people around him that they would not say, these people rode for you the whole time they were on the air for that, like, one. Well, year. Was it about a year, you think we were talking about Donnie?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Couple months. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, couple months. It wasn't like three months. It was at least nine months, six months. When did it start getting serious? At least six to eight months. When was our first interview with him? Even our first convo with him was probably five months out from the election. Four months out from the election. And so we went on this journey with him for a long time. And. Yeah, and listen, on one level, I totally respect that Ebro is, like, not mad about it and, like, down to just go wherever. I'm just watching him do other stuff, and I'm like, yo, my man, we can't. We're in Manhattan. You can't just come sit here with us. First interview was June 3, 2025. June 3, 2025. The election was November. Now, June 3rd was not when we first started talking about him. No, June 3rd was when we had him on.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So that means, Laura, we were into it from before that. So, you know, for mainstream media. We were among the really early mainstream New York media people that rode for him.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I hear you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And so I've been bummed out by it.

[Laura Rosenberg]

So the only reason I don't blame him is because I've seen this happen to us multiple times. Remember with aoc, when I first was trying to get aoc, they were yo. Her team at that time was like, nah, she don't got time. I was like, are you sure? I told them straight up, does she know that you're turning down this interview? I told them straight up. And they were like, Nope, nope, nope, nope. And then I get a call that morning. She was like, actually, she found out about this, and she really wants to do it. Is there any way we can do it? And when I spoke to her, she told me. Yeah. She's like, I can't believe they didn't tell me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So this happens.

[Laura Rosenberg]

This happens.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I agree. And again, I know I seem passionate about this, and I am, because I am annoyed with people, but not Zoron. I do not think he is actively going f. That. I don't have time for them. I do not think that.

[Laura Rosenberg]

And that's why I don't judge him, because I know the people around him.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But at a certain point. But at the same time, on the flip side of that coin, I also am, like, running up to city hall to only get 15 minutes. Now, if they told us, we'd come to city hall to make it convenient for them, but they could give us an hour. To me, it's like, all right, well, that's a nice balance. You're giving us time. We'll be there. 15 minutes to come all the way there and set up and rent equipment and do that whole. It just. To me, it's weird. We have been. I understand we move like situations, but we have been the place for Democratic mayoral candidates and city mayors to talk to now for 15 years.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's reasonable to expect that his team should get. Get with it. Why did we end up here?

[Laura Rosenberg]

I don't know how we got here. Oh, Hasan piker.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hasan piker. Oh. Because. Because Ebro is just everything. He gives Mamdani a pass on everything. I love the guy. I think he is truly special.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But at the same time, I'm not gonna blindly. My dad's the same way. Like, my dad's like Ebro. My dad treats mom, Donnie like his third son. I mean, everything he does well, I

[Laura Rosenberg]

just think it's because a. Like, he's actually getting things done. And we haven't seen that God knows how long.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He's just a decent. He's clearly a decent person who's trying to do decent things.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And I also understand I'm passionate about how much I hate the people who hate him.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So it gets me angry and defensive of him because I really do think his intentions are really good. But all of those things can be true. And we still can need to hold him to standards.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we'll see. Now they're gonna email us. We heard Duran.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We decline. We heard it. And Rosenberg is an a hole. And Then he'll end up being Ebro by himself.

[Producer Griff]

Anyway.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We liked it better when it was just gonna be, we gonna wrap this up.

[Laura Rosenberg]

We've been talking for too long.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is that it already?

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes, that's it. That's it. That's it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But there's other emails here. Pooh Bear wanted to know. He said, I no longer have social media. I wanted to know if the Jason Lee interview accomplished the mission as a clip economy moment. Have you all, quote, seen it moving around, as the old man always says? Louie, how did you assess the Jason Lee of it all a week later? Was it good?

