The Best Of Covino & Rich

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Herd with Colin Cowherd – "The Best Of Covino & Rich"

Episode Information:

• Title: The Best Of Covino & Rich
• Release Date: April 2, 2025
• Hosts: Cavino and Rich (co-hosted by A.J. Jacobs, Bob Pittman, and George M. Johnson)
• Description: A lively and engaging episode filled with sports anecdotes, humorous discussions, and interactive segments focusing on memorable moments and personal stories from the hosts and callers.

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1. Introduction and Welcome [03:03 - 03:33]

The episode kicks off with Cavino and Rich welcoming listeners and introducing the show's live schedule.

• Cavino: "Hey, thanks for listening to the Best of Covino and Rich podcast. Be sure to catch us live every day from 5 to 7pm EAS 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio."

2. April Fool's Day Discussion [03:33 - 17:08]

The hosts delve into an extensive conversation about the relevance and evolution of April Fool's Day in the digital age.

• A.J. Jacobs [03:23]: "April Fools' stinks. And I'll give you the reason. Number one..."

• Bob Pittman [07:41]: "I think it's the fact that people started doing, like, death announcements and fake pregnancies and birth announcements... It became low, brown, insensitive, sort of ruined it for everybody."

• George M. Johnson [10:08]: "Maybe it's alive and well with kids... it's a kid's holiday."

Key Points:

• Erosion of Traditional Pranks: The hosts lament how modern pranks have become insensitive and lose the innocent fun of childhood jokes.
• Impact of Social Media: The constant barrage of fake news and memes makes distinguishing genuine April Fool's pranks more challenging.
• Generational Differences: While children still enjoy harmless pranks, adults find them increasingly inappropriate amid everyday deceit online.

Notable Quote:

• A.J. Jacobs [07:56]: "That makes you question the rules of it."

3. Injuries and Freak Accidents Stories [17:08 - 44:13]

Transitioning from April Fool's, the conversation shifts to sharing bizarre and unfortunate injury stories, both personal and from the sports world.

• Cavino [19:01]: "Freddie Freeman missed the Dodgers series opener because he slipped in the shower, re-injuring his ankle."

• Bob Pittman [23:05]: "My buddy's dad was missing a finger. He got it ripped off while running his hand across a fence."

Key Points:

• Freddie Freeman's Injury: Discussion revolves around the implications of Freeman’s repeated ankle injuries on his performance and the Dodgers' season.
• Personal Anecdotes: Hosts and callers share tales of accidental injuries, highlighting the unpredictability and sometimes humorous nature of such events.
• Historical References: References to past sports injuries add depth and context to the discussion.

Notable Quotes:

• Bob Pittman [05:07]: "Do you think you, as a regular guy, could really even do much worse than that?"
• A.J. Jacobs [21:52]: "I have a scar on my back, and it's from a failed attempt at shower loving."

4. Interactive Segment: Shaq Diesel Trivia [58:28 - 73:11]

The episode features an engaging trivia game centered around basketball, led by Shaq Diesel, complete with contestant participation and humorous banter.

• Bob Pittman [58:28]: "Shaq Diesel trivia. Let's go."

• A.J. Jacobs [61:07]: "Round one. How many wins did the Golden State Warriors finish with in the 2015-2016 season? A) 73, B) 70, C) 67."

Key Points:

• Engagement with Listeners: The trivia segment encourages listener interaction, fostering a sense of community and fun.
• Sports Knowledge: Questions focus on historical sports achievements, particularly the Golden State Warriors' record-breaking season.

Notable Quotes:

• George M. Johnson [61:25]: "Steven, no. They were 73 and 9."
• Bob Pittman [62:22]: "He was born in Toronto. Boom."

5. Concluding Discussions and Final Remarks [73:12 - 75:57]

The hosts wrap up the episode by reflecting on the discussions, sharing final thoughts, and promoting upcoming content.

• A.J. Jacobs [73:38]: "I think you're onto something, Rich. Every day we're navigating these stupid waters."

• Bob Pittman [75:41]: "I wanted to let that sit and simmer out of respect, before I said great start to baseball for everyone except Raphael Devers. That's all."

Key Points:

• Reflection on Themes: The hosts summarize the key themes of the episode, emphasizing the challenges of modern-day pranks and the unpredictability of sports injuries.
• Promotion of Future Content: Brief mentions of upcoming events and episodes to keep listeners engaged.

Notable Quotes:

• A.J. Jacobs [75:38]: "I hope he's okay... We hope he's all right."
• Bob Pittman [75:57]: "Have a great one. Hopefully, you bump into Harrison Ford on the subway."

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Conclusion

"The Best Of Covino & Rich" episode offers a blend of humor, personal stories, and interactive sports discussions, making it a highly engaging listen for sports enthusiasts. The hosts effectively balance lighthearted banter with meaningful conversations, providing both entertainment and insights.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• A.J. Jacobs [07:56]: "That makes you question the rules of it."
• Bob Pittman [05:07]: "Do you think you, as a regular guy, could really even do much worse than that?"
• George M. Johnson [61:25]: "Steven, no. They were 73 and 9."
• A.J. Jacobs [21:52]: "I have a scar on my back, and it's from a failed attempt at shower loving."
• Bob Pittman [62:22]: "He was born in Toronto. Boom."

This structured summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting key discussions, personal anecdotes, and interactive segments while providing a coherent flow for those who haven't listened to the podcast.

Transcript

[A.J. Jacobs]

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[Bob Pittman]

Oh, French dressing.

[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[Bob Pittman]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[Bob Pittman]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[Bob Pittman]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

Hey, thanks for listening to the Best of Covino and Rich podcast. Be sure to catch us live every day from 5 to 7pm EAS 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio.

[Bob Pittman]

Find your local station for Cavino and [e-mail] or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR.

[A.J. Jacobs]

April Fools deep thought to kick off the show. Then we are gonna get to Freddie Freeman and what is he doing in the shower? We'll get to that, of course, Shaq Diesel, like you said.

[Bob Pittman]

I hope he's scrubbing his feet because Rich doesn't. Do you know that?

[A.J. Jacobs]

No, I clean my feet. I don't scrub them.

[Bob Pittman]

Every shower doesn't use any sort of washcloth, which I think is odd. I know you don't either, Danny G. I think it's weird. Gotta use.

[George M. Johnson]

We both have rough, manly hands.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, right.

[George M. Johnson]

You put the shower gel on your rough hands and then you get your heel.

[Bob Pittman]

Dude, you gotta use a sakatte. As my mom would say, use a cigarette, which is a loofah sponge. But Rich doesn't wash his feet. Freddie Freeman. Freddie Freeman, I think, was washing his feet and something happened. Well, explain My.

[A.J. Jacobs]

My point was you said you dance.

[Bob Pittman]

In the suds, you big liar.

[A.J. Jacobs]

If you take a couple showers a day. If you take a shower in the morning.

[George M. Johnson]

How many showers do you take every day?

[A.J. Jacobs]

More than you, apparently. Well, he takes a few.

[George M. Johnson]

Just take one.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Okay?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, no, but I'm saying if.

[A.J. Jacobs]

All right, I would say let me.

[George M. Johnson]

Go to the gym, okay?

[A.J. Jacobs]

If I wake up in the morning, I can't function without, you know, clearing out the head, taking a hot shower. And then if I go to the gym or, you know, go to the sauna at the gym or something like that, you think I want to lay in my bed with my wife with stank ass? No way. So I think that second shower, I don't think you need to scrub your feet twice a day. So I told Covino once that I tiptoe in the sudsies. And, you know, now he thinks I'm gross or something.

[Bob Pittman]

I thinks you don't have to wash your feet. What a fool believes Michael McDonald style. Let's kick it off before we get into game time and torpedo bats and how bad Raphael Devers sucks. Look, if you're having a bad day, just think about him right now. 15 for 19. No, he's 15 strikeouts out of 19 at bats. I mean, can you get worse than that?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Pretty bad.

[Bob Pittman]

15 strikeouts and 19 at bats. That's more than. That's more than Tony Gwynn had in one season in 85 or something like that?

[A.J. Jacobs]

No, you got to ask yourself. You got to ask yourself, do you think you, as a regular guy, could really even do much worse than that? When a player gets that cold, their. Their numbers are almost that of a regular dude.

[Bob Pittman]

He doesn't need batting gloves. He needs freezy freakies because he's a scarf on this dude. He needs to come up with ear muffs, he's so cold. In fact, in 95, as the meme goes, in 95, Tony Gwynn had 15 strikeouts and 585 at bats. Tony Gwynn was insane. In 2025, Raphael Des has 15 strikeouts and 19 at bats in 23 plate appearances. Yeah, I'm not hating the dude. I'm not hating on him. He's a great player. It's just a colossal meltdown. Historically bad. So if you're having a bad day, just know it's not as bad as that.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No. Now, I want to start with a quick thought about April Fools. What's up, you fools?

[Bob Pittman]

What are they, fool?

[A.J. Jacobs]

I think it's dead. And I'll tell you why. I think April Fool's day and the whole concept of it is ridiculous. And I'll tell you why.

[Bob Pittman]

It's fun. Maybe for kiddies. The kiddos.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Listen, I'm thinking about tonight. I'm coaching the girls softball team. I may show up with, like, wiffle balls and wiffle bats and be like, hey, the league says, you know, for safety reasons, this is what we have to use. I'm trying to think, like, could I play a little trick on the kiddies? That's fun, right?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah. Like my. My sister Grace, she is. She works with school kids, right? Like school teachers and everything. And one of the little kids said, hey, Ms. Grace, I made brownies, if you want one. And my sister actually fell for it. She's like, yeah, I would love one.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, and you put poop in her hands?

[Bob Pittman]

No, it was just. They cut out brown e's, Brown construction paper. Letter. Letter E's in brown paper. And she's like, I got got by So I think for, like, little kids is still fun. Because what's more rewarding than for a kid to, like, make someone laugh? Right? That really builds their confidence. Like, oh, man, I'm funny. So my sister thought that was cute for kids. I think it's good. Anything that builds a kid's confidence is fun.

