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Podcast: The Rod Ryan Show (94.5 The Buzz, KTBZ-FM)
Date: July 10, 2026
Host: Rod Ryan, with Mo, Alex, Chili
Special Segments: Free Beer Friday, Open Phones Friday, New Music World Premiere

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Episode Overview

This lively and community-driven episode celebrates the pre-vacation Friday with the usual mix of Houston news, rock and alternative talk, ticket giveaways, fresh banter, and a new music world premiere. Marked by Free Beer Friday, the return of popular listener games and challenges, and Open Phones Friday, the show highlights audience interaction, topical news, new music, and local support for charity campaigns like the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Free Beer Friday & Listener Games

• Throughout the Show: Listeners call in to win cases of beer at 6, 7, 8, and 9 AM, keeping the phone lines hot and energy high.
• “Fresh Out of Bed Head to Head Challenge” pits reigning champion Hammer & Hank against Josh “the Goat,” with an upset and new champion crowned right before vacation.

2. Houston Headlines and National News

• ICE Shooting Incident:
  • DHS confirms the man shot by ICE in Houston was not the intended target. The lack of officer body cameras is under scrutiny; half of field offices have them, the rest expected soon.
    (Mo, 03:35; 31:24; 57:43)
• Weather Updates:
  • Mo and Rod debate weekend rain chances, with Mo citing scattered thunderstorms and tropical moisture. Rod laments summer rain, urging good weather for the weekend.
• Airport Seating Lawsuits:
  • Listeners and hosts discuss ongoing lawsuits against airlines for charging premiums for “window seats” that sometimes lack windows.
    (Mo, 04:47; 58:49)

3. Pop Culture and Trending Topics

• Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Wedding Cost:
  The Knot estimates $20–30 million, with details on extravagant venues and catering.
• Black Sabbath Official Book Announcement:
  The first band-sanctioned, photo-heavy volume arrives in October 2026.
• Viral AI Songs and Social Trends:
  Mo introduces the “Puerto Rico song,” an AI-generated tune trending on TikTok and social media, which Rod and some listeners are hearing for the first time.
  (Mo, 34:58; 91:54)
• Blue Bell’s New Summer Flavor:
  Chocolate Lava Cake ice cream triggers rotund excitement among the crew.
  (Alex, 44:50)
• Notable Birthdays:
  Sofia Vergara (54), Jessica Simpson (46); playful “Richer Than Romo?” segment.
• Kristin Cavallari’s Parenting Style:
  Her viral post about flying first class while her kids ride coach prompts debate about teaching privileges.

4. Sports News

• Astros vs. Rangers:
  Houston’s MLB team faces the Rangers in Arlington; coverage and pitching matchups discussed.
• World Cup Quarterfinals:
  France beats Morocco, Spain faces Belgium, tournament narrows.
• Conor McGregor’s UFC Return:
  Saturday “fight of the weekend” hype, featuring McGregor and fan-favorite Paddy “the Baddie.”
• Stanley Cup Controversy:
  Owner Tom Dundon puts his family’s names, including young kids, above players on the Cup.
  (Alex, 45:16)

5. Rod Ryan Show Cares and Merch Store

• Charity Campaign:
  Fundraising for school supply backpacks via limited-edition merch: retro cream/white T-shirts, green “713” shirts modeled after the 7-Eleven logo, and branded water bottles.
  • Listeners share their shopping experiences and accidental double orders; Rod encourages continued support.
    (Rod, 41:37; 85:02)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On ICE Shooting Misidentification:
  “We learned the officer who actually shot Lorenzo Salgado was not wearing body camera because officers in that specific field office had not yet been issued them.” – Mo (03:35)

• On Free Beer Friday Chaos:
  "Four hours of pain starts right now… strap yourselves in." – Rod Ryan (07:25)

• On Window Seat Lawsuits:
  "You know, if you say window seat in a plane, you know where a window seat is." – Alex (05:26)

• On Taylor Swift Wedding Cost:
  “Alex’s wife has a spreadsheet. She knows everything I can help her with.” – Rod Ryan (05:42)

• On New Black Sabbath Book:
  “This band's been around since the 60s. There's not been an official book yet.” – Rod Ryan (06:31)

• On Open Phones Friday:
  “You guys do all the work. What do you want to talk about?” – Rod Ryan (111:07)

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Highlights and Timestamps

Show Start & First Beer Giveaway

• [02:35] Show kicks off with pre-vacation energy, rundown of day’s prizes, and first free beer contest winner (Dan from Katy).

Houston News & Weather

• [03:35] ICE shooting update, weekend rain projections.
• [04:47] Airline window seat lawsuits.

Pop Culture, Music, and Sports

• [06:09] Black Sabbath book release.
• [06:58] Astros vs. Rangers preview.
• [12:09] Trending: Moana live-action, France’s soccer team, UFC’s McGregor return.
• [34:57] Viral AI “Puerto Rico song.”

Games & Listener Interaction

• [15:25] “Fresh Out of Bed, Head to Head Challenge”: Hammer & Hank vs. Josh “the Goat”—shock upset (18:00).
• [23:14] Behind-the-scenes on phone call selection (“It’s just luck!” – Chili).
• [29:55] Fun Fact Flashback: “Mike the Headless Chicken” trivia winner.
• [38:15, 64:30, 95:02, 121:09] Free Beer Friday—listener winners with infectious excitement and shoutouts.

Music World Premiere: Cage the Elephant

• [71:59] “Beaches in Tennessee” world premiere—hosts and listeners praise vulnerability and grunge-pop sound.
  • “Those lyrics, absolutely. They won't let us keep the laces on our shoes. They say it's voluntary, but they won't let us choose. I immediately wanted to know yourself what was going on there. So it's super personal.” – Rod Ryan (77:50)
  • “It's got the…the signature grunginess, kind of a little poppiness. I really like the bridge towards the end… But, yeah, the lyrics, I want to go back… because, like, I was trying to decipher what he was doing. I thought jail, but that makes more sense, what you said. I loved it, dude. I want this to be in regular rotation.” – Alex (78:24)

Listener-Driven Segments: Open Phones Friday

• [103:28] Petty Complaints AOL, yard work video suggestions, listener shoutouts, four generations of fans call in.
• [105:55] Website contest winner advocates signing up for online giveaways.
• [108:54] “Return to Dust” band recommendation and appreciation for discovering new music.
• [111:16] Multigenerational listeners express gratitude and share stories.
• [112:54] Plug for Yardworks Gulf Coast (veteran-owned business).

Ticket Giveaways

• [31:09, 47:18, 84:31, 118:32] Live ticket contests for Black Crows, Buckcherry/Blackstone Cherry, Black Label Society, and AC/DC.
• [121:42] “Who beat Hammer & Hank?”—listener wins AC/DC tickets with a correct answer: “The Goat.”

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Miscellaneous Fun

• Rules on drinking in Ubers/Waymo: Legal distinctions discussed for Texas; listener stories about driverless cars busting teens breaking the law.
• Store drama: Accidental double orders and talk of Rod buying triple yearbooks.

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Final Show Wrap-Up – Notable Announcements

• Vacation Notice:
  The Rod Ryan Show is on vacation next week, with “Best Of” shows and pre-recorded bits filling the air.
• Merch Appeal:
  Listeners encouraged to keep supporting the Rod Ryan Show Cares campaign for school supplies.
• Upcoming Suburb Summer Sizzler Contest:
  Calls out for signups and a preview for post-vacation competition.
• Hosts express gratitude:
  Throughout, the show is marked by a strong sense of community pride, multi-generational listenership, and inside jokes.

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Summary Table of Giveaways

| Hour | Prize | Winner | |--------|------------------------------------------|-------------| | 6 AM | Beer | Dan (Katy) | | 7 AM | Beer | April | | 8 AM | Beer | Royal | | 9 AM | Beer | Joanne | | | Black Crows/Whiskey Myers Tickets | Lucas | | | Buckcherry/Blackstone Cherry Tickets | Cody | | | Black Label Society/Zakk Sabbath Tickets | Jessica | | | AC/DC Power Up Tour Tickets | Cisco |

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Tone & Language

The show is filled with banter, inside jokes, direct audience interaction, playful teasing, and a sense of nostalgia and gratitude. The hosts talk over and with their listeners as friends, frequently poking fun at themselves, one another, and pop culture.

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For More:

• Visit the Rod Ryan Show Cares Online Store for charitable merch.
• Listen back anytime via the full show podcast or check their website for feature blogs and contest entries.

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Perfect for Fans Who:

• Love interactive, locally-driven radio
• Seek Houston news, alternative music, and lively listener participation
• Appreciate morning show camaraderie, nostalgia, and irreverent humor

Missed the episode? This summary’s got you covered for all key segments, big laughs, and the day’s most memorable moments!

Transcript

[Alex]

Hey, everybody.

[Mo]

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[Commercial Voice]

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[iHeart Media Announcer]

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[Mo]

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[Caller]

Sam. Hello?

[Rod Ryan]

I think we're here. Come on, Ed. Good morning, this is Ed McMahon. And now, ladies and gentlemen, here's Rod Ryan. Nothing's going to be easy for us on this last day before we go on vacation. Hey, wakey, wakey. Hands off snakey. Good morning. Morning, Rod Ryan Show. Checking in on this free beer Friday, six time hall of famer Hammer and Hank. He's gonna go for win number four in the fresh out event. Head to head. Where's the big stuff? The big stuff? AC DC tickets on MOW the show, open phones Friday the last hour beer every hour, straight up at 6, 7, 8, 9. Yeah, we're a little behind, so let's get right into it. Hey, guys, I hope you're off to a great start to your day. Mo, good morning to you.

[Mo]

Hey, what you got? In Houston's headlines, the Department of Homeland Security now says the man fatally shot by ICE officers here in Houston this week was not the person they were looking for. DHS said officers were doing surveillance on a target's address. They spotted a white van with a man who resembled the target, prompting them to pull over the vehicle. We also learned the officer who actually shot Lorenzo Salgado was not wearing body camera because officers in that specific field office had not yet been issued them. A spokesperson for the agency said half of ICE field offices now have cameras and the rest should within 60 days. It's kind of looking like a rainy weekend, Rod. Is it more heat for our Friday? Actual temperatures climbing to the mid-90s. But a little heat relief could come as deeper Gulf moisture is moving in. So scattered showers possible around 2pm this afternoon around 4. We've got about 50% chance for storms. So brief downpours, lightning, gusty winds possible. Because of these stronger cells, we know that the rain chances are going to stay elevated into early next week. So just be aware if you have some outdoor plans. Have you seen these people suing airlines?

[Rod Ryan]

Yes.

[Mo]

They're paying for window seats and getting stuck in one of those little weird in between situations. United and Delta both currently have cases against them where people claim they were charged up to $170 extra for so called window seats and then they had to sit next to one of those blank walls. At least United has updated their website

[Alex]

slightly in front of you.

[Mo]

Yeah, yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

You're paying for a window seat.

[Alex]

Window seat, though.

[Rod Ryan]

I know you're paying for that. What they're saying is you're paying for that row.

[Mo]

That's what the airline.

[Rod Ryan]

You're paying for the row along the windows. You're not going to maybe get guaranteed a window right there. It's tough. There's a few seats that. There's a few seats that don't qualify as, you know what window seats.

[Alex]

You know, if, you know, if you say window seat in a plane, you know where a window seat is.

[Mo]

I agree. These people are mad. We will never know the final bill.

[Alex]

Oh, I will.

[Mo]

But some people are super curious and still talking about the cost of Taylor Swift Travis Kelsey's wedding.

[Rod Ryan]

Alex's wife has a spreadsheet. She knows everything I can help her with.

[Mo]

A popular wedding website is called the Knot and they're putting that number between 20 and 30 million dollars. Did you know it costs between 5 and 10 million to rent out Madison Square Garden?

[Rod Ryan]

No, I didn't know that. I never, never looked into that. Yeah.

[Mo]

And if you figure out catering and logistics for around 1100 guests, that could put you up to $3 million.

[Rod Ryan]

We should book it. Do a meat raffle there or something.

[Mo]

Oh, you want to. Black Sabbath fans, I know what you're getting for Christmas. They just announced the publication of their first ever official Black Sabbath book. You can preorder it. It's set to ship. October 2026. The masters of Reality. Why Black Sabbath Matter.

[Rod Ryan]

This band's been around since the 60s. There's not been an official book yet.

[Mo]

Isn't that wild?

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Mo]

It's a photographer that has worked directly with the band and has their exclusive, he says, history from the late 60s to the final show. Put it on your wish list.

[Rod Ryan]

There's a ton of books. Yeah, but not an official Black Sabbath book.

[Mo]

This one's huge.

[Rod Ryan]

That's crazy.

[Mo]

500 pages. Those are Houston's headlines.

[Rod Ryan]

Take it, Alex.

[Alex]

The Astros are back in action. Tonight they're gonna open up a weekend series with the Rangers in Arlington. Hunter Brown will be on the mound for the shows. Going up against the Rangers, Cal Cantrell first pitches at 7:05, and you can listen to that game on our sister Station, Sports Talk 790. Yesterday at the World Cup, France beat Morocco 2 nil. Today, Spain is going to play Belgium in the quarterfinals. The winner will face France in the semis. That's going to kick off at 2 o', clock, and you can watch the game on Fox. That is what's going on in sports.

[Rod Ryan]

All right, guys, four hours of pain starts right now. I'm looking forward to today's show for sure, man. Strap yourselves in if you want the first phone call. You're going to have to be our first beer winner today. You know what happens? Free be Friday. You got the free bear Friday. You got the free bear Friday. You got the free bear Friday. Free bear Friday. And you got free bear Friday.

[Alex]

And you got a free bear Friday.

[Rod Ryan]

You got a free bear Friday. Good morning. Rod ryan show.

[Caller]

Hello?

[Caller/Listener]

Hello?

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, God. Don't do that to me. Oh, my God. Only half of the stuff is working this morning, and then I. Then I don't hear you.

[Alex]

Hi.

[Rod Ryan]

You're good, dude. Hey.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Caller]

Homeroom.

[Commercial Voice]

Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning. Hey, what's your name? I'm Dan. How y' all doing this morning?

[Mo]

I can't complain, Dan. Really?

[Rod Ryan]

Next question.

[Mo]

We're fine.

[Rod Ryan]

And we're good. We're Good. You're caller 10.

[Caller]

Dude, let's go.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, let's go. Let's get you a case of beer, dude. Hey, I need some hair of the dog. Party yesterday? No, I work late. Okay, listen, we're gonna get You a case of beer, Dan. Where are you from?

[Caller/Listener]

Katie?

[Rod Ryan]

And I'll give shout out to my wife, Shantae. Tell her to keep holding on for me, please. Okay. She's gonna do that. Dude, great. Shout out. Calling from the mean streets of K Town. It's all right. You should feel good. You got Chili roaming the streets over there. You're good, Dan. Have a great weekend. All right, I appreciate y'.

[Caller]

All.

