Episode 42 - It's The News

Summary

Podcast Summary: Interrupted by Matt Jones

Episode 42 – "It's The News"

Original Air Date: June 25, 2026
Host: Matt Jones
Guests/Co-hosts: Drew, Billy
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts

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Overview

In this lively current events episode, Matt Jones and his panel (Drew and dedicated news reader Billy) dive into the week’s ten most important news stories, as chosen by Billy. The team discusses everything from America's 250th celebration and the state fair on the National Mall, to the latest in the Iran–US conflict, Supreme Court decisions, sports, social trends, fast food, and some quirky global oddities. The episode maintains a humorous, conversational tone throughout, balancing informative content with the panel’s witty banter and authentic opinions.

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Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. America 250: The Great American State Fair

[02:32–09:39]

• Main Topic: The fair opens on the National Mall as part of the country's 250th birthday.
• Each state has its own tent or pavilion with interactive experiences — e.g., digging fossils in Montana, miniature loons for Minnesota (the state bird), a smell-replicating prairie tent for Oklahoma, citrus and mini-golf in Florida, etc.
• Reflection on the "World’s Fair" tradition and discussion of unique state booths.
• Joking about what Kentucky would offer: bourbon, horses, chicken, basketball exhibits.
• Notable: Matt jokes about wanting to try all 50 booths, and Drew reminisces about the World's Fair history, referencing "Devil in the White City."

Memorable quote:

"So they're gonna have a pond in a tent filled with birds that people with their grubby little hands can grab." – Matt ([03:32])

On the event's publicity:

"It does feel like it snuck upon us. I don't feel like it’s gotten the attention it deserves, to be honest with you." – Matt ([09:24])

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2. Iran–US War Developments

[10:05–15:43]

• Coverage: Analysis of peace talks in Switzerland; a "60-day period" is agreed upon for further negotiations, though hostilities and confusion remain, including a reported ship attack in the Strait of Hormuz.
• Skepticism about whether the situation is improving; satirical discussion of J.D. Vance’s role as a scapegoat ("cucked") in the process.
• Reflects on the recurring foreign policy blunders in the Middle East, referencing historical failures by various powers, including Napoleon and Russia.

Notable exchange:

"J.D. Vance is getting—what’s the word people use? Cucked." – Matt ([12:36])
"Are you saying he's a cuck in this war?" – Drew ([12:43])

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3. Supreme Court Rulings

[18:55–26:21]

• Asylum "metering" Policy: The court (6-3) allows the Trump administration to revive limiting asylum seekers’ processing at the border. Matt explains the legal distinction between bad policy and legal allowance.
  • Quote:

    "The Supreme Court's job is not to say, is Trump's policy good? The question is just what is the law?" – Matt ([21:56])

• Gun Rights on Private Property: Major ruling allows private business owners, not the state, to decide if patrons can carry guns on premises. Discussion about broader implications for bars, nightclubs, and stadiums.
  • Quote:

    "How are you supposed to know when you go in a grocery store if this is a gun grocery store or a non-gun grocery store?" – Matt ([24:49])

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4. Trump’s Reflecting Pool Disaster

[26:24–31:14]

• Controversy: $15M renovation at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is quickly undone by algae and peeling paint. Trump blames vandalism (without evidence); discussion of the color and maintenance of pools.
• Relatable banter about pool care, referencing Mario’s pool opinion and the American perception of cleanliness.
  • Quote:

    "This is like a perfect encapsulation, Drew, of the Trump era. So stupid and so ridiculous, and yet something people will argue about passionately." – Matt ([27:15])

  • Mario/Trump “pool class” comparison:

    "Mario thinks exactly like Trump." – Matt ([30:42])

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5. Soccer, World Cup & Sports Media Personalities

[31:14–41:10]

• Coverage: Favorite moments from the ongoing World Cup—mostly focusing on off-field spectacle, fan culture, and, notably, the on-air feuding between commentators Alexi Lalas (frequently roasted), Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
• Matt reads a harsh Guardian article criticizing Lalas and the panel discusses which American sports personalities are "universally disliked yet always on TV" (e.g., Billy Packer, Skip Bayless, Mark May, Seth Greenberg).
• Commentary on FIFA’s global broadcast practices (e.g., camera focus) and fan behaviors—such as Japanese fans’ stadium cleanups.
  • Quote (The Guardian piece):

    "He's a corporate America's idea of a fun guy. The type of workplace character whose business trip hangover never stops him from being first at the hotel breakfast buffet... If only this were the limit of Alexi Lalas' impact on the world. Our culture would live in blessed ignorance of his existence." – Matt reading Guardian ([33:17])

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6. Netflix’s Interactive Horror Game "Unhinged"

[42:38–45:42]

• News: Netflix will debut "Unhinged," an interactive horror game/show starring Zoe Kravitz and Sadie Sink, where your phone acts as the main interface.
• Discussion of "Choose Your Own Adventure" entertainment, previous experiments (like Netflix’s "Kaleidoscope"), and the future of interactive sports commentary, including customizable sports audio streams.
  • Quote:

    "I'm surprised more movies haven't done that every single time." – Matt on different endings ([44:06])

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7. Meme Stocks: WallStreetBets and Wendy’s

[51:13–54:23]

• Story: WallStreetBets Redditors trigger a surge in Wendy’s stock (up to 42% intraday) due to short squeezes, reminiscent of the GameStop frenzy.
• Unpacking "short selling" and the detachment of meme stock performance from business fundamentals.
• Spirals into debate over fast food hierarchy: Wendy’s status as the "high class" among mass options, plus tales of bad Burger King and fast food "F-tier" rankings.
  • Quote:

    "It's crazy that the Internet, like they've just turned the stock market into—it has no relationship with actual business." – Matt ([52:09])

  • [For Fast Food ranking banter, 54:00–58:30]

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8. France’s Historic Heat Wave & Attitude Toward AC

[58:38–61:35]

• Coverage: As France experiences its hottest day on record (104°F), debate turns to their cultural aversion to air conditioning (only 25% of households have it).
• Panel reflects on why AC is rare, the resultant public health risks, and stereotypes about French hygiene.
• Friendly jokes about ethnic/cultural jabs at the French and banter about France’s historic ties to the US.

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9. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Wedding Rumors

[64:32–69:57]

• Breaking Story: Rumors abound that the celebrity couple will marry at Madison Square Garden with 1,100 guests, but without official confirmation despite intense media scrutiny.
• Discuss logistics (street closures, guest invitations, security), the intersection of sports and pop culture, and gift etiquette at lavish celebrity weddings.

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10. The Standing Monk of India (Quirky News)

[70:35–73:37]

• A monk in India has reportedly not sat or laid down in five years as a spiritual penance, leading to severe health problems.
• Riffs on what extreme religious practice means, questioning the logic and efficacy of such rituals.

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Additional Memorable Moments & Running Gags

• Matt repeatedly teases Billy’s news prioritization (e.g., the fair before the war).
• Pop culture and personal stories are woven throughout: fast food rankings, World’s Fair history, pool maintenance, European stereotypes, sports trivia, and TikTok trends.
• Quick wit and regional humor ("bring your own gal [to the Ferris wheel]," "Mario thinks exactly like Trump," etc.)
• In-depth, accessible explanations of legal and political issues, with Matt clarifying the difference between politics and legal interpretation.

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Selected Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• "Sometimes the people don't understand. The Supreme Court's job is not to say, is Trump's policy good? The question is just what is the law?" — Matt ([21:56])
• "J.D. Vance is getting—what’s the word people use? Cucked." — Matt ([12:36])
• "This is like a perfect encapsulation, Drew, of the Trump era. So stupid and so ridiculous, and yet something people will argue about passionately." — Matt ([27:15])
• “It does feel like it snuck upon us. I don't feel like it’s gotten the attention it deserves, to be honest with you.” — Matt ([09:24])
• "He's a corporate America's idea of a fun guy. The type of workplace character whose business trip hangover never stops him from being first at the hotel breakfast buffet... If only this were the limit of Alexi Lalas' impact on the world." — Matt reading Guardian ([33:17])
• "You can come up and say, I want asylum... since you’re not in the United States, you’re still in Mexico, we can just say... you don’t get it, too bad. It’s a pretty harsh policy." — Matt ([19:59])

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Structure of Important Topics

1. Festivals & National Celebrations: America 250, cultural meaning, fair activities
2. Politics & Conflicts: Iran–US war negotiation status, behind-the-scenes intrigue, Supreme Court immigration and gun rulings
3. Infrastructure & Public Works: DC’s reflecting pool, maintenance issues
4. Sports & Media: World Cup on- and off-field stories, unlikable sports broadcasters, fan behaviors
5. Tech & Entertainment: Interactive Netflix game, role of TikTok in pop culture
6. Finance & Meme Stocks: Wall Street Bets’ role in stock market volatility, fast food rankings
7. Global Trends: France’s heat wave and cultural attitudes, quirky international news (standing monk)
8. Celebrities: Kelce/Swift wedding logistics and implications

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Final Thoughts

This episode exemplifies Matt Jones’ approach: blending insightful breakdowns of current events with irreverent humor, personal stories, and pop culture commentary. Whether debating the justice of Supreme Court decisions, riffing on French hygiene, or ranking fast food chains, the hosts keep the discussion accessible and engaging, ensuring listeners walk away informed and entertained.

