Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Scientific in Nature… | 9/19/25

Episode Date: September 19, 2025

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They're recalling a combined 1.1 million vehicles due to problems with the instrument panel displays and seatbelts. So Toyota is recalling 591,377 automobiles because the instrument, panel display can fail and not show the driver critical information, including vehicle speed, brake system, and tire pressure warning lights, which could lead to, A, say it with me now, crash and injury. Models included the Toyota in the recall are the 2023, 2024 Venza, the RAV4 Prime. I don't know that I've seen a Venza. The RAV4, G.R. Corolla, Rav4, and then there's a G.R. Corolla.

and Crown, the Lexus TX and LS and Toyota Tacoma and Grand Highlander, the Lexus RX, Toyota Crownsignia, Camry, Rav for, if you own a Toyota, just take it in and say, hey, fix my screen, okay, make it happen. So dealers will update the instrument panel software for non-plug-in hybrid vehicles, free of charge, and for plug-in hybrids, dealers will replace the panel display or update software also free of charge, which is special. Now, until the fit, now, then we also have to worry about the seatbelts, right? Okay, so the Hyundai recall includes 568,580 Palisade SUVs in which the seatbelt buckles,

they may fail to latch and not properly restrain passengers in a crash. Eh, you're probably going to be fine. Oh, wait, they say it increases the possibility of injury. Okay, sure. Until a fix is performed, passengers are being advised to insert the belt firmly into the buckle with a quick and direct motion. You know, like you should be doing every time anyway, that will ensure that the belt is fully secured.

Dealers take it into the dealer, and the dealer will inspect and replace the seat belt buckle assemblies as necessary, free of charge. you might have one that the dealer says, yeah, I'm not doing that, you'll be fine. Owners may contact the Hyundai and customer service, and you can contact the Toyota customer service for more details. I'd just pull it in.

I'd just pull into the dealer on the way home and say, fix it. And don't let them make you wait around for three days, which is exactly what will happen. Welcome! But you don't take that, okay? You say I want

it fixed right now. Let me know how that works out. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. I know it's just me, but I'm really tired of seeing the stories where Starbucks employees are suing the company. I'm just tired of it.

So they, Starbucks workers, are now suing the company over its new dress code. So they filed lawsuits in Illinois and Colorado and a complaint in California, alleging that the coffee giant broke the law when it changed its dress code but failed to reimburse those who had to buy new clothes. I talked about this when they did the dress code and people all wound up about having to wear,

which I believe they talked about giving them shirts. Let's see, shall we? In May, Starbucks began requiring workers to wear a solid black shirt under their green aprons in order to give customers a more consistent experience across stores. I think it's a pretty good idea. The new CEO is actually trying to make some changes that is increasing business for them. Previous dress codes were reportedly lax.

Yeah, they most definitely were. But the new one is being strictly enforced. Starbucks did not comment directly on the lawsuit, but noted that it provided employees with two shirts at no cost. So they got two shirts. that wasn't enough for them. It's not 30. I had to go out and buy three more.

They only gave me two. Okay. I don't know. There's a thing called a washing machine and then you put it in the dryer and then you fold it and then you wear that. So it's clean. So, you know, like every two days,

you just go ahead and wash them. Or here's an idea. You buy a couple of shows. It's four-year clothes, okay? Unbelievable. I'm tired of hearing about. I'm tired of hearing about Starbucks. One thing I'm not tired of hearing about,

and it's going to go away soon, and then I'm going to be disappointed. But Candice Owens' lawsuit, well, it's actually the macarones, the president of France, and his wife, Brigette, are suing Candice Owens. And they filed this lawsuit against Owens in Delaware,

and their alleging Owens disregarded all credible evidence proving her claim in favor of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defamers says Candace you know her you lover claims that Bridget Macron

was born a male now what does it matter in real life what does it matter Candice is yapping on her podcast about Brigid being a male. So, but the macrons are all wound up about it. And French president Emmanuel Macron and First Lady, I don't know, I guess that's what they call her in France,

through their attorney, said they will present photographic and scientific evidence to a U.S. court to prove the French First Lady is in fact a woman. Okay. If we're going to do that, let's do it. Do I think this should be a case? I do not. I think we should tell the Frenchie Frenches, take a hike. Go back to your country.

Goodbye. Our American podcaster is saying what she wants to say. You don't have to listen. Take care. But they can't do that. So apparently the two are submitting the documentation as part of the defamation lawsuit against Candice Owens. And the attorney went on to,

to say, and he was talking to the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast, which I can't get enough of. There will be expert testimony that will come out of, that will come out that will be scientific in nature. Now, he didn't

elaborate on exactly what that would be. No, it's not that. There's not going to be any there's not going to be any Brigitte porn videos. Although, if you have to, you know, submit it for court, okay. But But, Brigitte, now 72.