[George M. Johnson]

It's not good for gamblers either. I zelled my bookie earlier today a whole bunch of money on Tiger woods for the Masters.

[A.J. Jacobs]

That's funny. That's funny.

[Bob Pittman]

April Fools.

[George M. Johnson]

So what?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Look at it this way. I think April Fools stinks. And I'll give you the reason. Number one.

[Bob Pittman]

You said it's over.

[A.J. Jacobs]

It's over because, you know no one's gonna do a fake death. That's ridiculous. Fake pregnancies are insensitive to those that can't get pregnant or maybe had a miscarriage recently, so can't do it. These are all inappropriate, Right.

[Bob Pittman]

Yet it still happens.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And, you know, any. Any real. Let's be honest, like, terrible prank, no one's gonna want to do it. The repercussions are bad. Now, I think we live in a world now where every day we're navigating this. It used to be once a year where it's like, all right, let's see if we could trick someone now. Every day, I'm like, wait, is there something under the pyramids? Oh, I was tricked.

[Bob Pittman]

I heard it's Toblerone. That's what the story was yesterday. Danny G hit me up triangle chocolates last week.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And he goes, yo, Bronny scored 52 in the G League.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. We didn't know because the stat looked official. It was like one of those official meme stat.

[A.J. Jacobs]

There's a stat line graphics.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And I'm like, I am. I'm not seeing this anywhere. Danny goes, oh, hold on. I just checked. I got got.

[Bob Pittman]

I thought there was a torpedo glove in the works, based on the memes I saw. Did you see that?

[George M. Johnson]

Which one of us are watching the G League each night?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Exactly.

[George M. Johnson]

We don't know. So, yeah, you have to research all these stupid memes.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

Even the stats.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, everything. Cause you just don't know it.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I. So many times, you're like, yo, do you see this fight's happening? And you're like, no, that fight's not happening. It's nonsense. So every single day, every single day, you are navigating social media. You're going on Instagram, and your buddy will be like, yo, look at this girl I'm talking to. And you're like, yeah, dude, she's AI. You're an idiot. She's not even. You're talking to her, dude. Probably so. I think every day we are now accustomed to navigating the waters. Now, I don't want to be the guy that's like, fake news. Not necessarily that. Just a lot of nonsense on social media that you cipher through every day to the point that what is April Fool's then? Just another day.

[Bob Pittman]

Every day someone's out there trying to fool you. Maybe it makes April Fool's day just more challenging. Like, to catch someone off guard is even tougher as a result. But you're right. I think. I don't even think it's that that killed April Fool's Day, Rich. If you're saying it's dead. I think it's the fact that people started doing, like, death announcements and fake pregnancies and birth announcements and things like that. The fact that it became, like, sort of low, brown, insensitive, sort of ruined it for everybody. And it made you question the. The rules of it.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I really think when you're a kid, like you said, it's fun. And now that we're grown ups, you realize now they're either mean or again.

[Bob Pittman]

Maybe it's alive and well with kids every. I think it's a kid's holiday.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah. Every day as an adult, like May.

[Bob Pittman]

Day, little May Baskets.

[George M. Johnson]

You know who else does that?

[A.J. Jacobs]

You guys just all made me realize the reality of it. Adults deal with so much BS on a regular basis.

[Bob Pittman]

So many fools.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah, I was gonna say, I don't have time for people trying to trick me. And I also, if you do trick me, I'm gonna punch you in the nose. Like, I'm like, I don't got time for you to be playing tricks. And most adults, most adults that are stressed trying to pay their mortgage, looking at their, you know, picking their kids up at dance class to go to softball, to go to baseball, cooking dinner.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

But you think they got time to be tricked?

[Bob Pittman]

You know what would be cool, though? If you just subtly drop something like, yo, Rich. Yeah, man. Yeah, well, we're going to talk about Woody Johnson later. By the way, did you hear about the show Paradise? Yeah, dude. You believe they canceled season two?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Those are fun ones. No, no, no.

[Bob Pittman]

And just let it sit.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, I love.

[Bob Pittman]

And then Rich repeats it to someone else.

[George M. Johnson]

Got him and Rich. Morning shows. I liked it when I was hosting morning shows on hip hop radio stations. People aren't thinking about the date when they first wake up. So on Morning shows, you could get people and kind of do it subtle, too. I remember.

[Bob Pittman]

But social media is such a reminder all the time. It's hard to forget.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, true. Well, this right before social media was a big deal. I remember pulling a stunt where I told my morning crew, I said, here's what we're gonna do. And I had the turntable guy in on it, too. I said, no matter what song we're playing, let's come back and announce it as a different artist and just all be in unison. So Ashanti would be on the air and we'd come back and we' be like, Q 1047. It is 6:48am and right there was some Rakim classic, old school. And we did it for every single song. People were losing their damn minds. The phone lines were lit up. What's going on? Is this voice track like, they lost their minds. And then, you know, as the morning went on, people thought about the date and the calendar. Oh, I see what they're doing.

[Bob Pittman]

So is the question is, has social media ruined April Fool's Day? Is it over? Because every day's April Fool's Day. We're always trying to trick somebody. We're always getting tricked. There's always fake articles and fake news. Or is it just something that was, was, and always is and always was for the kids?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Danny, during. During the NFL draft buildup, during the NFL free agency, how many times when we send each other memes, do we have to double check? Cause it might just be like a funny meme someone made up. Like, oh, Aaron Rodgers signed here. And you're like, you know who does this all the time? My mom. My mom will send me something like, richie, did you see who's on the Raiders down? I'm like, mom, no.

[George M. Johnson]

There are a lot of fan websites now for different NFL teams, and they report stuff that they're hoping is going.

[Bob Pittman]

To happen but it hasn't happened yet. That is so I hate it.

[George M. Johnson]

And I quickly unfollow those sites.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah. And there's a graphic that goes along with it. It's so misleading.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Have you seen the fake graphics about your team having a Netflix movie or show?

[George M. Johnson]

Oh, it. Yeah. They have done that for just about every team right now.

[Bob Pittman]

Every. Yeah, Danny's exactly right. It's all these trade rumors. Like, that's not happening.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. And you go on the comments, Nolan Arenado.

[Bob Pittman]

No, they did it.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. You read the comments, too. And people are so mad. They're like, erase. Delete this account now.

[Bob Pittman]

Worse. So, yeah, you're Right, Rich? That does put a little damper on the old April Fool's fun. That.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Not so much a damper. I'm just saying we deal with this every day. So it's like. Like this morning. Do you see what President Trump did? This is interesting. He's doing a lot with the tariffs. You could be a fan, you could hate the guy. I don't care. This is just the news, though. Donald Trump pushed back all his tariff stuff till tomorrow because he wanted there to be no confusion. He actually said, I don't wanna do this on April Fool's Day because you don't wanna leave anything possibly up in the air like, oh, is that true or not? So he actually pushed all those things till tomorrow.

[Bob Pittman]

Forget about that.

[George M. Johnson]

You are fake news.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, forget about him. What about former President George Bush, who said, fool me once, shame on you.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Fool me twice, can't get fooled again can't get fooled again I mean, one.

[Bob Pittman]

Of the best quotes, shame on, shame on you. It fooled me.

[A.J. Jacobs]

We can't get fooled again I've always said that. I've always said, can't get fooled again.

[Bob Pittman]

It can't get fooled again so, hey, I think you're onto something, Rich. Every day we're navigating these stupid waters. So maybe the fun spin on it is it's even tougher to get people with their trained eye in 2025.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You know, back when we were kids, the only thing that you questioned, like, I don't know if that's real, is when you'd be at the supermarket or at your grandma's house and she would have, like, those magazines like the sun, and it'd be like, Wolf Boy. That was the only trickery of the 80s and 90s.

[Bob Pittman]

My grandma's Mexican news, they discovered bat boy every two weeks. Tabloids, bat Boy, color tabloids, it was.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Tabloids in line at shoprider, Wegmans, the Sun, the Mirror of the sun, all those. But, Sam, that's our everyday. When we're scrolling on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, we are now scrolling through the Mirror and the sun and all that in just the current form. So when April Fool's Day comes around, I'm just like, another day. I saw some, like, transfer portal news on Twitter and I'm like, I don't.

[George M. Johnson]

Even know if I should believe this on Today. Like, just wait.

[A.J. Jacobs]

See if other people pick it up. I even saw, like, Adam Schefter reporting on some stuff and I'm like, he's above this, right? Like, I don't even Know if I should be believing the real people.

[Bob Pittman]

I think what you should do just to get one of your buddies is to drop some stuff that you know they're bound to repeat, but don't tell them it's fake and don't make it.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Real, like, big news, because then the big news is obvious. Like, you're right.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, dude. Raphael Devers. Yeah, man. He's. They said he quit and he's working at Starbucks now. No way. No, for real. Says he couldn't take it anymore.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. And you guys, I think you talked about this last year, if not the April Fools. Prior to that, your friends got you by saying, oh, my God, did you mean to post that?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, yeah, I remember. We were in the other studio. This is a great April Fool's. You know what? I endorse this one. So for all the BS you're seeing, this is a really good one. Because, again, harmless and it's really fun.

[George M. Johnson]

It makes the person panic.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Text all your friends, right? And just text them the following. Yo, did you mean to post that?

[Bob Pittman]

They're like, what are you talking about?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Everyone's butthole?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, everyone.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You know, their butthole's gonna clench. Like, oh, they start checking their Facebook, their Instagram, like, what are you talking about?

[Bob Pittman]

I checked all my pages. Forgot about that, Danny.

[A.J. Jacobs]

See, it's still alive and well. You just got to be craftier, Danny. That's the one. And you know what? I'm going to do that to everyone I know during this next break.

[Bob Pittman]

His whole stance, right, is April Fools is over.

[A.J. Jacobs]

It is.

[Bob Pittman]

And then during commercial, he's there pranking everybody, laughing like an idiot, with one caveat.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Don't you call me an idiot. Coming over at stance like, it's over.

