3/3/26 Hour 2

Summary

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The Rod Ryan Show – Hour 2, March 3, 2026

Main Theme & Purpose

This hour of The Rod Ryan Show on Houston’s 94.5 The Buzz is packed with energy and covers a wide range of fun, local, and relatable content: big concert ticket giveaways, humorous rodeo talk, health awareness, coffee debates, trending news (local and national headlines), and updates from the music and entertainment world. The show’s lighthearted banter is interspersed with a genuine focus on encouraging listeners to take care of their health. The unique Rod Ryan tone balances irreverence and real information, keeping things both funny and useful for the audience.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Ticket Giveaways & Rodeo Talk

• Concert/Special Event Giveaways:

  • Mo is giving away pairs of tickets to the Moon To Mars Festival at Space Center Houston, featuring both Wallflowers and 311 ([11:52], [13:26]).
  • Upcoming “Torture 10” segment at 8:20am for sold-out Creed tickets ([01:58], [21:42]).

• Houston Rodeo Experience:

  • Rod and Mo discuss their planned appearance at the rodeo, specifically the calf scramble. Mo explains it’s a high school FFA event where kids try to catch calves, drag them into a pen, and win them as a livestock project ([05:06]).
  • Rod jokes about being left in the dark about details, likening himself to a mushroom (“I’m like being left in the dark over here…just being fed when I need but just a little bit to stay alive.” – [03:08]).
  • Mo assures Rod it’s an honor, highlighting the exclusive opportunity to "walk on the dirt" at the rodeo ([07:15]).
  • Rod expresses nervousness about being around animals, leading to joking banter about “Monster Jam experience” and having the right boots/hat ([07:19]-[09:21]).
  • Armed Forces Appreciation Day will also be observed during the rodeo event ([06:53]).

2. Health Awareness: Men's Wellness Segment

• Physicals & Prostate Checks:
  • Rod talks candidly about annual physicals and the importance of prostate checks, encouraging men, especially those in their 40s and up, to get tested ([15:33]–[20:53]).
  • Shares humorous stories about his own experiences:
    • “When you get to be a guy that’s my age... your doctor has to put his finger in your butthole.” ([15:55])
  • Emphasizes that early detection is crucial and prostate cancer, if caught early, has a very high survival rate:
    • “One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer... if detected early, it is one of the most curable cancers.” ([16:03])
  • Tells the story of a listener whose dad got checked (and had early cancer detected) because of the show’s advocacy ([18:25]).
  • Sums it up with, “Don’t fear the finger,” referencing their past T-shirt campaign ([17:00]).

3. Trending & Headlines

• Local Trends:

  • Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) announcement: Treatable but not curable cancer ([10:34]).
  • Lunar Eclipse in Houston: Missed by most due to heavy fog ([10:54]).
  • Election Day: Texas primary elections, polls open 7am–7pm; public reminders to bring ID and consult sample ballots ([11:18], [23:13]).
  • Discussion of confusing ballot wording and voting tips ([23:34]-[24:27]).

• News Updates:

  • Middle East Tensions: U.S. citizens in several countries advised to leave, updates on U.S.-Iran conflict, and friendly fire accident involving U.S. F-15s over Kuwait ([24:27]).
  • Streaming Service Merger: Paramount Sky Dance merging with Warner Bros Discovery (Paramount+ & HBO Max combine; ~200 million subscribers) ([26:50]–[27:46]).
  • Metallica at the Vegas Sphere: Ticket demand soars, more shows expected; details on fan club presale and the residency logistics ([02:15], [27:31]–[29:04]).

4. Coffee Poll & Listener Engagement

• Poll on Coffee Habits ([25:13]):
  • 28% of listeners report drinking no coffee.
  • 54% drink 1–2 cups per day.
  • Rod laments giving up coffee for Lent; Mo and Alex reveal their relatively light coffee habits ([25:17]–[26:20]).
  • Mo notes that 47% of coffee drinkers “go to bed excited” to wake up and drink coffee ([26:27]).

5. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Rodeo Jokes/Banter:
  • “It’s like I’m a mushroom. Okay. I’m like being left in the dark over here. Just being fed when I need but just a little bit to stay alive.”
    — Rod Ryan ([03:08])
  • “Horses sense that I’m uncomfortable around them. Yeah. These little calves are probably acting up.”
    — Rod Ryan ([07:36])
• Men’s Health Humor:
  • “Don’t fear the finger. That was one of our kick ass T-shirts.”
    — Rod Ryan ([17:00])
  • “I couldn’t breathe for the two seconds he was in there. I didn’t know I’d breathe through my butthole.”
    — Rod Ryan ([17:13])

6. Fun/Friendly Listener Interactions

• Ticket Winner Reaction:
  • Lucas’s call after winning festival tickets:
    “Lucas, we’re sending you to the Moon to Mars festival… You’re going to see the Wallflowers on March 13 and 3:11 on March 14.”
    — Mo ([13:26])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Rodeo & Calf Scramble Explainer: [04:05] – [09:37]
• Men’s Health Prostate/Physical Talk: [15:04] – [20:53]
• Ticket Giveaway Call (Lucas wins): [12:47] – [13:50]
• Coffee Poll Discussion: [25:13] – [26:41]
• Streaming Services & Metallica Sphere Shows: [26:50] – [29:04]

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Summary Table

| Segment | Time (MM:SS) | Main Topics/Highlights | |-------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Show/Contest Previews & Rodeo Banter | 00:00–09:37 | Ticket giveaways, spring break, rodeo/calf scramble explainer, outfits for event, exclusivity of walking the dirt | | Trending Topics & News Headlines | 10:34–12:47 | Bruce Campbell, lunar eclipse, Election Day, reminders and voting tips | | Moon to Mars Ticket Giveaway, Listener Call | 12:47–14:11 | Festival/ticket excitement, Space Center Houston music events, winner Lucas | | Men’s Health & Prostate Awareness | 15:04–20:53 | Importance of doctor visits, humor around prostate checks, listener testimony | | Torture 10 Preview, Recap & News Wrap-up | 21:42–23:13 | Creed ticket contest tease, more rodeo mentions, news about early voting | | Coffee Poll & Daily Habits | 25:13–26:41 | Coffee consumption stats, hosts’ habits, audience engagement | | Entertainment/Streaming News & Metallica Update | 26:50–29:04 | Paramount/HBO Max merger, Metallica Sphere residency, ticket demand and presale info |

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Closing Thoughts

Hour 2 of The Rod Ryan Show on March 3, 2026 is a blend of local flavor, music and event hype, authentic health talk, pop culture news, and signature show humor. Even as they make light of situations (from rodeo calves to prostate checks), the team is enthusiastic about sharing essential info and keeping the vibe inclusive and upbeat.

Transcript

[Rod Ryan]

A pretty good first hour of the show. 7 o' clock hour, moon to Mars festival. Most going to tell you all about that. We're going to get you tickets. You'll win two pair of concert tickets. When you win separate pairs of tickets, 311 and wallflowers go into one of you. How huge is that? Torture 10 in the 8 o' clock hour for sold out Creed tickets. Willie's Grill and Ice House VIP passes at about 9. 10 Sex Pistols tickets on Mo the show. Guys, we're kind of just getting started. Houston's rocking alternative, the Rod ryan Morning Show.

[Mo]

6 to 10am 945 the Buzz 945

[Rod Ryan]

the Buzz, Green Day, Basket Case,

[Alex]

Good

[Rod Ryan]

morning Rod Ryan show. Got some great tickets coming up for you. I mean it's. It's all really great tickets this week already coming off of Chris Stapleton. Sold out. T Mo's got these Landry's all day ride passes. This is a pretty great thing because spring break is next week, right. So I mean not for everybody but a lot of people spring breaks. So Landry's. All these rides you gotta listen to win. We already gave those away. Shannon comes away with a win today in the fresh out of bed head to head Rod Ryan show during doing more in the 6 o' clock hour than most morning shows do all day.

[Mo]

Mo, you know I like that.

[Rod Ryan]

So it's happening around here. She's got a couple pair of concert tickets for you. Space Center Houston. Coming up after the break, Alex said that he's ready to go. He does not like me. One time you were around and I said, I go, let's do. We should just do like a version of Torture 10 right now. And he's like, I need to know ahead of time. Like you want me to find quality stuff.

[Alex]

I don't just have it ready to go. Like I want to do the work, make it good.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Why deliver award winning radio and that's

[Rod Ryan]

what we're going to deliver today. Torture 10 coming up at 8. 20 for sold out Creed tickets. I mean two of the biggest shows. If you were to get me to go out to Rodeo Creed and Chris Stapleton. Alex is going to see Creed next week.

[Hal]

Yeah.

