40.) Friday Freedom + Family Matters (2/20/26)

Summary

The Ebro, Laura & Rosenberg Show Episode 40: Friday Freedom + Family Matters
Date: February 20, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode, entitled "Friday Freedom + Family Matters," is a vibrant mix of listener interactions, cultural commentary, and candid reflections on both personal and community issues. The hosts—Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez, and Peter Rosenberg—dig into emails and voice notes from their audience, sharing heartfelt family stories, addressing tough debates (from parenting practices to celebrity accountability), and jokingly jostling for credit and blame. Listeners from around the globe chime in, and the trio maintain their trademark blend of humor, warmth, and honest debate.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

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1. Kicking Off Friday Freedom

[00:00–03:13]

• The hosts riff on the show's evolution and their “thoughtful” naming skills.
• Rosenberg provides a meta-commentary: “Just don't call it a podcast.” [00:00]
• Friday shows are centered around fun, with listener emails, personal/family updates, and the “Guru” advice segment.
• Introduction of the “Friday Freedoms” section, fielding notes and stories from audience members.

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2. Listener Toasts and Reflections

[03:13–06:41]

• Spark from South Florida thanks the show for supporting him through tough times during COVID and highlights the importance of inclusivity, especially for the deaf community during cultural moments like the Bad Bunny halftime show.
  • “There's a deaf community that don’t hear nothing at the halftime show...they don’t complain. So, side bow, chill out. Enjoy.” (Spark, [02:19])
• Discussion about ASL interpreters at the Super Bowl: hosts appreciate how interpretive art brings extra vibrancy and representation, especially with Puerto Rican interpreters this year.
  • “They have sassón, like you see anytime you see them. They’re all super animated. I love it.” (Laura, [03:35])

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3. Family Matters: Parenting Tribulations

[06:41–14:01]

• Megan’s Email: Shares her baby’s struggle with botulism and how listening to the show made her feel supported as an older/new parent.
  • “Good news. He is finally off his feeding tube...It is super helpful to hear advice from all of you.” (Megan, [04:45])
• Julia’s Email: Speech therapist moved by Rosenberg’s segment about his daughter’s first birthday and the candid talk about motherhood and postpartum emotions.
  • “It was so moving. Your segment during Family Matters … moved me to tears.” (Julia, [07:15])
• A heartfelt discussion follows about the power of shared stories for parents and the show’s meaningful impact.

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4. Listener Requests & Patreon Access

[09:07–11:04]

• David from New Jersey asks for daily shows to be made downloadable via Patreon, underlining platform accessibility and wanting to avoid YouTube Premium.
  • The hosts discuss technical logistics, intent to keep content accessible, and tease future options for video in podcasts once Apple updates its offerings.

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5. Parenting Debates: Melatonin & Cultural Nuances

[11:05–16:43]

• Sam’s Email challenges Laura’s previous broad-stroke critique of parents who give children melatonin, clarifying his son’s autism and medically guided use.
  • “I just wanted to offer some nuance...I don’t believe you meant harm.” (Sam, [12:17])
• Laura clarifies her stance—she meant lazy, unconsulted use for healthy children, not medically necessary cases.
  • “You are just as guilty if you tag along and support someone who’s doing the dirt, man.” (Laura, [40:09], see later Family Matters)

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6. Celebrity Accountability: Chris Brown Debate

[14:06–17:33]

• Tanisha’s Email: Critiques the hosts, especially for defending Chris Brown given his documented history of violence.
  • “He was not a literal baby...He has a long and documented history...” (Tanisha, [14:10])
• Rosenberg defends his record, explains misstatements on air, and reflects on the challenge of daily conversation and evolving opinions.
  • “I am completely offended and upset by what he did. I crushed him on the radio for it for a good 10 straight years.” (Rosenberg, [15:22])

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7. Channel Updates, Listener Nostalgia, and Show Formatting

[17:43–22:44]

• Listeners suggest new names for Friday segments (“Fox Fridays” and “FOT Fridays”), resulting in a lively internal vote and laughter.
• The hosts give shoutouts to loyal fans and engage playfully in mutual validation (Ebro’s growing reputation as “the guru”).
• Discussion on improving call-in features and technical capacity for the digital show.

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8. International Connections & Show Impact

[23:44–25:03]

• Alma, a Latina listener in Sweden, shares her gratitude for the show’s continuity post-radio and its role as a slice of home and representation.
  • “Growing up in Sweden, it wasn't a lot of people of color...My Latina representation was you [Laura].”

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9. Community Feedback and Constructive Criticism

[26:41–33:19]

• Listeners write in to defend Rosenberg against past criticism and acknowledge the complexity and humanity of regular on-air personalities.
  • “We are forgetting that you are all human.” (Tiffany, [28:51])
• Ebro and Rosenberg reflect on the nuanced expectations placed on privileged vs. non-privileged people, admitting we all have “blind spots.”
  • “We all have blind spots.” (Rosenberg, [30:05])
  • “Our conditioning's been conditioned.” (Ebro, [31:20])
• Memorable quotes:
  • “When you’re a person of privilege...the expectation is you’ll take a moment to understand your privilege, which would then make us all accountable to the work...” (Ebro, [31:42])

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10. The Power of Bravery and Showing Up

[32:34–34:08]

• Siobhan’s Email: Credits Ebro for asserting, “It’s so important now—we need to be more than just good. We have to be brave and courageous and fight for what’s right.” (Siobhan, [32:36])
• Hosts discuss the difference between being “good” and “brave,” especially in allyship and advocacy.

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11. Media Consumption & Finding Reliable News

[34:08–36:44]

• Asher’s Voice Note: Recommends NPR and Gothamist for nuanced, independent news, and points out overlooked details in local political coverage.
  • “Independent news sites...are able to give you nuance and touch on things that are overlooked.” (Asher, [34:08])
• Discussion on media bias, using “Ground News” app to analyze news source perspectives.

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12. In-Depth: Family Matters Roundtable

[37:00–64:45]

The Bullying Incident

• Laura recounts a distressing story: her daughter Kenza was involved in a bullying scenario at school, pressured by a friend to use harsh Spanish insults against another child.
  • “You are just as guilty if you tag along and support someone who’s doing the dirt, man.” (Laura, [40:09])
• The hosts reflect on childhood, group dynamics, the pressures of going along, and how difficult but important it is for kids to be brave and ally with the vulnerable.
  • “I wasn’t brave.” (Ebro, recalling his own childhood inaction, [43:24])
• Parenting and discipline are discussed—how parents try to ensure understanding and remorse, not just compliance.
  • “How could you? … We talked it through and just understanding how much she didn’t understand.” (Laura, [48:14])
• Rosenberg shares anxieties about peer pressure, accountability, and observing how moments like this shape a child’s character.

Apartment/Landlord Saga

• Rosenberg provides an update on his ongoing housing frustrations—negotiations to terminate a problematic lease, the logistics of finding a new place, and the emotional toll such moves have on families.
• Key tips on searching for a new home: talk to current tenants, visit during “rush hour” for an authentic sense of the building’s atmosphere.

Parenting Milestones & Fears

• Hosts swap stories about “parent guilt,” childhood accidents, sibling dynamics, and the ironic double standards between mothers and fathers.

  • “If this were reversed…she can’t trust you anymore.” (Ebro, [58:32])

• Ebro shares a sweet moment with his daughter Selassie, linking music and creativity.

• Rosenberg discusses developmental milestones and parental anxieties—how every child advances at a different pace.

• Memorable quote:

  • “They’re little human beings. You’re going to be disappointed. And you’ve got to tell them that you’re disappointed.” (Ebro, [49:10])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Our conditioning's been conditioned.” (Ebro, [31:20])
• "When you’re a person of privilege… the expectation is you’ll take a moment to understand your privilege, which would then make us all accountable to the work..." (Ebro, [31:41])
• “Just don’t call it a podcast.” (Ebro, [00:00])
• “We are all friends of Fridays!” (Rosenberg, [20:02])
• “I wasn’t brave.” (Ebro, personal reflection, [43:24])
• “You are just as guilty if you tag along and support someone who’s doing the dirt, man.” (Laura, [40:09])
• “We are forgetting that you are all human.” (Tiffany, [28:51])
• “Our show is not only a comfort to me, but to a lot of people.” (Alma, [24:22])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:00–03:13] Fun intro riffing and setup
• [03:13–06:41] Spark’s voice note and discussion of ASL interpreters
• [06:41–14:01] Family Matters: touching emails, parenting solidarity
• [14:06–17:33] Chris Brown/celebrity accountability debate
• [17:43–22:44] Segment name debate, technical upgrades and listener shoutouts
• [23:44–25:03] Listener letters from abroad—the show’s global comfort
• [26:41–33:19] Responding to criticism & the challenge of representing “blind spots”
• [32:34–34:08] The importance of bravery (Siobhan’s email)
• [34:08–36:44] Finding trustworthy news and media literacy
• [37:00–64:45] Family Matters: bullying, friendship, discipline, real-life stakes, housing saga, parenting milestones

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Episode Tone & Style

Throughout, the hosts keep a candid, sometimes vulnerable, often hilarious, but always sincere tone. Laughter accompanies the tough topics, deeply felt moments are met with solidarity, and no one is immune from gentle roasting—including themselves.

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Concluding Vibe

This episode delivers on its promise of “Friday Freedom” and “Family Matters”—a potent blend of listener engagement, cultural hot takes, confessional parenting talk, and a sense of shared community across airwaves and continents. Whether commiserating with parents, debating ethics and legacy, or deciding on a new show segment name, the show’s heartbeat is human connection and honest dialogue.

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For further interaction:

• Email: ebrolaura rosenbergmail.com
• X: @theelrshow
• TikTok: @ebrolaurarosenberg

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“Don’t call it a podcast.”

Transcript

[Ebro]

Just don't call it a podcast.

[Rosenberg]

The ebro laura rosenberg show.

[Ebro]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

There you go.