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Transcript

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Has it? Because I only get my news from Billy in this show. So I've just been counting down to be on a new episode.

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Well, I, you know, if you don't know what's going on, thankfully Billy does. Now if you, for those of you that have not followed, it's the news. Billy has the job of. Is it 8 or 10?

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It's 10.

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We've got to 10 10, 10 news items. And these are the news items that Billy thinks are most important. A lot of stuff has been going on. I'm curious what Billy has decided is important. So, Billy, what. What is our top news story this week?

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Well, leading off for us today is that the Great American State Fair opens today on the National Mall. And we're all excited for that.

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I don't know if this is the biggest thing that's happening, but go ahead.

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The 16 day event, created as part of the United States 250th birthday celebration, will feature food, games and traditional fair elements, along with military flyovers and a showcase for each state. There's going to be a 110 foot Ferris wheel there on the mall and tents featuring interactive experiences designed to represent each state's culture, heritage, and natural landscapes. For instance, if you go to the Montana tent, you can explore fossil digging stations. In the Minnesota tent, you can win a prize by selecting from a pond full of miniature versions of the North Star State's official bird, the common loon. So a lot going on.

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A pond full of them.

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Yes.

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So they just got a bunch of birds in the water and they're gonna

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let people grab them in the tent for Minnesota?

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Yes.

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So they're gonna have a pond in a tent filled with birds that people with their grubby little hands can grab.

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That's how you experience the culture of Minnesota in this tent. But a new Gallup poll shows that 77% of Americans think that the country's founders would be disappointed by the way the US has turned out.

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Feels pretty harsh.

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I mean, they'd be very confused by everything going on.

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They'd be very surprised. I mean, first of all, you got to remember, they didn't even like they were living. They didn't have electricity.

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It take a while for them to just grasp the concept of the Internet.

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If you just, if you just all of a sudden just put them and said, what do you think's happened to America after 250 years? They'd be like, where did these lights come from?

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I think they'd be very impressed, actually.

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You mean I can. There's something that will take me from here. Over there.

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Where are the horses?

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I think they're. I think they'd have a lot bigger questions than whether or not they're disappointed with the current political construct. Yeah, I. The state fair.

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World fair Country. No, not country fair. What do they call it?

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America 250 fair.

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There we go.

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I didn't realize it had started. When did it start?

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Today.

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Oh, we got to go.

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I did. They did they. Oh, I did. See that they opened it last night.

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Yeah, Trump.

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I did. Like, there was a guy. The guy what this Duffy, Sean Duffy that runs the Transportation Department. That came from the Real World. He did a speech. I liked it. He got up there and he goes, our young people today need to learn that success does not come from just putting yourself online and hoping you get famous. And I'm like, dude, you were on the Real World. Like, I agree with you on that message, but you might be the worst person to give that message possible. You took the Real World to the Secretary of Transportation. Jobs.

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Kind of a pioneer in doing that.

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One would argue you are the. You are why they do this. I do like the idea of 50 different states. Things I would be interested in.

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I would go to it. I miss the World's Fair. We should bring that back. I read a book about it. It's fascinating. All the cool stuff they would do. I like. We have an American version. I'd love to hit all 50 booths, see what everybody's got going on. What would Kentucky have?

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That's a good question. Tobacco picking.

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Maybe a little bourbon tasting.

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Pair of horses.

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Yeah. I mean, maybe not tobacco picking. That would mean come in here and pick some backer.

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Florida's pavilion will showcase the state's citrus industry and include a mini golf putting green.

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See, I like that one. That one sounds fun. Do you. Don't. Does it say what all of them are?

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No, there's a few. Oklahoma's pavilion will replicate the smells of the prairie.

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So how do they do that? Cow dung. I don't know. So you. Did they just put a bunch of cow dung in a. In a tent and say, welcome to Oklahoma, boomer?

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Sooner. I like it.

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Yeah. For Kentucky. I do think, well, you can't have bourbon because you can't have children in there chugging bourbon.

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It could be an option for people of age. The small bourbon town.

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Horses.

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Horses. Maybe a little basketball exhibit.

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Yeah. Chicken.

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Yeah.

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Bucket of chicken.

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Well, kfc. If you had the Colonel in there, that would be kind of crazy. I like the idea of it. I think, you know, I think I would go. I mean, part of me is like Trump, but I don't think he's going to be in these booths.

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No, I would love to go. I think it'd be very neat.

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I do think it would be neat.

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You mentioned the Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel debuted in America at the World's Fair years ago. That's why we're bringing it back. Chicago.

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Do you like Ferris wheels?

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I mean, I'm not like, just itching to go find one. But, you know, if. If I'm at a fair and there's one, I'll get on it. I think last time I was on one was probably about five years ago in Pigeon Forge.

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I can see why. Many years ago. That was very exciting. But, you know, you could just go up in a building now, stand on the balcony.

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It's the open air. Might have your arm around a galaxy, a gal. Sharon. Cotton candy music playing.

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You're telling me that if I go to America 250 fair, I get on the Ferris wheel, I can have my arm around the gal?

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I mean, I don't know why they'd stop you. I don't think they're just available for you. I think it's BYOG.

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There's one from all 50 states. Yeah, I'd like to be with the North Dakota gal on the Ferris wheel.

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So when we got the World's Fair, the Eiffel Tower had just debuted and we had to beat it. And I think his name's George Ferris. He invented the Ferris wheel to top the Eiffel Tower. Look at that.

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By the way, when did you become Mr. World's Fair?

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I'm a big fairy guy. I can get into Knoxville.

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You bought a. You bought a book about it?

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Yeah.

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What was the name of the book?

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Devil in the White City.

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Well, but I thought that was like a murder mission.

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Yeah, it's about murders at the.

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It's not just about the worst, but

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honestly, I was much. I bought it for the murdering. But I was much more fascinated by the fair because they're way behind schedule. You know, it was like weeks away, and they weren't ready at all in Chicago.

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Maybe somebody could get you to write a history of the World's Fair. I don't know how well that would sell.

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I consider myself an expert on the matter.

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Okay. Did you know that I didn't know any of this?

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Lots of products we know debuted in Chicago. Cracker Jacks, Juicy Fruit.

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Thank goodness.

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Probably others, but definitely those two.

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So Cracker Jacks, Juicy Fruit and a Ferris wheel.

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So we went from that, which is exciting. We're putting America on the big stage.

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Cow dung.

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Then we go to Knoxville. And now to cow dung.

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Yeah.

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It feels like we could do more exciting things than what we're doing. No, I mean, good. I'm glad. Now, where is it. Where is this World's Fair in correlation to the Reflecting pool? Because I wouldn't want to accidentally get

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in there since it's on the National Mall. But I'M not sure.

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Isn't it in the pool on the mall?

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Wow. Yeah, that whole area's got plenty of room for it. All these booths.

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Do we know. Is the algae? Is the algae fixed?

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It is one of our topics today.

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Okay.

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Well, I do.

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So hang on. I don't want to get too. Let me not get ahead of the news. Sorry. Well, go America. 250. It does feel like it snuck upon us. I don't feel like it's gotten the attention it deserves, to be honest with you. And a lot of it is probably because people just don't want to do it because of Trump.

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I didn't even. I knew about, like, the concert and stuff. I didn't even know it was a true fair with all the states representative. So Billy just told me. So now I'm. I kind of want to get in the car and go.

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You think they have funnel cakes?

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I hope so. It's not a fair if you can't get a corn dog and a funnel cake.

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So 16 days. All right, well, they really need a

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list of what every state has at the booth. I would. I'm very. I'm very intrigued by that.

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You know what? I'm going to see if I can find it maybe for a show next week.

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There we go.

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Because I bet. I bet it's out there somewhere for us to find. What's topic two?

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Topic two is the latest in the Iran US War. Switching gears a little bit here.

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So you led with the fair, but the war was second.

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It's America's birthday coming up.

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I just am always interested how your brain works. Most people start with the biggest story. You start with the fair. Now, in other news, the war. Go ahead.

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Reeling them in. There were peace talks in Switzerland over the weekend, and the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding last week, hopefully signaling the beginning of the end of the war. In the agreement, it led to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, causing gas prices.

