226: #226 Birds featuring Joe Zimmerman

Summary

The Nateland Podcast – Episode #226: Birds featuring Joe Zimmerman

Published on November 13, 2024 by Audioboom Studios

Hosts: Nate Bargatze, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay

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Introduction

In episode #226 of The Nateland Podcast, the hosts—Nate Bargatze, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay—welcome their special guest, Joe Zimmerman. The episode delves into a variety of engaging topics, ranging from Joe's experiences in Asheville amid a hurricane to the intricacies of bird watching and personal anecdotes from the hosts' lives.

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Guest Introduction: Joe Zimmerman and Asheville's Hurricane Aftermath

The podcast kicks off with a brief introduction of Joe Zimmerman, highlighting his YouTube special "Cult Classic," which was filmed in Asheville. The conversation swiftly transitions to discussing the recent hurricane that affected Asheville.

Key Discussion Points:

• Hurricane Impact on Asheville:

  • Brian Bates (01:25) notes, "We shot in Asheville. Joe Zimmerman is..."
  • Joe Zimmerman (01:38) shares his connection to Asheville, having lived there for three years before moving to New York 12 years ago.
  • The hosts discuss the hurricane's aftermath, mentioning overturned trees and muddy river arts districts. They note, however, that "everything's opening, starting to open back up" (02:03).

• Media Coverage Concerns:

  • Joe Zimmerman (02:21) expresses frustration over "false things that have been happening about over Twitter."
  • Brian Bates (01:29) muses, "So you have a lot of ties to Asheville?" prompting a discussion about the discrepancy between local experiences and media portrayals.

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Navigating Technology and Travel Woes

Joe recounts his experience being detoured by Google Maps during his drive on I-40 due to the hurricane, leading to an amusing exchange about technology reliance.

Notable Quotes:

• Joe Zimmerman (02:55): "They just detoured me for the first 50 miles or so on I-25."
• Brian Bates (03:04): "That was the day. Yeah, they were Google Maps."

The conversation shifts to rental cars, with Joe humorously recommending a "bright neon yellow Hyundai Kona" for its visibility in parking lots.

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Personal Anecdotes: Saunas, Golf, and Car Mishaps

The hosts share personal stories, adding a lighthearted touch to the episode.

• Sauna Enthusiasm:

  • Dusty Slay (07:37) reveals his love for saunas, discussing the benefits and challenges of using sauna bags while traveling.

• Golf Tales:

  • Aaron Weber (33:08) and Brian Bates (33:36) talk about their golfing experiences, highlighting Dusty's impressive skills with "nine birdies and 36 holes" (33:30).

• Car and Cash Mishaps:

  • Aaron Weber (23:20) narrates losing $250 in cash at a gig in Crossville, Tennessee, highlighting the pitfalls of handling cash versus checks.
  • Brian Bates (24:25): "IRS is Nate saying under the table without saying it?" leading to a humorous exchange about tax responsibilities.

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Listener Comments and Interactions

The episode incorporates listener feedback, showcasing real-time interactions and fostering a sense of community.

• Acknowledging Logan Steagall:

  • Logan Steagall shares his appreciation for the podcast, expressing how it aids him during his chemotherapy treatments.
  • Brian Bates (48:54): "Logan, that means the world to me, buddy. And we're with you. Keep pounding."

• Humorous Observations:

  • Brian Bates (49:17) receives a comment about Dusty Slay wearing a sleigh hat at church, sparking laughter and playful banter among the hosts.

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Bird Watching vs. Bird Hunting

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing birds, aligning with the episode's title. The hosts explore the differences between bird watching (birding) and bird hunting, sharing insights and personal experiences.

Key Points:

• Definitions and Distinctions:

  • Dusty Slay (86:42) explains, "Birders say birding means when you go out with your binoculars and specifically try to see wild birds. Bird watching could mean just watching from your window."

• Bird Facts and Trivia:

  • The hosts engage in a lively game involving bird sounds, testing each other's knowledge on various bird species.
  • Dusty Slay (65:00) discusses the peregrine falcon's incredible speed, noting it as the "fastest animal in the animal kingdom," reaching speeds over 200 miles per hour during dives.
  • Joe Zimmerman (67:02) contributes by sharing facts about different birds, including the extinct passenger pigeon and the dodo bird.

Notable Quotes:

• Brian Bates (66:19): "All the birds that sit on telephone poles, but you know what I mean?"
• Aaron Weber (86:58): "There's a lot of different species of gull."

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Fun with Bird Calls and Games

The hosts introduce a segment featuring bird call recognition games, adding an interactive element to the discussion.

Highlights:

• Game Mechanics:

  • Dusty Slay (100:02) prepares bird call sounds for a game where hosts identify the birds by their calls.
  • Nate Bargatze (107:56) laughs as incorrect guesses lead to humorous exchanges, fostering a fun and competitive atmosphere.

• Educational Insights:

  • The game serves as both entertainment and an educational tool, providing listeners with interesting bird facts and behaviors.

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Conclusion and Upcoming Events

Wrapping up the episode, the hosts announce upcoming shows, events, and express birthday wishes to their guest, Joe Zimmerman.

Upcoming Highlights:

• Concerts and Workshops:

  • Joe Zimmerman shares his schedule, including performances in various cities such as Gadsden, Alabama, and Franklin, Tennessee.

• Birthday Celebrations:

  • The hosts celebrate Joe's birthday with humor and warm wishes, enhancing the camaraderie among the hosts and guest.

Final Thoughts:

• The episode concludes with light-hearted banter, reflecting the hosts' chemistry and mutual respect.
• Brian Bates (131:18): "We're talking about birds because of you."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Hurricane Coverage:

  • Joe Zimmerman (02:21): "False things that have been happening about over Twitter have been driving them nuts."

• Technology Failures:

  • Brian Bates (03:04): "...Google Maps detoured me the first."

• Personal Mishaps:

  • Aaron Weber (23:20): "...spent an hour walking around the bar looking for that $250."

• Birding Facts:

  • Dusty Slay (65:00): "Peregrine falcons can reach speeds over 200 miles per hour during their dives."

• Listener Support:

  • Brian Bates (48:54): "Logan, that means the world to me, buddy. And we're with you. Keep pounding."

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Conclusion

Episode #226 of The Nateland Podcast successfully blends humor, personal stories, and educational content, centering around the theme of birds with guest Joe Zimmerman. The hosts' dynamic interactions and diverse topics ensure an engaging experience for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

For those interested in bird watching, personal anecdotes from comedians, or simply looking for a fun and informative podcast, this episode offers a bit of everything. Stay tuned for future episodes featuring more guests, games, and lively discussions.

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Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Today's episode of the Natlan podcast is brought to you by Factor Viori, Mountain Dew and Rocket Money. Hello, folks and hey bear. Welcome to the Nate Land Podcast. I'm neighbor gets he. Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And we have a. We have a guest here with us very, very. You can check his YouTube special out cult classic. It was a big one. We shot in Asheville. Joe Zimmerman is. This is where we shot it. Were they okay with the hurricane?

[D]

Hurricane, yeah, Was just there, did a show. They are. Okay. They.

[B]

Yeah. So you have a lot of ties to Asheville?

[D]

I do. I lived there for three years before moving to New York 12 years ago. Yeah. So a lot of friends down there.

[B]

And then did you go down that. Is it like crazy?

[D]

Just. It's definitely recovering. All the trees have been knocked over. The river Arts district is covered in mud and all those places are closed. But everything's opening, starting to open back up. And it's mostly just that you can't drink the water. So there's just a lot of people with bottled water.

[B]

So are you saying you think it was overblown, the coverage.

[E]

We'Re telling us before this podcast started?

[D]

Yeah, my buddy Joe goes.

[B]

No, it was. I think it rained a little hard. I don't know where they got that footage from.

[D]

The people that live there can confirm that there's been a lot of, like, false things that have been happening about over Twitter that have been driving them nuts. I can't.

[C]

It's been pretty devastating, though. Like.

[B]

No, it's.

[C]

Asheville is one thing, but there's a lot of surrounding areas that didn't get a lot of coverage. That's been really devastating. Yeah, it's very sad.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Very sad.

[E]

Well, don't make us feel bad, Dusty. Trying to make a joke over here.

[C]

I know, but I can't joke about it. It's so sad. Yeah, it is the saddest thing.

[B]

But yeah, we have fun.

[E]

What was the.

[B]

Yeah, the drive. Did a show. We raised money. Yeah, we did we all, you know, so, yeah.

[E]

What was the drive in on i40 like?

[D]

They just detoured me for the first 50 miles or so on i25.

[B]

You said they, like, specifically. They picked you out. They.

[D]

Yeah, yeah. Google Maps. Google Maps detoured me the first.

[B]

That was the day. Yeah, they was Google Maps.

[D]

Big tech.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

Google is a they. A lot of times when you go, who is they? You could easily say Google.

[A]

A lot of times they told me that's just the search engine.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

So a little, you know, back roads the first 40 miles, and then you get. Then you get on I40 just like you normally would.

[B]

Yeah. Do you rent a car?

[D]

I rented a car. It's a bright neon yellow Hyundai Kona. Highly recommend. Neon yellow if you get a chance, because you can see it in any parking lot without looking around. Yeah, it's perfect for me.

[B]

Yeah, it's easy to find.

[C]

And you could start a cab.

[B]

You look like the guy that goes into it. Get it Gets in that.

[D]

Yeah, yeah. It's like Lamborghini yellow. Yeah, it's a Hyundai.

[E]

I called Joe today and I knew he was driving in.

[B]

Sorry about that.

[E]

And I'm like, sorry to me.

[B]

Yeah. Bates not supposed to reach out to the talent. I tell them I go, don't. I go, don't call them on their personal line.

[E]

They wouldn't give me your number.

[D]

I just said, unknown number.

[E]

You need to. You need to leave me.

[B]

I hope this isn't Bates. Hello? Hey, Joe. Figured you want to talk next four hours on your drive. I'm wide open.

[E]

There's some truth to that.

[B]

That is true, but drive home. Yeah, I got him home.

[E]

He was not happy about it, but.

[B]

No, we kept calling. Yeah, but he has a big. Bates has a big problem with his Bluetooth. Is Bluetooth to your phone? Like, it never. I feel like there's always something there. I think there was something.

[E]

There was something last night, but I think it was just the place I was at on the drive.

[B]

But then I feel like I remember your. Maybe it was your other car.

[A]

Brian doesn't use technology seamlessly. Is that what you're saying?

[B]

No, I think it would switch. You know, there'd be like, when someone's go. That's about to switch over and it's a switch, and you're like, yeah, and the wheels fall off. Whatever happens in that switch, it doesn't make it.

[E]

That might be true. My car was one of the first models for Bluetooth. I mean, I've owned my car for 12 years. Now.

[B]

Yeah, okay.

[E]

I bought it.

[B]

I remember when you bought it. Wasn't brand new or. Yeah, yeah.

[E]

It's the only new car I've ever owned. I bought it on my birthday. My 41st birthday. I just turned 53. It was the day of the election.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

And that's why you bought it.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

So anyway, I still own that car. But. But it had Bluetooth. It was one of the first cars that Bluetooth. And 12 years later, maybe it's a little dead, too.

[C]

State of the art back then, though, huh?

[E]

Yeah. Anyway, I called Joe. He wasn't happy about it, but I could tell he wasn't driving in the moment. I'm like, what are you doing? He's like, well, I've stopped off the side of the road to check out some birds.

[D]

Ozone State Park.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

And I mean, I don't want to get ahead of us today, but.

[D]

No, I just do this thing. I wanted to walk around a little bit. You know, midpoint, you walk around and I found a little state park to.

[B]

You add that time into your drive.

[D]

I do.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Extra hour.

[B]

Do you? Yeah, yeah.

[D]

You gotta shake those legs out.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

So I walked around this. This park, and there was beautiful. Beautiful lake, good birds. Brian heard him in the background. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Talk to him during your. Isn't that. How frustrating is it when you get a call and you're like, this is the 30 minutes I need to just get. Like, I'm going inside to eat or something, and so. Or whatever it is. And then someone's like, oh, you know what? I'll call them. And you're like, are. They are. That's when someone calls you, and you're like, 10 minutes from the house. I've been driving for eight hours. And they're. And then they start getting a conversation.

[E]

Well, neither of you had answer, so that's on y'all.

[D]

It was a wonderful call, Brian.

[E]

Thank you.

[D]

I got no complaints about it.

[C]

I talked to Brian the other day, sitting in the sauna.

[B]

Oh, yeah?

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

I did not know this when I was talking to him.

[C]

Oh, this sweat.

[B]

And where?

[C]

At my house.

[B]

Oh, you have a sauna.

[C]

Yeah. I was just sweating away, and then.

[E]

All of a sudden, our. It just dies.

[C]

Yeah. My phone got too hot.

[E]

I called it back and it went straight. His phone got too high.

[B]

Sauna probably is a good place because you just got to sit there.

[C]

Yeah, it was great.

[B]

The time go by.

[C]

Yeah, I was just sweating away in there. I was into it.

[B]

Yeah. All right. I don't even Know where to go? I don't. I think we're all confused. Do you have a sauna?

[C]

I love the sauna, though. I'm a big fan. I just also ordered a sauna bag that you can. It's not come yet, but you can like get in it and it just comes up to your head and just saunas your body. I'm going to try to take it with me on the road.

[D]

How long have you had a sauna?

[C]

A couple of years.

[D]

That's crazy.

[E]

I mean, I say this all time.

[D]

Crazy. They don't know you have a sauna.

[C]

I know.

[B]

Yeah. You would think we would know. I think we would know.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

You can't get a beat on him. He's tough.

[C]

Saunas are where it's at, though.

[A]

Do you lay down on a sofa when you use this or what do you not use?

[C]

I would think I would lay back on the floor. That's what I would.

[A]

Floor. Okay.

[C]

Laying on the floor on your back can be uncomfortable at first, but it really feels good. It's, you know, not good to lay on your stomach, but on your back.

[B]

But I feel like in that. Then you get out of. It's all wet and then like, it's just going to be gross.

[C]

Yeah. It may not be ideal, but I. I want to give it a try and I want to see what it's all about.

[D]

Do you have a cold plunge to go with it?

[C]

No, I don't do cold.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's not insane.

[C]

I do get in the shower and. And afterwards and you know, I don't make it hot. It's like lukewarm to a little. But I don't believe cold plunge is good for you. I know a lot of people are into it. I don't believe it.

[B]

So I had someone say the other day that they brought up a cold plunge and it was just like, as you get older, it's like your joints, like it makes you. You're. It just. You don't like, have pain, like when you're walking, like. So if you do get an exercise and you don't wake up like this sore. It's almost like the soreness of it, I feel like, is what. Oh, yeah.

[E]

What athletes do.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I think it's. So as you get older, I think it does that where then you see the benefit because you're like, all right, I feel good every day.

[C]

But what do you think the soreness is? Is the soreness your body being like, hey, you did pretty hard yesterday. Don't do that. Again today?

[B]

Well, I. Yes, but then you do the.

[C]

You know.

[B]

Yeah, but you do the cold not to do it again the next day. But you do the cold just so you're not walking around.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Like, you know, an old football player.

[C]

Yeah. I guess I could see it after a workout. That's what the football players always used to do, right? Probably still, but it just seems like everybody's doing it.

[B]

I. Look, I agree. It's annoying that everybody does it and everybody says, you done it. I've done it. Yeah.

[C]

How long did you last?

[B]

Well, we did it, Joe. We did it at a thing.

[D]

Well, yeah, there's. There's the hardcore 48 degree ones and then there's the 60 degree ones. But, yeah, we did a 50 degree one that was very cold. And I think Nate lasted a full minute.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah. Joe did three minutes.

[D]

I got a pretty high.

[B]

He was like three.

[D]

I'm into the cold plunge because not just your joints. I can attest it does make your joints feel good and give you good energy, but also your mood. Incredible mood.

[B]

Yeah. Because your energy is crazy.

[C]

Because your body feels like it's dying.

[D]

Right.

