Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - I Wanna Believe…| 6|01|26

Episode Date: June 1, 2026

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free of charge. BetMGM operates pursuant to an operating agreement with Eye Gaming Ontario. I was so happy when I saw an AI training app, Shift, is giving away professional home cleanings. Oh, I'm in. I accept it's for people who live in New York City. So good for you. There wasn't any shift professional home cleanings in the DFW area in Texas. So I'm out.

for right now. But as long as they let the company, you're going to record the process and use the data to train the next generation of autonomous robot housekeepers. Because apparently, and we know this from all the videos and all the hype that we've seen, AI still needs more help cleaning our homes and cleaning everything that we own because that's what they're going to be used for the most. I want my robot to be able to clean. But so if you live in New York, City, you have an opportunity to let Schiff use their AI robot to clean your home, just for

complete information. According to Shift, since the first person footage will be used to train up to the next robot, the next Rosie Jetson, it's more than valuable enough to cover the cost of the cleaners for a limited time. Shift also

promotes promises to blur out sensitive details to ensure customer privacy. The promotion all ties into the app's primary function, paying people to wear cameras while they perform a range of everyday tasks. ARS Technica, Earth Technica, reported that Shift, U.S. General Manager Harry Kilberg said the platform has paid tens of thousands of people in 15 countries to record daily work and chores. AI training isn't new. Of course, companies like Merkore and Handshake, already worth billions. But they're typically been geared more toward white collar work.

Yeah, well, we need people who are going to clean our homes. But other companies like Enchord, Micro One, even DoorDash, are focusing on physical tasks. And that is awesome. Because I know you are maybe a little hesitant to allow the robot to come into your home. But if I can have Dubot, if I can have Dewey in my home doing everyday chores, I am all about it. And I was, I mean, I cannot tell you how happy. I was like, I am contacting Shift right now.

I want, they can come into my home and, oh, no, I don't live in New York City. So I'm out. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. Fat 5 Plus. So a Google. employee has been charged with insider trading on the old polymarket. This Michelle Spagnulo, I think that's how you pronounce her last name, Spagnuolo,

S-P-A-G-N-U-L-O-S-A-N-U-L-S-A-N-U-O-O-O-O. An information security engineer at Google who used the username Alpha Raccoon allegedly made $1.2 million on bets using insider info. According to prosecutors, Mr. Raccoon correctly wagered that the singer David, David with a four for the ape, would be the most search person of 2025

based on access he had to internal and confidential Google data. So the arrest is the latest in a long list of insider training scandals connected to prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. So there's that. If you have insider trading,

you got to make it a little bit more, a little bit more hidden than just working for the company that you're making bets on that's going to turn out that way. Yeah, I mean, you're going to have to maybe go through a couple of different email steps so they won't find you. But what do I know? Nothing. I mean, you want to talk about someone who, you know, making a bunch of money and then now is missing.

Last night during my doom scrolling hours, I see a story here about a Georgia inmate who stole $11 million from behind bars using a contraband phone, then walked out of the minimum security prison camp, and is now on the run. 34-year-old Arthur Lee Coffield from Atlanta, already serving an 11-year sentence for identity theft, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity. theft. Prosecutors say he impersonated a California billionaire movie producer, drained $11 million from a Charles Swab account, bought over 6,000 American Gold Eagle coins, had them flown to Atlanta on a private plane, and used part of the money to buy a $4.4 million mansion in Buckhead, all while locked up. He was at the satellite camp next to FCI Jessup when he escaped, and U.S. Marshals have launched a full manhunt. Stole $11 million while inside prison and then just walked away.

Now, I have no idea. This is me doom scrolling late at night, so whether this is true or not. But if it's true, wow. And if it isn't true, it's still a great story and should be made a TV show or something out of it. But just incredible that this actually happened. And look, this guy has figured out a way to scam people and he's in prison. And he's just doing it over the phone.

I mean, the criminal in me wants to say good job. The right-thinking American following the laws wants me to say, you, you, bad person, you. You, we need to find you and get you back in jail, sir. You know, speaking of Google, I see where Google, yes, the Google company, is planning to release millions of mosquitoes into capital, California to allegedly help stop diseases.