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That's not true. It's not open. None of those things have happened. What are you talking about, it's not open?

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I mean, it is to a degree. We've seen oil prices fall, but that's not.

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I don't know why the oil price has fallen, but it's not open. Did you not. I mean, I'm not trying to keep. Not trying to update you on the news, but I think one of the tankers got shot today.

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Did not see that in today's news briefing.

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Billy's our straight expert, remember.

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Okay, so this is the beginning of

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a 60 day period in which hopefully negotiations progress to the end of this war. There are some contradictions right now.

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An ending to the war.

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I didn't say that.

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As I understand what they agreed to is they agreed to keep talking to

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extend a 60 day period where they're hopeful to find more of a resolution

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as opposed to the other 60 days when they weren't hopeful to find a resolution.

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Trump does keep delaying the deadline for a couple months here. A couple months.

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I will admit I'm arguing with the news, but I don't mean to, to because I will admit this is very hard to follow because Trump will announce every day or two that it's over and then a few minutes later he will say he will blow them into smithereens and then it'll be over again and then they're blowing in them to smithereens. So it's hard to keep up with. I did see that J.D. vance got there and then the one guy wouldn't talk to him. You see that?

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I did not.

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He just walked off. He said talk to them.

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Oh wait, I did see that on my doom scrolling on Twitter.

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Can I tell you something? I. I kind of feel bad for J.D. vance and I can't believe I'm saying that, but he's being set up to take the fall for all this. And it's. If you read the behind the scenes stuff, it sounds like the one person that did not want to attack Iran was J.D. vance. You know, and yet when they come up with these deals, they make JD Vance go up and take up, take up for it. And then a day later it ends,

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they send them over just to get ignored. Just so we have a clip of guys.

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I mean, J.D. vance is getting. What's the word people use? Cucked.

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Are you saying he's a cuck in this war?

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I think so. I think. Is that wrong? No. I just feel like, I feel like Trump doesn't want the negative part of it, so he makes J.D. vance get it. And I think what's going to end up happening is Marco Rubio will be the nominee because J.D. vance keeps getting associated with these things that fail.

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Yeah, they just kept setting him up to take the fall here.

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Just like Biden did the same thing with Kamala Harris, put her in charge of immigration. He was like, let's let everybody in. And Kamala, you go defend it, you

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be the face of this.

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And then, by the way, when you run for reelection, it's going to go great.

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Now the British military says a cargo ship Was hit while moving through the Strait of Hormuz today.

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But you said it was open.

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Due to the 60 day memorandum of understanding, we have seen toll free transit in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Except for today.

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Well, today we got a little bit of a hiccup, but.

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But getting bombed, getting hit with a missile is a big hiccup.

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That goes back to your point. If you think it's going good, then it's.

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Well, I mean, I would hate to be. Those oil tankers, they're like, you know what, you're good.

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I'm just trying to deliver oil, man.

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Wait a minute.

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Come on through.

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You said I was good. I don't really understand the straight of hormones. I remember you talked about it many months ago. You were the first person on it.

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I think your bachelor party was Donald Trump.

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No one else knew it existed except you.

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And now I'm trying to keep my facts straight.

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Well, you're doing a good job. You also said memorandum of understanding. I didn't expect that out of you.

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That was big, but that's what it is, right?

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Yeah.

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Those are big words, people. Again, I don't, I haven't read it, but people say it's a bad deal for us. Like it allows them to, you know, we give them like $300 billion

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or

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like they get $300 billion that was already theirs. But I don't know. I don't know all the details, but people don't seem happy about it.

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Well, there have been contradictions about like nuclear testing and checks being.

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Don't you think it's fair to say? I mean, would everyone agree that this probably wasn't the best idea?

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I think we can all agree with that.

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Would you agree with that?

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Yes.

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It doesn't seem like maybe we completely thought this out. I think he got high on his own supply to use drug partners.

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Matt with the slang on the show.

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I took out the dude in Venezuela and he's like, I can just do this. I can himself a little bit take dudes. He got high on his own supply and he was like, well, Iran, Venezuela starts with a V. This is a ran. Fewer letters. And I don't think. I think he did. They didn't think it through. But what did I say when it started? Going to the Middle east has never worked. When are people going to learn? Napoleon. Napoleon. Everyone that tries to go to the Middle east to take it over, they all fail. Always.

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In this case it's J.D. vance doing it.

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The Russians did, we have. The British did. Napoleon. I mean the aliens Will make the same mistake. Drew, why do we keep doing it?

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I was about to add aliens to that list. Well, disappointed they didn't show up in Miami last night as they were supposed to.

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Oh, was that what you wrote about? Is that one of your news stories?

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No, it's not.

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Okay, go ahead then. Tell.

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Yeah, well, the psychic. It was first predicted in, like, the 90s, and then another psychic pinpointed it to last night's Scotland Brazil match in Miami.

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You're telling me someone in the 90s said the aliens are going to come at the Scotland Brazil game?

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Major sporting event. The mothership will show up. And then another psychic narrowed it down to last night's match.

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They pick. See, they think the aliens would have chosen Scotland Brazil group name in the World Cup.

[A]

Yeah, because I tried to get sucked up by the mothership in the first World cup game. My calendar was off. It was supposed to happen last night, and then it turns out. Turns out maybe this was all a little bit of watch the news.

[B]

Did it come?

[A]

Well, I don't know, Billy. No, I. I think this got lost. But that was supposed to be the one where the aliens arrived.

[B]

Okay, well, I'm sorry. That didn't happen. I saw Scotland lost. They're probably not gonna make it.

[A]

Freaked out. They're worrying about the alien show.

[B]

I met a guy from Scotland in New York who came here for the World cup, and I was like, how long are you staying? And he goes, until. Let me see. Squat. Until we're eliminated.

[A]

That's closer. Did you say them? They took over your nightclub. Eleven, the army. They were all in there with their bagpipes and their flags.

[B]

Did they play at 11?

[A]

Yeah, well, they just went clubbing, and it's just all Scottish people inside the nightclub.

[B]

That's kind of cool. Are you allowed to bring your bagpipes

[A]

into people as we're having this crossover? We're just letting them get away with whatever they want.

[B]

Yeah, I'm surprised they were able to get bagpipes onto a plane.

[A]

See that? They're getting off topic. But the Norway taking over the Mets game.

[B]

I love that crowd rowing. That was a great moment. They. The Cubs hit a home run against the Mets. And in theory, of course, Mets fans should be unhappy. And they show as he's running the bases. They just show the Norway fans and they're dancing while the opposing team hits a home run. I like that. But back to. Back to Scott Scotland, what was this topic? The Iran.

[A]

Scotland couldn't. Couldn't invade them either.

[B]

Yeah, they're going to be gone, it looks like. Which is sad because they. They seem to. America seems to have fallen for the Scottish people during this.

[A]

I have a couple good friends I've met years ago and stayed in touch with from Scotland and they are awesome. And I've watched soccer with them before outside of America in the World Cup. I wanted them to. To put together a run just because they're such a fun group.

[B]

It's not Scottish crap. That was better, wasn't it?

[A]

There you go.

[B]

Okay, well, I've got a good joke

[A]

when I'm told me but it's probably not for this podcast. Remind me when it's over.

[B]

Okay, I will. Do you have any more World cup stuff? Cause I was gonna bring something up if you.

[C]

I do. Yeah.

[B]

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[C]

The Supreme Court handed down several rulings this week.

[B]

Let's go through a couple of big, big rulings today. Go ahead.

[C]

The court ruled 6 to 3 that the Trump administration can revive the practice of limiting how many asylum seekers can be processed at ports of entry. The policy is called metering and was rescinded by the Biden administration.

[B]

So this is a perfect example of people not understanding the job of the Supreme Court. So the question was, when people come for asylum, we have rules in place that when you reach our shores and you ask for asylum, you get rights to determine whether or not you get asylum. Do people. Do you know what asylum is? Asylum is you're coming and saying, conditions in my country are so bad, please take me in. It can be like dictatorships. It can be weather. If it's like, you know, I've been a terrible disaster, but mostly it's political imprisonment, etc. And so when you get on our shores and you do that, certain rights apply and you get a process system to decide if you get asylum.

[A]

Like a holding period? Kind of.