[Rod Ryan]

I appreciate you. Dude, hang on the phone for me. Just like that. Katie, Dan got the first case of beer. There'll be another one at seven, at eight, and at nine. Now we gotta have somebody play Hammer and Hank. I don't know why you would want to play him. This guy has been absolutely lights out. The only thing that's gonna stop him is us going on vacation next week. If he wins today, he's got to sit around and wait a whole week and come back and try to get into the hall of Fame on that first Monday, back where we're all trying to. I mean, I can only imagine what the studio is gonna be like when we come in that day.

[Caller]

So if.

[Rod Ryan]

Can you beat Hank? Chili, put Black Keys tickets in there. That's a huge ticket for the winner so early in the morning. So we must have great stuff than the rest of the show. We do. We got Black Crows tickets for you in homeroom on the Fun Fact Flashback. Those Buck Cherry Blackstone Cherry tickets are at 7:20. Black Label Society Zach Sabbath tickets at 8:20. Then we'll roll with open phones, and then we'll get to those AC DC tickets before we get out of here today. So that's kind of a rough overview of what's going to be happening. I'm looking forward to all of it. You know how much I love open phones and. And shout out to. A few of you have been. Some of you have let me know that you're getting your merchandise. The stuff that you went in and bought in the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. I again, have one of our great. This is. This is my favorite shirt.

[Mo]

Rocking it.

[Rod Ryan]

It was my favorite shirt. Yeah. You know, some guy said. He goes, dude, I just don't like white shirts. And that's why I didn't go white. I went like a retro cream.

[Alex]

Yeah, right.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Like. Like almost like an eggnog. I don't know. But the guy just said. He goes, the reason why those ones aren't selling, Rod, is because they're white T shirts. He goes, we just. I just feel like I hammer you guys over and over. Again with black T shirts. Yeah.

[Mo]

Give me something different. I like a ringer. That's what that is.

[Rod Ryan]

This is a ringer, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, we'll talk. We'll get into it today. We'll get into it today, guys. But I'm seeing some of you guys wearing your shirts snap a photograph with your shirt. Dallas Daniel got his stuff.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Sent me a picture of him wearing his shirt. Man, I absolutely love seeing it. Let me take a short break. When we come back at a rec check for you, we'll find out what's trending and then we'll get set up for the Fresh out of bed, Head to Head challenge. Houston's rock, Houston's alternative and home of

[Mo]

the Rod ryan Morning Show.

[Caller/Listener]

94.

[Mo]

5 the Buzz.

[Rod Ryan]

94. 5 the Buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan Show. Free beer Friday, baby. 22 years giving you beer on Friday. We'll have another case for you coming up at 7:00'. Clock. All right. Mo loves these. This moisture in the Gulf. Okay, I'm gonna start calling you that. 20 chance of rain today, mostly cloudy. 92. Okay. Saturday, 20 chance of rain Sunday, 60% chance of thunderstorms. Weekends, fine. No, no, you're seeing more rain on Saturday.

[Mo]

I watch them talk about it right now.

[Rod Ryan]

Damn it, Mo, you always do this. Why do you do. Why do you love rain?

[Mo]

I'm a scientist.

[Alex]

Hate weekends.

[Rod Ryan]

Alex, what's trending?

[Alex]

Moana, Surrender. I don't know if you guys know I'm a big Moana guy, but you have to be. It is out. The live action version of Moana is out this weekend, so people are talking about it.

[Rod Ryan]

You're welcome.

[Alex]

Yeah. Hey, hey. And me, we're tight. We've been telling you guys, go check it out. So go check it out this weekend. France is trending. Their soccer team is the reason they're trending. They. They 2 nil. Killian Mbappe is very good at soccer and although he did get a penalty kick blocked, but they're going on to the semifinals. They're probably going to win the whole thing. Conor McGregor is also trending. He returns to the Octagon tomorrow night. I was just talking to you about the. I feel like this is a big deal that I have not seen that you were saying? I haven't seen more 250 stuff last week for the 4th of July. I haven't seen. I think we should see more. Conor McGregor is coming back to the Octagon stuff because I've seen a couple of promos for it, but I feel like it should be. Hey, the biggest fighter in the game is finally back even though he's past his prime. Conor McGregor's fighting.

[Rod Ryan]

Yep.

[Alex]

And Patty the baddie, Patty the baddie Pimblet.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, he's on the bill too. He's this guy. I love this guy. So, yeah, it's a huge fight Saturday,

[Alex]

but Conor McGregor is the trend right now that that UFC part is tomorrow night to be McGregor. Holloway too. But that's what's trending on 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning everybody.

[Rod Ryan]

Six time hall of famer Hammer and Hank still keeping the hammer down. I am your fresh out of bed, head to head three day champion. Join me on free beer Friday as I make it win number 4713-212-5945. If you think you could beat them, it's free beer Friday, the Rod ryan show on 94.5 the buzz. What's up everybody? It's Bretzky and America is turning 250 and I can't think of a better way to celebrate that than playing on an American owned social casino. Spinquest.com with all of your favorite games, live craps, bubble craps, live blackjack, there's no better place to play for free and win real cash prizes.

[Commercial Voice]

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[Rod Ryan]

Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? You're a good boy. That's right, dude. You're a good.

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[Rod Ryan]

5 the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show on this free beer Friday. Katie getting in on the beer. Where will the next beer go? 7, 8 and 9. Free beer. Thank you to our friends at Specs. All right, Mo and I are fighting about the weather. She says there's going to be a little bit more rain moving in.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

So it looks like we could do have some rain this weekend. I don't have time for your gulf moisture.

[Mo]

No, we got to do Cuz this

[Rod Ryan]

is you were just talking about, like, Conor McGregor's fighting this this weekend, and then Patty the baddie is fighting this weekend. Not each other, Mo, but two amazing fights on this card for ufc.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay?

[Rod Ryan]

We might have a better fight here. We might have the fight of the weekend right here. And now it's time for the Fresh out of Bed, Head to Head challenge. Listeners, to your corners. Let's go, Hank. Oh, wait a minute. I gotta hit the button here. There you are. Hi, Hank. Good morning, Hank. I'm not the only one that's noticing that you're playing the best of your career right now in this Fresh out of bed.

[Alex]

He's in the prime of his career.

[Rod Ryan]

People are saying, yeah, it seems like it.

[Caller]

Hank.

[Rod Ryan]

Lights Out Games. Dude, congratulations. I don't know what you're doing. I don't know what you're eating in the morning or what time you're getting to bed. I want you doing before you go to sleep. I don't care. It's working. I hope you're doing all the same things. You're keeping your pattern the same. All right, now. Yes, sir. I said, who the hell would want to call in to play this guy?

[Mo]

Yeah. Nobody.

[Rod Ryan]

Like, just wait till he's done and then call. But we gotta have somebody play goat.

[Caller/Listener]

Goat. Goat.

[Alex]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Greatest of all time. Spelled goat.

[Alex]

G, O80.

[Rod Ryan]

Spell it out.

[Caller]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Killer whales.

[Commercial Voice]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Epic Fails. Goat.

[iHeart Media Announcer]

Salad Shoes.

[Rod Ryan]

Goat. Taste of Glue.

[Caller]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Frosted Flakes.

[Caller]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Red pen case. Goat Nudity. Goat nudity.

[Commercial Voice]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Greatest of all time. Goat.

[Alex]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

G, O, E, D. Spell it out.

[Alex]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Don't do drugs. You gotta be kidding me.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning, Josh. I think I'm doing this right. Hi, Josh. Oh, good morning. I'm back.

[Mo]

What the heck?

[Caller]

What?

[Rod Ryan]

What are you doing? I'm about to play the Fresh out of Bed Head Head challenge.

[Caller]

I guess.

[Mo]

Don't ask silly questions.

[Rod Ryan]

I guess so. Listen, I thought it was obvious. What have you been calling every day? Every day. Okay, well, my third. My 30 days is up two weeks ago, three weeks ago, so. Oh, so it's been a couple weeks. Okay, this is bigger than the McGregor. This is bigger than the UFC card this weekend. Okay? Dana White ain't got nothing on this baldy. I I Chili puts these matches together, all right? Josh, Hammer and Hank, you're going for win number five. No, four.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, and then the winner's gonna have to wait till we get back to from vacation. You guys got any history together? Josh, Hank. You guys know this stuff. No, I don't think I've ever played. I feel like we've played. I feel like we played in the tournament, like 12 or 13 years ago. I may be wrong.

[Alex]

Possibly.

[Rod Ryan]

All right. This is gonna be fun. Mo, good luck. I'm in a good mood. Mo, good luck. Hank, please, Here.

[Mo]

Only the best of the best.

[Rod Ryan]

Give me the good questions, not the no. Give me the good ones. Give me the real the good. All right. Thanks. I'll go with what you gave me. What are they playing for? Who cares?

[Mo]

Black Keys tickets. That's big.

[iHeart Media Announcer]

I know.

[Rod Ryan]

Shout out your name when you think you know the answer. Can I get you guys really? I mean, Josh, Hank, I need you. Turn the music down, Ron.

[Alex]

Yeah. No, that would also help you listen to music like.

[Rod Ryan]

Josh. Hank. Question number one. What planet do we live on? No.

[Caller/Listener]

Pink.

[Rod Ryan]

Give me the good questions, Josh.

[Caller/Listener]

Earth.

[Rod Ryan]

Earth is correct. Can I get the question?

[Caller/Listener]

Confidence.

[Caller]

Mo.

[Rod Ryan]

Not this. That was a great question. Mo, don't do this to me.

[Alex]

He's a pretty good start.

[Rod Ryan]

Josh, on the board. You were right there. Hank, right behind him.

[Caller]

Oh,

[Rod Ryan]

it's not too late to give me the real questions. It's not too late. All right. I'm going with what she gave me before we knew who was playing. Question number two. The letter M. How many M's? Oh, God. God. Trigger happy.

[Mo]

It's okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Go for it, Hank.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Alex]

1.

[Rod Ryan]

It'd be amazing if there was one.

[Mo]

That have been amazing.

[Rod Ryan]

No. How many M's are in the word summer?

[iHeart Media Announcer]

Two.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes. Golly. Questions. You gain height.

[Caller]

Oh.

[Rod Ryan]

Not the one to get in early, Hank. I don't know why it was.

[Alex]

How many M's are in the word? Some. He would have nailed it.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, some. Right?

[Alex]

So he's kind of close.

[Rod Ryan]

Mark. How many M's are in Mark?

[Alex]

One.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, Hank, we gotta say goodbye. I didn't think this was gonna happen. No worries, man. I'll be back in 30 days.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

I woke up today saying, Hank's just gonna destroy anybody that comes in here. But then I wasn't thinking about the Goat still sitting around out there. Hasn't been in the hall yet this year.

[Alex]

Goat.

[Rod Ryan]

Congratulations. You get the.

[Alex]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

You got the win. You got the Black Keys tickets, and you got the invitation to wait all week for us to be on vacation. And then we'll play on. What is it, Monday?

[Caller/Listener]

The.

[Rod Ryan]

Is it the 20th? I'm guessing. Yeah, the 20th. All right, bro. You enjoy your vacation. I'll wait on you. Thank you. Welcome back the Rod Ryan Show. Hey, is it hot enough on 94.

[Alex]

5.

[Rod Ryan]

The buzz.

[Alex]

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[Rod Ryan]

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[Rod Ryan]

The buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Alex, you having a good time today?

[Alex]

I am having a good time,

[Rod Ryan]

Chili. Just, I. I'm a little late, but I just want to ask you, just for anybody that's listening right now, how does it work when you answer the phones?

[Alex]

You.

[Rod Ryan]

He was caller number 10. Yeah, I mean, I know Julian. He's doing his gig, okay? He's going there. He's answering the phones. All these guys you hear all the time. These hall of famers. You hear Adam, oh, I was number three today. Or you hear goat killer, like, oh, I was number six today. Or whatever that son of a was caller number 10 today. He was. Hey, I know a lot of people say, hey, you're just picking.

[Caller/Listener]

You know what?

[Rod Ryan]

I'm going down the line. Yeah. 10 lines. And it's just luck. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. All right, well, thank you, Chili, for explaining a little behind the scenes. The fresh out of bed, head to head challenge. Here's your current champion. Good morning, everybody. It's Josh the goat. Quick resume. 13 times in the hall, two time world champion.

[Alex]

Champion.

[Rod Ryan]

And somebody had to get Hammer and Hank out of here.

[iHeart Media Announcer]

I am.

[Rod Ryan]

You're fresh out of bed, head to head, one day champion. Crazy. Join me when these guys get back from vacation and I make it win number two. Yeah. That's what we come home to, Josh going for win number two on the 20th. All right, Mo's sitting on some Black Crows tickets. Whiskey Myers. But first, let's go Fun fact of the day. We make you look smart in front of your buddies. It's the fun fact of the day. All right, here's some fun facts for you guys. The US State that has the most people speaking French, Louisiana is. Is second.

[Caller]

What?

[Mo]

That was gonna be. My guess.

[Rod Ryan]

Maine is first.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Maine.

[Rod Ryan]

3.9% of households in Maine speak French versus 3.5 in Louisiana. I didn't even think it would be close. The longest single palindromic word in English, a palindrome. So that would be called a palindromic

[Alex]

word for the same backwards and forward.

[Rod Ryan]

The longest single palindromic word in English is rotivator. That is fun. Roto. Rotovator. Another name for a rotary tiller for breaking and aerating soil.

[Mo]

Ah, yes.

[Alex]

That's really cool.

[Rod Ryan]

Rotivator. Taco Cat is my favorite.

[Alex]

So many dynamos.

[Rod Ryan]

Mo, you got some saltwater taffy over there?

[Caller/Listener]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

It isn't made with any sea water.

[Mo]

What's not?

[Rod Ryan]

No. It got its name from a candy store in Atlantic City that was flooded in 1883, and the owner offered up saltwater taffy for sale. People like the name, so it stuck. That's neat.

[Alex]

But it's always up on the shore.

[Rod Ryan]

It's always sold by the water, right?

[Mo]

That's what I thought.

[Rod Ryan]

Love it. It's the fun fact of the day we make you look smart in front of your buddies. It's the fun fact of the day you have a. What's the candy store that you always go to? Because there's a real friendly guy there that gave us a bunch of saltwater taffy, and I wanted to thank him.

[Mo]

LA Kings in Galveston. Yeah, it's the man that pulls the taffy is a big fan of the show the Taffy Man.

[Rod Ryan]

And that's like a really super old candy store.

[Mo]

They're celebrating 50 years this year at that location.

[Rod Ryan]

So cool. Thank you for that taffy. It was real, real nice of you.

[Mo]

Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

[Rod Ryan]

What you are.

[Mo]

Yeah, we've been eating it.

[Caller/Listener]

A lot of it.

[Rod Ryan]

Mose was just gnashing at it all week.

[Mo]

We've got Black Crows tickets to give away. Black Crows with Whiskey Meyers August 8th in the Woodlands. Ticketmaster.com if you want to buy them. But we have a pair for you. If you know this flashback, it's your fun back flashback.