Apparently, there's no pictures of her pregnant with the kids, or at least they're not out in public. And maybe we have that show up in court. Those pictures aren't enough. I mean, if you show her being pregnant, can you fake something like that? Sure. Playing with kids. So, that's how she got married. I mean, he was 15.

She was like 39. she was playing with kids there too. Thank you very much. You can write your own jokes on that. Oh, wait, I just did. Anyway, I was, we need pictures. That's all it can be. Brigitte needs to give us actual human documentation

that she's a female. And no, I'm not talking about any music, any music pictures. Although, if there are, if there is film, go ahead and roll it. Let's take a look. but we need to be if we bring it to court let's take a look

go ahead we close the courtroom seven to everybody out except for the attorneys the judge and the jury Brigitte take it off no you can't treat it like that because then it gets then it gets too weird

but uh you know let's go ahead and take it up stop with the music all right that's enough it's this is a courtroom this is not a joke this is where law and honesty and everything takes place. Wow. Okay.

So, Brazit, yeah, you're going to have to take it off. Let's go. We'll put up a, we don't need to put up a curtain because everybody else, everybody else that's in here needs to see it. So, go ahead, take it up. Now, you think that's going to happen? There's not a chance that's going to happen. But, because will pictures get taken and sent out into the world?

You bet. This is 2025, isn't it? Yeah, that will happen. So anyway, apparently, according to the attorney, the French power couple, is ready to demonstrate both genetic. Well, he says generically and specifically. Okay, not genetically. Okay. It should be genetically.

But he said scientifically earlier. Both generically and specifically that the allegations are false. It is incredibly upsetting to think that you have to go and subject yourself to put this type of proof forward. He said of the distress it has caused the first lady. Here's the thing. So, yeah, sorry. You don't have to subject yourself to any of it. Don't pay attention to it.

Don't file a lawsuit. Don't bring more attention to it at all. It'll just make it go away. And if you want it, if the president wants to comment on it, if someone asks him, he can say, uh, it's just an American podcaster and so what? Whatever she says is wrong and it's a lie. I don't care about that. Next question.

You're done with it. You're the one that brought the case. I mean, I got it. Candice continues to hammer it. And if you sued me, I would continue to hammer it too. It's incredible. Uh, so Candice has said, though, in the past, according to this article, and I haven't heard every Candice Owen's podcast, I apologize.

But according to this, she said that she would stake her entire professional career on these points. Okay. All righty then. And I didn't know about this. These Owens claims are similar to those previously made in France by two women, whom Brigitte Macaron sued in 2021. So she's already got president for suing people

that saying that she was a man. That case was initially ruled in the French First Lady's favor. Won that. But then now it is overturned on appeal. And now she's taking the case to the highest appeals court in France.

So, I mean, that's going on in France as we speak. And so now they've brought it they brought it across the water, across the pond to hear. I mean, it's unbelievable. I think I wanted to be a man now. Honestly, I don't care.

I have zero. I don't, honestly, it doesn't matter to me whether she was a man or not or is a man. I don't care. However, yeah, my curiosity is up now, and I want to know. And you know what? I think the lawsuit should be thrown out. I still want to know. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too.

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Okay. Did you see the finalist for the 2025 Toy Hall of Fame have been announced by the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, for a possible induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame. We've talked to them several times here on this show, and it's awesome. I love those people at the Toy Hall of Fame. And so this is the new 12 toys that are finalists for 2025. You have Battleship.

You have Catan, which I believe has been on the list before. If I remember right, this has been on the list, and it wasn't voted in. Connect 4, Cornhole. A Furby, scooter, slime, snowballs, or they call it just snow, but it's snow and it's the soft snowballs. Every kid in America had those stupid things throwing around the house at one time or another. The Spirograph, Star Wars Life Sabre, Tickle Me Elmo, Trivial Pursuit. Well, trivial pursuit was huge when it was big time. Slime, huge.

So were the scooters. I mean, there's still, the Spirograph. to go in. Spirograph's got to go in. Spirograph is awesome. I will say, I know that the inside track probably is on the lightsaber, but I don't know. Up against Battleship and Connect 4? Come on now. And Cornhole? Come on now. I mean, Cornhole can wait. It can settle down for a little bit. But Connect 4 and Battleship, they should already be in, man. Those two games were, I mean, Battleship was incredible at the time for a year. It still is, actually.