[B]

Yes. And during that period, sometimes they let you go, sometimes they don't. And There are a lot of. There are a lot of issues that come up with it, especially in today's world of modern transportation, where you can kind of get away if you want. So the Trump administration started this policy of we're going to stop you from even getting here. And they're doing it in Mexico. They basically stop you from crossing the border, and we will process your asylum claim over here, where, by the way, you don't get any due process. So you can come up and say, I want asylum. And since you're not in the United States, you're still in Mexico, we can just say, oh, and by the way, you don't get it too bad. It's a pretty harsh policy, and it is, some people would say, a really bad policy. However, the question before the court is not, is it a good policy or is it a bad policy? The question is, asylum comes from a law, and under that law, is Trump allowed to do this? And the court said, look, you may not like this law, but this is the law, and the law says it doesn't apply until you get to the border. And even if Trump, we don't think he should stop people before the border, then change the law, but this is what the law says. So even though I don't like Trump's policy, I think it goes against the principle of what asylum is. I actually think the Supreme Court is right in this case that he's allowed to do it, and if people don't like it, we'll vote for somebody else. So I think sometimes the people don't understand. The Supreme Court's job is not to say, is Trump's policy good? The question is just what is the law? And the reality is, as much as I hate to say it because I disagree with this policy, that is the law. So I actually, oddly agree with the Supreme Court on this one, which a lot of people might not believe. It's a difference between law and politics.

[A]

They're just there to interpret what's already.

[B]

They're in there to interpret the law. So if you read the liberals dissent, I actually think they're wrong. They talk about the principles behind asylum, and I agree with everything they say. But at the end of the day, when Congress wrote the law giving asylum, they had this loophole, and Trump just exploited it. And if you don't want them to do it, you know what? Close the loophole.

[A]

Got to stick with how it was written.

[B]

That's how it was written. So I actually think that was right. Now, what are the others?

[C]

The other one, I Had was the court ruled again six to three to strike down Hawaii's requirement that gun owners obtain that must obtain permission before carrying firearms onto private property open to the public.

[B]

All right, so here's an interesting question. So I'd never thought of this. So you have a second amendment right to carry a gun in public. Private businesses can stop you from bringing a gun in. That's pretty like, uncontroversial. Well, actually very controversial about the carrying a gun, but it's the law in Hawaii and in a lot of states they have said, grocery stores. You cannot bring a gun into a grocery store. This case was about a place where the guy who owned the grocery store goes, I'd be fine with it, but the government says you can't do it. And so they sued and said, what if. Can the government stop you from taking it into a private building if the people in the private building are cool,

[A]

if they don't have a problem with it?

[B]

And the court says six to three, no, they can't. Now that's a big change in the law because, like, I think in Kentucky you're not. Well, maybe not in Kentucky, but there are states where you can't take it into a bar or you can't take it in a grocery store, you can't take it into whatever. Now this says the bar owner has to say, you can't take it into. So something for people to know. Like now all of a sudden, guns can be in private places. If the private place. So knowing that's the issue, what do you think it should be? This is one a lot more where I think the court just expressed their policy preferences because you could make an argument either way. What would you do? Do you think the private grocery store owner should be able to allow people to have guns in his. In his grocery store?

[C]

It's their decision. So I can see why that would make sense if they're also following all the laws within the state.

[B]

Well, but this is saying if the state tries to make a law that says you can't take it in a grocery store, that law is invalid.

[C]

I would just mean, like, so that means you as a state seal and carry things.

[B]

Yes. Okay. But that means the state can't control what businesses have guns and don't.

[A]

So letting the owners make the decision,

[B]

the owners make the decision instead of legislature. So on this one, I'm probably with the liberals. I think the government probably should decide which private businesses, not the actual. I mean, because how are you supposed to know when you go in a grocery store if this is a gun grocery store or a non gun grocery store.

[A]

That's what I was thinking on a one off, if a guy's like, yeah, come on in, you shouldn't have a problem with it. But this gets. When you get. Zoom out a little bit.

[B]

And let me, I mean, think about it, think about nightclubs. Think about 11 in Miami. If the owner of 11 in Miami says, hey, bring your weapons, kids.

[A]

Be a horrible business decision, but he

[B]

could do it might be a bad business decision. And it also will be a problem for police to have 3,000 people right next to each other bumping into each other with guns. This is basically saying, well, sorry, government, they can do it.

[A]

And police are looking at a block like, okay, that place might allow it, that place might not. This one might. Exactly.

[B]

Now let that most bar owners are going to say, I don't want to deal with my bargain shot up. But that is. It is an expand. One could argue it is an expansion of gun rights.

[C]

That case bars seem like an extreme example though, I feel like.

[B]

But I mean, this case will. This will apply to bars, it will apply to private stadiums. Okay, so Rubberina is owned by the city of Lexington. The city of Lexington will be able to say no guns. But if it was owned by Joe Kraft, then Joe Craft could decide. I don't know. I mean, you know, people can decide whether they think that's a good idea or not.

[C]

Well, the decision will not only impact Hawaii, it would also impact California, Maryland, New York and New Jersey, all states.

[B]

New York's gonna be an interesting one because there will be places that will be okay with people having guns. And in general, New York does not allow you.

[E]

Right.

[B]

To have guns. And so that's going to change some of these cities. All right, what's next?

[C]

So that was the two I had.

[B]

Those are two good ones. Well done. What's the fourth?

[C]

Well, let's talk about Trump's reflecting pool disaster. As you mentioned it a little bit earlier, $15 million renovation was completed just weeks ago. But the DC's Lincoln Memorial reflecting Pool is now closing again due to algae growth and peeling paint. There's now a chain link fence that has gone up on the grass around the pool days after Trump claimed vandalism was the reason that the pool is having all these issues.

[B]

Such an ignorant story.

[A]

Has there been proof of actual.

[B]

No, of course not. Nobody took a knife and cut the pool. First of all, he said a few weeks ago, a knife will not be able to. And then, of course, then he says a knife did it. And then somebody goes, didn't you say a knife? Didn't he go, I'm a box cutter.

[A]

Did it.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

It was a machete.

[B]

This is like a perfect encapsulation, Drew, of the Trump era. So stupid and so ridiculous, and yet something people will argue about passionately. Right?

[A]

Yeah. I mean, it's the pool. It should look good, though. We should make it look nice.

[C]

Could have been an easy win.

[B]

Okay, so could be that the our

[A]

boy that he hired might not have.

[B]

I'm having this same issue with my pool. Not the algae.

[A]

People are jumping in your pool and cutting the ball.

[B]

No, no. But okay, so, so Trump, he painted it blue. So, like, it. It had a dark bottom, and he decided to make it look like a pool at the country club blue, which I don't think is what it was supposed to look like. But then people are mocking him for that. But then my pool, which I just bought, has a dark bottom. And even though the water's clean, it can make it look like it's not clean. Because you're so used to the blue

[A]

pool, you're thinking of where swim teams jump in. You can see the line, the stripes, everything. It's crystal clear.

[B]

And when it's a dark bottom, it can look dark even if it's clean. So I kind of get it. Like, I've tried to think, do I want to make a tacky blue bottom? And people have said to me, don't do that. Yours is much nicer.

[A]

It could be blue.

[B]

It could be blue, and it's bright. So I kind of get where Trump was coming from on it.

[A]

Even though just the execution didn't work

[B]

out the way the execution clearly didn't work. But, like, when you come to my pool, I want you to see the water's clean, but it looks dirty.

[A]

Mario was there, accused you of having a dirty look.

[B]

It's dirty because the bottom is dark, but it's not dirty. But we're used to the other kind.

[A]

You want a big inviting look. How crystal clear. Like, no one can see this. But I'm looking at the. We have the ocean screensaver behind us. That shade of blue.

[B]

Yes, but that's not what they look like. That's not what those. But people with class will tell you what I have is nicer. But I kind of realized I don't have class.

[A]

You should get Trump's guy to come work on yours.

[B]

I ain't letting that guy anywhere near me. Have you seen that guy?

[C]

It was a no bid contract, so there's a lot of criticism right now.

[B]

And he looks like the kind of guy who would get a no bid contract, doesn't he? I'll fix your pole. Give me 15 million. And they also, I saw they. They poured hydrogen peroxide in it, which apparently has a side effect of ruining pools.

[A]

Okay, don't want to do that.

[B]

So no, Pools are just a hassle.

[A]

This is just a big version of pool life.

[B]

Yeah, I feel they are a hassle. You got to get a guy to come all the time. He does the PH balance.

[A]

My dad ran the city park in Madisonville for many years, which included a pool. And the way he would talk about that pool was not because it just needed so much care, so much attention, non stop. Like I could be doing anything else. But this damn pool needs so much work.

[B]

But it's tough. Like when Mario came by, I could see on his face he thought the pool was dirty. I could see it. I could see. And I was like, it's not dirty. And he was like. And I go, look, you can see through it. And he goes, well, yeah, but it wasn't blue.

[A]

See, Mario is an example of what America thinks about our.

[B]

No, Mario thinks exactly like Trump.

[A]

They're one and the same.

[C]

Always said that.

[B]

So. But they put that fence up. Do you think they'll put people in jail for touching it? You see that one Swedish guy was like, he just stuck his hand in the water. Next thing you knew, he was arrested.