[C]

Your body thinks you're gonna die. So then when you get out, you're happy. You're like, I'm alive, Right. Yeah.

[B]

It's also go. You could go stand on one of those glass bridges.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Jump up and down.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And you get off that. You're like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Skydive.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Bungee jump.

[B]

No, but it does get you. You. You could do it. If you did the morning. It's like, yeah, there's no need for coffee or any. You're like, oh, that's. You're like, where are we going? You know?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And I think it. I get the idea. As you get older, because it's like, Eric does it, my barber trainer. And he's like, I don't think it. Because I don't think there's any benefits. But Eric's 35, which is getting older. But you're like, it's not 45.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Where it's like, you know, as you get older, I think you're like, you need to. You want to. You know, you think that's a big.

[A]

Gap, 35 to 45. A lot happens in that 10 years.

[B]

I mean, I had it. I had a joke about it. Like, it's the day you turn 40, it all starts to hurt. And it really. I remember it being the day, like, it's like right when you hit 40, it's like, golly, like you just start feeling stuff a little bit more. Not that it's. I can't do anything, but it's. You just start. You know, you just kind of always hurt. You just feel like you're always hurt.

[E]

A birthday boy right here.

[B]

Yeah. Happy birthday.

[E]

Happy birthday.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Right? Oh, yeah.

[B]

40 years old.

[A]

40 turning 40.

[C]

Is that right?

[A]

Feels like Scorpio, 33.

[B]

Oh, life.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But he's lived a 40 year old life.

[E]

That's a big. It was a big year for Jesus.

[A]

The last one, right?

[E]

Well. Well, not forever.

[B]

Just got started.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Okay.

[D]

Looks like you could use a cold plunge. Good thing, right?

[B]

Yeah. Joe Zimmerman.

[D]

Scorpio. Classic Scorp. Aaron.

[B]

Oh, yeah. You just knew that. You just know what everybody is. That's cool, man.

[A]

What is? May. You know, all the astrological.

[C]

May split. May split in half.

[E]

He just had a birthday. That's how he knows.

[B]

No, he knows them just because of who he. Because he's a guy that knows that stuff.

[D]

Yeah. I think there's two kinds of people. People that love horoscopes and people that secretly love horoscop.

[B]

Yeah. What is it? I'm March 25th. You know what that is?

[D]

You know what it is.

[B]

I know, but you know, March 25th.

[D]

It sounds like Taurus. Ish. No, Pisces ish. Aries. Aries. Powerful. Nice.

[B]

What's Aries?

[D]

Aries is what I think it's Kim Jong Un's dad.

[B]

Oh, yeah. This joke's in the cult classic, right? So we're not giving it up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do. Yeah. He's got a great joke if you want to get on the cult classic.

[E]

Oh, now I remember it.

[B]

Yeah. Bronze was last week. November 3rd.

[D]

November 3rd. Scorpio. Yep. Charles Manson.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Watch out for Brian.

[B]

Dusty.

[C]

May 18th is my birthday. That is a. A Taurus.

[D]

Taurus is Hitler and George Strait.

[B]

That is true.

[E]

The big three right there.

[B]

You pick. You pick who you want to pick.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

That's fun.

[B]

Yeah. Look at us.

[D]

Fun games.

[B]

Yeah. You have very.

[A]

I have a very dynamic day ahead of me.

[B]

You may feel the need to put.

[A]

All my energy into a group project. The podcast.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

But I want to roll up my sleeves and get to work.

[B]

You are doing that.

[A]

Yeah. I'm usually a meditative, pensive person.

[B]

What? I don't know. That's not true at all. But I'm not sure what pensive means. Pensive. I don't think you're pensive. What's pen?

[A]

Like a thoughtful. Thoughtful.

[B]

Oh, thoughtful. But today I'm looking for meditative. Is. Or meditative. I can't say it. Meditate. If. Oh, yeah. If I do it like that. Meditative.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's not. You. You don't meditate like you're. You're. You're gonna run through a wall and it's got to get done now.

[A]

That's probably true. I probably could afford to be a little more meditative.

[D]

Speaking of walls, concrete results.

[A]

Wow.

[E]

That's Joe Zimmerman.

[D]

I'll be quiet.

[B]

Yeah, it's hard work. Well, we got. Oh, and what do you gotta do tomorrow?

[A]

Well, tomorrow I got. Well, I have a very dynamic day ahead of me tomorrow.

[E]

Tomorrow is the same date.

[A]

I have some fascinating conversations with friends, relatives, and others close to me that. Could I have that to look forward to tomorrow?

[B]

My dad's birthday. My dad would have been. You would have been. November 12th.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Yeah. November twice. My dad.

[A]

Happy birthday, Stephen. This is fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah. See, everybody loves him.

[C]

I'm not into everybody loves him. I did used to be into him, but I'm not out. Not now.

[D]

Oh, used to be. Until.

[C]

Well, I was, you know. You know, I've been down all kind of roads and. Yeah, I mean, I was into some New Agey stuff.

[D]

Wow.

[C]

But I'm out. I'm out now.

[A]

Tarot cards?

[C]

No, no, never that far. Never a Satanist, but.

[B]

Okay. So young say where y'all were. I don't know where I was at.

[E]

You were at the Vanderbilt game?

[B]

I was at the Vanderbilt game.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

South Carolina dropped the anchor.

[E]

Yeah, I saw a video of that.

[B]

Yeah. Very cool. Gotta do that. They. No, they've been.

[C]

I think South Carolina beat Vanderbilt.

[B]

Yeah. Yes, they beat.

[C]

They beat. They beat Alabama and Auburn.

[B]

Yeah. South Carolina's a pretty good team.

[C]

Vandy did.

[B]

They're a better team than they are good. Yeah.

[E]

They beat A and M last week.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. So. But we have LSU and Tennessee left. We're in. We got a bowl. We're in a bowl. We got LSU and Tennessee left. So I. I think we still got one win in. This is what. I think I'm wearing the same jacket.

[E]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Lsu, there's jackets. A cool jacket. Nailed it down.

[E]

Like, who else have they had do it this year?

[B]

I don't know. They've had. I don't know. I don't know. I didn't.

[A]

It's a big honor. Have you gotten to do something like that before?

[B]

No, no, that was the first I.

[A]

Saw a comment on Twitter. They go, I'm so sick of these Bandwagon fans coming on, pretending to be Vanderbilt fans because we're good. And there are a couple people started defending you. They're like, this guy's been a Vanny fan.

[B]

Oh, he said about me? Yes.

[D]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

Yeah. Somebody on Twitter was, like, sick of these bandwagon fans.

[C]

Also, Are there a lot of bandwagon fans right now?

[B]

Bandwagon Vanderbilt fans.

[A]

You guys get six wins, people start coming out of the woodwork, man.

[B]

I. Yeah, dude.

[D]

I'm starting. I'm starting to get on board, guys.

[B]

We would love to have you. I'm fine with everybody. Everybody. Everybody's rooting for Vanderbilt. Yeah. That's it for him.

[A]

You've been a Vanderbilt fan. There's been absolutely no benefit to you your entire life. Not even, like, enjoyment from watching it.

[D]

Comments like that are so frustrating because they do zero research.

[A]

I know.

[D]

And just assume their first thought.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

And you want to go. You're not picking a team. That's like, why would I. Vanderbilt beats Alabama. And I go, you know what? I'm gonna buy a jacket and get on that field. Like, what. What planet would that happen? Like, it just doesn't. Yeah. Comets are. You know, you always see comments. It is. They're so. You know, they don't. None of them. It doesn't matter. But some of them. They are. They're frustrating because you're just like, what are you talking about?

[D]

And it might just be a troll. It might be a troll that knows.

[A]

It might be. And it works.

[D]

I don't see how.

[B]

Yeah, I don't see how that's fun.

[C]

Maybe they were talking about one of these ladies holding. Holding the anchor. Maybe it was them they were talking about.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Maybe they're the Bandwagon fans.

[A]

It's definitely Nate. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. It's always. Yeah.

[E]

Somebody called you Mr. Jinx.

[A]

I'm sorry.

[B]

Yeah, that's funny. Jinx. Mr. Jinx. I know. That was. Yeah. That was a tough one for them to lose on that one.

[E]

But you were also at the Virginia Tech game.

[B]

I was at that game, too. I was not on the field, but I was at that game. Yeah. So I started all us off good.

[A]

College football is fun this year, dude. I don't know who's good.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I don't know who's bad. It feels like anything can happen. It doesn't feel like there's one team that's that much better than everybody. It's like, Vanderbilt's exciting to watch. It's just. It's a fun year for college football.

[E]

I'm pulling for Notre Dame. Thanks, dude.

[A]

Thanks, dude.

[E]

I mean, I have.

[C]

Pretty sick of these bandwagon. Notre Dame.

[B]

That would be a more of a accurate statement. Like people would become band or Braves fans or, you know, like. Like you something that's like that.

[D]

What was the community name of the community college you attended?

[B]

Volunteer State.

[D]

Volunteer State. Be funny you wearing that shirt. They're like bandwagon.

[B]

We had. They had a good baseball team when I was there, so my buddies played for it in high school that went there and played. They. They were like. They might have been number one juco or one of the top juco.

[A]

See, didn't Billy Wayne Davis State and the.

[B]

And this is 100 years ago. Huh?

[E]

Didn't Billy Wayne Davis play baseball there?

[B]

He played at Western Kentucky. I might have played at Ball State and Western Kentucky, actually. Yeah. Billy Wayne Davis, college athlete.

[D]

Nice. I didn't know that about Billy.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's like in crazy. He runs like triathlons or something. Marathon. Like, he's like, yeah, yeah. He's like a real deal athlete.

[D]

Okay. He's looking pretty shredded.

[B]

Born in a bush in the middle of wherever. Where was he from?

[E]

He's from Crossville.

[B]

Crossful. Yeah. He goes Crossful. A long time ago.

[C]

So, I mean, that's where you got some property in it.

[E]

My timeshare.

[B]

Yeah, I'll tell BW when you come out. Yeah, yeah, go. Yeah, you go visit BW's parents there, you know, three weekends a year.

[E]

When I was a kid, timeshares were a big thing, and most people would buy them on the coast, Florida, whatever. We bought horse in Crossville, Tennessee, about two hours from where we lived. That's where we would go to vacation.

[D]

Are you one of those families where the lawyers come on the radio and they're like, if you're trying to get out of your timeshare, contact Johnson, Miller and Rush.

[E]

I think about it when I hear those ads. We finally got out.

[B]

He's all, yeah, you see him. He stays up late. Just to get all the information. Because I think I did get that too. Did the hospital put something weird in your body? And they put something. You got a. What's that from? You get a sponge in your.

[E]

They left a sponge surgery or something?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah. Just close them up. I bet that happens because it does.

[C]

Probably all the time.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Then someone goes, where's your ring at? And you're like, yeah. Then you're like, golly, that guy. It's just floating around.

[C]

That guy's body hospital probably has it in their contract now. They go, you knew there was a risk.

[B]

Yeah. And you go, but why'd you wear a ring over the glove?

[A]

Over the glove.

[B]

Because that's what I don't understand. I understand there's a risk, but it seemed crazy that you had him put the gl. You did the thing where you hold your hands up, they put the gloves on and then you ring. He goes, well, I want everybody know I was married.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Surgeon's looking for his wallet.

[B]

Yeah. My wife makes me wear it where it's obvious because there's another woman, there's another nurse. And so I have to go, I'm married. My rings over my thing. Once the time changes, it is like the days become shorter. But my to do list does not. I don't have a to do list. But Laura's to do list is as long, it's longer and it just gets. She has to do a lot of it in the dark. So meals. We need meals. We gotta have food. We have factor factors. No prep, no mess. Meals, meal meals. They have meals from breakfast to dinner and everything in between. I love factor. You can make it. You can mix it up. Since they have. They have 35 different meals a week, they have add ons to your box like keto cookies. I'll go through a keto phase. I'll do that for about a week and then I'll move. They have pressed juices and smoothies, which I'll then move to those phases. Then I'll go, you know what? I'm doing all pressed juices and only smoothies because I've gone too hard on some other stuff. Don't let shorter day ruin your to do list and stay energized with America's number one ready to eat meal delivery service. Head to FactorMills.com Nate50 and use code NATE50 to get 50% off your first box and 20% off your next month. That's code [e-mail] Nate50 to get 50 off your first box plus 20 off your next month while your subscription is active.

[A]

Crossville during COVID I did a gig in Crossville at a bar. I got paid 250 in cash, bombed. And then I went to the bathroom and somebody took the cash off. I was an idiot. I just left it out with my stuff and the cat. And I spent an hour walking around the bar looking for that $250. I dug through trash cans. You just abandoned all like, I'm just going to look like an idiot here. I don't care. I'm just going to. Because I. I'm not going to drive back to Nashville with nothing, which is what I did. I could not find the cash.

[C]

Aaron's pretty well known for leaving his wallet just sitting. Many times I've handed him his wallet. Like, don't leave this out like this.

[A]

I like to trust people I like.

[B]

I'll leave some stuff out. But, yeah, cash is what was like.

[A]

Just give me a check next time. That way you can just cut me another one. Cash is, like, intimidating to have on you.

[B]

No, you don't want. You want cash at a gig like that. You don't want to. You don't want to be tracking. That's.

[A]

But that's exhibit A. Why a check is. You prefer that.

[B]

Well, no. One you have, it might bounce. Why would you not put the cash in your pockets?

[A]

Yeah, I thought I did at some point. I don't know.

[B]

Yeah, you just left it.

[E]

Just making it rain in there.

[B]

Yeah, I've lost that when I lost 500 bucks. But you still would prefer cash. Especially when you're getting that 200 bucks. A hundred bucks. 250. You just want cash because you got to go cash a $250 check. You're like, it's annoying.

[D]

IRS is Nate saying under the table without saying it?

[B]

I go, but I always pay taxes on mine.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

I always called them, let them know. I go, IRS. 1, 800, IRS. I just did a one night. Last night in bowling alley. They gave me an extra 50 bucks cash. So you see, check. But I also got extra 50 at the end of the night.

[A]

I opened for Dusty at a theater in Cary, North Carolina. The theater took 10% of your merch sales. Do you remember this?

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Dusty sold one CD for $10. And the guy from the theater came up and goes, all right, let me get my cut. And Dusty was like, well, I only. I only made $10, so it would be $1. He goes, all right, I'll wait here. And you had to go and get a single dollar bill to give this guy. Do you remember that?

[C]

It was so weird because I was like, yeah, no, Yeah. I only sold, like, a cd. And the guy. We both thought the guy was going to be like, I don't worry about it. He was like, all right, so just, I guess, like a dollar.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it was like. It was like, are you serious? I gotta go get you a dollar.

[A]

Now you go, like, dig through your car seats for change to give the theater Guy.

[C]

I'd rather give the guy the whole 10$.

[A]

Yeah, I think you said that at one point. Just when you just keep 100.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

The $1. It's crazy.

[D]

It's such a weird slap in the face when those venues ask for 10 cut. It's just like. It's like they don't want you to be there again.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

It's like, all right, I'll just not come back next time because you want my $1.

[A]

You're gonna hold me up over a dollar?

[B]

You know, it's like that, what you have selling the merch, like, why does it matter? It's because someone was so good at merch at that venue, and they made.

[E]

I thought it was state laws. Some places, like, depending what state you live in, isn't.

[B]

Yeah, no, I think it's venue. Like, it's the venue's decision, but it's. Yeah. Like, maybe someone's done so great on merch, and then the. You know, like, they're like, we had a, you know, get people in here to this show, and we used all our money to promote it, so we'll go take some of that maybe. Yeah.

[C]

And at some point, you just block it out. Right. It's like kind of like out of. You know, but it's like when I'm selling it myself in a situation like that, I'm like, oh, I just. Here's the money I made. Here's. You know, and like, now it's not like that. I kind of just get, you know, my portion.

[B]

Or you would be like, if you want the 10%, go sell it.

[C]

Yeah, right, Exactly. That's what I should have done. Had them sell it. Go. If you get, you know. But.