Now, the tech giant is seeking federal approval to release up to 32 million specially treated mosquitoes in California and Florida over the next two years as part of an effort to reduce the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nauvirus, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue, Zika, Chickagungaya, and yellow fever. What I say? Chikungunya and Yellow Fever. The proposal is currently under review by the EPA, which is accepting public comments through June 5th, before deciding whether to issue an experimental use permit. So if you're listening live, today is the 1st of June, and that means you have four more days.

If those of you listening at another time, you have until June 5, 2026, to put your comment in, on the release of millions of mosquitoes in California and Florida. While I don't want people to have, you know, mosquito-borne diseases, I feel like this is going to give us unintended consequences. So I would vote no on that. But that's just me. So as I said earlier, it is June 1st, for those of you,

listening live. So happy birthday to my youngest daughter, Maya. 19 today. Wow. 19. Holy cow. Happy birthday, Maya. I love you. It just seems like yesterday. And it also is hurricane season. Yes. Hurricane season runs through November 30th. Starts today. There are no hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin right now. So just be prepared. Always be prepared. You never know when one might just hop up. up and then we're following across the Atlantic and pretty soon it's in the Caribbean and the next thing you know

it's smashing into the coastline all along the Gulf of America and so just be prepared it is hurricane season so that runs till November 30th so after November 30th there's no chance that there could be a hurricane

there is well actually there is but usually not so be prepared Anyway, also today is the birthday of Marilyn Monroe. And I forgot about that. She was born in 1926. She would have been a hundred years old today. Obviously, she's not 100 years old because she died way too young.

Goodbye Norma Jean. Yeah, she died at the age of 36. But I did not know this little fun fact about Marilyn Monroe. She was one of Hollywood's highest earners. Her films grossed the equivalent of $2.2 billion in today's terms. And that was at the time of her death in 1962. So holy cow. Hollywood was completely kicked in the groin from her death.

And, I mean, the two big movies, you know, diamonds are a girl's best friend and gentlemen prefer blondes. I mean, she had, I mean, memorabilia. It's just incredible. So rest in peace to born Norma Jean Mortensen in June 1st, 1926. You knew her as Marilyn Monroe. And we all grew to love her through the Elth and John song.

Goodbye, Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all. So you're welcome for me, putting that song in your head today. Be sure to follow me on my socials at Jeffie JFR on X. Jeff Fisher Radio on Facebook and Instagram.

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Oh, boy, it looks like there's trouble in River City. Actually, it's in South Dakota. We interviewed this guy. Dante Vecino. He is the operations director of the survivalist community in South Dakota that lives in the former nuke bunkers that they've built these shelters. It's an 18 square mile off-grid compound. It houses 575 concrete bunkers that can allegedly withstand nuclear blasts, solar flares,

super volcanoes, and economic collapse. Real doomsday Preper's Paradise, you know, for sure. But apparently they have an HOA, ha, figures. They can't go anywhere without the... those damn HOA people showing up. So according to this, residents, it's $55,000 plus rent and fees. They get a 99-year lease on a shelter,

plus a long list of rules to follow, like what happens in Bunkertown, stays in Bunkertown, a failure to follow the regulations can get you evicted. In September, more than 100 VIVO's tenants sued, saying they never got amenities they were promised, including a gym, a restaurant, general store, and clinic. Now, Operations Director Dante Vassino, who we have interviewed here on Blaze TV, I believe,

on Blaze TV, Pat Unleashed, Pat Unleashed program over time. We talked to him, I think, I want to say a year, maybe two years ago. I don't remember. Time goes by so fast. And I believe it was, myself and the other guy that does the show with me that's not Pat. What's his name?

Keith, Keith, Keith, Keith Maloney. We interviewed him on an overtime show for Pat Unleashed, which is the program that you can listen and watch me every day. Pat Unleashed, I do a fat five daily, a daily fat five on the Pat Unleased program, plus I'm part of the entire show. And if you want to watch the entire show, plus those. overtimes, you can subscribe to Blaze TV. Just go to blazestivy.com slash jeffy.