[Ebro]

Okay. Oh, oh. Friday show, ladies and gentlemen. That is Laura, that's Rosenberg, and I'm Ebro. We do this thing called Ebro Laura Rosenberg. You could tell we put a lot of thought into that title.

[Rosenberg]

No, and you listen. We did what even Ibro Baskin. When Ebro hits the that's so and so. That's so and so. You got to hit the quick cut each time.

[Ebro]

Oh, where the names pop up?

[Rosenberg]

No, no. Just at least to show us. You know what I mean?

[Ebro]

We can do it again. That's Laura Stiles. And that's Rosenberg, and I'm Ebro.

[Rosenberg]

See, look at us. Look at us.

[Ebro]

Yeah, we're getting there. There you go. All right, ladies and gentlemen, on Fridays, we have a good time. We take your emails, we take your voice notes. We talk about our families. We also get into your other emails, which are about your personal life, which are the gurus.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Ebro]

So. But we never have decided in the free order. Yeah, but those aren't really that personal. So we start with Friday Freedoms.

[Laura]

Yes, we do.

[Rosenberg]

Friday Freedoms.

[Ebro]

Friday Freedoms it is. Boom. So the email is what? Laura Stiles, what is it? Damn.

[Laura]

Sorry.

[Ebro]

Ebro Laura rosenbergmail.

[Laura]

Yes, Ebro Laura rosenbergmail.

[Ebro]

Com. Yo, man, thought she had my back, bruh. Well, let's hit. Let's listen to Spark.

[Rosenberg]

Are we starting off with Spark?

[Ebro]

Yeah, let's start with Spark. Here we go, Spark. Sorry about that, Spark. Let's see what he's got to say.

[Laura]

All right.

[Ebro]

Hey, bro.

[Rosenberg]

Lower.

[Spark]

Rosenberg, what's happening? This is your boy, Spark from South Florida. I love you guys. Big fight. Big, big fight. Since 2019.

[Ebro]

Big fight.

[Spark]

Help me get through a rough time. God bless home hospice care, delivering oxygen and beds during COVID That was some scary ish. But thank y'.

[Ebro]

All.

[Spark]

You know, y' all got me through having the mask, glove, and gown up every day, so I really appreciate y'.

[Rosenberg]

All.

[Spark]

Next, y' all gotta get to everybody in the super chat facts, even the 1.99 people. You know what I'm saying?

[Ebro]

Yes.

[Spark]

I spent the 1.99 on my birthday. I just wanted y' all to say happy birthday.

[Rosenberg]

I didn't even see it.

[Ebro]

Rosenbergs being an elitist.

[Rosenberg]

No, I didn't see it.

[Spark]

Do crazy things with her eyebrows on the zoom. Hey, it is what it is. But the real thing, I wanted to get to real quick. All the people tripping about the Bad Bunny halftime show. Just remember, there's A deaf community that don't hear nothing at the halftime show, that can't know what's going on except for people dancing with that without closed captions. Remember that, okay? They don't complain. So side bow, chill out. Enjoy. Bad bunny culture moment for everybody to come together and we should take such love. Y' all have a great day.

[Ebro]

Thanks. Spark this house. Positive vibes. Also for the deaf community, they have the ASL interpreters.

[Laura]

They do.

[Ebro]

Which I. I interviewed at the press conference this year.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I think I saw some piece of that.

[Ebro]

I have a whole new respect for those people now. Maybe I just got some awesome ASL interpreters to explain, like, how they have to go about, like, embodying the lyrics. Like, it's one thing to just asl someone talking, but to actually convey emotion through sign and music on beat.

[Rosenberg]

Emotional, emotional music.

[Laura]

Really, really dope. And they get into it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Honestly, they've gotten so much cooler now.

[Ebro]

Right now.

[Laura]

They put an effort into it. It has sason. Like, you see it anytime you see them. They're all super animated. I love it.

[Rosenberg]

I think it's.

[Ebro]

Well, and then this year also, you know me, I was damn near cried every day. A couple of the ASL interpreters are from Puerto Rico.

[Asher]

Yes.

[Ebro]

So not only are they representing, they're double representing.

[Rosenberg]

Double representing.

[Ebro]

Maybe even tr.

[Rosenberg]

How you mean they're deaf also? Because that doesn't make sense. No.

[Ebro]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

Deaf and interpreting.

[Ebro]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

They have to hear him.

[Ebro]

No, no, no. Somebody was not deaf completely, but like partially partial. Yeah, yeah. Like Laura Styles.

[Laura]

Okay. Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

No, no, she just doesn't listen. That's. Laura never listens. Everyone's favorite game.

[Ebro]

Got it, got it, got it. All right, to the emails. Laura, what you got?

[Laura]

Okay, so we have one. Let me see. From Megan. Hi, guys. I just want to say I love the segment of Family Matters. We have a six month old son. A six month old son. He was diagnosed with botulism in September. I had to look that up, guys.

[Rosenberg]

I was like, what is. What is botulism again?

[Laura]

So it's.

[Ebro]

You can get it from eating honey.

[Laura]

It's rare, though.

[Ebro]

It's like a germ.

[Laura]

So it's like a. It can affect your nervous system. Like, it's scary.

[Ebro]

Well, so that's why babies aren't supposed to eat honey before they're a year old. Because it's not because of the. Whatever's in the honey. They can't. Their body can't process. It can get botulism.

[Laura]

Okay, so he said he didn't get it from the formula that was going around. And he's finally off his feeding tube.

[Ebro]

Wow.

[Laura]

Good news. Good news. It is super helpful to hear advice from all of you. The story of MJ having a meltdown was very relatable a few weeks ago when Ebro said the doctor said it takes 28 days for the baby to starve. That had me weak. It's just nice to hear that. Who are older. I'm 41 and my husband's 40. Who are the last of our friends to have a baby once I'll go back to work. I'll definitely be on that Patreon and I'll get the merch. But all the love to you and yours.

[Ebro]

Oh, it's beautiful.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, Megan, Megan, we're so sorry that you guys have been dealing with that. We hope your baby is full, bouncing back and doing well. That sounds really scary.

[Ebro]

Yeah. And for other parents out there who have had to deal with that. One, sending you blessings and love and two, for others who don't understand what it is. It is a rare, life threatening, non contagious illness caused by toxic.

[Rosenberg]

Non life threatening.

[Ebro]

No. Life threatening, life threatening, non contagious. It's caused by toxins and it attacks the nervous system causing muscle paralysis including breathing difficulty. Symptoms often begin with facial weakness, double vision, drooping eyelids, difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, typically starting 12 to 36 hours after exposure. So very scary.

[Laura]

But we are so happy to hear there's progress. And he's off his feeding tube, so that's great news.

[Ebro]

That's scary.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. We're just gonna keep praying that it. So can it get permanently resolved?

[Ebro]

I believe so. It's. It's a medical. Requiring immediate treatment with toxins. Let's see. Botulism is a short term. Is not a short term illness. Recovery from the paralysis can take weeks to months requiring intensive hospital care.

[Rosenberg]

Okay. So. But it does sound like it ends.

[Ebro]

But yeah. You have to allow the nerves to heal.

[Rosenberg]

So it sounds like this is going the right direction.

[Ebro]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

For this little baby.

[Laura]

And don't worry. Yes. As. As people who had kids later on in life, we will continue to share stories.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. Because we're still only going to be more and more washed. Speaking of which, Julia writes out, writes us also about family matters.

[Laura]

Okay.

[Rosenberg]

And I'm going to. There's a lot here so I'm going to jump around a little bit. She's a speech therapist in New Jersey.

[Ebro]

She would love a 7am show, by the way. We're working on that.

[Laura]

We're working on it.

[Asher]

We got.

[Rosenberg]

I'm going to skip past that part too, but love to you for that. One of your segments particularly touched me and I've been meaning to write to you since I heard it. As you know, parenthood postpones a lot of things. It's been almost a month ago at this point, but it was so moving. I just had to write. Your segment during Family Matters where Rosenberg spoke about Maya's first birthday moved me to tears. It was so beautiful to hear him talk about Maya and his family and to hear you all acknowledge Natalie's birthday, meaning birthday.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

Shine light on motherhood and discuss how incredibly deep postpartum actually is and speak on how there are highs and lows of parenthood no matter what you see on social media. I felt so incredibly seen because here I was driving home from work on my son's second birthday. Could not be more perfect timing as I was pumping using my wearable breast pump for my 5 month old son at home. Parentheses moms are amazing. Following maternity leave. That was entirely too short. You helped me realize I am too. Just a little girl trying to figure this all out. Damn, it's gonna get me emotional. That was actually Erykah Badu who said that. But I'm doing my best. I was emotional in the best way from the postpartum hormones. The fact that my baby is now 2 how and your beautiful words and utmost respect for mothers. It was like the stars aligned and y' all knew what I needed to hear without even knowing that I existed. I hope you know that you are changing lives whether you realize it or not. Your love and passion is palpable. Your words are beautiful, thoughtful, and hilarious. I know that I found my people. I hope this reaches you all and you continue to be exactly who you are.

[Ebro]

Oh, man. Beautiful. I was gonna cry on that too.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I like feels good.

[Ebro]

It's for cle. Attempt a full crier on the. On the.

[Rosenberg]

Where we're at right now.

[Ebro]

Precipice.

[Laura]

My eyes are watery.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, she's that you're very good with your words. That hit.

[Laura]

Oh, that was beautiful. Thank you.

[Ebro]

Griff has texted me something urgent that I need to read. It says yes, yes, you're right, Griff. I do need to do that. I will be doing that today.

[Laura]

Okay, hang on, everybody.

[Ebro]

Hang on.

[Rosenberg]

All right.

[Ebro]

But we have to also get to another voice note before we get to the next email. David. Gira.