[B]

Kind of cross the point. Right?

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

This weekend, Friday, I was doing the Kentucky Comedy Festival in Paducah, Kentucky. A lot of folks came out.

[B]

All right. That's where we filmed the Eclipse.

[E]

I'd forgot about that. And somebody there said, man, I can't believe you guys were here. And, you know, we would have loved to come if we told y'all were here to watch the. Watch the thing.

[C]

Tell them to stay up to date with the podcast, and then they would have known.

[B]

We didn't. I don't know if we didn't say. Yeah, we didn't say because we didn't know for sure. Sure. If it was happening. Not happening. Yeah.

[E]

I met a show last month. A woman came. She said, my son was on that football field and he met you guys.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

She said, he texted me and Said the Nate Lynn podcast is here. And she said, I didn't believe him. And then he sent me a picture with Nate and Nate's dad.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

So that was Friday night. Saturday, I was in Rutledge, Georgia, at. I'm looking at you, Aaron. Anything funny? At Camp Twin Lakes doing a show for.

[C]

Bartlesville.

[E]

That was last week. I was doing a show for Hope Heals, which is a wonderful organization that helps out people with disabilities and their caregivers. This is a retreat for their caregivers, so it's a wonderful thing. That was in Rutledge, Georgia. And then last night, Sunday night, I was in Franklin, Tennessee, at the Franklin Theater with Stephen Bargazzi and Caleb Elliott doing a show for Agape Nashville. And that's another wonderful organization that helps out with adoption and foster care for children. And of course, the Bargazzis are very involved with fostering. And so Stephen was great. He shared his story, and it was a fun night. Everyone was super nice.

[B]

Those caregivers. I bet if anybody deserves a vacation retreat, is a caregiver.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, that's got to be just. Yeah.

[E]

It's not.

[B]

Gotta have a special heart to give.

[A]

Him a timeshare in crossfield or something like that.

[B]

You want to go spend eight hours in CrossFit? Because I got a timeshare and does.

[D]

It have a view? Does your timeshare have a view?

[B]

Yeah, you know, it's just like in. You go get in crossfall traffic, and you're like, I'm just stuck in dirt traffic now.

[D]

Yeah, sure. Looking out at a crackle.

[B]

Crossfield was a big city, kind of. I mean, it's in the middle, isn't it? Halfway.

[D]

Nobody knew that.

[B]

Halfway what, between there and Knoxville? Yeah.

[E]

That's pretty close.

[B]

Get off the exit. All the stuff is pretty close. It's not a big city, but it's. It would be. It's. But I mean, it's a big golf town.

[E]

It's a big retirement town.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[E]

Fairfield Glades there.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[E]

I'm doing a show there January 10th with Henry Cho. So.

[B]

Easy to drive. What is it?

[E]

Yeah, what you call it. Easy, easier to drive.

[B]

Easier to drive tour.

[E]

Yep.

[C]

And you've been fulfilling that.

[A]

I was in Schmecklesburg, Kentucky, like, what.

[E]

It'S called Real America, guys.

[A]

These could be made up.

[E]

These are the coastal elites.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Big time. We're having fun.

[D]

Thanks.

[B]

It would perform for the people, you know, where things. Shows like where hurricane's going to hit. It's like, that would be his tour, like, he goes, bates will only hit in this circle of the. Of the America. And it's just like, how far out does it go from Nashville? And you go, we're just right outside of the Bates hurricane. We ain't going to see him. We're not going to see him this year. He goes, yeah.

[E]

I mean, Gadsden, Alabama, this Thursday, Gatston.

[C]

I had some family in Gatson.

[A]

I have family in Gaston, too.

[B]

I've never even heard of Gatson.

[A]

Top northeast corner of Alabama, Right?

[E]

No, it's. I mean, it is.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

It's a little ways down there, though.

[B]

Could we. At the. Could we. At some point, could you go through your schedule of this year and then without telling us just what you drove to, what you flew to?

[E]

Yeah, I think most. Most of them would be obvious. I think there's a couple that would stump you.

[B]

I mean, how many. Yeah, if you were like, I wonder if we could guess. I feel like I did 100 shows. Or just give us a number, like.

[E]

But do I give you the name of the city and then you guess?

[B]

No, I think it would be.

[E]

Or you just guess.

[C]

Tell us the name of the video.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, a lot of mine. Tell us. Tell us who it was for.

[E]

I was at Camp Twin Lakes. Sorry I helped that out. Real people. I'll be Hollywood celebrities.

[D]

Gadsden, Alabama.

[E]

I did Hot Springs, Arkansas, last week. Is that a fly or drive?

[B]

I would think it's a drive.

[C]

I think a drive.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Because that's a weird little ride. Yeah.

[E]

There's no direct flights to Little Rock, but it's a. Yeah. Pretty easy drive.

[B]

Yeah. Eight hours, nine. It's not that bad. Thirteen hours, you know, to get in the car. It's Intellis comic that really. Justin Smith's like that. I mean, Justin Smith will tell you nothing's bad. You ever go in there? It's like, it's not that bad. It's like 16 hours. And he's like, ah, it's easy. He goes, you go, pop it in. You come back. What is it? He goes, a couple. Couple podcasts, four movies, and you're. He goes, well, you had your mind. You're there. He goes. He goes, I don't think it's really worth it to fly, Joe. Do you have any fun? Where were you?

[D]

I was just in Asheville, North Carolina, and I was in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, before that. Played golf with my dad in Virginia the day before that, and now I'm here. Been driving that neon yellow Hyundai.

[B]

You could have said no. And we could have moved on. Yeah. You don't have to answer, Joe.

[D]

Yeah, I'm gonna remember that for the next day.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I got out of the house for the. The first time, Joe lets us know.

[B]

I went golfing with my dad. Couple. You know, I got a nice little dinner with my mom.

[D]

Nine birdies and 36 holes. That's something worth mentioning.

[A]

That is nice.

[B]

That is.

[A]

I forgot you're a really good golfer.

[B]

He's a very good golfer.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah. All right. Sorry. Aaron.

[E]

Aaron got out of the house.

[A]

I got out of the house before. Did I saw Creed at Bridgestone.

[B]

I did, too.

[C]

All right.

[A]

You were there.

[B]

Yeah, I was there.

[E]

That was him on stage.

[B]

Yeah. I asked you to come back. You told me, because I texted you about coming out to something else, and you said, well, I can't get out. And then what was it for? I tell you, it's something about, oh, we're watching. I don't know, hanging out or something about the Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt. I said, you want to come to the Vanderbilt game? Said, no, I can't get out. I got, like, too much. And then. I mean, he's. I don't know if he's even been home. And then I just slowly get stuff like, Lars is going, aaron's here. We're at Creed. And Laura goes, aaron's here. I go. I mean, I just. I was like, hey, you go to the Vandy game? He's like, you know. You know how it is. He's already like a real parent, lying. You know, I'm in. I'm stuck in it right now. And then everything I went to this weekend, Aaron has been there longer than I have.

[E]

Why didn't you want to go, Aaron?

[A]

I would love to have gone. It's just. We're trying. My wife and I are taking shifts. We had the wedding.

[B]

Why is your shift to leave the house like that? Your shift? We can leave the house too. Yeah, but she probably doesn't. She doesn't. It's funny, though, that you go, let's do it in shifts. You agree? And he goes, she goes, all right, for my shift, I'm gonna go sleep. And then you're like, all right, my shift. I'm gonna go to Creed. And she's like, well, that isn't. I didn't know that's what we were doing. I thought you'd still be home. And he goes, oh, no. I thought we're doing shifts. You can leave. And you throw. Make her leave. No, Lucy leave. And Lucy's like, I Don't want to leave. I'm tired. All right, well, I'm gonna go to everything else. There's a lot of stuff. You read the Nashville Scene, see what's going on. Every. Just randomly picks stuff.

[A]

I got tickets through my agent. I've been a Creed fan for a long time. I used to run a Creed fan website when I was like nine. So this is a full circle moment for me to see the band back together.

[B]

We could have. If you would let me know. You. You could have met him.

[A]

Didn't you go back and meet.

[B]

Yeah, I've met him. I know.

[E]

Didn't you message Scott St. And say. I did message John Chris said you're a great guy.

[A]

You know that I have a. A. Not a history, but a future with him.

[B]

With Scott staff.

[A]

Yeah, but you insulted him. Yeah, I didn't insult him at all. What are you talking about?

[E]

He's like, john, Chris said you're a good guy or whatever, and he's an insult.

[B]

What's your future with him?

[A]

I'm just saying. I said I. Not a history, but like, I. I have.

[C]

I'll be seeing him.

[A]

Say that's what I mean.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, but this is your fault for making me feel dumb. I texted you to see if you can vanity game and you gave me the like, I'm an idiot answer. I just had a baby. I got. It's crazy.

[C]

Yeah, you should have said, I gotta be home today because I'm going to see Creed tonight. And then he would have said, oh, you want to meet him?

[B]

You go, no, I'm going to see Creed tonight. So I'm going to stay home tomorrow during the day because then I also have a show tomorrow night. It's going to be a little too had.

[E]

Arms wide open.

[B]

You just lay out the facts for me. And then I go, okay. And then I know what I'm dealing with. Instead of Laura in the middle of the concert, by the way, you could have set with us. Dude, they. We. They set it up. We had an unbelievable. I mean, you were in a suite. Yeah, we were just in this one section because it was sold out. And it was like just this one section that was closed off. And so they let us just sit there. So, I mean, I was like in. Like, no one's around us.

[A]

Okay, that's awesome.

[B]

It's anything and everything you would have wanted.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I'll tell you what, the only thing that makes me feel good is that I did go talk to him and you did it. So that makes me a Little happier. Yeah. That you did not get something.

[A]

I'm sorry.

[C]

You know, how was the show?

[B]

But I didn't need you to go to the Vandy game. I know that.

[A]

I wanted to go. I wanted to go.

[B]

Show was great. Three doors down. Creed, I love Open.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Creed was me and Laura's first concert together.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That's cool.

[B]

So we. So 24 years ago, it was like, we looked it up. Yeah. And so that was our first concert in Knoxville. We saw him and then drove back right after. But so, yeah, so we were like, Laura planned it. I didn't even know. I didn't know they were here. I just haven't been able to see it. And then. So I didn't know they were here. And then Laura had a plan. I was like, I would love to go. And so. Yeah, it was awesome. It was awesome. Watched a little side stage too. Could watch side stage.

[D]

You should have been there, Aaron.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Should have been there.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, man. Well, regardless, what was it like? What did the guy from. What did the Creed people say to you?

[B]

Scott Step.

[D]

Yeah, what did he say so that we can filter it through to.

[B]

Oh, he goes, no, no, because I watch your podcast. You don't care for the big one. I go, that's crazy. I go, oh, Jesus. Go, Scott.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

I go, scott, what are you talking about?

[C]

Yeah, he used to run a fan.

[B]

Yeah. I go, he's a big fan.

[A]

He's pretty intense on stage. Some of like, the talk in between songs is pretty intense. Dude.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Like, what? What would he do?

[A]

He said, like, are you guys ready to go on a journey that teeters between the physical and the spiritual? Oh, you're like, I don't know.

[B]

No, no, no.

[A]

You like to hear the song.

[B]

He does it. It's a. They give a real testimonial kind of thing. Three doors down and them very Christian oriented. Very.

[C]

Yeah, I've always gotten them.

[B]

So it's. But, you know, it's funny to see is like, as. I mean, I think they've always been like that. But as they get older, too, you can see some bands, like, I feel like they're just. They. They just were like, look, I'm getting back in front of people. And like, as you. It's just. You're seeing someone get older that goes, I want to. You know what? This needs to be different. I know when I was 20, I was not doing what I should have been doing. And then. So you see someone get older. It is interesting to see them, like, you know what And I mean, everybody in the crowd was, like, on board with everything that they.

[A]

100%.

[B]

It wasn't like. It was like. It felt like some weird kind of messaging. It was like, yeah, yeah. Everybody, like, listened. And so they were both like that. Three Doors Down, I think did it up top.

[A]

He said one thing kind of in the middle. I had no idea they were like that at all. He just was like, I just gotta. I don't usually talk. I just want to say one thing. And then.

[E]

Yeah, about the poison in our foods.

[B]

Is that what he said?

[A]

No.

[E]

Just trying to get Dusty on board with it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Well, I am on board. I've always liked Creed. I've always liked 3 Doors Down. I think they're great.

[B]

I think that's a great name for a band. Three Doors Down. Yeah.

[A]

Rolls off the dan. Some hits, too. I forgot how many big songs they had. Anyway, that's what I did. That was my one, like, thing I got out of the house. And the rest has been working.

[E]

Didn't you open?

[B]

Everybody remembers the whole thing was, I ain't working for the next. I'm not. I'm off till next year.

[A]

I'm off on the road, but I'm doing stuff in town. You know what I mean? Well, deadbeat dad over here. I went and saw Creed for a couple hours.

[C]

Yeah. Got out of the house.

[A]

Sorry, everybody.

[C]

Had a couple of drinks.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Was like, oh, you're gonna take me on a spiritual journey.

[B]

Why don't I just go back to my house? He had a full weekend. I wonder.

[E]

Somebody up here crying. I'll just go see my daughter.

[B]

You might have drove more than Brian did. We can see with the mileage on your car versus this car.

[E]

What about you, Dusty?

[C]

Okay. I went to Portland, Oregon, and I went to Seattle, Washington.

[A]

Two favorite cities.

[C]

Well, you know what? I want to say this. In 2017, I went to Portland. Loved it. Went last year, maybe two years ago. And I was like, whoa, something has happened here. And it was not as good this time. It was like, complete turnaround. I love Portland again. I'm back on board. People told me there that they've been really working to clean it up, do some improvements over the last year, and it was great. I walked around. I went to some art stores. You know, I did the art. I went to a bookstore, an art store, the real artsy stuff that you expect in Portland. Had some coffee, and it was great. The show. I did two shows. They were great. Revolution hall, which is sold out of.

[A]

Theater, so that probably makes the Whole.

[C]

Revolution hall is an old high school.

[B]

High school. It's a really cool gym.

[C]

Really cool. And. No, but I. You know, I sold really well at Helium last year. I just felt like the city felt different.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it feels better. I. Portland's back and it feels good. And then I went to Seattle, to Neptune, to the Neptune Theater. Theater.

[A]

Nice.

[C]

It was great. Very nice. Two shows. Seattle was great. I went downtown. Didn't need to. Took a wrong turn, Drove through downtown. But I got to see a lot of it. Very nice. Had a great time. Our friends in Tacoma, Christie from Purpose Men came and brought a crew, and it was great. I saw some old friends, loved it, had a great time.

[B]

Revolution hall was the first time I ever tried an encore. Was in that.

[C]

Oh, yeah?

[B]

Yeah. My manager was there, Alex, and he. Five years ago, was it five years ago? Yeah. And then were you there, Brian?

[E]

No, I just know it.

[B]

He just knows. That's why he's always around.

[E]

Dude, five years ago, everybody thinks.

[B]

I don't. I go hard on Brian. Brian's around a lot.

[E]

Yeah, I wasn't that. But I know. Five years ago, last week, it's when we went to D.C. and we went to PTI.

[B]

Oh, yeah. That was only five years ago.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Wow. We went to watch PTI a little, so I surprised him. You tell me. I don't do anything right for your old boy.

[A]

Yeah. Brian likes to play the victim.

[B]

He plays the victim.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I got Brian.

[A]

Brian goes.

[B]

His favorite show might be so mean to me. Yeah.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Tony Kornheiser.

[E]

You got to meet him.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

I say that all the time, but.

[B]

Yeah, I got it. I surprised you.

[A]

Don't say it. You sit there.

[B]

You sit there. You do it. But I. I took him because I'm a thoughtful person and I'm pensive.

[E]

Now, here's how we got to pti. We rented Bird Scooters, which I'd never.

[B]

That was very fun.

[E]

And. No, it was terrifying.

[B]

I remember this. I think I posted it.