[Rod Ryan]

You know where I'm going. Thank you, Tim, for those great fun facts yesterday. But that chicken in 1945, that chicken lived without its head. The ax missed most of the brain stem and so he was fed and the family charged 25 cents. Was like a freak show. The family charged 25 cents to go see the headless chicken. In 1945, earned an average of 4, 500amonth. What was the name of the chicken? 713-212-5945. It's now time for rock. Out with your stock, out with Captain Cash. All right. Good morning, Hal. Good morning, brother Rod. Hey, dude, how'd we do on Wall street yesterday? Not a bad day on Wall Street. Yeah, the dad was up 132 points. Kick off this morning at 52. 478. Nasdaq gains 336. Now we're at 26,206. Benchmark 10 year treasury. That's at a 4.54%. And oil stands at 72.17 a barrel. To the most active the big studs, Cisco, Amex and Chase. The big duds, Salesforce, IBM and Johnson and Johnson. The economic calendar this morning. Well, it's all clear right now. Futures that are looking pretty good, they are on the upside. That means if we hold on to this, we'll have a positive opening right here on Wall Street.

[Caller/Listener]

That's it.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm Ed here. This is Howland, managing director with the Raymond James reporter for the Rod Ryan Show. From Raymond James on Sam Fleet Day on Augusta. And don't forget to always rock out with the stockout.

[Mo]

Opinions expressed are those of Howland and not necessarily those of Raymond James and Associates, Inc. Member NYSE as IPC, iHeartRadio or its sponsors. Information is based on sources believed to be reliable, but it's not guaranteed. There's no assurance trends mentioned will continue. This is not a solicitation offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security referred to herein. This program is for educational and informational purposes only. The studs and duds are based on movement as reported by Houston's Rock An

[Rod Ryan]

Alternative and the Rod ryan Morning show. Six to 10:00am the buzz.

[Alex]

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[Rod Ryan]

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[Rod Ryan]

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[Rod Ryan]

5 THE BUZZ Good morning, Rod Ryan show.

[Caller]

Hit it.

[Rod Ryan]

It's your Fun fact. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Who's this?

[Commercial Voice]

Lucas.

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning, Lucas. Good morning to you. Welcome in Fun Fact Flashback. These were provided by Tim. I thought this one was pretty cool. It was a chicken. He lived for about 18 months without his head. They fed him milk and water through an eyedropper. They gave him little portions of corn. He doesn't have a head. They fed him. And he. They. He made 4, 500amonth back in the day. People coming to see him. What was his name? I might get this wrong because I

[Alex]

didn't hear it, but I think it'd be the mic.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. How did you not hear it and know the answer? I heard something about it a while back. The mic. Yeah. Mike the headless chicken. He died on vacation in Arizona. He choked on a piece of corn. It's very sad. You win. Lucas is the winner. Hook him up. I can't believe that I have won so many times on this. This thing.

[Alex]

I can't get on the fresh out of bed.

[Mo]

Well, we love to have you. And you are earning a pair of tickets to see the black crows Whiskey Myers, August 8th in the Woodlands. Congratulations, Lucas.

[Rod Ryan]

Way to go, bro. You're awesome. I appreciate you in homeroom. I really do. Lucas, hang on the phone for me. Can't get it. Can't get on for a fresh out of bed.

[Mo]

Head to head though, to be there.

[Rod Ryan]

All right, let's go, Mo. Houston's headlines.

[Mo]

Thank you. The Department of Homeland Security now says the man fatally shot by ICE officers here in Houston this week was not the person they were looking for. DHS said officers were doing surveillance on target's address. They spotted a white van with a man who resembled the target. And they prompted or that prompted them to pull over that vehicle. Also new since yesterday, we've learned the officer who shot Lorenzo Salgado was not wearing body camera because officers in that specific field office had not yet been issued them. The spokesperson said half of ICE field offices now have cameras and the rest should within 60 days.

[Rod Ryan]

All right.

[Mo]

Late last night, it was reported that President Trump had fired the remaining members of the U.S. election Assistance Commission.

[Rod Ryan]

Like the Apprentice. This is the Apprentice music.

[Alex]

He's kind of known for that, right? Yeah.

[Mo]

We're just months before the midterm election, so this is a fascinating move. It follows a landmark Supreme Court decision that overturned 90 years of president, saying Trump could have near unlimited power to fire the heads of federal agencies. So we're gonna be hearing about that today.

[Rod Ryan]

You're fired.

[Mo]

You're fired.

[Caller/Listener]

Wow.

[Mo]

Louisiana is getting the country's first quote unquote luxury gas station. And we are all rolling our eyes because people are calling it woke Buc EE's.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, it's gonna be like that.

[Mo]

Just like that. But not. It's in Beverly Hills. Okay, okay. Hence the wokeness. It's called Maggie's and the people behind it own some famous deli in la. So they're putting out fresh pastries, premium ice cream, specialty coffees, and they're claiming they're the country's first luxury gas station.

[Alex]

Bless your heart.

[Mo]

Bless your heart. Looks like a normal freaking gas station to me. Come on over and we'll show you luxury. I'm annoyed. Rod, this story's for you. There is a Canadian theme park, aquarium place. The closed and left all their whales.

[Rod Ryan]

What is it called?

[Mo]

It was called Marine Land.

[Alex]

Oh, that was where Telecom the whale

[Rod Ryan]

was from Blackfin or Blackfish. I don't think so.

[Caller]

Wasn't it?

[Rod Ryan]

No. Marine Land is just over the bridge, Niagara Falls. We grew up there. We grew up going there.

[iHeart Media Announcer]

Yeah.

[Mo]

I think the owners died. They had some sort of financial crisis and they had 30 beluga whales that they didn't know what they're going to do with nothing.

[Alex]

Alex, that's the audio from Marineland.

[Rod Ryan]

Not that kind of whale.

[Mo]

They claim they were going to go to some theme park in China that fell through and the government was like, look, we're going to have to put these animals down. It was horrible.

[Alex]

You can't just release them.

[Mo]

Like, I don't think they've been in.

[Rod Ryan]

Caps are right there. It's fresh water. Well, not like.

[Alex]

Obviously you transport them and they put them in the ocean.

[Mo]

Rod, the good news

[Rod Ryan]

stop with the whale.

[Mo]

Some of the beluga whales that you knew as a child are coming to Texas. SeaWorld is taking 28 of them. And 13 are being transported to San Antonio.

[Alex]

Alex, you go there, it'll be just like your home.

[Rod Ryan]

It's not the. It's not that whale.

[Mo]

That's what I'm saying.

[Alex]

They swim in maple syrup. Is this correct?

[Rod Ryan]

No, they don't do any of this.

[Mo]

All right, this next one. This song has been haunting our timelines for. It feels like months now. And it won't go away. It won't go away because celebrities are still posting about it.

[Rod Ryan]

What is it?

[Mo]

You've never heard the song?

[Rod Ryan]

It slaps. Dude, I don't know this.

[Mo]

You're joking.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm not on TikTok.

[Mo]

Puerto Rico song. I'm not on Talk. Charlie Puth, Sarah Highland, Jennifer Love Hewitt. I, Cody Simpson go there. It's an AI track. This guy, Sax boy Billy, he made it with a music generator and filmed a video where he visits several locations in Puerto Rico. He said he never imagined it would resonate with so many people online. Folks are making their little videos.

[Rod Ryan]

It's all AI kids.

[Alex]

The video that I danced in, that was really, really funny. Like the original video.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, but this is how it starts.

[Caller/Listener]

There's.

[Mo]

Is it funny?

[Rod Ryan]

This is my first time hearing this on the Talk. Yeah.

[Mo]

Months now.

[Rod Ryan]

It's not real. It's not a real person. Charlie Puth. Charlie Puth is putting out a video of this?

[Mo]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

That means he's okay with it.

[Mo]

Those are used in deadlines.

[Rod Ryan]

That's the first time I've heard that. All right. What you got?

[Alex]

The Astros, you're back in action. Tonight they're going to open up a weekend series at the Rangers in Arlington. Hunter Brown is going to be on the mound for the Strozz. Going up against the Rangers, Cal Contrill. First pitch is at 7:05 and you can listen to the game on our sister Station, Sports Talk 790. Yesterday at the World Cup, France beat Morocco 2 nil. Today, Spain and Belgium are going to play in the quarterfinals. The winner will face France in the semis. That'll kick off at 2 o' clock and you can watch it on Fox. That is what's going on in sports.

[Caller]

Oh,

[Rod Ryan]

it's a Kracko.

[Alex]

I was watching yesterday and they were doing the top 10 goals of the

[Rod Ryan]

World cup so far.

[Alex]

And that call, the goal from that call was number two of the top 10.

[Rod Ryan]

That was during the England game, I'm assuming.

[Alex]

I know that.

[Rod Ryan]

That's cool. All right. That's just one hour down. You guys want more beer? The Rod ryan Morning show, 6 to 10am the buzz. Happy birthday, America. It's time to celebrate and play your favorite Las Vegas casino games by American owned spinquest.com what's better than fireworks and American pieces? Hitting a black tech in the palm of your hand and you won't lose your fingers. Over a thousand games, including slots and live dealers and $30 coin packs are on sale for 10 spinquest.com buy American players.

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[Rod Ryan]

Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? You're a good boy. That's right, dude. You're a good.

[Commercial Voice]

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[Rod Ryan]

Free Bear Friday.

[Caller]

You got the free bear Friday.

[Rod Ryan]

You got the free be.

[Caller/Listener]

Friday.

[Rod Ryan]

You got a free bear Friday. Free Bear Friday. And got a free bear Friday.

[Alex]

And you got a free bear Friday.

[Caller]

You got a free bear Friday.

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning. Rob Ryan show.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, yeah. Who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

This is April.

[Rod Ryan]

Let's get you a case of beer. Come on, my girl. Woo. Where you from, April?

[Caller/Listener]

I am from Laport.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, we got a case of beer with your name on it here if you'd like it. Yes, yes, yes. Just I.

[Caller/Listener]

The way you start the weekend, this

[Rod Ryan]

is the way you went? Yes.

[Mo]

Relief.

[Rod Ryan]

I feel the same way. Great job, April. Thanks for being out there, man. I really appreciate it. Thank you.

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, thank you. Y' all guys rock. I listen to y' all every morning

[Rod Ryan]

on my way to work. And oh, my love the energy.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes.

[Mo]

Great.

[Rod Ryan]

You're great. You're greater. Hang on, April. That's awesome. Just like that. Another case of beer down. Thank you. Specs for the beers. We'll hook you up at 8 and 9. Alex almost killed somebody today. I did not. Yes, you did. You almost killed somebody.

[Caller/Listener]

I did not. What happened?

[Rod Ryan]

Really? You don't even know. I did not. Frank sent me an email. He said, good morning, brother Rod. I'm here at the gym doing my incline dumbbells. Then the whale story starts being talked about and While Mo's going over the story, Alex is playing whale sounds. You're getting on his ass. I start laughing mid set. I almost dropped the dumbbells on my head.

[Alex]

But didn't, did he?

[Rod Ryan]

Thanks for what you all do and what you've been doing for over 20 years. Much love. That's Frank. You almost killed him.

[Alex]

I, I, I inspired him to dig

[Mo]

deep with yourself kind of whales if there were.

[Alex]

These are real, actual audio from no Canada.

[Mo]

Marine land.

[Rod Ryan]

Marine land in Niagara Falls. These are real whales. Not

[Mo]

Hey, y'.

[Caller]

All.

[Rod Ryan]

All right. Thank you, Frank.

[Mo]

Frank. Glad you're okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Frank's getting into it this morning.

[Mo]

Do a couple extra for me.

[Rod Ryan]

I wish I was there with you, Frank. I really do. Alex is trying to kill people.

[Caller/Listener]

I'm not.

[Rod Ryan]

It's Friday today. Yeah, that's why we're giving away beer. And we're gonna do open phones. But some of you are getting paid today. And if you're thinking, well, Rod, you've me told talked about the store, the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. You've talked about it a lot. Anybody that wanted to go buy something must have already gone in and made a purchase. And then yesterday, my boss walks in, he looks at my shirt, he goes, wow, that's a really cool shirt. Where'd you get it? It's like I wanted to throw the stapler at him. I go, it's. This is, this is the top selling shirt in the Rob Bryant Show Cares online store. He's like, oh, I've been busy. Radio wizard. Didn't even know we were selling that shirt. So that means there's somebody else out there. And because it's Friday and maybe that paycheck landed, you know, direct deposit, maybe it hit your account today. And you just said, you know what? I also haven't gone gotten around to go into the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. I listen, I know it's ours. I'm wearing our favorite shirt. It's not the top seller. I'm wearing my favorite shirt that we're selling this summer.

[Mo]

I love it. Do you buy that in a small?

[Rod Ryan]

It's the large. Oh, wow.

[Caller]

Stop.

[Mo]

Sorry.

[Rod Ryan]

This water bottle is so badass.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

And it's a copy of what's the big one that the kid a walla. Yeah, my kid knows what this is. Yeah, the kid, she's like, yeah, this is what she wants for. For the upcoming school year.

[Mo]

That water bottle is bigger than her.

[Rod Ryan]

How the water tastes so much better.

[Mo]

Did you find pleasure in the mouthpiece?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, it's Oddly satisfying because it's rubberized, but you can also.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

If you wanted to slam.

[Mo]

Yeah. You have options.

[Rod Ryan]

There's two options to drink out of the way. It's a really nice water bottle. I see what the kids are freaking out about.

[Caller]

Out.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

It's got two little handled jobbers. I'm showing everybody that's watching us on Facebook and on YouTube. This water bottle. This water bottle's badass. Yes, it's badass. And there's some available. There are some of them available in the world famous Rod Ryan show store. And we're raising money for backpacks full of school supplies. I appreciate the gal that commented on yesterday. She said, hey, just so you know, I saw kids backpacks for 4.99.

[Mo]

Oh, that's very sweet.

[Rod Ryan]

And I just said, it's the school supplies. It's all the stuff that we put in the backpacks. It gets very, very expensive.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

And they. And I want these backpacks to last, but I appreciate that. Like, yeah, that's. That's way cheaper than what. But ours are full of school supplies. They're getting very expensive. And I need your help. Hit up the Rod Ryan show Cares online store. If I think the merch is great. The other best selling shirt, it's the one that I'll just. I'm gonna. I'm gonna say it once and then move on. It looks a little like maybe Nirvana. A little.

[Mo]

That's what that yellow thing is.

[Rod Ryan]

The other one is the one. And I'm gonna say it once. What looks a little like the 711 logo.

[Mo]

Oh, the green shirt.

[Rod Ryan]

The green shirt. I never thought in a million years I was. I would sell a green shirt. Number one. You know, we always give away St. Patrick's Day shirts and stuff, but I didn't think I'd ever sell a green shirt. That and the one I was wearing yesterday. The top two sellers, they look great, Right? But why would it. Why would it look like seven? Because 71 3, by the way, 713 is Monday.

[Mo]

Monday.

[Caller]

What?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, 713 day.

[Alex]

Yeah. Nice.

[Mo]

We should celebrate.

[Rod Ryan]

It's gonna be on Monday. We're gonna be celebrating. Okay. Individually. On vacation.

[Mo]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

But that's what's selling. The water bottle is great. The hat is awesome. The T shirts are great. Please, for the kids, man. Hit us up on the world famous Rod Ryan show blog [e-mail] our own boss didn't know.

[Mo]

He had no idea. But he bought one. But he did.