[David]

What's up, fam? David, Loyal thoughts from Belleville, New Jersey. I'll make it quick. Two Things one, I got beef with Griff, man. I feel like my voice notes never make it on. Quick favor to ask. Is it possible to load all shows on the Patreon? When we pay that extra, we're able to download the videos on the Patreon, so be able to watch you guys in my commute. I do listen to the podcast, but not. I'm not giving YouTube money so I can download the shows on YouTube.

[Ebro]

Sorry.

[David]

Love you guys. Keep doing what you're doing.

[Ebro]

I love that.

[Rosenberg]

Why can't he. Because he wants to watch. I was gonna say you could just subscribe to the podcast.

[Ebro]

He does that watch. And Apple won't. The podcast. Apple version with video.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. When's that happening?

[Ebro]

They said spring in the announcement. Okay, okay.

[Rosenberg]

Soon there'll be. Your podcast app will also your Apple podcast app will show video soon as well.

[Ebro]

Well, so wait a minute. David is saying that he doesn't. The YouTube episode, I guess.

[Rosenberg]

What?

[Laura]

Everyday episodes. You can't download them without paying, correct?

[Rosenberg]

Yes, you can. Unless you have a paid subscription. Any. And I guess he wants to watch them when he doesn't have Internet.

[Laura]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

He wants the ability to just.

[Ebro]

Right, right, right.

[Rosenberg]

Download.

[Ebro]

Have it.

[Laura]

Yeah. So he's asking for a section of the Patreon to include our daily shows.

[Ebro]

What does that mean? Why would that be bad or good or what? Tell me something.

[Rosenberg]

I don't. I don't. It just work. It's just. It's just another thing for Bascom to have to do. I think that's the issue.

[Ebro]

How hard is that Basco to upload a full daily show? Or like, is there a world on Fridays where we just put the week's shows on Patreon and maybe how long and how much work is that? All right, well, we're not taking them off YouTube.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, yeah. This is just for.

[Ebro]

Just for people who are on Patreon and like David, who are like, yo, this is where I'm at.

[Rosenberg]

I want to watch later.

[Ebro]

And I want to, you know, have it at my disposal.

[Laura]

Okay, we'll work on it, David.

[Ebro]

Good idea, David.

[Laura]

Thank you.

[Ebro]

Back to the emails. Laura Stiles.

[Laura]

All right. Oh, my God. This one is from Sam, who said Laura almost made me stop listening after 12 years.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, my God.

[Ebro]

Hang on, hang on.

[Laura]

Geez. Okay. Bitch.

[Ebro]

I mean, no.

[Laura]

Hey, Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Rosenberg]

Different.

[Laura]

All right. Hi, Lara. I wanted to share how your comment about parents being quote, unquote, idiots.

[Ebro]

Oh.

[Laura]

For giving kids melatonin every night landed with me. I'm a Dominican and my wife is Guatemalan. So I've always felt a kindred spirit with you, which is why I felt comfortable writing. My son has autism, and after extensive research and guidance from his pediatrician, we give him melatonin nightly. Without it, he struggles significantly to fall asleep and stay asleep, which affects his functioning at school and daily life. Many children with autism produce lower levels of natural melatonin, so this helps regulate his sleep medically in a medically supported way. So when you said, I'm sure your pediatrician would say not to give it every day, I just wanted to share that ours approved it and continues to monitor his care. That said, I've been listening for 12 plus years. You've more than earned grace from me, and I know your heart, and I don't believe you meant harm. Just wanted to offer some nuance to the conversation. Much love to you and the whole team. Thank you for keeping the show going. When my funds get right, maybe I'll sign up for Patreon and buy some merch. Lol. In the meantime, my broke ass will keep hitting the like button. Love y'.

[Siobhan]

All.

[Rosenberg]

Welcome.

[Ebro]

Hit that like button.

[Laura]

Thank you. No, Sam, seriously. I think your case is different. Right, because you consulted with your pediatrician. You are dealing with a very specific situation. Sam, I am sorry if I offended you, but I truly mean.

[Rosenberg]

You did not mean that people are dumb for taking melatonin.

[Laura]

No, I truly meant for the lazy parents who just give melatonin to their children because they are too lazy to create a sleep schedule because they're too busy trying to do xyz, that they want to just drug their kids to sleep. It's a real thing. Like, I had an argument with one of my friends because she was telling me that all her cousins just give it to their healthy children because they're too lazy to do the work.

[Ebro]

That's where your energy about this was coming from.

[Laura]

That's. That's where I'm coming from. So, to you, I'm sorry if I offended you. I didn't.

[Ebro]

Well, say I'm offended. I wanted to let Laura know.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I want to say that I'm offended. I'm sick of Laura offending all these people and angering our audience like this.

[Ebro]

That's right.

[Rosenberg]

About time people notice that she's the real villain of this show.

[Ebro]

I may hit her with the eight ball jacket.

[Rosenberg]

Man, that felt so nice to hear someone else get someone come for someone in email.

[Ebro]

Get off the.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, here's someone coming for all of us.

[Ebro]

Okay, well, we're gonna go to a Voice note.

[Rosenberg]

First two emails, then voice note.

[Ebro]

Is that what it was?

[Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Ebro]

You sure?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, bruh.

[Ebro]

All right, go.

[Rosenberg]

You don't, you know, you don't pay attention.

[Ebro]

I forget for sure.

[Rosenberg]

I be forgetting. All right, where to go? Where to go.

[Ebro]

What's the title?

[Rosenberg]

Oh, here we go. Tanisha, stop defending abusers.

[Ebro]

Oh, here we go. Cook up.

[Rosenberg]

As a woman, I cannot express how disheartened it is to hear you guys constantly defend and support Chris Brown. He was not a literal baby Rosenberg who did something one time. He has a long and documented history of violence and colorism since his attack on Rihanna. That includes very recent incidents. Also, a domestic violence victim forgiving their abuser does not absolve the perpetrator of their behavior. As girl dads, please do better. I would just like to say I have been accused of many things in my life. Chris Brown defender, not one of them. This is what's so funny about, like, the story.

[Ebro]

It was the literal baby part when you.

[Rosenberg]

Well, I said. I guess I said he was. Whenever you say literal.

[Ebro]

And what was he? 17, 18?

[Rosenberg]

No, no, no, no. 16, maybe?

[Ebro]

Oh, no, he wasn't 16.

[Rosenberg]

He was older than 16.

[Ebro]

18. Well, because 16 was when we met him. That was, like, his first.

[Rosenberg]

Maybe, Maybe. I said they were. They've been dating since they were.

[Ebro]

Baby.

[Rosenberg]

Whatever. I don't know what I said. That's stupid. If I said literal, guess what I meant. Not literal. Definitely not a Chris Brown defender. In every argument I've said, he's never gonna get back to the most mainstream stage possible. I am completely offended and upset by what he did. I crushed him on the radio for it for a good 10 straight years. And recently I have taken the tone of, do people deserve to one day be forgiven for the worst thing that they did if it was 20 some years ago? To your point, though, Tanisha, he has consistently done dumb and offensive things. Otherwise, I don't know if there's been other violence towards women, which would be unforgivable.

[Ebro]

How recent? And for y' all listening in the chat, how recent was his last? Kind of egregious, abusive.

[Laura]

Just like this week, there's, like, drama because he's, like, harassing, like, one of his exes and, like, threatening the boyfriend. So there's all this, like, back and forth right now.

[Ebro]

So it's happening right now.

[Rosenberg]

Listen, listen. The truth of the matter is, I, I've been. I, I, I tend, sadly to think that he sucks, that that's where I always lean towards. He's always made a Decision that I'm

[Ebro]

like, bruh, come on, bro.

[Rosenberg]

It's been like that forever and ever. So if we had. This is what's hard about talking every day for the last 20 years. 90% of the time, people think I'm the world's biggest Chris Brown hater. She happened to hear one conversation where I guess I was feeling a little more forgiving, and she's like, ah, So I feel you, though. You have every right to be mad at him forever, and he is, and he deserves to be held accountable for what happened.

[Ebro]

Listen, growing up, being accountable, realizing that your transgressions of the past shape how people see you in present day is. Is something. And accepting that is something that most people can't do. Even the government. It's not even a part of our. How we do anything at a high level. Right. And I'm not. That's not an excuse or anything. I'm just saying that is the culture. Right? And so when we see an individual doing it, of course we want to hold that individual accountable. I just oftentimes go, eh. I mean, that's learned behavior. We see that behavior in society at the highest levels, at the. With the most powerful, with the richest.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. All of it with America.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

You know what I mean? I see you guys are skipping over this one. It caught my eye. It says Ebro is a guru. No. That didn't interest any of you guys?

[Laura]

I didn't see that.

[Ebro]

Got it. Oh, wow. It's amazing, huh? Let's get to a voice. No, no, you know, I'm just doing voice notes over here.

[Siobhan]

Rosenberg, send in this audio from Montreal. Hey, Moroccan. Canadian. Or should I say from Canada? Because now that. This is how we're. We're saying it, guys. Like, since bad.

[Rosenberg]

It's bad Bunny.

[Siobhan]

I knew the Benito ball. This is how we say Canada.

[Rosenberg]

Canada.

[Siobhan]

Love you guys so much. Thank you so much for the new tea. The. We got plants tea. The design is sick.

[Rosenberg]

Chase, what up?

[Siobhan]

Yeah, and just happy to be continuing the journey with you guys. Been listening for. For 15 plus years since way back when I was in Casablanca. And then when we moved here, me and my husband from Montreal. From. To Montreal. So I love listening to you guys. Ebro, stop being annoying with like. Well, let's go with the program. Let's.

[Laura]

Let's.

[Siobhan]

Hold on. Stop playing the music. So what are we. What should we do now? Like, let us. Let us be archaic. Like, let us be without a. Without a program. Let us make mistakes. We love it. We love the. The. I don't like the mistakes, lady Unfiltered. We love the diamond and how do we say it? A diamond in the making.

[Ebro]

Okay. All right. All right.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Siobhan]

Anyway, so sorry if this is long. Love you guys so much. Keep doing what you're doing. We're gonna be rocking with the wheels. Fall off, baby.