[Bob Pittman]

Meanwhile, the whole time, instead of going over what we're discussing, he's like, laughing to himself because he's pranking everybody.

[George M. Johnson]

It just. Just proves maturity of our show.

[A.J. Jacobs]

So while social media on a day to day, essentially is April Fools, because it's all just nonsense. Oh, aliens. Kavina, bro, it's fake. Oh, there's. You see what's under the pyramids? Every day we're getting bamboozled. So April Fools is no different. However, there is one prank that remains. And Danny G, thanks for reminding me of my own prank. We did this a couple years ago and I redid it and I still got people. I almost got my wife. She's like, what, you just text people in your life? Yo, did you mean to post that, everyone? My buddy Mike just hit me up. He goes What? Where he was on his way to pick up his kids from school and he said his heart and stomach dropped like post. What?

[Bob Pittman]

You're gonna cause the guy to have an accident. It's the pan. You just panic.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, everybody thinks about the skeletons deep down inside their phone and then the problem is people can screen grab even a mistake. So it lives on forever.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, I'm canceled now.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yo, Camino. Brody, you mean to post that?

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

Anyway, we're Cavino and Rich. Thanks for being Dan ass fools on this foo's day Tuesday. Speaking of April fools, that joke does work, Rich. And it wasn't a joke as far as what happened last night or over the weekend. I'm not sure when it happened. I just know that Freddie Freeman didn't play yesterday. Freddie Freeman missed the Los Angeles Dodgers series opener against the Braves on Monday for a rather unexpected reason.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh.

[Bob Pittman]

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that Freeman had a little mishap, a little mishappy getting into the shower which caused his surgically repaired right ankle to swell a little bit. So that's the really downside of the story.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And so the Dodgers only. The Dodgers only won 6 1.

[George M. Johnson]

I know, but yo. Freeman to start the season has been on a roll.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

So it was bad news going into.

[Bob Pittman]

The game and you don't want any previous injury to be re aggravated. Right? So let's talk about it. I know you, Rich, have a few shower stories of your own, but embarrassing injuries and like I said, the fact that he re injured, this is what makes it a bad story. We hope he comes back. We hope he's all right. I'm a Yankees guy, but I don't want to see Freddie Freeman, you know, hurt. We don't know how long he's out for. Right. They're letting him recoup a little bit and they're going to see. I haven't heard any updates yet, Danny.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Day to day.

[Bob Pittman]

It's day to day, so he always wants to play. We know that. We saw that in the World Series. But how hurt is he? Who knows? But he slipped. So let's get to your phone calls.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And truthfully, whatever I hear today, I'm not gonna believe anyway.

[Bob Pittman]

I know, right? 87799 on Fox. We got Danny G on standby. We got Iowa Sam with all your favorite fool songs on this Tuesday. He's on the ones and twos. We got Dan Beyer and Spotty. Tell us the story that you told me. Weren't you on vacation?

[A.J. Jacobs]

I was. Were you trying to get all Rolling. If there's kids listening. I was in the shower with an ex girlfriend. Because we were sitting there, we were scrubbing each other down because I could have reached my back.

[George M. Johnson]

You were saving water.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Each other's feet.

[George M. Johnson]

You're scrubbing each other's feet.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah. So I remember my ex was like, let's go in the shower. And in my mind, I'm like, oh, well, someone's always cold. It's the wrong type of wet. There's so many wrong things about the shower.

[Bob Pittman]

It's usually the guy that's cold.

[A.J. Jacobs]

As. I'll take Covino's joke. You know those, like, shower gloves your girl has, like, to scrub herself? Kavito's like, he puts those on because he's cold.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. We talked about how your wife uses a Keith Hernandez glove, remember?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah. So?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah. So someone's always cold. It's the wrong type of wet. The circumstance, it sounds like, you know, hot and sexy. Never fun in the shower. But I'm on vacation. I'm in my 20s. I was with an example, and I must have pulled a Freddy Freeman, because I was like, whoa, I slipped. And you know the faucet where before you go to the shower, like, to fill up the tub, that faucet at the bottom?

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I fell and scraped my whole back, like, up my back. Almost like I'm bleeding from my back. And I'm trying to decide, like, do I continue? Like, what do I do? I think we're gonna call this a day. But till this day, I have a scar on my back, and it's from a failed.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, I thought that was a tramp stamp.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No, that was just from a failed attempt at shower lovin'I. Thought it was a butterfly tattoo right.

[Bob Pittman]

Above your ass crack.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Nope, nope, that's not what it is.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, so it's next to the butterfly tattoo next to your ass crack?

[A.J. Jacobs]

It's right above.

[Bob Pittman]

I remember that, though. I remember Rich had his back bandage, and he told this story of this failed moment of romance. And, you know, that's what makes the story even funnier, is because you were trying to be all sexy about it, and then something goes wrong like that.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Remember the movie Van Wilder when he oils up the girl and they catch on fire and he, like, slips off her out the window or something?

[Bob Pittman]

Dude, I actually have a similar thing. I was trying to get all romantic my college days. And what did you really know about romance? Right? Like lighting a candle. So I was trying to light a candle, and I dropped all the hot wax all over Me. And I was like, ah. And my fingers started blisting up. And the girl's like, I think I'm gonna leave now. No, I'm fine. And I was like, no, no, it's o. My finger, like, sizzled. It melted away. And I remember, like, being in so much pain. And she did leave, swear to God. True story. Which made it even more embarrassing. But that's what we're getting at. Like your stupid, embarrassing injuries based on Freddie Freeman. And it doesn't have to be in the world of sports, but you hear him all the time. Wasn't it Kevin Brown who punched the wall? Right.

[George M. Johnson]

There's been a ton of these freak injuries in baseball.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah. Oh, baseball especially. But you hear about him in sports all. All the time. It could be in your own personal life. I remember I was. I was like a. Like a early teen. Like 13 years old, maybe, right?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, so the same size you are now.

[Bob Pittman]

Same size I am right now. Hitting bombs. And, you know, I was playing around in the backyard, and dad was doing some sort of, like, I don't know, working on the patio or something. And it was all these planks of wood just laying there. And what are you doing? You see, like, little bars of wood. You just, like, try to balance on it, right? And I'm trying to.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Well, you're a huge Mary Lou Retton fan.

[Bob Pittman]

I was a huge gymnast guy back in these days, you know, and I was trying to do my best balancing act. And, dude, sure enough, I'm walking just on.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Just.

[Bob Pittman]

Just daydreaming, like, who cares? I'm just walking in the backyard and I'm walking down this piece of wood, and I stepped dead on it. The nail went right through the shoe. Right through my shoe and through my foot. And I had to pull it out like.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Like you're mar. From home alone.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, it went right through my foot. But why, though? Because I was an airhead or a balloon head just, like, floating around in my backyard, balancing on this piece of wood like a Mary Lou Retton. And I went right through my foot, dude.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I remember story. I remember a story, Camino, you told about your dad, Big Steve.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, it's the best story.

[A.J. Jacobs]

This. I'm. You're lucky your dad didn't die.

[Bob Pittman]

This is the best one, so I gotta tell it. Thanks for reminding me again. Same backyard, Freak accidents.

[A.J. Jacobs]

That's what we're talking about.

[Bob Pittman]

Accident. Same backyard. My buddy Gus was over the house part of the story. And my dad was by the grill. Everybody remembers their dad by the grill. Getting Ready to cook something for you and your buddy. He's like, hey, hey, Gus, would you want a hamburger? Gus, like, yeah, how you like it cooked? Meanwhile, parents never care. They cook it the same way every time. So my dad's chopping the hamburger meat, and he's trying to get the. The hamburger patties, I guess, separated. And all of a sudden, dude, he's just chopping away with the knife. And all of a sudden I hear, ah. And I'm thinking, april Fools, what's going on? He's like, ah, ah. And no one sees their dad, like, cry or act in this way ever, right? So I'm like, I have to be like 14, 13 years old. I'm looking at him, me and my buddy Gus, like, what's going on? He's like, ah, ah. And, dude, he goes stumbling down the driveway, bleeding everywhere because he stabbed himself in the leg while chopping the meat. So he's chopping the meat and slipped.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Boom.

[Bob Pittman]

Stabbed himself right in the leg, bro. And I'll never. Because I thought he was messing around. Like, when you see your dad react in that way, like, dad, kidding me right now.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You know, you've probably at some point will hurt yourself trying to do something for your kids. I remember I got a wiffle ball stuck in a tree. I don't know how, but, you know, like a full tree wiffle ball got stuck up there. I go, dad. He goes, hold on.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, my God, Richie.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And my dad was wearing flip flops, or as he called them in the 80s, thongs.

[Bob Pittman]

Your dad wore thongs before Cisco made him cool.

[A.J. Jacobs]

So my dad's wearing all my thongs. Like, dad, don't call them that anymore, please.

[Bob Pittman]

Your dad thinks the Cisco song is about his shoes. Oh, I'm showing off my sexy thongs.

[A.J. Jacobs]

My dad in flip flops. I'm sorry, Thongs. Jumps up to get my wiffle ball out of the tree, lands, and turns his ankle. And he was mad at me like, you son of a man. Because of you and your stupid wiffle.

[Bob Pittman]

Balls you get from wearing thongs.

[A.J. Jacobs]

My dad's ankles all taped up because he tried to get the wiffle ball. But when it comes to sports, I have a few I want to throw out there. But let's get the phones going. The most interactive show on Fox Sports Radio, April Fool's Day. We're talking about foolish behavior. The weird freak injuries. Allah. Freddie Freeman missing a couple games. Cause he slipped in the shower. Sammy Sosa sneezing. We've all heard this, right?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, it's a Famous one.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And because we all know that feeling where like you're sort of holding a. Sneezing or not. But my neck, like his neck. Right.

[Bob Pittman]

My neck and my back. Yeah. He was out for a while because of that. When I was a little, something pulled. I think he pulled a neck muscle or something in the mid. Mid sneeze.