[L]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[L]

I think a lot of people picked it up. I think the conversation around it actually surprised me. Even the way people were defending you. You know how online is. Everybody's, like, hating, especially I see a lot of hate coming for Eberlosenberg all the time. You and Ebro and some of your opinions. But, yeah, I saw a lot of people pick it up, even up until this week.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So, yeah, I mean, Baller alerts picked it up at the beginning of this week. They waited. It almost seemed like they waited till Jason put it up on Hollywood Unlocked.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And then they're like, oh, well, he's okay with it. So now we're okay with it.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Who knows? But it did. It did move.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, no, it. It. It did. Listen, here's the way I look at it. We're not going to algorithm hustle with white supremacists, so we could at least algorithm hustle with someone who's just like, you know, he's a gossipy guy who posts whatever. I don't think he's a. Someone of super high fiber, moral fiber. But. But at the same time, Jason Lee, I don't think, is poisoning the world so we can have a conversation argument. Bascom wants to end the show in a special way.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, okay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What do you have for us, Bascom?

[Laura Rosenberg]

What is this?

[Boxer Guest]

Because what female fighters get is 15 to 2,000 a fight, man. Man, nobody want to rock with them because they feel they not popular. But when we out in the street, them little kids, them little girls and little boys, they magnetized by this. Them mothers, them single parent moms that got a couple haymakers from their baby dad is mesmerized by that. So we about to start doing our own thing. Independent, Everything. Not just music.

[Producer Griff]

Wait, where did. Wait, you said music. What. What do you mean music? He's talking about boxing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Independent.

[Boxer Guest]

Like I said, we're gonna be. We're gonna be more independent. We blackballed and she got these belts and we still hungry out here. Clearly we got to start doing our own thing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, my God.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Right?

[Producer Griff]

Wait, but I thought you said you was getting more fights and you fights, but they only get paid 15 to 2 grand a fight.

[Boxer Guest]

That's how much they pay for you.

[Producer Griff]

That's more than music makes. Music don't make no money.

[Boxer Guest]

But when you see how much they got to train, a year of training, you know how much expensive that is, just like you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's a very similarity between it.

[Boxer Guest]

And our point is that we're not going to wait no more and just keep collecting

[Laura Rosenberg]

that Young lady.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Young lady was the interview. What about taking the skills from boxing and trying to move towards mixed martial arts where there's clearly a bigger brand now with Ronda Rousey and what's happening in.

[Producer Griff]

That's a good idea.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, thank you.

[Kenza]

I wish I knew some martial arts that day. He was on top of me, choking me.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But have you considered trying to adapt and learn more? Because, I mean, obviously you're very tough and a good fighter and a lot of, you know, those skills can still be applied in mma.

[Kenza]

Yes, definitely. And that's what I want all, you know, all the girls around the world to know, because you never know when you get in a situation like this. I was inside the condo when Roger Mayweather came in.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Kenza]

I wasn't on. On the street or no way. I was inside the condo.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Another great moment in Ebro Laura Rosenberg history. Laura, your face when you're on. Oh, you know, the other crash out. We didn't mention which one, but I'm thinking more about me and Laura's facial expressions. Is the Sweetie freestyle? Of course.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah. That was bad. That was bad.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And we love Sweetie. That is. It ain't. Everyone thought that was us setting Sweetie up. We. We really. Everyone was like, ah, Ebro in particular, because I wasn't really a big part of that conversation. But Ebro was like, hey, I don't think you need to have her freestyle her first time up here. Like, just like she could just come up and they're like, nah, bro, she needs to freestyle. And really, really insisted. And when the freestyle didn't really ring off like that, it's not horrible. But she was new.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And I don't think Sweetie's terrible by any means. It was just a bad moment.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I know I felt bad for her, but I just, I also. What didn't help is like, she. I guess she had been out the whole night. Remember she came in with her big coat she didn't even hardly made any eye contact. She wasn't really in the zone.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah. And it just was not. Not good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But then the faces hold hit these faces, though, me and Laura. Everyone's faces when the freestyle is happening are too good. Look at me awkward staring at my

[Producer Griff]

phone See what these raps is about

[Sweetie]