[A]

Can't be having that. We got to have the pool welcoming. We can't be doing cannonballs in it, but you'd be allowed near it.

[B]

You saw Forrest Gump. They got it.

[A]

Of course, Jenny ran right through it. Forrest and Jenny.

[B]

Now, she would be executed for that. All right, what's next?

[C]

All right, let's talk a little bit about the World cup, which is halfway through. Getting ready to go into knockout stages soon, but wanted to get what your guys's favorite storyline is in the World Cup. My.

[B]

I have breaking news. Wall Street Journal just sent me a text alert. Iran tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices through the roof.

[C]

Well, they went down for a reason. And now they're going back up. 60 days of understanding.

[B]

Is this news to your news? This is even newsier than your news.

[C]

This is more recent news than the news I had.

[A]

I need a breaking drop.

[B]

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[C]

Just want to know what your guys favorite part has been so far. Mine has been Fox broadcasters Alexi Lawless and Slotin Ibrahimovic's.

[B]

I totally agree with you. That's my favorite part of the World Cup. They hate Alexi Lawless. I've always thought Alexi Lawless sucked, but it seems like the world has come together now, Drew, to just despise him.

[A]

And he's really been doing it the longest. I mean, it's small to see the clip of like Henri kind of juked him with the soccer ball and embarrassed him. And everybody made a big deal out of that. Like they're just toying with them on the set.

[B]

Well, I mean they are two. Thierry Henry and Zlatan are two of like the best players in the world.

[A]

Yeah, right.

[B]

And so I can see how they're like, why do we have to do it with this red hair that had

[A]

long crazy hair in the early 90s?

[B]

So that's got to be part of it. But then I want to read you though. I thought this was like the Guardian wrote an article about him that was one of the meanest things I've ever seen anybody write about anything.

[A]

Wow. I don't think I saw that.

[B]

Did you not see it?

[A]

Not the Guardian article.

[C]

He.

[B]

I'm gonna have to find this here for a second. All right, so Drew, let me read you a little bit of this article. This by a guy named Aaron Tims. We all know someone like Alexi Lawless. He's the ranter who rants, never actually saying anything. The life of the party at the party no one wants to attend. The big personality who always misjud the side of the room. He's a corporate America's idea of a fun guy. The type of workplace character whose business trip hangover never stops from him from being first at the hotel breakfast buffet. Hair wet, untuck it. Shirt untucked. He dominates karaoke night at a conference on infrastructure finance. If only this were the limit of Alexi Lawless, his impact on the world. Our culture would live in blessed ignorance of his existence. But in the real world, Lexi Lawless is not a small town man menace. He's the biggest media star at the World Cup. We are all worse for it.

[A]

My goodness. I know he hadn't been the best option probably for the soccer analysis. But that is just a scathing review of what he's been doing so.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, I think he's awful, but. But in. It's fun watching them hate each other. I can't tell how much of a show though. I think Tyrion Reed genuinely does hate him. And I think Zlatan is just trying to be like a wrestling character.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Now that there's kind of sides, there's factions, I think they're leaning into it a little bit more, especially the guys that seem to be good ones. And Lawless just has to sit there and take it a little bit.

[C]

Yeah. Lawless called the French squad arrogant, in which Lawton's response was it's not arrogance, it's confidence. Ignorant people will say it's arrogance. Intelligent people will call it confidence.

[B]

That was really mean. I mean, I saw that one and I can't stand Alexi Lawless. But I was like, that's not very subtle. If you go. If you watch that clip, Henri is sitting and his eyes get. Go like.

[A]

You got to feel a little bad for Lawless though. I mean, how often you get the World cup every four years, but first time in American forever. And it's, you know, probably biggest moment his career. He's thinking and he's kind of just getting trolled from every angle.

[B]

Yeah. It is interesting though. They had a great piece on this on the ringer. That was. How many people in sports history have had a career as a sports announcer but no one likes them because Alexi Laws has it seemingly no fans, which is, you know, there are people who like Dig Vital. Some people don't like, but he had people that liked him. How many people go through their career? No one really likes them, yet they continue to get the job.

[A]

Skip Bayless.

[B]

That's a good one. Do. Did anyone like Skip Bayless?

[A]

I don't think so, but it makes for good tv. Your dislike for him.

[B]

But I don't think Alexi Lawless is good TV either.

[A]

At least with Skip you can argue it's a one on one debate.

[B]

My answer was that the crowning answer of this is Billy Packer.

[A]

That's true.

[B]

Especially no one liked Billy Packer. And he didn't add anything. He was just angry all the time. Seth Greenberg, I think he's on the list. I have to be careful because I do work at espn. I'll say it, but who. It always fascinates me. He's on college game day. Are there kids out there going, let's go meet Seth Greenberg.

[A]

He ruined game day for me. It's. I know it's your. Your Company. But it has gotten so bad in the last five years.

[B]

So who, like. All right, so this. The website, the ringer said Mark May. Do you remember him?

[A]

No, I'm kind of indifferent on him. Did he do. Is there a reason to not like him? He's just kind of blank.

[B]

Very kind of arrogant.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Phil Sims.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Was somebody that. A lot of people said, yeah, that's Mark May right there.

[A]

Yeah, I remember Mark May. I just didn't.

[B]

He's not the white guy.

[A]

I don't feel strongly about him in any directions.

[E]

That's.

[B]

That's not him. Tiki Barber, one I like. They picked Russell Wilson even though he hadn't started yet.

[A]

That's just cruel. Had even debuted.

[B]

He hasn't even started yet. And they're like, he will be one of them.

[A]

He will, though. He will.

[B]

But, I mean, let him at least start before you two. Before he has not one fan.

[C]

People hated Booger McFarland on Monday night Football, but I think that was more like the mobile that.

[B]

But I also think, though, that, like, Booger McFarland is also charming. There's a lot of people that are hated, like Stephen A. Smith is hated, but there's also people that like him. You know, McAfee's hated, but there's people that like him. Billy Packer had no fans.

[A]

Like, no one was like, I can't wait to wait to watch Billy Packer.

[B]

No one was like, tonight's going to be great, Billy packers on my television. And I think Alexi Lawless is like that. I don't think there's an Alexi Lawless. Stan.

[A]

Do you know, and he represented America in the World Cup. He was on the team, but he

[B]

wasn't even a really good player.

[A]

More of a character with that long hair.

[B]

He was like an average player. So somebody said, who is the face of American soccer?

[C]

Landon Donovan.

[B]

Just.

[A]

Especially now that he got his hair plugs.

[B]

His hair plugs look great.

[A]

Incredible.

[B]

That screenshot tv when he was still, like, that was so bad.

[A]

That was the worst on camera haircut ever. Like, I would have.

[B]

I would have never gone back. There's one as bad. Do you remember the first time Nate Silver went on tv? Look at.

[A]

I have a little bit of that.

[B]

Silver 2026, 2016. The night Trump won, they put Nate Silver on TV and he had gotten popular and he had a. Yeah, yeah, that's rough.

[A]

But Landon Donovan, kind of like a handsome star of the soccer team.

[B]

And that.

[A]

That horseshoe haircut he had with like three strands. He tried to Come over.

[B]

I'll give you another really bad TV appearance. Was my GM for the Carolina Hurricanes, Eric Tulski, just a few weeks ago, he did an interview where honestly, he looked dead. First thing that comes up on his Google. Do you see that picture? Yeah, he looks dead in that picture. Like legitimately dead.

[A]

Was it at least after they won

[B]

like a Tuesday at 2 o'. Clock. Show Mario that picture. Look how awful he looks in this picture.

[A]

I'm trying to pull up the bigger version.

[B]

He. He looks dead.

[A]

Yeah, that's tough.

[B]

They call him on spit and Chiclets, the most handsome man in sports. Which is clearly a joke. And that has to hurt. When people like her go, you are the.

[C]

They hear it too, you know.

[B]

Anyway, I'm enjoying the World cup though. Are you?

[A]

I am. But honestly, it's more of the social media clips like what we've been talking about. The secondary stuff has been so, so much more fun than the soccer. And the. Soccer's been good. But I love the crossovers of these countries taking over our cities and the college campuses. It's been amazing.

[B]

I do also think it's, you know, the, the TV feeds they get is from FIFA. There's only one cameraman for the whole world. Did you know that?

[C]

No.

[B]

There's only one camera for the whole world. So because of that, you're seeing what everyone in the world is seeing. And FIFA must have a, like, agreement that they will just show the women in the.

[A]

Oh, they've. No, they're known for that.

[B]

And it's interesting because you never. American camera people at least try to be subtle about it. The FIFA people pick out the woman with her shirt almost off and they leave it on her for 30 seconds

[A]

and zoom in way too tight. They're the only one on the screen

[B]

and ask them to dance and bop up and down.

