55.) One Of Our Wildest Gurus Ever + Fashion Friday w/ The Family! (3/13/26)

Summary

The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show

Episode 55: One Of Our Wildest Gurus Ever + Fashion Friday w/ The Family!
Release Date: March 13, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode is classic ELR Show: a lively Friday mix of unfiltered debate, listener mailbags, family updates, and wise (if wild) life advice. The show kicks off with sharp cultural commentary, zeroes in on weighty topics like allyship and anti-Semitism, veers into kid chaos and parenting hacks, and wraps with a truly wild “Guru” advice letter about flatulence in marriage. Oh, and plenty of jokes about farts, fashion, and family. Expect honest, sometimes rowdy, conversation—the hallmark of Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

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1. Week in Review & Show Vibes

[01:36–02:19]

• Friday traditions (Family/Fat/Freedom Friday): A relaxed, say-anything vibe.
• The hosts address a backlog of listener emails, noting only March emails will be covered.

“Anything that goes back to February... Sorry, it’s not happening.” — Ebro, [02:28]

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2. Allyship, Anti-Semitism & Listener Backlash

[03:39–15:40]

The Jonas Email:

• Listener Jonas questions Rosenberg’s status as an ally, accusing him of being "tone deaf" on anti-Semitism and “making the show hard to listen to.”
• Rosenberg responds passionately (and extremely bluntly), emphasizing his commitment to speaking out honestly on all sides, even at personal risk as a Jewish person critical of Israel.

“I mean this respectfully: Suck my...and take it all down and finish me off good.”
— Rosenberg, [04:34]

“Do you not remember, my mother was born in a displaced persons camp?...I constantly speak about the ills of Israel...why would you question if I’m an ally?”
— Rosenberg, [05:48]

• Ebro raises the complexity of being Jewish and critical of Israel, the risk of being labeled anti-Semitic, and confusion over where the line falls in terms of criticism.

• Challenge of algorithmic influence: Ebro and Rosenberg discuss how social media algorithms may have shaped Jonas’s perception, turning him from a day-one fan to a skeptic.

“Something happened to Jonas. Something happened to his algorithm. Something happened to him. Right. Because of all of this noise.”
— Ebro, [13:19]

Notable Quote:

“We spend a lot of time on this show speaking about the worries and concerns of all those groups...Why does it bother [Jonas] so much that I’d occasionally mention the one that is about the group that I’m from?” — Rosenberg, [11:27]

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3. Group Identity, Exceptionalism & Nationalism

[19:08–24:45]

• Discussion of Jewish “exceptionalism,” the pitfalls of group pride morphing into nationalism, and the reality that every group has “brilliant people and dumb people.” (Ebro: “There is no exceptional ethnic group.” [22:05])
• Rosenberg shares an anecdote from his dad on the “Jewish brain” myth and how Jewish identity was co-opted by nationalism post-Israel, leading to the same flaws as other identity-driven nationalisms.

“At some point...a lot of people’s minds were sort of corrupted by nationalism...the irony is that makes you the same as everybody else.”
— Rosenberg, [21:32]

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4. Listener Advice Corner: YouTube Algorithms & Hype Button

[26:03–29:52]

• Edwin, a listener, advises the show to use YouTube’s “Hype” button to boost rankings before reaching 500K subs. The hosts joke about their lack of algorithm savvy and commit to hyping future episodes.

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5. Mailbag: Bilingual Parenting & Cultural Connection

[29:54–32:50]

• Listener Halle asks why Laura doesn’t teach her daughter Spanish, tying the question to her own adopted background and cultural roots.
• Laura clarifies she does teach her daughter Spanish, despite not speaking it with her partner at home, and affirms the value of bilingualism.

“I would never not encourage [being bilingual]. I got so many opportunities because I’m bilingual.”
— Laura, [31:59]

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6. Shout Outs & Show Independence

[32:50–34:44]

• Listeners Ivory (Staten Island) and Anthony (Trinidad) are thanked for supporting the new, independent digital format; Ebro reflects on their leap from legacy radio.

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7. Hip-Hop Conversation: Ranking J. Cole as a Storytelling Rapper

[34:44–37:05]

• Yams, a longtime listener, asks where J. Cole ranks among storytelling rappers.
• The hosts agree Cole is among the best in the current era and probably edges out Kendrick and Drake for “traditional” storytelling, but put legends like Big, Nas, Slick Rick, and Eminem at the all-time top.

“The best? That’s a tough putt for J. Cole. In the convo, I’m down...He’s the best of current times.”
— Rosenberg & Ebro, [36:59]

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8. Parenting Challenges: Sibling Boundaries

[38:04–40:59]

• Jake writes about his niece crowding his baby daughter, making boundaries difficult.
• The hosts assure him this is normal four-year-old behavior—set boundaries kindly but firmly and accept you’ll repeat yourself for another year or so.

“Just buckle up and get used to it.” — Ebro, [40:53]

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9. Email: Cuban Doctors & Racism in Brazil

[41:05–43:41]

• Ronald, a journalist, praises Laura for spotlighting Cuba’s “More Doctors” program and details racism against Cuban doctors in Brazil. He thanks Rosenberg for nuanced takes on Judaism and Zionism—offering a counterpoint to earlier criticism.

“You are not a self-hating Jew...Zionism is Christian BS rooted in old-school American and European colonialism.”
— Ronald (listener), [43:03]

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10. Family Matters & Fashion Friday

[44:07–48:54]

• The hosts swap stories about kid outfits, hand-me-downs (notably a “toddler Gucci raincoat” that’s an emerging family heirloom), and adorable video reels featuring their daughters.

“That’s a multi-generational heirloom.”
— Rosenberg, [46:04]

• Chat on handling and passing along expensive kids clothing—doing the sensible thing by handing down, not over-wearing.

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11. Parenting Hacks: Choking Hazards, Safety Kits, and Vomit

[48:54–62:00]

• Laugh-out-loud stories about flossing drama, pineapple-induced near-choking, and toddler car seat “life back” devices for emergencies.

“I’m so paranoid about choking. I still cut Kenza’s grapes. She’s five years old.”
— Laura, [58:13]

• On birthday cake overload: Maya threw up all over the car seat (“I’m never getting the Nuna cover back on.” — Rosenberg, [61:19]) and carseat cleaning hacks.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I’m still crazy attracted to her and want to keep it spicy. But these days, the hottest thing going on in our relationship comes from her ass every 20 minutes.”
  — “Flatulence killing the freakiness” email, read by Rosenberg, [65:14]

• “If you can’t have a convo about it, or you’re worried about her sensitivity—she ain’t worried about your sensitivity. My nose is sensitive, and so is my dude.”
  — Ebro, [67:39] (on marital communication)

• “We did 40 minutes of fat emails to start the damn show today, but it was a damn good talk.”
  — Ebro, [63:08]

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Timestamp Guide to Important Segments

• [03:39] — Explosive debate: Is Rosenberg “really an ally”?
• [13:19–14:43] — The effect of algorithms and why listeners lash out at familiar voices
• [19:08–22:12] — Jewish identity, exceptionalism, and nationalism
• [26:03] — Listener tip: How to use the “Hype” button on YouTube
• [29:55] — Language and adoption: Laura clarifies her bilingual parenting
• [34:44] — J. Cole, storytelling rap, and ranking the icons
• [38:04] — Parenting: When toddlers won’t give siblings personal space
• [41:05] — Racism in Brazilian medicine, Cuba’s doctor program, and cross-cultural commentary
• [44:41] — Family Matters: Hand-me-down "heirloom" fashion
• [48:54–62:00] — Parenting life: Choking hazards, mess, and babyproofing hacks
• [63:26–70:28] — Guru advice: The wildest fart problem the show’s ever received

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Closing Section: The Gurus — “Flatulence Killing the Freakiness”

[63:26–70:28]

• Anonymous listener: Married 15 years; his wife’s post-surgery gas is “killing the freakiness.”
• The hosts take the issue seriously but can’t stop laughing. They recommend honest but caring communication, dietary review, and possible medications (Beano/gasX), plus creative “noise management.”
• Ebro on marital honesty: “If you can’t talk about this, you got a problem.”
• Laura on medical reality versus romance: “This is a hard one...work on all these things, man, and hopefully some of it helps.”

Memorable moment:

“This one was crazy...It’s Fart Friday, I mean, Fart Fried Friday.” — Laura & Ebro, [70:29]

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Episode Tone & Style

Fast-paced, raw, and funny. The trio combine candid cultural debate, real-life parenting, and ridiculous email dilemmas (fart Friday!) with warmth and hard-earned wisdom. Language remains conversational, with jokes flying as fast as truths. They embrace complexity, especially around identity politics, but never get too heavy to laugh at themselves—or bodily functions.

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Final Takeaway

“Something is happening to all of us at the same time. It’s all connected...That’s the dangerous part. We’re all very unsafe.”
— Ebro, [13:23]

Whether dissecting global conflicts, algorithmic influence, or toilet humor, the Ebro, Laura & Rosenberg Show finds the through-line: we’re all just humans, muddling along, trying to stay connected (and keep family and sanity intact) in a wild world.

Don’t forget—hit that Hype button! (Or don’t, to prove Lou right.)

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Transcript

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[Ebro Darden]

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[Ebro Darden]

The Ebro Laura Rosenberg show.

[Rosenberg]

I'm saying either way, it's, you know, what is a button?

[Ebro Darden]

Yo, man Friday vibes made it to the weekend. You know, it's family Friday. Fat Friday. A little freedom on Friday. Yay.

[Rosenberg]

We love freedom.

[Ebro Darden]

You know what I mean? You can say what you want to say, feel how you want to feel. You can do it in a voice note, you could do it in an email. Where do we want to go first, gang?

[Rosenberg]

We got a lot of emails, okay? We didn't do any last week.

[Ebro Darden]

All right, now Griff's give get. We have how many?

[Laura Styles]

That's a lot.

[Ebro Darden]

Does Griff think we're getting to all of these today? Is that what he thinks when he prints all these out?

[Rosenberg]

I think he wants to all the options.

[Ebro Darden]

Got it. I got news for you. Anything that goes back to February. I'm still in February. Here we go. March. Anything marching forward? I'm a read today.

[Rosenberg]

All right, I'm gonna hit all of March today.

[Ebro Darden]

Only March. If you emailed in February, we apologize. We're not getting to it.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God.

[Rosenberg]

All right, well, there goes the one about Ebro being a Guru from February 28.