Yo, Ebro's arms me with a watch the diamonds they be dancing I could better see the clock tick tock whoa that mean your girl real icy that means I don't got times for girls that don't like me I be minding my own biz but they check up on me like a parent does that kid. How does that really feel? You don't know me and don't like me. That's a very special skill. Well, let me share a little. My skin is real light but I like my. Let me get something. If I'm chilling at the bar how the fish is in the water but I'm feeling like a shark like my weather from the west and my from the east I'm looking like a beauty but I'm moving like a beast Sweet Easter beat got me on repeat if you didn't know I'm the eighth Wanted to see if you ask him about who's hot, you better ask about me. I don't know what's finding women with a college degree. How to gossip when you too busy Y' all being a queen gossiping don't get money so that ain't in my routine N.

[Producer Griff]

It had energy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

There was energy there.

[Producer Griff]

There was energy there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, she had a look for you in the middle like, I know she's talking to me.

[Producer Griff]

I know, I know, I know. It was cool. It was cool. It was cool. I'm being honest. It was cool. It was cool.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But, you know.

[Producer Griff]

But I'm gonna leave it at cool

[Laura Rosenberg]

because I know the rest of the. Oh, my God.

[L]

You know what bothers me about that moment to this day?

[Peter Rosenberg]

How mean Laura was.

[L]

Well, no, it's just. No.

[Cypher Sounds]

How hard.

[L]

Like, people really don't realize how hard we tried to make that not happen.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Wait, you remember that? Yeah, Yeah, I remember. Because I remember.

[L]

Even we're like, all right, let's tell them the boombox doesn't work, so we can't play the music. And let's try to do an Ebro warning. Like, look, if we. If you're gonna freestyle, we're going to be honest. Like, we. It's not a good idea. And they just kept pushing and kept pushing. Yeah, then you have that and nobody know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And then again, it's another example. We turn into the bad guys because we can't fake it. What are we supposed to do, you know? Whack. We'd look if I was like, oh, first, I'm not a big ooh guy during freestyles anyway. But let alone, like, everything about it, though, the comedy of us, the three of us stuffed on that little couch together. Ebro. Like this.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I know. I know. It's like nobody got to see all the commotion behind the scenes before this happened, you know? And then I had high. I had booked her for my festival, and then we had a talk, and we hugged it out. She was like, oh, at the festival? Yeah. She was like, yo, that really hurt my feelings. Like, I was.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But, like.

[Louie]

But that's.

[Laura Rosenberg]

I told her everything. I was like, look, we really try not to make it happen, you know, We. I told her, and she was cool. And, yeah, she was just like, all right, man.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But, like, listen, sometimes people aren't ready. I. I totally though respect that you're trying when you're not ready, rather than you're scared to try.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Respect the hell out of it. But you got to also eat it when it doesn't turn out to be good.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yeah, but that was her team at that time, that they were so aggressive people. I wish people could have seen how aggressive they were about having her do that. But it is what it is. It's the past. She's fine now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think she turned out fun.

[Sweetie]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm happy. Shots to Sweetie. I think she's done well. Shouts to mom. Donnie.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Wow.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And you know what? While I'm at. And shout out to the complex list. I thought that was great.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Oh, my God. Well, we went through a lot today.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, we. We ended up. There was a lot of. A lot of things came out on F. Friday, and we're just less than a week away from Validate Me, which, as you can see, is still needed. I can't wait to get after that. So subscribe on Validate me show on YouTube. Laura, have a great weekend. I'm off to New England.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Have fun.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You have a lovely weekend. And everyone, please send your emails for next week's fought Friday. Ebro. Laurararosenbergmail.com shouts to Baskeem, aka Ron. Big Griff, King, Lou, everybody in the chat. We appreciate you. We'll see you guys next week.

[Laura Rosenberg]

Yes. Subscribe. Hit that like button, please.

[Producer Griff]

Don't call it a podcast,

[Peter Rosenberg]

Sam.