[A.J. Jacobs]

When I was a little. When I was a little kid growing up on the east coast in the 80s and 90s, everyone remembers this, but it was a big, big story back east when Bobby Ojeda cut his finger off with hedge clippers by mistake. He's. Why would Bobby O'Hay be trimming his own hedges and bushes at his yard? But do you remember that story? Bobby O'Hater totally cuts his finger off.

[Bob Pittman]

Totally remember that. Let's get involved. April Fool's Day. 87799 on Fox. These are true stories we tell, though. We're not messing around. And it all is from the Freddie Freeman story of him re injuring his ankle that he had surgery on slipping in the shower. What up, DB I don't know if you guys.

[George M. Johnson]

I mean, we're of the same age, but I knew a lot of older guys who were missing a digit or two, like my uncle. It was not. And I felt like it was more common.

[A.J. Jacobs]

My grandfather had nine fingers.

[Bob Pittman]

My grandfather's fingers were all mangled too. He was a butcher.

[George M. Johnson]

Yes.

[Bob Pittman]

So his fingers were all sliced and butchered up and weird looking.

[George M. Johnson]

My Uncle Harry did not have all 10 fingers.

[Bob Pittman]

My grandfather had eight or nine, but.

[George M. Johnson]

I know he didn't have 10.

[A.J. Jacobs]

My grandfather was missing his left pointer. And note the answer was, was this is how people operated so differently. 1930s in Brooklyn. Him and his brother were chopping wood. His brother cut his finger off. And I remember asking him, like, grandpa, what did you do with the finger? He goes, oh, we threw it out. Like you threw it out?

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, yeah, we tossed it.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Just threw it at. His brother ran away from home because he was scared. So his brother ran away for a week and he's like, oh, no, I have nine fingers.

[Bob Pittman]

Dan Byer. That's such a funny observation. Really. The loss of digits was like, you know, everyone had so much more comedy. I had an uncle, like an Uncle Carl who was missing a digit.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, right.

[Bob Pittman]

And he was like. He worked with cars. But the rumor was that he kind of. I think he did collections.

[George M. Johnson]

Sure.

[Bob Pittman]

So I think something happened.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I think he stood up to somebody.

[George M. Johnson]

Shouldn't have one of my hood land on your finger?

[Bob Pittman]

One of my best buddies Celtics didn't cover his. His dad, one of my best buddy's dad was missing a finger. Right. And my family would happen to be there when it happened. It's just a small world sort of thing. The families grew up together and his dad was running his finger, his hand across a chain link fence and the ring got caught in the fence and ripped his finger off and he had to get it removed. Yeah. So my buddy, was he on a car or something? No, he just run in with his hand going across the fence.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Very sensitive.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, dude. It have no idea how it happened, but I know my buddy's dad had a finger missing. So think about more freak injuries, especially in sports. Like Rich said, there's plenty of stories and sports that we can get to and we just hope Freddie Freeman's I. Even though the Dodgers are just fine. But first.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, they only, they might. I just saw the research. They might only win 122 games this year if he's out a few more years. All right, Dan Buyer, what's going on?

[George M. Johnson]

My friend never stopped him from smoking though, right? You know, like, doesn't matter how many digits. We're, we're going to, we're going to.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Make that work in the car too, with the windows up.

[George M. Johnson]

The NFL had a lot of news makers today, especially when it comes to the rules Tush push that's been pushed to May. No decision has been made on the play made famous by the Philadelphia Eagles. They talked about it for about 30 to 40 minutes. 16 teams reportedly against the Tush push. More conversations coming up in May.

[Bob Pittman]

Hey, Dan, can I ask you like a really dumb question? I watch football every week just like everybody else. Aside from the pile on aspect of what's happening, like what's the big risk? Like, why is this such a different world of football?

[A.J. Jacobs]

I'll tell you what.

[George M. Johnson]

Rich has your answer. If.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, I want to know if you.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Want a really good follow up, I'll promote one of the other shows here on Fox Sports Radio. I was very pro push Tush until I saw Levar Arrington sort of give his angle on it. Yeah. Being a former football player. Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

Because everybody could do it if they have the right players.

[A.J. Jacobs]

That's one angle. So it's like, well then why doesn't everyone do it more about not just the pylon, like the integrity of like, you know, the offense versus defense. Like once a running back, his forward progress is stopped. That's the end of the play. That's football. So when you just get guys pushing and pushing it sort of takes away. Okay, almost like the integrity.

[Bob Pittman]

I like that more than like, is it. Where's all the injuries? Is it really that big of a deal? Because we don't see it that often.

[A.J. Jacobs]

So.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah. This was the commissioner's messaging earlier today.

[Bob Pittman]

There are safety issues that are being considered in that case. We have very little data from it.

[George M. Johnson]

So there you go. We ready to fight? I'm ready to fight. Is that what I thought it was? Oh, this is Fighting Words. Okay, I put the hammer back. Back. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a best selling author with the second most banned book in America. Now more than ever, we need to use our voices to fight back. And that's what we are doing on Fighting Words. We're not going to let anyone silence us.

[Bob Pittman]

That's the reason why they're banning books like yours, George. That's the reason why they're trying to stop the teaching of black history or.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Queer history, any history that challenges the.

[George M. Johnson]

Whitewashed norm or put us in a box.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Black people have never, ever depended on.

[George M. Johnson]

The so called mainstream to support us. That's why we are great. We are the greatest culture makers in world history. Listen to Fighting Words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[A.J. Jacobs]

My name is Harry Houdini.

[George M. Johnson]

Harry Houdini could make elephants disappear, walk through walls, and escape the Chinese water torture cell. But he was also on a mission against mediums.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I have never seen one genuine medium.

[George M. Johnson]

Join me, Tim Harford, for a cautionary tales trilogy on the world's most famous magician.

[A.J. Jacobs]

It takes a Flim flammer to catch a flim flammer.

[George M. Johnson]

Houdini wanted the world to see reason in an age of spiritual. He went undercover to seances, exposed fakes and charlatans, and even tried to convince Washington lawmakers to ban mediums for good. A campaign that cost him friends and made him many enemies.

[A.J. Jacobs]

They're going to kill me.

[George M. Johnson]

Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer.

[Bob Pittman]

If you're just as curious as I.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Am about the way things built, the insights behind what it takes to create a world renowned product, then tune in to my podcast, Building One.

[Bob Pittman]

There's so much to learn, like how.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Patagonia innovates with its supply chain. We had to go out to farmers and convince them it was really damn hard.

[Bob Pittman]

Or the way Adobe thinks about the.

[A.J. Jacobs]

First interaction somebody has with Photoshop.

[Bob Pittman]

I was always so fascinated by how.

[George M. Johnson]

People navigate and find their way.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Ever wanted to know how Nike builds emotion into the Jordan brand?

[George M. Johnson]

You have to be obsessed with the current state of the human condition, and.

[A.J. Jacobs]

It doesn't stop there. What about how Glean reinvented knowledge? Search with AI you can learn about how a Michelin star chef is redesigning seeds for flavor and how Pixar is nurturing a creative culture.

[Bob Pittman]

Listen to Building One on the iHeartRadio.

[A.J. Jacobs]

App, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[George M. Johnson]

It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Podcasts and the National Hockey League, and.

[George M. Johnson]

I'm paired up with one my favorite.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Players, the always quotable Nate Thompson.

[Bob Pittman]

I wore nine NHL sweaters and I.

[George M. Johnson]

Have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say, and not just about hockey. Believe me, he does. Energy Line with Nate and JSB is.

[A.J. Jacobs]

The name of the podcast and it's.

[George M. Johnson]

Going to be, well, it's going to.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Be quite the ride.

[George M. Johnson]

We're officially linemates, Nate. We're the Energy Line.

[Bob Pittman]

We'll have plenty of folks join us. Current players, some of my former teammates, hall of Famers, and wait till you.

[A.J. Jacobs]

See some of the connections that Julie has.

[Bob Pittman]

She has quite the Rolodex.

[George M. Johnson]

Okay, we'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey and try to do what energy lines are supposed to do, provide an emotional boost. How do you feel about all that, Nate?

[Bob Pittman]

I'm vibing Julie. I'm ready to roll.

[George M. Johnson]

Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or we're wherever you get your podcasts. On November 5, 2018 at 6:33am, a red Volkswagen Golf was found abandoned in.

[A.J. Jacobs]

A ditch out in Sleep Hole Valley. The driver's seat door was open.

[George M. Johnson]

No traces of footsteps leaving the vehicle.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No belongings were found, except for a cassette tape. Lodged to the player on that tape were 10 vile.

[Bob Pittman]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[George M. Johnson]

Grotesque. Oh, my God.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, my God.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Horrific stories that to this day have.

[George M. Johnson]

Been kept restricted from the public until.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You feeling this too?

[George M. Johnson]

A horror anthology podcast. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Boise and Caleb, you're on with Cavino and Rich. What's up, man? Hey, what's up?

[George M. Johnson]

How are you guys doing?

[A.J. Jacobs]

We're good, man. What's on your mind?

[Bob Pittman]

What up, man?

[George M. Johnson]

All right, first time caller. I got two for you and they're.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Both involving holidays, which makes them that much more unfortunate. So Scotty Scheffler got glass shards in.

[George M. Johnson]

His hand making ravioli on New Year's.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, terrible.

[George M. Johnson]

Missed.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Missed the first major, I believe.

[George M. Johnson]

And then secondly, it's Jason Pierre Paul, the football player. He blew some fingers off with with a firework accident on the 4th of July.

[A.J. Jacobs]

He is the prime example. I remember always being like, how could he, an NFL player, be the guy that holds fireworks?

[Bob Pittman]

Totally remember that. But he made me think of. Didn't Derrick Rose cut his fingers slicing an apple or something like that? And he was out for a little while.

[A.J. Jacobs]

He just did he avocado hand. Remember that whole thing?