[Ebro Darden]

I'll be all right. I don't need. I don't need you. I don't need your Val validation. Not even sure I like being in the gurus. It was more fun being on the outside. Got to be more reckless now. I got. I feel some level of responsibility with this guru thing.

[Laura Styles]

So you don't want to kick off with a. A voice note?

[Ebro Darden]

Is that.

[Rosenberg]

No, we only have a couple voice notes. All right, I say we hit a

[Ebro Darden]

few emails, then a voice note, and It's Ebro. Laura rosenbergmail.com if you would like to email and get involved in Fat Friday, Freedom Friday, Family Friday, and we'll get to family matters coming up.

[Laura Styles]

Let's go.

[Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Ebro Darden]

Go ahead, Rosenberg.

[Rosenberg]

All right, well, you want to start off with the one that made me hot out the gate when I was sitting here?

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, sure.

[Ebro Darden]

That's where you want to start.

[Rosenberg]

Jonas wrote on March 5.

[Ebro Darden]

Jonas.

[Laura Styles]

All right.

[Rosenberg]

And he said. He said, is Rosenberg really an ally? Rosenberg's constant complaints of anti Semitism are tone deaf and make the show hard to listen to. Sometimes Jewish people as a whole are some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world, and all the cries of victimhood feel like manipulation. There are people in the world who really are oppressed, and Jews are nowhere near the top of the list. I am literally a day one fought. I remember Rosenberg's first show in 08 with Seif, and I stopped listening to Hot 97 when you left. But my eyes have been opened since October 7th. I sometimes question if Rosenberg's really an ally or just pretending. Jonas, I would firmly. I just want to say to you, I mean this respectfully. Suck my.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God.

[Rosenberg]

And take it all down and finish me off good. And you know what? Give me some eye contact while you're at it.

[Ebro Darden]

Yo, why'd you go so hard?

[Rosenberg]

That is an insane. Because for me, in the three years since October 7, to speak about this issue the way I have, where by far and away the lion's share is talking about the evil that's been done to the Palestinian people. You don't even understand the risk I take as a Jewish person doing that on this platform. And because I sometimes mention the fact that there is a real legitimate spike in antisemitism, which has happened in many ways, and it Oftentimes because of the work of the Israeli government.

[Laura Styles]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

But because I speak about that real thing, that affects at least my life. I don't know how many, you know, offensive racial attacks you get every day on your social media. I personally get Shut up, Jew about 100 times a day. So me expressing that, well, shut up,

[Ebro Darden]

Jew, is that really anti Semitic?

[Rosenberg]

Yes, it is. Let me clarify for you. Yes, it is, 100%. So for me to. You are now questioning whether or not I can you. Am I missing something, guys?

[Laura Styles]

No, no, no. I just want to. I just want you to go off.

[Rosenberg]

This is a crazy take. This is like crazy crazy. How does that make me less of an ally? Because I mentioned sometimes that the group I'm a part of also catches it. By the way, do you not remember, my mother was born in a displaced persons camp. This isn't way far away from me. My great aunt and great uncle, that's my mom's aunt and uncle, were slaughtered in the Holocaust. My parents, my grandparents had to run around Europe. My mom was then born in Germany. It's not that far away now. Are Jews in a powerful position oftentimes in American society, given the small percentage we are of the population? Absolutely. Would I compare the black American struggle, let's say, or the Latino American struggle to. To that of Jews in America? No, I wouldn't compare it. I think they're vastly different. But for me to mention antisemitism occasionally, even though I constantly speak about the ills of Israel and you to question whether I'm an ally or not, as I said earlier, suck, my man.

[Ebro Darden]

So when you speak of danger that you face because of your opinion, what are you talking about?

[Rosenberg]

I didn't say oh. Oh, meaning it's not in the business that I'm in, which is entertainment, which is one of the areas in which Jewish people are very powerful and which a lot of people, not all certainly, but many powerful people, are very, very pro Israel. To be a Jewish person who is outwardly choosing for no benefit except saying the truth, to be outspoken against what Israel is doing is a personal risk. I am doing that to advocate for other people. I'm doing that to advocate for the Palestinian people who deserve to have that. And I believe that's something that Jewish folks should do and something I believe all people should do. But that means. But if I then ever mention the fact, like, guys, how often do I get on here and talk about. Complain about anti Semitism? Well, because I talked about Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens being bigots. What you don't like that it's confusing you because your algorithm is showing you videos and you don't want me to remind you.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, maybe that is what Jonas is going through. Maybe he is confused.

[Rosenberg]

Well, now he's got to go through a D in his face.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God.

[Rosenberg]

Both of these are all problems.

[Ebro Darden]

But. But I guess the reason I ask about the danger is. Right. We spent, you know, my lifetime anyway. It was like, you know, talking openly about the. The danger of being critical of Israel or critical of. Of some elite Jews or Jews in general was always pawned off as anti Semitic. You weren't supposed to say that.

[Rosenberg]

Well, being critical of Jews in general should be pawned off as antisemit.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, and so to. To. So now we're in a place where we are fighting vehemently against the idea that being critical of a government that happens to be in whatever country is not necessarily being critical of the population of that or the ethnicity of that entity. Right, Right. So everybody's kind of getting that. But when it comes to what you're talking about, your own personal danger, I think there are people who are, yes, dealing with confusion. Like, they are really being inundated with information where they are really confused

[Rosenberg]

about. About.

[Ebro Darden]

Is Israel representative of all Jews? Do all Jews align with Israel? If I'm critical of Israel, is that a bad thing? If I'm critical of a person who happens to be Jewish, is that a bad thing? How? Like, you know what I mean? Like, it's not easy. No. And I'm not. This is nothing to do with the emailer, by the way. This is more to do with just a general discussion around what you're talking about.

[Rosenberg]

No, I guess it's not easy. But at the same time, there are concepts to us that are pretty easy. I mean, not judging a person by the entire group or the nation that they're from. It's kind of what we ask of everybody to do. Right. Is to treat each person individually and not say, well, I've seen so many stories, though, about this thing, and that makes me think that all people are that way, if we're being honest. Are you dumb? In the words of Remy, are you dumb? Like, come on.

[Ebro Darden]

No, it might be what you say might be true. Right. But this is a person who, according to what they wrote, has been somebody who's been following you the whole time.

[Rosenberg]

So why.

[Ebro Darden]

And something has happened to that person.

[Rosenberg]

Yes. The only thing that's happened since October 7th is that I have now I get hate from Jewish people every day. And pro. Not Jewish people. That's too broad. Pro Israel. Jewish people come after me every single day.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

Why do I also need to get someone on the other side saying, you're. You mention anti Semitism too much. You care too much about your own people. Why? When do you advocate for other people? No, when does Jonas advocate for other people? I spend most of my time advocating for other people. Most of my time is not advocating for Jewish people. For good reason. Obviously, Jewish people, for the most part, are doing well. I do think we are in a very precarious time for Jewish people. I am legitimately worried that in my daughter's lifetime, the confluence of all the things happening in the world will lead to a very bad time for Jewish people. Again, that legitimately worries me.

[Ebro Darden]

And by the way, I think people in America are legitimately worried about the entire nation, as you should be. And black people are worried about being black and Latinos are worried about being Latino.

[Rosenberg]

But I speak about the worries of all the.

[Ebro Darden]

No, no. But I'm saying it's all connected.

[Rosenberg]

Correct. For sure.

[Ebro Darden]

That's really the point, right? Is it's all connected.

[Rosenberg]

And we spend a lot of time on this show speaking about the worries and concerns of all those groups. I want to know why it bothers him so much that I'd occasionally mention the one that is about the group that I'm from.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, no, finally. That's the interesting piece about this email. He finally. So something happened now after October 7,

[Rosenberg]

after 1200 Jews were murdered in Israel. Even though I think the Israeli government let it happen or maybe even facilitated it. Either way, it doesn't change the tragedy of the deaths. Correct?

[Ebro Darden]

That's right.

[Rosenberg]

That moment has led to a genocide by the Israeli government and has led to an increase in anti Semitism because of the actions of the Israeli government.

[Ebro Darden]

And now we're in Iran.

[Rosenberg]

And now we're in Iran because of Israel. With Israel, however it is. And because I mentioned. I also do worry, though, about what people have to say about Jewish people.

[Laura Styles]

Sometimes I'm like, he's lost. Do you really listen? I question people like this.

[Ebro Darden]

I just wanted to examine it because it was interesting to me that it was because he said, I've been there since your first show with Scythe.

[Rosenberg]

Why would this. And now this has been my bravest run. Right.

[Ebro Darden]

But I don't. This is what. But this is what I'm getting at. I don't think this is about you.

[Rosenberg]

It's about the whole thing that.

[Ebro Darden]

It's about what he's experiencing in his algorithm. And you're the closest person to him that he spends time with that he could reach out to and say how he feels. That's the interesting piece to me, right?

[Rosenberg]

It's.

[Ebro Darden]

It's. Something happened. And that's what I want us all to examine is something's happening to all of us at the same time. It's not just Israel. It's not just immigrants. It's not just black people. It's not just the democracy. It's all connected is what I'm saying.

[Rosenberg]

He's going, go ahead.

[Ebro Darden]

You know what I'm saying? And that's the dangerous part. We're all very unsafe. And you, like you said, in my daughter's lifetime. Right? In my daughter's lifetime. In her daughter's lifetime. So it's. Something's happened to Jonas. Something's happened to his algorithm. Something happened to him. Right. Because of all of this noise.

[Rosenberg]

But it's your. This is profound. I totally agree. And it's. I guess it's like crazy, though, that the algorithm has affected him so much that even in hearing what I believe is a really balanced conversation amongst us every day, three friends who care for each other's experiences, who look different, who have different. He still was like, but you.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, you. But that. I guess the reason it's striking me is because I feel like that's kind of a human nature thing where you lash out at the people you care about the most. It's kind of like babies, right? The reason babies act up most with their moms is because they have a serious connection with mom, so they let their guard down. Like there's a thing in there. I don't know. I'm sure there's some psychologists or some professional out here who could articulate it better than what I'm saying.

[Rosenberg]

I doubt it.

[Ebro Darden]

But Jonas and you, y' all in lockstep even deeper now because he's sucking you. You know what I'm saying?

[Rosenberg]

We have apology music. Have you asked Griff for apology?

[Ebro Darden]

I don't have apology.

[Rosenberg]

Because I need to apologize. You know what I'm saying? I feel you.