[Ebro]

Thank you. That's very nice.

[Rosenberg]

Aww. Sweet.

[Laura]

From Canada.

[Rosenberg]

From Canada. Also, this doesn't count as the email I'm reading, but I should say that Akilah reached out and said, I'm gonna keep it short and sweet. You guys should change Friday free to Fox Fridays.

[Ebro]

Fox Friday.

[Rosenberg]

I love alliteration. And trying to keep the old name in a different way just isn't hitting. Let me know what you think. I hope you like it. And please use it. I like it.

[Ebro]

Fox Fridays. All in favor, say aye. I. Fox Fridays it is.

[Laura]

I know you guys are saying I too.

[Rosenberg]

Do you like Fox Fridays or Fot Fridays? I think Fot Fridays hits easier.

[Laura]

Friend of the friend of the Friday.

[Rosenberg]

Friend of the Friday.

[Ebro]

Friend of the Fridays.

[Rosenberg]

Are we all friends of Fridays?

[Ebro]

We are friends.

[Rosenberg]

Come on. We're all friends of Fridays. But fot Fridays or frats Fridays, I think it's still better than Friday. Free or free Friday?

[Laura]

I like it. I think it's cute.

[Ebro]

Well, look loyal fat here, Tiffany.

[Laura]

Okay.

[Ebro]

Been with us since the plantation station. Thank you guys for keeping this thing going. I truly love listening to you guys every day, but I think it is time to stop hating on Ebro being a guru, because he is proving he is actually really good at this. And no wonder they didn't want to read the scene.

[Rosenberg]

Man, I don't even see this.

[Ebro]

Last Friday's guru Ebro really shines. Someone wrote in about her twin boys and the struggle she faces in their energy and taking them out to run errands with her. Peter and Laura were ready to cook her for our parenting, but Ebro spoke up and had fully listened to the email. Look at me listening to emails. And gave great feedback and insight. Little boys can be tough to manage, and as a mom of a little boy, I felt for her. Boy energy is unmatched. Ebro handled that guru beautifully, and I was a little sad. Laura and Peter were too hard to.

[Rosenberg]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You left an important word out. She said I was a little sad. Laura and Peter were about to be harsh on her.

[Ebro]

Nah, I left that out on purpose.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I know. She made up. She made up what we were about to be. What the hell is going on Here.

[Ebro]

Well, you didn't. Oh, but now all of a sudden you can see the email. Just found it. She said Ebro is a guru in Ken's a voice. You know what I mean?

[Laura]

Ebro, you're not guru.

[Ebro]

Love the show and everything you're doing. I hope you guys could check in with the phone of Fox soon. I miss them being a part of the weekly show too. Yeah, Hot Rod, R. Nikki Nikki, Queen P. Even Ribbon.

[Rosenberg]

Maybe next week. Has it been long enough? Maybe next week we do a. A Patreon Whitish Wednesday. Let's see if we just like have just do one.

[Ebro]

We got some cable. We have some capability issues.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, okay.

[Ebro]

We have a few capability issues. We gotta unlock and practice music. We got playing the music. We got multiple people plugged in virtual. With the audio issues that we've had,

[Laura]

we're gonna discuss it.

[Rosenberg]

The way to do it. If we wanted to do it at some point, the way to do it probably would be to do it from home. Cuz I can use my board, just play the music through to everybody. That would probably be the way to do it. But then who's playing in the game?

[Laura]

Dang.

[Ebro]

Right?

[Laura]

You know, I had dreams of them popping up in the studio.

[Ebro]

Well, so look here, here, here at the new Stew we do have a DJ booth over there. So we could actually feature a DJ to play the music. That was my joke.

[Rosenberg]

So. That's right.

[Ebro]

So you could have a DJ there. Right. But we're waiting on another board to have a little bit more audio capacity and then we would have the phone effects. We got to work through some of the virtual things. But we will have a phone number and a phone system soon come. We have the phone number.

[Rosenberg]

Number we have.

[Ebro]

Do we want to have people write it down now for later or just do it once we. Because nobody could steal the phone number at this point. Yeah. Yo, crazy enough when we were trying to get the phone number side story, while we're doing these Fat Friday emails, every number we came up with and this wasn't obviously in public, Griff is on the phone with the lady trying to like, oh, we want the elr this or every single one. As soon as Griff asked for the number, it got taken right away. It would be there and it was gone. It would be there, it was gone, it would be there, it was gone.

[Rosenberg]

Like how many people are getting phone numbers on a daily basis like that?

[Ebro]

Well, you know, I went straight conspiracy. I was like, yo, they trying to make sure we can't get call ins because Once we get these call ins. Rocking. Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

Now it's a full radio show because what show?

[Ebro]

What shows live on YouTube at 8am Got call ins.

[Rosenberg]

Not a lot, bruh.

[Laura]

It's us against the system.

[Ebro]

Talk to them.

[Rosenberg]

Talk about it.

[Ebro]

All right, who we got email.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, Laura, you got it.

[Ebro]

Laura, you're up.

[Laura]

This is from Alma. Alma, a Latina from Sweden. Hey, guys, I'm a Latina from Sweden. I found you guys on YouTube in 2016 interviewing J. Balvin. A big shout out to all of you for turning around and making the Ebra Laura Rosenberg show so fast. I was literally so sad when it ended because your show is such a comfort to me and it has been for the past 10 years.

[Rosenberg]

Wow.

[Laura]

Instead, now my commute to work. Instead of listening to you on my commute to work, I now listen on my way home because of the time difference. And I am happy hearing you talk about maybe quitting in the previous episodes.

[Rosenberg]

You can't.

[Laura]

You cannot.

[Ebro]

We're not allowed.

[Laura]

Because you're not only such a comfort to me, but to a lot of people. You educate me so much. I learn something every day. I listen to you. You guys speak so openly about politics and being on the right side of history, and sometimes it makes me choke up because you speak so well about the difficult subject. So big thanks for that. And also love to my girl Laura for making me feel seen and represented. Growing up in Sweden, it wasn't a lot of people of color. Very different now, thankfully. So my Latina representation was you. Thank you. Keep up the good work. I'm making all my friends over here. I'm making all of them subscribe to the new. So thank you for promoting us. Thank you for.

[Ebro]

And thank you for descriptions and all that. Rosenberg, before you go, really quick, I want to shout out people that we've missed their emails going back to like, January.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah, do that. Because we may not hit them.

[Ebro]

Because we may not. So money mail emailed back January. A frustrated teacher. He's a high school math teacher in the Bronx. He says the administration not caring about the kids learning math, just passing kids without them actually learning anything. And he hopes mom Donnie's newly appointed chancellor, Kamar Samuels, fellow Jamaican, has a plan to overhaul the Department of Education. Victoria Rosenberg's apartment situation. This goes back January 30th, where she's been been in ocean transportation for 11 years. She's also an NJ licensed real estate agent.

[Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Ebro]

She's dealt with horrible landlords and slum laws that have simply needed to be Told about themselves. But she's, uh, telling you, um, get a real estate attorney. Have them put your landlord, property management company on notice that rent will be withheld and. And paid to an escrow until requests are met.

[Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Ebro]

And this is the most important part. Pay your attorney the rent and have them keep it in an escrow account.

[Laura]

So, yeah, they can't say you just weren't paying.

[Rosenberg]

So. So I do have. I could give an update in family matters, perhaps.

[Ebro]

Okay. Family matter.

[Rosenberg]

I appreciate that. Message from. Yeah, yeah, on the way. And I'll give a little.

[Laura]

Okay.

[Ebro]

All right. Also, Kika's just showing love. Mabel thinks we should make an ebook. Rah, rah. We missed your daughter's birthday back on January 15th. Sorry about that. And now, Rosenberg, you have an email.

[Rosenberg]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna summarize two emails with the same theme.

[Laura]

Okay.

[Rosenberg]

Defending Rosenberg.

[Ebro]

Okay. Of course you would.

[Rosenberg]

Tiffany is one of these emails. Tiffany says that she just got through listening to, I guess, last Friday's episode of the show. And I have to do something I thought I'd never do. Come to Rosenberg's defense.

[Ebro]

Oh, wow.

[Rosenberg]

If you would have asked me a few years ago, I was a casual listener. My thoughts about Rosenberg, I would have said the usual culture vulture trying to be down white guy. I wasn't a fan. As I grew to love hearing you all on the radio each morning, I soon realized I was incorrect. Rosenberg, you are simply a lover of true rap, true radio and media. A family man who, of course, has some flaws, as we all do, but really, you're not a bad guy. I feel that, although eloquently stated, the writer of the email last week was extremely callous in their perspective. This was the email about where the person broke down. Like, my lack of understanding, of privilege.

[Laura]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Rosenberg]

Do you remember it?

[Ebro]

Yep. It was, like, very detailed, very. Almost like a thesis.

[Rosenberg]

It was like a.

[Ebro]

It was a thesis.

[Rosenberg]

It was a thesis.

[Ebro]

And from a. I think a highly educated individual, maybe even worked at a university, if I recall.

[Rosenberg]

I think you're right. And I. And that's why B. Small, who also wrote about the same

[Ebro]

email,

[Rosenberg]

said that he listened last week. And even though the emailer delivered an intelligent, well thought out message, the moment was cringe. And he goes on to explain while, you know, basically there were points made in the email, he didn't think it was fair for basically, me to be put in a corner and have someone tell me who's what and what about who I am, which I appreciate your. I appreciate your Feeling that way. But I didn't. I didn't have a problem with that part of it, per se. Anyways, back to Tiffany. She says, I think we as a society take a step back and realize we do not really know these people. All caps and exclamation point. You all have daily episodes, so of course we'll catch you with good days, bad days. Maybe some thoughts will be on the right side of the story, some will be on the wrong side. But we are forgetting that you're all human. I think it was unfair. And simply because someone puts over zealous, overly contrived language to state an opinion doesn't make it fact. I will say over time, Rosenberg, you have become extremely relatable to me. And your rants about annoying apartments, our ish show government, and most importantly, our little girls were born a couple of weeks apart. I felt so seen hearing you share about your baby girl when I was due any day and now hearing about her grow up really touches me. I say all of this to say, I hope you were not hurt by the previous writer's take. As a loyal listener, I must say the sentiments are not shared by everyone. I really love the show and I see all the effort from the team to make this work. I wish you all years of success with this program and I can't wait to hear what's next.

