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Podcast: The Rod Ryan Show
Station: 94.5 The Buzz, Houston
Date: July 29, 2026
Episode Theme: A high-energy, community-driven “Wild Card Wednesday” focused on local charity, pop culture, headlines, sports, and comedic banter—with a strong push for the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store charity drive, plus segments on Houston happenings, news, and audience-involving games.

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Episode Overview

This episode is all about rallying Houston listeners to get behind the Rod Ryan Show Cares Match Day—every dollar spent in their online store, up to $5,000, would be doubled by Joe Myers Toyota to support the show’s major backpack and school supply drive for local kids. The team balances this serious cause with plenty of trademark Rod Ryan Show fun: irreverent banter, trending headlines, sports updates, games, polls, notable moments in music, and lots of audience interaction.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. Charity Focus: Rod Ryan Show Cares Match Day

• Constant reminders throughout the episode to shop or donate via the online store; every dollar up to $5,000 matches from Joe Myers Toyota.
• Backpacks for children in need distributed in partnership with Houston Children’s Charity.
• Regular shoutouts to listeners who donated (Emma Peterman, Daniel Collins, Erock RN, Bro Brad, Ashley, and more).
• Cause urgency: “I need you guys to go and spend and donate $5,000 today in the store. It’s not easy…” (Rod Ryan, 08:45)
• By 9:30 am, the store surpasses the $5,000 goal—ultimately raising over $11,000 thanks to the match.

2. Fresh Out of Bed, Head-to-Head Challenge

• Game at [21:20–28:41]: High drama as “Why is the Carpet Wet, Todd?” (7x Hall of Famer, 2x World Champion) faces off against “Kenny the Cash Man” (8x Hall of Famer, 1x World Champ)—both show regulars with strong fan bases.
  • Noted for being the first possible 10 questions, 10 answers run since 2023.
  • Audio issues and competitive ribbing: “Whatever you just did, stay adjusted!” (Rod Ryan)
  • Kenny wins in a close, awkwardly-paced game over Todd, ending Todd’s streak.
  • Quote: “Is it? Cars are pulled over, there’s a million questions.” (Rod Ryan, 27:01)
  • Kenny returns the next day to compete again, winning Breaking Benjamin & Chevelle tickets.

3. News, Headlines & Trend Watch

• [03:24, 15:52, repeated segments]
• Mo delivers Houston headlines:
  • Senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral draws international leaders and ex-President Trump
  • Ongoing absence of Senator Mitch McConnell; calls for resignation over health
  • American Airlines IT outage causes national flight delays
  • Major Japan earthquake coverage
  • Viral trends: “Micro joy” in Gen Z workplace (“Find micro joys at the office. Forget loving your job. That is so yesterday…” —Mo, 104:40)
• Trending topics:
  • Macaulay Culkin’s rumored new “Home Alone” sequel with Disney [05:23, 56:00, 77:54]
  • David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen reuniting—for a TED Talk, not music.
    (“Don’t bury the headline here: they’re not playing… just sitting around talking like old men.”—Rod, 78:14)
  • Minivans are back in style with millennials, up 21% in sales.
  • Madison Beer’s engagement to NFL QB Justin Herbert (and media analyzing their relationship pics)
  • Body cam footage released of Tony Romo’s OWI arrest post-golf tournament.

4. Audience Engagement & Notable Listener Moments

• Poll question: “For the first time ever, daily marijuana use has surpassed daily alcohol use in the U.S.”—is this true for you?”

  • [62:04, 66:02, 97:22, 131:37]
  • Results: Show audience bucked the trend—42% say more alcohol, 24% cannabis, 26% neither.
  • Notable listener “V” wins tickets and says: “Nothing at all. Nothing at all. Nothing at all. You’re nothing at all, guy.”
  • Rod surprised by the poll: “Am I the only one caught off guard by that?” (63:20)

• Nicknames and Show Lore:

  • Listener Matthew proposes “Lightning Rod” as a new on-air nickname for Rod Ryan; the crew jokes about acquiring nicknames late in a radio career.
  • Rod: “It would be a weird time to pick up a nickname—you get it when you’re eight, not at 55!” (13:46)
  • Rod: “My nicknames are cheesy?”—playful banter with callers.

5. Fun & Games

• Suburb Summer Sizzler [91:57–93:04]:

  • Contest pits Houston-area listeners by suburb for a $5,000 prize from Shell FCU.
  • Sugar Land’s Alyssa steps in last-minute as a backup for her suburb (having played two years ago), answers Foo Fighters’ “All My Life” instantly, and advances.
  • Rod: “She just got called up from the bench. Wasn’t even doing reps, warming up, nothing!” (94:32)

• Know the Show & Giveaways

  • Tickets to Stained, Motley Crue, Breaking Benjamin/Chevelle, Seven Dust, Theory of a Deadman, and more.
  • “What’s Mo using from the Rod Ryan Show Care Store today?” Answer: water bottle (128:46).
  • Mo on water bottle: “Whatever your mouth is feeling, this water bottle will make it feel good.” (118:22)

6. Sports

• [7:29, 48:14, throughout]
  • Astros’ 7th win in 8 games; Yordan Alvarez leads MLB in HRs.
  • Texans training camp opens—C.J. Stroud’s haircut and non-flashy fashion dissected.
  • “I don’t care what my quarterback wears. Just win the game, you know?” (Rod, 08:53)
  • Tackle discussions on other athlete appearances, contracts (e.g., Jaylen Carter, Eagles).
  • Classic sports banter: “Josh Allen looks dumpy sometimes walking in sweatpanty. I don’t care what my quarterback wears.” (Rod, 8:53)

7. Music & Culture

• Most common male/female names in song titles? “John/Johnny” and “Mary”—with much speculation and fun music drops.
• States most mentioned in song titles: New York, California, then Texas.
• Home Alone and Christmas movies as instant “straight-to-streaming” nostalgia grabs.

8. Blog Content, Food & Daily Life

• Fun fact: Viagra in water can make cut flowers stand erect longer
  • “That seems fake.”—Mo (36:06)
  • “Are you questioning my fun facts?!”—Rod
• Viral food hack: Coffee slushies made in ziplock bags (Rod is skeptical but curious).
• Wiener cakes for the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile’s 90th birthday (and Mo’s cake pan confessions).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Match Day:
  • “I need you guys to go and spend and donate $5,000 today in the store. It’s not easy... I’m doing my part too.”—Rod Ryan ([08:45])
  • “That’s outrageous—thank you, Brad!” (on a $500 donation, 58:19)
• On Nicknames:
  • “It would be a weird time to pick up a nickname...you get it when you’re eight, not at 55!”—Rod Ryan (13:46)
• On Marijuana Poll Results:
  • “Am I the only one caught off guard by that?”—Rod (63:20)
  • “Drinking is a downward spiral right now. It’s not cool to drink anymore—is that true?”—Rod (63:50)
• On Gen Z’s “Micro Joy”:
  • “It’s a new term—micro joy. Gen Zers are looking for micro joys in their work day. Forget loving your job.”—Mo (43:41)
• On “Home Alone” and Streaming:
  • “This sounds straight to Netflix to me.”—Rod (06:13)
• On Celebrity Funerals:
  • “Who’s the most famous person that would show up to your funeral?”—Rod, teasing his co-hosts (103:26)
• Fresh Out of Bed, Head-to-Head:
  • “What instrument rings 13 times...?” (Game drama, 26:44)
• On Fashion & Quarterbacks:
  • “Josh Allen looks dumpy sometimes walking in sweatpanty. I don’t care what my quarterback wears.”—Rod (8:53)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Segment | |---------------|------------------------------------------------------| | 01:10 | Show kicks off; Match Day cause pitch | | 03:24 | Houston’s Headlines & viral stories | | 05:23 | “Home Alone” sequel rumors, minivan talk | | 07:29 | Astros, Texans headlines | | 13:16 | Audience proposes “Lightning Rod” nickname | | 21:20–28:41 | Fresh Out of Bed, Head-to-Head full game | | 49:23 | 7am hour preview & charity drive update | | 62:04 | “Nothing at all”—listener poll segment | | 66:02 | Cannabis vs Alcohol poll reactions | | 77:54 | Macaulay Culkin’s finances and “Home Alone” lore | | 91:57 | Suburb Summer Sizzler (Sugar Land vs. Cypress) | | 118:22 | Water bottle feature ad-lib (Mo) | | 127:29 | Mo the Show – Know the Show for Motley Crue tickets | | 131:37 | Poll question wrap-up with listener call |

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Tone & Style

• High-energy, irreverent, and communal: The core tone is friendly teasing, fast-paced, and sometimes affectionately grumpy (especially from Rod).
• Inclusive and audience-focused: Listeners are frequently acknowledged by name and play a central role in both the fundraising and the games.
• Local Houston pride: Frequent references to Houston’s culture, charities, suburbs, traffic, and weather.
• Pop culture savvy: Plenty of references to 90s/00s nostalgia, music, and current viral stories, but always with a Houston slant.

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a bustling, heartfelt example of The Rod Ryan Show at its best: hilarious, slightly chaotic, Houston-centric, and deeply invested in its audience and community. The charity push for school supplies weaves into every segment, with the show’s usual mix of candid banter, listener games, trending news, sports, and daily life hacks. Ride along for the jokes—stay for the good Houston vibes and the very real impact the show makes on local kids.

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Transcript

[Rod Ryan]

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[Alex]

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[Rod Ryan]

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[Alex]

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[Rod Ryan]

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[Mo]

Wow.

[Rod Ryan]

Seven Dust Theory of a Dead Man. We've got those tickets for you on the Fun Fact Flashback. Sold out stain tickets at 7:20. The Suburb Summer Sizzler. Brian in Cyprus, Kenneth in Sugarland. Take on one another at 8:20. I'm here for it. Gas Cat. Chance to win $1,000 at 910. Motley Crue tickets on Mo the Show. Here it is. 20% chance of rain, partly cloudy, high of 96 97. True temperature. That's the true temperature is going to feel like over 100 degrees again. Good morning, Mo. What you got in Houston's headlines?

[Mo]

Hey there, Rod. So world leaders were in D.C. yesterday. They were honoring the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly earlier this month. I saw Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelen Linsky both also met with President Trump while they were in the country. I know they had a lot to cover. American Airlines was in the headlines yesterday. Flights are departing again after a brief IT outage led to a nationwide ground stop yesterday. They said a, quote, technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some systems. They got that all back online. Apologize to customers. But anytime that happens, I know it's a little scary. Are minivans cool again? That's the question. Millennials, yes, we did once swore that we'd never drive a minivan. And now apparently, they're embracing them. So much so that Minivan sales jumped 21% in 2025. Almost 400,000 units sold in the United States.

[Rod Ryan]

I have owned a minivan.

[Mo]

When?

[Rod Ryan]

Well, I had my cool van back in the day.

[Mo]

Like when you were in a band and that's the only thing your drums fit in.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, well, that one kind of conked out. So I. I kind of got a minivan. But then I made that one look kind of cool. Put rims on it and everything. I use that for my Dr. After that. Yeah. So I had a minivan, a safari. A GMC Safari.

[Mo]

Dang.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

You were never a minivan dad though, right?

[Rod Ryan]

No, no, no, no.

[Mo]

Toyota Sienna minivans. I'm looking at this list. Apparently, they're so popular, dealerships are claiming they only spend about 18 days on the lot before they get sold.

[Rod Ryan]

Alex, this is the run arounds. The song is called Minivan.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Something you might jam out to while

[Mo]

you're driving your minivan. Parents are saying the sliding doors obviously are simpler for kids.

[Rod Ryan]

Thoughts on a minivan over there?

[Alex]

I would go whatever monument Chevrolet would give me.

[Rod Ryan]

Good call.

[Mo]

And while I have millennials hyped, I can tell you More good news, Alex. The rumor is that Macaulay Culkin met with Disney about a Home Alone sequel. I think we already had a Home Alone sequel. They were doing the 35th anniversary tour, and he publicly shared. He's like, we need a new one.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, something like with Macaulay Culkin at his current age.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

So does he live. Does he leave his kid at home

[Alex]

and then his kid just texts him? So it, like, fixes it.

[Mo]

His idea is that Kevin McAllister, which is the dad. Right.

[Alex]

Doorbell.

[Mo]

Is a widower or a divorcee raising a son by himself. Is that so? Kevin. Kevin was the kid.

[Rod Ryan]

Kevin was the kid.

[Mo]

So it would be him himself raising a child as a divorcee or a widower.

[Rod Ryan]

Right. But I will watch it.

[Alex]

I don't think it'll be anywhere near as good as the original two, but I will absolutely watch anything that Macaulay Culkin does. Christmas wise.

[Rod Ryan]

This sounds straight to Netflix to me.

[Mo]

Reportedly, he met with Disney recently to bring it to life. So we'll see what happens.

[Alex]

Disney, straight up.

[Mo]

Yeah. Let's go. David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen are reuniting.

[Rod Ryan]

What?

[Mo]

Tomorrow? Tomorrow's Thursday, right? Yeah, tomorrow.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Is there going to be any speakers or drums or amplifiers?

[Mo]

Definitely speakers. They're doing a TED Talk.

[Alex]

One of the speakers.

[Mo]

Short little talk. Yeah. Not making any sort of music.

[Alex]

I didn't know they were still doing TED talks.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. This is some TEDx 2008 something.

[Mo]

So short. 18 minutes.

[Commercial Announcer]

Ish.

[Mo]

And then they're going to do it actually tomorrow, and then it won't be on YouTube for a couple weeks, but.

[Rod Ryan]

Great. It'll be interesting to see what they say.

[Mo]

I mean, and they haven't been together publicly since 2015.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. And Alex put out a book called Brothers, all about his brother Eddie Van Halen. But in the book, he only recognizes the David Lee Roth era of Van Halen. I think he mentioned Sammy Hagar one time in the entire book. They sold more albums with Sammy than they did with Dave. But that's not what Alex chose to cover in the book. So maybe he's kind of cool with Dave somehow, I don't know.

[Mo]

Those are Houston's headlines.

[Rod Ryan]

Astros with another win.

[Alex]

Yeah. Jordan Alvarez. Homer in the game and hit a go ahead RBI single in the ninth to help win it. He leads the major leagues in home run runs with 35. It was the Astros seventh win in their last eight games. They're gonna wrap up their series with the Angels tonight. Hayden Wisneski is going to be on the mound for the Stroz going up against LA's Grayson Rodriguez. First pitch is at 8:38 and you can listen to the game on our sister station Sports Talk 790. In football news, Texans training camp officially starts today. Did you see C.J. stroud look like it was his first day of school yesterday?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, so he lost.

[Alex]

You don't need aura if you're gonna just ball out on the field. All right. Jackson Dart does have aura, but CJ Struggles is gonna ball out. You don't need to look cool showing up. He's all about business. He's not gonna look at the flashy clothes or anything like that. He's not Joe Burrow.

[Rod Ryan]

He got rid of the braids, which was a signature look for him. And maybe this is a fresh new start.

[Alex]

I thought a lot of people were clowning on him. He was just wearing some clothes. He's gonna change out of those clothes to get into some football stuff anyway.

[Rod Ryan]

So this is just what you're wearing

[Alex]

the locker room, bro.

[Rod Ryan]

Who cares? Because those clothes are real baggy. He looked dumpy walking in.

[Alex]

He was fine.

[Rod Ryan]

Football.

[Alex]

He wasn't focused on what his fit was.

[Rod Ryan]

Very dumpy.

[Mo]

Yeah, sorry. Fashion's not as my dudes not caring about their clothes.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, yeah.