[Bob Pittman]

He just suffered from far more severe injuries that people forget about that.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Do you know that's a thing, Sam, at emergency rooms, there's avocado hand where people, when they're trying to make guac or slice an avocado, they put in their palm slip. And the people go into the hospital with a slice in their palm. And most of the time, it's some idiots trying to slice an avocado. All right, Dave, Virginia, what's up?

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, hey, guys. First time caller. Yeah, when I was a college sophomore, I broke a wrist sleeping.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Sleeping. Yeah. That's like.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, so, like, on your day off.

[George M. Johnson]

So. Yeah, well, so when you're. When you're on the. When you're in the dorm, they would sell you this kit that would turn the two bunk beds in the dorm into two, like, upper bunks so you're like six feet off the floor. And I went to sleep one night, rolled out of bed, fell six feet to the tile floor, broke my wrist.

[Bob Pittman]

That does suck. Thanks.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Save Andy in Montana. What's up, Andy?

[Bob Pittman]

Andy.

[A.J. Jacobs]

But then again, though, think of all the room for activities he had. What's up, buddy?

[George M. Johnson]

You guys were awesome.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Hey, man, just letting you know, you.

[George M. Johnson]

Got a lot of fans here in Great Falls, Montana.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, thanks, man. Keep up the great work. All right, this is a dumb one.

[George M. Johnson]

Years ago, me and my buddy get done unloading his pickup truck, and I'm leaning up, I'm doing the drunky lean up against his tailgate, and unbeknownst to me, he starts to raise the tailgate. Got me up on my toes. So needless to say, three days later, after frozen peas every day, you got that?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Killer wedgie right there. You ever see that video of the girl? She's trying to be all sexy like posing in a tree, and she falls, but the tree holds on to her bathing suit bottom and she's like, I mean, there's a million of these. I mean, I'm sure you've seen that. Yeah, I'm thinking of one in particular. Let's go to Nate dog. What's up, Nate, Ohio? What's up, bud?

[George M. Johnson]

Hey, guys. What's going on?

[Bob Pittman]

Hey, buddy.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, I had one when I was about 15. My dad was building in the garage, my sister's bed frame, and my girlfriend was come picking me up, and that was the first time they met. And he comes out of the garage with a nail in all three of us and three of his fingers.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, every time I think of a nail on someone. You ever picture Mr. Larson from Happy Gilmore?

[Bob Pittman]

The nail in his head.

[A.J. Jacobs]

So funny.

[Bob Pittman]

The nail in his head. Same guy who played Jaws, right? Yeah, from the Bond movies.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yes.

[Bob Pittman]

But again, I have three that you're going to want to hear for sure, because I think they're my favorite ones. They're horrible. They're horrible. But they were freak injuries. But do we have time for one more?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Let's do two phone calls, and then we'll take yours to. To cap off this great April fools conversation. Tripp. What's up, Vegas?

[George M. Johnson]

Hey. Hey. Good afternoon, gentlemen. Always a privilege to listen and talk to y'all.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Thanks.

[George M. Johnson]

I got to remember when Jeff Kent was. Said he was cleaning his trip truck, the Washington's truck, and just popping wheelies.

[A.J. Jacobs]

That came out.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah, that's how he got hurt. And then the second one, this was a lady I worked with at Mohegan sun in Connecticut. She was on medical leave, and she came in one day, and we heard.

[A.J. Jacobs]

She'S in bad accident.

[George M. Johnson]

She had both of her hands in casts. And we said, what happened? She said, I was using a miter saw and I cut the tips off my left fingers.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Was like, well, how'd you do the other side? She said, my husband came to help.

[George M. Johnson]

Me and wanted to know how I hurt myself. I showed him, and she did it again.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, my goodness.

[Bob Pittman]

That's the worst. Wow.

[A.J. Jacobs]

We'll take Cavino. Well, I want to hear your top three. All right, John and Reno, wrap it up. And then Cavino's got his top three.

[Bob Pittman]

What up, John?

[George M. Johnson]

Hey, guys, thanks for having me on.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No problem.

[George M. Johnson]

Real quick. When I was in seventh grade, we.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Were playing pickup basketball in the playground.

[George M. Johnson]

With those old metal nets, if you remember those.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah, of course.

[George M. Johnson]

So our particular hoop, the ball would get stuck every fourth or fifth shot.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You know what I mean?

[George M. Johnson]

The net would hold it up. So I go gangbusters and jump up, knock the ball out of the net, come down with a hook, tore my finger wide open.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, man, freak injuries. So we wish Freddie Freeman the best. But the ones that come to mind for me, I have one more personal one and two that everybody can remember. Yeah, I remember playing just tackle football, open field tackle football. And I remember, like catching some wind. Like, yeah, open field, like I'm Jerry Rice and all of a sudden I get clotheslined by, you know, those metal things that are connected to telephone poles sometimes those metal wires, you know, those.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Like, stabilizing cords, stabilizing stabilizers. You're lucky it didn't decapitate you, dude.

[Bob Pittman]

One took me out, totally clotheslined me. My eyelid was like falling off my face. I had to run home, mom, one of those bad boys. But I remember being totally injured by one of those things. Didn't see that one coming, right? So that happened to me when I was a kid. And then two in the world of sports that come to mind, they're horrible. Kendra Smorales, freak injury.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Kendrick Morales was one that changed the way people celebrate.

[Bob Pittman]

That was the worst. That was the walk off. Was it a grand slam?

[A.J. Jacobs]

I think it was.

[Bob Pittman]

But he gets home, he jumps on home plate and bam, he's out for the rest of the year. Year, horrible. Never the same after that. And another one that's really sad. But again, freak injury. Don Baylor, dislocated, I believe his femur. Right. Dislocated and fractured his right femur while catching a ceremonial first pitch from Vladdy Guerrero. And if you guys remember, he ended up being sick at that time, so even was even more sad as a result. Don Balor, legend. If you watch that clip now, so sad to watch because he's sitting there catching the first pitch and his whole leg bends out.

[A.J. Jacobs]

If you haven't.

[Bob Pittman]

It's not supposed to bend.

[A.J. Jacobs]

If you haven't seen. I'm sort of torn on whether or not I would suggest watching it because it's so gross.

[Bob Pittman]

You know what? Really, really sad. But again, freak injury.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Let me end on a light one. Then. You know how we talk about how optics. Like, sometimes a player gets injured and yeah, they're golfing and you're like, what are they doing? I remember an injury where I'm like, what is this guy doing? Joanna Cespetus was such a great Oakland A. He was a great met. But you remember Cesspit would always have issues. Like, he'd disappear, he'd have an odd injury. He'd be golfing. When he was on the il, he.

[Bob Pittman]

Was so good and so bad all at the same time.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Cesspitus. Cesspit is. I remember one of the reasons he was on the aisle once was that he was one of those guys that in the off season had a ranch and he was, you know, one of those, like, old school guys. He has a ranch down and, you know, wherever he lives, apparently he was having a little squabble with a wild boar, and he stepped in a hole and turned his leg and ankle and knee and everything. But the explanation was, yeah, he had an altercation with a wild boar. And I'm like, this guy's just trouble.

[Bob Pittman]

Feral pigs, man. They're an issue in some states.

[George M. Johnson]

How about Marty Cordova of the orioles back in 2002? He fell asleep in a tanning bed.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, yeah, Remember that?

[George M. Johnson]

He was the former rookie of the year. He had a really bad sunburn to his face, and doctors told him he had to stay out of the sun. And so he missed a bunch of day games.

[Bob Pittman]

Of course, it wasn't an injury, but do you remember when that happened to a rod, like, two years ago and he had to explain everybody that he's Dominican and felt he fell asleep in the sun? So stupid.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Let me tell you. I think I speak on behalf of every grown man that ever used a tanning bed in their life. And I'm talking to a lot of east coast people because, hey, Listen, in the 2000s, I think a lot of people went tanning. Danny G. You're in the sunny skies of California growing up. But did people go tanning out here?

[George M. Johnson]

Like, they still did, but, yeah, we could just lay out on Oxnard shores.

[A.J. Jacobs]

They had places. People had tanning bed, like, memberships. Ye. I went to a tanning salon membership.

[Bob Pittman]

You used to go to Hawaiian Tropics.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Or what was it called, Those little.

[Bob Pittman]

Goggles with the little eyeball.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I went to a place in Brooklyn, Hollywood Tan. Now we live out here. But I think every guy had the same dumb fantasy because it was always a hot girl. The hottest girls worked at tanning salons. And I always had a fantasy because she'd be laying in there in the tanning bed naked. I always was in my mind was like, could I come in? I waited for that. Every time. Never happened. I think every guy thought that.

[Bob Pittman]

My buddy said it happened to him one time.

[A.J. Jacobs]

He's lying.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah, my buddy never, never. Adam Glenn looks there even enough room.

[George M. Johnson]

In those tanning beds to have another person.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I would make room. Make room. All right, thank you for all the feedback.

[Bob Pittman]

Thank you, guys.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Thanks for everything.

[Bob Pittman]

And again, our best to Freddie Freeman. It seems like he's okay if. If Roberts is calling it a little mishap. It seems to be fine. It's just the fact that it was the. The same ankle that he injured last year.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You know what's possible? Freddie Freeman's got little kids and I'm not even joking. He ones right? Yeah. Your kids ever take a bath and they leave like Mr. Bubble Remnants on the bottom of the floor, almost like soap scummy. And then you step in, you got little kids that are doing bubble baths. That'll happen. Now, something I want to get to before we play Shaq Diesel trivia and get into all that.

[Bob Pittman]

By the way, I saw Shaq getting coffee. Man, he looks tired and angry.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You're so. Before we get to Shaq, I think, first of all, nothing funnier than an old white guy using the word bogus. But Woody Johnson, who has one of the greatest names, let's be honest, what's.

[Bob Pittman]

Better, Jimmy Johnson or Woody Johnson?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Woody Johnson.

[Bob Pittman]

Woody Johnson's pretty great.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Woody Johnson, you know, they did the survey.

[Bob Pittman]

Of course his name's Woody Johnson.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Of.

[Bob Pittman]

His name's the coolest.