BlazTV.com slash J-E-F-F-Y. That gets you $20 off an annual subscription. You could do that today. Well, anyway, Dante said, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, that's, those things are still in the works. It's hard to find labor in the compounds remote area. And we've got the septic system dispute. apparently one person got shot over a septic system issue

and another incident a resident pulled out a firearm over a dog that was running free you don't want none of that so if you're part of the south dakota vivos bunker town easy take it easy okay you don't want to fight inside the inside the property there you're waiting for doomsday so i mean this is big time it's when a real state's big trends, luxury bunkers. And so you want to take it easy, okay? I mean, it's still South Dakota. And you're living out there, you know, with nothing.

Sure, you may have promised these things, but Dante's working on it. So take it easy. Go back inside your bunker. Take a breath. I mean, maybe this is where Christy Nome is hiding out. It's in South Dakota. Have we heard from her lately?

I don't think so. Not since, you know, I know it's a private issue. now, but not since she stepped away from being a secretary of Homeland Security, and that's since we found out that hubby, you know, has been spending a bunch of money on, on, what the heck were they called? They have bimbofication. Yes, he wanted the bimbofication. So, I don't know.

Maybe, you know, maybe in Bunker Town there. the bimboification is a little slow internet hookup so I probably couldn't do it. But we haven't heard from Christy in a while. So I hope everything's okay. And I hope she had run off and put another dog down in the gravel pit. But you never know. You know, another doom scrolling story that I found last night was, again, my doom scrolling stories, I don't know if they're true.

I don't know if they're real. I just know that I want them to be real. A guy by the name of Eric Poland, P-O-U-L-I-N, a father of five, has spent nearly 10 years getting randomly drunk without touching a single drop of alcohol. He has auto brewery syndrome. Okay. It's a rare condition.

where bacteria in his gut ferment carbohydrates into alcohol, leaving him with slurred speech, brain fog, and the smell of booze on his breath at completely random times. For years, doctors and even his own family dismissed him as a closet drinker. Poland has been able to not been able to work since 2023. Oh, he's had to give up work the last couple years. Oh, no. because his symptoms are so unpredictable.

He can't even plan anything day to day. His wife, Sarah, has been fighting for his diagnosis and is now building an app called Abstract to help other people with the same condition, track their symptoms, and get taken seriously by the medical system. Yeah, that's good. I'm glad the wife is, you know, she wants to get this taken seriously so maybe she could get some government money

because hubby's not able to work because he's suffering from this rare condition where bacteria in his gut ferment carbohydrates into alcohol and they give him a condition called auto brewery syndrome so all the best and I hope everything works out for you Eric

and you know I want to know I want you to know I believe you. Okay. I believe you. Who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with Joe Negri.

Joe Negri, age 99, just shy of his 100th birthday. He was a fixture of one of it. Don't pretend like you don't know who Joe Negri is. He was a fixture of one of America's, most cherished children of television shows. Yes, he was on Mr. Rogers' neighborhood. He died, according to his family of natural causes at the age of 99. Long before he was even known on Mr. Rogers as Negri had already built a remarkable music career.

Born in Pittsburgh, they were fellow Pittsburghians. In 1926, he started playing instruments as a young child after receiving. receiving a ukulele from his father at age three. By 16, he was touring the country with swing bands. Negri went on to perform on radio programs, play clubs, including Fred and Gene Kelly were there and expand his repertoire across multiple instruments. But his most enduring role came as Handyman Negri, who appeared throughout the entire run of Mr. Rogers' neighborhood, remaining a familiar face across the 31 seasons from 1916.

to 2001. And even after the show ended, Negri continued teaching music for years before retiring in 2019. That's the same year, Pennsylvania honored him with a lifetime achievement award in the arts, recognizing his contributions to music and the community. Yeah, no kidding.

So rest in peace. What a good man and a talented man. A rest in peace to Joe Negri, dead at the age of 99. Then we have Ronald Lepred, Ronald Lepred, founding member and former bassist of the Commodores. I love the Commodores. He was 75. Ronald Lepred. I mean, I was so hooked on the Commodores for quite some time.