[Rod Ryan]

He did. Thank you, wizard. He went in and did some Nice shopping yesterday. Houston's rock, Houston's alternative. And the Rod Ryan morning show. The Buzz. The Buzz. Welcome back, Rod Ryan show. All right, we're a little behind, but you know what time it is. Thank you guys for hanging out with us on this free beer Friday. Mo's got a great ticket coming up for you. I've got some music I want to play for you. But first, Alex is going to tell us what's trending.

[Alex]

Blue Bell's trending. They're rolling out a new flavor for summer. Chocolate lava cake is out now. People seem to be excited about it. I've heard of ice cream.

[Rod Ryan]

I've heard of chocolate lava cake. I don't know exactly what it is. Mo, you're not into sweets.

[Alex]

Chocolate, you help any help push into it. It's got. It's like the cake is filled with chocolate inside.

[Rod Ryan]

Liquidy chocolate.

[Alex]

When you, like, stick the fork in it.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, that's a lot of lava.

[Alex]

Tom Dundon is trending. He is the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes. He's also the owner of the Portland Trailblazers.

[Rod Ryan]

I told Mo this story this morning.

[Alex]

Yeah, he's getting some heat online right now because the Carolina Hurricanes just won the Stanley Cup. You get your name on the trophy if you're the owner. That makes sense, right? Like I bought the team, I can. My name goes on there.

[Rod Ryan]

And the players who won the Stanley cup to get their name on the, on the cup.

[Alex]

So he also put his wife's name and then their five kids names on the trophy. Kind of cool. You own a team, you can do what you want. But like people are mad because those are the first names is on the trophy.

[Rod Ryan]

They're above the players that played the game to win the Stanley.

[Alex]

His name, his wife's name is their five kids. One of their kids is like a kindergartner. So like that kid didn't do anything to win.

[Caller]

Come on.

[Mo]

Other teams don't do this.

[Rod Ryan]

No. Nobody's done this before.

[Alex]

Did it in like 1984 and the guy put his dad's name on the cup and they crossed his dad's name out.

[Rod Ryan]

Wow.

[Alex]

Yeah. So people are getting. He's getting some heat for that not

[Rod Ryan]

cool rich guy move.

[Alex]

I don't know if I hate it because I own a team. It'd be cool to put my kids names on it. But I get why people are mad. Emily Ratajkowski is trending. She signed a seven figure deal with Penguin Publishing for a book of hers titled M effer. It's not the actual Pronunciation of it, but I can't say it on the radio. Okay, so she's gonna get more rich.

[Rod Ryan]

What's she angry about?

[Mo]

What's she mad about?

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know.

[Alex]

I guess we'll have to buy the book and find out.

[Caller/Listener]

So hard.

[Alex]

But that's is what's trending in 945 the buzz.

[Rod Ryan]

What do you got to give away?

[Mo]

Buck Cherry, Blackstone Cherry. September 1st, House of Blues tickets are on sale Ticketmaster.com or you can win a fair caller. 10 713-212-5945.

[Caller]

Oh, okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Wow, I almost forgot it was Friday like this. This means that the weekend is just around the corner. You're calling in good luck to win the Buck Cherry, Blackstone Cherry tickets. I'll be over here. I'll be the guy jumping around. You must be the other guy. All right. How's the pay? 94, 945 the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Thank you guys for jumping around with us and chilling and hanging with us on this, this Friday. Hope you got some great weekend plans. You know, I don't. We don't hide from it or anything. We're on vacation next week. Alex has been working his balls off trying to get all this stuff in for you. And we're recording stuff and we're putting best of bits and all of that stuff.

[Alex]

We worked a week already outside of

[Rod Ryan]

the show and Alex specifically been working late every day trying to get all this stuff ready. So we will be off. But I, I'm. You don't get the week off. You get whatever week you get. You get that week off. But when we're off, you got to catch up on some of this stuff. So maybe there was some bits and some things that you missed that you're going to hear next week. All right, so we're all working, trying to put all that stuff together for you guys. All right, let me go over to the phones here. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Who's this? Hello, person on the phone.

[Caller/Listener]

Hello?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, person on the phone. That's all I know you as right now. What is your name?

[Caller/Listener]

Cody.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, let's talk to each other. Cody, how are you today? I'm pretty good, actually. On the way to work right now. All right. What do you do, Cody? I work for a building supply company, more or less a lumber yard. Gotcha. Gotcha.

[Mo]

I can smell it now.

[Rod Ryan]

I do love the smell of that wood. I got a wood story. My dad Toby's gonna beat my ass. Smell that wood, boy? Yeah, he brought Home. These wooden dowels.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

For my mom to do crafts with.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

And he goes, smell that wood, boy? Don't act up.

[Mo]

A little accent there.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm sorry. Cody.

[Mo]

Cody. Hey, how's your day?

[Rod Ryan]

Cody, you're calling 10.

[Mo]

Oh, yes.

[Rod Ryan]

Really?

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Mo]

Pair of tickets. Buck Jerry, Blackstone, Cherry, September 1, House of Blues, Ticketmaster.com for everybody else. Congrats, Cody. I hope you can recover from that.

[Rod Ryan]

Like, thank you. You ever bring home like a 2x4 and have your kids smell it and say, listen, you, that's the kind of parents I have, okay? Just so you know, I just smell the wood that might be on my ass.

[Mo]

I've heard of, like picking the stick. I've heard of that.

[Rod Ryan]

I had to go get the belt downstairs. Like, go get your dad's wooden spoon. Go get your dad's belt. My dad had a bench downstairs and then he had like an old leather belt that he used. He did sit ups.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

A wooden bench. He did sit ups. He was an animal. But his feet went under the belt.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

And my mom was like, go get dad's belt.

[Mo]

That's the one.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm like, no, you're going to hit me with it. Like, no, you're going to hit me with it.

[Mo]

You had to walk and get it.

[Rod Ryan]

Go get the strap now. Cody, thanks for unlocking. Thank you for unlocking trauma. All this trauma.

[Mo]

We're good. Everything's fine.

[Rod Ryan]

See what you did? Thank you, Cody.

[Mo]

Cody's like backing away slowly.

[Rod Ryan]

He's like, just give me my. Just give me my tickets, weirdo. Go see a shrink.

[Caller]

Oh, I love it.

[Rod Ryan]

Hey, I still haven't taken a Waymo. That's the driverless cars that was your dream, Uber. Well, I will. I just, I haven't yet. Check out this story specifically about way more. I think they came off the roads for a couple of days.

[Mo]

They were retooling on some stuff.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. But I see him back in the neighborhood. I see him cruising around in the heights. So I don't know how the kids booked it, but they must have used mom or dad's phone. They're 15 years old, they're in California. And I guess you would say they learned the hard way that a robot is always kind of paying attention to you. These are robots on four wheels, right? The police in San Mateo say two teens, these two 15 year olds were riding in a Waymo, which is, if you don't know, it's a self driving vehicle. It's like an Uber with nobody driving. And this happened earlier this. This week. And these kids, now, they're drinking some alcohol. Okay, okay. So, like, can you imagine being 15? I'm sorry. I hate to glorify this, but you're 15, and you're drinking a couple of beers, and you're driving around town. God, yeah.

[Mo]

I feel like you're.

[Rod Ryan]

Now they roll down the windows, and they start firing water beads from that toy gun. Those, like, little water pellets.

[Mo]

Oh, geez.

[Rod Ryan]

And now they're, like, pegging people while they're drinking beers. They're in a Waymo. These kids are having the best day of their life. The Waymo onboard cameras are detecting the behavior. The vehicle says. The vehicle knows this ain't cool. Okay. Because you're not supposed to be drinking in there, I guess. Okay, what are you not supposed to drink in them? Who can answer that? I want to drink in a Waymo. That's why I'm not driving. That's why I'm taking away Mode.

[Mo]

I think there's an open container law.

[Rod Ryan]

If I can drink in a limo, what's the difference?

[Mo]

I don't think you. You are supposed to.

[Rod Ryan]

No, it's like a limo. It's like a service.

[Alex]

Is a limo paying limo prices for this?

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. Have I drank it?

[Alex]

An Uber?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Yes.

[Commercial Voice]

Yes, I have.

[Alex]

Sure. Have I put it in a coffee cup to maybe make it seem like

[Rod Ryan]

less of a problem?

[Alex]

Yes. Also that.

[Rod Ryan]

Am I drinking an Alto? Yes, I have. I feel like it's a chauffeur service. Of course. I've drank in these things. So anyways, somehow this Waymo. And maybe the onboard cameras detect the behavior, and the vehicle says, not cool. It pulls over into a shopping center. Doors are locked. Okay, wait. The doors don't open until you get to your destination. So the doors are locked.

[Mo]

Okay, the kids are locked in.

[Rod Ryan]

Kids are in the car. Right. The companies it notif the company support team noticed, they can always dial into any car at any time. They see things aren't cool. The kids are sitting there in the shopping mall. Cops come up. The Waymo narked on the kids.

[Alex]

Yeah, dude, this is the.

[Rod Ryan]

The Waymo. They say there's make. We make no bones about this. We have interior cameras, and in urgent situations, employees can access live video during any ride, which means it might drive you straight to the cops next time. No, I know. I'm not. I'm trying not to glorify this, but, you know, we were all 15 at one time.

[Mo]

Oh, my gosh. Can you imagine?

[Rod Ryan]

Stuff wasn't available to me. Thank God, this stuff wasn't available to me back then.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Officers surrounded the vehicle and detained both teams. I'm sure they're gonna get off of the warning or what? I don't know what happened here, but I. I have this. They're headlining the crazy criminal blog page. You can see some photos and the video. It's free beer Friday. Friday, the Ron ryan show on 94. 5 the buzz. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show on this free beer Friday. Got another case of beer coming up. Straight up at 8 and 9. And then we're gonna set you free and we're gonna turn you loose for the weekend. How do we start talking about this drink? Oh, the waymo. The kids drinking beer in a waymo. And then you looked at me, you said, you probably can't drink beer in a rain in a waymo.

[Mo]

I'm like, I didn't know. I just assumed.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, so did you kind of look this up? Because I just said. And I. I'm just. I threw it out there. I'm like, I never ever, when I'm driving, I never even think to have a beer.

[Mo]

Right.

[Rod Ryan]

Or think to have a drink. And I think. I think even Michael Barry will do something on this again and he'll talk about, you know, how it should be legal to drive around and have a beer. Oh, you're not getting. Get. Not get wasted, right? I never.

[Alex]

I never saw it before Friday.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. I never once in my life until I moved to Louisiana, until I moved to New Orleans, I never saw somebody drink when they were driving a car in New York. I never saw it once. I don't know what was put into us. I never even thought of it. And then I get down to Louisiana and there's drive through daiquiri shops and they hand you the daiquiri and the straw and they're like, you're going to do the right thing, right? And take this home and drink it.

[Mo]

But like, tape over the hole, something like.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's always like some little loophole. I never saw anything like it in my life. So I don't do this on the reg, but I've had a beer in an Uber before. You telling me that I'm not supposed to be doing that?

[Mo]

You're not.

[Rod Ryan]

What's the rule? I feel like they're driving me. It's like a. It's a service reading.

[Mo]

Texas penal code section 49.031, naturally.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, thanks.

[Mo]

You can legally drink in a limo in Texas.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

As long as a vehicle that's primarily. Primarily used to transport people for compensation. But the big stickler.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, see, Stop.

[Mo]

Right, right, right.

[Rod Ryan]

Stop talking that. No, just stop. There you go. I'm compensating that person to take me somewhere.

[Mo]

The limo must have a partition that separates the driver from the passenger compartment.

[Rod Ryan]

That's the Bugaboo.

[Mo]

The Bugaboo. So it doesn't work for ride shares. And some limo companies can say they don't want to do it also.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, I'm sure if you don't want that in your car.

[Mo]

Liability.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Now we know I'm today's years old today. Years old learning that. Well, listen, I've had some real ones that looked away. I'm with Michael Berry on this. And they need to change the ruling on that for sure. At least in the ride shares.

[Mo]

Again, you're making a responsible decision if you're taking your ride share.

[Rod Ryan]

I feel like I'm doing the right thing.

[Alex]

Same like a loops should be perks to doing the right thing.

[Rod Ryan]

I'd like a little something for doing the right thing here.

[Alex]

Not getting a discount.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, sure. Not like the pre game. On my way to where I'm going.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey.

[Rod Ryan]

All right. Okay, guys, stop doing that. That's my official stance. Not really.

[Alex]

Houston's rocking alternative, the Rod ryan Morning show.

[Mo]

6 to 10am 94. 5 the buzz.

[Rod Ryan]

Ah, mo.

[Mo]

What the heck just happened?

[Rod Ryan]

Mo, I didn't know you were gonna enjoy that so much. Damn. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning. Rob Ryan show. This is where you work. No system of a down and byob. Everybody's coming to the party. Have a real good time. All right. Come on. That's got us late. I wanted to make sure we get that song in there tonight. Hi, guys. Rod Ryan show. Free beer Friday. We're not even at the halfway point yet. You kidding me? Having fun here today. Let's go, Mo. Houston's headlines.

[Mo]

The Department of Homeland Security now says the man fatally shot by ICE officers here in Houston this week was not the person they were looking for.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, Jesus.

[Mo]

DHS said officers were doing surveillance on a target's address. They spotted a white van with a man who resembled the target, prompting them to pull over the vehicle. And then. We all know how that went. We also learned yesterday that the officer that shot Lorenzo Sagado was not wearing body camera because officers in that specific field office had not yet been issued those cameras. It looks like half of ICE field offices now have cameras. The rest should within 60 days. Remember when you made fun of me when I said it Was going to be a rainy weekend.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Is it?

[Alex]

Is it?

[Mo]

I got an alert. Rain says are rising into the weekend and there's a weather impact alert for Monday due to a flood threat.

[Rod Ryan]

It's Monday.

[Mo]

This is into the weekend.

[Rod Ryan]

Dude, it's Friday.

[Mo]

Scattered showers today around 2pm this afternoon, 4pm we got a 50% chance for storms. Take that.

[Rod Ryan]

We want to kill our weekend.

[Mo]

I don't.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm trying to keep Alex in a good mood here.

[Alex]

I'm in a good mood.

[Rod Ryan]

Good luck trying to keep you there.

[Mo]

Have you seen these people that are suing airlines because they pay for a window seat and they're getting stuck in one of those in between window situations?

[Rod Ryan]

This has a suing a place because the coffee's too hot feel to it.

[Mo]

It does.

[Alex]

I agree.

[Mo]

United and Delta both currently have cases against them where people claim they were charged up to $170 extra for a so called window seat and then they had to sit next to a blank wall. United argued the window seat simply means sitting on that side of the aircraft doesn't guarantee a window. And they have updated their wedding website.

[Rod Ryan]

Moving forward, I guess you got to be more specific. It's not guaranteeing that a window is going to be right there next to your seat. Yeah. Because the seats don't line up with the windows like that.

[Mo]

Duh.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, next.

[Mo]

Rod, you and I will never really know the final bill of the Taylor Swift wedding.

[Rod Ryan]

I think Alex has all the numbies.