[Ebro Darden]

Because that was ill when he's. Because it stuck with me. It was like I was there with your first show with you and.

[Rosenberg]

No, listen, hold on. Listen. In that era, Laura, I was talking crazy. And the whole branding that Ebro came up with was, you're the Jew.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

And I was out there, like, making crazy jokes. Black people like to. Blah, blah, blah, Jew. I was saying loose stuff for years, being very, very Provocative. He was down. But since October 7th, when I believe, I have taken my biggest risks as an ally. When I say as an ally, for everybody to say, hey, the things I learned about Israel, I'm learning were a lot of propaganda, and what's being perpetrated is evil. I consider that to be a pretty bold take to make publicly that most people don't do. And this is the time when he's like, nah, I don't like it.

[Ebro Darden]

That's crazy. So let me ask you something. When you say since October, this is not about Jonas now, since October 7th, I've made my boldest move. Have you and your dad. Because your dad has been doing this and been very bold. Bolder than you. Right.

[Rosenberg]

My dad doesn't have anything to lose anymore.

[Ebro Darden]

No, but when he did. But when he did. Yeah, but when he did, he was still very bold. Right. And talking about Palestinian things before this time, way before this time, have there ever been a conversation where it's like, hey, we as Jewish people who know what's happening and knows that there are evil billionaires who also happen to be Jewish and. Or just pro Israel in some psychotic biblical way, we need to make sure that people know we are not them and they are not us. Because you as a Jewish person, saying, I'm in danger. I'm in day putting myself in danger. My professional career for telling what I believe to be the truth about a government, not about a belief system, not about it, but just about a government is very telling, I guess, because if you're not Jewish, what are you feeling when you want to tell the truth?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I hear you.

[Ebro Darden]

A whole other level of danger.

[Rosenberg]

It's different. Sometimes I go back and forth on which I think is more dangerous.

[Ebro Darden]

Really?

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. Because being a sellout to a group, being a perceived sellout, it can be different.

[Ebro Darden]

But they can't just label you anti Semitic and get you out of a job.

[Rosenberg]

True. That's a protection layer. That's a. That's it.

[Ebro Darden]

They can't just go, he's anti. You'd be like, what are you even talking about?

[Rosenberg]

Right, right. How is that even humanly possible? That's true. That's a big protection.

[Ebro Darden]

Right. And because of the way the laws are written in America, the. The hate crime. I don't know. Hate crime. But termination law, if you're labeled anti Semitic, wrap it up.

[Rosenberg]

Right.

[Ebro Darden]

But if you have no recourse.

[Rosenberg]

But if you do that to a member of that group, that's gonna be a tough legal argument.

[Ebro Darden]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

Right. That's It. That is. That is compelling. No, I hear you. I hear you. It's. It's a crazy time, man. It freaks me out.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, we should be freaked out, and you should be freaked out, and you shouldn't stop talking about it.

[Rosenberg]

And the old thing. But the old thing was I'm freaked out by it, but ultimately, I'm in America.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

And like, even that doesn't even fly, really.

[Rosenberg]

And now that doesn't. Now that really doesn't fly. Now that really doesn't fly.

[Laura Styles]

I'm in America.

[Rosenberg]

I saw a video the other day of Trump getting loved on by some pro Israel nut, being like, you're the first Jewish president. I'm like, see, there they go. Pretending like because he's being pro Israel by being pro war, he's somehow Jewish in some way because of that. There you go, intentionally blurring the line.

[Ebro Darden]

But that's the. That's the part that makes you go. All this time that people were angry and. Yes. Anti Semitic, Blindly angry and anti Semitic because of whatever they had seen, experienced, or knew that their judgment of all Jewish people was clouded by individuals who would do like that. Mm.

[Rosenberg]

And.

[Ebro Darden]

And they thought that those people spoke on behalf of the entire group, but the rest of the group was so like, listen, Israel's important. That they weren't willing to be like, no, stop it. Knock it off.

[Rosenberg]

No, they couldn't. You didn't. You didn't feel the position to be able to do that.

[Ebro Darden]

But that's why we're here now, is because for generations, things that were not okay were allowed to fly under the guise of. But it's good for the whole group because of Israel's the goal.

[Rosenberg]

And how do you. How do you further the group of people who are outwardly saying it's not. That's not all of us. Some of us. Some of our Judaism is not based remotely in Israel. The Seth Rogens of the world, the Larry Davids of the world, the people who are like, nah, bro, that's. That's not me. I'm good. I don't know. I don't know how we further that message, because it will empower all of us more and give us more power.

[Ebro Darden]

Because now you see other people and you like, hey, guys, we gotta say something.

[Rosenberg]

Right? But we're not. We're not like the Sid Rosenbergs and the Michael Rappaport's who their entire identity as Jews is just being loud about Israel. It. Like, my dad was talking about it yesterday. My dad dropped a gem on me the other day, actually. I'm sorry. We'll go back to these messages. It's fought Friday, for God's sake. But my dad said to me the other day, he went, you know, because there's a lot that's made of the Jewish brain, right? The Jewish brain is like great doctors, great lawyers, great creators, hell, Einstein writers.

[Ebro Darden]

I got news for y'.

[Laura Styles]

All.

[Ebro Darden]

I know some, I know some Jews that they weren't in the right line when they were. They weren't all in the same line when they were giving out the gifts.

[Rosenberg]

When they said brains, they thought they said trains and took one to Minneapolis. All right? So. But there is a thing about the Jewish mind, and not just about like, oh, we're so smart, but also like generous and thoughtful and giving and caring about society. Like that is an idea that exists. There are these writers, people who have always been forward thinking. At some point in the post sort of Israel existence thing, my dad was saying he feels like a lot of people's minds were sort of corrupted by nationalism instead and rather going with like this sort of thought process that a lot of Jewish people used to have. The thought that Jews were so different, like, oh, we're so. The Jewish exceptionalism that's existed, it actually became nationalism. And the irony is that makes you the same as everybody else. Everybody else who has their dumb, nationalistic, my country is the best. Israel has now become that for a lot of Jews.

[Ebro Darden]

I got news for all my Jewish friends. You're human like everyone else. Every group has exceptional individuals and every group has dumb individuals.

[Rosenberg]

Correct.

[Ebro Darden]

And because you're human like everyone else, you're victim to pack mentality, which means that when the dominant pack is moving in a certain way, if you're not brave enough, if you don't have braveness, courage, you're going to go the way all humans go. You're not any different, America, same for you.

[Rosenberg]

There is no exceptionalism.

[Ebro Darden]

There is no such. There are exceptional people.

[Rosenberg]

But it doesn't.

[Ebro Darden]

But it does. There's not like an exceptional ethnic group.

[Rosenberg]

No, the whole thing is a completely made up construct.

[Ebro Darden]

You know, it's like when people talk about Kenyans in the marathon. I got news for you. There's Kenyans who can't run a marathon.

[Rosenberg]

Right. And there are people all over the world who can run marathon.

[Ebro Darden]

That's right. And they're not Kenya.

[Rosenberg]

Correct.

[Ebro Darden]

So let's knock it off. So, but, but, but that's all. We've all done these things in our groups to make us believe certain things. Listen, black people are the Best dancers. That's just.

[Rosenberg]

Well, that knows some things could be true.

[Ebro Darden]

That's just facts.

[Rosenberg]

The soul is different.

[Ebro Darden]

But no, beyond that, all jokes aside, beyond that, we're all just humans, man.

[Rosenberg]

No, but like, it's my point that I was trying to make is not that the actual Jewish brain is different or better, but it's that we focused on certain things that were not about dumb bullshit. Like that wasn't a driven home point because the Jews didn't really have a home. They were all over the place. So whatever the thing you're into, you focused on. But at some point now these people have become obsessed with this Jewish nationalism, which is Israel. So you have yo yos like a mike Rapaport who, when they get introduced to it, yo, these people aren't real Jews. This guy put Tefillin on for the first time after October 7th. That's the, that's the thing you wrap around your arm for Jewish prayer. He got all into it. He's doing it on bro. You didn't even know how to do that. You weren't celebrating Shabbos.

[Ebro Darden]

But you know, that's the same. But they're all pretending now. But there's all pretenders, you know, when there's like activists who won. You know, one moment you're, you know, doing one thing and the trend goes another way. Now you're doing other.

[Rosenberg]

That's it. Your frauds, you're frauds.

[Ebro Darden]

And I think, well, I think, I think you're looking for something to believe in. Like, I don't know why I'm on this page on a Friday of this kind of like trying to understand the psyche.

[Rosenberg]

Stop. Let's just.

[Ebro Darden]

You tired of me, are you?

[Rosenberg]

Oh, no, no, you're doing good stuff.

[Ebro Darden]

But no, I'm trying to like there's something in some human beings that they're looking for a place to belong. They don't have a place to belong.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

And they're looking for something to believe in and they're looking for something authentic.

[Rosenberg]

Israel. And Israel gives some Jewish people strength. Yes, because they're strong. That's perceived as strong. Best military bomb the ish out of you. That's always been a thing. The Israel military. You don't wanna mess with the best air force in the world, the idf. Is this to all these different things?

[Ebro Darden]

Iran didn't get the memo?

[Rosenberg]

No, apparently not. But. So I think some people take to it as a strength thing. Cuz rather than being like nerdy or part of society where you feel like maybe I'm not that strong. You can look to that as something that's strong. It was something to grab onto, to be a tough guy. When it's not tough. That's not tough. That's not Jewish. Toughness does not come from the Israeli military. That's not how our toughness is defined. Our toughness is defined by surviving over and over again and finding ways to innovate and be ingenious and doing great things.

[Ebro Darden]

Not.

[Rosenberg]

Not friggin military.

[Ebro Darden]

Jonas, this is all your fault.

[Rosenberg]

Thanks, Jonas.

[Ebro Darden]

Jeez, Laura, you got an email. Actually, you know what? Let's go to a voice. Let's break things up. Let's break things up. It is ebro Laura rosenbergmail.com if you would like to get involved. All right, let's see what Edwin has to say.

[Laura Styles]

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[Rosenberg]

Yo, what's good, family? Been trying to hit y' all for a minute, but I'll be busy and be forgetting.

[Ebro Darden]

It happens.

[Rosenberg]

Congratulations.

[Ebro Darden]

Much love on leaving the plantation and going independent.