[E]

I was covered in sweat because I was so nervous and scared. And Nate's filming me, and by the time I got to pti, like, I'm just drenching.

[C]

Because you were nervous riding the scooter.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. So it's. So it's because. So it's my fault.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That's what it's like. My wife. Yeah. It's like a husband wife relationship. You go, oh, it's my fault then.

[E]

Yeah. Because I didn't want to do it. But you were like, no, this is going to be good, content.

[B]

We. We did it for two seconds.

[C]

I'd love to see the video.

[B]

And you. Yeah, it looked like me trying to get someone out of unicycle. Yeah. Like, you know where they were. Like, I don't know if I can get up. It's a scooter. You stand there and just your, your life, just living life can make you stand straight on it. Just the fact that you walked around earth, you go like, oh, okay, I got it.

[D]

The start of he was. Go ahead.

[B]

Huh?

[D]

Sorry.

[B]

No, go ahead. I don't care. I thought. Yeah, you know. Anyway.

[C]

Portland and Seattle were great, though. I had such a great time. I've always loved going there. And I just was sad about the way. Seemed like Portland had gone and it seems like it's. It's great now. I'm excited.

[B]

All right.

[C]

I'm wondering if the last time I went, if my hotel was just not in a bad part of town and the club was in a bad part of town because that was all I really saw.

[B]

The club's kind of downtown, but I was downtown.

[C]

I stayed downtown and it was great. I loved it.

[D]

That's good.

[C]

I mean, there's still some tents about.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, you know, people love to camp and you know, they're very outdoorsy out there.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

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All right, let's start with you guys. Comments. Logan Stagal Steagall. Stegal Stagal. The news of Nate's special filled me with so much joy. I'm 31. I've been going through cancer treatments since August. I have my 15th round of chemotherapy scheduled for Christmas Eve, which I've been immensely bummed out about hearing that I'll have Nate's special to watch during that round was the best news I could have asked for. Love the podcast. I save it for my weekly chemo rounds, and it helps me show up each week. Logan. It is actually gonna come out on the 26th now. And that's. I have to break this news to you.

[E]

Sorry, buddy.

[B]

Now we. Logan, that means the world to me, buddy. And we're with you. Keep pounding.

[C]

Sorry you got to go through that.

[B]

Yeah. That's crazy. Brian Springham. I was at church on Sunday and noticed that the drummer was wearing a dusty sleigh hat. I'm curious how that this makes dusty feel. Does he believe hats are okay in church? What about his hat?

[C]

I mean, I don't even know if I believe drums are okay in church, but. But, yeah, I'm okay with it.

[B]

I mean, well, there's no way he wouldn't have a hat in your church because he wouldn't be there to play the drums.

[C]

But, you know, I guess if you're gonna be in a band in Church and you're wearing a hat. Might as well be mine.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, I'm into it, I think.

[B]

You would allow people to wear your merch to your church.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Wolf T shirt or Having a good time.

[C]

It's nice stuff. It's nice.

[A]

It is high quality material.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Made in Honduras.

[C]

Exactly. That used to be my pitch. I used to. I used to really, like I was going to say made in America. Made in Honduras.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I used to play drums at church, believe it or not. And I borderline thought it was inappropriate.

[E]

That I was doing Catholics.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Really? Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Typically, like a Catholic church. There'll be like one mass a weekend where they kind of modernize it a little bit. Especially in Tennessee. There'll be like a. A fiddle player, a lot of guitarists.

[B]

Drums?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You play piano? Drums. What else?

[A]

And a little guitar.

[B]

Oh, yeah. That's great. Why would you learn all this?

[A]

Just played it growing up.

[D]

All Creed.

[A]

All Creed and Creed. Got me into it for sure. Yeah.

[E]

Well, you shouldn't wear a hat in church. Dusty. I'm sorry.

[C]

Well, I agree.

[E]

But if you do, make it a dusty sleigh.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah, we're having a good time.

[A]

Somebody was wearing your hat on 60 days in.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

You see that? Have you ever seen 60 days in the show? It's where they embed people. It's like a reality show where they embed people into jail and see if they can last 60 days.

[D]

Oh, wow.

[A]

And one of them was just wearing a We're having a good time hat. Do you have the pictures?

[C]

I was gonna see if I could find it.

[A]

Yeah, I think.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Saw it on Twitter. It's crazy.

[D]

One of the actual prisoners.

[A]

I know it's one of the. Was it one of the contestants?

[C]

Yeah, I think they were from.

[B]

Are they being watched? Like, do they know them? If they're going to be like, someone's going to try to get them killed or something.

[A]

Wait, what do you mean? Look at that.

[D]

It sounds dangerous.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Yeah. That's crazy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Season seven, Episode nine.

[E]

That's what he's wearing in jail.

[B]

No, that's probably. They wear two gel and then.

[A]

So, yeah, that's your outfit. I don't think that's the prison out. Yeah.

[B]

Where is it? What channel is this on? This.

[A]

On Netflix.

[B]

So it's. They. They literally put them in a jail and. And then they.

[A]

They, they. I don't know how real it is. I watched a season of this. I thought it was really entertaining. But they. They put people in a Jail and just end in the film them for 60 days and see if they last. A lot of people tap out. I haven't watched it in a while. I didn't.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Sharp look.

[B]

Yeah. All right. Peter Reese. I think the next episode should be about how Aaron's harrowing experience with childbirth has turned him into an absolute savage in the best way possible. He just calmly. He's just calmly roasting people like it's his job.

[A]

Thanks, Peter.

[B]

Like, you're just like. Yeah. I feel it's because you're out. You know, like, you're. Yeah. I mean, it turns out you've been out. Yeah.

[A]

I want to destroy this narrative that I've just been painting the town red. That was my one time out of the house, dude, all weekend, other than work, you know, I had to go do a gig.

[B]

You know, I mean, I was fun gig, Blown away. Laura goes, Aaron's here. What?

[C]

What with this baby? It's a shift.

[E]

It's a shift.

[B]

He goes, can I take my baby shift out of the house?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Kristen fox. You go bring your baby, like, at probably cookouts and like, you know, like.

[A]

A dude, get the headphones for it for her.

[B]

Yeah. You know, for it for her. Yeah. Kristen fox. Love the pod. But two burning questions. Why does Brian always seem annoyed when things go off topic? That's just his personality. Number two. What do y'all do at the end? It appears y'all get up and just abruptly leave. What really happens after the camera? That's kind of it. We do get up. You've been sitting there for two hours, so you want to stand up.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

What's left to say after two hours? Yeah, you just talk to you look each other right in the face for two hours.

[D]

I think she wants to visualize how quickly you get into your cars and drive away.

[B]

Oh, it's not that quickly. I mean, a lot of times if. Depends. I've usually usually have to go, but it's not too. Too quick. I don't know if it's ever been, like, a really run out. But, you know, we. There's shows here, too, so it's. If there's a show's going on, you know, we could be staying here, like, tonight. I think we're all. I don't know if everybody is, but, yeah, we're staying.

[A]

Are you doing this show?

[B]

Yeah, I'm gonna. Yeah.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

I'm hosting it. Yeah. There's a Nate land live show tonight, and then it's. Yeah. So then we're gonna do this show. And then new material is also going on. So. Due to. So. And I'm gonna go up tonight.

[A]

I wonder if they think that you're like the. Or we're like the Mythbusters guys. You know, those guys that do the show, but they're like. They don't like each other.

[E]

Oh, really?

[A]

And then, like, the camera stops rolling, and they just. They just. But on the show, they look like these are two best friends doing science experiments.

[C]

But we know there's liars. Those guys are pretty well known liars.

[B]

Yeah. There's no one I. That you would see me on anything with that I wouldn't be hanging out with. I've been pretty fortunate to be like, everybody that I've have done anything with. I talk to them pretty regularly.

[A]

You never faked it for an interview or something? You fake some chemistry with somebody?

[B]

No. I mean, maybe. Yeah. In an interview. I'm not saying yeah, like, but it's like, you know, like, any. A lot of times. Yeah. When you do some interviews, you don't know the person. Like, but I mean, in general, like, us doing this. We all. I talked to him yesterday, was texting you. Usually I don't talk to you much or a little bit.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Dusty.

[C]

We're here and there.

[B]

Yeah, we're here and there. He texts. He's on the road doing stuff.

[C]

I don't require as much attention as these guys.

[A]

Yeah, that's true. Yeah. I'm very needy.

[B]

Silky Joe will be a little bit. Maybe there's a group chat. We're in. Yeah.

[D]

I'll write him out. I'll write a letter.

[B]

Yeah. But. Yeah, so I think everybody kind of. Everybody really hangs out. When we were on the road, you came. We came. Hung out in Michigan.

[C]

That is true. Joe was there also.

[D]

You, like, you sometimes pull up like, a show or like a sporting event, like, in the other room, don't you?

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

[E]

Not here.

[B]

No. Yeah, with every. Yeah, with. Yeah. I invite everybody. I like every. I like people. I like everybody connecting. That's what frustrates me with the Creed thing is you. It annoys me that we were all in the same. There's another guy there. I knew that I was.

[C]

Invites us over to his house and we go in the pool. And you can't even tell him that you're going to see.

[B]

I would have been like. I would like.

[A]

Do you want me to just check whether you're. Every time I'm somewhere. Just check whether you're there or not.

[E]

You got.

[B]

Maybe. Maybe.

[C]

Because in Bridgestone Yeah. I mean here in Nashville. You're out at Bridgestone. You know Nate's there.

[B]

Yeah, you know I'm there.

[A]

Oh, you feel like, I don't know.

[C]

Get some backstage passes and you're doing a million things.

[A]

You're doing.

[B]

I'm doing a lot of stuff.

[A]

I don't want to, you know, I don't want to bog you down with the minutia of. Of my life, you know what I mean?

[B]

You text my assistant.

[D]

Who'd you go to the Creed show with, though? That's the real question.

[A]

My buddy, comic friend of mine.

[D]

Shane Willis.

[A]

No.

[B]

You said Shane Willis.

[E]

I don't know who that is.

[D]

Shane Gillis.

[B]

Oh, Shane Gillis. Bradley Hersey. Hershey Hersey. Hey, Bear, just saw Dusty last night at Revolution hall in Portland. The new hour 20 is hot.

[C]

Boom.

[B]

This is the same venue we saw Nate for the first time five years ago. So, Dusty, we'll see you at the Modus center where the Blazers play in five years.

[C]

All right. I guess you were at the second show. I did two shows, so I had to keep the first one tight. I didn't get to do that long.

[A]

Hour 10.

[C]

I do think it was an hour.

[B]

Five, but yeah, there you go. You just tell the host, you know what, I'm just going to go up tonight. You're not going up. They go. We need to have the first show be tight. All right, so no host. I'll just walk out there. Yeah, that's what you said you will eventually get.

[C]

I think so.

[B]

Yeah, that's what I could see it. I could see it.

[A]

A one man show type.

[C]

Yeah. Just two hours go out.

[B]

Two hours.

[C]

That's what I'd like to do.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Hour and a half, Two hours.

[B]

You know, I could see it. I fit your personality to go out. Just walk out. Yeah. Colin Quinn does that. Colin Quinn goes out.

[A]

James Gregory would kind of do that too. A lot of places. Just the one. The one man show, similar vibe. I could see that.

[B]

Julian Turnwich. Yeah, Turn witch. Julian Turnwich. That sounds like a fancy name. You know, I think some money behind that.

[C]

Yeah. A lot going on with it.

[B]

Yeah. Although not an Atlanta Falcons fan, I was watching the Falcon Saints game and found myself cheering for Atlanta after our boy Nate Landman made a huge stop. I can't be sure, but I read his lips and I think he screamed.

[C]

Hey, Bear, I can't believe Nate Landman is not a. Is he not? Listen, Is he not reached out to the podcast.

[E]

He follows us.

[C]

Oh, does he?

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah. That's all we know.

[E]

Yeah, we need to have him on in the off season.

[B]

Oh, yeah, he's killing it.

[E]

Then there's a UFC fighter, Nate Land Weir or something like that.

[B]

Ah, yeah.

[A]

All right, let's get them both on.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Same time.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Trey trying.

[C]

He trying.

[B]

Yeah, it's such as Trey trying.

[C]

You're trying to do something.

[B]

Yeah. Just saw where Nate Just saw where Nate is playing in the TNT golf match. Super excited to see Nate's golf game on display. Tell us more.

[E]

Yeah, we talked about this.

[B]

Yes. So November 21st, 22nd, TNT stream on Max. I'm in the match. Superstars Ken Griffey, Michael Phelps, Wayne Gretzky, Blake Griffin, Charles Barkley, Wahlberg, Bill Murray, and myself.

[A]

That's an insane group.

[B]

It is an insane group of people.

[E]

The only person I couldn't recognize just off their face was Blake Griffin.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Everybody else. Yeah, everybody else I could just name by looking at them.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, it was. It was awesome. We already shot it. I don't know if. If that's. I don't. I can't say anything about it.

[A]

Who'd you play with? Can you say that?

[B]

Yeah, me and Blake Griffin played together.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And then. Then. Yeah, but it was. It was a very fun. It was very, very fun. Very fun. I mean, dude, everybody's like, awesome. Blake's awesome. Like, they're. I mean, everybody's awesome. Like, Charles Barclays is just so funny. Blake's very funny, too. Gretzky's fine. They're all. Yeah, it was. It was. It was. Yeah. Phelps, Griffey, Wahlberg, Murray, Zimmerman.

[A]

How would you describe Nate's golf game? You play with them a lot.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Excellent. I would say Nate has a solid golf game. Solid golf game. Good off the tee.

[C]

You went from excellent to solid, though.

[A]

He's thinking about it more.

[B]

Yeah, I'm. I'm going to shoot at my course at home. I'm going to shoot 83. I get stuck at 83. I'm going to shoot. I usually won't. I'll shoot in the 80s. Even if I go to somewhere we don't play, I'll shoot in the 80s.

[D]

What. What's fun. What's fun about Nate is around the third hole, he'll hit it in the trees, and then on the fourth hole, he'll hit it in the fairway, and he'll be like, oh, you're in trouble now. I think I fixed it.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And then the fifth hole, you know, bunker. And then the six will be like, I think I just dialed it in, figured something out. They got his figured out. Oh, that's his catch. He's got a catchphrase on the golf course.

[B]

I just figured it out. He goes, that was it. I knew that was it. Oh, boy. Don't let me figure this out. Yeah. It's not been. It's been hit and miss. It's been good. It's just. It's hard. Like, mentally, it's hard just to be. You got to be in it.

[D]

No, he's a good golfer. We play with Tony Fena. I mean, he's playing with tour pros, and you got to be good to.

[B]

I think I'm. I'm a better golfer than I think I am because I play with very good people. Joe's very good.

[A]

Are you a better golfer than you are a hang on the golf course?

[B]

Well, I don't know. That's. I think I'm a good hang.

[A]

No, no, no. I think you are, too, but it's just some guys, they're like, he's bad, but, you know, he's fun to have around. You're like, you are good enough at golf that it's like, you're good enough to just. You could be zero fun, and it'd still be.

[B]

Yeah, but I don't think you would. My golf game is A question like. That should not be asked. To me, it would be asked like you and your golf.

[A]

I think about with me all the time. My game's horrible. So I.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

So I.

[B]

That would be the hang. But I'm. Mine is good enough. That, like, it would be.

[A]

But I'm saying to you with like, a Tony Finau or somebody. I know y'all are friends, but even I played with regret asking the question.

[B]

But it was a horribly worded question.

[D]

Well, I can. I can tell it's on.

[E]

Isn't that a bad hang? Yes.

[C]

The way you worded it. It did seem like it did.

[A]

It did come out that way, but I think. I think I've been given time to backtrack and explain it a little bit.

[D]

Well, I can verify I don't play with him because of his personality.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

That's for sure. Golf game.

[A]

That's not what I meant.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

The guy shoots in 83.

[C]

Yeah. I don't know what that means, but it sounds good.