[Mo]

He's actually working on it. That's why I'm going to tell you this story because I just want to double check your numbers. Alex, we got a popular wedding website called the Knot. Everybody knows about the Knot, right? Obviously they put the number between 20 and 30 million. Is that where you are in your.

[Alex]

I was around that. Yeah.

[Mo]

Calculation.

[Alex]

Still finishing my crunching of the numbers,

[Mo]

but I found out today that it cost between 5 and $10 million to rent out Madison Square Garden for several days. You know, you got to load in, you got to load out. You got the infrastructure to transform the venue. It costs about $3 million for catering and logistics for about 1, 100 guests. $5 million to decorate a place like.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, my God. I remember when I. We looked at the bill and it was like, yeah, you want candles? Here's the candle number. Like, no, no, no candles.

[Mo]

We're not gonna have them. Yeah, but it's everything for a wedding

[Rod Ryan]

is inflated milk glass that they're in. Shut up. Get your dumb. Get these out of here. Have one candle.

[Mo]

Hey, Black Sabbath fans. I know what you're getting for Christmas. They just announced the first ever official Black Sabbath book.

[Rod Ryan]

This is cool.

[Mo]

Due to ship October of 2026. The Masters of reality. Why Black Sabbath Matter. Created by one of the photographers that worked directly with the band.

[Rod Ryan]

He's a really. Well, do you have his name?

[Mo]

Rob Halfin.

[Caller/Listener]

He.

[Rod Ryan]

Everyone, the rock world knows that guy. He is him.

[Mo]

He's the one behind it.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. And he's got. He's just sitting on stacks of pictures that haven't been released yet. He says he's got a ton of Black Sabbath that no one's ever seen before.

[Mo]

This is looking like a 500 page book.

[Rod Ryan]

Wow.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Mo]

And interviews included in it. New ones. So that's cool. Those are Houston's headlines.

[Rod Ryan]

It's weird that they didn't have it together for the big final show, you know. Book everything.

[Mo]

They did say that they include photographs of the final show, but that makes sense. So that. I guess that may be okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, that's. That's a good final chapter. What are you doing first? Baseball.

[Alex]

Let's do.

[Rod Ryan]

Let's do World Cup. Oh, you want to do World Cup? Yeah. Okay. What you got?

[Alex]

Yesterday at the World Cup, France beat Morocco 2 nil. Today Spain's gonna play Belgium in the quarterfinals. Winner is going to take on France in the semis. That'll kick off at 2 o' clock and you can watch it on Fox. In baseball, the Astros are back in action. Tonight they're going to open up a weekend series at the Rangers in Arlington. Hunter Brown will be on the mountains of the stro going up against Rangers. Cal can trill. First pitch705 and you can listen to that game on our sister station Sports Talk 790. That is what's going on in sports. Houston's rocking alternative, the Rod Ryan Morning show.

[Mo]

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[Rod Ryan]

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[Caller/Listener]

Come on down, baby Friday Give me

[Rod Ryan]

that baby because it's free Be friends

[Alex]

Friday.

[Rod Ryan]

The hell was that? The next time I ask for a piece of old audio and you tell me you can't find it, but you can always seem to find that that's

[Alex]

always at the top, but that always

[Rod Ryan]

seems to be right there. You and your little Free Beer Friday section, You always seem to have that one ready to go. Good morning, Rod Ryan Show. And

[Caller]

Lauren. Hello.

[Alex]

Who's this?

[Rod Ryan]

This Royal? Your name is Royal?

[Alex]

Yep.

[Rod Ryan]

So cool.

[Commercial Voice]

Yep.

[Mo]

He's like, I've explained this a million times.

[Rod Ryan]

Why are your parents so cool? Why are your parents so cool? Is that your real name? Yes. What?

[Caller/Listener]

R O Y A L. Tell me your middle name.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. What's your middle name?

[Alex]

Joseph.

[Rod Ryan]

Royal Joseph.

[iHeart Media Announcer]

Joseph.

[Caller]

Have we.

[Rod Ryan]

Have you been on the show with us before? Just running around saying. Telling us that your name is Royal? I have won Free Beer Friday once before. Okay. Did I make a big deal about your name or. I didn't care. I was busy. No, you didn't care. I didn't care.

[Caller]

I care.

[Rod Ryan]

I always care about you, Royal. I think that's really. Sometimes. Well, listen, I'm glad your second beer win. Congratulations. Where you from?

[iHeart Media Announcer]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

Deer Park. Okay. Dude, tell Andy Pettit I said hi. Is he still there? I don't know. I don't know if he is. No, I think he moved over to Robbie Fleming's house over in Katy.

[Alex]

All right.

[Caller]

Hey. Hey.

[Rod Ryan]

Listen, enjoy your beers. Have an awesome weekend, Royal.

[Caller/Listener]

I.

[Rod Ryan]

We. We.

[iHeart Media Announcer]

I will.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you, Royal. Let's roll. It's pretty cool.

[Mo]

I like it. I have more questions.

[Rod Ryan]

Halfway point of the show, people. What are we doing? What are you doing today? I've got one case of beer left left open phones an hour from now. We do have Black Label Society tickets coming up for you this hour. I guess I had mentioned it when I was talking about our friends over at Shell Federal Credit Union. They are. They've been a great partner on this show. They got one of the greatest stories ever. Becoming a partner with the Rod Ryan Show. I'll tell you about it someday. But again, I Have gone to them, and I asked them for money, and they still pick up the phone when I call. And, yeah, they gave us the $6,000 so that we could do the Suburb Summer Sizzler again. $6,000. We start playing. I've mentioned several times that we're on vacation next week. When we get back Monday the 20th is when game number one will be, and we will start our brackets. So just when we wrap up all this business with the World cup, boom, the action continues on our brackets, and it's single elimination. It's a knockout round. Every single game is a knockout round for the suburbs that'll be playing one another. Chili, I saw Dark Web. I try to stay out of it, but when Chili's talking to, like, the web department here, I saw they had some emails going back and forth. I saw that you received a bunch of names. We got 200 people that say they want to play right now, which is great.

[Alex]

Yes.

[Caller/Listener]

Would you.

[Rod Ryan]

First of all, who made me jacked in the.

[Commercial Voice]

In the.

[Rod Ryan]

Not me. The picture.

[Caller/Listener]

Not me.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm like, I'm gonna be such a letdown when people see me.

[Mo]

If you.

[Rod Ryan]

If you look at that suburb Summer Sizzler, that picture, it's like, what. Who is that? It's a cartoon. So it's like what we hope you would look like. Thank you. I'm gonna be such a letdown if you're going off of my cartoon on there when you see me in real life. Are you gonna line up game? Today's the last day before we're on vacation. Would you. Are you gonna line up games before Monday, the 20th, when we get back? Yeah, I'm gonna try to line three games before I leave work today. Smart. Work ahead. So I'm gonna be calling some people today. So if you see a weird number, just answer.

[Caller/Listener]

It.

[Rod Ryan]

Might be me, might not be me.

[Caller/Listener]

You never know.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, so Chili's gonna be calling people, and he's gonna want to. We're gonna want to have that first game at least Monday when we get back, we're gonna want to have that. And I see why you want to work ahead Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. He's gonna line up these games when? We're gonna start playing as soon as we get back. So, yeah, Chili's calling today. So excited. I love the suburb Summer Sizzler. I love you guys battling it out every morning. It's gonna be at 8, 20 every morning, and even I never close out the sign up. I think when people hear the game mode, they're like, I think I could do that.

[Mo]

Oh, you think the brackets already set is what?

[Rod Ryan]

The brackets are not set. It's just if you hear your suburb, you hear that suburb play, then you're locked out. Okay, only one person per suburb. But man, there's a lot of mini suburbs and neighborhoods and stuff like that. So you can kind of really get micro on this, this whole thing when you're telling me who you want to play for and who you want to represent. The sign up for all of this is on the world famous Rob Ryan show blog [e-mail] Sign up, man. Come play with us.

[Alex]

Rock and alternative for Houston.

[Mo]

The Rod ryan Morning Show. 6 to 10am, the Buzz 94.

[Rod Ryan]

5 the Buzz. Welcome back, Rod Ryan Show. Mo's got a great ticket for you. I'm not doing weather anymore. I'm not arguing with you about the weather.

[Mo]

Me.

[Rod Ryan]

You keep telling me that there's gonna be more rain than. Okay.

[Mo]

Doesn't it rain every afternoon in July?

[Rod Ryan]

Seems like it right now. It does kind of feel. Got that vibe right now. All right, let's just throw it to Alex so we don't have to fight. Alex, what's trending?

[Alex]

Sofia Vergara is trending.

[Mo]

What should do.

[Alex]

Happy birthday.

[Rod Ryan]

Birthday.

[Alex]

How old is she, Mo?

[Mo]

52?

[Alex]

54. 54. And she's looking as good as she's always? Yeah, inside and out.

[Commercial Voice]

She's.

[Rod Ryan]

She's trending.

[Alex]

Yes, she is trending.

[Rod Ryan]

I can tell you who's higher up who also is having a birthday today. Who I placed higher up on the Looking at Girls blog page today. Sexual napalm.

[Alex]

Jessica Simpson.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes, you're right. That's. That's what John Mayer said. That's what John Mayer said.

[Mo]

Yeah, I remember that.

[Rod Ryan]

I will never, ever forget that. John Mayer said that. John Mayer's had everybody. Yeah, he's had everybody. And he said she was sexual napalm. What is she doing?

[Mo]

Yeah, she's 46.

[Alex]

Good for her. Yeah, good for her. Happy birthday to both of them.

[Rod Ryan]

She's not a. She's not in that billionaire range with those shoes and purses, is she?

[Mo]

She is doing well.

[Rod Ryan]

She's doing really well. But I don't think, I don't think of Billy.

[Alex]

Is she richer than Tony Romo?

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, no. Well, I think maybe.

[Alex]

Oh, maybe the CVS money now, though.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, he's getting a lot of money. I bet you they got him pretty comparable.

[Mo]

Jessica Simpson is 200 million.

[Rod Ryan]

What's Tony Romo worth?

[Alex]

Who won the breakup?

[Rod Ryan]

Tony Romo's worth more than 200 million.

[Mo]

I'm gonna guess 80.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, suck it, Romo.

[Caller]

Holy.

[Rod Ryan]

We can play a game richer than Romo.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Alex]

All right, we'll do that when we

[Rod Ryan]

come back from break 80s. The base, it's like, okay, are they richer than Romo?

[Alex]

I like that a lot. World cup is trending. We're in the quarterfinals. Yesterday, France advanced. Today we got Belgium and Spain. We got two more games throughout the weekend. We're getting down to it, though, and it sucks that there's less soccer. But now they're like, the more me

[Rod Ryan]

meaningful games, big games, one a day this week, Right?

[Alex]

And then Kristen Cavallari is trending. She is going viral for talking about how she makes her kids fly coach while she flies in first class. Because they don't just get whatever they want, I believe is what she said. And she's trying to teach them that they got to work for things kind of cool. I'm not mad about that training on anybody by the bus.

[Rod Ryan]

Hey, you guys want to hear a brand new piece of music?

[Alex]

I do.

[Rod Ryan]

It's a band that you really like.

[Alex]

I was gonna say, it better not be tool.

[Rod Ryan]

It's not. It's not. You're gonna like it. I haven't heard the song yet. It's brand new, world premiere. Cage the Elephant.

[Alex]

I've not heard this either.

[Rod Ryan]

We have a great history of the band Cage the Elephant. I've told this story numerous times, that when Dinah was here, I said, you gotta see this band. They were on the side stage at Buzzfest. I dragged her over there, and Dinah and I just did not agree on much music. But she got me on a few things. I got her on one thing, and it was Cage the Elephant. And I said, you got to see these guys live. She went, oh, my God, old man, you're right.

[Alex]

They're great.

[Rod Ryan]

The last time I saw them was last year. Oh. They opened up for Oasis in Mexico City. So that's what you're gonna. That's what you're about to listen to. Would you just hang on to those tickets?

[Caller]

Tickets?

[Rod Ryan]

Because. Because people might want to call in and tell us what they think of the song.

[Mo]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Rod Ryan]

Let's hang on to those tickets. I. I'm gonna. I promise you the. The Black Label Society and the Zack Sabbath tickets, I'll get to them. But I always want to present new music on this show and allow you to tell me if you like it. Does it belong here? If it stinks, you know, we'll put you on the air. Okay. People that work here sometimes say stuff like that. It's. It's pretty raw. Let's take a listen to this brand new stuff. I think they even set it up for us. Hey, it's Nick, Matt and Brad from Cage the Elephant. Check out our new song Beaches in Tennessee.

[Caller]

Right now.

[Rod Ryan]

This is the iHeartRadio World Premiere 94. 5 the Buzz Houston's Rockin Al.

[Caller]

They won't let us keep the laces and our shoes they say it's voluntary but they won't let us choose Looking through the glass all that I can see Reflection of the man who threw away the key I'm on my hands and knees who's gonna come for me Tell all the magazines I'm a celebrity they got their eyes on me I'll never let em see body the life I'll be dead by the time I leave Somebody take me home they trying to bury me I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee Somebody take me home I'm not the enemy I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee Me and all my friends we all know the drill they gotta pay their rent so they try to keep us ill Must have seen too much in the blooded ink I' ma shave my head and wash my secrets down the sink Checking my face place to see where they been marking me I'll be dead by the time I leave Somebody take me home they trying to bury me I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee Somebody take me home I'm not the enemy I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee I'm going back to the those beaches in Tennessee I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee. I won't live a lie I won't trust my eyes Until I make it to the other side Come and pick me up Pick me up Be my ride or die yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Somebody take me home they're trying to bury me I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee Somebody take me home I'm not not the enemy I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee I'm going back to those beaches in Tennessee.

[Rod Ryan]

94. 5 the buzz. That's our world premiere here on the Rod Ryan Show. Cage the Elephant. Beaches in Tennessee forever. You guys know me. I'm more of a. How does the song sound, sonically? And how is the chord progression. I'm more involved in the music and how it makes me feel. I'm not a lyric guy. For some reason, I was really captured by those lyrics. It drew me in immediately. They won't let us keep our lace. The laces on our shoes. I've had my shoelaces taken from me before, really. So I'm immediately. I'm like, what's going on?

[Alex]

Stop going to jail. Right? Like, get the man that threw away the key. Looking in the mirror, Matt Schultz, while

[Rod Ryan]

in a mental health facility, Rob reflected on his time there. Wanted someone to get me out of here, get me back on a beach somewhere. Those lyrics.

[Alex]

In tennis landlocks, those.

[Rod Ryan]

Those lyrics, absolutely. They won't. They won't let us keep the laces on our shoes. They say it's voluntary, but they won't let us choose. I immediately wanted to know yourself what was going on there. So it's super personal. And it's about his desperation to escape confinement and return home. Wow. I normally let you guys go first. I loved it.

[Alex]

I really did.

[Rod Ryan]

Dude, it rocked. When out of the gate. I thought it sounded great. I'm gonna love this. I don't even care what the chorus sounds like. This is awesome.