[A]

You know, college football. They'll do it occasionally, but they'll still sew most of the section and you

[B]

just kind of know they'll sew up one shot.

[A]

Yeah. Crop her face out. Yeah, that's. That's a big soccer thing.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, they're doing a one shot also.

[A]

It's been crazy with. I don't know if you've seen FIFA so strict about advertising like a Gillette stadium. They had to cover with tape every Gillette logo on every seat in the stadium.

[B]

I like that though.

[A]

The seats in the stadium.

[B]

Oh, they did it on every seat.

[A]

Every seat has a Gillette logo and someone had to go through and put a piece of blue Tape on every seat.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Now, the big one outside was one thing. Understandable.

[B]

But what do you think about the Japanese always bringing trash bags to clean it up? Is that like a gimmick or do they, Is that like really.

[A]

I can believe it from them. And Jameson Winston, you see. Stay back. And helped him.

[C]

Did he really?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Do you like that, that the, the Japanese clean?

[C]

Yeah, I do. Because doesn't seem like we're going to clean it as we've seen the city of New York dump out trash cans.

[B]

But the thing about New York is they've got the best sanitation department in

[A]

the world because they have to.

[B]

They do. Did you see how quickly they cleaned up after that parade?

[C]

No.

[B]

When the parade was over, the street was clear by 6 o' clock that night.

[C]

That's impressive.

[B]

I mean, you're right because there's poop everywhere. You just, you got to know how to do it. I will say this. I got stuck behind a garbage truck last week on a one way street and you know, they had to stop like every five feet and they didn't care. People were honking and they just look like. Deal with it.

[A]

Got a job.

[B]

You're paid either way. I'm going to take my time. Which I kind of respected. What's Next?

[C]

Next Tuesday, June 30, Netflix is releasing something called Unhinged, an interactive horror video game that quote, feels a lot like playing a show or movie. It's starring Zoe Kravitz and Stranger Things star Sadie Sink. Yes, Zoe. Excuse me, but players will use their smartphones as an in game phone while where you answer calls, use it as a flashlight and make choices that impact the story. The game is supposed to last between 30 to 60 minutes and has many different endings to give it replayable value.

[B]

It's interesting. I don't know how that'll work. When I was a kid, I liked the choose your own adventure books.

[A]

Oh, me too. Especially when Goosebumps went down that avenue.

[B]

Yeah, I like, I really like choose your own adventure. You didn't know what was going to happen and you figured out, remember the movie Clue? Five different endings. Yeah, that was kind of cool. I don't know why. More places. When Clue the movie came out, every theater got a different ending.

[C]

Oh, I like that.

[B]

So when you went, you, you know, there are five people and any of them could be the murderer. And depending on which showing you went, you got a different murderer. And it, it also, it led to people seeing it again and you know, multiple viewings, which got you more which is very smart if you think about it. I'm surprised more movies haven't done that every single time. Like, you could make 10 different endings and you would want to keep going to the movies to see the different ones.

[A]

Well, it was a few years ago they made. Was it. I can't think of the name, but it was like colors and like your version of the show was in a different order than mine. Like episode one was.

[B]

Yeah, I remember that. Yeah.

[A]

Kaleidoscope, I think.

[B]

I think that's right.

[A]

I'm more fascinated. I. I've seen Netflix games on there, and I've never really given them time of day because that's not why I'm on there. But I recently was like, how would this even work? It's pretty neat how you just use your phone as a controller. You scan a QR code and you

[B]

can just play video Phone is the controller.

[A]

Yeah. Because I've always scrolled past it, never been interested. And on vacation I was like, how would I even do this? And I didn't get into it. But just learning how they make it happen. It's pretty neat that you could have Netflix and just have a whole gaming system, too.

[B]

I think the idea of an interactive show is interesting. I think the next step for sports broadcasting is there's going to be a day maybe very soon, where when you watch a game, you know how they'll have the alt cast with the Mannings or McAfee. I think they're going to have it to where they have like 10 of them and you hit a button and whichever one you want will play over your sound. So you could have. So, like when Kentucky plays Tennessee, you could listen to Tom Leach, or you could listen to the Tennessee announcers, or you can listen to ESPN announcers. Like they. Why don't. I don't understand why they don't already do that.

[A]

Feels like that wouldn't be very far away.

[C]

Probably rights. I mean, the UK wants people to tune in.

[B]

You could. But I'm sure they'd love to be able to have it to where their broadcast was synced up with the.

[A]

They could figure it out.

[B]

They could figure it out. I just think that would be. I think you would have a huge if you could list. I think every team would love to listen to their announcers. Call a team, watch the game on espn, but listen to your people.

[A]

I already do that, but I have to go through lots of people to do it. But it's worth it because I want to hear my team broadcast.

[B]

Well, I like the Idea of this, I mean I don't like. Have you seen any of the. You know, there's a couple big horror movies out right now. Back rooms.

[A]

Yeah. What's the.

[B]

An obsession.

[A]

Those are the two I keep hearing about, that one.

[B]

They both made record amounts of money, but I don't, I haven't seen either one of them. And I don't really like horror.

[C]

But obsessions like the directors, a TikTok guy or really young.

[B]

Well, back rooms started as like just a tick tock thing. Right.

[A]

I don't know as much about that one.

[B]

Backrooms I think is like. I have no idea what I'm talking about, but I think it's like, sorry,

[A]

that's why we're on the show.

[B]

People would find room where it was a big empty creepy room and they'd call it a back room. There's a subway station in called on West 4th street where the subway is down here, the exit is up here and the middle floor is huge, but there's nothing on it. And at night, I've been on it, it is very, very creepy. And it's gotten TikTok famous. So now when you go, it's all people going and there's like 15 of them doing it.

[A]

I know Obsession because it was a big deal that it beat Star wars in like the. That week in opening weekend and the budgets were.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean, just worlds apart.

[B]

Well, you know that Lumen, this is a little different. You know that Lumineer song that goes. Canal and Mallory, she be standing next to me.

[A]

What?

[B]

Canal and Bowery. That's right. You go, you know what I'm talking about.

[C]

I don't, but keep going.

[B]

Canal Valerie, she'd be standing next to me. Hey, I belong to you. You belong.

[C]

I know that.

[B]

Well, that's that song. Okay, so there's a moment where he says, I'm standing on the corner of Canal and Bowery. So that's become a TikTok thing. So like they'll play it and then someone will really be standing there and they'll point at the sign and they'll go.

[A]

And then there's a local behind him. Get out of the way.

[B]

Yeah, I've been. I happened to walk on my last trip and I was like, oh, I'm on the corner of Canal and Bower. There was a line of 50 people waiting to do their little standing next. And they all act like they're so clever. And I'm like, there are 50 people waiting to do this same thing. How clever can it be?

[A]

Find Your own things. Same. When the joker came out, he danced down those steps. That steps, you know those steps.

[B]

But those steps are in like a really dangerous part of Queensland.

[A]

You'd never go there otherwise.

[B]

The New York Times had an amazing story like all these people from around the world wanted to go dance down those steps. But the steps are in like the heart of like gangster queens. And so the New York Times article is like, don't go at night. If you're going to go, go in the middle of the day. Because people were like waiting by there to rob foreigners who would come down the steps.

[A]

You've got like 15 year olds out there just wanting to get a, you know, make a TikTok out of it.

[B]

These people are like, oh, nice to have you here.

[A]

So let's see your TikTok from Johe and Canal and Valerie.

[B]

So I did do Bowery.

[C]

Well, I've run up the rocky steps. So kind of the same.

[A]

I've done that.

[B]

Yeah. Okay.

[A]

It's a little easier though. That's. Lots of people can do that at once.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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[B]

Was it trouble?

[C]

Well, hold on, Matt, Sorry. A Reddit post titled we need to save Wendy's helped the fast food chain stock surge as much as 42% yesterday before closing up 25.7% at $7.87. The Wendy's stock has fallen more than 70% since 2023. And now people are looking at Wendy's as possibly the next Gamestop meme stock. It was up 10% before the show started today.

[B]

It's crazy that the Internet, like they've just turned the stock market into it has no relationship with actual business.

[A]

Wendy's core release had nothing.

[B]

It's just like Wendy's. I didn't realize Wendy's was in that much trouble.

[A]

I think they determined like it was heavily shorted and they try to like create a short square.

[C]

32% of Wendy's stock is reported to be sold short right now.

[B]

You know, I think I'm smart and I've done the stock market. I have to really think to know what those words mean. Like, if I sit there and go, okay, what does it mean to short? Oh, that's where you buy options and. But I don't know.

[A]

So it's like a lot of people are betting on it to fail and they're like, well, if we make it succeed, then they all.