[Ebro]

Oh, super sweet.

[Rosenberg]

Well, I appreciate people's defense. I didn't overall, like, I hear why people would think it sounded hoity toity, a little high and mighty to be like, I'm gonna write you an email and explain why you are flawed as a human. But I understood where they were coming from and I took it mostly in love.

[Ebro]

Yeah. I didn't feel like. I felt like that was their attempt. Maybe that's why I wasn't offended by.

[Rosenberg]

Right. Like it was thought out that for them, if they just didn't care and said nasty things. But it was a thought out attempt

[Ebro]

to have a. I think ultimately it's about blind spots. That we all have.

[Rosenberg]

My blind spots, their blind spots, your blind spots. We all have blind spots.

[Laura]

I do love that she's reminding people that we are human.

[Rosenberg]

That's a shirt. Blind spots.

[Laura]

You know what I mean? That we're humans and that we show up every day with different feelings, different moods.

[Rosenberg]

Well, I appreciate that too because. And this combines both. Both what you're saying about us being human and Ebro's point about blind spots. Like people don't realize because, like one thing we joke about off the air Is like, I will do something that gets just lit up in the chat. Ebro could do the exact same thing. And it just flies by. There is not a thought or a mention of it. And people don't look at their own blind spots as to why. Maybe when it comes out of my mouth with my tone, from my name, it hits them one way. When Ebro does, it hits another. By the way, that is reverse. And I experienced it my whole life. The other way, where white people who loved our show would come up to me and complain about things about Ebro. I. They found him harsh or gruff or why is he always this way? And I'm like, I say the same thing about that that Ebro does. But my voice doesn't hit you the same way Ebro's does.

[Ebro]

Because blind spots. That's racist.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah, exactly. But that's everybody.

[Ebro]

But it's all, you know, our conditioning's been conditioned.

[Rosenberg]

Even our conditioning's been conditioned.

[Ebro]

You know what I'm saying? And, and, and so then here's the. Here's the real mind.

[Rosenberg]

Oh.

[Ebro]

Of it all. And this is where people really, really struggle. Cuz it's hard.

[Laura]

Okay.

[Ebro]

When you're a person of privilege, depending on your privilege. The expectation of the unprivileged is that the privileged would take a moment to understand their privilege, which would then make us all accountable to the work we need to do. I don't think everybody want to do the work well.

[Rosenberg]

And also, it's easy for the unprivileged to say that if they were privileged, that's what they would do. But guess what? You wouldn't be because you'd be privileged.

[Ebro]

And that's why I said it's a real.

[Rosenberg]

I'm just saying everyone says what they would expect them to do, but when the shoes on the other foot.

[Ebro]

That's right.

[Rosenberg]

People don't always do it.

[Ebro]

On that note, I think this is pronounced show. Ben.

[Laura]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Ebro]

Did you want to read this one?

[Rosenberg]

I was gonna go.

[Ebro]

Go ahead, you go.

[Laura]

Okay. I think it's Siobhan.

[Ebro]

Siobhan. Okay.

[Laura]

Good morning, longtime listener. So grateful for you three still being here and staying true to you with the community. With that. Ebro said something the other day when talking about jelly roll at the Grammys and Rosenberg saying, he's a good person. But Ebro said, okay, he's a good person. He's just not brave. I felt that in my heart. It is so important now. We need to be more than just good. We have to be brave and courageous. And stand up against and fight for what's right. So I just wanted to say thank you. I needed to hear that that morning. And I tell my son that every morning now. I love you all.

[Rosenberg]

That is an underrated good line by you, bro.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

Why you don't want to give it up to me?

[Rosenberg]

What?

[Ebro]

You sound like you're struggling to give me problems.

[Laura]

You just did.

[Ebro]

But it sounded forced. It sounded like it was like,

[Rosenberg]

you need eye contact, my guy. I just said it was a good line.

[Ebro]

No, it sounded like you were like. Didn't really want to top it off. You know what I'm.

[Rosenberg]

It's a good delineation. The. The different. Because. Because you're. Because I was trying to think of it because like jelly roll and that, like, I definitely can tell he's a good dude. Yeah. Definitely don't. I don't think he's a hateful person. But your. Your point of that? When he was given the opportunity to at least just say something kind of whatever, a little bit of something, he was like, ah, I'm not gonna do anything.

[Ebro]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

It was an unbraved moment, at least it certainly.

[Ebro]

And. And we're all humans and entitled to it. And that was freedom Friday. We're gonna close with a voice.

[Rosenberg]

It was no Fox Friday. Yes, baby.

[Asher]

Lauren Rosenberg. I just want to say that if you're searching for news like about something that's trending or super important, I would suggest using either NPR or WNYC or Gothamist news if it's for the city. And the reason why I'm saying it is that independent news sites like that are able to give you more nuance and touch on things that are overlooked. With the Mamdani executive order situation, I feel like a lot of people and news sites were focusing on the anti Semitism stuff, but NPR News was one of the only news sites day of that I heard them talking about the reason why he even undid Adam's executive orders in the first place. And it wasn't because Adam bad everything he do bad. Mamdani specifically undid all the executive orders that Adams made after September 2024. Why that specific time frame? Because that was when he was indicted for corruption charges. And Mamdani believes that any executive order made after that date cannot be trusted because it's not in the best interest of New Yorkers. And that was so overlooked and that is so, so important. And I want everybody to know that. And I also want you guys to know how to better find more non biased or at least news or at least more independent journalism. Anyway, good luck with the show, guys.

[Laura]

Thank you.

[Ebro]

Thank you so much, Asher.

[Rosenberg]

I don't think NPR is like, quite independent, but it's certainly closer and better than most things Gothamist to me.

[Laura]

I mean, I follow them and I check them out, but sometimes I feel like they twist a lot of things well.

[Rosenberg]

I mean, they're gonna have their own agenda. I mean, listen, most places have some level of agenda. I find Gothamist's local stories to be. I don't know if you follow it

[Laura]

and I check it out, but.

[Rosenberg]

And WMYC is definitely. WMYC is the local New York affiliate for npr. Really great station. I don't know if you guys throw it on the car, but like, once you're an adult, like, it's a great. It's a great vibe to throw into the car. News. They got that when they do culture stuff, they put you on the good culture stuff.

[Ebro]

Yeah, it's good. Shout out to wnyc.

[Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Laura]

I love npr.

[Ebro]

Yeah. Have you guys checked that Ground News yet? Have you guys haven't downloaded that app yet? It tells you like the slant of. No, no, no. Who's writing what and stuff?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, no, I find it useful too.

[Laura]

Ground News.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, this is the one he told us about that tells you who's reporting a certain story.

[Laura]

How much is it? 20.99amonth.

[Rosenberg]

I don't know.

[Ebro]

I gotta look again. I think they have a free version. They have a paid version.

[Rosenberg]

Listen, if I just said I don't even know. Six emails next week about how privileged I am. I guess Rosenberg just buys any app he wants.

[Ebro]

Are you guys ready for it?

[Laura]

All right, let's go.

[Rosenberg]

Sounds like a bootleg version what we have, man. Sounds like someone recorded this off the tv. Wonder who did this song. Oh, all right.

[Ebro]

Laura, you watch the show every week

[Laura]

back in the day. Yeah,

[Ebro]

Family Matters here on FTS Friday. I have one you want to start? Is yours. We. Yeah, I just sent in a video clip this week, me and Salasi. But that might be where you want to close out. Cuz that's warm and fuzzy. Your seems a little heavy, so.

[Laura]

Yes, yes. So, guys, I go to pick up Kenza from school. Teacher says, hey, can I talk to you for a second?

[Ebro]

Uh oh.

[Laura]

And not with a smile.

[Rosenberg]

Uh oh.

[Laura]

I was like, oh, okay. Pulls me to the side and tells me that Kenza was caught up in an incident, A bullying incident.

[Ebro]

Oh, man.

[Laura]

She said that Kenza and her friend were making fun and saying really nasty things to this little Girl in Spanish.

[Rosenberg]

Uh.

[Laura]

Oh, you guys, my blood. I was like, okay, so tell me more. So I said, what exactly happened and what were the words that were said? So then she starts explaining to me, and I'm like, wait a second. Kenza doesn't know these words in Spanish. They're very specific words in Spanish.

[Ebro]

So you want to share some of the words?

[Laura]

Apestosa.

[Ebro]

What's that?

[Laura]

That means someone who's really stinky.

[Ebro]

Okay.

[Laura]

But it's a very specific word that Kenza doesn't. Doesn't. Doesn't know.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. How would she know? Apestosa.

[Laura]

Yeah, she doesn't know these.

[Ebro]

Give me another one. I'm learning right now.

[Laura]

It was a pastosa fair.

[Ebro]

That's ugly.

[Laura]

That's ugly.

[Rosenberg]

Look at you, man.

[Laura]

There was. There was a few more, but 90 of those words she doesn't use, right? So I was like, so Kenza has this little friend that she loves. Loves this little girl. This little girl only speaks Spanish, guys, because her school is dual language. So at first I was, like, happy that she's hanging out with her, because I was like, good. She has a friend that will kind of force her to speak more Spanish.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, she's learning Spanish, all right.

[Laura]

So then after I hear what happened, so I go and I talk to her about it, and she tells me that her friend put her up to it. She was like, I was just hanging out with my friend, and my friend told me to go with her, and I went with her. And I said, but you knew that they were making this little girl feel bad. And this little girl cried. So she was like, yeah, because I thought she was being mean. And I was like, did you see her? Did she do anything that was, quote, unquote mean? She was like, no. And I was like. So I had to. Oh, guys.