[Alex]

It's got the, like, signature grunginess, kind of a little poppiness. I really like the bridge towards the end that. I won't live a lie Live a lie like that really just kind of slapped. But, yeah, the. The lyrics, I want to go back and go kind of like dive back into the lyrics like you were just doing right there. Because, like, I was trying to decipher what he was doing. I thought jail, but that makes more sense, what you said. I loved it, dude. I want this to be in regular rotation. They're just consistent with everything they do.

[Rod Ryan]

I can't wait to hear it again. Knowing that now. I didn't know that going in. Like I said, I just immediately start. Started looking stuff up. And that's what he has said about it.

[Alex]

And that's always been a great storyteller in all of his songs, like from Ain't no Rest for the Wicked, where they just found that writing on the back of a wall that they were doing when they were doing construction. And he was like, let me just come up with a hypothetical for that. Like, he's always been able to write incredible songs with just whatever type of. Of inspiration he has, but still sound

[Rod Ryan]

like they're after the hugeness that they are. Still sound like they're playing in a garage.

[Alex]

It's got that grungy. Like, Black Keys do the same thing.

[Commercial Voice]

Yes.

[Alex]

It's got that grunginess to it. Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

What do you think of this, Mo?

[Mo]

Will they come out and tell the story later?

[Rod Ryan]

I think he's. I think he's already said a little bit about it, but I'm obsessed with the lyrics now.

[Mo]

Now? Yeah, it's cool.

[Rod Ryan]

Like, I'm obsessed with everything that he's saying in the song because I want more of the story of this.

[Mo]

I like a story song.

[Rod Ryan]

I had no idea that he spent some time at a mental health facility. I don't remember hearing that. This is the most excited I've been about a. And this has, like, been four years now, right? Is it since cage 20, 2024. They. They. They put out something new. But this is the most excited I've been about a song in at least five, six years that they've. That they've released stuff. I think they messed around when they

[Alex]

came out with that. I remember we premiered that and that rocked. And they've had other stuff that rocked. But, yeah, this.

[Rod Ryan]

I like this more and I think it's better. I think this is better.

[Alex]

This is a great song. This is a fun one for a Friday, for sure.

[Rod Ryan]

Hey, Garrett. Good morning. Good morning, Rod. How are y' all doing? Doing great, man. What you think of this new Cage the Elephant song? Man, I thought it was really cool. I turned the radio up. I was jamming to it. It fit real well. It fit real well.

[Alex]

Good driving music, too.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes, but it fit real well. Meaning it fits this radio station, right?

[Alex]

It'll go in the playlist.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, it'll go on my playlist. It fit great on Yalls playlist. It was really good.

[Alex]

I enjoyed it.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm glad you said that. Dude, we can be friends. We can hang. Oh, of course. I'm friends with this guy Robbie. Good morning, beer king. Mr.

[Caller]

Rob.

[Rod Ryan]

Now you're the beer king. Don't be silly here. Don't be throwing around that name. That's you. Now, you know we're not giving away beer right now. I am asking people to comment on this new Cage the Elephant song. Do you have any thoughts on that? I thought that was really cool. Yeah, the.

[Caller/Listener]

The.

[Rod Ryan]

The vibe and the music and the lyrics. I thought it was really good. I. Again, you guys are so better at speaking than me. The vibe. Nobody said that. You did. It does have a great vibe. You're right on that. Yeah, it's good. What I'm saying is that I'll talk

[Alex]

to you at 9 o'.

[Rod Ryan]

Clock. You know what? Just like the dude. I take comfort in knowing that you're out there.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay?

[Alex]

I do.

[Rod Ryan]

I take comfort. Robbie, thank you. I think every two hours we're gonna be jamming this today. It's really good, man. I'm excited about this wizard right in the heavy rotation. Like give it to us in the morning. I want to play this more. You got some tickets to give away? We did promise that we'd get to some tickets.

[Mo]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you guys. If you got any emails though on the song, if you couldn't get to a phone, you know, I send all that stuff to the Wizard. He loves it.

[Commercial Voice]

Go ahead.

[Rod Ryan]

You got tickets?

[Mo]

A pair of tickets, yeah. Black Label Society, Zach, Sabbath Dark Chapel, September 2, Bayou Music Center, Ticketmaster.com if you want to grab some or we need caller 10 right now. 713-212-5945.

[Rod Ryan]

Good luck, Summer.

[Alex]

Marco. Marco.

[Rod Ryan]

Has anybody seen Marco? It's another summer with the Rod ryan show on 94. 5 the buzz. R5 the buzz. Saving Abel. Brand new music from Cage the Elephant before that world premiering that all day today. Jeremy might be starting his show off with that right at 10 o'. Clock. So if you want to hear that again on the radio. I know it's floating around there on the webs right now. Really good comments coming in on the song. I briefly had a chance to look at some emails. Is this the latest July 10th. Is this the latest we've ever declared a summer jam?

[Mo]

We saw plenty of summer.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't mind calling it it. Let me. Let me listen to it again. But there are people saying that, hey, you guys have been searching for a summer jam. You haven't really given it to a song yet. That could be the one. I like the way you're thinking. That's for sure. Over to the phones here. Good morning.

[Caller]

Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

Hello, who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

My name's Jessica, Your caller number 10.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you for waiting for those tickets.

[Caller/Listener]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

We were supposed to give those away at around 8:20.

[Mo]

We had some business. Jessica.

[Rod Ryan]

World premiere. I wanted to share some new music with you guys.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, that was a great song.

[Rod Ryan]

You liked it, huh?

[Caller/Listener]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

Good.

[Caller/Listener]

I did.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm glad. I'm glad. I really like it too. I'm excited about it. We got some tickets for you. What do you got?

[Mo]

Black Label Society, September 2nd, Bayou Music Center. Congratulations, Jessica.

[Caller/Listener]

Awesome. Thank you again.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, you're so awesome. Have a great weekend, Jessica.

[Caller/Listener]

You too.

[Alex]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm going to have a Great weekend. You're listening to Caves the Elephant nonstop, just on rotation. Hey, Julie. Thank you. Hey, Kelly. Thank you. Hello, Jacob. Thank you. Busy day in the Rod Ryan show Cares online store.

[Caller/Listener]

Really?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. When I say that whole people get paid on Fridays thing. That's a real thing? That's a real thing.

[Mo]

Can you see what people are buying?

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, so you want to see what Rolando bought?

[Mo]

Is you wearing that off awesome shirt today, spiking sales.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, let's see. What did Rolando buy? The 713.

[Mo]

Oh, yeah. You talking about the green?

[Rod Ryan]

It's the first time we've ever sold. I never thought in a million years I'd sell a green T shirt. Like, what now? I don't even want to tell them this. Sergio went in there and ordered some stuff. Ashley with an I ordered some stuff. Are they in different rooms of their house? They're husband and wife.

[Caller/Listener]

Stop.

[Rod Ryan]

Are they not telling one another that they're in the store?

[Alex]

They're buying stuff for each other. I already bought you this though.

[Rod Ryan]

They both pushed through orders today.

[Mo]

I don't tell my husband when I buy them.

[Rod Ryan]

Uhhuh.

[Alex]

We know.

[Mo]

So she also know.

[Rod Ryan]

So Mr. Ashley with an eye is in there. And then Ashley with an eye who's like the all time shopper, she's got the record.

[Alex]

Record.

[Rod Ryan]

She's. Nobody's bought more stuff than Ashes. Like not even close. Yeah, you not. It's your store. No, she's bought more than me.

[Alex]

Oh, really?

[Rod Ryan]

She's bought more than me. I probably went over her because I gotta put 10 grand in for that thing I did earlier. So I probably did go over you now. Probably. I'm probably the spending champion now. Yeah, I put up that 10 grand for the match day. Steven shopped this morning too. Let me see what Stephen bought real quick. Stephen Ayala nailed it.

[Mo]

Sure did.

[Rod Ryan]

The. So it's called the U.S. music. Oh, it's the. It's the red, white and blue. It's the logo that's on the bottle.

[Mo]

Oh, yeah, but on a shirt.

[Rod Ryan]

He bought that T shirt today, so. Thank you, guys. The Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. A lot of shopping going on today. We need more money to buy backpacks full of school supplies for the kids.

[Alex]

Rock and alternative for he.

[Mo]

The Rod Ryan Morning Show. 6 to 10am, the Buzz 45.

[Rod Ryan]

The Buzz. Welcome back, Rod Ryan Show. All right, well, coming up on that last case of beer, like Robbie stood at home plate like Babe Ruth pointed to the fourth case of beer and said, I'll talk to you at Nine. He's the all time beer winning champion. He's already called his shot. Good luck getting that beer. All right, that's coming up in just a little bit. A lot of activity in the store, man. Thank you. A lot of people shopping today getting their Rod Ryan show merchandise. Thank you very much. The kids appreciate it. We appreciate it. Mo, Alex, Chili, I appreciate you. Can I get some Houston headlines, please?

[Mo]

Sure. The Department of Homeland Security Security. Still a headline. They now say that the man fatally shot by ICE officers in Houston this week was not the person they were looking for. They said officers were doing surveillance on a target and their address. They spotted the white van with a man who looked like the target, prompting them to pull over the vehicle. We also learned yesterday that the officer who shot Lorenzo Salgado was not wearing a body camera because officers in that specific field office had not yet been issued them. The spokesperson said half of ICE field offices now have cameras and the rest should within 60 days. Another headline we heard late last night. It was reported that President Trump had fired the remaining members of the U.S. election Assistance Commission. Weird timing. We're just months before the midterm elections. This move follows a landmark Supreme Court decision that overturned 90 years of President saying Trump a president has near unlimited power to fire the heads of federal agencies.

[Rod Ryan]

He loves firing people.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes.

[Alex]

You're fired.

[Mo]

I knew that was coming. LA is getting the country's first luxury gas station. And we're all rolling our eyes. People are calling it Woke Buc EE's. Of course it's in Beverly Hills. It's called Maggie's. And the people behind it own a famous deli in la. That's great. So they're touting their fresh pastries, their premium ice cream, their specialty coffees, bougie shopping experience. And we're like, hold our beer. It looks like a normal gas station. We know what a luxury gas station is. We have Buc EE's.

[Rod Ryan]

But I've even coming close to the amount of gas pumps and all of that stuff.

[Mo]

How clean are your bathrooms?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

Maggie's.

[Alex]

All right.

[Mo]

This is dumb. Rod. Do you remember the Canadian theme park aquarium Place that closed and left the whales.

[Rod Ryan]

Marine land. Every kid that I. Everybody grew up going there.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

It was. It was our. What do you have in San Antonio? Okay. So it was like a ghetto Sea World.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Mo]

Fair. The people. I think the owners passed away.

[Rod Ryan]

We didn't know it was ghetto. I mean, that's all we had. Kids. It was, but I think it was much smaller.

[Mo]

We ran into some financial Issues.

[Rod Ryan]

It was a whale. There was a whale that get you wet and all that stuff, and he'd come out and he'd stick his tongue out at you.

[Mo]

Yeah, Yeah. A killer whale.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

One of those. Those. Yeah, Shimmu sort of situation. Oh, and they also had 30 beluga whales, and they needed somewhere for them to go, so some theme park in China.

[Rod Ryan]

Hey, hey, hey.

[Mo]

Some theme park in China was gonna adopt these whales. Well, that fell through, and things were not looking good for these animals. They were gonna have to be put down.

[Rod Ryan]

No one real. Alex, this is a sensitive story.

[Mo]

I have good news.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, Good news, Rod.

[Mo]

Some of the beluga whales from your childhood are coming to Texas. Texas? Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Alex, it's inappropriate.

[Alex]

That's the way actual sound.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, my gosh.

[Mo]

SeaWorld is adopting 28 of these beluga whales. Thirteen of them are being transported to SeaWorld San Antonio. Rod, you got to go.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, hang on a second.

[Caller/Listener]

What?

[Rod Ryan]

SeaWorld is going to get some of these? Yes, but I can't go to 2. I can't go any longer to. Marine Land is done. It's closed.

[Mo]

Financial ruin.

[Rod Ryan]

Marine Land is done. That's okay.

[Caller]

Okay,

[Mo]

This next song has been haunting our timelines for. It feels like forever.

[Rod Ryan]

Not mine, Rod.

[Mo]

Heard it for the first time today.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, I'm looking in the audience. Captain, by a show of hands, you don't have to be as old as me. How many of you are hearing this for the very first time today? What is it? What is it?

[Mo]

It's an AI Song.

[Alex]

Where are you?

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, it's all AI so. Alex, careful what you say. No humans. Where are you hearing this?

[Mo]

All over social media. Because people are, like, remixing it and making their own videos.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, I got a new phone.

[Alex]

I don't know.

[Mo]

Maybe that's what I want. The Puerto Rico song viral. And it's sticking around because of celebrities that are just now getting their hands on it, you know, like Fraud Ryan. And they're using it on social media. Yeah, it's a viral AI Track by a guy named Saxboy Billy.

[Rod Ryan]

That's how I feel right now listening to this.

[Mo]

Maybe you can make a little video this weekend of you with the Puerto Rico song.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm not going to Puerto Rico.

[Mo]

Go to Puerto Rico. People are using it just, like, for vacation.

[Rod Ryan]

What am I doing in the video that this is in the background?

[Mo]

You know how in, like, the 90s sitcoms when people would, like, look at the camera and do, like, funny. You're supposed to make a funny video.

[Rod Ryan]

I'll do that in the welcome to North Tonawanda sign.

[Mo]

Okay, I can't wait to see. Those are Houston's headlines.

[Rod Ryan]

Alex, bail me out here.

[Alex]

Yesterday at the World Cup, France beat Morocco 2 nil. Today, Spain and Belgium play in the quarterfinals where the winner is going to face France in the semis. That's going to Kick off at 2 o' clock today and you can watch it on Fox. In baseball, the Astros are back in action. Tonight they're going to open up a weekend series with the Rangers in Arlington. Hunter Brown will be on the mound for the Stroz going up against the Rangers. Cal Campus Trill first pitches at 7:05 and you can listen to it on our sister station Sports Talk 790. That is what's going on in sports.

[Rod Ryan]

The buzz, rock and alternative for Houston.

[Mo]

The Rod ryan Morning show.

[Rod Ryan]

6 to 10am Hanging out at the pool is great. Relaxing and playing Vegas style games on my phone at the same time. Drink in one hand and a blackjack in the other. It's all at spinquest. Over a thousand games including your favorite slots and table games. Be cool with this summer special. New players get 30 coin packs for

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[Rod Ryan]

Free beer Friday.

[Caller]

You got the free bear Friday.

[Rod Ryan]

You got the free bear Friday. You got a free bear Friday. Free Bear Friday and ride Free Bear Friday and ride Free Bear Friday. Good morning, Rod Ryan show.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

Hello, who's this?

[Caller/Listener]

This is Joanne.

[Rod Ryan]

You're caller number 10.

[Caller]

Awesome.

[Caller/Listener]

Joanne, I've literally never won on the radio.

[Mo]

So odd.

[Rod Ryan]

Now, is this the first time you've ever been on the air with us?

[Caller/Listener]

Yes,

[Caller]

yes.