[A.J. Jacobs]

So they did the survey. Facilities, how the teams treat the teams. Remember the NFL report card about a month ago or so. I only bring this up now because like a day ago, Woody Johnson said.

[Bob Pittman]

He keeps saying it. He won't stop saying it. Butthead, Beavis.

[A.J. Jacobs]

He called the report bogus.

[Bob Pittman]

And it's very like Bill and Ted.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I know. And then they go, well, Mr. Johnson, what part of this report?

[Bob Pittman]

It's very spicoli.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Like, what part of this report don't you necessarily believe in? And his answer was the whole thing. So it just brings up, you know, sometimes people just have an inability to be self aware of their flaws. Listen, I know I'm a yappy, annoying guy. There's some people that don't know.

[Bob Pittman]

I just don't think you know how yappy.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah, relax, relax, relax.

[Bob Pittman]

Back me up. I don't think he knows.

[George M. Johnson]

Yesterday I said Rich can never donate his blood because it's full of natural cocaine.

[Bob Pittman]

I don't know. Rich knows he's self aware, but I don't think he truly knows the impact or like how people look at him. Like, what's not? What's this guy all about? Hey, Rich, when they don't know you, is this guy for real?

[George M. Johnson]

To tie it back to sports, Rich, Jimmy Haslam admitted failure. The big miss. The big swing and miss with Deshaun Watson.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And that was interesting. Like to. To be able to. While the guys on the roster. We talked about with that with Dan Buyer yesterday. I said still on the roster, right? To say a current player on your team, that you're paying more than any other player on your team except one. You. You're saying that guy was a swing and miss. So self awareness in your moves is very important. Not only in life, in relationships, in work, everything.

[Bob Pittman]

And it's not even that. It's like you're not listening to the constructive criticism either.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And by the way, I the other day to point out, I know I'm yappy and annoying. I was at the LA Kings game.

[Bob Pittman]

You're like a grown man Kimmy Gibbler, kind of.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

That's the way I look at it. That's a good no.

[A.J. Jacobs]

By the way, speaking of. Full house. No, this is not April Fools. This is great news. Dave Coulier. Did you see he's cancer free.

[Bob Pittman]

I did see.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Remember he had like a very grim prognosis. Cut it out.

[Bob Pittman]

Especially when you call me Steve. Areno it really?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Stop it.

[Bob Pittman]

H e double hockey sticks. Yeah. Makes me feel like I'm talking to like a Kimmy Gibbler with a mustache.

[A.J. Jacobs]

So I'm at the LA Kings game and before we go to the game at Crypto. What's that? The sports bar. Like Tom's.

[Bob Pittman]

Tom's Watch Bar.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Tom's Watch Bar, right across from the, you know, the arena. We're having tacos and a couple drinks and having some appetizers. And I did catch myself saying, like, man, I am just non. Stop. No, because when anyone, when no one talks for a minute or even like 30 seconds, I'm like, what's next? Like, I'm doing a radio show in real life.

[Bob Pittman]

You get anxious.

[George M. Johnson]

You get a little anxious.

[Bob Pittman]

You hate silence. It's a great quality for a co host. Yeah. I mean, I could have chose better. A guy who never shuts up. That's incredible.

[George M. Johnson]

But.

[A.J. Jacobs]

But I'll see grown men, like all sitting there and I'm like, no. If no one says anything for 30 seconds, I'm like, yo, you guys, what do you guys think about the Torpedo bats? Right?

[Bob Pittman]

Like sometimes you can just coexist with people.

[George M. Johnson]

I.

[A.J. Jacobs]

But to me, I know I'm annoying, but bringing it back to Woody Johnson, I don't think you're aware of you.

[Bob Pittman]

I am.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No, I'm talking to Spot.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh.

[George M. Johnson]

Stop fighting. Stop.

[Bob Pittman]

I think, is it self awareness or the ability to even take constructive criticism?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Like the fact that Because I'll be.

[Bob Pittman]

Honest, you know, I think I'm very self aware, but I'm not very good with constructive criticism. I don't want to hear it.

[George M. Johnson]

Neither does it.

[Bob Pittman]

I'm like, says who? See how he deflects. Says who? Says you. I don't care what you say. That's how I feel.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You think you're perfect.

[Bob Pittman]

See, you're deflected.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You think you're the light here. Ask everyone around here. Thank you.

[Bob Pittman]

I made a simple comment about how he can't just exist and he's turning it on me. I think constructive criticism.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I hate you.

[Bob Pittman]

Is really tough. Like Danny G. I mean, you've worked in radio. It's a boss's job sometimes to tell you. Like when we talk music, say when we. Because we all did radio hosting. As far as talking up songs, your boss's job sometimes is to tell you how to do it better.

[George M. Johnson]

And I'd be, yeah, they would have what they called air check sessions with us.

[Bob Pittman]

And how many times in the back of my mind I'd be thinking, well, if you knew how to do it, yeah, wouldn't you be doing it?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, I've been right.

[Bob Pittman]

So, like constructive criticism is. Is hard to swallow sometimes, even though it might be truthful.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I've been in meetings with Kavino where I see him gritting his teeth and biting his tongue because someone's like criticizing something and he is right.

[Bob Pittman]

And the truth is, you know, know sometimes the. What's the old expression about not. Not the best players were. What is it about? Fool me once, shame on you.

[George M. Johnson]

Fool me once, shame on. Shame on you. It fooled me. We can't get fooled again.

[Bob Pittman]

That's the one. That's the one I was looking for.

[A.J. Jacobs]

But to title back to Woody Johnson and of course, is it the general manager of the Cleveland Browns.

[George M. Johnson]

The owner.

[A.J. Jacobs]

The owner. Owner. Where you got two owners. One showing awareness that we made a big organizational mistake with Deshaun Watson and one owner in Woody Johnson that can't accept the fact that he's saying bogus. It's B.S. it's a lie. There's no way my players would vote anything bad about this organization. That to me is that to me is like terrible news of your New York Jet or part of that organization that the ownership can and accept. Like, you know what? Maybe there is room for improvement. Maybe there is room for how we treat the families or maybe the facilities or the attitude around here when you just are like, you complained about me. It must be incorrect.

[Bob Pittman]

But I think it's it happens in life all the time. How many times have you had a discussion with your wife or girlfriend about how you could be better and they tell you what you could do and you go back to your old ways? Anyway, I didn't want to hear all that.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I only wanted one thing.

[Bob Pittman]

I don't know. You can stop now. You just, you're like going through the motions, like. He didn't want to hear any of that. That's the truth.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Facts, facts. So just keep that in mind in your life, with your marriage, with your boss, with your friends.

[George M. Johnson]

We ready to fight? I'm ready to fight. Is that.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I thought it was.

[George M. Johnson]

Oh, this is Fighting Words. Okay, I put the hammer back. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a best selling author with the second most banned book in America.

[Bob Pittman]

America.

[George M. Johnson]

Now more than ever, we need to use our voices to fight back. And that's what we are doing on Fighting Words. We're not going to let anyone silence us.

[Bob Pittman]

That's the reason why they're banning books like yours, George. That's the reason why they're trying to.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Stop the teaching of black history, queer history, any history that challenges the whitewashed.

[George M. Johnson]

Norm or put us in a box. Black people have never, ever depended on, on the so called mainstream to support us. That's why we are great. We are the greatest culture makers in world history. Listen to Fighting Words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[A.J. Jacobs]

My name is Harry Houdini.

[George M. Johnson]

Harry Houdini could make elephants disappear, walk through walls, and escape the Chinese water torture cell. But he was also on a mission against mediums.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I have never seen one genuine medium.

[George M. Johnson]

Join me, Tim Harford, for a cautionary tales trilogy on the world's most famous magician.

[A.J. Jacobs]

It takes a flim flammer to catch a flim flammer.

[George M. Johnson]

Houdini wanted the world to see reason in an age of spiritualism. He went undercover to seance, exposed fakes and charlatans, and even tried to convince Washington lawmakers to ban mediums for good. A campaign that cost him friends and made him many enemies.

[A.J. Jacobs]

They're going to kill me.

[George M. Johnson]

Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer.

[Bob Pittman]

If you're just as curious as I.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Am about the way things are built.

[Bob Pittman]

The insights behind what it take to.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Create our world renowned product, then tune in to my podcast, Building One.

[Bob Pittman]

There's so much to learn, like how.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Patagonia innovates with its supply chain. We had to go out to farmers and convince them it was really damn hard. Or the way Adobe thinks about the first interaction somebody has with Photoshop.

[Bob Pittman]

I was always so fascinated by how.

[George M. Johnson]

People navigate and find their way.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Everyone wanted to know how Nike builds emotion into the Jordan brand.

[George M. Johnson]

You have to be obsessed with the current state of the human condition.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And it doesn't stop there. What about how Gleam reinvented knowledge search with AI?

[Bob Pittman]

You can learn about how Michelin star.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Chef is redesigning seeds for flavor and how Pixar is nurturing a creative culture.

[Bob Pittman]

Listen to building one on the iHeartRadio.

[A.J. Jacobs]

App, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[George M. Johnson]

It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Podcasts and the National Hockey League and.

[George M. Johnson]

I'm paired up with one of my favorite, the always quotable Nate Thompson.

[Bob Pittman]

I wore nine NHL sweaters and I.

[George M. Johnson]

Have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say. And not just about hockey. Believe me, he does. Energy Line with Nate and JSB is.

[A.J. Jacobs]

The name of the podcast and it's gonna be, well, it's gonna be quite the ride.

[George M. Johnson]

We're officially linemates, Nate. We're the Energy Line.

[Bob Pittman]

We'll have plenty of folks join us. Current players, some of my former team teammates, hall of Famers.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And wait till you see some of.

[Bob Pittman]

The connections that Julie has. She has quite the Rolodex.

[George M. Johnson]

Okay. We'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey and try to do what energy lines are supposed to do. Provide an emotional boost. How do you feel about all that, Nate?

[Bob Pittman]

I'm vibing, Julie. I'm ready to roll.