Apparently, he died of something that the family doesn't want to start. to know. Apparently, it was a sudden medical event. So, okay. He's been living in New Zealand for the last 40 years, Ronald LaPred, co-founder of the Commodores, first known as The Mystics with Lionel Richie, Walter Cycle Orange and William King and Milan Williams and Thomas McClare. I mean, I loved the Commodores and it's very sad to see members of pass away. rest in peace to Ronald LePred dead at the age of 75. Then we have Maria Lucas, Maria Lucas, dead at the age of 80. Maria, who won an Oscar for editing Star Wars, directed by her former husband, George Lucas,

died at the age of 80. Apparently, she had cancer, very sad. She remembered as a brilliant storyteller. a trail-based blazer for women in film, loving mother and grandmother, and a generous host, and a loyal friend. Wow, she was everything all of the above. So rest and peace to Maria Lucas,

dead at the age of 80. Now, when I first read this story, I thought they're trying to put me out of business. Now, if you're a recent listener to chewing the fat, you may not know that I am a Heinz ketchup police officer. I have a badge. I go around and if you are a restaurant that puts fake ketchup, and that's all other ketchup but Heinz,

inside of Heinz bottles at your restaurant to try to pretend like you have the king of ketchup at your restaurant, but you really don't. I will whip on my badge. I will shut this place down immediately. Well, Heinz now has what they call the label of, truth and it's work that proves great in

advertising. The brand had a real problem and instead of running a film about authenticity, they solved it in the design. Yeah, it was a problem. That's why I B. Claim became a Heinz police officer to make sure that this problem didn't exist or at least

tried to put a stop to it. Well, now every bottle on every table is doing the talking and that's a rare kind of thinking that makes the product, the campaign, and the customer, the inspector. So what happens is the restaurants were refilling the Heinz

bottles, as I said, with the cheap ketchup, which is any ketchup that isn't Heinz. So the owner tries to scam you into thinking that they actually have the top of the line ketchup when in fact they don't. So what they're

doing is they now know the precise shade of red they're known for on their ketchup bottle. And so they added the exact red as a border around the label. If the colors don't match, it's not Heinz. And I thought they are trying to put me out of business. But really, what they're doing is just helping me.

Helping me because we don't want people impersonating Heinz and putting cheap ketchup inside a Heinz ketchup bottle. And I'm trying to pawn it off as Heinz ketchup. So they're just assisting me in that battle. And I appreciate that from Heinz's. Okay, one more, one last doom scrolling story, my late night doom scrolling. This is a story. And again, my doom scrolling, I don't know if they're real or not real or whatever,

but I love the stories and I want to share them with you. In 2015, George Pickering decided the medical professionals were moving a bit too quickly to declare his son brain dead and harvest his organs. To buy some time, he bought a gun. and he brought it to the Tomball Regional Medical Center and instigated an hours-long standoff with a SWAT team. He later admitted he was intoxicated and aggressive, but felt he had blinders on.

During the standoff, Pickering claimed that his son squeezed his hand on command. That was a notable development, considering the hospital had already begun the process of removing life support and notified organ. owners. The standoff ended when police used a robot, even back then, to pull back the curtain, Pickering surrendered, but his son eventually made a full recovery. A later stating his father broke the law for the right reasons. Uh, yeah, hello. So he was recently released from jail after his charges were lessened. Uh, the hospital maintains

that decisions regarding care should be expressed in a way that does not involve endangering others. It was the only way that he could get it through your thick skulls. He did the wrong thing, but it was definitely for the right reasons because his son, hello, made a full recovery. Wow, that takes some guts. And I'm sorry that he did, you know, what he did the way he did it, but he got the attention of everyone and he saved his son's life.

So kind of good for George Pickering? Yeah, I would say that. I would say that. All right, let's get out of here. With the joke of the day, as I said, it is June 1st. For those of you listening live, let's see what the June 1st joke is in my King of the Dad Jokes 2026 calendar that I received. for Christmas as a Christmas

present, may as well use it to share with you. Okay, so June 1st. Well, let's see, the month of June, the month of June has its own little joke. How do you stop a bull from charging? You cancel its credit card. That's the month of June joke. And June 1st, see what the June 1st joke is.

I called the Incontinence hotline, they asked if I could hold. See, because what happens is that he No, you understand.