[Asher]

I had.

[Laura]

The whole weekend was about bullying.

[Ebro]

Mm.

[Laura]

I had to give her examples. I was explaining to her, but mostly like, you are just as guilty if you tag along and support someone who's doing the dirt, man.

[Ebro]

I guess this doesn't help.

[Laura]

FD Skill Kids doesn't hit the same right now. So, bro, I was velvet.

[Ebro]

If the teacher's watching the show.

[Rosenberg]

FD Skill Kids, no, FD is not what you want.

[Laura]

Ricardo was so angry. But, yeah, we had, like, a whole weekend of content, constant, you know, reminding her and talking to her about it. Now, at the end, she was just that. Because I kept asking, do you understand? I want you to tell me what you learned. And so finally, she was just like, that was wrong. And I said, what are you gonna do if people ask you to go with them to pick on somebody? She's like, that's wrong. I was like, yeah. I was like, you're gonna tell the teacher.

[Ebro]

Is she gonna be brave though and stand up with the pressure?

[Rosenberg]

Don't go jelly roll on her.

[Ebro]

I told her.

[Laura]

I was like. I told her. I was like, you have to stand up when you see it. Mommy used to do it. And she was just like. So I showed her a couple videos and my friend. You know what I mean? And I was just talking to her. But guys, I was so mad and so disappointed.

[Ebro]

Now, you never bullied anyone when you were young? You never participated in bullying?

[Laura]

No, no. Mostly with self defense.

[Ebro]

Okay.

[Laura]

Because I was the small winning class. It was easy to pick on me.

[Ebro]

So people were picking on you?

[Laura]

Yeah. But I was like, if I'm crazy,

[Ebro]

then none of Rosenberg. You ever bullied anyone.

[Rosenberg]

You've spit on your lip. I. I'm young. I don't think I ever bullied anyone. Young at all. Older, like college age, late high school and college. I feel like in retrospect, in my group of friends, like my close knit group of friends, I feel like I could be a D word to some of my other friends. Like, it was all seemingly in good fun, but in retrospect, I'm like, damn, we were kind of annoying too. I have a couple of specific friends that like. And I continued to be friends with them for a long time, but then we weren't friends. Like then. Then as we got older, they sort of left.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

And like most of us stayed close. And I'm like, damn. I wonder if part of them were just like, they were kind of a holes, you know?

[Laura]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

I'm being hard. I'm being harsh on myself. Like, this is not like, I'm not talking about, like, I'm not talking about anything terrible, but like at sleepovers, just being the person who was kind of the butt of the joke sometimes. Maybe they got sick of it. But I was also the butt of the joke in my group of friends. So to answer your question, no, I was definitely never a bully. But I do believe I can make crack a lot of jokes on my friends.

[Ebro]

Right. I think the one bullying incident I was involved in was in sixth grade when this girl who was overweight, we were all me. I was part of the kids that got left inside for recess for talking too much. I always got in trouble for talking too much. So you get your name put on the board and then they put Bart Simpson checks after your name. Whatever. Now. Now you don't get recess. Now you don't get recess. So I'm in there, and this one girl's overweight. And me and her was cool. Like, I was always. I was that guy. I was cool with the kids that got picked on. I was cool with the athletes. I was cool with everybody. Right? But this other guy brought to school. So he thought about this. Yeah. And was platinum. This girl. Cause she's overweight, cut out hamburgers. And then taped hamburgers under her desk. So when she would open up her desk, food would just, like, fall. And I saw it happening. And I didn't do nothing about it. And I didn't. I wasn't like, yo. That's why I didn't say nothing about it.

[Rosenberg]

You weren't brave.

[Ebro]

I wasn't brave.

[Laura]

Yeah. It's still.

[Ebro]

I wasn't brave. I still think about it now. Like, yo, that was. And I saw her later on. Like, I saw her later on. We were always cool. Whatever. And I just always felt like. Like, man, I was whack.

[Laura]

Right?

[Ebro]

Like, I was super.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Laura]

But this little guy. There was this little guy in my school. His name was Howard. And he was small, like 4ft tall. And he would always get pushed in the lockers and in the trash can. And I remember going up and cursing out the dudes and, like, pulling Howard out and be like. Cause my head. I was like, one of these days he's gonna snap. He's gonna come in here.

[Rosenberg]

How old were you?

[Laura]

Shoot everybody up.

[Ebro]

Not me. How old were you?

[Laura]

I was like, in seventh grade, you

[Ebro]

was thinking about somebody snapping.

[Rosenberg]

She was already hip to the game.

[Laura]

Yes.

[Ebro]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

So it was still motivated. She was still motivated by protecting herself.

[Siobhan]

Right.

[Laura]

I was like, howard's gonna be okay with it.

[Rosenberg]

Not gonna be my problem.

[Laura]

I just remember, you know, I was the one that was, like, standing up for people.

[Ebro]

Yeah.

[Laura]

And defending myself. So, yeah, I was just. I was really, really sad about this, guys. But I explained to her, like, yo, you're just as guilty if you're going along with it. You know what I mean? You don't have to be the one using the words. But you're. You're backing your homegirl up, so.

[Ebro]

Or you're seeing it and you're not saying something.

[Laura]

So wait, let me ask you guys a question.

[Rosenberg]

I know where you're going. I don't know what you do with this friend.

[Laura]

Because Ricardo's like, I don't want him hanging around her anymore like that.

[Ebro]

Oh, so it's a boy.

[Laura]

It's a girl.

[Ebro]

It's a girl in class.

[Laura]

He's like, I don't want her hanging around her anymore. But they're in the class together, so, you know, and in class they teach you how to play with each other. It's like, what do I do? Do I tell the teacher, hey, we don't want her hanging out with her?

[Ebro]

I think in this scenario, it's.

[Laura]

And they're kids. They're kindergarten. You know what I mean? So how do I.

[Rosenberg]

Or do you talk to the moment?

[Laura]

So I'm gonna. I'm gonna. I know. I know for a fact that the teacher spoke to the parents, you know, But I was thinking of asking the

[Rosenberg]

teacher how to go.

[Laura]

How to go.

[Ebro]

Yeah. That's the right thing.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. Because if the teacher. If the teacher says the parent was great, and the parent was like, oh, no. Really? But if the parent was on some fighting back against it or didn't, then. Then you might want to just separate.

[Ebro]

I was like, that kid Manuel that called me an N word in kindergarten, and I beat him up at school. And then my dad was like, yo, I want to meet with his parents. Parents. And his parents didn't want to meet with my dad. And we saw him like, my dad. I remember being outside of school, My dad was like, I think that's his dad right there. And he went the other direction. Never wanted. Bro was straight calling me in bro. Fifth grade. No, I'm sorry. Kindergarten.

[Laura]

Kindergarten.

[Ebro]

I was five years old. I didn't even. I don't even remember knowing what that was.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

I just knew. Everybody on the playground was like, oh. And because I was the type of kid who got into a lot of fights, I just teed off.

[Rosenberg]

I just know that these moments are big. Yeah. Like, they huge. They add up. Like, I've told you guys the story before of when my parents had taught me about the N word.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

And when I was little and I was hanging out with my friend who turned out to be a great kid, who, at the time he was telling me, he was like, so he's telling me a story. He's like, and there's this kid, blah, blah. And I called him. He told me. Told the story of how he called the kid the N word. And I was like, you did what? Cause he thought it was cool. Kids are just making it up. They're just making up.

[Ebro]

Well, somebody told him it was cool.

[Rosenberg]

Someone told him somewhere it was cool. Someone else at school. I know his parents now. It was not at home. Someone told him somewhere, and he did it. I was like, oh, my God. My guilt was so bad. Hearing it. I was like, I can't even be near you. I was like, this is. My parents said, you cannot do this. This will not stand. He started crying. He's like, what? He starts crying like he's now like. I thought it was cool. I was like, it's the opposite. And then he went to school the next day, apologized to this kid. And it was like a story we remembered. Like, it changed like that. Mo, these little moments shape who you become.

[Ebro]

Absolutely. Yeah, yeah.

[Rosenberg]

Cause kids don't know. Kenza doesn't know when she gets into the situation, what the girl is trying to do. She probably felt away when she saw the girl getting upset, like, ooh, ooh. You know? But I'm here now.

[Laura]

Right, Right, right, right, right.

[Rosenberg]

And so whether you correct that or not, I think is a huge deal.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

Between becoming a mean girl or not.

[Laura]

It was a thing. Like kids, I just can make sure. Cause I always ask her, what did. I was like, what do you think? Can you tell me what you learned? How does it make you feel? Cause sometimes kids will just yes you to death. Yes, yes, yes. Okay, okay, okay. And then when you ask, let them go.

[Rosenberg]

And that's it.

[Laura]

Right. So I just want to make sure you understand where we're coming from, you know?

[Ebro]

And we were.

[Laura]

Ricardo and I were both very serious about it, and we didn't do it one day. It was like three days of talking

[Rosenberg]

about what did it feel like? And I'm sure I could ask you the same thing about something else, but what did it feel like? Because I haven't gotten to experience this yet. To be, like, disappointed in, like, your little perfect girl. Like, that had to.

[Laura]

It feels terrible. Cause I was like, how could you? How could you? And then I went up to the little girl. I was like, you're beautiful, and I'm sorry. And I'm gonna talk to Kenza and we're gonna fix this. And I promise you this is not gonna happen again. And if you ever feel uncomfortable, you tell the teacher and she's gonna tell me, you know? So I went and had a talk with the little girl.

[Rosenberg]

She was just like me. You were making Michael Goldstein cry, bro.

[Laura]

I was so heartbroken. Cause, you know, rewind. Two, three year old Kenza, when kids were blocking the. The slide at the playground, she was pushing kids out of the way, helping all the little girls, you know what I mean, when they were getting bullied. So I was like, how did you turn into the bully? Yeah, bro, it broke my heart, I'm not gonna lie. But, you know, we talked it through and just understanding how much she didn't understand.