[Rod Ryan]

That's a huge thing. Thank you so much. I got a case of beer for you. Thank you. Have you heard that Puerto Rico song? Am I the only one that's not heard that song? Did you hear Mo talking about that?

[Caller/Listener]

No, I have not heard it yet. Yeah. Yes I did.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Alex]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

And let me tell you, Lauren sends an email now. Lauren's really old. She's 37.

[Caller]

Oh, yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

She said, rod. First time I'm hearing that song, that viral song that you. That Mo and Alex are telling me that everybody knows. I don't feel like I'm that super old. She's 37.

[Mo]

You don't have to yourself, sister.

[Rod Ryan]

Congratulations. Enjoy your beers. Have an awesome weekend. Okay.

[Mo]

Joanne, thank you so much.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you. You're awesome. She doesn't know that song.

[Mo]

I made sure when you walked out to go to the bathroom just now that I played that song in front of your phone, so you will be targeted for it.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, you already played me the video. Luke Combs dancing to it or whoever.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Come on.

[Rod Ryan]

It's enough with that. Hey, guys, open phones Friday. Open phones Friday. More like open phones fry.

[Alex]

Yay.

[Rod Ryan]

As I was looking. Giving Chili a second to catch up here on the phones. As I was looking at the store, all the people going in there and shopping today, I saw Mundo in there.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm like, I know that guy got in there day one. He said he sent me an email, says, I got my merch in yesterday. Everything looks really great in person. I ended up giving away a shirt yesterday. So I placed another order that this morning, he said, in honor of Taylor Swift. I went to Taylor Swift farted dot com. It took me to link. No, it did not that. No, no, I don't. That doesn't link to anything anymore.

[Mo]

But it should.

[Rod Ryan]

He placed it or you got four more shirts and a koozie. He goes, I got paid today like you said. I did have a lot of overtime. Keep up the great work, Loyal Lister.

[Alex]

Mundo.

[Rod Ryan]

Love you, bro. Thank you so much. Really nice of you. Nothing. Is that Taylor Swiftarter.com anymore? There was a time.

[Mo]

Nothing.

[Rod Ryan]

Nothing. Oh, this clear this up for me here. Sergio, Good morning. Hey, how's it going? You just went and dived in, didn't you? Yeah, I did. So this is.

[Caller]

This is.

[Rod Ryan]

This is Mr. Ashley with an eye.

[Mo]

Oh, he's been shopping and. Well, has she.

[Rod Ryan]

I told. I said, I don't know if they're in different rooms of the house or something, but I saw a couple of orders. I don't know if that was a mistake. Yeah, it was. Sorry, but no, I mean, no, wait. One. One order.

[Caller/Listener]

It just.

[Rod Ryan]

I couldn't get it to go through. I was having credit card trouble with the shipping address and my card and all that. So we just, you know, got of that and Then I just used Ashley's stuff. It went through twice. Oh, lucky you.

[Mo]

Twice.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, well, double the money. My mistake. I believe there's a form you can fill out. I don't know.

[Commercial Voice]

There's somewhere.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, some paperwork here. Okay, so I don't know if you heard me mention that on the air, but I said you guys both had an order go through. Now that I'm looking at it, it's for the same amount of money. Yeah, they're identical orders.

[Caller]

Yeah. So.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, well, all right. If it's easy to cancel, go ahead, cancel it. If not, not. Well, more money for backpacks.

[Caller/Listener]

I don't care.

[Alex]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Rod Ryan]

See if you can cancel it. I don't know how to do any of that. Yeah, I don't care. It's only my store. Thank you, you guys. You guys are the absolute best man. I appreciate you. Thank you, Sergio. I thought that looked a little odd now that I see it's the same amount somebody was.

[Mo]

Don't you hate that?

[Rod Ryan]

Well, I'll just.

[Mo]

Have you done that before?

[Rod Ryan]

I'm not going to. I don't have time to tell a story, but my kid got three yearbooks this year. I didn't know if it went through. The teacher even says, like, what? London school? Your dad ordered three yearbooks?

[Alex]

I don't ever want to forget this.

[Caller]

One for every room.

[Rod Ryan]

Dumbass doesn't know how to shop online.

[Alex]

Downstairs and outside.

[Rod Ryan]

Jamie, good morning. What's up, brother?

[Caller]

Rod.

[Rod Ryan]

Jamie, how are you, dude? Good, man. I just got one word for you guys. What is it? Macy's. Macy, thank you.

[Mo]

Thank you very much.

[Rod Ryan]

Your advertising is working, you two little shoppers. Thank you, Jamie. That's very funny.

[Mo]

We love you.

[Alex]

I appreciate all the emails.

[Rod Ryan]

Thanks for getting us Advertising works, guys. Advertising works. While I'm here in open phones, I'm gonna put you on the spot. You're talking about a wine right now.

[Mo]

Me.

[Rod Ryan]

You have a commercial running on this radio station. Yeah, and it's not just any kind of wine. It's a wine that's made from blueberries.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

A guy called into open phones Friday and was talking about this wine.

[Mo]

We asked him a lot of questions.

[Rod Ryan]

Right. So it was many of you probably heard the call. And what's the name of the vineyard?

[Mo]

Youthful Reserve.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, so he's talking about this blueberry wine. Apparently, just him being on open phones. He had a bunch of people requesting wine and he said, what if my name's on the radio? Does that work? Does. Does advertising work? Now, you're doing live endorsements for this

[Mo]

blueberry wine, helping him spread the message. How great is that story? They're the sweetest.

[Rod Ryan]

How great is that? But that came out of, that came out of open phones Friday.

[Mo]

His dog named Sailor, remember?

[Rod Ryan]

And then I now, now he's getting his balls busted about Macy's. It's very funny. People hear that stuff. If I owned a business, I would be advertising on this show. I, I, you know, I got a guy that you could talk to.

[Alex]

Sure do.

[Rod Ryan]

I got a couple of guys here that you could talk to on that. Let me take a short break. Let's get this thing fired up properly. Okay? Open phones Friday. You get the whole hour, man. What do you guys want to talk about? You got a business. Maybe you don't have the money for advertising yet, but you want to get that. You want to get a plug in there. That's on the table for sure. Today, Houston's rock. Houston's alternative all day and the Rod ryan Morning Show.

[Caller]

94.

[Mo]

5 the Buzz.

[Rod Ryan]

94. 5 the Buzz. Welcome back, Rod Ryan show. Backtracking just a little bit. I want to thank you all for sending me those emails. I just, just finally got around. It was a lot of them. Sent all those emails about the Cage the elephant song. Sent those all to radio Wizards. So very positive. Very, very positive. Everybody seemed to be on board with that as being not only a summer jam, but get that sucker in heavy rotation. Jeremy's. I think, I don't know if you can look ahead that far. You got stuff to do. I think Jeremy's gonna start a show with that, though. I think Jeremy comes on at 10 and you'll hear that, that brand new one and then.

[Alex]

Yeah, right there.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, thank you. And then every two hours after that. So it's a good one. That new Cage the Elephant song is really good.

[Caller]

Online.

[Rod Ryan]

It's Alex online.

[Mo]

94.

[Rod Ryan]

5 the mud. All right, what you got?

[Alex]

All right, today, the AOL is called petty Complaints. And somebody made a website called Petty Million where the entire reason people go to that website is to share their petty complaints anonymously. And then you can just as they come in. It's like Twitter, but just people complaining about little things. Like someone's just moments ago said their complaint was a gym class that starts five minutes late but ends exactly on time. Somebody said, I hate when people peel oranges in a public space. Not the time and definitely not the place.

[Rod Ryan]

Really.

[Alex]

These drivers are terrible. 67 is annoying. I'm tired of waiting for my food at Burger King. All kinds of stuff like that. And then you can also share your petty complaints as well.

[Rod Ryan]

This is Alex's new favorite dreams.

[Alex]

I love this. You're like, you're right. That is a. That is a good complaint.

[Mo]

Full outlet.

[Rod Ryan]

Like, this guy's already, like, in the time that he's been talking, he's. He's now a mod.

[Alex]

It's cheaper than therapy. Yeah, I've been. I've been trying to apply to be one, but they haven't screwed me yet. Go check it out. See if you can relate to any of these. Or if you want to share your own petty complaints at the world famous Ride Ryan show [e-mail].

[Rod Ryan]

let's go. Just like that? Our guy's a moderator.

[Caller/Listener]

I mean.

[Mo]

I mean, funny.

[Rod Ryan]

Hey, you're in luck. It's open phones Friday. Okay. Boy, I did get some picture. Ray. Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

You like how I nailed that name?

[Commercial Voice]

Ray.

[Rod Ryan]

Of course I know it's Ray.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes, you did.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I came up.

[Caller/Listener]

I figured out my nickname on the show. It's not Ry. Ray.

[Rod Ryan]

Ry, not Rye. It's Ray, not Rye, but Ray not Ry.

[Caller/Listener]

Ray. That's my new nickname.

[Rod Ryan]

What concert did you go to last night?

[Caller/Listener]

The young, the giant one in Cold War Kids.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, now two things. You sent me some pictures from the actual show. And then in your email, did you tell me that you were rocking one of the brand new Rod Ryan show T shirts?

[Caller/Listener]

I was. I was actually rocking the one you were wearing yesterday, the smiley face one. But I got cold in there, so I ended up buying a hoodie. So I wore the hoodie most of the time, but I was rocking a rock rhinestone shirt. I'm sorry.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. Because that was the picture that I wanted to see. I wanted to see you wearing our shirt.

[Caller/Listener]

I know. And my dad couldn't find any of his, and I was like, dude, come on, you knew this was coming.

[Rod Ryan]

How was the concert?

[Caller/Listener]

It was really good. So actually when I called in, I didn't know what I was calling in for. And then I ended up winning and I was like, what? Okay, cool. Never heard these guys. I knew Cold War Kids a little bit, but even knowing just like the tidbits that I've been able to pick up after making like a playlist of their set list, I just. Like, it was just a fun concert. Like, it was. Everyone was jamming the whole time. And the one song that I did know first from Cold War Kids, they did that to close out their part.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, that would have been. That's a close for sure.

[Caller/Listener]

It was awesome. And I don't know if there was any pictures that showed it, but the young, the giant set, they had these, like, poles in the back that had these, like. We thought they were like bags or something on them. They were actually inflatable to make flowers.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, that's cool.

[Caller/Listener]

And they were super cool. They got lit up and we were. Me and my dad were like, what are those? I'm like, they're probably shirts or a tribute or something. No, they were just flowers.

[Rod Ryan]

So cool. And you did your homework before the show. Thank you. You not ra. Not Ry.

[Caller]

Ray.

[Rod Ryan]

Ray Ray. That's right. I'm gonna screw up her nickname now. Joanna, you're next up on open phones. Good morning, Joanna.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning. How are you today?

[Rod Ryan]

I'm doing great. You're on the air. There's like 10 people listening. What do you got?

[Caller/Listener]

I know, right? I wanted to thank y' all and tell people it is important to sign up for the tickets, the contest on your website because I won same tickets from y' all this week.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. So I never talk about this on the air. So I'm glad you got there. There's a contest page. There's a. There's a page on our website and I know a lot of people do go to it, but maybe not as many. You won one.

[Caller/Listener]

I was so excited.

[Rod Ryan]

What made you go? How did you find the page? Have you been on there? Have you tried to win stuff before? There's a contest [e-mail] never gets talked about.

[Caller/Listener]

I. I have before. This time it was listening to Teresa and her reminding me to go to the bait.

[Rod Ryan]

Aha. So the other people on this station are smart. They tell people where to go. I just. I just tell people to go to my page. I just want you to go to my page. I don't want you to go anywhere else. There's a lot of stuff you got to move around on that. Buzz.com. i'm so glad you won.

[Alex]

You do.

[Rod Ryan]

And that's a sold out show.

[Caller/Listener]

Thank you so much.

[Rod Ryan]

That's. That's so great. Yeah, I'm so happy for you. That's a good plug for that page too, man. Hit it up. Contest page. It's like, what are you talking about, Rod? It's been there forever. Nick, you're next up on open phones. Good morning. Oh, Nick. Hi, Nick.

[Caller/Listener]

Hello.

[Rod Ryan]

Hi.

[Caller]

Hello.

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Alex]

How y' all guys doing today?

[Rod Ryan]

So great. What would you like? What would you like to talk about? I'm Calling to thank you, Mr. Rod, because you showed me the band Return to Dust a few months ago, and they have quickly became my favorite band.

[Mo]

Oh.

[Alex]

I listen to them every day.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes. And I'm obsessed with them, honestly. And I just wanted to say thank you for that. What are you. What are your thoughts on their. The COVID of Heya? I'm not a big cover person. I don't like covering. Okay. But they did an amazing job. They did good. They reimagined it, and they really kind of did something different with it. I was wondering. I know they. They do it live. I thought maybe they would go in the studio. I don't know if they're trying to push that as, like, a single. I hope not. They got enough good stuff on their own. Nick, that makes me really happy. How can I ask you how old you are? I'm 33. 33 and still discovering new music. And that's cool. Never ends, ends it never ends.

[Alex]

Dude.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm like, double your age and I'm. And I. I learned about this band recently, so it never the, like. It's like having being thirsty and you never get enough of, like, new music and the stuff that, you know, you're still finding yourself connecting with new, great stuff. Love it, Nick. Thank you. Thank you so much. Yeah. J Dub, your next up. Good morning, Jay. Hey, what's going on, brother? Rob, sup us up. You're on open phones Friday. Yes, sir.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes, sir.

[Rod Ryan]

It's been a while. I moved away from the Houston area for 14 years.

[Alex]

Just.

[Rod Ryan]

Just moved back a few weeks ago, man. And I was excited. The first thing I did was put on 94. 5 the bucks. So immediately I think the opposite. You get into radio range and you're like, this idiot is still on the air.

[Caller]

How.

[Mo]

May have crossed his mind.

[Rod Ryan]

How is this guy still on the radio? 14 years. I actually called in 14 years ago. I called in the day I moved to New Mexico. I called in and talked to you.

[Caller/Listener]

When?

[Rod Ryan]

The day I was moving.

[Caller/Listener]

Wow.

[Rod Ryan]

And 14 years ago. And I called back today. And I tell you what, man. I'm out here in Cyprus right now.

[Caller/Listener]

I run a Bulldog.

[Rod Ryan]

Those are for a living, pushing dirt. And I listen to y' all every morning, man. I'm so glad you're back, dude. I. I really am. I hope it's all for great reasons. I. I sometimes I don't ask a lot of questions because I don't want to step in it, but I hope it's for great reasons that you're back, dude. And I'M I'm very happy to have you back on on board, J Dub. Thank you. I appreciate it, man.

[Alex]

I appreciate it.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you so much, brother. All right, that's another line open. That's another line open. It's open phones Friday. I gotta say, you guys are killing it today. You guys are killing it today. 713-212-5945, the Rod Ryan Show. Attention, you and the Speedo. Not in my pool.

[Alex]

Come on.

[Rod Ryan]

Bye.

[Caller/Listener]

Bye.

[Rod Ryan]

On 94. 5 the buzz. 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. We took it from free beer Friday to open phones Friday. Where's that guy? It's open phones Friday. Thank you. Thank you. All right, let's go down these calls here. Going top to bottom. Everyone's getting on. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. This is Amanda.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes, hi.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, good morning, Amanda. How are you?