[Alex]

Remember, like, Andrew Luck just wore like a polo whatever his wife picked out for him. Eli Manning never picked a shirt out for himself ever. His wife is like, here, yes, put this on, idiot. And he did that. He's great.

[Rod Ryan]

Josh Allen looks dumpy sometimes walking in sweatpanty. I don't care what my quarterback wears.

[Alex]

Just win the game, you know? But, yeah, training camps here, everybody. What's going on in sports?

[Rod Ryan]

Let's go. Okay. The Rob Ryan Show Cares online store front and center, please. Chile on links and guests. We're gonna start tracking your sales and your donations all morning long. My friends at Joe Myers Toyota will match up to $5,000 spent in the store today. So if you could help me out, this is our big push for the last week before we give out the backpacks right there on links and guests on the world famous Rod Ryan show blog [e-mail] 4 hours of pain starts right now. If you want the first phone call, come get it. 713-212-5945. Come on now. 94. 5 the buzz nirvana. The man who sold the world. David Bowie cover from there unplugged in New York City. Wakey, wakey. Rod Ryan show coming at you hard today, asking you to get into the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. We got a chance to get dollars from Joe Myers Toyota. If it's a big ask, I understand that it's a big ask. If I can get you guys motivated to get into the Rod Ryan Show Cares, they will match every dollar spent in the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store and donations this morning up to $5,000. It's another match day with our. With our guys over there. So thank you Lance and everybody over there. I appreciate it. Other things today on the show, that's not all we're doing. Huge warning for Todd as he goes to make it win number five. I am correct said that he has done nothing but use up two questions. Regardless of how it played out. There's only been two questions used on each of his four games.

[Mo]

Nice.

[Rod Ryan]

Four games, eight questions. Other John chimes in. If Todd wins 20 today, it'll be the first hall of Famer to go 10 questions, 10 answers since Tommy the Gun Morris in 2023.

[Commercial Announcer]

It will.

[Rod Ryan]

It will end the streak of 43 straight times someone made the hall of fam using more than 10 questions. So Tommy. Tommy hasn't done it since 2023. Oh, went five games, two questions each game. So three years ago, somebody did this. It's a hell of a run.

[Mo]

Crazy.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. So that's what you're listening for. That's coming up. That's going to be fun. The suburb Summer Sizzler going to be huge. That's going to be at 8:20. Sold out. Stain tickets at. What do you got? 7:20 for those. Okay. Phone lines are ringing. Get your ass out of bed. You better stuff to do today. I ain't playing with you.

[Mo]

It's now time for the first call of the day.

[Rod Ryan]

Get up, get up, get up. Now we got stuff all over the place today. That's all right. We got stuff in different orders. It looks like. Oh, it's Wisconsin. Matthew. Hey, dude, what's up?

[Alex]

Hey, morning, Rod.

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning. Are we on the same time? I'm so stupid. Are we on the same time?

[Alex]

Y. Yeah, I'm just a lot north of you.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, you're on. Yeah. Because you're on Chicago time.

[Mo]

Y' all were good with the tornadoes and stuff, Matthew.

[Alex]

Yeah, no, I'm on the western side. That was all on the eastern side of the state.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Well, good. Hey, Rod, I wanted to ask you something. Yes, sir. Anything.

[Alex]

Hey, you like to give out cheesy names to callers when they come in and I was wondering, what do you think about if I gave you a

[Rod Ryan]

name Wait a minute. You think what you said that I do is give out cheesy names?

[Mo]

Wisconsin. Matthew. That's how we remember who you are.

[Rod Ryan]

My nicknames are cheesy. Hey.

[Alex]

Hey. So what do you think of. You know, sometimes people, they mess up your name, they call you Rob.

[Rod Ryan]

You know, Rob.

[Alex]

I know you don't like that too much, so.

[Rod Ryan]

What?

[Mo]

What?

[Rod Ryan]

It's not that they call you, like. Oh, go ahead. No, I was gonna say people think that I hate it, and then. But I think people like it more than I dislike it. Yeah, it's.

[Mo]

It's just common.

[Rod Ryan]

It's extra funny to people when people get my name wrong for some reason. People find that very entertaining. I'm okay with it. What. What were you. What direction were you going with. With a cheesy nickname for me? Now, listen, I've been doing this a long time. It's a weird time to acquire a nickname at this point in my career, but go ahead, I'm listening. I was thinking, what if we call

[Alex]

you, like, Lightning Rod or, you know, something like that?

[Rod Ryan]

Lightning Rod.

[Alex]

A lightning rod.

[Rod Ryan]

That's not even cheesy. That's actually kind of cool. I will not stand in the way of anybody wanting to call me Lightning Rod. I'll just say that. Okay. But it's just. It would be a weird time to pick up a nickname, you know, like, they started calling Wayne Gretzky the Great One. I told you guys that story right when he was like, 8 years old. Like, he was dubbed the Great One when he was 8 or 9.

[Mo]

No pressure.

[Rod Ryan]

That's when you get a nickname, not when you're 55, how old you are. All right, thank you, Wisconsin. Matthew. I'm gonna call it the Cheesy nickname now. All right. Thanks for being there with us. I appreciate you. I love that iHeartRadio app. I love it. Listen to us on any device, okay? Right there on your phone. Maybe it's your iPhone, maybe it's your Android. I don't care. Your desktop, your laptop right there. The. The Alexa's out there. Listen to Rod ryan show on iHeartradio. 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 a huge morning for why is the Carpet Wet?

[Mo]

Todd Houston's Rock and Alternative and the

[Rod Ryan]

Rod ryan Morning Show. 6 to 10am, the buzz 94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. And thank you to everyone that hopped in the Rod Ryan Show. Cares online store. I just got. Just got an email from Erock Rn. He said, lightning rod. I love the new nickname.

[Mo]

Stop it. That's funny.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm gonna try to take Todd out this morning on my marathon workout. Also, I love the 713 shirt. I just bought one. And I'm like, okay, is this son of a bitch lying to me? Erock would never lie to me.

[Mo]

Never.

[Rod Ryan]

And sure enough, I go. I look down the back end and E Rock did go in there and buy a T shirt. Eric Madrid also was shopping. Chris Lippincott, Ray Mills, Jeremy John. Just a few of the people that got into the store early. They know that our friends Joe Myers Toyota are matching up to $5,000 of every donation and sale today. We want to max out the $5,000 that they'll give us. So I'm asking you guys to go and drop some money in the store. So thank you, everybody that got in there early. Chili has a link up right there on the world famous Rod Ryan show blog [e-mail] it's a little early. Let's try to get that store trending. But right now, what is trending, Alex?

[Alex]

Madison Beer is trending.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know who that is. I see her everywhere.

[Alex]

I mean, even really attractive.

[Rod Ryan]

I heart said, hey, I got engaged and then posted all these pictures. And I saw about 10 of the guy's face. He never showed his face in the engagement pictures.

[Alex]

Justin Herbert.

[Rod Ryan]

That's the quarterback.

[Alex]

Quarterback for the Los Angeles track.

[Mo]

Why didn't he. Why was he trying to.

[Rod Ryan]

I know it.

[Mo]

Be incognito?

[Rod Ryan]

I know what he was trying to be incognito.

[Mo]

She didn't post his face. I thought it was like some stranger.

[Alex]

We knew they were together.

[Rod Ryan]

I know him.

[Alex]

Madison Beer's a singer. And like, I don't. I mean, I don't know.

[Rod Ryan]

Is it a toe tapper? What does she sing?

[Alex]

Beers in Heaven? I don't know.

[Mo]

I've never heard of her.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm trying to see.

[Alex]

She sings yes, Baby, Bittersweet Baby and Reckless.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Obviously those are my favorite of her songs and not definitely not the ones that we have in our system.

[Rod Ryan]

I saw her everywhere yesterday and I never even heard her name.

[Alex]

But love is love, and I'm happy. Love wins again.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes. Good for Haymar Herbert.

[Alex]

Jordan Alvarez is training. He homered for the 35th time this year, leading the major leagues. And the Astros defeated the Angels last night. And then Japan earthquake is trending. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Japan yesterday, and they are still looking for people. That is what's trending on 94. 5 the buzz.

[Mo]

Why is the carpet all wet, Todd?

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning everybody. This is why is the carpet wet, Todd? Rod, let's not red let me start over. Let's not let Rod forget that I did beat a couple hall of Famers on the road here those last two games. We won't talk about those, but I am your fresh out of bed, head to head four day champion. Join me on Wednesday when I get back in the hall of Fame. Four games, eight questions. Asterisks. No, no asterisks. Wrists. Just a couple of cupcakes. E. Rock said he's coming. Who else is coming? Who? Who's gunning? Who's running and gunning for Todd this morning. 713-212-5945. We got a great matchup next. It's summertime. Get out the collapsible beach chair. I don't think that's what they had in help. Never mind. It's another hot sweaty Texas summer with the Rod ryan show on 94. 5 the buzz. Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest here and I have discovered a fun new escape from the daily grind. Chumba Casino Chumba Casino has hundreds of social casino style games. It's all free to play anytime, anywhere with daily bonuses. So get to chumbacasino.com no purchase necessary. BGW terms and conditions 21 plus these

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[Mo]

Sorry.

[Rod Ryan]

I gotta ditch out of that. I gotta play this game, man. I can't wait. We got a seven time hall of Famer Wise Carpet Wet Todd. He's at two times world champion at this thing. Meaning he's been the best player twice in those seven times. Nobody's been a two time world champion with less hall of Fame appearances. He's got that going for him.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

He's only used eight questions. Two questions each game. He's going for win number five today. Let's bring the man on. And now it's time for the Fresh out of Bed, Head to Head challenge. Listeners to your corners.

[Mo]

Why is the carpet all wet? Todd?

[Rod Ryan]

There he is. Todd. Good morning. Oh God.

[Alex]

I like that.

[Rod Ryan]

We didn't hear that. Nope. We're not hearing that either. I hear you. Guard.

[Alex]

Hello?

[Rod Ryan]

Yes, kind of. Can you hear me now? I can. What'd you do? Whatever adjustment you made do. Do that and keep your head in the same spot. Keep the tin foil right where it is. How are you today? I was good until you couldn't hear me. It's not a me problem. That is a.

[Mo]

We just want to lay the foundation for an awesome game. Okay.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

I just. I want you to be clear. I want you. I want everybody to be able to hear you. I don't want any kind of technical Thing going on here. I agree. Okay. Oh, now you sound great, dude. Whatever you just did, whatever adjustment you made, stay adjusted. And it's been since 2023 that somebody has been on a run like this. So you're doing something special here, bro. Good luck to you today. Who do you want to play? You want to just call your want to call and appoint them? You know you want to just call somebody?

[Alex]

No. Bring them on.

[Rod Ryan]

Taking you on today, eight time hall of famer, Kenny the Cash Man. Oh, geez, you're kidding. What's up? What's up? Okay, listen. What did you play 27 days ago? The first decade call was the day that y' all got back from vacation. Okay, so you're 40 days, 30. Yeah.

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[Alex]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

You're 40 days out. That's all right. Kenny, you got any experience playing Todd? I don't know. Do we play Todd? I don't remember either. Yeah, I don't think so. The number that is glaring me in the face, Todd. Seven time hall of famer, two time world champion, Kenny, eight time hall of famer. Okay, so this is the game. And one time world champion.

[Mo]

Okay, write that down. But isn't Kenny the one that always whines about the questions?

[Alex]

Well, no.

[Rod Ryan]

Y' all say I whine, but I don't whine. I love the question.

[Mo]

That's you.

[Rod Ryan]

What is it that you do? What do you call it?

[Alex]

Complain.

[Rod Ryan]

Question.

[Mo]

You question.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, bicker. I used to complain about the delay.

[Mo]

He's a new man, guys.

[Rod Ryan]

That was the old Kenny. Come on. I changed last night. Here we go. What are they playing for?

[Mo]

Oh, we have a pair of tickets. See? Breaking Benjamin and Chevelle, October 10th in the Woodlands.

[Rod Ryan]

One time world champion, Kenny. Two time world champion, Todd. What a game. And your caller 10. Come on.

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[Rod Ryan]

I wouldn't believe it. If I was driving into work and I didn't work here, I'd be like, nah, they set this up. Chili, just Chili goes through those calls. He's called ten. All right, all the good lucks, all the pleasantries. Todd, let me hear you one more time. I am talking on the radio. Yeah, you are. Question number one. Shout out your name when you think you know the answer. Can I get you guys listening Extra careful.

[Mo]

Extra.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you. Which classic sneaker brand, Todd, Kenny, Todd. My house flip. Okay, gargly, but I heard Nike, right? Yes, Nike. Nike. Okay, we're using more questions today. Maybe. Kenny, which classic sneaker brand is famous for the Chuck Taylor all star shoe

[Alex]

vans?

[Rod Ryan]

That would be Converse. Wait a Minute. Everybody be quiet for a minute. I hear everybody pounding their steering wheels right now. I hear everybody on a ten pounding steer. Chuck Taylor All Stars converse. Here we go. Next question. Todd and Kenny. Which fast food restaurant uses. Kenny. Kenny. Let's go with Wendy's. If it was red. Red pigtails made. No. It's a weird game for these crazy hall of Famers. Todd, which fast food restaurant uses the golden arches for its language? How are we gonna do that? McDonald's. McDonald's is the correct answer. One point and we've been playing for a half hour. We got our first answer. Todd's on the board. Oh, boy. Next question. Shout out your name when you think you know the answer. Kenny. Todd. What sea creature has three hearts And

[Alex]

Kenny.

[Mo]

I heard Kenny.

[Rod Ryan]

Kenny.

[Alex]

I don't know.

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[Rod Ryan]

Octopus only has three hearts. You are correct. Yep. What sea creature has three hearts and eight arms? The octopus. Kenny is on the board.

[Mo]

I hate this game.

[Rod Ryan]

He's heartful. I thought I was gonna have a good time today.

[Mo]

This would be the last time we play ever.

[Rod Ryan]

And this is really stressful. You're having a blast. This is awesome. Is it?

[Alex]

Is it?

[Rod Ryan]

Cars are pulled over, there's a million questions. Next question for the win. What instrument rings 13 times? Kenny, I have to say bell. Correct answer. I mean, I wanted those tickets. What's that, Todd? I wanted those tickets. Normally, for you guys, it's never about the prize. It's all about the bragging rights. Complete question for those of you. Here it is. What instrument? And that's where it was odd. But you're not. You're right. What instrument rings 13 times in Philadelphia every 4th of July to honor the original colony? A bell. It is the Liberty Bell. But the instrument is a bell. Oh, my. Josh called it. Sorry, Todd. The goat called it. When I beat him, he said Kenny was the one who's gonna call in and take me out. Oh, my God. Okay, Todd, we gotta say goodbye to you. Todd. Amazing run. Getting there. But, Kev, eight time hall of Famer, one time world champion, did you pick a hell of a day to get through? Hey, you want to play tomorrow? I can try every day. I'm ready. Okay. You're playing tomorrow?

[Alex]

Yes, sir.

[Rod Ryan]

And you got breaking Benjamin Chevelle tickets. What a game. If it's summer outside, but you never leave the house. Is it really summer? Yes. Yes, it is summer without you, no. It's another hot, sweaty Texas summer. With the Rod ryan show on 94.5 the Buzz Tyler Redick here from 2311 Racing Victory Lane. Yeah, it's even better with Chumba by my side. Race to chumbacasino.com let's Chumba. No purchase necessary VTW Group void where prohibited by law CTNCs21+ Sponsored by Chumba

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[Alex]

Quick resume.