[B]

Nuclear money, which is what they did with Gamestop.

[A]

So they find something that's where people are really betting against it and they try to flip it.

[B]

Yeah. And it just might be winners because they consider themselves men and women of the people.

[A]

It really has nothing to do with the burgers or the fortune.

[B]

Do you like Wendy's?

[C]

I do, yes.

[B]

I think of the fast food joints. I've always kind of considered Wendy's high class fast food.

[A]

Okay, you big Thomas guy.

[B]

Well, I mean, so I would rank fast food as. There's elite fast food. What would you put as elite fast food? Like kind of foo. Fooey.

[A]

Taco Bell.

[B]

No, Taco Bell's in the masses. So I think you have upper middle class fast food. Chipotle. It's like they call it fast casual Panera. Elite fast food would be like a bon pond, which they have in cities. I don't know. Does Lexin have any? We don't have fast food.

[A]

They're all over Culver's.

[B]

I think Culver's is more middle. Like upper middle and then. But then you have the mass fast food, like stuff that's in small towns. And I always kind of thought Wendy's at the top of that. Do you. Because you could get a baked potato

[A]

point for Wendy's. I will say it should be and. But it's just my own experiences. The last like 10 times I've gone, I've thought this food has been sitting out for four hours. So I think I'm just hitting the wrong locations.

[B]

What do you think is the lowest class fast food? Like if I were to say to you, what is the junkiest fast food restaurant? What would it be?

[C]

White Castle.

[B]

See, I think White Castle is a good answer. Is there something junkier than White Castle?

[A]

Again, these are my own experiences. But the last few times I've been to Burger King, I almost want to turn around and leave.

[B]

But you can have it your way. Is your way terrible?

[A]

One time we were driving on vacation to Florida and we stopped just middle of nowhere, Alabama to get some. Some Burger King is like all there was. And some yellow goo dripped from the ceiling and landed on my arm. I thought it was like acid. It was the grossest thing I've ever seen. And it landed on me. And I don't know that I've been back to a Burger King since. And I know that's not fair to all Burger Kings.

[B]

Let's do it. Let's say Burger King and White Castle. What else is the, you know, what do they call it? The F tier?

[C]

I mean, would you put what's not on there.

[B]

McDonald's is not on there. I don't think Taco Bell's on there. What about Hardee's? There was a time Hardee's was on there, but I think they up their game.

[A]

Yeah, they still make their own biscuits. Great chicken tenders.

[B]

I think Hardee's. What about Dairy Queen?

[C]

Now, that's in a lot of towns, but is it.

[B]

Is it high, lower class or is it low?

[A]

Low?

[C]

I think the ice cream option kind of separates.

[B]

I agree with you. I think the fact that you get the blizzard allows it to take it up a notch. Long John's.

[C]

That's what I was thinking.

[A]

I can't remember the last time I've had food at Dairy Queen, like a burger. I mean, I've gotten plenty of blizzards. I don't remember the last time I've had, like, a meal there.

[C]

Not bad breakfast. Biscuits and gravy.

[A]

To your Wendy's point. Great breakfast. People don't talk about Wendy's breakfast enough.

[B]

Long John's.

[C]

Long John's is in my.

[A]

In that category is Captain D's or Long John's?

[B]

I think Captain Jesus. Higher class than Long John's. Long John's does have the cracklings, though.

[C]

True.

[B]

Which is just fried grease.

[E]

Well, that.

[C]

That kind of fits our category.

[A]

There's one I think a lot of people would put in the F tier that I genuinely enjoy, and that's Rallies.

[B]

Oh, I think Rally's fries, though. Take him up a T. Number one

[A]

fry in the game. Great chicken sandwich.

[B]

What is the F tier pizza? Little Caesars.

[A]

I love it. But it's probably. The answer is probably a Little Caesar's Jets. Oh, no, that's not F tier.

[B]

You don't think that's F tier?

[A]

Just Detroit style. Might not be why you like it.

[B]

Sir Pizza. Sir Pizza.

[A]

It's a little more local. I mean, Little Caesars is probably the answer. Even though I love a good little.

[B]

I will say people will. People who were too cheap for KS Bar would go to Sir Pizza and then eat on our patio. And I'm like, you cannot bring a pizza in here.

[A]

Where does Arby's fit into this?

[B]

See, I used to consider Arby's a higher class. Like in the McDonald's.

[A]

They've been going downhill.

[B]

I do too. I feel like their beef quality has got to be getting worse and worse.

[A]

No restaurant has gone further downhill than Subway.

[B]

Yes, I totally agree with you.

[A]

Part of it is there's so many more sandwich shops than there used to be.

[B]

And it smells like petroleum.

[A]

I got it recently for the first time ever. I feel like they're six inch. Isn't six inches anymore.

[C]

Oh, yeah, people measured that. I mean, that was.

[A]

Oh, is that a thing? I just picked it up. That's not how I remember it.

[B]

Well, like you got it, but you always have to, no matter what they say, insist things are six inch.

[C]

Well, I guess I was in reference at the footlongs back in the day, people would measure those when they were $5.

[A]

And I saw recently at Chick Fil a got passed as the number one fast food joint by Jersey Mike's.

[B]

Jersey Mike, Did I tell you about my refrigerator in Jersey Mike's? I don't know if I said that. When my mom, she filled up my refrigerator with food. It's like a welcome gift. She sent me a picture of it and there were nine foot long Jersey Mike subs in there.

[A]

Sounds like an awesome gift.

[B]

And I was like. And I thought, I don't think I've ever even eaten Jersey Mike's with my mom. I mean, so she just went for it. I'm not sure if I've ever eaten Jersey Mike's period. Well, it turns out that was for the movers.

[A]

Sweet of her to do, but I

[B]

thought I was going to come home and have all this Jersey Mike's and they ate it all.

[A]

As a Jersey Mike's fan, I would think nine in the fridge would be a bit too much. Those would spoil.

[B]

Yeah, we get that about once a week.

[A]

It's close to our house. Love some Jersey Mike's.

[C]

I do like to think of Matt pondering how am I going to eat

[B]

nine sandwiches all my time in New York going, what do I do with all this Jersey Mike's when I get home? All right, what's next?

[C]

Number eight, France is experiencing a heat wave right now of record proportions. They recorded their hottest day ever this week at 104 degrees, making people in France rethink their position on air conditioning. Did you know that only 25% of households in France have AC compared to 50% of households in Spain and Italy and 90% in the United States and Japan. In a 2021 poll, nearly 60% of all French people said they would rather suffer from the heat than install an AC in order to protect the environment.

[B]

How many did you say what percentage of Spain had it?

[C]

Because I don't think that's the right 50% of household.

[B]

I think it's less than that when I. When Spain. But. But we've talked about this before, you know, France is the equivalent of like, Windsor, Canada, on the map.

[C]

It was cold.

[B]

Well, no, it's just. It's way higher up in the.

[C]

Than you think.

[B]

Than you think. So they don't. It doesn't get hot as much as it does here. Right. But they don't like air conditioning. You. If you stay in a city, you. You got to stay in a nice hotel to get air conditioning. I mean, if you just stay in, like a normal hotel, you're probably not going to have air conditioning. And it gets very, very hot because of that.

[A]

I saw a lot of people die. Well, I saw a lot of people have died jumping in the river to cool off, including a soccer star just this week had jumped in just to cool off. And they're drowning, getting pulled under because the heat's so bad. They're trying to get and swim in the river.

[B]

Drowning.

[A]

I guess you're not supposed to jump in the river currents, things like that. But they're so desperate to cool off, they've been jumping in.

[B]

It's odd.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. That's part of why they smell very sweaty. Well, French people stink. Like, for all the. For all the glamour people think of France, romance, People smell so bad, like, because they don't really. Because they sweat. They don't really wear deodorant.

[A]

Just. They're just in their bed sweating. You know how nasty it is when you've been a hot day. You don't want to get bed sweaty. They do that every night.

[B]

I think the only group of people that. I think most people think it's fine to be racist against our French people. Who takes up for the French?

[C]

The French.

[A]

No one, really. They're easy to pick on.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, racist, I guess isn't the word, but ethnic ist. Yeah, people just. No one likes the French.

[C]

We should. They helped us in the Revolutionary War.

[B]

How much?

[C]

A lot, from what I remember.

[B]

What, like what. What'd they do?

[C]

Like, the naval capacity to fight the British. They helped actually give us a chance when the numbers were just completely overriding us.

[A]

Is this news?

[C]

Old news.

[B]

But we paid it back in World War II. Yeah. So I think we're even.

[A]

I always think back to dumb and dumber. I don't know. The French are assholes.