[Rosenberg]

Right.

[Laura]

You know what I mean? Kind of puts things into perspective and you feel a little bit more like, God, you're five, you know what I mean? So, yeah, man, but I was hurt. I hurt my kids.

[Ebro]

Nah, listen, man, they're little human beings. You're gonna be disappointed. And you got to tell them that. That you're disappointed, right?

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

But that they can fix it. It's that you're not. You're not withholding your love from them.

[Ebro]

You're just disappointed. Disappointed in you. We don't do that in this family. That's not what we stand for. We're not for that. That's not what's happening now. The, the, the, the problem a lot of parents run into is the fact that the kid has already observed their bad behavior. And then you're turning to the kid, trying to tell the kid that we don't do. Kids ain't stupid, even at. Or. Or let me use better word, they're not unaware at five years old, at four years old, at three years old, Peter, they're hearing everything, seeing everything. Everything, bro. You think they're not watching? Oh, they're watching the show right now. They ain't listening to me. Nah, son, they're listening. Brains is fresh. They can pick up four and five things at the same time.

[Laura]

You know how many times we've been in the kitchen and Kansas, like in her little area, like on a book? And me and Ricardo are saying, and she'll stop and answer. And I'm like, you're listening?

[Ebro]

Yeah, that brain is freshly wired, bro.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, it's clean. No problem. No dust.

[Ebro]

Nah, nothing.

[Rosenberg]

You don't need WD40 in there. Whole thing's working. Clean.

[Ebro]

Ears on fire. Everything is working, man. You gotta, gotta be on it. Rosenberg, you said you had an apartment update in family Matters?

[Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah. So we're figuring things out.

[Ebro]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

Natalie, after a couple of different conversations and things that have transpired, she had an in person conversation and then she followed up with an aggressive email saying, we feel that X, Y, and Z is not cool, not okay, and we would like to terminate the lease. And we were told okay. You know, basically, we disagree with some of the things you're saying, but we don't want to hold you hostage. So if you want to terminate the lease, you can. Now, what does that mean exactly? We'll find out. When the next steps get taken.

[Ebro]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

You know what I mean?

[Laura]

Are they gonna charge you certain fees?

[Rosenberg]

Right? Like, oh, and that. But yeah, but you gotta pay for this, and you gotta do that. So we're gonna see where it goes from here.

[Ebro]

Now it's shining but you can't take it no more.

[Rosenberg]

Well, that's the. That's the interesting part. At this moment, it's okay. And frankly, when you hear the you can leave, it makes you immediately sort of be like, well, this isn't so bad.

[Laura]

Oh, don't do that.

[Rosenberg]

But I'm not. No, but I'm not. So I had to tell Natalie. Cause she started being like, well, it's not so bad right now. I'm like, natalie, it's gonna be. The elevators are out again. It's gonna be the next thing that they're doing. And then if we ended up staying during the summer, we'll probably be like, oh, it's mostly okay. Then it's gonna start getting cold again. Baby's room's gonna get cold again. It's gonna be nasty outside. Like, we have to remember we can't just get lulled to sleep. So I think we look for our next place, which I'm doing aggressively. The second we find it.

[Laura]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

Try to set the date and then see what happens.

[Ebro]

Well, just go through the check. What was your checklist? Elevators being out. If you're not on the first floor, elevators will be out at some time. That's going to happen.

[Rosenberg]

All frequency. All.

[Ebro]

All being out. The frequency.

[Rosenberg]

Like it shouldn't be.

[Ebro]

But it could happen.

[Rosenberg]

It could. But the thing is, like, if you live in a building where they have five elevators, and sometimes elevators are out, and as a result, it. It's slow. That happens. If you've ever been in a building, though, and the only working elevators are out.

[Ebro]

That's right. I've done it.

[Rosenberg]

That is a problem.

[Ebro]

I've walked 20 flights. Three elevators, all of them out 20 flights.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

That is a problem. That happens.

[Laura]

Yes, yes. It's happened to me. And I had to carry all the stuff upstairs or. Yep, yep, yep.

[Rosenberg]

Multiple. So you're so. So you can make the case, right, that, like, these things happen, you know?

[Ebro]

But that's why I said your checklist. So. So I'm just saying if elevators is one.

[Rosenberg]

But remember, there's also the health part that we don't truly know. Right. Yeah. Like, I'm. Could they. They had open lead violations when they told us there were.

[Ebro]

No. That's why I said, you got to go down your checklist. Like I was just saying, if elevators is a thing, I'm just letting you know it may always be a thing. Now move to your next item.

[Rosenberg]

Right, right, right. Do you have any concern about open lead violations or anything could be of danger that we're unaware of parking, you

[Ebro]

know, not communicating during construction. What's your policy? How were tarps just thrown up in my hallway? I didn't get an email. There wasn't a note put under my door. There wasn't a thing posted on the other shoes, Nothing.

[Rosenberg]

And that's my point. Is that like, so Natalie, then she's like, well, but in a couple of weeks, you know, like they're going to be done with that and the hallway will actually be slightly better. Right. And I. And I'm like, you're right. You know, it'll be slightly, by the way, slightly better. But that doesn't change the fact of how they operate. And it's going to be different things. There'll be another thing that they do and don't tell us about.

[Ebro]

As a friend, your plan was to only be here for a year.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

That was your plan. So on your checklist of items, when you talk about next winter, you weren't even supposed to be here next.

[Rosenberg]

No, no, we were. It was going to be next winter in a best case scenario, no matter what. We moved there in the winter and we actually signed a lease that's longer than each got it. So.

[Ebro]

So you're annoyed and you might be moving.

[Rosenberg]

I'm okay with moving. Like Natalie is too. She's going to follow my lead on this. I believe that she's. She's frustrated at the prospect of moving again. And I get that moving is not fun. Was you going to spend money, all of those things. But I'm like, we've worked hard and we have a few dollars where we can't afford to make a mistake. We made a mistake. We can afford to make up for the mistake. Some people can't. And that's terrible. Those people are taken advantage of. Just because it sucks doesn't mean we should be taken advantage of. Like when we walk in and I look around like this isn't it. Like, I just have friends who've come over and they're like, as my friend pointed out, he's like, why you move any place worse than the last place you lived?

[Ebro]

Well, that's why I hit you with this.

[Rosenberg]

Congratulations for a little more space.

[Laura]

Okay, so look at the bright sign now. Now that you're month to month, that's what we're going to look at.

[Rosenberg]

That's how I choose to look at it.

[Laura]

Yes. Month to month. That you can take your. Not. Not take your time, but you have

[Rosenberg]

time to make the right decision.

[Laura]

Yes. And don't rush. And I also suggest that when you find somebody that you love, dude, be a creep and just talk to some of the people who are there. Like, I, I. In my building, I, I hung around and waited. Somebody came out and I was like, let me ask you a question.

[Rosenberg]

How do you like this place?

[Laura]

I'm thinking of xyz.

[Ebro]

And the other part is when you go look at places to move, go look at them between 4pm and 6pm

[Laura]

also look at nighttime to see what

[Rosenberg]

that neighborhood when people are coming and

[Ebro]

going, coming and going home from work and how packed it is and how the front desk manages this, like, rush hour. How the elevators function during. When everyone in the building's leaving and coming and going. And all of you know, I pop

[Rosenberg]

by a place yesterday because there's a place I saw that I liked.

[Laura]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

So I popped in at a random time just to feel it out.

[Laura]

Yep.

[Rosenberg]

Walked in the lobby, talked to the doorman, one of which was very excited that I showed up. Random guy from the Bronx who's a rapper of some sort. But again, that has positives and negatives. Depends on the person.

[Laura]

Keep it real. What's the tea?

[Rosenberg]

So, but, but it was funny. Like, just even on a basic level. Not to say that this would be the place or whatever, and this is super bougie, but just walking into the lobby and the fact that, like, they have outfits that they're supposed to wear and one guy's behind a desk and another guy is at the door wearing a cap, being like, I'm here. This is. He's helping people with stuff. They don't help people in our building. Like, like, if our doorman is there, he's a lovely guy and he will run and help you. They don't have a ramp at my building. No, they don't.

[Ebro]

Yeah, there's.

[Rosenberg]

You saw that. There's no ramp. You have to lift. You had to physically do it.

[Ebro]

You can't.

[Rosenberg]

Like, that's crazy. We have to walk Natalie if she's. If the guy's not there for some reason, you have to walk backwards and drag up the stroller.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

Like, just that alone is.

[Ebro]

Well, but I think also you got to put it in. There's people who live in that. Those sort of predicaments, but what price are they Paying based on the price you're paying.

[Rosenberg]

See, now we're having the conversation. That's the conversation how if people. Y' all think I'm bougie. Now, if you knew what I was playing paying for this dump, you think I was not only bougie, but a moron. You go for that. You're dealing with this. So anyways, that's. That's the update. Oh, and also, guys, yesterday, while I was at home, Maya fell for the first time.

[Ebro]

There you go.

[Rosenberg]

And, like, kind of busted herself up a little bit. It.

[Laura]

Wait, what?

[Ebro]

Did you send the photo over? Let's see it. You got to say people can't see.

[Rosenberg]

No, I don't want to show. I don't. That Natalie might be upset.

[Ebro]

Why? Cuz she doesn't look her best?

[Rosenberg]

No, no, I'll tell you why. Because it was on her watch.

[Ebro]

Let me ask you, though.

[Rosenberg]

Hold on. Let me ask you.

[Ebro]

Yes, Moms and. And dads, I'm sure somewhere. But mom's definitely. If it's on their watch. There.