[Rod Ryan]

I am an eight time hall of famer and a one time world champion and I just stopped. Why is the carpet wet tied from getting in the hall? I guess it's all them tears. So it looks like I'm next up to make it back into the tournament. Join me on Thursday when I make it win number two. All right. Just because he's OG Ben. A million emails. It looks like Lightning Rod jinxing the game today.

[Mo]

Oh, my word.

[Rod Ryan]

That was the nickname that was introduced on the show today. Lightning Rod jinxing the game for. Why is it Carpet Wet Todd? Not on my bingo card. OG Ben. All right, we gotta move on. All right, let's go. I brought us some new fun facts for you guys. Keep it here because on the flashback seven Dust Theory tickets. 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 new fun facts for you. You guys might know this, but because I never took a typing class, if you ever see me type, you'll it's painfully obvious that I was never in typing class. So I'm a dumb Maybe there's somebody else out there that didn't know this. There are raised bumps on the F and the J keys, and they help you position your hands correctly without looking at the keyboard. Is that something that you guys learned on day one of typing class?

[Alex]

Yes, absolutely.

[Rod Ryan]

I never knew that there were raised bumps on those two keys.

[Mo]

Really?

[Rod Ryan]

Yes. As I'm hunting and pecking, as they call it, with my two fingers.

[Mo]

Fingers.

[Rod Ryan]

I am now seeing that there are. On every keyboard in here. There's a little nubbin. You guys knew. See, that's. Listen, I knew 10. 10 on the watches.

[Mo]

Oh, yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. So you were dumb on that one.

[Mo]

You're right.

[Rod Ryan]

I didn't know that. Typing. I'm never gonna need to type. Here we are. That was me walking around high school with my mullet. I'm never gonna need to type the word. Let's stay on the keyboard for a minute.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

The word. Maybe you guys know this. The word almost A lmos is the longest common word in the English language. To have all of its letters in alphabetical order.

[Alex]

That is fun.

[Rod Ryan]

You know what I'm saying? Whoa.

[Mo]

Didn't know that.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, you think you're still smart? You know all this.

[Mo]

Bring the fun facts Today.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm never gonna need to type. Why would I take a typing class? I'm gonna work with my hands. Look at these hands. Finally, Viagra. We've talked about Viagra. A few fun facts. It was discovered on accident. I know that. We've talked about that before on fun facts. We never mentioned this before. Viagra. When dissolved in water. Now, I imagine that stuff's pretty expensive, but. Yeah. Viagra dissolved in water. Water can make cut flowers stay up for up to a week longer than they usually would. That's neat. They can make cut flowers stay erect for up to a week longer.

[Mo]

That seems fake.

[Rod Ryan]

Are you questioning my fun facts?

[Mo]

Yes, that one.

[Rod Ryan]

You son of. 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. Let's get our team of fact checkers on that.

[Mo]

Yes. Florists that are listening this.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, Who's a florist that can back up my fun fact today? Please help me. Help me out. What are you giving away?

[Mo]

7 dust, theory of a dead man and return to dust. September 9th, Bayou Music Center. Tickets are on sale now. Ticketmaster.com or they can be yours if you know this flashback.

[Rod Ryan]

It's your fun fact. Oh, yesterday. Why was March Simpson. Simpson's hairstyle designed the way it was. Originally. They had thoughts on Marge Simpson and she's got that big, tall blue beehive. And there was going to be a big reveal, but then the show took off and they said, you know what? There's. There's been too many inconsistencies. We gotta lose that gag. But they kept the hair. 713-212-5945. It's now time for rock. Out with your stock. Out with Captain Cash. All right, let me switch over here. Captain Cash on the phone. Hi, Hal. Brother Rod, good morning. Good morning to you. How we do on Wall street yesterday, bro? A mix down Wall street, but the dow was up 537points. Kick off this morning at 52, 747. Nasdaq lost 55 and 24,876. This Martinier treasury that stands at a 4.67% and oil is trading at $83.11 a barrel. To the most active the big studs, Sherwin Williams, IBM and Coca Cola. The big duds, Caterpillars, Goldman Sachs and Chevron. On the economic calendar this morning, we're going to get the Federal Reserve's decision on overnight interest rates. But right now, futures are on the downside. Come on, let's turn this baby around.

[Alex]

That's it.

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[Rod Ryan]

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[Mo]

Opinions expressed are those of Howland and not necessarily those of Raymond James and Associates, Inc. Member NYSD, SIPC, 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 YAH Finance, Houston's

[Rod Ryan]

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[Mo]

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[Alex]

Hit it.

[Rod Ryan]

It's your fun back flashback. Okay, we got Joe on the phone. Hello, Joe. Hey, what's up? Good morning. Welcome in. We were talking about a fun fact from yesterday March Simpsons. Her hairstyle was designed the way it is because creator Matt groening was hiding something under that hair and he. He wanted to have a big reveal on the final episode, but he scratched, wrapped it. What was he gonna reveal? A rabbit ear. Rabbit ears is the correct answer. Joe, you just won some great tickets. Mo, hook up.

[Mo]

Joe 7 Dust Theory of a Dead man and Joe, September 9th at Bayou Music center. Congrats, my friend.

[Rod Ryan]

Great job.

[Alex]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you, dude. I appreciate you being in homeroom. Hang on, Joe. Chili will take care of of you. Lisa is a very, very smart person that listens to the show. She said maybe if you think about Matt groening and maybe something with these rabbit ears. He had a cartoon pre Simpson Simpsons called life in hell that featured rabbits. So she said maybe he was trying to do like a. Maybe he would have. He was trying to do like a callback and bring that into it, like a rabbit thing or whatever. But yeah, he just. The show took off and he's like, ah, we gotta skip the rabbit thing. We'll just keep that silly blue hairdo. I got sold out stain tickets coming up for you at around 7:20. Thank you to everybody that's been in the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. It's our five thousand dollar match day from our friends Joe Myers Toyota. We'll talk more about that. But I'm, I'm loving all the activity in the Rod Ryan Show Care store. Thank you guys. Mo, I got you Right now with Houston's headlines.

[Mo]

Hey, thanks.

[Rod Ryan]

Hi.

[Mo]

World leaders were in D.C. yesterday for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham who died suddenly earlier this month. Looked like a very nice whole situation ceremony but then we also saw that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelensky both were there for that funeral and also met with President Trump while they were in the country. I'm sure they had a lot to talk about about the governor of Kentucky read a letter demanding that Senator Mitch McConnell either show up and show he's available to do his job or step down. This is still going on, Rod. It's now been 43 days since he was hospitalized after that little fall.

[Rod Ryan]

So 43 days and to my knowledge there's only been two photographs.

[Mo]

Two photographs, not a single vote. No official work is the issue. So the 84 year old's office has released those two photos. New one just came but, but prove that he's still thinking clearly and can carry out his sentence.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like that job, you're an elected official and you need to come forward a little bit more than two pictures in that amount of time. I hope he's well. Yeah, I don't wish, I wish anybody

[Mo]

to be sick or legally the governor of Kentucky can't remove McConnell from office, but a vacancy would happen if he resigns, dies or is voted out by the Senate. So I'm sure they're working on something that we don't know, but we'll see. It's a new term. It's called micro joy. Gen zers are looking for micro joys in their work day. Forget like loving your job.

[Rod Ryan]

No, that's out. Nobody's, nobody's asking you to love your job.

[Mo]

No, no, no.

[Rod Ryan]

But they're asking you to find things that you love about your job.

[Mo]

Just a little something, things that you

[Rod Ryan]

can do while working.

[Mo]

Small moment that's going to make your workday more enjoyable, more productive, more sustainable.

[Rod Ryan]

What's, what's the big. You have an example of a micro joy.

[Mo]

You know, step outside, get some fresh air, chat with a cool co worker, enjoy a snack or your favorite beverage. A little micro joy to keep you going.

[Rod Ryan]

Papa Gummy Papa Gummy. Hey, what's it gonna take? I do have a poll question up today about that.

[Mo]

Where is it?

[Rod Ryan]

I'm making a joke about popping a

[Mo]

gummy, but is it on Facebook?

[Rod Ryan]

I don't think it's a joke at all. All for the first time, daily marijuana use is now more common than daily alcohol use in the United States of America. So I'm talking about all cannabis products. What do you use more of? Or none at all. But I want to talk about our poll question. So maybe that's the micro joy.

[Mo]

Find your Just take a fireball shot at lunch.

[Rod Ryan]

Look, I have my snacks coming up at seven. I have joy. I have great joy in thinking that I'm going to be eating something.

[Mo]

This doesn't count for you because you love your job, Rod.

[Rod Ryan]

Do I?

[Mo]

You don't have to buy. I mean, I do overall joy. Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. Find micro joy.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Find some things to do.

[Mo]

I saw new body cam footage of Tony Romos OWI arrest.

[Rod Ryan]

What? Is OWI operating?

[Mo]

Yes, it is. It's what they call it. Wisconsin, I guess.

[Rod Ryan]

Thanks, Alex.

[Mo]

He was in Wisconsin. Wisconsin.

[Alex]

Wait, it's like a lesser charge, I think.

[Mo]

Oh,

[Alex]

now you get like a pre dwi. You get like Wisconsin. It's like Wisconsin DWI is a badge honor there. So they're like you get the owi, then you get the dwi.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know about that, but okay,

[Mo]

so what I'm reading is he had just left a golf tournament when he got pulled over. He was cordial, wanted to call his attorney before he exited the vehicle. He was told he couldn't, so he stepped out. And since it was unsafe to do that whole field sobriety test right there on the side of the road, he was taken to the police station.

[Rod Ryan]

So this is not breaking news. Cuz it happened already July 23rd?

[Mo]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

What's happening is the body cam.

[Mo]

Body.

[Rod Ryan]

Everyone's getting a look at it, watching it.

[Mo]

Everyone's analyzing it for themselves.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, leaving a golf tournament, he's probably thinking, see, his grandparents had a couple of pops on the course and then I'm. I'm okay to drive. You're not okay to drive. You're not okay to drive.

[Mo]

They had to do a blood drop, right?

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know how they do that stuff.

[Alex]

I mean, they can do a breathalyzer unless you refuse. And then they have to take you in and do the electro.

[Rod Ryan]

So they said that at the police station, the. The area that he got pulled over, they said it was too busy to do the Field sobriety test. So they said, let's do it back at the station. So he went back to the station to do it. You can see all the foot. All the footage on the crazy criminal blog page today.

[Mo]

Let's talk songs. What are the most common male and female names in song titles? Rod?

[Rod Ryan]

Well, Chuck Berry's given the dudes away, right?

[Mo]

It's gotta Johnny be good.

[Rod Ryan]

It's gotta be John.

[Mo]

John is the male one.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

John or Johnny.

[Rod Ryan]

What a song. So John is the most common male name name in rock songs.

[Mo]

I said in songs in general.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

I see the Beatles on here. I see Taylor Swift on here. Runners up in male names were David, James and Peter. That seems on brand.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Not a lot of Rodney's.

[Mo]

No.

[Rod Ryan]

In. In song.

[Mo]

I know one Monica song. A little bit of Monica in my life.

[Rod Ryan]

No, no, no. It doesn't have to be the title title. It just needs to be a name drop.

[Mo]

This is the title.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, this is titles? Yeah, technically, but okay. Chicks.

[Mo]

Do you have any idea?

[Alex]

Jefferson Airplane said go ask Alice, but it kind of sounds like Alex.

[Rod Ryan]

What is this?

[Mo]

Mary's the female one.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh yeah. John seems like an easy one because it's the most common dude name.

[Mo]

But Mary's a very like, what would you guess?

[Alex]

Marry or Sarah and Mary Jane could just be a lot of things.

[Rod Ryan]

Correct. Okay. Mary is number two. What other chick names?

[Mo]

Maria, Juliet, Bella and Linda.

[Rod Ryan]

The most common.

[Mo]

Exactly.

[Rod Ryan]

Wow.

[Mo]

I was shocked.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, that's a cool study. That's on the music blog page today.

[Mo]

Those are Houston's headlines.

[Rod Ryan]

Take it, Alex.

[Alex]

Astros got another win last night. Jordan Alvarez homered in the game. He had a go ahead RBI single in the ninth to win it. They beat the Angels 3 to 2. He leads the major leagues in home runs right now. It was the Astros seventh win in their last eight games and they're going to wrap up their series with the Angels tonight. Hayden Wisneski is going to be on the mound for the Stro's going up against LA's Grayson Rodriguez. First pitches at 8:38 and you can listen to it on our sister station Sports Talk 790. In football, Texans training camp camp officially starts today. They're gonna play their first preseason game Aug. 13 when they host the Chargers. That is what's going on in sports.

[Rod Ryan]

Come on. All right. I want to talk about our poll question. It's on the X right now at Rod Ryan show. I want to give you sold out stained tickets. We'll do that closer to around 7:20. We'll give you a little update on how we're doing in the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. Joe Myers Toyota matching every donation and every sale today up to $5,000. I want to close this thing out by 10 o' clock today, so I am encouraging you to hit up the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. So we got a lot of ground to cover today on the show. The 7 o' clock hour is going

[Alex]

to be very busy.

[Rod Ryan]

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[Rod Ryan]

945 the Buzz three days race. Playing our Buzzer Weed show in October. Tickets still available through Ticketmaster.com welcome to the Seven Spot. If you're carrying over from homeroom, thank you for just joining us. Wakey wakey, Eggs and bakey to Wild Card Wednesday. That's our Instagram feature. But what I really want to get trending is the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. Our guy Mundo. Everybody loves Mundo. I mean, this guy, he's so generous. He's already been in the store several times. He sent us T shirts of him wearing the Rod Ryan show gear. All that stuff. He said, Rod, I didn't work as much overtime for the last couple of weeks, but I still was able to go back into the store. I purchased two shirts, shirts for friends that I'm going to give as gifts. Continued success. He just wanted to help out on his. He's already done his shopping. He's done. He's already done more than most and he knows that we're doing a match day here with our friends Joe Myers Toyota, who are matching up to $5,000 of every penny you spend today. So whatever Mundo bought, that money is now doubled from Joe Myers Toyota. They're gonna go up to $5,000 on every donation and every purchase today. So he went in there and bought shirts as gifts. That's awesome. You got the water bottle today, Right here. I got the water bottle. You know what, I'm gonna go in, I'm gonna get another one. Another water bottle? Yeah, because I think they're gonna sell out. I'm gonna get another water bottle. The water bottles and the hats, those are the things that I gotta buy a lump sum of.

[Mo]

Oh, I bought both of those.

[Rod Ryan]

To get those printed, I have to buy a bunch of them. Those and then, then I'm on the hook to sell them out.

[Mo]

You did a good job buying, so I like them.

[Rod Ryan]

The, the water bottle is great. I need to go get another one. But thank you to everybody that's gotten into the the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. Need to get that $5,000. Emma Peterman, you're helping.

[Alex]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

I know. Ashley's gone shopping 10 times already. Ashley with an I. She's in there for a hundred bucks today. Okay, so she went in there. Like, who else could she possibly buy for? Oh, what, are they not talking to one another or something? Sergio also went in there and bought. Are they on the opposite ends of the house again?

[Mo]

No, this happened recently.

[Rod Ryan]

The last accident, one hand was not talking to the other. Somebody went in the store and then Sergio's on the phone, she's on the laptop. And I can see they both made purchases and I think they screwed up. That, that's a good. That's a great screw up for us, Nicole. Thank you, Dana. Julie, Kelly. Thank you, Jacob. That's everybody that's been in the store this morning. That's so great. So awesome. Saturday morning. You ready, Alex? I don't. I didn't even look at the temperatures. You just know it's gonna be.