[A]

Yeah, 83. I'm not even in the same universe as that. I'm saying my asset to a group has nothing to do with golf. That's what I'm saying. But you're good. I Was trying to compliment and it didn't come out that way. Yeah, this will be my last podcast. Yeah, it's been fun, dude. It's been a good four years.

[D]

He's fun. He's fun. He. He gets gambling. He gets gambling. He gets conspiracy theories going.

[B]

Ooh, fun stuff. Yeah, just talking about whatever. David Oakley. New York City is home to nearly 20 nesting pairs of perigene peregrine falcons. Is that how you say it? Peregrine Peregrine falcons. It is the largest population of urban peregrine falcon in the world. So there's a very good chance that as you are waiting in line for Hamilton tickets, the world's fastest bird is just overhead rocketing across the sky at 200 miles per hour. That's crazy. 20 nesting pairs.

[E]

Is that true, Joe? That gets us into our topic today.

[C]

Saw these birds.

[D]

Oh, yeah. Fastest animal in the animal kingdom. The peregrine falcon.

[C]

I just saw one of Those.

[D]

Goes over 200 miles.

[B]

Is there anything else other than animal kingdom? Why do they say that?

[C]

Gatlinburg.

[B]

Why would you not say fastest animal on earth?

[D]

Well, I could have said that as well.

[B]

Yeah. Okay. It sounds like there's a something else. You know, you're like, fast. Someone the animal kingdom. And then you're like, well, what else? You're like, well, we're not counting.

[C]

Some of them aren't in the kingdom.

[B]

I would think they're all in the kingdom.

[D]

I mean, fastest animal on earth.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah. All right.

[B]

That's a good way to get into it.

[A]

What is a nesting pair? Just like a couple.

[D]

Oh, yeah, they're a couple.

[E]

What is it about New York of all places that they like?

[B]

Yeah, he's got to defend the falcon, it sounds like. Yeah. Where do they get off, Joe?

[E]

I don't think a wildlife migrating to New York City.

[D]

Well, they like to be high up, so you get some tall buildings that's as high as it gets. And then you can look down at the park. But really they hunt. They often hunt other birds that are flying. So they just get up super high. Sometimes they'll be on the Statue of Liberty and they just dive bomb. Other birds knock basically, you know, basically knock a pigeon out mid air and then catch the pigeon as the pigeon is falling to the ground.

[B]

So they just eat the pigeon.

[D]

So pigeons. Yeah, probably a lot of pigeons.

[A]

So will they go long periods of time without ever touching the ground? If you can just eat without touching the ground, you just camp out up high?

[D]

I think they're usually very high.

[A]

Okay.

[E]

But they can't fly as high as the highest skyscrapers, can they?

[D]

I believe they can.

[E]

They can get to the top like the one world tracer.

[D]

I believe so, yeah. Wow.

[A]

Is there a limit to how high birds can fly?

[D]

I know there is because I know there's a vulture in Africa that has the record for the highest altitude. And I know some high flying airplanes were shocked to run into these vultures in Africa in the air. Yeah, it's crazy. They were at such a crazy altitude. Yeah.

[B]

Like 10,000. Like they're at 10,000ft figures or something.

[D]

Something crazy. Something crazy. Like 11,000. Wow. Yeah. The Griffins, the Ruples Griffin vulture, I believe.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

African.

[E]

And you just saw one of these falcons?

[C]

Yeah. In Kodak Tennessee, there's a bird sanctuary that I went to and they have one.

[D]

Nice.

[C]

Yeah. And I.

[B]

Have you seen one in New York, Joe?

[D]

Yeah. There's a peregrine falcon that there's. There's a nesting pair that lives on the San Remo towers right outside of Central Park. And they just sit there and look at the park and wait to. Wait to dive bomb.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Like a squirrel or something.

[D]

Yeah, there's some. And there was, there was one that was hanging out on the Statue of Liberty for a while.

[B]

And do they, they get kind of left alone. Like New York kind of likes it.

[D]

Like, it's like, oh yeah, people, people, people love them. People, people always root for their. Them to.

[C]

Who's filming this?

[D]

People root. People root super hard for them to. To successfully lay their eggs. But I know.

[B]

And how, why, how can they go so 200 miles an hour? Is that because they're diving?

[D]

Because they're diving, yeah.

[B]

So it's not even really a fair thing. It's like, I mean, a giraffe could go 200 miles an hour if you drop them out of a plane. What's the.

[D]

I don't know that.

[B]

I mean, I think that's the same thing. What's the difference? If I threw a shark out of a hot air balloon, it's going to hit 200 miles an hour.

[D]

I think the fact that it could also stop and control itself is part of it.

[E]

I mean, it's like Superman.

[D]

Fun, fun.

[B]

But it's still just fought. Well. Any bird could go 200 miles if they could go that high. Can they not go that high? Not what, can they not breathe?

[D]

Not any bird can control themselves shooting down at that because they have to be aerodynamic.

[B]

But I would say it's a loose. If I'm in the animal kingdom and Someone goes, they're the fastest. I would be. And you're like a cheetah. You're like, well, because I think because they're the fastest, like, kind like fall skates. Because it's two. We go 200 miles an hour. You're like. And I would say exactly what I said, because I go through miles, throw me out of airport. And I would say it, like, off to the side I go, turn my. Try to run. Run on the ground. That would be.

[D]

Well, just to be fair, peregrine falcons aren't bragging to people about their speech.

[C]

As far as you know.

[B]

Yeah, sounds like they are.

[C]

As far as you know.

[E]

I think I did.

[B]

They go to the biggest city in.

[C]

America, set up on top, and go.

[B]

Sit on top of all our fancy buildings. And then they go. All birds are like, oh, we're gonna.

[C]

Go in the woods knocking out pigeons while they're flying pigeons. Just trying to eat the scraps. Just trying to survive out here.

[E]

I think I did read that they're not the fastest bird flying horizontally. It is because.

[B]

Oh, there we go. Joe, what is this?

[D]

Golden eagle.

[E]

I can't remember. It was a bird I never heard.

[D]

Of, but some sort of albatross. Golden eagle.

[E]

I really. I don't know, but I think I read that. So there are 11,000 species of birds.

[B]

One more. You got.

[D]

Joe, I got a fun fact about paragraphs.

[E]

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[D]

Two fun facts. Extra eyelids because they're flying so fast that if they blink, they'll. They'll run into stuff. So they. They have an extra eyelid that. A membrane that blinks and they can still see through the membrane.

[B]

What are they going to run into?

[C]

Yeah, you're.

[E]

Fun stuff.

[D]

Well, it's like if you're racing an Indy 500 to go in 220 on the racetrack, you can't close your eyes for very long.

[C]

Yeah, but what are you going to run into?

[B]

What are you going to run into in the sky? Like, you're not.

[C]

You're already running into pigeons.

[D]

I think. I think it involves controlling their direction when they're trying to hit a pigeon midair.

[B]

It's a overkill.

[D]

And can see a mouse on the ground from two miles away.

[B]

Wow. Wow.

[D]

Vision. Wow. Good vision.

[A]

Two miles straight up.

[D]

Two miles. Yeah.

[B]

Away from a vision that's like two.

[A]

Miles away on the ground, looking straight out or above, looking down during the.

[C]

Subway, a little bit of a diagonal. I was thinking a combination of.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Like, not. They're not Standing in the street.

[B]

Well, they would say, like, could we see what could I see two miles away?

[D]

A mountain. Well, a big hill.

[B]

A bus. School bus.

[A]

You see school bus?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. So it's not that impressive, because for this size, I mean, he goes, it's not.

[D]

I mean, could you see a school bus from two miles away?

[B]

I do it all the time.

[A]

Straight shot.

[C]

Yeah, I don't think so, because I'm.

[B]

Only allowed to be two miles away from school bus. It's a joke that one of y'all should have done, but I guess I'll take it.

[E]

Birds are in the dinosaur family. They're the only living known living dinosaurs. Their closest living relatives are crocodiles. Dusty, do you want to say anything?

[C]

Well, that's just ridiculous. I know that everybody says that, but that's just ridiculous.

[D]

Anyway, Joe, alligators look like dinosaurs.

[C]

I would give. Alligators, yes alligators, yes birds. It's just ridiculous.

[A]

Dinosaurs had feathers. They said.

[B]

That's what. That came out of nowhere. That was like. Yeah, it was like they didn't have feathers then. It was like one Jurassic park movie. They go, I think they had feathers. Or like someone said then, like, did.

[A]

They in the Jurassic park movies have feathers?

[C]

No, the guy did say that. That was his expert had a hypothesis. Yeah, but it's like, it just like, it feels like they go, what will they believe? Will they believe this? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Tell them they had feathers.

[B]

Yeah, it's like. I mean, out of nowhere. Tell them they're related to birds. It's like, it's funny to be like, you're just kind of going with, like, what we have. And then it's just like. Like that. It's like, well, you know, they have feathers. And you're like, are we just bored talking about dinosaurs?

[A]

And that's like, we were dumb for not knowing that.

[B]

Yeah. Like, I wonder if you get to a point where you go, there's all right, we've done dinosaurs. And they're like, I don't need to get them going again. You're like, what if they had feathers? And you're like, ooh, throw that in now. You're now like, so they all have feathers, then. So all our dinosaurs are all wrong.

[D]

Well, the thing that bums me out is they say we don't know the color of the dinosaurs at all. So they could have been, like, bright pinks and purples and reds for all we know.

[B]

Probably not.

[D]

I wish we knew that, you know, certain animals, like cardinals, are bright red.

[B]

Yeah. But I would think a Big dinosaur needs to blend with the trees or the zebras.

[D]

You know, I think that'd be the opposite.

[E]

They're the ones that can dominate. They don't need a blend.

[B]

Well, it depends on which one. I think Tyrannosaurus rex could have a tuxedo on maybe. Yeah.

[D]

Maybe it was a mating advantage. Maybe it was a mating advantage to be bright hot pink, you know?

[B]

Yeah. Would they ever find out what color they are? I guess.

[D]

I sure hope so. I would like to know.

[C]

Yeah, don't count on it. I mean, they may tell you one day.

[B]

They're going to tell you.

[E]

How would they know? You'd have to have actual.

[B]

Oh, they're going to tell you, Joe. They're going to tell you.

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[C]

Remember when. Remember when you fell off the side of that mountain?

[A]

Yeah, I did fall off.

[C]

Had Mountain Dew. You wouldn't have fell off.

[A]

Well, you know, I had a Mountain Dew and I got back to the car.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know, you had to do recharge. Had to wash.

[E]

The do is what made him slip, though.

[A]

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[E]

What's the most I know? You probably know Dusty, the most common bird in the world.

[C]

Oh, no idea.

[B]

Hummingbird chicken.

[C]

Oh, I didn't even think that.

[A]

Feels.

[D]

Trick question. Because That's. That's not a wild.

[B]

It's not a fun answer.

[D]

It's a domestic bird.

[E]

I guess you guys are just all done.

[B]

Oh, it's not a wild. So there you go.

[D]

I don't count them.

[A]

There are wild chickens, right? But.

[D]

But that called turkey.

[A]

Talking about wild chickens.

[D]

Wild chickens.

[E]

It's a bird.

[B]

I just asked her, as a bird watcher, do you mark off chicken? No, it's not even on the list.

[D]

If you see it in the wild and it's running around, you might mark down chicken.

[A]

Tampa, Florida.

[D]

But it'll be listed as feral if it's a chicken in the wild. Because it's not a wild animal. Yeah, it'd be like a stray chick.

[B]

So what's the most common bird outside of that? Pigeons.

[D]

That would be my guess. Pigeons.

[C]

Doves. They're in the pigeon family, but pigeon.

[B]

Yeah, our pigeons, you know, like they're in New York is where you see them and I guess cities, but then you're like, are they in what is.

[A]

Just like a regular bird? Just like you look at. Just like a bird. Just a nothing, whatever bird.

[D]

A gray cat bird.

[A]

Cat bird.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That seems like a little bit more than what he's asking for.

[D]

A starling.

[C]

There's a grackle. They roll and roll in packs.

[E]

But is blackbird. Is that just. Is that a type or is that just.

[D]

There's types of blackbirds. There's a red winged blackbird. You're thinking of a crow or a raven, I think.

[B]

Hey, I would think a crow or.

[D]

A star or you're a starling. Star.

[B]

That's what I would think of a crow.

[D]

Starling's a basic bird.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Crow or raven sitting on the, like, telephone.

[B]

The bay. That.

[A]

That's a starling up there.

[D]

Well, there's a lot of birds that sit on telephone poles, but you know what I mean?

[A]

Like just looking for just the basic cookie cutter, entry level bird.

[C]

Mockingbird.

[B]

You walk outside. Yeah. What's. You walk outside, what's the first bird you're probably going to see?

[D]

Robin.

[C]

Cardinal, too. Cardinals are all over. Right.

[A]

But you. I notice when I see a cardinal. You know what I mean? You go, oh, that's red.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Robins are everywhere too.

[D]

Robin.

[E]

What are you seeing? Birds flying south. And there are just tons of them flying. What are those?

[A]

Parakeets.

[D]

Tons of birds flying south would just be whatever species is migrating.

[E]

It could be anything.

[A]

Do you have the answer of what the most common. What's the most common bird?

[E]

Chicken.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You don't have the real one.

[B]

He didn't look anything up. He just wrote questions down to ask Joe.

[E]

That's why Joe was here. I had the answer.

[B]

Joe, you're the Wikipedia this week.

[E]

The passenger pigeon was North America's most abundant bird from the 16th century until it went extinct around the turn of the 20th century.

[C]

What happened to it?

[E]

Hunters killed them.

[A]

Killed them all.

[E]

The last passenger pigeon, George and Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo.

[C]

I think it was probably people starving. I feel like when you say hunter, it makes it seem like they were just targeting. But I bet that people were starving today.

[B]

There are so many that they were. But you. You know, even as a bird, there's so many of you. We'll get together.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And make more of you.

[E]

Yeah. I read online they're very cordial birds. They. They're not afraid of you. So they kind of blame them for their dying off. Because hunters were killing them, but they kept.

[D]

That's what happened. Yeah. You talking about the passenger pigeon?

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

That's also what happened with the dodo bird.

[C]

Classic dodo.

[D]

Dodos had no predators on their island, so they just ran up to you real happy, and then, wow, they tasted good.

[A]

Adapt or die.

[E]

So passenger pigeons were so plentiful that they would sometimes block out the sun because they were so abundant.

[A]

So we had to kill some of them.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That's crazy.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

This is from AI I thought it was very funny the way they wrote it. In 1855, a flock of passenger pigeons passed over Columbus, Ohio, casting a growing cloud that blocked out the sun. The event caused panic in the city, with children running for home, women seeking shelter, and horses bolting.

[D]

There was.

[E]

AI is kind of sexist.

[D]

There was a. I just saw a tweet. I just saw a tweet about. Somebody recorded passenger pigeons flying overhead, blacking out the sky for something like nine straight hours. And they calculated that that was 2 billion birds.

[B]

Wow. So what was that.

[D]

Where Was that at? 1800s? Like Columbus, Ohio or something.

[B]

You watch the. What is that number you just said?

[E]

I said Columbus, Ohio. I didn't know there was a tweet.

[D]

That was specific about the hours that.

[B]

No, but I think you're probably about the same one just talking about the same thing. He. I don't know if you listened to him.

[D]

I was just given a number. Two billion. No, I was adding on.

[B]

No, but then you. But then you go, where was it? You go, I think Columbus, Ohio. And you're like, well, that's funny. I think the thing that Brian just read was A story about Columbus, Ohio.

[C]

I think the women were seeking shelter.

[B]

The.

[C]

The horses were bolting.

[E]

You added some facts to it, though.

[B]

Two billion birds. If you have two billion birds, how are. They are in what, 1855.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

And they're already gone. When was the last one?

[E]

Like 1900.

[B]

That's. Come on. Two billion. They killed two billion birds.

[D]

That was one flock.

[B]

Yeah, I know. So you. So two billion birds.

[C]

And by 1900, not even the Great Depression. Yeah, Gone before the.