[Rosenberg]

No, she kept it. And by the way, she was like, yeah, the baby, you. She. She fell a little bit. I looked at her. I went. And then later, I forgot. I went, yo. Her lips really kind of busted off. She's like, yeah, I told you she fell. I was like, what happened? She was like, well, you know, she fell and blah, blah. And in my head, I'm going. I was like, you didn't reach out to me? And she was like, well, I mean, what are you gonna do about it? I went, well, that doesn't stop you from texting me every single time Bear takes a shit in the apartment. If my. If my guy takes a shit in the apartment, I get a text. Bear took a shit.

[Laura]

Oh, my God.

[Rosenberg]

Somehow she started cracking up. I'm like, well, if the baby falls, and you don't think I need to know about that? What? And then I was just crossing my mind today because I'm really not upset about it. And I know these things happen, but, Ebro, I can't help but cross my mind. If this were reverse.

[Ebro]

Oh, you be. Oh, you be. Listen, she can't trust you anymore, and she'd be leaving the house. Like, I don't even know if I can leave the baby with you.

[Rosenberg]

No, exactly.

[Ebro]

No, but the double standard.

[Rosenberg]

And you know it's true. It's the same with her. If Ricardo. If it happened on Ricardo's watch, she's like. But when it's you, it's mom. I mean, what were you Doing?

[Ebro]

Do you not pay attention to our. You were on your phone, weren't you?

[Rosenberg]

Were on your phone, weren't you? Yeah. What were you doing? Looking at your. You're fighting with people in comments instead of like, absolutely.

[Ebro]

Now for my family thing that matters.

[Laura]

Let's see.

[Ebro]

Let's. Let's look at this little vid I posted on my socials the other day.

[Laura]

Okay, let's go.

[Ebro]

That's right. J. Cole.

[Rosenberg]

That's a thick vinyl.

[Ebro]

I didn't see that. You know about J. Cole? Oh, no, no, no. You want to learn? Okay, J. Cole. Can you say J. Cole? There you go. See you learning already. He was sitting at a desk similar to yours when he started.

[Rosenberg]

Is it similar?

[Ebro]

See, that's his desk right there. You see?

[Laura]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah,

[Rosenberg]

she's. She's drawing, bro. She's working.

[Ebro]

He was maybe doing some scribbles just like you. Let's zoom in.

[Rosenberg]

Looks like some scribbles, yo. She's like, does this guy ever shut up?

[Ebro]

No,

[Laura]

I just love her.

[Asher]

She.

[Laura]

She goes, no, no. Like, I'm telling you, no.

[Rosenberg]

That was. Yo, that's fantastic.

[Ebro]

Nah, Selassie's great. And happy birthday to Selassie. Two years old today.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, it's going down.

[Ebro]

Two years old. That young Selassie.

[Rosenberg]

Wow, she's short. I get nervous, Laura. I'm not gonna lie. The Selassie videos make me nervous about Mhi' ya's development. What do you mean? Cause I'll see videos of selassie at, like, 19 months giving soliloquies, and I'm like. And then I look over at Maya. I'm like, maya, what do you got to say? And she's like, duck, duck, dock, duck, dock, Doc.

[Ebro]

Now, you know, I'm gonna tell you. How is mine now?

[Rosenberg]

13 months.

[Ebro]

13 months?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

It starts to just click, man.

[Rosenberg]

Well, no, the walking right now is click clacking.

[Ebro]

You know what I'm saying? How long did that take?

[Rosenberg]

Although apparently she's had some issues this week. Maybe she was drunk.

[Laura]

Four weeks.

[Rosenberg]

The walking. Well, she didn't really crawl in any real way till like, 11 months. 10 and a half months. Yep.

[Ebro]

Salah. Similar.

[Rosenberg]

And then she crawled for, like, three weeks and started getting up and moving. She was pretty quick.

[Ebro]

So she's been walking for six weeks?

[Rosenberg]

Weeks? No, no, no. She's now been really. She's now been walking a little bit for a month and really walking aggressively where like, every time you sit her down, she pushes herself up and starts walking and rarely crawl. Two Weeks. Yeah. Two, three weeks.

[Ebro]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

It starts to click, clap.

[Ebro]

It starts to go.

[Laura]

It's going to turn up, though.

[Rosenberg]

No, listen, I'm. I'm fine. I don't want it to enjoy it.

[Ebro]

Yeah. Because in a minute they start running. Then you're just running up and down. You know that long hallway you talk

[Rosenberg]

about, by the way, hit the button again. Is that what you wanted? Congratulations. How is that going to make things easier? All that square footage in this apartment is all in a damn hallway.

[Ebro]

Well, now. And now you gotta run and literally run. Because you might as well wait. It's 8 o' clock at night. She won't go to sleep. 7 o'. Clock. She's got all this energy. Yo, let's go. Now we're just running laps. Let's run laps.

[Rosenberg]

And by the way, and. And Bear is. Is in the line too. Bear's running after. It's all three of us. Every time it's happening, he's there too. And Bear wants to be near her all the time, but also doesn't care about where she's walking. Yeah. So he's there, but he's also nearly cutting her off or knocking her over. And they've actually been pretty good so far. She is yet to. I know it's coming. She's yet to try to pull up on him.

[Laura]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Ebro]

You can just go with that.

[Rosenberg]

No, he would be. He would just. He would. It just won't work. He'll fall.

[Laura]

Right, right.

[Rosenberg]

If she pulls, he will just give out. He's not gonna fight it and bite her or anything like that, but he would just go down.

[Ebro]

What shows is she watching?

[Rosenberg]

Really? Just Miss Rachel stuff.

[Ebro]

Really? You haven't put like some. A show with a bunch of music

[Rosenberg]

on or like, Ms. Rachel's got a share?

[Ebro]

It's like. I'm sorry, a movie. You haven't put a movie on yet.

[Rosenberg]

We have. We've watched. We've watched Lion King. Not into it and didn't care that much. So far. The movies don't, you know, the fan, you know, whatever other Disney things she put on, she's just like, Disney.

[Ebro]

Disney might be a little.

[Laura]

Does she like Elmo?

[Rosenberg]

She likes Elmo a little. The only thing right now that makes her immediately start smiling and she's locked in and you're dead to her is Ms. Ray.

[Ebro]

Rachel try to put on Trolls.

[Rosenberg]

You think Trolls would be a good one?

[Ebro]

It's bright, the. The little characters there. And the songs are great then, so. And sing she might like because it's Animal singing songs. But I'm telling you as a parent. And it worked. It's worked so far with Sassi and it worked with Issa. I did not. I could only take so much of the kids Elmo shows because you're going to watch them over.

[Laura]

Yeah.

[Ebro]

And over. So luckily sing came out. Issa was like 2. And I noticed that she was sitting through about 45 minutes of a show like she was doing pretty good. So I was like, you know what? Let's take it to her first movie. Sane came out, went to the first movie. She lasted. It's a 90 minute. She lasted an hour and five. And then I had to take her out cuz she was just couldn't.

[Rosenberg]

It's too much. Right.

[Ebro]

But got home, bought it, it streaming it. She could watch it. I could just put it on. And it's good music though because it's actual real songs. And so they end up learning real classic songs.

[Rosenberg]

Right.

[Ebro]

That's Sing is great. Trolls is great. Trolls. The second one is great. And then another one if it doesn't have as much music. But it's just great. Which is Secret Life of Pets, which is just dogs.

[Rosenberg]

And I saw. I gotta say I was disappointed with Secret Life of Pets.

[Ebro]

So Secret Life of Pets 2.

[Rosenberg]

Is it better?

[Ebro]

Max and Duke. The. The.

[Rosenberg]

The.

[Ebro]

The lady has a baby.

[Rosenberg]

Oh boy.

[Ebro]

And so now, right. It ratchets up.

[Rosenberg]

But I saw. When I saw A Secret Life of Pets, it was with my niece and nephew.

[Ebro]

How old were they at the time?

[Rosenberg]

Well, they're 18 now, so my guess is they were already like nine, eight, nine years. So they were kind of like whatever. It's fine. 18 years old, bro.

[David]

Oh man.

[Rosenberg]

Isn't that crazy? Remember they came in studio.

[Laura]

I know.

[Rosenberg]

As little, little, little guys.

[Ebro]

Well, that's Family Matters. Do we close out with the song?

[Rosenberg]

I mean, I don't want to get there. What is.

[Ebro]

What was that?

[Rosenberg]

Yo? Gr.

[Ebro]

A bootleg version of the song that was dar. Can we get the actual song, guys?

[Rosenberg]

No, it sounds nasty.

[Ebro]

Yo, that was Family Matters. How long was that second long? Like 20 minutes.

[Rosenberg]

Long enough that we got to go. I think

[Ebro]

30 minutes of that. Well, look, ladies and gentlemen, that is our Friday FOT show. Yeah, Family Matters. Fat Friday, you know, I mean with your emails and voice note. Once Again, Ebro Laura, rosenbergmail.com hit us up and we'll see you next week.

[Rosenberg]

Have a good weekend everyone.

[Ebro]

Please subscribe. Please share.

[Rosenberg]

Stop. Stop yelling at me. I'm not saying that the Epstein files aren't bad, okay? I'm not saying. Saying Trump is not bad.

[Ebro]

Stop. You know, it was nuanced, that convo yesterday, man, he.

[Rosenberg]

I got fried in the comments.

[Ebro]

Really? I think bad was it.

[Rosenberg]

It was a good frying. I think y' all need to look at yourself if you're so sure you know exactly what's happened, and I am terrible for being just not sure. You may be deep in your algorithm.

[Ebro]

Are you not sure or is it not proven?

[Rosenberg]

I'm not sure to the extent. Is all. Not sure to the extent. And I don't think that Trump's ever getting taken out by the Epstein files. That's just a belief. I don't think it's gonna happen.

[Ebro]

I mean, it's. It's kind of based on history,

[Rosenberg]

so it seems. Yeah. Right. That's just, you know, good luck. It's right.

[Ebro]

Ladies and gentlemen, Ebro Laura Rosenberg show. Subscribe, follow along. We appreciate all the love. See you on Monday. Right. Take hold. Don't call it a podcast.