[Alex]

Dude, I'm, I'm always ready, bro. Get a good sweat going. Drink a little bit the night before. Sweat it all out. It's like being in the sauna.

[Rod Ryan]

My kid already asked her like, can I help, Mr. Alex? I said, don't you want to hang? I go, don't you want to hang out with me? She goes, well, Mr. Alex needs my help.

[Alex]

She's only trying to get close to me so she can hang out with my daughter who's not going to be there. Did you let her know it's not going to be there yet?

[Rod Ryan]

Well, but she must have Worked with you last year.

[Alex]

But she likes to fight me for the tickets.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes.

[Alex]

She gets mad at me if I take the tickets before her.

[Rod Ryan]

That's awesome. Yeah. So we got a little system coming, a little. A little race on Saturday. We have the car. Our friends over at Houston Children's Charity are so organized and so buttoned up. They have this thing down so great. The cars roll up, they hand the ticket over. Okay, we need a junior high, a high school, and an elementary. There's three different levels of backpacks. Because there's three different levels of what school supplies you need. And you wouldn't put the same pair of scissors in the elementary one that you would put. Put in, you know, an older kid's backpack. And then the. I think the elementary ones are clear because some schools have a clear policy. Like, you know, we. We got all this down. We've been doing it for so many years now. But yeah, it is like science. And we go and somebody barks. I'm usually the guy barking out the orders. Shocker. But yeah, and we got all these people running around, volunteers and stuff like that. It's really, really fun. But it's, it's a quick, it's an efficient thing. People don't even get out of the cars. We just handle all the stuff. You see the kids. You want us to put it in the trunk? Great.

[Mo]

Boom.

[Rod Ryan]

Pop the trunk. We'll do this. And then we get these cars flying through. So you guys are helping us out huge today. Everybody that's shopping in that store, thank you so much. All right, I. I did tell you that we've got a poll question up on the X today, and I want to discuss it because it really. I jumped ahead of like I yesterday for some reason. I talked about three poll questions that I wanted to.

[Alex]

To do.

[Mo]

It's busy.

[Rod Ryan]

How many breathing things are in your bed at night? That was interesting. There was a couple of things that I was like lining up for a poll question today, and then this ended in my lap about marijuana usage in America right now.

[Mo]

Where did you see this? In the news.

[Rod Ryan]

On the news. Yeah. So I'll get into that a little bit today. But a lot of people have already answered that poll question, so that's good. So we got something to talk about. We've got tickets to give away sold out stain tickets after the first break. Got a wreck check. We'll find out what's trending. Let's get the store trending out there. So, yeah, we got a lot to do here. Houston's Rock Houston's alternative and the Rod Ryan morning show. The buzz 94. Five the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show. Hey, we got a 20 chance of rain today. All right. Maybe I'll cool it off a little bit. Partly cloudy, true temperatures, highs of around 96. 97. Heaven Mo sitting on a sold out ticket to give to you. And Alex wants to tell us what's trending. What you got?

[Alex]

Home Alone is trending. We talked about this in headlines with Nicole Culkin has reportedly talked to Disney about a potential Home Alone sequel. Even though I don't like that they're just calling it a Home Alone sequel. It's another Home Alone sequel. We have like five Home Alone sequels. We two with Macaulay culture a couple

[Rod Ryan]

of years ago ago and it wasn't horrible. We did get A Christmas Story Part 2 which I didn't hate those two movies. Ralphie as Ralphie as an adult Christmas story story. I think something like that. And it was you know, streaming service. You know this isn't a theater movie.

[Alex]

Give me the nostalgia. I'll watch it. I'm not expecting it to be as good as the original.

[Rod Ryan]

They can't expect us to go to a theater to see that.

[Alex]

They can.

[Rod Ryan]

Those are just thing they can do

[Alex]

because they can do the, the Stranger things thing where they're like we're going to put it out. But also if you'd like to go see this with your kids in the theaters, we're also going to put it in a limited amount of theaters during Christmas time. You know, you throw it in the theaters in December.

[Mo]

I'll buy the popcorn bucket.

[Alex]

Enough people will go to it to make it worth it. Yeah, you get a Christmas tree popcorn bucket.

[Mo]

Maybe one of the other movies that

[Rod Ryan]

really has a streaming on the couch feel to it. To me I agree.

[Alex]

But I can also see them offering the option.

[Rod Ryan]

Go, go ahead. So we have a blog page up for that.

[Alex]

Home Alone and then Jaylen Carter is trending. He is the Eagles defensive tackle and he agreed to a four year $152 million extension yesterday. Teaching kids the the lesson that you can drunk street race and then walk away from your teammates. Oh, dying body. And then still get 152 million dollar deal.

[Rod Ryan]

That's not good.

[Alex]

And then Rod Ryan showcase store.

[Rod Ryan]

Much better.

[Alex]

Trent.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you.

[Alex]

Auto intro care store is trending. It is Joe Meyer's match day. I'm looking at the perforated flex fit snapback cap. Okay, maybe, maybe I'll get that bad boy handing out backpacks. I'll Be. It'll be breathable.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. That's right. Now that's money out of pocket to buy all those hats. I need to recoup all that money.

[Alex]

So maybe I'll buy four or five of them.

[Rod Ryan]

I'll do like.

[Alex]

I'll give some as gifts. You guys want one? You want a hat, Mo?

[Mo]

I already. I think they're tight.

[Alex]

All right, well, I'm.

[Mo]

I'm out.

[Rod Ryan]

The plumber got one.

[Mo]

Get him.

[Rod Ryan]

I'll get him one.

[Mo]

All right, cool.

[Alex]

All right. But yeah. Rod Ryan show cares store. The Rodrigue cares dot com. Or check it out, links and guests at the world famous Rodri Showpage. The buzz dot com. That's training on 905 the buzz, bro.

[Rod Ryan]

Brad. What dropped $500 in this.

[Alex]

What a guy. What a bro.

[Rod Ryan]

A donation.

[Alex]

What a bro.

[Rod Ryan]

That's $11,000. Because Joe Meyer's Toyota is going to match that $500, bro. Brad.

[Alex]

Brad.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you. Him and Ashley, they're like all time donators. Yeah, they are. They're like all time donators. Thank you so much, Brad. That's.

[Mo]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

That's an outrageous amount of money. Thank you very much for that. Okay, I want to talk about our poll question, but I first want to give away some tickets.

[Mo]

Casual. They're sold out tickets from.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, no big deal here, right? Sold out tickets.

[Mo]

Saints coming October 17th to the Woodlands for their Break the Cycle 25th Anniversary Tour. See their hoopa stank kinder sold out. Your only way in to this concert is to win these tickets. And we're giving them to color 10 right now. 713-212-5945.

[Rod Ryan]

All right. You want to be into the sold out show. Daddy O or sister. Oh, I don't know who. That's Mama O. 713-212-594545. The buzz Lenny Kravitz. And fly away. I remember at one point in Lenny Kravitz's career, he came out with the dreads. He came out looking like Lenny Kravitz, like on his first album.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

That's how we were introduced to him. And then there was a point in his career where he had like a little bit of a lull in his career and he felt like he needed to change his energy. And if you remember, Lenny Kravitz just had a short hair for a little while. Still looked like, amazing. Like, he's still the most handsome in shape dude on the planet.

[Mo]

His body's insane.

[Rod Ryan]

His body is insane.

[Mo]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

And then he grew the hair back but he felt like he needed a change. And I think C.J. stroud kind of said something similar where he just wanted to change. I don't know. I don't think it's a reaction to the playoff game last year, although that was bad. We do want to go.

[Alex]

He's rising from the ass.

[Rod Ryan]

We do want to go in a different direction. He just doesn't look quite as cool as Lenny did when he cut off his hair. He looked different coming into the training facility yesterday. I'm like, wow, football, not fast. I know. I just, I, I got used to see him seeing him a certain way. So I hope that that also. Cuz Lenny had a huge resurgence in his career. I'm not saying it's because of the hair, but Lenny is, whatever his vibe

[Mo]

was, it worked for him.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. So I hope that helps us. Good morning, everybody. This wild card Wednesday. Oh, you got some tickets?

[Mo]

I do. They're sold out. Tickets.

[Rod Ryan]

Holy. I hear your commercial. You said holy moly.

[Mo]

I do say that because I, I cuss a lot. So I'm trying really hard.

[Alex]

That's a good one.

[Mo]

Thanks.

[Rod Ryan]

Holy mackerel.

[Alex]

I like Holy guacamole.

[Rod Ryan]

Holy guacamole. Holy, Holy cannoli.

[Mo]

Holy.

[Alex]

Cannoli is really good.

[Rod Ryan]

Good morning. Rob Ryan show. Who's this?

[Alex]

Hello.

[Rod Ryan]

Hi. Good morning. What's your name? Hey, V. How's it going, V? Good morning, V. It's, it's going really, I'm having a great day. How's your day? Amazing. Taller 10. I didn't have to do anything for this. I said call. I didn't say you were caller 10. Hold on. Don't pull my leg. What if we're playing that game where I take the nine people that lose and you're the first one?

[Mo]

Oh, no, I hate that game.

[Rod Ryan]

I am not playing that game. Hey, you didn't say that. Those aren't the rules. Those aren't the rules. I am taking caller 10. Chili said you're 10. V, you're the winner.

[Mo]

October 17th in the Woodlands. V, it's Stains. Sold out break the cycle 25th anniversary tour. We can't wait to hear all about it. Awesome. Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

Congratulations. Hey, you, you caught me on a day that I got a poll question and would you, would you like to, would you answer a question for me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I saw this on the news. I, I, I heard it on the news this morning and then I had to go look it up. I don't really have a lot of backstory on it. I, I Think it's worthy of talking about today on the show though? I heard it on the news, I had to go look it up. For the first time, daily marijuana use is now more common than daily alcohol use in the United States of America. My question this morning is, what do you use? What do you use more during a typical week? Alcohol. Cannabis products, which would be gummies and everything. I was trying to come up with a wording for cannabis products that. That includes everything. Equal amounts of both or nothing at all at all. How would you answer that? Nothing at all. Nothing at all. Nothing at all. You're nothing at all, guy. And you know what? There's a lot of you out there. About a fourth of our audience that has answered our poll question. 26%. Nothing at all.

[Mo]

Nice.

[Rod Ryan]

Nothing at all. What do you do? Why are you so happy? You're just. You're just a happy guy.

[Mo]

You don't need any help because he listens to us. And just one ticket.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I just want some great tickets, you know? So good for you, dude. That's all awesome. That's awesome. Congratulations, V. I'm happy for you in all of your life.

[Alex]

Jesus.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm glad you listened to us. I'm glad you're going to that sold out show. You've earned them, V. Have a great day. Thank you. Tag on. Am I the only one caught off guard by that? That there's more daily marijuana usage than alcohol usage in America?

[Alex]

I didn't expect it to be yet, but I'm not really that caught off off because everybody is like, mocktail this, mocktail that.

[Mo]

Drinking is the worst thing in the world.

[Alex]

You're Satan if you drink.

[Rod Ryan]

Drinking is a D. Is on gummies all the time. Drinking is in a downward spiral right now. It's not cool to drink anymore. Is that true?

[Mo]

Well, and health is like top notch. Like everyone's like concerned about ingredients and like what you're putting in your body.

[Rod Ryan]

Do you think there's more people interested in that or do we just have other people, like, with bigger microphones?

[Alex]

Because I guess the loudest people are telling you about it.

[Rod Ryan]

Do you think we're more into nutrition than we used to be?

[Mo]

I don't know. According to, like, what's going through, what's passing in the government?

[Alex]

I think we pretend we are.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

So I looked it up just so we can. How do you base this? A total of 24 states and Washington D.C. have legalized recreational weed. I think that plays into it.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

If it's more people using marijuana now with Half the states, it's never going to be, it's never going to look back. It's only every time a state comes in it's going to be more and

[Alex]

more like a prohibition with alcohol again.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I don't see that happen.

[Alex]

Not going to.

[Rod Ryan]

I, I guess the reason why it caught my ear is cuz it's like I don't do that. That can't be right. Right. I don't use marijuana products. I don't use any marijuana products. But that's not 100% true. Cuz I bought some of those THC drinks.

[Mo]

Oh you did try those?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, at the house. I've talked about it. Cuz it's like a time bomb.

[Alex]

Thc, hemp, all that stuff's under that umbrella.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, so yeah, so that's why I was putting cannabis products and my question is it's not to like call you out, cuz look at V, he doesn't use anything. Did that guy sound happy?

[Alex]

Sounded pretty great.

[Rod Ryan]

And he's going to a sold out show. He listens to the Rod Ryan show. He doesn't need anything. 26% of our audience, neither 6% of our audience. Equal amounts of both. Now where are we on the cannabis products and the alcohol? 25% of our audience uses cannabis products more often during the week. 42% of our audience uses alcohol during the week.

[Mo]

More. More.

[Rod Ryan]

That doesn't surprise me. That's what I think the everyday world looks like. Yet we're not keeping up with the world now in Texas. Not legal.

[Mo]

Not legal. Correct.

[Alex]

Well, Friday will be all the dispensary things are gonna go away, I think.

[Rod Ryan]

What is that?

[Alex]

That injunction they passed, they kept, they kept blocking it and I think that goes into effect officially Friday. I saw something about this morning. That's the only reason I know.

[Rod Ryan]

Does that mean they can't sell or they can't sell?

[Alex]

I think they're gonna going to severely limit the amount of like the pre. Like, like the edibles and the pre rolls and all that stuff.

[Rod Ryan]

Like I hear something called Delta 9 being thrown around.

[Alex]

Delta 9 is because Delta 8 got in trouble. Then after that you're gonna have Delta 10.

[Rod Ryan]

They just move it.

[Alex]

Like they just move the bar every time they get in trouble or anything.

[Rod Ryan]

That's why I think that's why you

[Alex]

should just legalize it and not worry about it.

[Rod Ryan]

That's why I'm with you.

[Alex]

Legalize it, tax it, make money off of it.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know how that's gonna turn into like kind of political thing.

[Alex]

God doesn't want it.

[Rod Ryan]

I would be on board for legalizing weed in Texas. And I wouldn't change my stance personally on it. Yeah, I would. I think it should be legal.

[Mo]

Find a way to make it legal.

[Rod Ryan]

I wouldn't buy it any more or less than I currently do. I that I wouldn't be involved in it, but I think it should be legalized. Our poll question and the way that it shakes out, 42% of you using alcohol more in a typical week, 25% of you using cannabis in a typical week, and 26% neither. If you told me that was the US number, I would say, yeah, no surprise. I wouldn't even do a poll question. But it's not that. It's more people using marijuana and cannabis products than alcohol right now. In the country.

[Mo]

In the country.

[Rod Ryan]

And this is not just. Well, was this done in a state that it's legal? It's the country. And only 24 states have it legalized. That's what caught my ear this morning. And we are not aligning with that on our poll question right now. It's early. There's about 100 people. Oh, 123. You do a poll question about weed, you get people that want to vote on that.

[Alex]

For sure.

[Rod Ryan]

That poll question's on the X. I'll just kind of keep half an eye on it throughout the show. You can hit us up on the X at Rod Ryan Show. Let's take a moment to look back at your summer so far. I ordered no mushrooms. What are you wearing? Lol. Really? That's all you're gonna do with your summer? The Rod Ryan show.