[B]

They were gone before then.

[A]

Two major causes. Commercial exploitation of pigeon meat on a massive scale and loss of habitat.

[C]

I'd say loss of habitat is the big one.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. But I still find that hard to. Millions. A lot.

[C]

Commercial pigeon.

[B]

That's a lot of birds.

[D]

I think the world. The world was a crazy different place.

[C]

Get yourself a pigeon burger.

[B]

I know it's crazy different, but I mean, it wasn't as many people, so how could you. That's. Everybody gets a bird that's alive. How could any. I don't know how you could kill off in 50 years. I don't know how you could kill 2 billion birds.

[D]

Can you. Can you Google that? How do you kill off.

[A]

Yeah, how do you kill 2 billion.

[D]

Birds in 50 years?

[C]

I think loss.

[B]

I mean, they would. I would need. Yeah. One billion of them, like, flew into a plane.

[A]

Cats cause 1 in every 1.4 bird deaths. So I bet cats were involved.

[D]

Cats are involved.

[A]

Wind turbines, Alternative energy. Probably.

[B]

Maybe it had to be like weather or like a virus or it had to be something that's too many birds to go. Like we just shot them.

[C]

Or maybe they just overestimated how many there were and the birds just flew to another place. Maybe the birds flew to Mexico or Canada and we're just like. They all died because they're not in America anymore.

[A]

They might as well be dead.

[C]

Yeah, right.

[D]

Do you ever do quick bathroom breaks?

[B]

Yeah. You can go.

[A]

You can do it.

[C]

We don't do them, but, you know.

[B]

Be a perfect spot for a show like that.

[E]

Yeah, exactly.

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[E]

Into when did you get into birdwatching?

[B]

Hey how about the guest asking to break up the podcast for best the imitate what that that is what I would use that video to show describe Joe Zimmerman is that's Joe Zimmerman in a nutshell. I've had a few. I can't remember the other one I had but that's that's weak bladder.

[D]

That's how you describe it.

[B]

No no.

[C]

Good golfer weak bladder though.

[B]

Joe Will is fine being the one out of that's not in this group to go guys. Mind if I stop the thing we got I got asked to be on.

[D]

You don't know how long I held it for though.

[B]

Why did you go before?

[C]

He said he likes birds, but I think he's going into the woods to pee.

[D]

I.

[B]

And you got some candy and now you're eating candy. You got another drink and candy. Like just let us know when you want to get started. Joe, we're here for you.

[A]

Mounds Bar.

[B]

We're talking about birds because of you.

[C]

What a bad candy bar. The Mounds.

[A]

I agree. At least have the decency to eat something good.

[D]

My blood sugar was dropping.

[B]

Is it why do you like Mounds?

[D]

I like the Almond Joy a lot more than this mound.

[C]

There's Almond Joy in there too.

[D]

Yeah, just keep I got the Almond Joy and I just wanted to compare it.

[C]

There's not enough almond really? In the Almond Joy.

[B]

It's not a lot of Joy.

[D]

I would love more almonds.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

In the Almond Joy for sure. But the mound. Not not a fan on Halloween.

[B]

You were like a great kid to trade with because like when some kids like I don't want all these. You're like, well those are my favorite are the ones you're throwing away.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, I'll trade you all my Snickers for your Bitto honeys.

[B]

You go, oh, that sounds like I don't think that's a fair trade for that guy. All right, I'll do it.

[E]

While you're eating, can I ask you some questions about bird hunting? I mean, bird watching? Excuse me.

[D]

Bird hunting? How dare you?

[E]

You've been bird hunting.

[A]

You ever killed a bird?

[C]

I have, yeah.

[A]

Oh, yes, I know you've killed.

[C]

You looked at me. Brian looked at me.

[E]

I just figured Dusty would only one that maybe spin bird hunting.

[A]

But I didn't know if this like a passion for birds started with you haunted them or.

[D]

No, I don't. I don't think I've killed anything other than Asian lantern fly bug.

[B]

What is that?

[D]

It's an invasive species in New York.

[B]

Oh, really?

[D]

Yeah, yeah. Invasive. We got a.

[E]

Falcons can't see those.

[D]

We got a problem with the Asian lanternflies coming. Coming up the Northeast and they're ruining crops. And the headlines have said, please, when you see a lanternfly, please stomp on it. Please kill it.

[A]

These spotted ones right here, are they coming from California?

[D]

Yeah, they came over on shipping containers from Asia and they're all over the East Coast.

[B]

Is that why you keep a rolled newspaper around your back pocket everywhere you go?

[D]

We've been stomping on them for four years now. New York City.

[C]

These things are just. Oh, these things are just calling it a spotted lantern fly.

[D]

Well, they came from Asia. I shouldn't have said that they were called the Asian spotted lantern. But they did come over from Asia.

[B]

Yeah. I think I know a guy that got pretty trouble for that.

[E]

All right, now, I've learned some terms from my research here I want to ask you about. There's bird watching and there's birding.

[D]

Right.

[E]

What's the difference?

[D]

Well, birders say birding, so I think it means when you go out with your binoculars and specifically try to see wild birds. And bird watching, I think, could mean just watching from your window.

[E]

So birders are more serious about it.

[D]

Yeah, I'd say so.

[E]

Would you call yourself a birder?

[D]

Yeah. It doesn't mean you're super serious. It just means you're going out looking for birds. Yeah.

[A]

Are you taking pictures or you're just trying to get a look?

[B]

I think it means you're either retired or you haven't found your spouse. And I think it's. I think there's. I think if you're an in between of those two things, it like you're living a life, you know, and then. So. But it's. It's really. Yeah.

[D]

Yeah. I couldn't tell you that. I would have guessed that there was no difference. Is there a difference? That you found?

[E]

Well, this just says bird watching's ambiguous term used to describe the person who watches birds for any reason at all. And birder is the acceptable term used to describe the person who seriously pursues the hobby of birding. Maybe professional or amateur.

[C]

I'd say a birder made up those two terms.

[D]

I'm not getting paid for it, that's for sure. I don't know who's doing it professionally.

[E]

What about twitching?

[D]

Oh, twitching. That's the itch. That's the itch. When you got to feed that itch to see a new bird.

[E]

Yeah. Since British term, the pursuit of previously located rare bird North America, it's more often called chasing.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

You go chasing.

[D]

Oh.

[B]

Like when you're really going to look for something.

[D]

It's like when you have this itch to see a new bird.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And you're like, I gotta get a new bird on my list, man.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I can tell you I've never felt that. What does that feel like? Do you have that. Do you have an itch to see a new bird?

[D]

You've never felt that for anything or.

[A]

Birds for birds specifically? I don't know if I've borderline the other thing too.

[B]

Yeah. I don't know if I felt it for the other thing either.

[E]

Like Scott Stapp.

[B]

I've had to meet him. You've had an itch to like change. I don't. I've had an itch for food. Yeah. Yeah. Hungry, you know, but like. Yeah, I don't know if I've had it. Like, I need to get another bird. Like, if it was, I would think if it was a professional bird hunter, like I could. You could have and be like, I gotta get more bird. But that would be because your career is going to end. I don't know if I would call that. Oh, you got to get the itch to kind of try to keep your livelihood going.

[C]

The twitch.

[B]

The twitch.

[D]

If you've ever collected. If you ever collected anything.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

It's like you get to see. When you see a new bird, you get to add it to your list. So you feel that dopamine hit. Probably.

[A]

And do you compare lists with other birders?

[D]

I have alist on ebird.org I'm happy to show it to you.

[A]

Okay. And you like, are you. Do you have.

[E]

Can we pull it up?

[D]

Yeah, I'd like to see it. I would be absolutely delighted to show you.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Can we pull it up?

[D]

Sure, I'll pull it up.

[B]

Yeah. Do it on your phone. So no One can see it.

[D]

You got to give me a minute.

[A]

Dot com.

[B]

Yeah. Can he log into it?

[D]

I have it logged. I can log in right here. I'm already logged in.

[B]

But we want to see it on the tv.

[D]

Oh, well, I'm going to have to figure out my password.

[A]

I saw it. Well, I saw. On August 10, 2023, you saw two different species in Auckland.

[E]

Yeah, There you go.

[D]

There you go.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Well, you found it.

[A]

That was on one list. You saw the brown quail and the Australia Asian.

[B]

Gannett, this is Joe Zimmerman.

[D]

For some reason, I'm public on two species.

[B]

Yeah, you're on eBird.

[D]

I went public on two species.

[B]

Joe Zimmerman. Relationship complicated.

[D]

That's.

[A]

So you've been using this for years here.

[D]

That's strange that it's just two birds listed, but. Yeah, Tayrai, I saw those with Nate. Nate was there. Nate was present.

[B]

I saw him, too.

[E]

Yeah. Nate said when he came back.

[D]

Nate remembers the quails.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

You got into it as much as a person could get into it.

[B]

I took Joe specifically because I knew this was the craziest place to go see.

[A]

To go bird watching.

[B]

To see birds.

[A]

And you saw two.

[B]

And we went out, we took them out.

[A]

You saw two.

[B]

We saw out right off the plane. We saw like, you know, they're. They're pigeon right there alone. Just. You knock off five birds at the airport.

[A]

Is this a count right here, Joe? So you saw 50 brown quails?

[D]

Yeah, there were. There were a bunch on the golf course. Like, I estimated 50. It's probably more than that.

[A]

Oh, so it's not exact. This is a. There's an estimation.

[B]

Yeah. How many birds have you seen?

[D]

About 230 total species.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

And 70 of them were in Australia and New Zealand.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Whoa.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Can you plug it in?

[D]

See, here you go. Here's the total.

[B]

Can you plug that thing? Oh. Oh, no.

[A]

Yeah, I can, actually. Yeah. But we're not going to get the recording.

[D]

Yeah, but you see right there, I.

[A]

Could see a 238 species observed.

[B]

How many do we knock off in on that trip?

[D]

I believe 75 in Australia, New Zealand. So that's a big chunk of.

[A]

I mean, that's.

[B]

That's crazy.

[D]

In two weeks.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. So I would be starting at 75, so. But I don't remember. You remember every one of them?

[D]

I. That we saw the. All 75? No, I have. I listed them here, so it's easier for me to recall them.

[C]

You have an app.

[A]

Yeah, this is.

[B]

No, no.

[C]

Where you can, like, you hold it up, take a picture, and it tells you what kind of bird it is.

[D]

Oh, I don't have that.

[A]

That'd be pretty nice. Like, shazam. Birds.

[C]

Plants have it.

[E]

Yeah. How do you know?

[D]

Well, well, we had a bird guide. We had a professional Australian bird guy that told us what they were. That helps.

[E]

So he could have told you anything.

[B]

They had birds sitting, like, we went out and there was like, these, like, places you would go sit inside. That's like wood, that's covered like a shed. And you'd have a little slot and.

[D]

You go see some birds there and some Australians.

[B]

We did a specific day that was just going to see birds.

[A]

Are you trying to 100% the world. Is that like a goal or 100% a particular region?

[D]

Well, nobody's. Nobody's ever reached all 11,000 birds.

[E]

Oh, do you know what the record is?

[D]

Around 10,300.

[A]

I mean, that's so close to get to 11,000.

[E]

And early, early this year, Peter Kastner became the first birder to log over 10,000 species.

[C]

It's close, but it's still like a thousand. 700.

[B]

No, 11. 700 birds away, though, is. I mean, that's pretty close, though. Is he. Can he just go knock on. Why can't you?

[C]

But how long have you been doing it?

[D]

I've been doing it four years.

[C]

Four years only at 270.

[B]

Yeah, but he's not doing this guy well.

[D]

So the problem is every bird you see on your list, the next bird is probably more rare. So he's got. The last 700 are like the rarest.

[A]

Two in the world or something.

[D]

And they. And they're on remote islands. That's why it's hard.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

He's got to take some fairy. Four hours.

[A]

If you.

[E]

If you hear a bird but don't see it, does that count?

[D]

The hardcore bird professionals count it, but I don't count that. I just. I like to. I have to see it.

[C]

He's a watcher, not a birder. If you're a watcher, you gotta see it.

[B]

I gotta say, you think there's a lot of loose counting of birds, like, where you go like. Yeah, I saw it.

[A]

Is this all just on the honor?

[E]

Yeah, that's what I was about to ask.

[D]

Like, it is 100 honor system.

[A]

You've never challenged another birder on there.

[D]

But the leader, that guy that's leading.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Will. He'll. They'll do, like, official recordings.

[A]

Okay. He has to get a picture of them.

[D]

No, like audio recordings.

[A]

Oh, audio.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Better Than a picture and.

[D]

Or an alibis. Like, he'll be with three people that can confirm as well.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

I was like a hole in one at a golf course.

[D]

It's like a hole in one. It's exactly like a hole in one.

[B]

Yeah. And. And I think they do the honor system because they realize no one really cares.

[D]

The crazy. Yes. The craziest honor system is there's a 24 hour race where groups compete to see the most birds in 24 hours in the Northeast. And these groups fight for 24 hours to identify the most birds. And that is totally just them saying they saw the birds.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And they're competing.

[C]

I couldn't do that one. I would just be like, you didn't see that?

[B]

You go, where did you.

[C]

Yeah. I don't believe that you saw that.

[B]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

You saw that, huh?

[A]

If I were trying to see the most birds in a 24 hour period, where, where, where would I want to be in the world?

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Probably the rainforest in South America.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

And just walk through there.

[D]

A lot of different.

[B]

It wasn't New Zealand and Australia.

[D]

So. Yeah, Australia, Australia. New Zealand's another big, big one. Because like I said, we saw 70 in a couple hours.

[A]

Oh, so that's crazy to see. 70.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

What's like the rare hours?

[B]

I don't know.

[D]

Rarest bird that one day we saw, like sick. He. He counted like 65 that one day.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's crazy. In one little area, is there one.

[E]

Bird known as the rarest that's hardest to spot?

[D]

The rarest bird? Well, there's a couple Lazarus species where they thought they were endangered for 70 years and they found that they're still alive. There's one. There's one in Australia. The something parrot that took a guy weeks camping out all night with audio equipment to prove that it was still there because it only comes out at night and it.

[A]

It's like a big birds. Yeah, I like that.

[D]

So that parrot in Australia, I forget what it's called, but that was the one I would say.

[E]

But that's. You said birds migrate to Hermitage.

[C]

Well, you know, they said. Somebody my neighbor told me that our area is a bird sanctuary. And I've seen a lot of birds just in my neighborhood that I don't see when I just go out and about. Like, even in McMinnville where we're at, it seems like there's less birds than in my neighborhood. So, I mean, I see a ton of birds.

[E]

Have you ever done bird watching?

[C]

No. I mean, I. I sit in my backyard and I look at. I got a bird identifying book, and I sit in the backyard and I look at them, and then I. You know, most of it was done with your life. Most of it was done during COVID when I didn't have kids or any gigs. And I was just sitting there and.

[B]

Kind of right where Joe's at.

[D]

That's exactly when I got into. It was Covid.

[C]

Yeah. So I like it. I'm into birds. I got a bunch of bird feeders at my house. I like feeding them. I like when I see a bird back there that I don't see a lot. That's fun, but, you know, I'm not.

[D]

What's your coolest backyard bird, Dusty?

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

Does that count as a bird?

[C]

I don't know. But the. We got like a. Like a woodpecker. Like a red. Red tailed woodpecker.

[D]

Red belly.

[C]

Yeah. That comes a lot. I. You know, my favorite bird. I like the eastern bluebird. We get a lot of those. I've watched an eastern bluebird fly and catch an insect midair.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

In my backyard. Those are cool. There's a. There's the tufted tit mouse is what it's called, and it's a good one. I like those doves. Will. Will I have a doves that keep nesting out my front door?

[E]

Oh, yeah. I saw those when I was over.

[C]

There, and those are great. I love the sound that doves make. I thought it was an owl. It's a real fun sound.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Who I like.

[C]

I'd love to have an owl.

[B]

Yeah, we had an owl.

[D]

Owls are the best yet. An owl.