[Rosenberg]

I definitely think there was a smart

[Ebro Darden]

move in the way to go. I got kicked out. I do believe you guys are leaving

[Rosenberg]

some of the algorithm hustle on the table.

[Ebro Darden]

I haven't heard y' all mention encouraging

[Rosenberg]

the viewers to hit the hype button. I don't know what that is, so I apologize if this comes off as condescending.

[Ebro Darden]

No, we don't.

[Rosenberg]

But you know, all the stuff, liking commenting, sharing, that's all great, but that's available to everybody. Whether you got 50,000 viewers or, you know, 50 million, everybody has those tools. There's a hype Button that's only available to small creators. Once you get over 500,000 subs, that button goes away.

[Ebro Darden]

You guys should definitely be encouraging people

[Rosenberg]

in your videos to. To hit that button.

[Ebro Darden]

Ludu, we got a hype button.

[Rosenberg]

There's a separate ranking. Like, a leader gets a number one

[Ebro Darden]

hyped video on YouTube.

[Rosenberg]

YouTube. And that super boosts your videos to hit more people.

[Ebro Darden]

The caveat to it is it is

[Rosenberg]

not available while you're live.

[Ebro Darden]

So it's after the live session ends

[Rosenberg]

and the videos there in your library,

[Ebro Darden]

people can go back and hit that button.

[Rosenberg]

So for the 3,000 or so people that watch live every day, they won't

[Ebro Darden]

be able to hit it right away.

[Rosenberg]

But, you know, your videos are getting 20, 25,000 views a day. All those other people, you know, they have the opportunity to hit that button as they're watching. Really? You guys should definitely do that. The. The clipping, the smaller videos and smaller segments is great. You know, Louie, Bascom, whoever's doing that. Griff, great job.

[Ebro Darden]

But you guys should also.

[Rosenberg]

You guys should mention hyping video hype. Hit the hype button multiple times throughout an episode so that there's a mention of the hype in every clip segment that there is. That way, all those videos can get hyped and boosted, too. And that's how you're gonna get to 100k before July. That's how you get six years from now. So that Rosenberg, you know, doesn't want to quit and stop doing it because

[Ebro Darden]

it's taking too long. Rosenberg was going to quit in six months. Yeah. Much love, much success.

[Rosenberg]

Wish I had the best. That was super. Where is this?

[Ebro Darden]

Anybody in here heard of a hype button?

[Laura Styles]

Okay, I've never heard.

[Ebro Darden]

Lou, you never told us, so thanks

[Laura Styles]

for putting me on. All right, Lou.

[Ebro Darden]

Shrugging it off like it's nothing.

[Laura Styles]

Okay. No.

[Rosenberg]

Griff says the YouTube hype button is located directly below the video player, often in the button row alongside, like and share. Specifically in the mobile app. It is available for videos uploaded within the last seven days from eligible smaller creators, typically under 500,000 subs.

[Ebro Darden]

That's what Edwin just said.

[Rosenberg]

All right, dope, But I don't see it.

[Ebro Darden]

Our arrogant king Luth, king of all things, claims it's no big deal.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, there it is. Hype.

[Ebro Darden]

Cool.

[Laura Styles]

No, I appreciate all of the.

[Ebro Darden]

Lou, why would. Why would you claim it's no big deal if it could do that?

[Laura Styles]

Have we been hyping?

[Ebro Darden]

Congratulations, you played yourself. I don't. I don't know why. Why do we act like we got all the answers? Why are we.

[Rosenberg]

So you ain't got the answers, Lou.

[Ebro Darden]

Why. Why aren't we. Why are we shrugging this off? Like, this is not helpful. So it's not.

[Laura Styles]

I'm.

[Ebro Darden]

I didn't say you. You're looking right at the guy. You're giving him a pass. You see him over there like he got everything figured out, leaning back with his feet kicked up. And we got. And we got a friend of the show giving us details on how to get subs. Lou, you should feel embarrassed.

[Laura Styles]

Okay. No, we're hyping and hyping and hyping. So we have to.

[Rosenberg]

I did. Now I see it. So it's not on, like, the videos. The. The one that, like, if we. If you just did one, it's not there, but, like, the next day, the hype button's there and that you can up a score. I don't know how effective it is. Maybe Lou knows it's not actually that effective. I don't know.

[Ebro Darden]

So you believe Lou over Edwin?

[Rosenberg]

I'm not saying that. I'm putting out what he could be thinking. I want people to try to hype it. Let's try to hype it.

[Laura Styles]

All right, all right, all right. Let's get to an email.

[Ebro Darden]

All right. What you got? Laura Styles.

[Laura Styles]

This is from Halle. First of all, I'm absolutely obsessed with the show.

[Ebro Darden]

Okay.

[Laura Styles]

My question is for Laura. I started listening in mid-2025, so maybe this is a topic you've covered before. But the other day you mentioned that you're not speaking Spanish or teaching your daughter Spanish. That's not true.

[Rosenberg]

I don't remember that.

[Laura Styles]

I 100% respect your parenting decision, but I am genuinely curious to why. For context. I'm a Guatemalan adapte adoptee. I can never say that word right. You're adopted from Guatemala. I was discussing what you said with another Guatemalan who was also adopted, and we were both surprised to hear it, wondering if your decision was rooted in current political climate. We were on a call and wanted to discuss how people can provide resources to people who are adopted just to know their rights. I've spent a good chunk of my adulthood trying to learn Spanish. For me, it was always embarrassing to look like I should be able to speak Spanish, but actually not being able to. I was raised with white parents. As many people who are adopted, language is one of the ways that I feel connected to the culture, which I was separated from. Now, as a parent of a two year old, I've been trying to teach him Spanish while still learning myself. She goes on and on and on and on, saying, I would truly love your thoughts and perspective. I want to learn more. I love all three of you. I love the show. And your commitment to every day, to your audience is giving genuine content. I love you. Okay, so I never said that, and I don't know where you got that from. The only thing I did say is that while I'm at home, Ricardo and I don't really speak Spanish to each other.

[Rosenberg]

Right.

[Laura Styles]

But I speak Spanish to my daughter, and I'm always trying to teach her

[Rosenberg]

and her daughter and her nanny basically only speaks Spanish with her.

[Laura Styles]

Yes, yes, yes. My nanny only speaks Spanish, and I've actually put her in, like, Spanish classes since she was, like, six months. Like, you know, the little learning labs, all in Spanish. You know, she got. Every year I put her in something that was an espanol. So, no, I think it's super important. Listen, I got so many opportunities because I'm bilingual, so I would never not encourage that.

[Rosenberg]

My guess is she is basing this on the story about bullying in which you said that the friend spoke Spanish fluently.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

And was using slang that she wouldn't know.

[Laura Styles]

Yes.

[Ebro Darden]

A part of this email that Laura skipped over, she said, I found that being bilingual has many benefits, but I also recognize my. My privilege to be able to blend into white culture. So maybe I'm truly just blind to the negatives of learning and speaking Spanish.

[Laura Styles]

But that's her.

[Rosenberg]

That's.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, that's her leaning into, like, you know, thinking that I'm against teaching my daughter.

[Ebro Darden]

That's right.

[Laura Styles]

No, no, no, no. So I'm sorry, You're wrong. I believe there's tons of benefits of being bilingual, and I am constantly trying to teach my daughter how to speak Spanish. It is a little harder for me because I don't speak it at home with my partner, but I do speak it with other people. So there you go.

[Ebro Darden]

There you go. Laura, I want to shout out, Ivory from Staten island. Loves and supports the new show. Loves Family Matters. Able to connect with you all, even. She even has a Patreon. Ivory, we love you. And Anthony down there in Trinidad. Been listening since 2016. Loved what we're doing. Thinks we sound freer. Delve deeper into topics that affect people's lives. Ebro, take your flowers, man. I'm saying that because you listen. I've been listening past year. I read through the lines and realized you wanted to improve the standard of the show's brand beyond what the Plantation was doing, and you've been doing it. Thanks, man. Thanks for that. Yeah, we're working hard up here, man. I give us all a hard time, including myself, because I want to do. I want to do a great job. And I do think that there's some. You know, we sat on our hands for years as the station that we used to work for went through financial troubles. We watched it get sold. There was the pandemic. It was a lot of things that we just.

[Rosenberg]

A lot happened.

[Ebro Darden]

Things weren't happening. Studios falling apart. And it was frustrating for a long time, but I think we were. Well, I'll speak for myself. We were loyal to the brand. You know, I mean, even though we always thought that our digital. Digital exposure, marketing was trash, we thought that people weren't really getting the gist of our show if you weren't actually tuned in each day. And so there was a lot of material just left on the table. So, yeah, we're happy to be here and be able to do this. Rosenberg, should we go voice note or back to you? Up to you, Fat Friday. This is Yams. Yo, happy Friday. Freedom, yo. Love and appreciate y'. All, as always. I'm a avid listener. My name is Yams. I've been listening to y' all forever, so it's a pleasure to even have. Be. Be able to have discourse with y' all once a week. It's great. I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet. Cause it feels like when I go a little bit deeper, I got my third eye open. Now whenever I go a little bit deeper, it seems like my recordings don't get played.

[Rosenberg]

Whoa.

[Ebro Darden]

When I talk about God, my record don't get played? Oh, no. But nah. I got a question. Since J. Cole is on this whole album run and tour and all that stuff, I wanna know, where does he rank? And I know Rosenberg. You're a big ranker. Ed Rosenberg, the ranker. What do y' all think he ranks in terms of greatest storytelling rappers? Like, obviously, there are. You know, every great rapper, in a sense, is a great storyteller. From big to. I know the OGs always say slick. Slick Rick or Ice Cube or Nas, of course, Eminem. Right. There's a whole list of them. But I don't think anybody dedicated their entire career the way J. Cole has and committed his essentially career to storytelling raps. And I think, honestly, if you. Throughout his whole career, from the very first album or for the very first mixtape, it's all been storytelling. And I'm just curious, does this album Kind of put him in that conversation of best storytellers of all time. And if so, is he the best? I want to know y' all thoughts.

[Rosenberg]

Thank you.

[Ebro Darden]

The best. That's a tough putt for J. Cole in the convo. I'm down. Yeah, he's a good. I haven't spent recent time thinking about that specific metric. Metric of storytelling. Rapper. But I do. I do love it, and I do rank it highly in my. When I'm rating rappers that I love, I rank storytelling as a high thing because it's hard to do.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. I just can't jump in. And I hate to be boring also, but I've never considered. Is he, like, among the greatest storytellers? I think it's an interesting thing to ponder how good he is as a storyteller. He's definitely up there in the. In the recent crop, like, of the. Of the current generation.