B-2. Ah, you suck my battleship. Now, most people didn't play. The only rules, you know, you'd say if you sink the battleship, you win. But most people would play until you destroyed your opponent, every ship in your ocean battle, right? Well, this is so good hit. You get to put the red one in? Come on, man.

That's awesome. Tickle me Elmo? Should that be in the hall? I mean, that was a monster monster toy, man. Freaking everywhere. Have you ever seen the video of the Ticklemy Elmo without the fur on it?

And what it looks like? A little scary. Just a little scary. Just saying, that's all I'm saying. So the public gets to cast their vote for which toy they believe deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2025. You get one a day.

You can go back multiple times. The voting is going on right now through the 24th of this month. Maybe we'll have somebody on the next week and talk to them before the voting ends. And then they take all those and then they have a national selection advisory committee, which I am not on, by the way,

which is very disappointing. They choose the toys that will be announced in November. So you can vote. You go to the homepage. They have a separate voting page at the Toy Hall of Fame. Just go to the Strong National Museum of Play. Just type in Strong Toy Museum or National Toy Hall of Fame, whatever. It'll come up.

And it'll give you the links to go vote on what toy you want to vote on. I've already voted on Battleship. I've voted on Connect 4. And today I have a new vote. And I don't know if I might go back and just do Battleship again. Or give Spirograph a shout out. Because I really think they need. I think Forgo.

right and I believe if I remember right only a few will take the honored places this year maybe it's not maybe it's not officially four maybe they can do more than four but I think usually they take four of the 12 that they pick and then maybe maybe something they just say nope we're just taking this one uh you know those bastards on that committee of which I'm not a part of may just decide that's why I need to be on there you know what we are talking to them next week before the final vote because uh I want to know I want to know I want to I think I've had a discussion with them about being on this selection advisory committee

and yet another year passes without me being on it. That is kind of disappointing. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something called to drink desperately. Ticketmaster in the hot seat again. Holy cow. The FTC, the Federal Trade Commission, and seven states sued Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation,

over its resale practices, accusing the company of being weak on scalpers in order to profit off of ticket reselling. The lawsuit alleges that despite publicly rolling out security measures that limit the amount of tickets individuals can buy, Ticketmaster lets resellers create thousands of accounts. The suit contends that the company then reaps another round of fees from sellers and buyers on its resale platform

after collecting on the ticket's initial purchase. I mean, that's pretty good business. Bookies in New York and Philadelphia have been doing that for years. Anyway, the complaint says an internal review by the company, just a joke, by the way, to the bookies in New York and Philadelphia. And the complaint says an internal review by the company showed that just five brokers owned 6,345 Ticketmaster accounts that held 246,407 tickets.

Ticketmaster collected $11 billion in fees on ticket sales from 2019 to 2024, with nearly $3.7 billion of that coming from resold tickets. Live Nation and Ticketmaster haven't publicly responded to the lawsuit. Yeah, I mean, what are they going to say? Remember, I mean, the Department of Justice went after them under Biden, right, and tried to file an antitrust lawsuit, which they claim that they own as much as 80% of the primary ticket sale market, saying that live entertainment behemoth must break up. That suit is still ongoing.

So that's going on, and now they've got to put up with the FTC coming after them for that. Lotters are getting a little rocky for the old Ticketmaster Live Nation. There's no doubt about that. Look, everybody's tired of paying an absorbent fees to go to concerts. That's where you get people's heart. Going to shows, going to concerts,

whatever you're going to, you've got to go through Ticketmaster, and there's always fees, and there's extra fees. Now, I am trying to remember if I've ever been misled. I don't think I have. I think it's always like the airlines. I expect at the end, there's going to be some fees that they're going to charge me.

And so I never think that what they're telling me is the actual price. So I kind of feel that way with tickets as well. But they are a lot more expensive than you would like. That's just me. It's just me. Would you go to more shows if you didn't have to go through one of the five brokers that, you know, hold 6,345 ticket master accounts? Maybe.

Maybe because it might be a little bit cheaper. What's going to happen? Are they going to be fined and have their hand slapped? I mean, they claim they made $3.7 billion from resold tickets. Okay, so here's your $3.7 billion back. They're making $11 billion or more on the other side. Just the easy money on the resale goes away, right? That's where they're going to lose their money.

that somebody said, you know, if we own those, we can make some money off of this, too, because people are going to resell it anyway. The bots are going to resell it anyway. So why shouldn't they have access to what the bots are doing? I'm sure that's what they thought. Shouldn't have thought it, though. Okay, according to this Wall Street Journal report, cocaine in the U.S. market is now more affordable than ever,

while still maintaining high purity levels. The resurgence of cheap cocaine is due in large part to a new Mexican drug lord named, nicknamed Mencho. He's a 59-year-old Nemicio Asuweira has quickly become one of the wealthiest and most powerful kingpins in the country. Arriva, Arriva! he definitely is saying that over the past several decades

uh i don't want to call him by his last name i want to call him by his mencho okay mencho is his name over the past few several decades mencho has built up the halalisco is it has a alisco j-a-l-i-s-c-o yeah i never can remember how to say it Halisco. Halisco. Yes. Okay. So he built up the...