[Alex]

All the money I made this year.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. He bought tickets on that secondary market. Another one of our listeners bought Metallica tickets on the secondary market. He said they were three times the price that they were at. I think it was Matt. He sent me an email. Yeah, here we go. I tried to get in on the tickets from Metallica. I did not get tick tickets through Ticketmaster. So after the Legacy pre sale, I went to StubHub, purchased tickets after the pre sale, same tickets I bought on StubHub were triple in price. But he got sec. But he got section 302.

[Mo]

Oh. Oh, man.

[Rod Ryan]

300 level. Oh, man. So I know you paid a lot for those.

[Hal]

Just go. Just go.

[Rod Ryan]

Kind of look up the seating at the Sphere. The reason we're talking about the Sphere, number one, Metallica's playing there. They immediately sold out of this. What was it? Six shows? Something silly.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Or six.

[Mo]

Six all of October, but except for one weekend.

[Rod Ryan]

And then they added a bunch more shows. So we have that for you on the world famous Rod Ryan show [e-mail] but Alex bought tickets to Creed on the secondary market. And all he said was it was very pricey. Listen to us. You can't play the torture 10, but you listening to the radio can. So I said if there was two, maybe Shaboozi as well. If there was something. We're on vacation next week because it's spring break, so we won't be here and I'll be out of town. No Chris Stapleton for me and no Creed. Okay. Boo hoo. I'm not. I'm not complaining about it, but those are the shows. That's what that would have gotten me to go to the rodeo. Everybody's asking, are you going to the rodeo? I didn't go to cook off or anything like that. Mo's got me going to the rodeo tomorrow. And you, when I tell you she's not giving me any information. You're not telling me anything. A little bit. I had to send you a very little bit. It's like. It's like I'm a mushroom. Okay. I'm like being left in the dark over here. Just being fed when I need but just a little bit to stay alive.

[Mo]

What are you doing tomorrow night?

[Rod Ryan]

What am I doing tomorrow night? Don't ask me. I'm asking you. What am I doing tomorrow night?

[Mo]

You are hosting the caf scramble.

[Rod Ryan]

What does that mean?

[Mo]

Have you been to the rodeo before?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

So during the rodeo event, I rode the Ferris wheel. Have you ever been inside nrg?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I went to go see, I think Kiss when they played that's cool. I stopped like it said KISS was not going to get any more of my money. And then when they played the rodeo, I'm like, all right. KISS is getting more of my money. Money. Yeah. I think I've only been to one or two. Maybe Kid Rock.

[Mo]

So Maybe you missed some of the rodeo action at the beginning or did you get there early enough to check it out?

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know. I was probably standing in a line somewhere maybe.

[Mo]

So there's. There's a rodeo that happens. It's amazing.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

And then at the end of the rodeo is an event called the calf scramble.

[Rod Ryan]

This is after the rodeo?

[Mo]

Well, it's during the rodeo.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, okay.

[Mo]

In an order of events.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, so what's a calf scramble?

[Mo]

We have high school kids, FFA kids that get to enter this contest if they're chosen. It's very prestigious. They get to go out in the middle of the arena, they ride calves and it's like. No, no, no.

[Rod Ryan]

We released demolition derby.

[Mo]

Calves are running all over the football sized field.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

And the kids are chasing these calves and trying to bring them back into the middle where there's like a rectangle. They drag their calves in and if they catch and get it into the middle, they get to keep that calf and raise it as their project for the year.

[Rod Ryan]

Tackle a calf.

[Mo]

It's amazing. Last night a kid ripped his pants.

[Rod Ryan]

How old are the kids? High school.

[Mo]

High school kids.

[Rod Ryan]

And how big these calves are? Baby cows.

[Mo]

Baby cows.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

But still big.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

They weigh more than us.

[Rod Ryan]

Powerful.

[Mo]

Yes. And stubborn. They do what they want.

[Rod Ryan]

So we're gonna be.

[Mo]

Tackle it.

[Rod Ryan]

Where am I? Wrangle it up. Where am I?

[Mo]

You're standing on the dirt while calves and kids are running everywhere.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, animals can sense fear and I think they know that I am not one of them.

[Mo]

So that's going to be unique.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. I feel like they're going to sense that I am uncomfortable around them for sure. They got horns yet?

[Mo]

No, not yet.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. Do they get horns? Do cows have horns?

[Mo]

Some do, yes.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. Do they? Here comes the emails. I have nipples. Greg, can you milk me?