[Ebro Darden]

Would you put it. Let me ask you this. In storytelling specifically, would you put him above Kendrick?

[Rosenberg]

Yes, probably.

[Ebro Darden]

Drake?

[Rosenberg]

Yes, probably.

[Ebro Darden]

Okay. And those. That's the preeminent three right now. So of the. Of the recent greats, he's number one in that metric. J. Cole.

[Rosenberg]

I have. I have to, like, rethink Kendrick. Storytelling is different.

[Ebro Darden]

Right.

[Rosenberg]

J. Cole's more traditional when he story tells. You know what I mean?

[Ebro Darden]

All right.

[Rosenberg]

But that's kind of what you're looking for, right? Like, I don't know, can you follow his story and he takes you on a journey that you can follow.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

I think he may be the best of current times. So that's a. That's. That's. That's something for sure.

[Ebro Darden]

Okay. But then when you go in big Eminem, Nas, Slick Rick.

[Rosenberg]

I mean, listen, now we're Jay.

[Laura Styles]

Now it gets complicated.

[Rosenberg]

There's a lot of. Yeah. People who could really do this quite well. Three stacks.

[Ebro Darden]

Three stacks. Stories are good. Great. Hell, Ice Cube has a few tice, man.

[Rosenberg]

Listen, he messed around, got trouble.

[Ebro Darden]

Projects, yo.

[Rosenberg]

Facts. That too. That's beyond the triple double, which I'm calling Kaplan.

[Ebro Darden]

Do you mean you're talking. He's talking about. It was a good day. He never believes that. Ice Cube effed around and got a triple double.

[Rosenberg]

Who keeps their stats in a pickup game? Ah, here's my ten, three bell. Ah, Triple double for me.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, it's tough. You could keep points, but keeping assists?

[Rosenberg]

Nah. And.

[Ebro Darden]

And another metric in a pickup game.

[Rosenberg]

No. All of them. You guess. Triple double. Got another one. People are like, what? You're a loser, dude.

[Ebro Darden]

What are you doing? Yeah, Rosenberg, you Got an email.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, here we go. Jake writes us and says, hey guys, loyal podcast listener. And when I heard y' all talk about Kenza being all over Maya, I had to go check the YouTube replay just to see it. I've been dealing with the same thing with my 4 year old niece. I have a 6 month old. Ever since she was born, my niece is all over her all the time. She gets told to leave her alone and she comes right back over and over and over. It's past cute and just too much. All in her personal space. Hugging her, trying to kiss on her, and just always being in her face if we're playing or trying to interact with the baby. My niece feels the urge to get right in the mix and it distracts her. She keeps her awake when she's trying to nap and bothers her while she's nursing. I'm hoping when my daughter grows up, she'll tell her to leave her alone because I feel like if I say anything, then I'm the bad guy. Because my wife also doesn't want to make it seem like she's favoring our daughter over her niece, who used to always have her time and attention. Can't you talk to the. The parents, your, her sibling or whoever.

[Ebro Darden]

But you just got to keep. You got to stay on it. It's not a set it and forget

[Rosenberg]

it dealing with children or, or are they alone with the niece? Like the niece spends a lot of time at their house maybe, and they care for the niece almost like another child. If that's the case. If that's the case, then I think you should feel even more comfortable sitting her down and explaining how old Denise did. She did.

[Ebro Darden]

He's four. Four tough.

[Rosenberg]

And the baby's playing. Six months old.

[Ebro Darden]

Four year old tough. I mean, we're trying to explain to Kenzie. Kenza's 5, but Kenza's learning. She's learning.

[Laura Styles]

She'll give a little space and come right back.

[Rosenberg]

She came right back. But even at your, like at Selassie's

[Ebro Darden]

birthday, like she started, but like Selassie's too, right? Selassie will tell you no and push you me this morning. Yeah, right.

[Rosenberg]

Well, and by the way, Maya's starting to be that way too. She's starting to like duck, right? And she does with me. If she doesn't want to hug for

[Ebro Darden]

me, she's like, yeah, okay, sorry.

[Rosenberg]

So your six month old will start by one, probably to start.

[Ebro Darden]

I think that's probably what he's looking for. It's like around One, one and a half, maybe. Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

But is it the worst thing in the world to say to the parents or the niece, hey, let's work on boundaries a little bit?

[Ebro Darden]

Well, he said he is. Yeah, he said he is telling the niece, like, chill.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah. He said, I've been dealing with the same. I don't know that he's actually dealing with it.

[Laura Styles]

It's okay to say we need some space. That's fine.

[Ebro Darden]

Hey, you gotta relax for a minute.

[Rosenberg]

I feel like if I say anything, then I'm the bad guy.

[Ebro Darden]

Then I'm the bad guy.

[Rosenberg]

No, I don't think. Kids, bro. And you love your niece.

[Laura Styles]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

So saying, honey, she. Your. Your cousin loves you, but you gotta let her have space. She doesn't want you in her face all the time.

[Ebro Darden]

Not right now.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah. And you're gonna have to say multiple times because she's four.

[Ebro Darden]

Multiple times a day, every day.

[Rosenberg]

Right.

[Ebro Darden]

For the next. Feel bad for the next year. So just buckle up and get used to it.

[Rosenberg]

Right?

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah. You'll be all right.

[Laura Styles]

It's all good, yo.

[Ebro Darden]

That was good. And with that, Laura, you want to do another email or does that dovetail right into family matters?

[Laura Styles]

Oh, man, that's a good one. Because this one's kind of serious. I go, okay, But I like it. This is a good one.

[Ebro Darden]

Okay.

[Laura Styles]

This is from Ronald. Okay. Hi, folks. I'm a big fan. Everyday listener. I would like to add to what Laura said about the Cuban doctors. There used to be this fantastic program in Brazil called More Doctors Maes Medicals. Basically, Brazil had contracts with doctors from Cuba who would come to work in the very poor areas that none of the rich Brazilian doctors wanted to do their residencies in. So they were very much needed. However, there was a huge backlash from the wealthy white Brazilian doctors. There was a ton of racism. These Cuban doctors would arrive at the airport and be met by dozens of white doctors shouting racist stuff at them. I actually did some coverage on that situation myself back then. Our laws about racism became stronger in 2023, even though the Constitution from 88 says is a crime. I'm a journalist. I do documentaries and I've worked all over the world covering sports, immigration in America, militias in Mexico, and I also did coverage from Gaza in 2014.

[Ebro Darden]

Oh, you're looking for a job.

[Laura Styles]

So thank you very much, Laura, for bringing attention to the program that Cuba does. Cuba goes through a lot of ish, but they were always very careful with health care. That's very important. That's a very important lesson for the world. Congratulations. On the show. Whenever you want to talk to a Brazilian dude, I'm here. Well, we have one here.

[Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Ebro Darden]

Who?

[Laura Styles]

Just kidding. You guys really make my day.

[Rosenberg]

Trans Brazilian, bro.

[Ebro Darden]

I was going to say you just made the Jewish guy Brazilian. Earlier. He was saying they made a white dude Jewish.

[Rosenberg]

Well, you could be Brazilian and Jewish.

[Laura Styles]

All right, well, thanks, Ebro, for talking about the racist woman that is going to jail in Brazil, where again, racism is a crime. You go to jail, you don't just lose your job. That's another thing America could use as an example. Keep up the great work, Rosenberg. You are not a self hating Jew. I met a group of young Israeli kids that fight the genocidal occupation in Tel Aviv. Zionism got nothing to do with the beautiful teachings of Judaism.

[Rosenberg]

Thank you.

[Laura Styles]

Zionism is Christian bs rooted in old school American and European colonialism.

[Rosenberg]

We'll get to it.

[Laura Styles]

Jewish culture rocks. You do a lot for the cause.

[Rosenberg]

That's quite the counter to the message earlier, right?

[Ebro Darden]

To Yoni.

[Rosenberg]

Yonis. Oh, no, no, no. It's not counter to that. Because he's saying I'm a good Jew. This guy.

[Laura Styles]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

And Jonas was saying I'm too much of a Jew.

[Ebro Darden]

No, he wasn't even saying that. He was questioning whether you're an ally.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, because I bring up anti Semitism.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, but he wasn't saying you're too much of a Jew.

[Rosenberg]

And this guy's saying I'm a good Jew. Not because I bring up anti Semitism, because I speak out about what? Israel.

[Ebro Darden]

Right, because you are an all ally.

[Laura Styles]

Because there you go.

[Rosenberg]

But what kind of ally was the other guy suggesting? I'm not an ally of the. Of other.

[Ebro Darden]

I don't know of. Yeah, whoever. Whoever. You're not.

[Rosenberg]

You just ally loose. I mean, I know we tend to do that.

[Ebro Darden]

You gotta be specific.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I mean, I assume usually it means specifically an ally to black folks in America.

[Ebro Darden]

I assume that they have allies for feminism. Allies.

[Rosenberg]

That's what I'm saying. There's allies everywhere.

[Ebro Darden]

There's allies for all type of things.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, you gotta specify your ally.

[Ebro Darden]

Listen.

[Rosenberg]

Whoa.

[Ebro Darden]

I just did that. See if I get a pop out of you.

[Rosenberg]

We actually. Ah. Clean.

[Ebro Darden]

Didn't work. He didn't fall for it gang. He's maturing this week since the Patreon Rare conditions this day and age to read any good news on the newspaper page. And love and tradition of the grand design. Some people say it's even harder to find. Well, then there must be some magic

[Rosenberg]

clue inside these jazzle walls.

[Ebro Darden]

All I see is a tower of dreams. Real love bursting out of every scene. That's right. Family Matters. Now, Laura, you was outside with Kenz. I saw you guys with purses. What's going on?

[Laura Styles]

It was a silly video because I. I have a purse that has, like a little mini purse.

[Ebro Darden]

Okay.

[Laura Styles]

So it started because I was, like, looking at it in the mirror, and then Kenza grabbed it and she's like, me too, you know, so.

[Ebro Darden]

Oh, I thought you guys were doing some sort of purse challenge.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, challenge. And then. And then Ricardo was like, here, let me just shoot a video.

[Ebro Darden]

So we just did it because you tagged the company.

[Rosenberg]

I thought it was a promo for Kansas Closet.