Halisco. Yeah. New Generation Cartel. And good to have you back, by the way. Thank you. Thank. Yeah. You're welcome.

Go ahead. Take care. Anyway, he is now a criminal powerhouse in Mexico. The organization has become so powerful that it is up and the existing criminal order in Mexico and has overtaken the Sinaloa cartel which has been weakened by its battle against the Trump administration.

So as the leading drug syndicate globally, you know, the Sinaloa cartel take a little bit of hit. And they were once the condescended leader in fentanyl trafficking in Mexico and have recently faced intense scrutiny from the Trump administration and everyone else which is cracked down on synthetic opioids and harshen punishments for drug dealers.

So the enforcement focus on fentanyl created an opportunity for Holisco's Coke business propelling Manchote to the forefront as the most influential figure in the drug trade. So good news for you cocaine users that cocaine is, and I'm sure that nobody uses it, right? Of course, of course not. According to this, cocaine use has surged in recent years in the U.S., surged by 154% in the western U.S., and by 19% in the eastern part of the country.

I mean, we just did a story about the town in Massachusetts, that where the Hortitoids go for the summer, and they did the testing and the cocaine levels are through the roof in the water. So somebody's doing the drug, okay? Somebody's doing it. There's no doubt about that. Now, the numbers, according to this, is

now with the crackdown on fentanyl and the increase in cocaine production in Colombia, we're getting prices driven down. We're getting the, we're getting the cocaine coming through purer, and

there's no fentanyl. I mean, no, no. No. No, no, we're not doing that because that would be wrong to be cheering for an illegal drug coming into the country and being able to use it because it's pure and cleaner and cheaper. That would be wrong. So more and more people are doing cocaine, which means they're not that hungry. But there also means that they're spending a little bit. Even though cocaine is cheaper, that means they're spending more money on the drug, which means they have left money to spend at restaurants.

So Olive Garden is testing Smaller, Cheaper portion sizes In an attempt to boost the affordability of its menu Okay Now the parent company Darden restaurants Looks to drive more traffic through the restaurant chain You know, I got no problem with them offering that, I guess But, you know

Is it because it's so expensive That people are not going to Olive Garden But if they lower, if they have smaller plates, going to save them? I mean, I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I've got to try something. Giving consumers the option of smaller,

less pricey meal sizes is a significant move in an industry while portioning is frequently a hot topic. Yeah, no kidding. It says boosting customer satisfaction is important. Yeah, then they go down a list of different restaurants, so what different restaurants are trying to do.

But Olive Garden said, look, we're testing a lighter portion section of its menu, featuring seven existing entrees with reduced portions and lower prices, offering smaller meals, which are being tested at 40% of its locations, at dinner and all day on weekends. And they come with Olive Garden's first course of unlimited breadsticks as well as unlimited soup or salad. See, maybe you cut back on some of that.

Just saying, maybe you get to have unlimited breadsticks but not soup and salad. Maybe you get to have unlimited soup and salad, but not unlimited breadsticks. You get one plate of breadsticks. Maybe. I wasn't in any of the meetings at the Darden restaurant, corporate headquarters. So I'm just throwing it out there for you. Okay. They're saying smaller portion meals are expected to boost foot traffic.

We do believe in the long run. I tell you the last time I went to Olive Garden, They were good. They don't have much of a gluten-free. They're a little light on the old gluten-free. You think they'd have a little bit more at Olive Garden. Just saying. I will say the gluten-free market is maybe you ought to be looked into.

After Ticketmaster, maybe the FTC looks into the gluten-free market because everything is about a million dollars. Okay. Oh, oh, gluten, you can't eat gluten? Oh, absolutely we have that product right here that's gluten free. It'll cost you a million dollars, but it's right here. I mean, it's incredible. Holy cow. Now, I'm not gluten-free.

My daughter has started to, you know, become this gluten-free monster because she was becoming a monster while she was eating gluten. And it's working. She feels better and the whole thing. But I'm just saying, oh, look, these are some of the things that I regularly like to eat, and now I can't. Oh, but I can because this company makes them gluten-free. For a million dollars. So anyway, maybe, you know, Olive Garden works on that a little bit.