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[Rod Ryan]

Good morning. Rod Ryan Show. That's Evanescence. And who will you follow? Checking out some of your emails. Few questions have come in. Today's a big, big day. The Rod Ryan Show Cares online store Joe Meyer's Toyota is matching every dollar you spend. Every dollar you spend either purchasing items, great summertime items, the water bottle, the hats, the. The koozies, the T shirts, or donations. They're matching every penny spent. Up to $5,000 oil and gas. Greg said he was struggling. He's like, dude, I. I wanted to donate three backpacks. I could only donate one. He goes, I went in there a couple of times trying to figure it out. Greg, I'm just looking at the back end of the store. We dinged you for three backpacks. You did it, right? Thank you. Whatever you did, it was worked. Okay? So thank you. That's very generous of you. Three backpacks. Now, Jessica said, rod, I really want to support you guys this morning. I really want to get a shirt from the store. I'm seeing that it shows pickup only as an option. Maybe you can look at that for me. I sent it over to Deb as well, who's going to give us an update shortly. But she. She's crossing her fingers. She's like, I hope that shipping is an option. It is absolutely an option.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know what you're not seeing in there. Please go look again. She goes, I'm never down in Houston and my work hours are the same as the pickup window. So thanks. I love listening to you guys in the morning. I love that you listen in the morning, Jessica, and I love that you want to get involved. I know for a fact that shipping is an absolute option. That is the option that most people use. So most people get their stuff shipped. If you want to skip out on the shipping and handling cost, we do have to. You know, this stuff costs money to ship to you.

[Mo]

You.

[Rod Ryan]

We're not Amazon. I don't have free shipping. And I don't get it as quickly to you at your front door. As quickly as Amazon. We're so spoiled with online shopping. We all are, myself included. We are all spoiled with that. Yeah, you got to give us a couple days to get that stuff out. But yeah, shipping is an option. So please look again. Thank you. So much activity in the store. And we haven't even done the suburb Summer sizzler yet. Chance to win $5,000 from Shell Federal Credit Union. We got a great matchup today. Cypress is going to take on sugar land at 8:20. Man. Set your watch to it. Houston's rock, Houston's alternative and the Rod Ryan Morning Show. The buzz here we come. 94. 5 the buzz, all American rejects with Move along along. Rod Ryan show on a wild card Wednesday. Big, big day for us here as we're working with our partners, Joe Myers Toyota. They're offering up $5,000 to match every penny that you spend and donate in the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store today. Deb said she's going to get us an update on where we are at. I know we're doing well. I see you guys in there. It's just a constant stream of people going in there and donating and purchasing. Purchasing today. Thank you very much. We want to, we want to make sure that we get that $5,000 out of Joe Myers Toyota. So I'm asking you guys to really kind of get in there and help us out in the store today. So, yeah, I'm looking forward to that. Update 20 chance of rain. Partly cloudy today around 96. The true temperature is 96.97. It'll feel like up to 109 templates today. There's mo with Houston's headline. Sorry, I know you love doing the weather. Sorry.

[Mo]

I did it for not a meteorologist. World leaders were in D.C. yesterday. It was the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly earlier this month. World leaders, though, like Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Zelensky were there. But while they were in town, they also met with President Trump. Lots to talk about.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

I just don't know, like, when somebody dies, like, what kind of, I mean, do world leaders come in for every senator and congressman?

[Mo]

No, no supporter of.

[Rod Ryan]

He was in on some big, big deals and some big talks.

[Alex]

Pat in the casket on the way out.

[Rod Ryan]

I didn't see that.

[Mo]

Missed that, did he?

[Rod Ryan]

That's what I saw. Did he nux it?

[Alex]

No, it wasn't like a nux. It was just like a good boy,

[Mo]

like a butt tap.

[Alex]

Oh, as he was walking by.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I didn't see that.

[Mo]

American Airlines had a day yesterday, did they? Flights are now departing, but they had a brief IT outage. Makes me cringe every time. It led to a nationwide ground stop yesterday, a, quote, technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some other system.

[Rod Ryan]

Is it better that you know that the whole nation is down on your airline and it's not just like you feel like your airplane? Why me? A little bit. But no, it's everybody.

[Mo]

It's like when our WI Fi goes down here in the studio and I'm like, r, tell me that Your Internet's not working and it's not just me.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

I do feel when the phones were down the other day.

[Mo]

Oh, gosh.

[Rod Ryan]

I heart said it's not us. That's. That's a. That's a local thing. That's not us. I don't. Yeah, I guess I. I would not want other morning shows to be going through what I'm going through. So. No, they also tell us. But with. Of plenty.

[Alex]

Planes thing everywhere.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, but with planes, maybe it's like, okay, it's everybody. It's not just me.

[Alex]

But then if you're delayed anywhere, then everybody else is delayed. So you're not booking another flight or anything. You can't jump connecting flight. You know, everybody else is also having to miss their connecting flights too. So then that just adds more to it.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. A nationwide ground stop is bad.

[Mo]

Minivans are cool again.

[Rod Ryan]

Are they?

[Mo]

Apparently millennials who once swore we would never drive a minivan are now embracing them.

[Rod Ryan]

You're telling me there was a time when minivans weren't cool?

[Mo]

I remember being like, I will never. Mom, you're so embarrassing.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, the minivan moved into that. What did we talk about? Richard Hatch winning the first year of Survivor. The Aztecs. The Aztec was leading us to believe it was. It wasn't minivan. It was more of a crossover. It was a crossover SUV thing. And that was the kind of getting out of the minivan.

[Mo]

Okay. The gateway, if you will.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes. The Rav. Now you got some of these, like, cars, even like mine. It's kind of like a hatchback. It's not an suv. Certainly not a minivan. It's only two rows of seats, but it's definitely families involved. Family. Your families in mind when you're buying it.

[Mo]

That's what it's about. Parents are saying that sliding doors make it loading the kids in a lot simpler. Simpler. But Minivan sales jumped 21 last year.

[Rod Ryan]

I guess sliding doors is the key here.

[Mo]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

If you got that sliding door, you're in a van.

[Mo]

And they're cheaper.

[Rod Ryan]

Sweet. Yeah. Get cool.

[Mo]

The real reason get you a minivan.

[Alex]

Millennials are all poor.

[Mo]

Minivans and home alone or what? Make millennials excited. Yeah. New story. The rumor is that Macaulay Culkin met with Disney about a new home alone.

[Rod Ryan]

How does Macaulay Culkin's finances. How's his portfolio? Alex? Does he need the money?

[Alex]

I don't think so.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't think so either. Maybe he does.

[Alex]

Christmas is his thing.

[Rod Ryan]

No, dude, that was a long Time ago. He's a man.

[Alex]

I know, but like, that's.

[Rod Ryan]

He's like a man with hair.

[Alex]

Talks about it every year. He's like, this is my season. This is like, why not bring it back?

[Mo]

We have musical artists that have, you know, they're thriving off of having just the Christmas.

[Alex]

Yeah. We don't hate on Mariah. We do hate on Mariah.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't think he makes. I don't think he has the windfall of Mariah Carey every Christmas.

[Alex]

You might not think that.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't think Mariah Carey makes a ton of money at Christmas time. She wrote that song, so she makes money.

[Alex]

Who do we love more?

[Rod Ryan]

I don't know that he. I don't think he gets the windfall at Christmas that you think.

[Mo]

Really?

[Alex]

Yeah, I think he does.

[Mo]

Do people pay him to, like, come to events?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

Oh, Screamings of it.

[Rod Ryan]

But I think he.

[Alex]

I think he just liked hanging out. Like, I don't know if he get. I'm sure he gets paid something, but I don't think he's asking insane prices. I think he's just like, want to hang out. Like, he talked about how exciting it was to watch Home Alone with his kid for the first time. And he's like, his kid doesn't even recognize that that's him, but he's not

[Rod Ryan]

plugging in the tree at Rockefeller Center. You know what I mean?

[Alex]

Absolutely could. If they asked him and he did that, people would lose their mind out.

[Rod Ryan]

All right. Is he involved in the. The writing of this new one?

[Mo]

He does have an idea. It's that Kevin McAllister. So his character is like a widower or a divorcee raising a son by himself.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. I'm not crapping on it.

[Mo]

I'd watch it.

[Rod Ryan]

I'd watch it.

[Alex]

It's a perfect thing to reboot or to, like, do a sequel to, because it's a Christmas thing. So that I can forget about it after Christmas is over. And then next time year, I'll remember it again. And it's like, that's the perfect in and out.

[Rod Ryan]

And it's a great bridge between you and your kids, but your kids are a little young. But, like, for me, it's like, okay, she can see that.

[Mo]

Watch it.

[Alex]

This is what I like. See it now.

[Rod Ryan]

That's what he looks like now. You know, my kid's very versed in the originals, so it would be interesting for her.

[Alex]

He did age pretty well.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, he looks great.

[Alex]

Still looks young. Yeah.

[Mo]

David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen are reuniting tomorrow.

[Alex]

Tomorrow.

[Mo]

For the first time in over a decade.

[Rod Ryan]

Don't bury the headline here. They're not playing.

[Alex]

Oh, no.

[Mo]

They're doing a TED Talk.

[Alex]

Performing.

[Rod Ryan]

They're just sitting around talking like old men.

[Mo]

A TED Talk in North Dakota, Back in my day.

[Rod Ryan]

They're getting all the girls. Why is it North Dakota?

[Mo]

Something with, like, scheduling of where they're gonna be.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, that's even more bizarre. North Dakota.

[Mo]

I know. I thought so, too. North Dakota.

[Rod Ryan]

Six people are gonna be there checking

[Alex]

out North Dakota State with my daughter showing around, advising.

[Mo]

It's gonna be on YouTube in a few weeks. We'll keep you posted. Obviously, no word on what they'll be

[Rod Ryan]

talking about, but there's a third guy and that leads me to believe that that guy is like some kind of a. I don't know that it's gonna be. I imagine some stories will come up.

[Mo]

Give me the moderator.

[Rod Ryan]

No, there's three guys on stage.

[Mo]

Oh.

[Rod Ryan]

And I don't know the involvement of the third guy.

[Mo]

Moderator or. He's a painter.

[Rod Ryan]

He's a painter.

[Mo]

Thank you, Robert Vargas.

[Rod Ryan]

Which leads me to believe that they're going to be misleading us, that it's going to be sitting around talking about old Van Halen stories and banging groupies.

[Mo]

Oh, you think they're going to talk about paint?

[Rod Ryan]

I think it's going to have a direction.

[Mo]

We'll know more tomorrow.

[Rod Ryan]

That's my guess. I want to hear about pounding groupies.

[Mo]

Tell me the tea.

[Rod Ryan]

And I don't think that's what it's going to be.

[Mo]

Those are Houston's headlines.

[Rod Ryan]

Take it, Alex.

[Alex]

Astros got another win last night. They beat the Angels and Jordan Alvarez homered in the game. He had a go ahead RBI single in the 9th as well to win it. He leads the majors in home runs with 35. It was the Astros seventh win in their last eight games. They're going to wrap up their series with the Angels tonight. Hayden Wisneski is going to be on the mountains for the Stroz, going up against LA's Grayson Rodriguez. First pitches at 8:38. You can listen to it on our sister station Sports Talk. Seven nights in football. The Texans officially begin training camp today. They'll play their first preseason game Aug. 13 when they host the Chargers. And they'll kick off the regular season week one, September 13th against the Bills. When they welcome the Bills, they're gonna

[Rod Ryan]

wear those terrible uniforms. The Bills, the nickel city gray ones. Nobody in Buffalo likes them. Oh, really? It's the Buffalo Bills. And the thing the Gray is already kind of. I don't like it. It's hard to mess up red, white, and blue. Right? And. And they did and they took off the buffalo from the helmet. They left the swishy thing and they took the buffalo off. It's the first time ever no buffalo on the helmet. You are the Buffalo Bills. That's the one thing that you know. You got those hammer swingers. It's like, hey, we're from Buffalo. You can tell cuz look at our helmet.

[Alex]

Well, you can tell cuz it has a blue. A blue collar on it. Cuz that's what. Blue buffalo. So get it.

[Rod Ryan]

It got it.

[Alex]

That's like. It's like putting the buffalo back on the helmets.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, the, the, the, the worst part of that about the gray uniform is the helmet. I agree with everybody. It's the awful. Yeah, it's awful. I don't know what game. They're wearing those.

[Alex]

Yeah. That probably wear it once or twice this year.

[Rod Ryan]

That's what's going on in sports though. It's all right. Gets us to the Super Bowl. I'll be happy.

[Alex]

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

[Mo]

6 to 10am 94. 5 the buzz.

[Rod Ryan]

94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Wild card Wednesday. Oh my. Halfway part of the show. People kidding me. 809. Damn. How did that happen so quick? All right, we gotta get. We gotta break to get ready for the Sizzler. A couple of things weather wise today. Hot. I don't see like it. Advisories and all of that stuff. It's just going to feel like over 100 degrees. Could get up to 100. Feel like about 107 out there. I guess that's good news for us. A lot of stuff coming in about the Kevin McAllister thing. Home Alone, it sounds like people are interested in it. There's a blog page up that Chile posted this morning. Most talking about it in Houston's headlines. And it sounds like it might even be something that Macaulay Culkin is pitching to Disney to see if they want to get back in business. He's like letting them know, hey, I'd be interested. I have an idea for a storyline. I said, I assume that everybody's rich. Macaulay Culkin. I'm assuming he's rich. Veronica says, good morning, brother Ron. Macaulay Culkin got $100,000 salary for the first Home Alone movie. 4.5 million for Home Alone too. Okay? Agents, taxes, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So still, that's not It. You're not living off of that if that's all you got. She said he negotiated a 5% net profit from those movies and a 50 profit from the merchandise. He talked about it on the Hot Ones show with Sean Evans. So he's got some income coming in from that stuff.

[Alex]

And Page Master, let's not forget they did the Page Master movie after Home Alone.

[Mo]

I did forget.

[Rod Ryan]

What is that? I don't know what that is.

[Alex]

Sucked into a book.

[Mo]

I remember my girl.

[Alex]

Well, who can forget Thomas J.

[Rod Ryan]

He did that movie about the club kids.

[Alex]

That's the club. He was New York City kids.

[Rod Ryan]

The New York City. The club kids.

[Mo]

You mean Richie Rich?

[Rod Ryan]

No, these were kids that went out to clubs and they were young and all doing drugs and they all dressed up and they all kind of looked like Marilyn Manson.

[Mo]

Wow.

[Rod Ryan]

They were called club kids. And they would go on. Yes. And somebody killed somebody and cover up.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Seth.

[Alex]

Seth Green.

[Rod Ryan]

Seth Green is in it. Yeah.

[Mo]

His estimated net worth is between 18 and 25 million dollars.

[Alex]

What's Rory's. He's doing fine with his brothers.

[Rod Ryan]

He's doing better than fine. Oh, the. The other Culkins are probably maybe worth more now. Brothers definitely got the succession brother. He's doing really well. Okay. How about you winning some money?