[Ebro Darden]

No, I thought it was a promo for Mischief. That company?

[Laura Styles]

Yes.

[Rosenberg]

They.

[Laura Styles]

They. My friend works there and she gave me. They gifted me a purse. So I showed them some love.

[Rosenberg]

But it wasn't about that either.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, it was just a.

[Rosenberg]

A Do we have it?

[Laura Styles]

I thought was cute.

[Ebro Darden]

Let's look at the video.

[Laura Styles]

Hey, girl.

[Ebro Darden]

Hey, girl.

[Rosenberg]

She's good at it.

[Ebro Darden]

Fashion is the theme this week. So, Laura, gifted or don't. I don't know how gifted a coat to Saasi. That's like, now a. Like, almost like a family heirloom amongst us all.

[Rosenberg]

That's a multi generational heirloom.

[Laura Styles]

It was handed down to me from Kenza's cousin Waffle.

[Rosenberg]

Ah, waffle.

[Laura Styles]

Yes. So Kenza wore the jacket, but it's a really nice coat. Excuse me, Not a jacket. It's a coat.

[Rosenberg]

Oh. Is there a difference between a jacket and a coat?

[Laura Styles]

It's a ring coat. It's a ring coat. So it's expensive. So I was like, yes, I'm gonna save this for Selassie. So I gave it to. I was like, jazz, it's for you. I know you don't want extra stuff,

[Rosenberg]

but she wanted this, you know, this

[Laura Styles]

is a good one. Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

Let's have a look at the vid. So she wore it the other day. She's had it for now. What a year.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

How's that jacket? It's nice. Yeah. And what else? Is it comfortable? Oh, I like your shirt. Very nice shirt. Very nice.

[Rosenberg]

You got to coordinate.

[Laura Styles]

Hey, D. So cute.

[Ebro Darden]

You know, her mom be putting her in fits.

[Rosenberg]

You know, the trendy big pants is crazy.

[Ebro Darden]

Selassie's got a batch of trendy clothes.

[Laura Styles]

I love her turds.

[Ebro Darden]

One more time. Okay, good seeing you.

[Rosenberg]

Bye.

[Ebro Darden]

Bye.

[Laura Styles]

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[Rosenberg]

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[Ebro Darden]

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[Rosenberg]

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[Ebro Darden]

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[Rosenberg]

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[Laura Styles]

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[Ebro Darden]

Bye.

[Laura Styles]

She's so cute. I die.

[Rosenberg]

Bye Bye.

[Ebro Darden]

Bye.

[Rosenberg]

Bye. So yeah, I'm looking forward to Maya wearing that coat.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, we gotta hand it off in. We got handed off pretty quick.

[Laura Styles]

So Jazz, when she grows out of it, we pass it down to Maya.

[Rosenberg]

No, but you got to get some good outwear. Did she wear that out?

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, we went to a restaurant that was on our way out to a restaurant I don't like. You don't want to wear it too much too because then it's kids. So you're going to get it dirty. Then you're going to have to dry clean it. Then you hand it down. You don't want to do that either. You don't want to over wear it.

[Laura Styles]

It's so funny you got to wear it.

[Rosenberg]

But having even wearing an item like that, even though it's like been given

[Ebro Darden]

to you, it's almost toddler Gucci raincoat.

[Rosenberg]

It's like sort of ridiculous. It's sort of embarrassing.

[Laura Styles]

But we're doing what you're supposed to do.

[Rosenberg]

No, 100%. Everyone's doing the right thing.

[Ebro Darden]

Wait, who had it first?

[Rosenberg]

Waffle.

[Ebro Darden]

Shout out to Waffle wherever you are.

[Rosenberg]

So Kerwin.

[Laura Styles]

I think it was gifted to her

[Rosenberg]

too, by the way. It probably was. You know, Kerwin's a darling of the fashion industry. He was probably gifted it. Now it's been passed down through generations, but still, if someone were to see it, they're like, did these assholes buy their kid raincoat?

[Ebro Darden]

No. By the way, no, we didn't.

[Rosenberg]

No, no, no, no.

[Ebro Darden]

It was given. But anyway, that's what's going on with the fan? Bam. How's Maya's week of running? You told us she was running.

[Rosenberg]

Nah, she's up and about. She's moving around a lot. We have a. We have a new tooth that's come in.

[Ebro Darden]

Okay.

[Rosenberg]

We have now four on the top.

[Laura Styles]

Okay.

[Rosenberg]

And the two.

[Ebro Darden]

Did they start to even out? You had complained that they was coming in 1, 2. Skip a few.

[Rosenberg]

No, it wasn't that. They. Yeah, no. She still has a bit of a gap. There's still gaps between.

[Ebro Darden]

That's good. You want that? You want that?

[Rosenberg]

There's gaps between all of them.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

I feel like she looks like. She looks like a psycho, but she's chewing pretty good. She's eating pretty good. Yesterday, she was annoying. My wife made beans, and she was really into them at first, but then when I came home to feed her dinner, she didn't want to eat them off the spoon. The only way I was getting any luck with them was putting them on her tray and her picking up black beans and eating them one by one, which, as you can imagine, led to beans all over her face. Of course, all over her hands.

[Ebro Darden]

And some good farts later on.

[Rosenberg]

I'm. Yeah, probably. We put her to bed, so that's between her and the nana.

[Ebro Darden]

So earlier this week, I think this was on the Patreon. We do a lot of shows. I don't remember where things happen. You were talking about the massage, the piano man.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

Where was that? When did we do that?

[Rosenberg]

That's. That's for Patreon, which drops. Which dropped yesterday.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah. And so two days ago. Two days ago. And so I was. I in that episode, said to Jazz, or I said that, yo, I've been slipping, because I know Jazz likes massage. When I give her massages, and I've been slipping, I need to do it. So anyway, I told her I said that. Okay. Her response. Now tell me if this is a trap or take it at face value.

[Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Ebro Darden]

All right. Her response was, oh, babe, I can't really enjoy your massages because I get concerned that you're working too hard. And so. Oh, and that's. What was my other one. I forgot. She don't like my massages. So she doesn't like my massage.

[Laura Styles]

Okay, wait, she told you?

[Ebro Darden]

She's lying, and she's basically, like, trying to say, like, you know, oh, I don't want you working hard. You work a hard day. I don't want you to come home and give me massages. Or I should take it at face value. That she's really concerned about me working. Working too hard, and she would rather go get a massage. Which one is it?

[Laura Styles]

Guys, knowing Jazz, she's just. She. She's very caring, and she thinks about other people a lot. So I think.

[Ebro Darden]

Taking that face back.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, yeah. Why?

[Ebro Darden]

I took it at face value, Laura. I just wanted to ask the crew, man.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, man.

[Ebro Darden]

See, Rosenberg's with me. That's why he's still thinking about it. He's not sure.

[Rosenberg]

I don't know. That does sound like a reach. I mean, Jazz is really nice, but that's, like, exceptional. Like, that's great. I can't even accept a massage.

[Ebro Darden]

I can't enjoy the massage from you, babe, because I get concerned that you're working too hard, you know?

[Rosenberg]

You know what? I'm sorry. It's bullish. It's bullish. It's got to be bullish.

[Ebro Darden]

It has to be, because that's incredible if she's being honest.

[Rosenberg]

And it's also, like, really, bro? Like, it's a little deranged almost. Ebro. No, hold on. Ebro works hard as a radio executive and host. He's not laying bricks during the day, okay? Like, he's tired, but he can muster up the strength for a massage. I think she's. I don't know, bro. Maybe the massages are whack.

[Ebro Darden]

Now, we will hear. We will hear back from her on this.

[Rosenberg]

You're gonna. Why? After this?

[Ebro Darden]

Well, she's gonna hear this. She's gonna. She's gonna. She's listening right now, and she's.

[Rosenberg]

But she's. She's gonna double down and be like, no, babe, no, I'm.

[Ebro Darden]

I don't know. Oh, we'll see.

[Rosenberg]

You think she might come to her baby, I'll tell you the truth. Your massages are whack. I'd rather not even waste my time

[Ebro Darden]

or she's gonna come for you. This might be beef.

[Rosenberg]

How could it be that she re. I mean, she's. That. Don't get me wrong, she's super nice. She's worried you can't. Like, it's too much.

[Ebro Darden]

She can't. She can't enjoy it because she's thinking about me. That's why.

[Rosenberg]

Laura, tell her to call her friend Natalie, then.

[Laura Styles]

I think she's lying. I think she enjoys it. But she could also feel for Ebert being like, damn, man. My man works really hard, and he's giving me a massage. I probably just went through her.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, I think the only thing she thinks of is I. Of the house at 7. Am. And I don't come back in the house. That's all she said.

[Rosenberg]

Well, that part's real.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah. You know, and I'm bouncing from place to place all day.

[Rosenberg]

I. I appreciate the idea of that sentiment. It's not one. I can relate to you.

[Ebro Darden]

That's not what's going on over there.

[Rosenberg]

Piano man cannot.

[Ebro Darden]

Yo, Piano Man. The piano man walks out of the house at 7am, walks back in at 12 for 90, helps with the baby, and then bounces till 6pm 7:30, then comes back in the house as piano.

[Rosenberg]

And then gets the boy. Gets the baby.

[Ebro Darden]

Oh, then gets the baby. When you come.

[Rosenberg]

Finishes up. Well, not always, but for the most part, finishes up and then.

[Ebro Darden]

Come on, Piano Man.

[Rosenberg]

And that piano man's gotta tickle these ivories. So I know maybe. Maybe she's telling the truth, or maybe your massages are eye. But she'd rather just.

[Ebro Darden]

They're not really John Blaze.

[Rosenberg]

No, she'd rather just go.

[Ebro Darden]

Or maybe what she's really saying is, I can tell you're tired because your massages are trash.

[Rosenberg]

Right? It's not.

[Ebro Darden]

No.

[Rosenberg]

Cause sometimes Natalie will be like, I enough. I'm good.

[Ebro Darden]

Because you're not. You're not.

[Rosenberg]

And then I'm offended. And then I'm like, oh, really? It's not good enough. Wow.

[Ebro Darden]

That will happen.

[Rosenberg]

A woman will tell you. All right, cool, cool, cool. It's not great, you know, Bring out. Bringing it today.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God.

[Rosenberg]

Wait.

[Laura Styles]

I did something really mean yesterday.

[Rosenberg]

Oh.

[Laura Styles]

So.

[Rosenberg]

To your partner.