[A]

Are you in favor or are you indifferent to people having birds as pets? Has birding changed your opinion on that at all?

[D]

I wouldn't. I wouldn't say I have an opinion about parrots as pets. I haven't seen a lot of research on parrots as pets, but all birds, any.

[A]

Any birds, it feels. It's always felt weird to me to just have it in a cage and it. Where it can't fly.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, I'm a fan of birds in the wild. I don't. I don't know if it's. If it's a rescued bird that can't be in the wild.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[D]

That's different. I don't know the situation.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

He wants to know this. Yeah. That is the reasonable answer. But it is funny to go. He just needs to know the situation because what's the situation? He goes, all right. This is a bird. Healthy bird. Yeah. This one got hit by a car. He goes, okay.

[D]

It's a strange. I know. Bobcat goldthwait has a couple ducks. I don't know. I don't know how to.

[A]

Oh, duck.

[D]

But that's a domestic bird, so ducks.

[A]

Got to be up there on most common bird.

[E]

I didn't look at the top 10.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

A chickadee is another one that I like. You have these little chick. They're little white and blackbirds. Little bitty chickadee titmouse. No, no, just yet. Like that. I love those. Those pop. Those come around. A lot of cardinals, a lot of robins, female cardinals, a lot of people. Yeah. Everybody always just counts the male cardinal, which is the red, but the female cardinal, gray, bit of an orange beak. Very nice.

[D]

Just so everybody knows, I prepared a game show for you of recognizing common bird calls.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[A]

I'd like to play.

[D]

Yeah, I thought you'd enjoy.

[E]

Save that for the end.

[D]

Yeah. I just want. You guys. Okay. I just want to tease it. All right. So you know it's coming.

[E]

Stick around, everybody.

[B]

How are we going to play it?

[D]

I got all the calls right here.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

And then you. The winner gets 20 bucks. Oh, yeah. And I got little buzzers, a little squeaky toy buzzers.

[B]

Oh, can we. He gets $2 back.

[E]

10%.

[B]

Hear it, though?

[D]

Yeah. The bird call.

[C]

You'll be able to hear it the podcast.

[B]

But you know that we're not doing this just for us. There's actually, like. There's real people on the other end.

[D]

I'll play the bird call so that you can hear it, and it'll be in the microphone, up to the mic.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

And you'll definitely hear the buzzers because they're squeaky.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

The game is for after the podcast.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

I got a really funny story I'm gonna tell you guys right after this podcast.

[E]

John James Audubon was one of the first people to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America.

[B]

Is that the Audubon, like the cult road? Isn't that called Audubon in Germany? Yeah.

[E]

No, this is the Audubon of society, which is the.

[B]

But isn't the road Audubon?

[C]

Maybe he made a bunch of money.

[B]

As fast as you can.

[C]

Made a bunch of money off the road.

[B]

Autobahn.

[D]

Oh, Autobot. You're talking about the Autobahn.

[A]

And what's this dude's name?

[B]

Autobahn.

[E]

Autobahn.

[A]

Auto O T T O a U.

[E]

D A U D U B O.

[B]

N It's the Same thing.

[A]

It's the same thing.

[B]

No, he spells it. Oh, yeah. Auto. I was like, oh, wait a second.

[D]

This is.

[B]

I bet that's. You know. I bet people. I bet he gets that all the time, dude.

[C]

Very similar.

[B]

I guarantee you. He goes, I'm Audubon. You go, oh, wow, dude. That's your road. He goes, no, no, because he actually has something, dude. Yeah. It's not the frustrating where he doesn't have anything.

[A]

Nothing going on.

[B]

No, no, I have a big thing going on. He goes, I was the family. We first painted all the birds. And you go, oh, that's cool, man. Yeah, you go, but have you ever been to the Auto. Autobahn where you can drive? Do you know that guy? Because I would like to meet that.

[A]

That guy can't even go to Europe.

[D]

You can drive as fast as a peregrine falcon on the Autobahn.

[B]

Yeah, I would love to go do the Autobahn.

[E]

Say it just like that.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it'd be pretty fun. I mean, you think you go 200 miles an hour?

[D]

Yep.

[B]

I think, like, it's got to be. I bet it's intense.

[D]

Yeah. You go right past the Swiss Alps.

[B]

I bet when you're on it, it's, like, intense because you're like, you know.

[D]

Yeah. It's beautiful. The Swiss Alps are. You can see them from two miles away.

[B]

Mm.

[A]

Like a school bus.

[B]

Yeah. See a school bus. I bet you see a school bus two miles away. It's like a bird. Like, if you're up, you don't think you could see. Think about being up. You don't think you can see. You may see a car.

[A]

Oh, I'm sure. Think about looking out of a plane to the ground. You see cars from two miles. Yeah.

[D]

How many? But how high is the airplane?

[A]

It goes pretty high. 35,000ft.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

I think I can see a bus from there.

[D]

You can't see a bus when you're at 35,000ft. You're not seeing.

[B]

No, you're not seeing.

[A]

I bet I could see a car from that high.

[B]

No, no, a big one.

[E]

That's like seven miles.

[A]

But you could see it on a clear day. You can see the squares. You can see the circles. You can see the farmland. Right. You can probably. If you look, you can probably see a car.

[B]

You can see light.

[D]

Will you Google highest you can see altitude? Because I want to make sure I got it right, because I think it's crazy.

[A]

36,000Ft.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

The Rupel Griffon vulture.

[B]

Wow.

[D]

There it is. There it is.

[B]

That's 37,000. Yeah, that's 37,000ft. That's a. I mean, you're.

[E]

That's Mount Everest.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, you. It would be plain like you could. You could hit it with a commercial jet.

[D]

Yeah. Some airplanes were shocked to see them up there.

[B]

Yeah. What were they doing up there? You go, what are y'all doing?

[A]

Yeah. The altitude they reach is the cruising range of commercial jets, which require 6 to 9,000 pounds of jet fuel to reach the same height. And they do it with zero jet fuel.

[B]

They do have an oxygen tank.

[E]

Well, they poop up there. So they do live.

[A]

Leave some chemtrails and eventually that poop gets over 200 miles an hour like a peregrine falcon on the way down.

[E]

Turbo velocity.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. They. So they just regularly fly that high? They're regularly that high or another saying. Yeah, it's saying like they're. The highest altitude ever was 37, 000. But it seems like they do get up that high.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Quite often they hang out up there.

[E]

They hang until they live in the mountains.

[D]

They live along the coast of. I don't know where, but I know they live in Africa. Along.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, how long. What are you doing up there?

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

You think do bear. Do birds get tired flapping their wings?

[D]

Oh, yeah. So birds in migration, when they come through Central park, some of them will just be like laying there trying to gain. Regain some energy. Just completely toast. Just laying there trying to. Trying to get it back.

[B]

But I've seen a lot of people.

[C]

Laying around Central park like that.

[B]

You talk about laying on the ground or what are you talking about?

[D]

They'll just be laying on the ground because they flew however many miles over.

[B]

Like your feet are sideways. That's what I'm picturing. I picture they're on their side and their feet are going out that way.

[E]

So tired.

[C]

They got the bend going. They're standing their heads down.

[B]

Yeah. I picture they tip over.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And they're laying on one of their wings and their. Two of their feet. Orange feet stick out the left.

[D]

Yeah. I just mean. I just mean they're just like this.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Just crumble. Just hoping they get a little water to keep. Get it. Get. Get it going again.

[E]

Are you a member of the Audubon Society?

[D]

No. In fact, I thought you were going to bring up the problematic nature of the name.

[E]

Oh, let's hear about it.

[D]

They're changing. I thought you guys be interested in this. They're changing the hundred birds in North America's Names that were named after people because too many birds were named after problematic guys in the 1500s. So it's like statues, but birds.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[E]

Can you give me an example?

[D]

Audubon, Shearwater. Audubon. Apparently, you know, had some racy stuff happened in his time. Audubon, Shearwater.

[B]

Is it like. Probably, yeah.

[A]

Himmler Parakeet.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

There's crazy stuff that seems like a.

[C]

Good use of time.

[D]

Wilson Snipe. That's going to change. Kirtland's, Warburg. That's going to change.

[B]

In jail for irs.

[D]

One of them. It's like. It's like, guys in the 1500s. It's like, guys in the 1500s who were like, white men were smarter because they have bigger brains. And then they're also, like, also, I discovered this bird. Yeah. They were like, half scientists, but if.

[C]

We just stop talking about those guys, nobody would even remember them. And then the bird would just.

[B]

We would go, we're just gonna move on.

[D]

Yes.

[C]

This bird's name.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah, it's.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I don't know who kept bringing up, like, hey, Kirtland is problematic. And I don't want to keep thinking about this. Kirtland's warbler associated with him.

[B]

She don't want to reward the family.

[C]

But I don't even, like. Like, learning that. This is the first I've heard of it. Like, I don't even know these guys.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Asperger's, too. That's a problematic.

[C]

That could change.

[B]

That could change.

[C]

I'd be all right with that. Not because it's problematic.

[A]

I think they're not. They're not using it anymore.

[C]

Too weird of a word.

[E]

Heimlich.

[A]

Heimlich, too, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

I have a joke about it.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Did you do it in Paducah?

[E]

I did, and it's lovely. People again, the Hollywood elites that don't go to middle of America. That's what's wrong with this country. Right here.

[B]

You go to the middle of the middle of American.

[E]

The Middle Tennessee kid. Right, Aaron? The smartest birds, crows and African gray parrots. Crows we just talked about. They bring tools.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I'm told. I like crows. I'm into it. Yeah, I like a crow.

[D]

Yeah. Smart.

[A]

How smart can it be if a scarecrow works? You know what I mean?

[C]

But does it, though? In the movie wizard of Oz, they're.

[B]

Like, well, they know.

[A]

For him, Yeah, I think it works.

[B]

For, like, a day. Then they go, that guy can't stand there that long.

[A]

That's true. I Don't know how scientific. He didn't have a brain. The wizard of Oz is, though. You know, a tin man does come to life and they dance around and.

[E]

You know, the flamingos stay together for the rest of their lives. Some couples have been together for 50 years or more.

[D]

Wow, that's crazy.

[B]

That's why their head's underwater. Because they're like, oh, God. At the zoo. What?

[E]

It says get away.

[B]

What do you want? I'm fishing. Just let me. I'm gonna go underwater.

[E]

Is she still here?

[B]

Yeah. How long you down there for? You know, we're not supposed to stay on there too long. I'm just going under for a second. I'm trying to give it a. I'm helping evolution by staying longer. I wish I could fly. Can they fly? They can fly, I guess.

[D]

Flamingos. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Probably awkward flying.

[A]

Yeah. They just don't like to do it that much, huh?

[B]

Yeah, but I mean, look at it. It's an awkward fly. Yeah, I mean they, you know, you got those legs. It's like pull up.

[D]

The flamingo dancing, though. The flamingo dancing is adorable. The flamingo dance from Planet Earth 2.

[A]

That's right here.

[D]

That's the one.

[A]

This is the flamenco. Yeah, Flamingo dance. I, you know, I've seen this from. I'll find it right there. Right here.

[D]

Oh, just delightful. Just wait for. Just wait to soak this.

[A]

They cut a rug, huh? These are goofy looking birds, man.

[E]

There's three major league baseball teams, three NBA teams and five NFL teams named after birds. It's their mascot.

[A]

Can you name them?

[D]

Hawks.

[E]

I can.

[D]

Falcons, Seahawks, Orioles. Did you say NFL and baseball?

[B]

What?

[E]

Did you say NBA?

[C]

Ravens.

[A]

There you go.

[D]

Nice.

[B]

Yeah. Cardinals, Eagles, Blue Jays.

[D]

Blue Jays, Yep. Yeah.

[E]

NBA Pelicans, Hawks and the Raptors.

[C]

So they're wrong about that. So not three birds then.

[B]

NHL, Red wings.

[C]

Gosh, that's the dumbest thing I've ever.

[A]

Just the wings, Right. Does that count as the whole bird?

[E]

I didn't look up hockey.

[C]

One of the dumbest things I've ever heard. That we're like really hanging on to.

[A]

What?

[C]

That birds and raptors. Like a raptor is a bird bird.

[E]

Oh, we still.

[A]

Oh yeah. You don't hear it often said the. The other way around. But you hear birds or dinosaurs.

[D]

Well, you're talking about. Are you talking about velociraptor, whatever the Toronto Raptors is.

[A]

I'm guessing it's a velociraptor because raptor.

[D]

Is a type of bird of prey.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, maybe that's it.

[B]

But that's not their thing. They're. They're Toronto Raptors.

[A]

That's a dinosaur.

[B]

It's a dinosaur.

[C]

Yeah. Okay.

[D]

Yeah, that's what I thought they were. I thought the Toronto Raptors were a dinosaur.

[E]

Yeah. What do birds do during a hurricane? Joanne Weber wrote in for that.

[D]

I would love to. I would love to know the answer to that. That's just a question for me.

[B]

Yes. Yeah.

[E]

JOANNE Weber, Fairhope, Alabama.

[D]

Well, actually, I can say that. I can say that is a great question. And there are certain bird species that are known for knowing. Predicting hurricanes way before our meteorologists predict them. And certain birds.

[B]

When do they tell you that? After it came through.

[D]

Certain birds.

[B]

Bird goes, I knew this was coming the whole time. You're like, give me a break.

[D]

There's a. There's a certain bird species that will migrate a different direction. And every time they do that, there's a ton of hurricanes that come. So they, like, they know something.

[A]

Are people keeping an eye on that then?

[D]

People should. I don't. I don't know the de. I don't know the dirty details on. But. But I think a lot of birds like other. I think a lot of birds can detect the hurricanes way ahead of time and fly. Fly elsewhere. That's my. That's my best answer.

[B]

They smell it. Tell your mom they smell it. You know something. They just go, something's not right.

[C]

It's a radar, maybe, and a little.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

What? Seagulls.

[D]

They just.

[E]

I mean, that's where they live, the sea.

[A]

Seagulls got to be one of the dumber. They feel like one of the dumber breeds of birds. Do you feel that way?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Doesn't they feel like a dumb. Compared to some of these other birds we've been talking about?

[B]

That vulture bird doesn't know when to stop. That just keeps going.

[D]

Well, a birder would take issue with you calling them seagulls.

[A]

Oh, what should I call them?

[D]

Well, there's a bunch of different species of gull.

[A]

Okay. And I'm talking about just a. Straight up.

[C]

I think that's like.

[B]

I'm talking about a. You know what I mean?

[D]

You talking about the Herring goal or the California gull?

[A]

Not the California one.

[C]

Like Finding Nemo was it, where the. Where the bird kind of washes up and all the birds are like, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine. And I think that's where they seem dumb.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

I hadn't seen that movie.

[C]

It's something, though, with it. With the goals are like, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.

[B]

I think that it's a dumb. It's made like a dumb bird, and.

[A]

Maybe it's a dumb noise they make and they eat stuff they're not supposed to eat, and they can die real easily.

[B]

Do we have. You know.

[A]

I mean. Yeah.

[E]

I was about to say. How long does it take you to set up your game?

[D]

Oh, about one minute.

[E]

We'll go ahead and sit up. We'll keep talking.

[A]

Let's clock it.

[E]

One of the most famous moments in baseball history is when Randy Johnson.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Killed that bird.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Spring train. There was another one. Dave. Dave Winfield back in my day. He was throwing a ball back in and hit a seagull and killed it. And they arrested him after the game.

[B]

Really?

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

I saw a video of Nate killing him for.

[B]

I killed a bird.

[C]

Several birds.

[E]

Didn't. Two birds with one stone. Didn't you say there. Is that a joke or joke? But I mean, is it real that they're trying to change that?

[D]

PETA released a statement suggesting a bunch of changes to language. We have idioms like skin a cat. They want to change to more than one way to pet a cat.

[C]

There's lots of ways to pet a cat, but is there more than one way to skin a cat? Is the point.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Well, Peter suggest. Peter's. Peter's making these suggestions.

[E]

A fair point.