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Huh. It's like that $5,000 that Joe Meyer's Toyota is giving us for match day today. By the way, we just hit about $3,000 in the store. We're over the halfway point. We're trending in the right direction. Action. We're doing really, really good in the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store today with our match day. But the other five thousand dollar number could go in your pocket. From Shell Federal Credit Union. It's the suburb Summer Sizzler. And we got Cyprus taking on Sugar Land. We're gonna meet Brian. Brian Mock from Cyprus. Sorry if I'm butchering your name, but just get in line. I butcher everybody's name. Kenneth Myers from Sugar Land. That's who's going to be squaring off today in the suburb Summer Sizzler. We're still on the outside of the brackets, but announcement. Chili said he's got all the matches lined up, but for the outside of the bracket. That means if you haven't been contacted, that's it. And the brackets are updated now. So you know when you're playing. I think so. That should be online right now. So I think it's kind of closed out as far as signing up for the Suburb Summer Sizzler. I told you to sign up. I told you, Mo. You can't play. But I told you to sign up. We sizzle 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. Rod Ryan show. Okay, lots to talk about coming up. Cuz there's a little switcheroo with Sugarland. What? Yeah, back up, player. I'll talk to Chili. We gotta get Chili on. Nothing over a 20. Chance of rain today. Partly cloudy, true temperature around 96.97. Gonna feel well over a hundred. I'll jump in here. The Rob Ryan show.

[Alex]

Care Score.

[Rod Ryan]

Trending, baby.

[Alex]

Still trending.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Over $3,000, which I needed it at 8:00 clock to be 2500. Okay. Because that's the halfway point of the show, baby. I heard somebody yell that we're over 3,000, which is great. I am asking you and I don't. It's not easy for me to do this. It's not if it, if it sounds like it's rolling off my tongue. It's not. I need you guys to go and spend and donate $5,000 today in the store. It's not easy. Okay. I'm doing my part too. I'm ordering some more stuff. If Joe Meyer's Toyota will match every dollar spent up to $5,000 today before 10 o' clock in the store. So that's donations, that's purchases, that's koozies, the new water bottle, which I'm getting another water bottle, hat, T shirts, Koozie, all that stuff. Go shop. You're doing a great job. Thank you. Keep it up. What else?

[Alex]

Hoover Dam is trending. The Hoover Dam has been temporary closed to visitors because of some emergency road repairs and a possible cable issue. Officials do want to make sure that everybody knows that the dam and power plant are still safe.

[Rod Ryan]

I know everybody goes out to Vegas and parties.

[Mo]

Balls.

[Rod Ryan]

And doesn't leave any time to do anything that would like that, that would maybe enrich your life.

[Alex]

It's when you're walking into the casino,

[Rod Ryan]

they're like, you want a helicopter too?

[Alex]

And you're like, no, dude, I want to go gamble.

[Rod Ryan]

I drove out to it. You drove?

[Mo]

I skydived over it.

[Rod Ryan]

I drove out to it and I walked across, across it. And I just stood there for about an hour. And I couldn't believe how amazing it is. The Hoover Dam is just. I can only imagine, like that's how people. That's how you guys must look at the, the Niagara Falls. You Know what I mean? That I grew up seeing. And no big deal anymore. The Hoover Dam. To me, there's no really water movement. It's just this amazing thing that men died building.

[Mo]

Building.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. It's. It's incredible.

[Alex]

And we don't have to share with Canada.

[Rod Ryan]

Don't have to share it with Canada.

[Alex]

It's even better.

[Rod Ryan]

It is on a timeline.

[Alex]

You're standing.

[Rod Ryan]

Standing. It's one hour difference.

[Alex]

Yeah, like straddle. They have a little marker right there.

[Rod Ryan]

Straddle right across your nuts.

[Alex]

So that's training. And then Jumanji is trending. The Jumanji Open World trailer came out yesterday, so people are talking about that they're making a new Jumanji movie.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Alex]

That's what's training. And I forfeited.

[Rod Ryan]

Buzz never watched one of them. No, I watched the first one. Is it good?

[Alex]

Yeah, I liked it.

[Rod Ryan]

Robin Williams.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. And then they went all Jack Blackie after that.

[Alex]

Yeah, I haven't seen the one with the rock and Jack Black, so.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay, can we get. Hey, Chili.

[Mo]

Is he okay?

[Rod Ryan]

He said, we have a scratch, and we have a player in, and it looks like it's affecting Sugar Land. Yeah, we got a scratch on Kenneth. Yeah, Kenneth could not play.

[Mo]

Is he okay?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I talked to him. He just said he couldn't play, so I just.

[Mo]

He got scared.

[Rod Ryan]

I just said, all right. Cool bites. Do you always have a backup? Yes, every day. Yeah, I have a backup. And, you know, like you say, prepare for the worst. So I had a backup for every city, Live radio, everybody playing. I have a backup. So there's like, two for Cyprus, two for Sugarlands. So unless. Alyssa. Like, I'm pointing to my finger, I was like, bring in Vaughn. Bring in Vaughn. Alyssa, good morning. Alyssa, can you hear me? Yes, I can. Oh, my God. You just freaked me out.

[Mo]

Because we don't have a backup for the backup.

[Rod Ryan]

We do not.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

We have one backup. You're it. Alyssa, good morning. How are you? Hi. Good morning. How long have you known that you're playing the Suburb Summer Sizzler today?

[Mo]

About five, ten minutes.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, boy.

[Alex]

All right.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, do you know what we're doing? Like, you signed up for it, but you know what's happening here? I'm gonna. You're on the air right now, live. Let me just start from the beginning. Sorry, if I'm mansplaining.

[Mo]

You're gonna hear a song Two years ago.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, you played. I'm not explaining. I did. Okay. Did you wait, Win? No, I didn't win.

[Mo]

Okay, Just get off your hands. Free your Bluetooth. Whatever. Yeah, you're a little weirdness.

[Rod Ryan]

You're speaker phony right now. I don't know if you want to be doing that, so you might want to make the adjustment. Let me say hi to Brian when you're doing that. Hey, Brian. Good morning. There you are, Brian. You've known for a while that you're playing, huh? Yeah, caught me about a week ago. Okay. Are you speaker phony, too? Am I. I'm not on speakerphone. Bluetooth, something? Nope.

[Mo]

Okay. In a tunnel. Submarine again.

[Rod Ryan]

Like I was yelling at Todd this morning. I don't think it's your fault. I think it's just our phones suck. So. Did you practice, Brian? A couple of days, yeah. Okay. He's been practicing. You're listening to songs, you're shouting out the. Your name, and then you. The song title and the band, Right? Oh. All right. Alyssa, good morning.

[Mo]

Hi. Good morning.

[Rod Ryan]

Does this sound better? It does. I. I think it's us. You guys deserve better than this. You really do. You deserve better than what I Heart has offered up today. But they're not charging, so that's what they're gonna say. It's free. The radio's free still. Brian and Alyssa, Sugarland and Cyprus. One of you advances, one of you goes home. I'm gonna play you a song on the air. Alyssa, what are you gonna do when you hear that song?

[Mo]

I'm gonna say my name.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, you're gonna yell out your name. Brian, what are you gonna do when you hear the song and realize what it is? I'm gonna yell out her name.

[Mo]

He's funny.

[Rod Ryan]

You would yell out your name. Don't. That would freak us out. Okay, here we go. Is this day eight? I don't always write down, but I did today. I thought it was day eight. All right. The eighth suburb summer sizzler of 2026, brought to us by Shell Federal Credit Union. Here we go. Brian, are you ready? Alyssa, are you ready?

[Alex]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm going to say, I don't know where you guys are playing this game, but I'm going to say, get your name in there quickly and nice and clear and loud. Here we go. Good luck to you.

[Alex]

You.

[Rod Ryan]

Here is your song today. Alyssa. Alyssa.

[Alex]

All my life, foo fighters.

[Rod Ryan]

Got it.

[Alex]

Yay.

[Rod Ryan]

What an upper hand. Already playing the game before.

[Mo]

That's amazing.

[Rod Ryan]

She said she played two years ago. I actually lost.

[Mo]

I lost to a Foo Fighters song. Title.

[Rod Ryan]

Up until 10 minutes ago, we didn't know you were playing. Yeah, Brian and Cypress, we Gotta say goodbye to you. All right. Have a good day, man.

[Alex]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

All right. Later, Brian. Cyprus is out. Sugar Land lives to play another day and starts working their way inside the brackets. Congratulations, Alyssa. Great game today and thank you. You really did kind of save us for stepping in and playing. I wish you the best.

[Mo]

Thanks, guys.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you.

[Alex]

Hold on.

[Rod Ryan]

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[Rod Ryan]

94. 5 the Buzz, Foo Fighters and all my life. Well, congratulations. I mean, Alyssa coming in and not only saving the game, but then winning today knowing that she's gonna. She just got called up from the bench. She just got called up. She wasn't even like doing reps, warming up, nothing. She's just like, oh, okay. Well, I told I was a backup. Nobody ever not shows up for the game. Well, Kenneth couldn't play today. At least he let. Thank you. The no show, no call is unacceptable.

[Mo]

That is rude.

[Rod Ryan]

Kenneth did let us know that he couldn't play. I appreciate you as well. Really does. I mean, it just. I'm very fragile. I'm Very.

[Mo]

I'm learning.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm very, very fragile.

[Mo]

Just kidding.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

I need this thing to work.

[Mo]

Okay?

[Rod Ryan]

I want it to work so bad. Brian. Sorry. Your. Your journey stops right here. But Alyssa goes on from Sugar Land. Today's Wednesday. No, that's next week already. Today's Wednesday. Do you have. Who's playing tomorrow? I know today's Wednesday, but I got next week's.

[Mo]

Tomorrow is Thursday. Oh, I have next week's.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Alex]

What?

[Rod Ryan]

I have next week's in front of me. Does somebody take my.

[Mo]

Here you go. Here you go. Thursday, July 30th, Spring Branch versus Pearland. I see Chris and. Spring Branch versus Nick and Pearland.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. Two huge suburbs here competing again. Thank you to our friends over at Shell Federal Credit Union. Winner ultimately receives. Well, $5,250.

[Alex]

Right.

[Rod Ryan]

You have money for getting into the final four on this. We still got weeks to go for that. I am so interested in our poll question today. Like, I didn't. Like, I don't even have to work here. I'd be. I'd be interested in this poll question today. This morning on the news, I heard for the first time daily marijuana use is now more common than daily alcohol use in the United States of America. Well, I. That's not me. That can't be true. I don't live my life like that. People do. But because I don't live my life like that, I thought, let me see if that's number one. The statement is true and correct. Daily marijuana use more common than daily alcohol use in the US 24 states is what I said. And DC legal legalize recreational marijuana. Okay, so that plays into it. Still, half the country doesn't allow it. It's gone up just a little bit. It's 26% of our audience. Like the guy on the phone earlier doesn't partake in any of that stuff. I made it V. V? V. His name was. He said he went by the letter V this morning.

[Mo]

So that's according to our poll.

[Rod Ryan]

He won some tickets. Yeah. This is our poll.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

And I thought. I feel like I know our audience. I thought that would be about right. One out of four people. I don't drink no alcohol. Yeah. No marijuana, no gummies, nothing. I don't. I don't do any of that. That. It's great. 40% of our audience says in a typical week they use alcohol more than anything. 26. 27% of our audience uses cannabis more on a weekly basis. Again, 26%. None. 6% say they're pretty Equal both during the week. So it's 40 to 26 alcohol over cannabis use. That wouldn't, I wouldn't do a poll question if that's was the, if that was the news story.

[Mo]

Right. If that was the national news.

[Rod Ryan]

Because in my mind that's what I think people do. I think more people drink than smoke or, you know, take part in any kind of a THC situation.

[Mo]

You know, your people.

[Rod Ryan]

But there's, but I, I don't. Well, I mean, I know our people, but we. Why are we so off the national.

[Mo]

Is it because we live in Texas? The majority of us are in Texas.

[Rod Ryan]

The numbers are us numbers. But our poll specifically, even though it's on, it's on the world other people, it's on the world Wide Web. It's still, it's a Texas audience that's going to it. So that would weigh into it for sure. But I, I'm not surprised by our numbers at all. I don't think the cannabis number is high. I don't think the alcohol number is high. I don't think the number of people not using anything is high. I, I really do. I could have drawn that up and said that's what I think of the people that I'm talking to every morning. That's what I kind of feel that's got. Well, I kind of feel is out there. Well, you do it long enough, you kind of feel. But then, you know, that's why you do fun things like this. Because you want to see what does our audience do? You know, trying to think the last poll question where I just couldn't believe my ears. I don't know my eyes. There was something that we did not that long ago.

[Mo]

I was going to say it was recent.

[Rod Ryan]

There was some kind of poll question. Like, man, I would have got that one wrong. Like I, like I. Cuz I think I said I thought I knew the audience. Sometimes I really get it wrong. Sometimes I wasn't. I don't remember. But then sometimes I really blow it on Throwback Thursday.

[Mo]

Oh yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

I blow it more times than I get it right. So here's me running around saying, I know you, you guys, I've gotten it wrong on Throwback Thursday more than I've gotten it right. And then I've tried to push a couple of songs on you guys where you just. I've tried. At least I'm trying, but I've tried to. Yeah. Push a couple of songs on you guys. You're like, rod, I love you, but no, this isn't this isn't happening. So it's a nice relationship that we have every morning. I appreciate you guys. The Rod Ryan Show. Hey, you kids, no running by the pool and no rough housing.

[Alex]

Whatever.

[Rod Ryan]

No flipping me off on 94. Five the buzz. Four. Five, the buzz. Good morning. Rod Ryan show on a wild card Wednesday. Keep it up, man. Keep rolling, rolling, rolling. You guys are doing great. I. I love every one of you. Thank you. Special extra love for anybody that's gone into the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. Spent, donated. Awesome. I'm really trying to get this wrapped up by 10 o' clock today. I haven't gotten an update in a little bit, but we're trying to get you guys to come off of $5,000. It's. It's a lot of money. I get it. I know what's going on. I see what's going on with eggs, butter. I see what stuff costs. Joe Meyer's Toyota will match every penny spent this morning up to $5,000. So that's you spend, spending, donating. They'll match that. Okay. You buy a T shirt. That's like two T shirts sold. Okay. But better yet, they're just giving me the cash, so I'm gonna back out money for anything. Kyle backs up what Alyssa said. Kyle is the guy that's got all the notes on Suburb Summer Sizzler.

[Mo]

Oh, okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Alyssa played in 2024. I'm looking at his notes. She from Cyprus, played Glamour from Montrose.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Alyssa guessed wrong. 1.64 seconds on learn to Fly Foo Fighters. She did get a Foo Fighter song today too. She was right on that. And then he wrote down in his notes, Glamour allegedly knew it.

[Mo]

What's happening, Dick?

[Rod Ryan]

She said she knew it. I believed her. If somebody says, yeah, I kind of knew that one, I believe them. Thanks for keeping those kind of notes, Kyle. That's awesome. That's really fun to look back at that stuff. Another great matchup tomorrow. And every morning at 8:20, the suburb Summer Sizzler. The Buzz. Rock and alternative for Houston.

[Mo]

The Rod ryan Morning Show. 6 to 10am 94.

[Rod Ryan]

5 the buzz. Good morning. Rod Ryan Show. Wild card Wednesday. Joe Myers. Match day. Looking forward to an update to see where we're at. We're trying to get you guys to come on for five grand. Every penny spent this morning up to $5,000 will be matched by our friends over at Joe Meyer's Toyota. That goes for donations. That goes. If you just go in there, you buy a koozie. That's like, I sold two koozies Everything you buy double. Okay. Every donation you make doubled up to five grand.

[Mo]

That's huge.

[Rod Ryan]

And we need the money. We do Nothing. Over a 20% chance of rain. Partly cloudy skies today. Highs of around 96. Going to feel like about 108 outside. I got mo right there with Houston's headlines. What you got?

[Mo]

Thanks, Rod. World leaders were in D.C. yesterday for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly earlier this month. I'm talking like the Israeli prime minister was there and the Ukrainian president. And while they were there, they also met with President Trump. A lot to cover both of them.