[Mo]

Going to be so fun. Rod, I'm so excited to take you.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, so are we talking?

[Mo]

We're gonna talk to the kids and hype them up a little bit before they get out there.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, but we're not on the floor going make some noise.

[Mo]

No, absolutely.

[Rod Ryan]

I can't do like a dj.

[Mo]

They know better than to give you a microphone.

[Rod Ryan]

Make some noise for these cows.

[Mo]

It's also Armed Forces Appreciation Day, so I know there's a lot of really cool stuff going on, like some secret stuff.

[Alex]

Is that stolen valley that Rod's doing it and not the troops?

[Mo]

No, the troops will be there.

[Rod Ryan]

Is there really no microphone?

[Mo]

Not in.

[Alex]

Bring your own.

[Rod Ryan]

Like anybody could do what we're doing.

[Mo]

No, no, no, no, no, no. We were asked to do it.

[Rod Ryan]

Like anybody could do it.

[Mo]

No one gets to walk on the dirt. That's like, really a big deal.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

Yeah. Is it?

[Rod Ryan]

Because I've got Monster Jam experience.

[Mo]

It's different dirt.

[Rod Ryan]

My feet have touched dirt before.

[Mo]

Different dirt.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. All right.

[Mo]

I'm nervous for you now. I didn't know you had a fear.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, yeah. Yeah. I'm just not a. I'm not an animal guy.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Just. They know that I know.

[Mo]

They sense fear. Horses.

[Rod Ryan]

I get it. Sense that I'm uncomfortable around them. Yeah. These little calves are probably acting up.

[Mo]

It's a real honor. And you're gonna have the time of your life. And I can't wait for you to come back and tell everyone about it.

[Rod Ryan]

A little roundhouse, one of those calves that they round up.

[Alex]

Better not.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, man. Okay, so that's. That's tomorrow. Yes. People will see us on the floor.

[Mo]

Yes. And on the big screen. They're gonna show us and we're gonna wait. What time last night? It started like 8:45 in the. In the chain of events through the rodeo. So it depends on rodeo action, like the athletes, what they're doing. But we got to be there at 5 tomorrow. It's going to be a long day.

[Rod Ryan]

Guys, I'm finding out this information right now on the radio.

[Mo]

Flats goes on at nine.

[Rod Ryan]

She's not told anything about nine o'. Clock.

[Mo]

I went to text you last night and tell you what time it started last night.

[Rod Ryan]

Can I get that Rascal Flats guy a noogie with that hair? I don't know. Does that one give him spiky hair?

[Alex]

Gary, My wish.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Is that life is a highway. Yes. I know what I'm doing.

[Mo]

I'm so ready.

[Rod Ryan]

I love doing cars.

[Mo]

Rod Ryan is ready to rodeo.

[Rod Ryan]

Cool. All right, Excited.

[Mo]

Get your boots on. Thank you. It was very nice of them to invite us.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, they invited you.

[Mo]

No, they invited us.

[Rod Ryan]

I think they invited Mo. And they're like, well, I gotta bring this guy with you. I heard me.

[Mo]

I asked him if he was gonna wear his boots and he doesn't know.

[Alex]

You have to.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, it's the rules. I'm worried about that being my first time wearing these new boots that I.

[Mo]

Very uncomfortable. Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

Like, I think I need to break them in.

[Alex]

Break them in today, dude. Go grab some cattle or something.

[Rod Ryan]

But I'm gonna. But I've got the hat that you got me for Christmas.

[Mo]

Yeah, you're gonna wear it.

[Rod Ryan]

I have to get it? You. Obviously you misjudged the size of my melon. I have a huge head.

[Mo]

So you're a 7 and 5, 8.

[Rod Ryan]

You gave me a nice, I didn't know, like, gift receipt. So I'm going today.

[Alex]

Genesis themed.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm going. Well, no, I'm going to. I have to exchange it for a bigger one. I need like the biggest one they have. They have some big ones.

[Alex]

The one on top of the building.

[Rod Ryan]

Just give me that one. Yeah, give me the one on the guy. That big thing in Dallas. That guy that waves everybody like. I need his hat. Oh, yeah, Big Tex. Yeah, that's the size hat I need. Quick break. All right, I'm excited. That's tomorrow. Moon to Mars festival. Mo's gonna tell you about these two sets of tickets she's got to give away after the break. Rock and alternative for Houston.