[D]

They don't all make perfect sense, but one of the suggestions was instead of kill two birds with one stone would.

[A]

Be to say, achieve two things with one input.

[D]

But they suggested feed two birds with one scone to make it more peaceful.

[C]

But that's easy to do. You just break the scone apart. And that's not even hard.

[D]

They suggest instead of beat a dead horse violent, they want you to say, feed a fed horse.

[C]

But it's already. It's full.

[A]

Exactly. That's. That's one of the better recommendations.

[B]

I like that.

[A]

Yeah. Feed a fed horse.

[C]

I think it would still eat it.

[B]

Yeah. Well, you jam right there.

[D]

All right. If you ever want to commit a crime, you can carry this book around and they won't suspect you.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Birdsong.

[A]

This is Bird Songs. 250 North American birds in song.

[B]

Joe likes to sit on the plane. Listen to this with no headphones. This is a wonderful book. Everybody on the plane's going, I think it's a bird in here.

[D]

Oh, this is my favorite book. Breaking out the holidays.

[B]

So we not to be looking. He doesn't.

[D]

I'm just giving. I'm just doing a test of the volume here. Volume test. This is a. One of the more haunting bird calls is the common loon. Just doing a volume test. Common loon.

[A]

That sounds evil.

[D]

That work in the mic?

[A]

Bad spirits.

[E]

Yeah, it does.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Sounds like a murder on the bayou.

[B]

So I think I like bird sounds more than I do, actually.

[A]

Everything else about them.

[B]

Yeah, because it's kind of fun. And then you see it and you're like, oh, all right.

[D]

So here's your buzzers. You can buzz in.

[A]

Oh, man, this is awesome.

[D]

They're squeakies. Squeaky birds.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

And the first one to buzz in, we'll get a shot at answering.

[A]

I like this pheasant.

[D]

Yeah. So.

[C]

This sounds real. Like. Like you ever hit it.

[A]

You step on a cat or something? Yeah, that's what it sounds like.

[E]

We have to write our answers down.

[D]

No, this is just for the final round. It's the final, final round.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah. So we'll do.

[B]

We started this pot this up a way earlier.

[D]

Yeah, so we'll do.

[B]

Hey, the guy that gets up to go to the bathroom and the guy that brings his own game to not his podcast. So. Because, I mean, you would say this is. This is what I would show to people. Go, what's Joe Zimmerman like? You go, he's a great guy, but he will do his own thing.

[D]

All right, wait, don't, don't, don't look at the book, Brian.

[B]

Yeah, see, I knew that Brian will be cheating.

[D]

All right, we'll do a test round. This is a test round. I'll play a call, and the first person to buzz in will give a chance to answer in the test round.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

See how it goes. That's Nate.

[B]

Yeah. Duck.

[D]

It's not a duck.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

I'm going seagull of some sort.

[B]

Oh, yeah, that makes sense.

[D]

This is going to be worse than I thought. That's not a seagull.

[B]

Turkey.

[E]

Chicken.

[D]

So it's a goose. It's a Canada goose.

[B]

That makes sense.

[C]

Well, come on. That's Nate one.

[E]

That one.

[C]

He said, doc. I said. They said water animals. And it was a good.

[B]

Because basically the same.

[C]

We're not so far off.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

We knew it was water animals.

[B]

You would have seen both of our animals right next to them.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Little water bird.

[B]

There's more.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I love it.

[D]

I got. I got some common birds, and then I got some pop culture birds. I think you'll know the pop culture birds.

[A]

That's Affleck. That's the duck.

[D]

You nailed it. Correct. So that's 100 points. For Aaron.

[A]

Thank you. Deion Sanders. Nick Saban.

[C]

We don't even get another five.

[D]

Oh, I forgot that the winner.

[E]

Dad works for Aflac.

[A]

That's true. Your dad sold it. Okay, that was before the duck. Probably.

[D]

I forgot that the winner. The winner gets 20. I'm gonna give it a winner. $20?

[B]

You said that.

[D]

Okay, you've already said that. Oh, great.

[B]

Yeah, we're leaving all this in just so people can get the vibe of you.

[D]

The losers owe me $20, okay.

[B]

Oh, man. Yeah, that's not very fun.

[C]

I only brought 10.

[B]

Yeah, you can.

[D]

Ben.

[C]

Mumy.

[D]

We'll just do a couple more common birds here. Don't look, don't Look.

[C]

I found 250 bucks the other day crossf the bar.

[A]

Oh, turkey.

[D]

Turkey.

[B]

Oh, wait.

[E]

I just wanted to squeak once.

[B]

I think I know it. I do.

[E]

You don't know it.

[A]

That is.

[D]

No.

[A]

Is that toucan?

[D]

It is not a toucan.

[B]

Oh.

[E]

Thank you for playing.

[B]

If I remow I named that tune and I try to put myself in its place. Oh, man. I want to say it's a small bird. Is it small?

[D]

It's a. It's a laughing goal. I would have counted seagull.

[A]

Whoa.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

Okay, Laughing goal.

[D]

All right, this next one's very gettable.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

And bonus points if you can name the species.

[A]

We'll see.

[D]

Al nailed it. That's 100 for Nate.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Bonus 50 if you can get the screech owl.

[B]

No, no, I didn't say that. That was dusty.

[C]

I'm trying for the bonus.

[B]

Oh, any of us can get the bonus? Yeah. White owl.

[E]

A night owl.

[C]

I think white house.

[D]

It's the. It's the famous barred owl call.

[B]

Oh, barn owl. That's the only owl I know.

[C]

You know, I was at barred barred owl.

[B]

I thought it was barn.

[C]

I was at the bird sanctuary. They told me that the screech owl is not actually the loud screaming owl. That. That's the barn owl, not barred barn owl. So I was like, well, what sound does the screech owl make? That's why I went with that. Okay, yeah, yeah.

[A]

This is a good guess.

[B]

Do you think when they named the barred owl, then they are. They go. They found an owl and they go, oh, that's the barn. The guy names it. I won't name that the barn owl. Another guy found another and he was so frustrated, he goes, yeah, well, mine's the barred owl. And he goes, all right, dude. He goes, but do something different. And he goes, it is different. It's barred. He goes. He goes. He's so mad that he didn't get the. Because his was also near a barn. So he was. Is so frustrated. He just goes, mine's the barred out. And you go, well, you're being ridiculous. And it was two brothers. And he goes, well, you're being ridiculous. And now we have that problem.

[D]

Very gettable.

[E]

Oh, crow.

[D]

Close.

[E]

Raven.

[D]

Got it. Oh, Ryan's on the board with a.

[A]

Hundred, I think more and ever more.

[C]

Brian cheated both times.

[A]

I think so, too.

[E]

Why?

[C]

I don't. I think Aaron squeaked first.

[A]

No, no, no. I didn't know. I didn't. Okay, I didn't know that one.

[C]

I don't know where the squeaks are coming from, I guess because I'm wearing headsets.

[A]

Yeah, they're coming from everywhere.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

This might be the easiest one yet.

[A]

We'll see.

[D]

Very getable. Very getable.

[B]

Turkey.

[D]

Nailed it.

[A]

That's a gobble.

[B]

It basically says gobble. It's basically going like. I mean, it can't help it.

[D]

All right, we're going to move on to the computer birds. Okay, these are worth 200 points.

[A]

So these are harder.

[B]

Move at a slow pace. Well, actually, we have all the time in the world.

[D]

Don't look at my computer, though.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

So we'll do it. We'll go to pop culture birds. These. These are very gettable here.

[E]

Angry Birds.

[D]

Close. This one.

[E]

Road Runner.

[D]

Got it.

[E]

Yeah, that's my.

[A]

You grew up on that.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

You saw the first episode.

[D]

All right, yeah, we'll go rapid fire here. You guys know this one?

[C]

Foghorn Leghorn.

[D]

Okay, nice. Dusty.

[B]

He didn't even ring. Did you.

[A]

You're not even buzzing.

[C]

Nobody.

[B]

No.

[C]

Nobody can tell.

[E]

You talking about.

[B]

Yeah, he can joke and tell.

[D]

Okay, I'm gonna pay close attention.

[C]

I think I got a heart.

[E]

Can't answer till he says your name.

[A]

I'll say it.

[C]

Wait, sorry.

[A]

You're not gonna know this one.

[B]

Zero chance you know this one, E.T.

[A]

You'Re not gonna know it. Hedwig.

[C]

Hear it?

[D]

Hedwig. Nailed it.

[E]

What is that?

[A]

It's a Harry Potter. It's Harry Potter's apparently bird yet. Well, it's coming.

[D]

It's.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

I think it's called Hedwig's Theme. Actually, there's the name of the song.

[C]

All right, you gotta let me hear.

[A]

Written by John Williams, who's won more Oscars than any human being on Earth.

[B]

Really?

[A]

I think so.

[C]

You gotta let me hear the bird, though.

[D]

Okay, this one gets a little tougher. But. But Gettable.

[B]

Is he the only one trying to win those Oscars?

[D]

You'll lose more than that when the king gets through with you.

[C]

He's as mad as a hippo.

[E]

Can they hear this?

[B]

I like that you surprised our production crew with the stuff that they could have put in.

[C]

I. You know, I can see it, but I'm gonna say like a toucan. Like a parrot of some sort.

[D]

It's Zazu from lion.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, I'm not, like, I could see it, but I'm also not going to lose the game because.

[B]

Yeah, because Joe's showing you the thing.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Joe, do one if you felt like it should end.

[D]

All right.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I'm going to do the last two. These. You're going to.

[A]

All right, here we go.

[D]

These are for the pod. These are for the pod.

[B]

These are for the 20.

[D]

You should recognize. You might recognize.

[E]

What's the score?

[B]

No, it does. Well, we're figured out a lot.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Pig.

[D]

No, this is an actual bird. It's come up on the podcast.

[A]

Cassowary.

[B]

Dodo. Word.

[D]

No.

[C]

Ostrich.

[D]

No.

[E]

Lima bird's been dead since the 50s.

[A]

Emu.

[D]

It is an emu. Correct.

[B]

Oh, man with a gun.

[C]

Why'd you laugh, though, when I said ostrich? That's pretty close to an emo.

[A]

I mean, they're friends, but let's not be crazy.

[B]

Oh, it's a little big.

[E]

Ostrich is the biggest bird.

[D]

And then. Okay, so this is a special one. I prepared it just for you guys. It's two bird calls, and it's very gettable, but it's two different bird calls.

[B]

Do we got. Wait for both of them. Are they combined?

[D]

Wait for both of them. Here comes, and here's the other one. Got that?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

First one.

[A]

Is that a bald eagle?

[D]

Oh, see, that's where it's tricky.

[A]

An American bald eagle.

[D]

It's a trick called golden eagle.

[C]

Golden eagle. Yeah. And a chickadee.

[B]

It's a falcon.

[D]

It's not even, you know, it.

[C]

It's a Paraguay I found today.

[B]

It's something.

[D]

The hint is it's a call in pop culture. In movies. They play in movies, but they play the wrong bird in movies.

[C]

The crow.

[D]

So Croat. They play this call for bald eagles in movies, but I didn't know if you would know the answer. They play this for bald eagles. Oh, boy. Never mind.

[A]

So that was okay.

[B]

Yeah. You're doing something that we should do off.

[D]

The first call was she goes, what.

[B]

Do y'all do afterwards? This. We got to sit through Joe. The rest of Joe's ideas. We usually don't make y'all have to deal with them, but now you do too.

[E]

I'm loving it.

[D]

The fr. The first call was the red tailed hawk, which they use in Red tail.

[C]

Hawk sitting on a limb.

[D]

They use in movies.

[C]

I just saw one of those recently.

[D]

Be. When they. When there's an eagle in the movie, they play the red tail hawk sound and it drives bird watchers crazy.

[B]

Do you think you.

[D]

The second one was an eagle. The little tweeting one was an eagle.

[B]

Oh, that's the real eagle.

[D]

They. The tweeting. The eagles have really little. Twitter.

[B]

Twitter. Yeah, it was because I would have thought the eagle would have been the loud screech.

[A]

Yeah, that's what you want it to.

[B]

That's actually his friend. Yeah. It is fun to know. I was gonna make fun of you, but that was actually fun.

[A]

Yeah, I remember that.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, I'll give you that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Take my. Everything.

[B]

I said, yeah, take back everything. All right, well, who won?

[D]

Yeah, let me add the last one. Nate, 200. Dusty 200. Brian 200. Aaron 300.

[B]

Wow.

[D]

Close game.

[A]

Harry Potter. Put me over the. Put me over the edge.

[D]

What a race.

[C]

You didn't even let the birds.

[D]

What a race. I gotta get you 20.

[B]

We can get it after Joe. He's about to pull his.

[E]

Joe's gonna make a birthday ride, then.

[B]

Come back his coin purse out. He's got. He's got $40 in there. One was because I was giving one away, and one's in case of emergency.

[C]

And Aaron will just leave this laying around.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. We can test your cash, see what it does.

[D]

Gets to. Gets 2:20 that 250 back.

[A]

I appreciate it, man. That's fun.

[B]

Where do you want to say where you're at?

[E]

This Thursday, I'm in Gadsden, Alabama, doing an event for young life. I don't even know if that's open to the public, but I'll be there.

[D]

Batting down the hatches.

[E]

Yeah. Saturday, I'm at the Alice Theater in Litchfield, Kentucky. Tickets still available. Sunday, I'm in doing an event called Laugh all night in London, Kentucky. And November 27, the night before Thanksgiving, my next Brian Bates and friends here at the lab at Zany's. And just announced one month from today, December 13th, hyenas in Fort Worth. Finally. Let me come back. You know I canceled when went to snl. Yeah, they're good. Let me come back. Do one show in the red room. December 13th. So buy your tickets for that.

[B]

Yes. Because that was the one that they go, I don't remember what we said.

[E]

Thanks, but no thanks. Basically, he reached out and said, ticket sales are low. We need to cancel some shows. I'm like, well, I'm not even coming.

[B]

So he goes. And he heard an audible. Oh, that was easier.

[E]

Yeah, he was relieved. But anyway, buy tickets in Fort Worth.

[B]

Yeah. Show them that, you know, Bates is the draw now. So now it's different. Joe, do you want to say I'll.

[D]

Be in Tuscaloosa Wednesday.

[C]

All right. Roll Tide.

[D]

And I'll be in Birmingham Thursday at Avondale Brewing. And tomorrow night I'll be here. You guys should come out. I want to invite you guys.

[B]

Friday, it'll already be over, but I'm.

[D]

Just inviting you guys technically.

[B]

Tuesday.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And then.

[A]

Yeah. November 24th, St. Louis. Helium. Two shows, both are almost sold out. Couple tickets left, come on out. November 24th. I'm also going to see Hinder this weekend.

[E]

Oh, so is he.

[A]

I'm kidding.

[B]

Yeah. I don't even know what that is.

[A]

It's a band. Lips of an Angel.

[C]

I'm. I'm off this weekend, but next weekend, Friday, November 22nd, I'm in Des Moines, Iowa. Saturday the 23rd, St. Paul, Minnesota. Two theater gigs. Get some tickets, come see it.

[B]

Great, great comedy town.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

All right, we're gonna leave. We got Aaron. Happy birthday, buddy. We have one cupcake. All right. Abigail got it for you and.

[C]

All right, let's sing the curse.

[B]

Yeah, I get that.

[A]

This is all I need, too.

[B]

Happy birthday.

[A]

Thank you very much. All right.

[B]

That's all right.

[A]

I appreciate it.

[B]

Joe, play us out with some birds.

[D]

Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

[C]

Happy bir.

[B]

Jo, Couple more birds.

[D]

Sam, I got you. I got you covered.

[E]

Dj, hit it.

[A]

That's a whipper. Willow.

[B]

Goodbye, every. We love you. Nateland is produced by Nateland Productions and by me, Nate Bargetzi, and my wife Laura on the AudioBoom platform. Recording and editing for the show is done by Genovations Media. Thanks for tuning in. Be sure to catch us next week on the Nateland podcast.

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You'Re providing the care they need.

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