[Rod Ryan]

I don't think any of us have a shot, but I'm wondering with you because there's still a lot that we don't know about you.

[Mo]

Me?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Who's the most famous person that would show up to your funeral?

[Alex]

Oh, I don't know.

[Rod Ryan]

Who don't we know that, you know, that would probably make an appearance. I don't.

[Mo]

I don't. Maybe. I don't know either.

[Rod Ryan]

Some country person.

[Mo]

I don't know. Maybe.

[Rod Ryan]

Are you pals with somebody? Does Stoney LaRue go to your funeral?

[Mo]

I could only be so lucky.

[Alex]

He's going to use.

[Rod Ryan]

Please get him to sing. Please get him to sing. A little something.

[Mo]

The governor of Kentucky is demanding that Senator Mitch McConnell either show he's still able to do his job or resign. It's now been 43 days since he was hospitalized after a fall, and since then, he has not cast a single vote. He hasn't done any official work. Okay, so this is all coming after he releases yet another photo of short written statements have come out about his condition. But since then, we don't know if he can speak, think, carry out his duties. So legally the governor of Kentucky can't do anything. But obviously this is a hot button issue. A vacancy would be a big deal.

[Rod Ryan]

Let's be clear if you like no Ella Langley or something and. And you're not like getting us in on a group text with her.

[Mo]

Her name is not saved in my phone as Ella Langley. That's for sure.

[Rod Ryan]

You ever saved us something else?

[Mo]

It's a new term that Gen Z workers are talking about and they want to make this popular. It's called micro joy. Do you find micro joys at the office? Forget loving your job. That is so yesterday, 79 of young adults say taking short breaks to find micro joys makes them perform better at the office. Go get a snack, Rod. It's gonna be your micro joy.

[Rod Ryan]

This is the same thing where you had to like compliment people all the time. You had to keep telling people they were doing a good job over and over again. Yeah, same people, right?

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Not me making fun of Gen Z.

[Mo]

They're really, really sensitive.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

They need fresh air.

[Rod Ryan]

You know what? For real, not me making fun of Jenny. Gen Z, sure. Find something that makes you happy. You go to work, they have to pay you to be there. If it was cool, you would just do it on your own. They pay you to go.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

So, yeah. Find little things that make you happy throughout the day. Sure.

[Mo]

Chat with a co worker if that's where you find micro joy.

[Rod Ryan]

Well, do they like talking to people?

[Mo]

Literally what it says. We got the body cam footage of Tony Romo's arrest.

[Alex]

I was just watching some of it earlier. He was active activating the glutes before doing one of the things that was really funny. What he did, like a stretch. He's like, I gotta activate the glutes. He's kind of trying to make a joke about it, but really funny.

[Mo]

How did he seem to you? Did he seem wasted?

[Alex]

No. No.

[Mo]

You're not a cop.

[Alex]

He seemed like a guy that wasn't wasted, but knew that maybe he should not have been operating a vehicle in

[Rod Ryan]

front of a cop right then.

[Alex]

And we knew he was in trouble.

[Mo]

He had an OWI arrest in Wisconsin. He had just left a golf tournament, got pulled over. He was cordial, but wanted to call his attorney before he got out of his vehicle. When he was told he couldn't, he stepped out. It was unsafe to do a field sobriety test right there on the side of the road. So he was taken to the police station. And we see it all on video now.

[Rod Ryan]

Body cam footage that's headlining the Crazy Criminal blog page.

[Alex]

The difference in operating and dui. You can get an operating while intoxicated if you were sitting in the driver's

[Mo]

seat and not driving.

[Alex]

You didn't technically have to be in the act of driving.

[Rod Ryan]

Did he get busted in the park? Well, that wasn't.

[Alex]

I don't think he did, but I don't know. Like I was trying to find out, like, what is the difference in a DWI and owi?

[Mo]

Thank you. I like this next story.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes, this is a cool one.

[Mo]

The most common common male and female names in song titles. This is Johnny Be Good.

[Rod Ryan]

Johnny Be Good Chuck Berry. So the most common male name in music, John or Johnny. Is it? And you said it's specifically the song titles?

[Mo]

Yeah. This one is runners up included. David, James and Peter women. 1 I guess it's Mary. But is Mary. I don't know if I would have told you. Hey, what's the song title that has Mary in it? Would you have come up with this?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Mary Jane's Last and Mary on a Cross is a ghost song. I think we've played that before.

[Alex]

I would not have the ghost one.

[Rod Ryan]

What are the other chick names?

[Mo]

Maria, Juliet, Bella and Linda.

[Rod Ryan]

You know that song?

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Maria. And then there's a Little Wayne Maria song.

[Mo]

That's a Juliet.

[Rod Ryan]

Maria and Juliet. Juliet's the other one.

[Mo]

Yeah,

[Rod Ryan]

we don't have a Juliet song.

[Mo]

How about a Bella

[Rod Ryan]

in the title of the song?

[Alex]

Juliet.

[Mo]

That's the only Juliet I know.

[Rod Ryan]

Bella by Special Effects. It's a smooth jazz song. That ain't gonna work.

[Commercial Announcer]

No.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

Interesting.

[Rod Ryan]

Mary. Seems to me. I just thought it was names that were mentioned in songs. It's the titles.

[Mo]

Those are Houston's headlines.

[Rod Ryan]

Thank you. Take it, Alex.

[Alex]

The Astros got another win last night to beat the Angels 3 to 2. Jordan Alvarez. Homer in the game and hit it. Go ahead. RBI single in the ninth to win it. He has a major league leading 35 home runs on the season so far. It was the Astros seventh win in their last eight games and they're going to wrap up their series with the Angels tonight. Hayden Wisneski is going to be on the mound for the stro. He'll be going up against LA's Grayson Rodriguez. First pitches at 8:38. And you can listen to the game on our sister Station Sports Talk 790. Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

This song is called Blind in Texas. What state is mentioned the most in song titles? Don't Google it. What's your guess? We're playing a Texas one right now.

[Mo]

Is it not Texas? New York. Oh, New York State of mind.

[Rod Ryan]

New York is number one.

[Mo]

Dang it.

[Rod Ryan]

And thank you, New York, of you. Thank you to the Chili Peppers. California is two. Texas is three.

[Mo]

Three interesting states.

[Rod Ryan]

My sense in song titles.

[Alex]

Texans training camp officially starts today. I just saw Tank Dell back out on the field in a helmet. He had the. The knee injury a couple years ago. Missed all last season. Good to see him back out there on the field. Yeah. C.J. stroud in a jersey looks way cooler. You don't need to worry about what he's wearing into the facilities, guys. He looks swaggy as hell in a shirt and shorts.

[Rod Ryan]

He was kind of frumping in. It doesn't matter. He was like, I'm focused on football, bro.

[Alex]

Like, he's not worried about what he's putting on. That was his pre outfit outfit.

[Rod Ryan]

You know, saying I saw a couple other quarterbacks like walking in and had a different vibe to it. He was, I'm just trying to help out.

[Alex]

He was fancy. Okay. I mean it was my quarterback. I would absolutely say the exact same thing right here. If it was a Cowboys quarterback, I'd say he was a. If Jalen Hurts rolled up like that, I would say, wow, What a loser CJ's got. Not a loser. That's what's going on in sports.

[Rod Ryan]

The Buzz. Rocky and alternative for Houston.

[Mo]

The Rod ryan Morning Show.

[Rod Ryan]

6 to 10am 94. Five the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show link car crawling 9 o' clock hour. I did get an update here. We're doing really, really, really good. Today's a very special day. It is our Joe Myers Toyota match day. It's like our last, last kind of thing that we're doing. I, I don't have a name for it. It's just we have these amazing partners that come in throughout the summer and come in and help us out. We come up with creative ways and things that we can do to kind of raise some extra funds so that we can get some backpack money for the kiddos. And today is a huge one. Joe Myers Toyota chuck it in. $5,000. But issuing a challenge to the listeners of the Rod Ryan show. They will match every penny spent in the store today through up until I'd like to get it done at 10 o'. Clock. So any donation or purchase, the money you spend is doubled from Joe Myers Toyota up to $5,000. Deb's update $4,754 has been spent in the store.

[Mo]

Can you map that for me? We need some more.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. So just about 300 more bucks.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

We need about 300 more dollars spent and then we'll get the full five out of. Out of Joe Myers Toyota. So thank you everybody and thank you to everybody at Joe Myers Toyota. Super generous, super generous. The food blog page today there's a little hack. I know Mo likes a good food hack.

[Mo]

I do. As soon as you said food blog page I like perked up.

[Rod Ryan]

But you're not obsessed with coffee like most people?

[Mo]

No, I am drinking it this morning though.

[Rod Ryan]

You go days without it?

[Mo]

Yeah, I don't really like it but

[Rod Ryan]

some kind of a.

[Mo]

You'll do a, I think like an ice caramel situation.

[Rod Ryan]

This is where I was thinking of you. So. And you're a meal prepper. I am never thought about meal prepping your coffee I do. I do that how?

[Mo]

I used to make a big batch.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, okay.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Coffee slushies.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Or frozen coffees. Iced coffee. Viral.

[Mo]

Different. No, this truly, like, completely frozen.

[Rod Ryan]

Listen to me. This truly is a slushy ice. So it's like iced coffees, only it's a lot more work. It's. You know, the kids have invented this.

[Mo]

What do I do?

[Alex]

You.

[Rod Ryan]

You make coffee as you usually would.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Did you hear me when I say let it cool? Let it cool down. Let it get to room temperature? Almost.

[Mo]

Okay. Then I'm putting it in an ice mold.

[Rod Ryan]

You start pouring your coffee into Ziploc bags.

[Mo]

Ziploc bag.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. And then this is where. This is where it could get a little messy. And for those reasons, I'm out. I'm with you.

[Commercial Announcer]

Keep going.

[Rod Ryan]

The Ziploc bag. I'm with you.

[Commercial Announcer]

Cuban.

[Rod Ryan]

I'm with you. Cubes.

[Mo]

The bag is for crumbability later.

[Rod Ryan]

Yes.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

So you can imagine coffee in a Ziploc bag already. There's some. There's some challenges there. Crumbability. You seal it and you toss it in the freezer.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

And you can prep a bunch of these in separate Ziploc bags for each portion. And then you could add your stuff to it if you wanted to sweeten it. Right. Once they're frozen, you take them out and you start whacking them with something.

[Alex]

Yeah. And.

[Rod Ryan]

And the coffee is smashed into chunks. And now you have frozen coffee.

[Mo]

Huh.

[Rod Ryan]

And it's all prepped and ready to go in the freezer.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

So if you put the pieces in glass and you put your favorite milk over it or whatever, the. The coffee will slowly melt into that. Now, did I mention that don't. Did I say don't pour hot coffee into. Into a Ziploc bag?

[Mo]

You did.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

Made it very clear.

[Alex]

Made it.

[Rod Ryan]

Make sure it cools. Make sure the bags. Did I. Did I mention to make sure those bags are sealed? That seems like a mess right there. I mean, can you imagine if those bags are not what a huge mess you're going to have on your hands?

[Alex]

You put them in plastic bags. Think of all the microplastics you're consuming. Big anti microplastics.

[Mo]

I'm trying not to do plastic rod.

[Rod Ryan]

Listen, I. I don't believe most of the people that are doing the prep that they say they're doing on these Internet.

[Alex]

I think I believe they film it once, and then that is like, this is how you meal prep, guys.

[Rod Ryan]

And for those reasons, I'm with you again.

[Alex]

I Don't know.

[Mo]

Once you subscribe to meal prep, it's like no changing.

[Rod Ryan]

I. I feel like it's a game

[Mo]

changer for my life.

[Rod Ryan]

They make a video and then I don't know that they keep up with that. I don't think that most people are making these coffee slushies, but it was interesting. I thought it was the least interesting. You want to see them being made and everything. Then there's a wiener cake to celebrate the Wiener Mobile's 90th birthday.

[Mo]

I have a wiener cake pan.

[Rod Ryan]

There's a perfect for this. Sorry.

[Mo]

Yeah, like a cake pan that's shaped like a wiener.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, you're the one that has to make all the cakes for the. For the bachelorette parties. Yeah.

[Mo]

When are we celebrating with wiener cake?

[Rod Ryan]

You made me make us wiener loaf of bread already.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

With. No. I mean, that was just from.

[Alex]

That's true.

[Rod Ryan]

Apparently from memory.

[Mo]

Wow.

[Alex]

Houston's rock.

[Rod Ryan]

Houston's alternative all day. And the Rod ryan Morning Show.

[Alex]

94.

[Mo]

5 the buzz.

[Rod Ryan]

94. 5 the buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. I love you guys. Thank you. Still working towards that $5,000. Joe Myers has already kicked in 5,000. They're matching every penny that you guys spend in the store and donate up to 5,000 today. We got to be real close at this point. You guys are awesome. Online. It's Alex.

[Alex]

Online.

[Mo]

94.

[Rod Ryan]

5 the buzz. Okay. What you got? All right.

[Alex]

Today's AOL is called Connect to the stars. And your job is to type in two random actors or actresses and figure out the fastest way to connect them. Sometimes it's a movie that they shared and then it will tell you that you did that. Like, if you do John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, stepbrothers. That's the easiest way to connect.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. You're done. They're already connected.

[Alex]

Did. I'm trying to connect Mark Wahlberg and Vin Diesel right now. And the best way to do that was Dwayne the Rock Johnson because he has starred in multiple films with each of them. And I just remembered it because most favorite movie, Fast and Furious. I was like, oh, the Rock was in that too. Boom. That's the easiest way to connect Mark Wahlberg to Vin Diesel.

[Rod Ryan]

He was in the other guys. Yes, me. Give me two more.

[Alex]

Well, you so like, you. You come up with them like that. It's not giving you two random people. Like, you pick anybody you want, but then you have to play the game. So the more. More obscure, the more difficult it is.

[Mo]

Points wise.

[Rod Ryan]

Mo Connect me with Ella Langley.

[Alex]

Not an actress.

[Rod Ryan]

Do it now. Now. Do it.

[Mo]

No, I don't see any connection.

[Alex]

Go check it out. See if you can connect all the stars at the world famous Ride Ryan Show. Page the buzz dot com.

[Rod Ryan]

Get me in the group chat. Ridiculous. It's so hot. How hot is it? I let my dog take the wheel so I can put my head out the window. The Rod ryan show on 94. Five the buzz. 94. Five the buzz. Good morning. Rod Ryan show. Ten years with cocker Divide and the Optimist Rod Ryan show on this crazy great Wednesday. Just an awesome, awesome Wednesday. We're coming up on 9:30. We got about another 30 minutes for you to get in there and do a little shopping in the Rod Ryan Show Cares online store. Mo, that's a nice looking water bottle you got over there.

[Mo]

You like what I got?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, I do.

[Mo]

It's got multiple mouthpieces on it. So whatever your mouth is feeling, this water bottle will make it feel good.

[Rod Ryan]

What are the options? You said there's multiple ways to.

[Mo]

You can either unscrew and just like chug or we've got a soft tip right here.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mo]

Or if you flip the other way,

[Rod Ryan]

it's a lip chug where you kind of pour. Okay. And that's kind of like a odd walla.

[Mo]

Oala.

[Rod Ryan]

Oala.

[Mo]

Yeah, it's a little thicker than oala. It's good.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

I like it.