[Mo]

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

[Rod Ryan]

5 the buzz. Good morning. Rob Ryan show. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for hanging with us on this tattoosday. Foggy conditions this morning. Matter of fact, we had so much fog we got ripped. On seeing that blood moon lunar eclipse this morning, I couldn't see anything at all. Bad news. You missed it. I missed it too. So foggy, mostly cloudy today. Highs of around 84. I got Alex right there to tell us what's trend?

[Alex]

Well, most talk about this in headlines. Bruce Campbell's trending. The Evil Dead actor announced that he has treatable but not curable cancer or a curable form of cancer.

[Rod Ryan]

Did you ever see the Evil Dead movies? No, they're not. No, I didn't like, you know, I

[Alex]

don't watch horror based off of seeing a picture of him this morning.

[Rod Ryan]

But they're kind of spoofy horror, you know, like there, there's humor involved and I don't know, there's something that I just, I gravitated towards them a long time ago. I like, I love them. Yeah, I think they're so fun and so good. He's so good in them. But they're not. I mean, you see Evil Dead, you probably think it's a horror movie I had imagined. It's not. Okay, it's not. They're funny. All right, what else?

[Alex]

Lunar eclipse is trending. We didn't get to see it. You were just talking about it. But the, the clouds and fog here in Houston made it very difficult for most of the city to see. And then election day is trending. Get out and vote. It's election day. That's just training a nine for five. The buzz Rock the vote is what they say, right?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, that most like, hey, go vote guys.

[Alex]

Rock hard the vote.

[Rod Ryan]

Go vote. Get out and vote. People are talking about it.

[Alex]

I feel like if it's trending, I don't need to be telling people about that.

[Rod Ryan]

All right, Mo, tell me about these tickets, cuz it's. You're giving away two pair of tickets right now?

[Mo]

You got it. It's the Moon to Mars festival. It's happening at Space Center Houston. All right. Presented by Wellbe Financial. It's happening March 11th through the 14th. We are giving you a pair of tickets to both musical performances. So they got the Wallflowers out there on the 13th.

[Rod Ryan]

Like you're familiar with this song right here, right? Duh. Okay, don't dummy.

[Mo]

Fair question.

[Rod Ryan]

I put I. I played you a few things where you're like what?

[Mo]

That's what. Okay, fair.

[Rod Ryan]

Now, do you know this is Jacob Dylan singing?

[Mo]

No, I did not know that.

[Rod Ryan]

Bob Dylan's son is a wallflower. Yeah.

[Mo]

That's cool.

[Rod Ryan]

It's his band, the Wallflowers.

[Mo]

That's awesome. I didn't know that.

[Rod Ryan]

Bob Dylan's kid. So you said you have tickets to the Wallflowers and tickets to 311. That's why I'm playing this because everybody knows 3 11.

[Mo]

Are you not going to play any of those catchy beats? They're March 14th. So one winner scoring both of those tickets. All you have to do is be color 10 right now.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

713-212-5945 and you get both sets of tickets. You got it? Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

That is huge. All right. Dial carefully.

[Mo]

The Rod ryan show on 94. 5 the buzz.

[Rod Ryan]

94. 5 the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show. Thank you so much for having us on. That is fuel hemorrhage in my hands. Mo's not got one, but two pair of tickets that she's giving away right now. Over to the phones here. Good morning. Good morning. Hi, who's this? This is Lucas. You got two pair of tickets, dude.

[Mo]

Hey, friends.

[Rod Ryan]

Two pair Motel.

[Mo]

Lucas, we're sending you to the Moon to Mars festival. It's at Space Center Houston. You're gonna do spring break, right? You're going to see the wallflowers on March 13 and 3:11 on March 14.

[Rod Ryan]

So awesome.

[Mo]

No, it is cool. Everyone can buy your passes. Spacecenter.org they're making like a fun spring break event. You can go tour the Space Center. You can go to these shows. I mean the destination.

[Rod Ryan]

I mean Everybody's been out there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I mean, it's not like they have a Woodlands Pavilion there. They must be building a stage, and it's just gonna be open field.

[Mo]

It's amazing type of deal.

[Rod Ryan]

I mean, that's fun. Yeah, that's gonna be fun. It's gonna be great. Yeah. They're creating a really cool event out there. You're going to all of it. Lucas, thanks for listening. Thank you.

[Alex]

Of course. Thank you, guys.

[Rod Ryan]

Hang on. Hang on for me. I had my seven o' clock snack.