[B]

Lloyd Harry's line from they really are. You can travel all through Europe, like everybody. Americans are much more friendly than European people in general. Couple of exceptions. Scottish people are very nice. Irish people are pretty nice. But in general, Europeans are not as friendly. But the only ones that are mean are French people people. Spanish, Greek, they're very, they're nice. Italians come and go, but French are mean. They think they're better than you, but they then they don't wear like they'll wear cologne and perfume, but they're using it to mask the fact that they're sweating like a, you know, rhino.

[A]

Would you be nice if you're sweating all the time going to bed? It's 95.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

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[C]

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[A]

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[B]

Wild.

[C]

Despite any confirmation, more details are starting to come out. Sources tell TMZ this week that a permit was filled with New York, with New York City to close off streets around Madison Square Garden. The permit states the closures would take place from July 2 through midday July 4, leaving July 3 for the alleged wedding. TMZ has also said several Kansas City chiefs have booked hotel rooms near the venue. And and over 1100 people are expected

[B]

to first of all give them an amazing amount of credit for the fact that somehow they're going to have 1100 people at the wedding and no one has has confirmed yet that it's there. Which means they invited all those people and somehow they have not leaked for certain that it's there. Can you imagine telling telling 1100 people anything?

[A]

The the bottom of the invitation had to say something like we'll kill you if you mentioned this murder.

[B]

You maybe they did something where each invitation had a thing that was specifically them. So if any of them ever got published they would know exactly who did it. So they all were like off by just a little bit so that if

[A]

you did it, I'm with you, we

[B]

would know exactly who it was. But it looks like it's going to be at Madison Square Garden.

[C]

Cool.

[B]

Tacky, Eileen.

[A]

Tacky. But at the same time, the original place they were talking about in Rhode Island, I even thought where are all these guests going to stay, all these A listers and really you kind of have to get to New York to have all those people that are going to want to stay in high end hotels and all these people they'd be bringing in. But the Garden does seem slightly tacky. But then again she has so much money she probably flip it and won't look anything like the Garden inside.

[B]

What do you think?

[C]

I mean I thought my event was going to be the event of the summer. But 1100 people is crazy. Crazy.

[B]

First of all, that's a lot of people. But that means he's inviting like all the Chiefs, right? Probably a lot of his Cincinnati team. Then you got all the Taylor Swift people. I think it's fascinating because like normally when celebrities get married you think about the fact that the people they're friends with tend to be other powerful people. But Travis Kelsey's probably just friends with a bunch of bums.

[A]

Guys from outside Cleveland.

[B]

No, I mean he's friends with like, like a random dude on the Chiefs. That could have been Dane Keys brother. He was on the Chiefs. Like what if, what if he just went? What if Ryan went?

[A]

That would be a very Ryan thing to do. Well, like get them gifts or they're like, no, please no gifts.

[C]

Well, George Kittle revealed a detail and said one rule from the wedding is absolutely no gifts. And that's really the only confirmation.

[A]

It would be hard to keep up with that.

[B]

Where would you even take them?

[A]

She's like, I now have 90 air fryers.

[B]

Thanks. So George Kittle, I guess he'll be there. I think it is cool like that she sings at the tight end thing. She doesn't have to do that, you know.

[C]

Yeah. Sports.

[B]

Because he really is kind of an uncouth goober. I like him, but he is. And he's marrying like the most famous person in the world and he's like

[A]

I read where there's a prenup and he had no problem signing it.

[B]

Imagine that he signed whatever.

[A]

Yeah, don't even need to read it.

[B]

Whatever. Sure, I'm good. Go cats. Andy Reed.

[A]

Oh, and you'll be there.

[C]

He'll be there.

[A]

He knew her before he knew Travis. Did you know that?

[B]

Didn't he introduce him or he had some part.

[A]

Well, Adam Lefkoe is friends. Or our old friend Adam. Lookco.

[E]

Is he going?

[A]

I don't know if he's going but I've wondered because he's friends with the Kelsey's. Maybe he'll give a scoop.

[B]

Yeah, well, I don't know. It's weird but I guess unless you're going to just do it with like 50 people. Probably got to do that because he's still playing with the Chiefs too. Which means he has to invite everyone that is on. Do you invite the practice squad?

[A]

It's tough because at any moment they can get cut. You never see him again.

[B]

What about the training staff?

[A]

I would invite training staff. He probably sees them daily. They take care of him. Pr, social media manager. People like that.

[B]

I don't know, man. You're on a team that's a lot of people. I mean, and he was on a Cincinnati team. He probably played with 200 people at Cincinnati over the years.

[A]

And then, of course, just not his teammates. I mean, we mentioned Kittle, like, all the other tight ends and friends across the.

[B]

Every tight end. CJ Conrad going, oh, he could. I don't know.

[A]

And as crazy as her fans are, they're going to have to have a ton of security. People are going to be trying to crash that wedding, which is why you

[B]

got to close the streets. The closing the streets, though, people are making a big deal about that. If you spend a lot of time in New York, the streets around Madison Square Garden are closed all the time. Like, it's not. That's not a lot of foot traffic

[A]

in the road there.

[B]

That's mostly feet. You know, when Trump closed them down, like, that's really not that big a deal. They closed the streets around Madison Square Garden, and you don't really want to be driving there anyway. It's too crowded, so. Well, I wish I were going.

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Maybe we should try.

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When I was in New York, I saw so many people wearing that little T shirt. She had so many little Stevie Nicks. Because since it's not officially licensed, every two bit Goober is selling them on the street. Every corner, every corner. Because, like, they can get away with it.

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Where were the friends? Their shirts? They. They all had good Nick punts.

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It was Nickelback. Was that one Nickelback? It was one more Stevie Nicks. Nickelback could have done Nick Lachey.

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I would have been big for Nick Lachey, but a huge career boost for Nick Lachey.

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Well, all right, one more. What's the final piece of news?

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Our final piece of news comes to us from Dr. Dave's Ultimate Prep.

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Good grief.

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A monk in India named Dalat Mahaj has not sat or laid down in five years and has swollen legs to show. After he took a vow to stay standing for 12 years as a form of Pennis. He belonged to a group known as the Standing Babaz, whose members stay on their feet to cleanse their souls and grow closer to the God Shiva. All that standing, even while he sleeps, has hurt his circulation. If you look up this guy, his feet are black.

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Wasn't the God Shiva from the Trophy from the league, actually, great show.

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I don't know.

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That sounds right.

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I think it was. That is an underrated show. No one ever brings that up as one of the best comedies.

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I didn't stick with it. At the first couple seasons, did it die off or did I just quit watching?

[B]

It was kind of always in the same area.

[A]

It was great early on.

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I enjoyed it. I think it was a good show. So you saw this?

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Yes. His feet, they're not, like, kind of black, probably. From what, like the calf down is just jet black.

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Yeah. How does he sleep standing?

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You can't do that.

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He.

[A]

What I saw he's kind of leaning on. So there's like a table and he's kind of got his.

[B]

Well, if he's leaning on it, then why is he standing like. Because you're not really at that point standing like. Why not just, okay, dude, just lay down?

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His feet would say otherwise. Looks really unhealthy. I mean, I get tired from just walking around for 20 minutes.

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What does that do to you? Why did it turn black?

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It hurt his circulation in his legs.

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But I thought you circulated better when you moved.

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Well, I imagine if you just stay standing and put that stress. I don't know what I'm talking about here. You put the stress on your legs, then probably blood flow doesn't work well or something.

[B]

So this. He thinks this is going to make

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Shiva like him more, cleanse their souls and grow closer to the God. Shiva is why people of this group do it.

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But I don't understand that. I don't understand the correlation.

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Why doesn't you mean.

[B]

No, I mean, I just don't understand how that's going to bring him closer to God. It seems like it's going to make him in pain, which is going to make him less close to God. I can understand if you, like, lay. I think laying would bring me closer to God.

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To get through it, they lean on ropes, swings, and special harnesses that hold them.

[B]

See, once you have special harnesses, just lay down.

[A]

You're cheating.

[B]

I mean, God didn't say, okay, stand until you have a special harness. That's okay.

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But you can't sit till their legs give out.

[B]

What's his name?

[C]

Baba Dalat Maharaj. And he's in what country doesn't say that he's part of this?

[B]

That wasn't part of the story.

[C]

Dr. Dave didn't have that information. He's part of the standing Baba.

[B]

Dr. Dave didn't want to tell us where this was.

[C]

Well, it's like a tease kind of. You kind of like, want to learn more information so you might go look it up yourself.

[B]

Think about going and looking it up.

[C]

Well, no.

[B]

Okay. All right. Well, that's a good piece of news. Any more updates on the straight of Hormuz?

[A]

Yeah. Has anything changed?

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Could be changing by the minute. That's what happens with the news.

[B]

That's right. You never know what's going to happen. Thank you, Billy.

[A]

Great job, Billy Drew.

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