[George M. Johnson]

Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast podcasts. Are your ears bored? Yeah. Are you looking for a new podcast that will make you laugh, learn and say que?

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

Then tune in to locatora radio season 10 today. Okay. I'm Viosa. I'm Mala, the host of Locatora Radio, a radiophonic novella, which is just a very extra way of saying a podcast. We're launching this season with a mini season series, totally nostalgic. A four part series about the Latinos who shaped pop culture in the early 2000s.

[A.J. Jacobs]

It's Lala checking in with all things Y2K 2000s. My favorite memory, honestly, was us having our own media platforms like Mundos and MTV Tres.

[George M. Johnson]

You could turn on the TV.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You see Thalia, you see JLo, Nina Sky, Evie Queen. All the girlies doing their things. All of the beauty reflections reflected right back at us. It was everything.

[George M. Johnson]

Tune in to locatora radio season 10. Now that's what I call a podcast. Listen to Locatora Radio Season 10 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You know the sad, fun fact for baseball fans? While it's been a great start to the season, it's the first time in 75 plus years that there was no Bob Euchre or Vin Scully on opening. Isn't that crazy to think like those two guys were part of baseball for not only our lives, our parents lives and everything.

[Bob Pittman]

I wanted to let that sit and simmer out of respect, before I said great start to baseball for everyone except Raphael Devers. That's all.

[George M. Johnson]

Okay.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Great start for everyone.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Except Rafael Devers.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

All right, it's time. Shaq Diesel trivia. Let's go.

[George M. Johnson]

Whenever we say not to name drop, that means we're about to name drop.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I'll name drop.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, my goodness.

[George M. Johnson]

Not only are CNR friends with Tyson and Mahomes.

[Bob Pittman]

Hey, man.

[George M. Johnson]

They're also buddies with the Big Aristotle.

[Bob Pittman]

What's up? It's big Shaq Diesel, AKA Shaq Fu, AKA Shaq Daddy, AKA the Big Aristotle. Guess what? It's time to win some C in our private.

[George M. Johnson]

Time for some basketball trivia.

[Bob Pittman]

Shaq Diesel basketball trivia.

[George M. Johnson]

What he said.

[Bob Pittman]

I used to break bad boys. Now I'm breaking records for FSR ratings. Shaq Diesel basketball trivia.

[George M. Johnson]

All right, FSR security walking our broke Shaq Fu into the main. Main studio.

[Bob Pittman]

What up, fool? Shaq Fool. Happy fool.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Hey, Shaq.

[Bob Pittman]

Shaq Fool.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Shaq, did you see your. Your pals Ernie and Chuck taking shots at each other?

[Bob Pittman]

What did those fools say?

[A.J. Jacobs]

I was just making fun of he. Did you see this? Danny J, Whatever.

[Bob Pittman]

His name's Ernie.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Ernie got, you know. Sha Charles Barkley did this whole thing like. I don't want. I don't want to hear your opinion. You didn't play like I did. And then they were talking about cutting down nets and winning championships. And Ernie goes, hey, Shaq Charles, do you have any thoughts on bat? So they've been going back and forth.

[Bob Pittman]

They're fools. What's going on?

[George M. Johnson]

Congrats, Jack. Your son just committed to play ball at Sacramento State.

[Bob Pittman]

No, that was April Fool's joke by.

[George M. Johnson]

Way of Florida A and M. No.

[Bob Pittman]

That was a big joke.

[George M. Johnson]

Big joke.

[Bob Pittman]

Big joke. No, Actually, he's playing with Mike Bibby, former Sacramento King, Mike Bibby. And yeah, formerly he was at Florida A and M. Now he's with Sacramento State.

[George M. Johnson]

Proud Shaq, Dad.

[Bob Pittman]

Very proud of Shaq Secure.

[George M. Johnson]

All right, let's meet the contestants. 10 time winner, Rich Davis, right over there. Four time winner, Spotty Boy.

[Bob Pittman]

Big number five today. I feel it.

[George M. Johnson]

13 time winner, Dan Byer. And looking to win a CNR Stainless Steel Swiggy is Stephen in Spokane, Washington. What up, Stephen? What's up, guys?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Hey, Steve. What's up, man?

[George M. Johnson]

What do you do for a living there in Spokane? Can I sell her hips, knees and shoulders? What is it?

[Bob Pittman]

I'm sorry, what was that?

[A.J. Jacobs]

He sells herbs for hips, knees and shoulders.

[George M. Johnson]

No, I. Yeah, artificial hips, knees and shoulders.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I think he said herbs. Like. Like medicine.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, I think he just called you a herb.

[George M. Johnson]

Tiger Bomb sells head.

[Bob Pittman]

No, shoulders, knees and toes.

[George M. Johnson]

All right, here are the rules for Shaq Diesel Trivia. The first contestant with two correct answers is the champ. You on? If there's a tie, we have a tiebreaker question. Your name is your buzzer, but you do have to wait until all three possible answers are read. If there's two wrong ones in a row, we move on to the next question. Are you ready?

[Bob Pittman]

Let's go.

[George M. Johnson]

Let's get it on.

[Bob Pittman]

All right, April Fools, let's get this Shaq fool party started in 2015. 2016. In the season, how many wins did the Golden State warriors finish with? A, 73. B, 70 or C, 67.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Steven.

[George M. Johnson]

Steven.

[Bob Pittman]

Hey.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No.

[George M. Johnson]

Hey. 73.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, 73. Yeah, they were 73 and 9.

[Bob Pittman]

They broke up. Don't act like you know now, Mr. Know It All. No, I listen to the show. He does this all.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I thought B was 73, so I would have guessed.

[Bob Pittman]

You just can't stop talking. This guy, he just wants to be right all the time. No, that's the season. They broke the bulls record of 72 win wins from 95. 96.

[George M. Johnson]

Yep.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And what happened to that team?

[George M. Johnson]

All right, Stephen, you are halfway to a Swiggy as we go to round two.

[Bob Pittman]

All right, Round two. Shaq Fu. What up, fools? What country was my former teammate, Rick Fox born in? A, Canada. B, France OR C, the U.K. oh, Steven.

[George M. Johnson]

Steven snuck in there. B. What's that?

[A.J. Jacobs]

B, France.

[George M. Johnson]

B, France.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No.

[George M. Johnson]

Oh. Dan Buyer for the Steel Canada. Yes.

[Bob Pittman]

He was born in Toronto. Boom.

[George M. Johnson]

Buyer on the board.

[Bob Pittman]

So, Steven, Rick Fox. Very handsome man. Yeah, Steven.

[George M. Johnson]

I'm sure no one's ever told him that before. All right, we move to Round three, Stephen and DB on the board.

[Bob Pittman]

All right, round three. What was I once quoted saying about finances? A money is meant to be spent on cars and boats, baby. I party hard weekly, so I also make investments daily or C. Save, save, save. Put away a piece every paycheck, Steven.

[George M. Johnson]

C, C. Yes.

[Bob Pittman]

Wow. I've always said it. Save, save, save. Put away a piece every paycheck, put a little piece away.

[George M. Johnson]

Just like that. We are mailing out a shiny C and R stainless steel swiggy to Spokane, Washington. Congrats, Stephen.

[Bob Pittman]

Thank you. Thanks, K. Thank you. And shout out to Shakir again who's playing with Sacramento State.

[A.J. Jacobs]

There you go, Shaq. Have fun.

[Bob Pittman]

All right.

[George M. Johnson]

Are you going to visit him and go to some ace games?

[Bob Pittman]

I might. I doubt it, but I doubt it. Later. Later, fools.

[George M. Johnson]

Thanks, Shaq. Thank you, Shaq. Thank you. You know, touch down right there.

[Bob Pittman]

He almost shut the door.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I had a question for you. Being the big Dodgers fan in the studio. When the question was asked about the Golden State warriors record, we all remember 73 and 9, best record ever. They lost the NBA finals. Yeah, we all remember the best Major League baseball record. Seattle Mariners, they lost in the playoffs, first round. We know in the NFL, the Tom Brady Patriots, eight, you know what, 18 and oh, then 18 one, they lost. Are you nervous that the Dodgers are going to win 120 games and then, you know, take a dump of the playoffs?

[George M. Johnson]

They will snap that curse. Every best team feel like their pitching is strong enough to snap any curse like that.

[A.J. Jacobs]

They are pretty deep. And I gotta ask you, because you're a guy of that watches every day, but you're also, you know, relatively old school guy. How do you feel about your young pitcher crying? Yeah, I mean, I'm cool with emotions, man. I cry at stupid movies I watch with my wife. But on the ball field, there's a difference, right? If you watch. If I watch a rom com with my wife or say a commercial about an old guy, I'll cry. But guess where I'm not crying on the field or something. For some reason I feel like that's.

[Bob Pittman]

Like sports baby mentality. But it also reminds you A, how much people care and B, he's a foreign. He's in a foreign land just trying to do his best. And he's a kid and yeah, he's a young guy. He's a young man. So I do appreciate and respect the fact that I'll never know what it's like to be alone in another country just trying to do my best. Right. And Then failing. And again, they're really young, young men. It's just a reminder of how young they really are.

[George M. Johnson]

In our generation, the way we were raised, it's so different. There was nothing about mental health, and it was so much more macho. Kovina. I grew up in a similar family to yours. We weren't allowed to cry. We always heard, I'll give you something to cry about, like. And no tears were allowed to ever roll down our face ever.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You know, I was happy to hear my wife say something because a lot of times my wife and I, you know, disagree on the, I guess you would say the. The level of tough or soft parenting. But my daughter's had a couple meltdowns on the ball field, and I heard my wife tell my daughter that, honey, those are sometimes emotions you tuck away till later. If you're home and you're in your bedroom and you want to let that out, that's one thing. But you don't want to be the kid that's. That's crying on the softball field. If you make an error or you're in, you know, something goes wrong.

[Bob Pittman]

I think that's fair to say.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You tuck those away and you could always let your emotions out around mom and dad or at home, but when you're on the ball field, you know, that's not the place to do it. We got to be tough. And I was. I. When I heard my wife say, that turn me on.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

And that's why she got a belt out. Said, I'll give you something to cry.