[Mo]

I didn't notice.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just a, you know, a little power bar. Nothing special.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

But that's it. I can't eat anymore. I have my ph. You have insurance with us? Yeah. You got to get a physical in the first three months.

[Mo]

Oh, I know. I got docked.

[Rod Ryan]

And then you get discounted. Like, you get, like, some money off.

[Mo]

I have to pay more because I didn't get one.

[Rod Ryan]

It's not too late. No, no.

[Mo]

For last time.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, yeah.

[Mo]

It's a new year.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got to go get a physical.

[Mo]

Physical.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, you gotta get a physical.

[Mo]

You go once a year for the physical.

[Rod Ryan]

I go to the doctor.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

He holds me. He holds me hostage because I have the high blood pressure medicine. Oh.

[Mo]

And if you don't renew, he won't renew.

[Rod Ryan]

He's like, you got to come in.

[Mo]

Okay. Fair. I'm glad you're taking care of yourself, Rob.

[Rod Ryan]

And I. The only reason why I take the time to do these things, because, number one, dudes are dumb. Okay? If you don't have, like, a real good woman and a strong woman telling you to get to the doctor, there's some guys that just won't go. I. I was single forever, you know, And I still was good about going to the doctor. It was the one thing that, you know, the dentist and the doctor, we just did that when we were young, and we. My mom created good habits. And because I needed those high blood pressure medicine pills, my doctor held me hostage to go see them, so I had to. And then with our insurance, you got to go get that physical. And when you get to be a guy that's my age and even a bit younger, your doctor has to put his finger in your butthole.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

And he has to go and check out your prostate.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Now, we do something here every year. We do. Everybody knows boobs rock, but we also. We give money to MD Anderson for breast cancer research. Sure. But I always tell the man, carve out some money and make sure that Some's going over here for the prostate cancer. One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their life. Okay. It is. If detected early, it is one of the most curable cancers. This does not. It is not a death sentence. Okay. But you've got to go and get checked. The reason that I do this bit every year when I go, because I'm going today for my physical, I'll have a finger in my butthole. People ask me what it's like.

[Mo]

Do they?

[Rod Ryan]

Because, yeah, I think guys are. I mean, we sold a T shirt. It said don't fear the fingers. That was one of our. That was one of our kick ass T shirts. Don't fear the finger. Okay. Now the first time I had it

[Mo]

done, you feared it.

[Rod Ryan]

Of course. Of course. I'm not. I'm not.

[Mo]

I don't dabble.

[Rod Ryan]

Not into wild things.

[Mo]

Right.

[Rod Ryan]

I couldn't breathe for the two seconds he was in there. I didn't know I'd breathe through my butthole.

[Mo]

Held your breath the whole time.

[Rod Ryan]

I couldn't breathe.

[Mo]

He plugged your airwaves.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. I didn't know those two things were connected. I couldn't breathe. But then I ran. But I was running the. The gamut of emotions. And then I. After that first time I went. People were asking me like, what was it like? And I said, well, I think it's best described if I put it to some music. Doctor, Doctor, Give me the. Feels like the best time. R. Do you really want to hurt me? Nobody does. A whole wave of emotions is going over me.

[Mo]

Yeah. What are you feeling? Tell me about it.

[Rod Ryan]

Guys, it doesn't take that long. He's in there for two seconds. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Easy. He's out. Boom. In all seriousness, a kid called me up one day on the air and he said, rod, I heard you talking about it. I got on my dad to go. They found something, got in there early and fixed it. So it's worth it every year for me to make fun of myself for going in. And I gotta go get this done today. And you guys know at about 12:30, I want you to say a prayer for me.

[Mo]

Adding that to my list.

[Rod Ryan]

He will be going in right, at about probably like 12:20 today.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. I want you to just, just take a moment. Just teasing. Peace for Rod. 12:20. I will be insertion.

[Mo]

Got it. Thank you for taking care of yourself. But spreading the word.

[Rod Ryan]

But a kid got on his dad. His dad hadn't gotten checked.

[Mo]

That's amazing.

[Rod Ryan]

It was way past due. They did find something. They found it early. Kid calls me, says, listen, Rod, because you did that, I got on my dad to go get checked, and they found it early. So that's it.

[Mo]

Call my dad right now.