[Ebro Darden]

Here we go.

[Laura Styles]

So we went. We went to a dentist. Everything's great. But the doctor's been telling me, like, yo, we got a floss. Kenza has the gaps in her teeth, but. Except in the back, right?

[Ebro Darden]

So I'm like, the molars are tight.

[Laura Styles]

Boulders are tight. So I'm like, we gotta floss. So I've been teaching her how to floss. So I got in there and it was tight. I couldn't get it out. So she started freaking out. I had a laugh attack. I was sitting there crying.

[Ebro Darden]

Laughing at your own child. She's like, going like this to me, like, mom traumatized.

[Laura Styles]

I tried to get it out and I couldn't.

[Rosenberg]

I was crying because you couldn't get the floss out.

[Ebro Darden]

Why didn't you just slide it to the side?

[Laura Styles]

I was trying to, but she was just. And then I was like, okay, let's both breathe. I was like, kenza, I said, you pull it out. She's like, I just pulled it out. And she goes, oh, right.

[Rosenberg]

Cause it's floss on one side. It's coming right out.

[Laura Styles]

But Pete, I was laughing so hard. I don't know why I was laughing

[Ebro Darden]

at her' Cause you're a piece of laughing at her. And she's like, now y' all know why we've been calling Laura pizza ish Styles for so long.

[Rosenberg]

I get it though. That is pretty funny. Cause you're panicking over. And then she had. You framed this wrong. You framed this as you being a piece of ish. This sounds like a fun laugh with your daughter.

[Laura Styles]

But it was mean at the beginning. Cause I'm like doing it with her and I'm like. And it was stuck because we. I, I kept trying to like pull it.

[Rosenberg]

Well, I see it. You're trying to get in there.

[Laura Styles]

And then she's like. I'm like, hold on, wait. And then she started panicking. Then I just started laughing.

[Rosenberg]

I, I'm, I'm more impressed that she's flossing. That's good.

[Ebro Darden]

That's great.

[Rosenberg]

With a five year old getting in there.

[Ebro Darden]

I mean, that's better than what happened to me the other night. Cuz we've been cutting a pineapple. Remember I told you guys about the pineapple? So when I cut up the pineapple, I hand pieces of pineapple out. I gave a piece of Salassi. She's walking around.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, she got one of those things stuck.

[Ebro Darden]

She got. No, she got it stuck in her throat and her mom. So I had to hit her on the back and get chunk out. Out. Oh God. And my back was turned while I was chopping up the pineapple.

[Rosenberg]

You didn't notice?

[Ebro Darden]

Well, her mom was right. I didn't see it.

[Laura Styles]

So Jazz noticed it.

[Ebro Darden]

Jazz caught it. Cuz Sassi was like kind of gagged and mom was like, bow.

[Rosenberg]

And it came out. Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

And we have one of those. You know, Jazz is on it. She has one of those little face mask pump things we keep in house. You don't have one?

[Rosenberg]

No.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, get one for choking. The choking hazard kit.

[Laura Styles]

The chokey. I think it's called the chokey.

[Rosenberg]

No.

[Laura Styles]

Or something like that.

[Ebro Darden]

I don't know what it's called.

[Rosenberg]

And what is it for you if

[Ebro Darden]

your child starts to choke? You put the mask on their face. It's got the pump on it for you to pump and, and get whatever's lodged in there.

[Rosenberg]

What do you mean there's a pump on it?

[Ebro Darden]

Like a. It's like a little thing that you press that provides like air pressure to get the whatever's in their throat out.

[Rosenberg]

It sucks out of their mouth.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah. I don't know. Ricardo just dug his finger in there and pulled.

[Ebro Darden]

No, you're not supposed to do that.

[Rosenberg]

You're not supposed to do that because

[Ebro Darden]

you can push it further.

[Laura Styles]

Well, he did.

[Rosenberg]

I know. I did that once before and I got yelled at by Natalie.

[Ebro Darden]

No, you gotta lean them forward.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rosenberg]

No, that I know. And when they're really little. I know you, like, hold them upside down and.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, yeah.

[Rosenberg]

But once they get bigger, that's harder to do.

[Ebro Darden]

What? Well, yeah, you still gotta. You gotta manhandle them.

[Rosenberg]

Get it up on your. You. So you're still going that way. Yeah, but you're saying this thing, you

[Ebro Darden]

know the bottom of the pineapple piece? There it goes right there. Griff's got it. What's it called?

[Rosenberg]

Life Back.

[Ebro Darden]

Life. That's the one we got. And it comes with the. The. The adult face piece and the kid face piece.

[Rosenberg]

So I don't understand. So you put one thing on their face.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah. Like an oxygen mask.

[Rosenberg]

And then what else do you do?

[Ebro Darden]

And you pull the. The plunge.

[Rosenberg]

And you plunge their mouth.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, yeah. Basically.

[Rosenberg]

That requires them laying on their back.

[Ebro Darden]

Yes. You just do it quickly because they're babies.

[Laura Styles]

You know what I mean?

[Rosenberg]

But if you lay them on their back, isn't it more likely to fall?

[Ebro Darden]

Not with the plunge. The plunge. Supposed to yank it.

[Laura Styles]

But you got to do it fast. Lay down.

[Rosenberg]

Boom.

[Ebro Darden]

That's what the professionals say to get. Man, call the professionals. But make sure you have one at home, and everybody at home make sure you get one.

[Laura Styles]

I'm so paranoid about choking.

[Ebro Darden]

So is Jazz.

[Laura Styles]

I still cut Kenza's grapes. She's five years old. Cut in half.

[Ebro Darden]

Jazz still cut? Yeah. Jazz is always on it. She's on it with that.

[Rosenberg]

I need to get this right now.

[Ebro Darden]

Life back.

[Laura Styles]

We have one at home.

[Rosenberg]

Two in the car.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, y' all got two in the car.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, you're not playing.

[Ebro Darden]

There goes the picture right there. Look. Life back for the babies.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, I. I didn't know about this till today. This is big. Yeah. Griff has two in the car. What are you eating in the car? Filet mignon.

[Ebro Darden]

No.

[Rosenberg]

Kids.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, just in case kids are snacking. They're eating puffs, crackers. It could be anything, bro. Cuz you're counting on them to take small bites or to fully chew. What if they don't? What if they go to swallow something that they didn't fully chew and they

[Rosenberg]

just slip it at kids But I have a. But I'm just curious about Griff's car. A double choke simultaneously.

[Laura Styles]

Oh.

[Rosenberg]

One in each car.

[Ebro Darden]

One in each car.

[Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Ebro Darden]

I thought he's got two in the car.

[Rosenberg]

Both kids, same time. Oh, my God.

[Ebro Darden]

What was that move you was doing right there?

[Rosenberg]

You know, just a quick like this.

[Laura Styles]

No, no.

[Ebro Darden]

What's happening?

[Rosenberg]

What are y' all talking about?

[Ebro Darden]

Yo, my man. Yo, yo, yo, Friday.

[Rosenberg]

It's Friday, bro.

[Ebro Darden]

Nah, it's out of control, bro. Friday vibe Friday. And then also. And I need y' all in the chat on this. Jazz told me while driving, Salasi was able to open the car door.

[Laura Styles]

Yes.

[Ebro Darden]

How is that possible? On a modern car, when the doors lock, once you start driving, you need

[Rosenberg]

the child safety lock going.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God. Cuz that happened to me in a. In a. In a Uber one time. Ken was just like, what? And I was like, oh, my God. I. I caught it quickly.

[Rosenberg]

You.

[Laura Styles]

But because they don't. You. If you're in an Uber, they don't usually lock the door.

[Ebro Darden]

Right.

[Laura Styles]

You know?

[Ebro Darden]

No, but these. Her car has the auto locks on it.

[Laura Styles]

That's crazy. And she's driving.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah.

[Rosenberg]

No, no, no, no. I would have.

[Ebro Darden]

She freaked out, of course. Freaked out, of course.

[Rosenberg]

The door opening, that. That's freak out to territory right there. Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

Because Salas is at that age now where she just can reach over and be like, back.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, I. I guess I also didn't mention that last week, when coming home from my niece's birthday, we. Maya had the most birthday cake she's ever had. Now, birthday cake that her grandmother makes is not like, birthday cake, birthday cake. It's homemade angel food.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rosenberg]

One layer of homemade icing and strawberries in the middle. So it's not a big birthday cake, but it's cake, right? It's got sugar. And she was into it. And Natalie's like, guys, she might finish this whole piece. Like, she really is enjoying this. And she gives her cake. And then immediately we had to go. Almost like five minutes after the cake, we had to go. So we go in the car, drive all the way back to the city, get to the east side, and as we're pulling to the city, Natan is like, she's throwing up. And then I could hear her, like, two more times like, nah.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Strawberries, the whole thing. The whole. Too much for a system.

[Rosenberg]

And then the drive hit me with the button, bro, and she's still riding backwards. A liar.

[Ebro Darden]

I mean, oops, congratulations, you played.

[Rosenberg]

And then you got to go clean that seat. I'm never going to get this. I'm never going to get the nuna cover back on. On the thing. Forget it.

[Laura Styles]

You know they have on the.

[Ebro Darden]

On the. On the car seat. You can't get it up over there.

[Rosenberg]

I haven't even tried yet. But I know what I'm. The amount of snaps and. Oh, my God.

[Ebro Darden]

You can do it. You can do it.

[Laura Styles]

By the way, I had. My. My duna was so messed up from the throw up. I had. I had it professionally clean. There's people who do that. Car seats, because, you know, you can. You can't use, like, flammable things to clean it yourself. It has to be special.

[Ebro Darden]

Unsnap it off the thing and throw

[Laura Styles]

it in the wash. No, with the entire thing. It got in the nooks and crannies

[Rosenberg]

of the actual plastic.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, man, it was gross. So I had to. Yeah, there's people who, like. There's actually. It's pretty cool. I have to look it up. But there's stay at home moms who do this as like a little side hustle.

[Rosenberg]

Right?

[Laura Styles]

They have all, like, the green solutions to clean it properly.

[Rosenberg]

Yes. No, that's. That's. That's useful to know. I. I used. I used a few different things. I think we're good. But, man, that vomit, you know, look,

[Ebro Darden]

I'll be honest, guys. Your kids sleep through piss and doo doo. You know what I mean? If there's some old remnants of some vomit on their car seat, they're gonna be all right. Rahsaan got four joints. I know y' all ain't clean all the parts.