[Rod Ryan]

Got a water bottle, we got a hat, Jacuzzis, T shirts. Mo's wearing a shirt today. Your shirt looks great today. You look awesome today. Thank you. Appreciate that. Trying to get you to get in there and get some stuff. Or you already got enough of our stuff. Drop 20 bucks in there. Boom. That goes a long way, guys. That goes a long way. Thank you. I googled. I can only imagine our IT department.

[Mo]

The stuff I google is insane.

[Rod Ryan]

I didn't know if this was true or not. I googled. Do eyebrows grow back?

[Mo]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

AI Google says yes. Eyebrows usually grow back, taking about three to four months to complete a full growth cycle. Though regrowth depends on the health of your hair follicles. The reason that I looked that up.

[Mo]

Did you shave them at one point in your life?

[Rod Ryan]

No, but I heard Pam Anderson talking about overdoing her eyebrows back in the

[Mo]

day and yeah, over plucking.

[Rod Ryan]

Everybody wanted those real. Everybody wanted like her eyebrows.

[Mo]

Pencil thin.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah. Was in style and then now she's stuck with them. Why aren't they growing back?

[Mo]

Well, as you age, your hair doesn't grow the same and some People's hair just doesn't grow as well as others.

[Rod Ryan]

But if you shave your eyebrows or you pluck your eyebrows, that affects the coming back. I don't know.

[Mo]

Some people claim that shaving them would make them grow back thicker. It just depends on who you are.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, that's how my back works.

[Mo]

Yes. I know in some cultures they shave babies heads and hope that they have big, thick.

[Rod Ryan]

Shave that head. I shave my head all the time. It's not growing back, man.

[Mo]

See, that's what I'm saying.

[Rod Ryan]

But man, different people on my back, forget it and get God's.

[Mo]

That's weird.

[Rod Ryan]

God's a funny guy. God is a funny guy.

[Alex]

Dude.

[Mo]

So strange.

[Rod Ryan]

Took it off the top of my head, threw it all in my ears and my back.

[Mo]

I have plenty of hair on my head.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mo]

But I don't have hair on my legs or arms.

[Rod Ryan]

I didn't know that.

[Mo]

Yeah. Isn't that weird?

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Mike, the reason that I thought about this, there's a guy that's on 3 Things yous Must See Today. Now, I know that I've ruined this blog page for a lot of you this week. So much so that a guy sent me an email today. He bought the 713 shirt and something else. And he said, even though you ruined. Ruined me with your foot fork.

[Mo]

I knew that's what it was.

[Rod Ryan]

Even though you ruined me with your little foot fork story, I still went in to help the kids.

[Mo]

For the kids, not for Rockies.

[Rod Ryan]

For the kids.

[Mo]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Tell me that's not one of the three things you should have seen that day when that woman was scraping her foot with a fork.

[Mo]

It was trending. But Alex and I did not watch the video.

[Rod Ryan]

An Idaho man sacrificed his eyebrows. He lost them. They. He singed them off. He broke the Guinness World Record for most consecutive flaming torch juggling catches on a unicycle. But the casualty was he lost his eyebrows in that. So that's why I wondered, is he stuck looking like that forever? For a while, people without eyebrows look weird. And I know that's like a weird. I know Kardashian and I think even Beyonce. Look at Beyonce's picture on her Instagram. Whatever she uses as her, like, hey, this is Beyonce. Click me and look at all my stuff. I don't think she has like, they. They block out their eyebrows. It just. It freaks me out. You look like an alien.

[Mo]

The eyebrows are like.

[Rod Ryan]

You look like an alien.

[Mo]

Way to your soul.

[Rod Ryan]

There was an actor, he had a pretty pronounced brow. But when it came Right down to it. And I think he wound up being a creep.

[Mo]

The.

[Rod Ryan]

The principal Alex on Ferris Bueller's Day off. You recognize that guy? He was also in Beetlejuice. He was the dad on Beetlejuice. No eyebrows on that dude. Go look.

[Mo]

Oh, he's like a.

[Rod Ryan]

No, he was an actor. He was an actor.

[Alex]

Eyebrows and Ferris Bueller.

[Rod Ryan]

No, he does.

[Mo]

You.

[Rod Ryan]

You're led to believe that man has no eyebrows.

[Mo]

Eyebrows. Look at his Wikipedia page. Jeffrey Jones.

[Rod Ryan]

Jeffrey Jones. Jones.

[Mo]

There's no eyebrows there.

[Rod Ryan]

You just. You saw him on screen and there was something a little odd looking about him, but you couldn't put it together. No eyebrows. Just the man doesn't have eyebrows. Now the other thing on Three things you must see today. This is pretty cool. What the heck this song is. Police Message in a bottle. They're doing some kind of wetlands cleanup in New Jersey.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

A volunteer found a message in a box. Bottle had been floating around 53 years. The note turned out to be a message written by a nine year old girl, Lori Blair. She wrote in 1973, wrote a message in a bottle, capped it and threw it in the water. No one's seen it since.

[Mo]

Finish the story.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, she joked in the message that she had been captured by sponge fisher fisherman and needed to be rescued.

[Mo]

Okay.

[Rod Ryan]

Nine year old prankster.

[Mo]

Did they find her?

[Rod Ryan]

The man who found it shared it online and eventually reached Lori's sister who immediately recognized. That's my sister's weirdo sense of humor. She was always like that. Unfortunately, the girl that wrote the, the, the, the. The message in the bottle passed away in 2019. But the guy gave gave the message to the family and they're preserving it and they've got this thing.

[Mo]

The Internet is good sometimes.

[Rod Ryan]

That's cool.

[Mo]

That is really cool.

[Rod Ryan]

I've seen these stories before and it's like you're never gonna. The Internet's a wonderful thing sometimes. It connected these families and they're like, oh yeah, that was my daughter.

[Alex]

That

[Rod Ryan]

what nine year old talks about being captured. That's a funny kiss. Summertime tip. Don't stare at women in bikinis in front of your girlfriend. Wait till she goes to the bathroom. 94. Five to the buzz. Come on. 94. Five the buzz. Good morning Rod Ryan show. Love it. Cypress Hill. Insane in the brain. 9:39. It's gonna be hot today. There's a 20 chance. Do we want it to rain now to cool off?

[Mo]

That'd be nice. We just don't want it to come with any like other stuff.

[Rod Ryan]

Correct. All right, it's only a 20. Chance of rain, partly cloudy skies, true temperature around 96.97. Gonna feel like well over 100 degrees. Oh, I see Tanner is in the store. He's trying to check out right now.

[Mo]

Did he figure it out? He was having a little issue. He emailed.

[Rod Ryan]

Let me see if an order went through. Josh Tree. Thank you. Jeez, Ashley, come on. All right, I know that we're over $5,000. Nice. I, I, I, I. I don't have to do the math. I don't know what the number is. I told you this morning, Bro bro Brad put 500 in the store.

[Mo]

Yes.

[Rod Ryan]

And then I mentioned. And I promise you, you have to. You have to have. Have my back on this. You have my word on a stack of Bibles. I wasn't doing it to say, oh, look at Bro Brad. I'm thanking him.

[Mo]

You're thinking him.

[Rod Ryan]

I also mentioned in that same time frame, I said, him and Ashley are, like, the two most generous D donors.

[Mo]

And you were thinking that of all time. No, she didn't.

[Rod Ryan]

Did she hear that saying, oh, Bro Brad put in 500. She put in $543.

[Mo]

Thank you. Y' all are hilarious. So sweet and generous.

[Rod Ryan]

These people are at a group chat or what? Because Josh Tree said. He goes, well, does that make Bro Brad the alt? And I didn't mention that on the air because I didn't want to start a fight.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Or, you know, I didn't want to start a friendly pissing contest, but Josh Tree on the. On the slide just asked me. He goes, do you think Bro Brad now is your biggest donator for all the charities? And I said, I, I really don't know. I said, I'm so thankful to have all of you. And Josh Tree went in there and bought. But Ashley said, oh, bro Brad put 500 in.

[Mo]

Take that.

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, I'm gonna put 500. 543. All right, we're over the $5,000.

[Alex]

We're getting.

[Rod Ryan]

We're getting the full $5,000 from Joe Myers Toyota. And then, due to all of your generosity. Thank you, everybody. You guys went in, and I know you smoked the $5,000 at this point. So they're. They're going to match every penny spent up to 5,000 donated and in store purchases. Thank you, guys. What a great day. What a great day. Mo, let's talk about giving something away here.

[Mo]

Oh, I would love to.

[Rod Ryan]

What do you got?

[Mo]

I have Motley Crue tickets.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Mo]

Return of the Carnival of Sins tour is in the Woodland on September 11th. Ticketmaster.com if you want to buy the tickets. But we have a pair for you if you know the show.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay. And if you want a T shirt or I'm on the hook. I gotta sell this stuff.

[Mo]

Please don't. Stop.

[Rod Ryan]

Stop. Yeah, keep going.

[Mo]

Expensive.

[Rod Ryan]

Buy the shirts, buy the water. I gotta get. I gotta get my money back for that stuff.

[Alex]

Houston's rock and alternative and the Rod ryan Morning Show.

[Rod Ryan]

6 to 10am, the Buzz. 94. 5 the Buzz. Good morning, Rod Ryan show. As we get ready to wrap up this Wednesday edition, I got Motley Crue tickets. Now Tesla and Extreme are opening. Two awesome bands. I know crew headliner, no question here. But those two bands, I'm telling you, you will be blown away how great they still are. This package is playing September 11th at the Woodlands Pavilion. All right, time for Mo the show. Mo's got a question for you. Go ahead.

[Mo]

Hey, Rod, besides her T shirt, what item from the Rod Ryan Show Care store is Mo using on today's match day?

[Rod Ryan]

Oh, yeah.

[Mo]

713-212-5945.

[Commercial Announcer]

Extra credit.

[Rod Ryan]

Yeah, The T shirt's great, though.

[Mo]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

The T shirt is great.

[Mo]

You didn't like it on me as much as you liked it on Alex, but it would have been creepy if you liked it on me as much as you liked it on Alex.

[Rod Ryan]

Alex really did look good in that shirt the other day. All right. 713-212-5945. This is the Rod Ryan show. Rod ryan on 94. 5 the buzz. Come on, 94. 5 the buzz. Rod ryan show. 09:55. Let's go give away these tickets, do some thank yous and get out. It's now time for Know the show on 94. 5 the Buz. Ah, Good morning, Rod Ryan show. Who's this? Who is it? Who is this? Isaiah. Isaiah. How are you today, good sir? Good, how are you? Super great, thank you. Are you calling about know the show? I am. Good for you.

[Mo]

Hey, man. Mo. Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

This guy sounds like he wants to be asked a question.

[Mo]

Oh, Isaiah. You're in the right place, Isaiah. Besides her T shirt, what item from the Rod Ryan show Care store is Mo using on today's match day?

[Rod Ryan]

It would be her water bottle thermos she's drinking out of Rob Ryan show. Selling a really cool water bottle. She went and bought one. That's good. They got about 15 more. I got couple a Go sell.

[Mo]

Let's do it.

[Rod Ryan]

You win, Isaiah.

[Mo]

Yes, Isaiah. MLE crew, return of the carnival as s tour, September 11th in the woodlands. I see Tesla, I see Extreme. You'll be there. Ticketmaster.com.

[Rod Ryan]

everybody else, let's go. Thank you guys. Thank you.

[Mo]

Out.

[Rod Ryan]

Congratulations, dude.

[Mo]

Thank you.

[Alex]

Appreciate. Thank you guys.

[Rod Ryan]

God damn it. I was trying to get a Motley Crue song. Nobody. That was like the 10th one I put in. None of them work.

[Alex]

Why are they in there?

[Rod Ryan]

Alex, why do you put in stuff that's not there?

[Alex]

Do not.

[Rod Ryan]

No you don't. Isaiah, you're the man, dude. Have a great day. Oh, hey, can I, can I run the poll question by you? Cuz I have, I have like 60 seconds. Can I, can I run? Can I? Okay, my poll question today, do you know what it is?

[Mo]

I'm sorry?

[Rod Ryan]

Do you know what our poll question is today?

[Alex]

No, I don't.

[Rod Ryan]

I want you to be comfortable. For the first time, daily marijuana use is now more common than daily alcohol use in the US I was blown away by this. I'm asking our listeners, what do you use more in a typical week? Alcohol. Any kind of cannabis products or none of it

[Mo]

alcohol, man.

[Rod Ryan]

I usually don't make an old Fashioned every night. So yeah, a little bit alcohol wind down with a drink that makes sense to me. Isaiah, you rule, man. Thanks for being on the show today. I appreciate it.

[Alex]

Thank you.

[Rod Ryan]

Appreciate you, dude. So more people in America using marijuana than alcohol. Rod Ryan show listeners, when asked, pretty consistent, 26% of our audience not taking part in any of that. 24% of our audience cannabis products. 42% of our audience alcohol. About 6% using both equally. 42% alcohol. 24% cannabis. More alcohol than cannabis. Not legal in the state of Texas, but only 24 states where it's legal. And when asked across the country for the first time ever, more cannabis usage than alcohol in the country.

[Commercial Announcer]

Wow.

[Rod Ryan]

I know our audience. I know our people here. Let's go back to 6:20 this morning when seven time hall of Famer, why is the carpet wet? Todd lost to an eight time hall of Famer. He was trying to get in the hall of Fame and Kenny the Cashman rolled in. Josh the Goat showed me like a group text, whatever, and he said, I bet it's going to be Kenny that gets in. It was timestamped before Kenny was on the air. Goat called it that Kenny was going to call in to try to play.

[Mo]

Y' all are funny.

[Rod Ryan]

So funny. So Kenny is going to try to go for win number two tomorrow in the fresh out of bed. Head to head at 6:20. It's a fun game guys, Joe won the seven dust theory of a Dead man tickets V is going to the sold out Stained show. Thank you to Shell Federal Credit Union for ponying up for the suburb Summer Sizzler. And Alyssa came in out of the bullpen as a alternate to play and win. Sugarland advances. Spring Branch takes on Paris Land tomorrow. We're still in the outside of the bracket. Anything goes. All right. That game will be tomorrow at 8:20. Tomorrow's Thursday. Already?

[Alex]

Already.

[Rod Ryan]

Holy canoli. That means read my lips. At 7:20. And the suburb summer sizzler at 8:20. Joe Myers. From Lance on. From Lance at the top for everybody on down. Thank you. At Joe Myers Toyo Dakota to pony up that $5,000 and to motivate everybody. I, I don't know what the final number is, but you guys smoked the five grand so probably a eleven thousand dollar day today. It's a huge day and we need it. And we need it new past the gravy. What's going on?

[Alex]

Gonna be gonna be a good one today.

[Rod Ryan]

Gonna record one today.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Rod Ryan]

Okay.

[Alex]

Be out later tonight.

[Rod Ryan]

Awesome. Jeremy's got got gas cash coming up in 10 minutes. He's got the non stop nooner. Pick your tickets with him in the 1 o' clock hour. That's it. We gotta go. We're so lucky to have you guys as the best audience in the world. The best listeners in the world. I use that hashtag all the time and man, I mean it every time I do it. Thank you so much being on this crazy ride with us. We're on a 20 hour break. We'll do much better tomorrow. All right, AMF. Thank you Houston. Welcome. 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] Tyler Redick here from 2311 Racing the Rush of racing. Nothing beats it but Chumba Casino comes close. Chumba's got fast spins, fun games, daily bonuses and all the action you can handle. Now that's a ride. Ready to hit the throttle? Get in the driver's seat and head to chumbacasino.com let's Chumba. Sponsored by Chumba Casino. No purchase necessary VGW Group voidware prohibited by law 21 terms and conditions apply.

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