[Rod Ryan]

You. Approximately one in eight men will be diagnosed in their lifetime with prostate cancer. And you know what? The survival rate is extreme. It's. It's crazy. It's 98 high if detected early. So again, once you hit that age, just don't be afraid of it. You got to go do it. They haven't talked to you about that yet? 40, getting that chili chilly? You getting a finger in your fanny? I mean, like, the doctor. I don't know what you got going on.

[Mo]

He loves the doctor.

[Hal]

I did it last year, but the doctor said that they're get. They're doing away with that, so I did the bucket thing.

[Rod Ryan]

No, no, no, no, no. That's for. That's for your. Instead of a colonoscopy.

[Hal]

Oh, okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Now, what's gonna. What you're talking about is that your doctor probably does it through the blood test.

[Hal]

Yeah, that's what they said. They doing it through the blood.

[Rod Ryan]

I said the same thing to my doctor every year. I'm like, dude, can't we do this, like, on a blood test now? He's like, he calls me brother Rod. He's like, brother Rod? Don't you want to be sure? Don't you want to be sure?

[Mo]

We do.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm like, yeah, But I got 10 emails here, guys, saying that their doctor is just doing it for blood tests that they can find out. He's like, let's just be real sure. He goes, don't think I like doing this, Rod. I don't. I'm like, okay, just go and do it. Get it over with.

[Hal]

My doctor was scared of me, so that's why he probably didn't do it.

[Rod Ryan]

All right, so whatever you're doing today at 12:20, maybe sitting down, having a nice sandwich, a little cup of soup, whatever you're doing. 12:20, I want you to just think about me and what I'm going through for about 30 seconds, okay? All right, go get checked, fellas. 94. Five the buzz. Smashing pumpkins, brother. Today, 12:20. Today.

[Mo]

You gotta do that once a year.

[Rod Ryan]

12:20.

[Mo]

Yeah, once a year.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Here comes all the guys that their doctors are cool. And they do it through the blood test.

[Mo]

Stop.

[Rod Ryan]

Here they come. Okay, my doctor wants to be sure. Checking my Fanny today at 12:20. Go get checked, fellas. Thank you. Torture 10 is coming up. It's an appropriate day. Torture 10 will play at 8:20 today 12:20, Torture 10 for sold out Creed tickets coming your way at 8:20. Man, you guys don't go anywhere. The Rod ryan Morning Show. 6 to 10am the buzz 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show. Thank you guys for chilling with us on this tattoos day. Is it still foggy outside? I don't know. We inside cabin. Let me know how you guys are dealing with the fog. I can tell you partly cloudy skies today. Nothing over a 20% chance of rain. High of 84. Next hour, torture 10. Alex is ready to go. He loves torturing you guys. Torture 10 to win. Sold out Creed tickets. Next week they're playing rodeo Houston, March 11th. We got sold out. We already gave way sold out tickets to Chris Stapleton. I got mo right now with Houston's headlines. And you didn't go an early vote. Your husband early voted and he was

[Mo]

like bragging about it. Yeah. And then I went, you should go, babe.

[Rod Ryan]

I went and early voted. Then I started bragging about it.

[Mo]

Yeah. You haven't stopped.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Cuz I cuz there's no way I'd want to stand in line today.

[Mo]

I'll be standing in line today. It's election day, Texas primary elections. We will head to the polls to vote on which candidate we want to represent our interests and our party on the ballot for the November general election. So polls opened at 7am they will stay open till 7pm don't forget your approved photo ID to vote in person. And if you're like me and you want to check out that sample ballot, so you go in and you know what you're doing, you can get them online.

[Rod Ryan]

There was 100 things that you had, like pages that you had to go through. Yeah.

[Mo]

I just want to know. And sometimes when I get in there, like the pressure.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

So I just want to be prepared before I go.

[Rod Ryan]

And then there's questions.

[Mo]

And then you have to feel like trick questions.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. The way that they're written, it's like, you know, do you not want this to be this way? Uncertain the way that they're written. They're trying to trip you up on these questions. So. You got it. I'll say this. Once you get in there, I mean, you should be kind of decided on who you're voting for. Yeah. This is the one where you got to say Republican or Democrats, like you do get a little outed. And then it took me, you know, I don't know, 15 minutes. Okay. I kind of fly through it. I kind of made some notes.

[Mo]

You can take notes, right? Like written notes in. But you can't use your phone.

[Rod Ryan]

You can't whip out your phone to know.