[Rosenberg]

No, don't worry. No, they did more than that. They got rid of them all. Hit the button.

[Ebro Darden]

Congratulations. You played yourself.

[Rosenberg]

Every single item gone on and then had another baby.

[Ebro Darden]

No, that's crazy.

[Rosenberg]

No, we've never seen anything like this before.

[Ebro Darden]

Hey, y' all ready to get to the gurus?

[Rosenberg]

Oh, we're hitting the guru today. On a Friday? You don't see this every day.

[Ebro Darden]

We missed one this week. We're due. It's time for the guru. Hey, yo, it's time for the gurus, Rosenberg.

[Rosenberg]

All right.

[Ebro Darden]

You know, you are beautiful, Queen Ebro. Don't ever play yourself. You're not a guru. Now real talk. We last week really, really did a bad job with the interviews and everything getting to the gurus. This week we missed Monday, and so sometimes we don't get to it on Fridays. So I wanted to make sure we got to it, man. Manage the time Pretty good.

[Rosenberg]

That's a good call.

[Ebro Darden]

We did 40 minutes of fat emails to start the damn show today, but it was a damn good talk. All right, what do you got there?

[Laura Styles]

The Original Gurus gmail.com. that's where you email us. We need more, so send them over. All right, let's get straight to it. Who's writing to us? Rosemer.

[Rosenberg]

So many people are in need. Laura. The original gurus gmail.com the original gurus gmail.com Longtime podcast listener. 10 plus years at least. Need some advice? 48 year old male wife is the same age, married 15 years together 23 adult children. Life is great. Both of us have successful careers. Kids are thriving. She and I are best friends and enjoy being with each other. Other. So what's wrong you ask? One word. Farts.

[Laura Styles]

Oh.

[Rosenberg]

She had some serious gastrointestinal issues a few years back that required some major surgeries.

[Ebro Darden]

Oh.

[Rosenberg]

Luckily she's healthy now. But one of the lingering side effects is the girl farts a lot. Now, I'm not one of those guys who thinks a man should never hear his woman fart. Man who doesn't laugh at an occasional rip here or there. But this is way past occasional.

[Ebro Darden]

Oh, damn.

[Rosenberg]

I'm talking five or six times an hour. An hour, maybe more, depending on what she ate for lunch. What makes it worse is that because it's such a common occurrence, there's zero attempt to be discreet. She's not lifting her leg and blasting away. Oh, she's just lifting her leg and blasting away. Not even joking.

[Ebro Darden]

Oh, wow.

[Rosenberg]

Words at. We're damn near at. Pull my finger and my mouth was open and everything. Fart game levels. I know she has little to no control over it, but I'm not. And I'm not holding it against her. But it started to affect my attraction, intimacy. Of course I'll be in bed ready for the lay him down, smack them yakum. And all of a sudden it's sounding like we got bullfrogs under the bed. Kills the mood. She can be very sensitive about issues that involve our intimacy. So I don't know how to bring it up.

[Laura Styles]

Up.

[Rosenberg]

I love my wife.

[Ebro Darden]

She's hot.

[Rosenberg]

I'm still crazy attracted to her and want to keep it spicy. But these days, the hottest thing going on our relationship comes from her ass every 20 minutes.

[Laura Styles]

Oh my God.

[Ebro Darden]

Thank you.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Ebro Darden]

That's the hottest thing going. That hot air, baby.

[Laura Styles]

Damn. Five Five to yo.

[Ebro Darden]

Can you imagine?

[Rosenberg]

Please help gurus. Sincerely, flatulence. Killing the freakiness.

[Laura Styles]

This is a Hard one, because. Oh, man.

[Rosenberg]

Just give you bro a minute. Give Ebro a second here and an occasional.

[Ebro Darden]

And then a

[Rosenberg]

go ahead. You got it out of your system yet?

[Ebro Darden]

Well, no, you gotta let it linger, you know, because, you know. Are you finished?

[Rosenberg]

Do you have to let it linger?

[Laura Styles]

She doesn't.

[Rosenberg]

I. I gotta tell you, I don't have the. I. I don't.

[Laura Styles]

Because it's a medical condition.

[Ebro Darden]

Nah, bro. Nah, nah, nah, nah, Bro said sometimes it's worse because of what she eats.

[Laura Styles]

So no beans, no Brussels sprouts?

[Ebro Darden]

Well, not. Whatever it is, diet wise. Like, we gotta have this convo. I wouldn't be able to do it. I ain't gonna hold you. I would not be able to do it.

[Rosenberg]

I know.

[Ebro Darden]

All right, let me rephrase that. I would not be able to not have the convo. Convo.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, and would you. Well, what about the other. Would you be able to. When you're about to lay him down.

[Ebro Darden]

Smack and I would have. But that's the combo. I would have. Hey, check this out. That ain't sexy.

[Laura Styles]

But what if she.

[Ebro Darden]

And we gotta figure this out. Which means that. No, she can. Because I think she can eat better.

[Rosenberg]

Yeah, maybe she can eat better.

[Laura Styles]

Okay. Let's just say if. If she corrected it by eating better. But I just feel like this is more than that.

[Rosenberg]

Any, Any medicines that could help with this.

[Laura Styles]

That's what I'm saying. Can she.

[Rosenberg]

No, no gas X. There's. But there's no. You're telling me that with people who have surgeries like this and stomach issues, they don't have prescription level gas X kind of stuff.

[Ebro Darden]

She can't take it because hard on her stomach. She may have some other issues. Write us back and let us know. But I'll be honest. The only solution is to have the convo. You love her, she loves you. If you can't have a convo about it or you're worried about her sensitivity. She ain't worried about your sensitivity. My nose is sensitive and so is my dude. So when you fart, he don't want to put in. No way.

[Rosenberg]

Griff. Griff sent us a link to a medicine called Beano.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah, I've heard of Beano.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, I never heard of. I think she needs something more than Beano prescription.

[Rosenberg]

Before the first bite of complex carbohydrates. You got different flavors of it. There has to be some sort of product that could help a little bit, though. Have you guys explored all like, does she know it's important enough because it's

[Ebro Darden]

One thing she'll know, because he said she's sensitive about their sex.

[Rosenberg]

So has she tried it all, though? Has she done all the work?

[Ebro Darden]

No, no, no. Meaning for him to say, hey, this is messing up my sex life. My. This is messing.

[Rosenberg]

But that's not. She has to. That's not a crazy thing. She, she won't be surprised if he's like, hey, babe, you know I support you and I'm going to be with you no matter what. But if we're going to try to keep the sexy a little bit, let's just try.

[Laura Styles]

Try to.

[Ebro Darden]

Right, because there's also this. If she changes her eating habits or improves her eating habits. What? However you want to frame it, they could also not smell as bad. Are they smelling bad also or are they just loud?

[Rosenberg]

He didn't, he didn't say smell. He didn't mention smell, did he?

[Laura Styles]

Oh, man.

[Rosenberg]

Man.

[Laura Styles]

Cuz I, to me, when I hear five to six times an hour, eo, that's.

[Ebro Darden]

Well, not only that, but if she's an experienced farter, this is the other thing that's really upsetting me as, as an experienced farter myself.

[Rosenberg]

Talk about experience now.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah. I know how to manage my sphincter in a way that can quell the noise. I may not be able to beat the smell.

[Rosenberg]

Well, the question is, do you bring the noise and bring the funk or do you just bring one or the other?

[Ebro Darden]

Well, no, but in this case, sometimes. So I risk the funk.

[Rosenberg]

Funk.

[Ebro Darden]

But you, I don't bring the noise.

[Rosenberg]

Right.

[Ebro Darden]

I risk the funk and I'll wait and be like, oh, nobody got that one.

[Rosenberg]

All right, what about the plane game?

[Ebro Darden]

You like the plane?

[Rosenberg]

You know, when you're on the plane?

[Ebro Darden]

What's that? Well, you know, when you're on a plane, okay.

[Rosenberg]

And it's loud on the plane and you're basically free. You can go, but you're taking a risk because if you bring the funk, then you're sitting there, Ebro is in first class, just blowing. What are you gonna do?

[Laura Styles]

Look at your neighbor to see if there's a reason?

[Ebro Darden]

No, you do look for a reaction. I don't look for a reaction. Reaction.

[Laura Styles]

Oh, my God.

[Rosenberg]

I, I.

[Ebro Darden]

But my point is, is if you improve the eating habits, you can improve the smell. That's a real thing.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, the smell thing for sure.

[Ebro Darden]

So even if she can now, if she can manage her sphincter, then she can manage the noise.

[Rosenberg]

Right?

[Ebro Darden]

And now we're in a good space.

[Rosenberg]

Because if you help the smell with the diet and Then you can control the sounds.

[Ebro Darden]

She only meant all this lifting your leg and carrying on. Take chill on that, bro.

[Rosenberg]

But by the way, there are tricks you can pull by the way, besides, like lifting your leg. Like if you're laying down, for example, she could just do a very subtle reach back, grab the butt cheek, create a little more space

[Ebro Darden]

facts there, you know what I'm saying? When you open up the pathways, there's less friction, less noise.

[Laura Styles]

Well, work on all these things, man, and hopefully some of it helps.

[Rosenberg]

Nah, that's a crazy way to end the week, bro.

[Laura Styles]

This one was crazy.

[Ebro Darden]

You know why? Because it's fart fried. I mean, fart fried Friday.

[Laura Styles]

Goodbye.

[Ebro Darden]

Goodbye. Happy fourth Friday, guys.

[Rosenberg]

Is crazy.

[Ebro Darden]

Yeah. Happy far Friday, everyone.

[Rosenberg]

Oh, make sure you hype up. Make sure you hype us up.

[Ebro Darden]

Nah, King Lou said it didn't matter. Don't say it. King Lou, you know, in his. In his infinite wisdom said, don't worry about it.

[Rosenberg]

King Lou's in world baseball classic mode, man.

[Ebro Darden]

He's in his PR outfit, Jordan jersey on with his PR hat. You know what I mean?

[Rosenberg]

He ain't got time for kicks.

[Laura Styles]

Yeah, but hit that like, button. Subscribe all the good stuff and hyp.

[Ebro Darden]

Don't hype nothing. Don't do nothing. Do nothing to the hype button.

[Rosenberg]

Happy fart Friday, everyone.

[Ebro Darden]

Prove Lou right. He needs this victory. Don't call it a podcast.

[Laura Styles]

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