[Bob Pittman]

Your uncle cried at work when he chopped his finger off? No, he just wiped it off and went right back to work.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Who's your uncle? Uncle.

[Bob Pittman]

Uncle Carl. Carl. It's weird to see that, but it's a different generation of people. And again, he's a. He's. He's far from home. You don't know what he's going through. So I give him that pass. But, you know, we don't subscribe to sports baby mentality here on the show.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah, but again.

[Bob Pittman]

But I'm not mad at it.

[A.J. Jacobs]

No.

[Bob Pittman]

I mean, when they're kids, though, it's weird to see.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I feel like there's a difference. Hurt kids could have a couple tears. I get it. Right.

[Bob Pittman]

Tears of joy is always a beautiful thing, right?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Get drilled. Like who got drilled in the head the other day? The guy we just talked about. India.

[George M. Johnson]

It was a 100 mile per hour fastball, wasn't it, Jonathan?

[A.J. Jacobs]

India or no, am I wrong about that? Because, remember, we just Referenced that. His dad doesn't watch him. He watches the Mets. He got drilled in the head. 100 mile an hour fastball. I could be wrong. Totally could be wrong.

[George M. Johnson]

No, you're right.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah. When you get drilled like that, if you're a kid and you take, you know, some high heat to the neck or shoulders, I could see a kid get a little emotional for a second. But if you're a crybaby because you struck out or because you made an error, that kid. You remember that kid's name, you could.

[Bob Pittman]

Be 30 for the rest of your life.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You could be 40, you could be 50 years old, and you'd be like, oh, I remember the kid that cried in little League. I don't want to embarrass him on Fox Sports Radio, but I know that that kid's name is in my head right now. And I guarantee your little league or pony kid is in your head right now, too. Oh, yeah, Little Mikey.

[Bob Pittman]

Hey, I remember that crybaby. You never want to be labeled a crybaby. I was like, you know, there's a few labels you don't want as a kid. Like tattletail.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I. I cry, baby.

[Bob Pittman]

These are not good things. You know, your daughter.

[George M. Johnson]

Your.

[Bob Pittman]

Your wife's absolutely right. Your daughter has the right to be emotional and be upset. You don't want to be a crybaby, right? So you do that at home.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You said the tattle thing. You know, I learned that lesson tough. I was. I was a tattletale.

[Bob Pittman]

Snitches get stitches.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I was a tattletale in first grade, and the kid. A kid. And the teacher said, like, called me Rich the snitch.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh. See?

[A.J. Jacobs]

And I remember my mom being like, that's not good, Richie.

[Bob Pittman]

You can't.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And I remember because I remember, like, if the teacher was like, no one get up. You know? You know, when the teacher would leave the classroom and they'd be like, no one move. You know, like, little Joey probably got up, and I'm like, Ms. Salazar, Joey got up. Oh, Rich the snitch. I learned quickly, you know, Stitches gets jumped at recess. Yeah. I got pegged with a. With a handball in the head. So, hey, you're allowed to cry. And I get it with this kid, right? Japanese pitcher thousands of miles away from home, two starts where it hasn't looked good so far.

[Bob Pittman]

Pressure's high. They're playing with superstars. His entire country's watching.

[A.J. Jacobs]

So, yeah, I get it. But again, there's reasons to cry, right? Like sadness, tragedy, injury for you.

[Bob Pittman]

Coffee commercials.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah.

[Bob Pittman]

And cartoons.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Dude, I'm okay with that, but bluey episodes. But if tell me you didn't watch that bluey episode, the last one, and.

[Bob Pittman]

Cry, I might, but I've never seen it.

[A.J. Jacobs]

All right, let's go to DB for an update. Dan Byer. He's a guy with emotions. What's up, db?

[George M. Johnson]

Any of you guys wrestle or you ever get into wrestling?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Jello wrestling. Okay.

[George M. Johnson]

All right.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And Hulk Hogan.

[George M. Johnson]

When you wrestle at a lot of levels as well, especially when there's tournaments going on, you wear a little ankle wrap that's red or green. So the referee has a red wristband on left arm and green on the right. And so you could say, two points green, two points green, two points red. I was winning a wrestling match in fourth grade and got reversed and pinned. And I cried, ran off the mat, went into the bathroom because there's, like, six other mats going on. They couldn't do the next match because I still had my ankle thing on my ankle. So not only did I know I was a crybaby, I held up the next match because I was crying my guts out in the. In the bathroom.

[A.J. Jacobs]

And little Danny Beyer.

[George M. Johnson]

Yes. Got pinned.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Oh, little Danny Byer. Oh, I feel bad for you, Dan Byer, now that you said that.

[George M. Johnson]

Well, it was off of my Medford Open championship just a week earlier. So there, you know, there were expectations.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I mean, and fan.

[George M. Johnson]

Yeah.

[A.J. Jacobs]

That point on. There went the scholarship.

[George M. Johnson]

They're all downhill.

[Bob Pittman]

He was Dan Crier.

[George M. Johnson]

Yes. There it was.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Did you see this viral video of Harrison Ford just taking the subway around New York City?

[Bob Pittman]

I did, and I love how it was like, it's not every day you see someone that famous.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah. But I said a lot. I love the sentiment that no one's bothering. Bothering him. But I got to add, ask you, would you say hi to them? Or do you say hi to Harrison Ford? Or would you just let him go about his day?

[Bob Pittman]

Nah.

[George M. Johnson]

On the subway, I would say hi to him and then take his wallet.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Would you give him a little head nod?

[Bob Pittman]

I would say. I would. I would say, Dr. Jones, we meet again.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Get off my plane.

[Bob Pittman]

Dr. Jones, my friend, we meet again. A real New Yorker knows not to.

[George M. Johnson]

Bother anyone on the subway.

[Bob Pittman]

It doesn't matter who they are. You don't bother them, Dr. Jones. Oh, the mayor used to ride the train. There's always celebrity, random celebrity sites, because everyone flies under the radar.

[A.J. Jacobs]

A real New Yorker.

[Bob Pittman]

You know what I would say to him?

[A.J. Jacobs]

Nice try. A real New Yorker would look at him, say, hey, Harrison, how you doing? And then leave him alone.

[Bob Pittman]

I would say, okie dokie, hold on to your potatoes.

[A.J. Jacobs]

He's getting up there, like, 20 years ago, I would say.

[Bob Pittman]

You know what I would say to him? Kalima. Kalima, you betrayed Shiva. Yes. On the way to Delhi, you must stop at Penka Palace. That's what I would say to him. So, no, you would think of. You would sit there, surprise. I'm not even joking. You would think of going to die. You would think of something like, I'm going to be so crafty. And you would be dismissed because he's Harrison Ford.

[A.J. Jacobs]

You say hello to him.

[Bob Pittman]

He's heard it all before. That's the truth.

[George M. Johnson]

Say hello.

[Bob Pittman]

He's 80 years old.

[George M. Johnson]

Say hi.

[Bob Pittman]

No. Well, yeah, you could say Hi. Well, like, 20 years ago.

[George M. Johnson]

Leave him alone now.

[Bob Pittman]

If you. If you were trying to be crafty or if you even went there with your heart on your sleeve and be like, dude, you've inspired me more than you'll ever know. You know what he's going to say, like, I know, kid. And he's. You know, I love you. I know, I know, I know. He's heard it all as Harrison Ford.

[A.J. Jacobs]

There's no harm.

[Bob Pittman]

He's the other side of a pillow.

[A.J. Jacobs]

There's no harm. We've talked to celebrities about this. They'll never hate. When you do a quick, big fan of what you do. Have a good day. That's.

[Bob Pittman]

Don't make.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Don't make a scene.

[George M. Johnson]

That's all.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Yeah. All right. Well, have a great one. Hopefully you bump into Harrison Ford on the subway.

[Bob Pittman]

What would you say?

[A.J. Jacobs]

I don't, you know, think about that. Arrivederci, baby.

[Bob Pittman]

See you in the promised land.

[George M. Johnson]

Goodbye.

[Bob Pittman]

Go Yanks.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Dressing. Dressing.

[Bob Pittman]

Oh, French dressing.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Exactly.

[George M. Johnson]

That's good.

[A.J. Jacobs]

I'm A.J. jacobs, and my current obsession is puzzles, and that has given birth to my podcast, the Puzzler.

[George M. Johnson]

Something about Mary Poppins. Exactly. This is fun. You can get your daily puzzle nuggets delivered straight to your ears. Listen to the Puzzler every day on.

[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

You get your podcasts.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new.

[Bob Pittman]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

Chairman and CEO of Elf Beauty.

[A.J. Jacobs]

Tarang Amin, legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist Jewel.

[George M. Johnson]

Being a rock star is very fun, but helping people is way more fun. And Damian Maldonado, CEO of American Financing.

[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[Bob Pittman]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

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[Bob Pittman]

Yeah.

[George M. Johnson]

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[A.J. Jacobs]

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[George M. Johnson]

Then tune in to locatora radio season 10 today. Okay, now that's what I call a podcast. I'm Viosa. I'm Mala, the host of Locatora Radio, a radiophonic novella which is just a video very extra way of saying a podcast. Listen to Locatora Radio Season 10 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. If you truly believe in liberation, you have to cover everybody. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a best selling author with the second most banned book in America. In this week's episode of my new podcast, Fighting Words, I talk with the iconic actress Gabrielle Union about some of her pivotal and how to be a good parent in the face of today's backlash against black and queer communities. If you are more concerned about what your fellow racists think about you, you've already lost. Listen to Fighting Words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Israel Gutierrez and I'm hosting a new podcast, Dub Dynasty. The story of how the Golden State warriors have dominated the NBA for over a decade.

[A.J. Jacobs]

The Golden State warriors once again are n champions today.

[George M. Johnson]

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[Bob Pittman]

For what Steph has done for the game. He's certainly on that Mount Rushmore.

[George M. Johnson]

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