[Mo]

Earlier this morning, the State Department told American citizens in 12 Middle Eastern countries to leave those countries. The conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran entered its third day yesterday, and the US Death toll rose to six American service members killed in action. We're also learning more about the Kuwait accident where they accidentally shot down three US F15 fighter jets and what the military was calling a friendly fire incident. There was some confusion with the heavy volume of Iranian drones and missile attacks in the area. All six crew members ejected safely and were recovering in stable condition. It's great news. Our poll question today is a little triggering for Rod. I'm sorry to bring it up. It's okay.

[Rod Ryan]

It's not bothering me. That's good. I gave up coffee for Lent, but do you have a coffee question here?

[Mo]

How many cups of coffee do you slam down in a typical day?

[Rod Ryan]

28% of our audience says no coffee.

[Mo]

That's shocking.

[Rod Ryan]

It's high, right?

[Mo]

I think.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, it's high. It's a high number. I'm looking at the X right now at rod Ryan's show. 28. No coffee. 54 of our audience. One or two cups, I think. Did House say three?

[Mo]

Hal said three.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, so 14 of you guys. Three to five cups. Two and a half percent. Six or more cups of coffee a day. That's a lot.

[Mo]

It is a lot. I don't think that's.

[Rod Ryan]

You are.

[Mo]

I don't do coffee. If I do, it's like an iced coffee.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, but not every day.

[Mo]

Yeah. I don't.

[Rod Ryan]

You just met me.

[Mo]

I don't like coffee.

[Rod Ryan]

My kids get throwing that mad.

[Mo]

I have a matcha this morning. It's got a little caffeine in it.

[Rod Ryan]

Matcha. Matcha Matcha.

[Mo]

Grassy, greeny, grass. I love grass.

[Rod Ryan]

Grassy. Alex, two cups. I've.

[Alex]

I count as one because it's like a small cup that I do.

[Mo]

Oh, he does a little office Styrofoam cup.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. The poll question at Rod Ryan show. So there's some other, like, coffee stats and everything on links and guests today, right?

[Mo]

Yes. I was curious that 47 of coffee drinkers say it motivates them to go to bed earlier because they're so excited to start their coffee routine the next day.

[Rod Ryan]

That's. That's what I didn't want. I didn't want this obsession with coffee.

[Mo]

It's definitely an obsession.

[Rod Ryan]

It's almost annoying people that like to talk. It's like, you know, craft beer guy. It's like, I just love coffee so much. Shut up.

[Mo]

They do exist. Find something for you.

[Rod Ryan]

I collect whiskey.

[Mo]

Stop talking, talking about it. Paramount Sky Dance and when they buy Warner Brothers Discovery. You've been hearing about all this like buyout stuff with, you know, the Hollywood companies. You can expect Paramount plus and HBO Max to merge into one streaming service. Which seems insane because I know a lot of folks are paying for both of them. The move is going to give them more than 200 million direct to consumer subscribers. That's a lot of folks that are going to be affected. HBO claims they will continue to, quote, operate with independence. It's a very tricky situation. It keeps popping up in the news.

[Rod Ryan]

Can we just go back to cable?

[Mo]

Never left.

[Rod Ryan]

You know what I mean? The streaming services, it's getting out of hand because you just could pick a couple and they were 10 bucks a piece. They're like, okay, I can get a couple of boutique ones that I like. And then they're all just kind of going back into one.

[Mo]

Yeah, we'll see what happens. We talked a little bit about Metallica this morning and we now know more. But as expected, demand for those tickets to see Metallica at their Vegas Sphere residency have been incredibly high. So to accommodate, the band is set to add more dates to their Sphere shows. No specifics that we're seeing it yet, but the fan club presale for these six shows begins tomorrow at noon. We're hearing that there was a pre sale presale. They went pretty well.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

Super fan club. What would you call that?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, it's like the super Metallica Nerdy. The nerdiest nerdy fan club for the Metallica guys. They got in super early. So they realized, okay, the demand is there. We knew that they were going to add shows. Yes. That was. It was laughable. That original announcement was like six or eight. Was laughable. Yeah. That we knew that they're not going to do all that production and come up with these scenes and shows and only do that amount. But I guess they could always go back too because they do have a world tour. I've got some details on the music blog page. They are. This isn't gonna. Something that's gonna go on forever. They are gonna have to take off. They got a world tour planned, but I bet they go back.

[Alex]

Yeah, they can just pop in.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Once the computer screens are ready to go. They just do, you know, put that plug in that set list. And then go.

[Mo]

We'll see how the free sale goes tomorrow.