[Caller/Listener]

I'm good. How are you?

[Rod Ryan]

Having the best morning of my life.

[Caller/Listener]

Too bad.

[Rod Ryan]

I tell you what, Alex hasn't thrown one thing today.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

So great. Well, that's good.

[Caller/Listener]

I hope my day goes out well, too, when I get in the office. Good luck.

[Rod Ryan]

Hey, you're on open phones Friday, and maybe I'm in such a good mood because this is my favorite segment of the whole week where you guys. You guys do all the work. What do you want to talk about?

[Caller/Listener]

I wanted to call in and say that I have been a listener pretty much my whole life. I grew up listening to it with my dad on the way to volleyball for school and things like that. I have listened to I can't even tell you how many years. But my whole entire life, it means

[Rod Ryan]

the world to me when parents, like, snake in their kids. It's like you have no choice. The parents run the radio. I mean, I can't believe how much play my kid gets on the air. On the radio.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. And my brother and sister both listen as well. My brother's actually the one that told me to call in.

[Rod Ryan]

But you no longer have to listen to this because your parents made you. But then the fact that you transitioned into. Into listening on your own without being told what you have to listen to, that's what not. That's what's hidden with me. And that's what really means a lot.

[Caller/Listener]

And it's every morning. It might not be for a ton of time because my commute to work isn't that long, but I listen every morning.

[Rod Ryan]

It. You made my day. I was already having a great. I told you it was the best morning ever already. And then boom, now you go and Meet, make it better. Thank you so much, Amanda, for all the years. I appreciate you.

[Caller/Listener]

Can I give one small shout out to my company?

[Rod Ryan]

Of course you can.

[Caller/Listener]

So we're a local in Friendswood, veteran owned outdoor living company. We're Yardworks Gulf coast, and we specialize in anything outdoor living. But we're mainly in Friendswood and League City. Completely veteran owned and operated. My husband was in the army for 10 years. Medically retired.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener]

So we'll do anything to transform your backyard.

[Rod Ryan]

Do me a favor and this is your assignment. And listen, social media is tough, but what you got to do is the next time you guys, like, do, like, some kind of, like, cobblestone walkway or whatever, you got to film the whole thing and then speed it up. I watch all of that stuff.

[Mo]

I love it, too.

[Rod Ryan]

When I see renovation and yard work videos sped up, I'm watching the whole damn thing. I can't believe. I'm just like. I'm drooling and I'm watching.

[Caller/Listener]

We just posted a really great project on Tick Tock, so if you want to go check out a really cool project, project. So yard Works Gulf Coast, Check us on Tick Tock. And a shout out to my brother Spencer for telling me to call in today.

[Rod Ryan]

You're awesome, Amanda. Thank you. Thank you. I cannot believe how much I enjoy watching those videos now you have them. I don't enjoy doing that kind of work.

[Alex]

No, but watching people, like, lay concrete, I could watch that all day.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, like, they're digging and they're, like, edging. I'll watch it all day.

[Commercial Voice]

Sped up.

[Rod Ryan]

Michelle. Oh, this is Michelle, former intern.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

Hey, Michelle. Good morning to you. Hey, I got you.

[Caller/Listener]

What's going on, y'? All?

[Rod Ryan]

I got your email. I know you're not a real big cage the elephant fan. I'm not going to get into it with you. It's like, you know, everyone's got. Everyone's got things that aren't cool about them. But what did you think of that song?

[Caller/Listener]

Whatever. I don't. I don't love them. I don't hate them. I like the first two singles they came out with. And then I just kind of fell off from there. I wasn't interested. I really liked the song. The first few seconds going in, and I was listening to the lyrics. I don't know what it was. I just really liked it, and I hope y' all keep playing it.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I. I liked it. I sent your email over to the Radio Wizard. All right, well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about. What do you got? What do you. What did I say? Are you mad? What happened? The only reason she would ever call.

[Caller/Listener]

Once again, we're not going to get into that.

[Rod Ryan]

We'll get into it later. Anywho, go ahead.

[Caller/Listener]

Today is officially four more Fridays until I say I do.

[Rod Ryan]

Holy crap. She's getting married. She's getting married. Holy cow.

[Caller/Listener]

All right, and really, really quick. We're having a micro wedding, no more than 40 people. I told family it was only 30. So we don't know.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know that that's a micro wedding. I mean, justice of the peace and your best friend is a micro wedding.

[Caller/Listener]

That's. That's what I wanted. I wanted to go to the courthouse. Benjamin didn't want to. And he just wouldn't say he wanted a wedding. He said if he was going to do it once, he wanted to do it right, just one time, the first

[Rod Ryan]

time, and have a party. You're doing the right thing. You're doing the right thing.

[Caller/Listener]

And when someone goes from, I'm never getting married, I'm sorry, I'm getting choked up to I want to marry you. You gotta give him what he wants, Right?

[Rod Ryan]

Of course you gotta give him what he wants. Now, the real question is, I know you're all blubbering right now. Are you cutting him off before the wedding? Like, how many weeks? Like, oh, wow, are we cut off right now?

[Mo]

Thanks, Rob.

[Rod Ryan]

You gotta make that night special, you know?

[Caller/Listener]

What do you mean?

[Rod Ryan]

You know what I mean?

[Alex]

You know?

[Rod Ryan]

You know what show you called? Are you cutting him off for four weeks?

[Caller/Listener]

No, he has to cut.

[Rod Ryan]

All right, well, then hopefully you save something for that night that you haven't done before.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

All right.

[Commercial Voice]

Love you.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm super excited for you and Benjamin. That's so great. Alina. I'm getting these names down.

[Mo]

Look at you. What is going on?

[Rod Ryan]

All in Allina. Alina. Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning, y'. All. How are y' all this morning?

[Rod Ryan]

So great.

[Alex]

How are you?

[Rod Ryan]

I'm good.

[Caller/Listener]

I'm good.

[Rod Ryan]

What you got open phones. Welcome in.

[Caller/Listener]

Pretty much just feedbacking off of what other ones have said. My grandpa used to listen to y' all every morning on his way to work to Uvali. It was like a company in Houston that shut down.

[Rod Ryan]

Huh.

[Caller/Listener]

And then after that, me and my fiance Zach actually start listening to y'. All. And now what's funny is my daughter, I remember telling y' all a couple weeks back that I got all of them back after nine years. So it's four generations My daughter now listen. Yeah, my daughter now listens. And her favorite part is at the end when you announce all the winners of the different contests and stuff.

[Rod Ryan]

Mo has started that. You know what, I haven't even mentioned that. I'm sorry to cut you off, but that's something that Mo kind of puts together and she keeps track of all the winners. And I like it too. I've never said that on the air.

[Mo]

You've never done that before?

[Caller]

No.

[Mo]

Really?

[Rod Ryan]

That's a you thing.

[Commercial Voice]

Really?

[Rod Ryan]

When I'm doing the wrap up sheet and stuff like that, you're like, hey, this person won this, this person won that. I like it too, Alina. I think it's awesome.

[Mo]

Thanks for saying that.

[Caller/Listener]

My 12 year old, she'll be 12 next Wednesday. But she really thought that was pretty cool, the little back to school backpack thing that you are doing. And, and I kind of liked her because she's more the kid that likes to save money and put it to good use and stuff. And so when she's heard that, she's like, oh. So I bought a few things off the shop.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you.

[Caller]

Thank you.

[Commercial Voice]

Alina.

[Rod Ryan]

You're so good.

[Mo]

Raising them, right?

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah. So I, I show her the good parts of everything. Like, hey, even though we buy y' all stuff, it's still good to know that kids out there doesn't really get what y' all get. So I, I like to instruct that in her and her brothers so that way they know when they get older. Hey, it's good to help out.

[Rod Ryan]

So I love it. Alina, thank you so much. That's four generations. Grandpa. Grandpa to her kid, right? One, two, three, four.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

That's amazing. Thank you guys. I'm out of time. Geez.

[Caller]

That's it.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wanted to put. Sorry, I didn't get to everybody. I know it's people on hold, but I gotta take a break because we got to give away something before we get out of here. Good tickets.

[Mo]

We have AC DC tickets, Rod.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

You thought this morning was good. We're gonna end on a high note. A pair of tickets. The AC DC. It's the Power Up Tour 2026 with the Pretty Reckless August 31st. Tickets are on sale now. Ticketmaster.com but you can win a pair if you know the show.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, stay right there.

[Alex]

Houston's Rock and Alternative and the Rod ryan Morning Show.

[Rod Ryan]

6 to 10am, the buzz 94. 5 the buzz. Welcome back Rod Ryan show. Wrapping up. Free beer Friday and open phones. Thank you everybody. You guys did an Amazing job on open phones today. So nice. So many of you. So nice. Okay, we're gonna leave you. We're gonna try to be nice here. AC DC. Pretty Reckless opens up. They're great. Live August 31st, you want to go see AC DC? You want to knock them off your list? I think this is your last chance. NRG Stadium. Mo's got tickets. What's your question, Rod?

[Mo]

Let's give one more shout out because we had an awesome week. Cheering on Hammer and Hank on the fresh out of bed head to head challenge.

[Rod Ryan]

Unstoppable. Well, we thought he was unstoppable, and that's my question. He was playing career games every morning.

[Mo]

Yeah, it all ended did for him. First thing this morning, the question, who beat oh, Hammer and hank this morning? 713-212-5945.

[Rod Ryan]

Spoiler alert. I was gonna listen to that on the podcast.

[Alex]

Sorry.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, he lost. But maybe only one person on the planet could have beat him. Just that's how good he was playing. Lights out. 713-212-5945 for AC DC tickets.

[Caller]

It's.

[Rod Ryan]

It's 945 the buzz. 94. 5 the buzz. Puddle of mud. Blurry. All right, we got some great tickets to give away before we get out of here, turn you guys loose for the weekend. All right, I'm ready. It's now time. Time for know the show on 94. Five the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Good morning. Well, hello. Who's this? This is Cisco. Oh, Cisco, do not. Do not mess this up.

[Alex]

Cisco.

[Rod Ryan]

Hang on. Listen to. I'm nervous now, guys. I'm nervous.

[Mo]

We're doing a hype song for you.

[Rod Ryan]

You guys are thinking singing the thong song. I'm singing the Cisco Kid over here. It's another one. This is Rod, Space City Ryan. Okay, I'll take that. What's your question?

[Mo]

Moving Cisco. One more shout out. Awesome week. Cheering on Hammer and Hank on the fresh out of bed head to head challenge. But it ended first thing this morning. Who beat Hammer and Hank?

[Rod Ryan]

I hope I got this right. The goat. I just know his goat. I just know him by goat. That works. He's the goat. It's Josh the goat. Cisco, you want. You're going to acdc. My birthday is next Friday. Oh, my God. I've never won any. I've listened to y' all my entire life. I've listened to chili. I'm 97.

[Caller/Listener]

9.

[Rod Ryan]

I listen to Mo. Oh, my God.

[Caller]

Cisco.

[Mo]

You freaking just made our day.

[Rod Ryan]

Cisco was at the Hospital weekday. Cisco was at the hospital when Alex was born.

[Alex]

Delivered all right.

[Rod Ryan]

Been there, been there. All right, tell them a little bit about this show.

[Mo]

ACDC power up tour 2026 with the pretty reckless August 31st. Congratulations.

[Rod Ryan]

My list. Yes. I'm so excited for you right now, Cisco. I can't tell you what, like the cherry on top of this wonderful sundae, which is Friday, but like ice cream Sunday. Yeah, I got beautiful ice cream. Cisco, you're in. Thank you. Yeah, I will see you at AC dc. Okay, I'll be there. I will see you. Yes, sir, Cisco, thank you. Have a great weekend, my man. Yes, sir, you too. Wow. Bucket list up. Bucket list.

[Mo]

That's the best. That's why we could up so early. Cisco.

[Rod Ryan]

I love him.

[Commercial Voice]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Mark Middleton, he's in the. He's there. And here comes Alex. And he goes. And Mr. Middleton goes. Who is that? Like, that's Cisco. Cisco's been there for all of us.

[Mo]

Been there the whole time,

[Rod Ryan]

Chili. Proper placement of those tickets right there. That was perfect job, Chili. Great job, Chili. It was a perfect spot for those tickets. Perfect spot, Chili. All right, we got to go. I could have used a little more cow bell. How you going to do better than this though? You're going to want that cow bell. Yeah, but just not yet. I got to have more cow bell, baby. I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell. Okay, you're right. That is good. That is good. All right, we gotta go. Come on. I said 10 o'.

[Alex]

Clock.

[Rod Ryan]

He's got that new Cage the elephant song. It's 10 o' clock and I'm still babbling. We gotta go. Great morning as always. Thank you. 13 time hall of Famer, two time world champion, Josh the Goat called in this morning, was caller 10. And he beat Hammer and Hank, who was playing so well, he said he'll be back. Plenty of time. Plenty of time to get back on the game. Lucas won the Black Crows, Whiskey Myers tickets. Cody, Buck, Cherry, Blackstone Cherry, Jessica won the Black Label Society tickets, our beer winners today. Thank you. Specs for the beers. Dan the Man, April Royal, who can forget Royal, never on the show today, and Joanne. They all won. They all won beers today, you guys, Chili included. You guys been doing such a good job. Why don't you guys take next week off?

[Mo]

Are you sure about that?

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, why don't you take next week off?

[Mo]

So generous.

[Rod Ryan]

Alex has been working his balls off this week to get ready for this, to get ready for this vacation. So thank you for that I appreciate it and you got a lot of work to do. So hopefully we can get out of here soon.

[Commercial Voice]

Today.

[Rod Ryan]

All the hard stuff plan. I don't expect it to happen. Come on, come on. All the hard stuff should be done. Let's get out of here. Enjoy your week, everybody. This show asks a lot of all the people that work on it. So everybody gets. Everybody deserves more than a week off. But on giving you is a week.

[Alex]

That's it.

[Rod Ryan]

All right, Jeremy's up next. He's got the non stop nooner. Pick your tickets with him in the 1 o' clock hour. Reno's in for tea and I think we do. I'm gonna stick around. Hopefully Jeremy doesn't mind. I want to stick around and listen to this new Casey elephant song. Guys, have a great weekend. Best of all week Rod Ryan show cares online store. You're not off the hook if you can't go shopping today. Hit us up this weekend, next week sometime. Do a little shop and help out the kids backpacks. We got more fun things planned for you when we get back. That's it. Are we good? We covered?

[Alex]

I think so.

[Rod Ryan]

That's it.

[Mo]

Feel good.

[Rod Ryan]

Holy cow. I'm not gonna see you guys for a week. We'll survive. Am. Well, wasn't that fun? If you missed any of the show today, all the good stuff will be podcast. Check it out on the world famous Rod Ryan show [e-mail] what's going on everyone? It's bluff here. And you know what's more American than America's 250th birthday? Supporting American owned companies like like Spin Quest, America's number one social casino with over a thousand games like live dealer blackjack and craps. They're offering new users a $30 coin package for just $10. Go to spinquest.com and sign up today.

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