I will say there was something about the last time I was there that was different, though. It just didn't feel one of the things was it was really expensive, a lot more expensive than I thought it was going to be. We went there with, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. I guess we had 11 or 12 people. So maybe it wasn't as expensive as I, it wasn't as bad as I thought. But when the bill came in, it was a million dollars. I thought, you know, they're charging a little bit more now here at the old Olive Garden. But maybe it was because it was a big party.

And then on top of the million dollars, I got to pay a tip. So, uh, hello. So maybe they were fine. Leave me alone. It's hockey season, and you can get anything you need delivered with Uber Eats. Well, almost, almost anything. So no, you can't get a nice rink on Uber Eats. But iced tea, ice cream, or just plain old ice?

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So there will be a what's the lie next week and in the future, but I didn't have time to contact them and set up being here to record today. Well, you know, those of you listening live today is the 19th of September, 2025, the 19th of September.

Happy birthday to my wife. Man, you do not look another year older at all. Happy birthday to my wife. And another year, around the run is just been wonderful. I mean it. Don't look at me like that. I mean it, happy birthday. She knows.

She knows. That is not happening. I'm not cooking. No. I mean, I guess I could. no she's got to cook her oh here because you can bake her own cake because she can do whatever she wants to do it's fine

do it's all you in fact she sent me links to stuff that she said birthday present birthday present i was like just get it what are we even why are we even what are we arguing about i mean i mean we're not arguing why are you

does it she feels better you know just that uh you know i'm gonna like here's something you can give me for my birthday i'm not doing that and just order it happy birthday I mean, I'm sorry, but the special is the guest. That's the thought and you're so special to give me this special. No.

No. Because what do people do? It's your birthday coming up. Is there something you would really like? Well, yeah, here's a few things I would really like. And then you go and get it. Why not just have, you're skipping this whole part here. It's about getting the gift for your loved one.

No, I'm not playing that, okay? No. I'm not playing that. All right, sorry. Order it. Order it. Happy birthday. I love you.

Happy birthday. There you go. We've got so much crap in this house, so what? Order more. It doesn't matter. Who cares? Well, there's a list of people who actually do care. But don't bug me down with those facts right now.

Go ahead and get it. Happy birthday. All right? Especially not during football season. I don't want to hear about it. Anyway, be sure to listen to Saturday morning live as well. I do that with Brad Stead. He hosts the Daily Mojo

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At Jeffrey JFR on X. Okay, just do that. And we should have talking Walking Deadback the first part of next week. I'm hoping that that actually happens. We've been, people have been working. and other places, so we have not been full strength.

It's been, it's very, you know, if we can't get full strength on talking walking dead, that may go away too. Because I can't spend my time watching these shows, documenting it, and being ready to do a show, and then not having the full strength shows of people who said they were going to do the show with me. I can't do that.

And I already do enough shows. I do Pat Gray on Leashed every day. I do my show every day. I mean, I give, and I give, and I give. And you think Glenn Beck, go ahead and be here every day? Nope, got to go down there sometimes, too. So, you know what? Back off me, all right?

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I guess it's a memorial. We talked about this the other day. And I don't think my question has not been answered yet. Okay? So all these people are showing up at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. That's where the Cardinals play. And it's also, I mean, Phoenix is the headquarters of Turning Point USA. That's Charlie's nonprofit.

And you can get into the event for free, but you've got to register. You can go to Fightforterly.com and you can register yourself and get in. It doesn't cost anything to get in, but you've got to be registered. The security, I'm sure,

will be Super Bowl-level security, and you've got to be registered to get in. But, and it should be. It should be Super Bowl and beyond security for this place. But, and the day is going to be full of speakers. President Trump is going to be there and speak. Vice President Vance is going to be there and speak.

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State is going to be there. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the HHS Head, Pete Hedgeseth is going to be there. Tulsi Gabbard is going to be there speaking. Donald Trump Jr. is going to be there speaking. Tucker Carlson is going to be there speaking. Stephen Miller is going to be there speaking. I mean, I guess I was busy. I guess that.

Anyway, but all these people are going to be there. And it's going to be, I mean, it's going to be beautiful. And my question is, is, is it a memorial? Are we celebrating his life? Or is it the funeral? Because they must for sure have buried him by now. Right? He hasn't been laying in state somewhere.

That just isn't, I just don't think they've done it. And I think that it had to have been a private burial. And I don't, I would vet 10 people on the planet know where Charlie Kirk is buried. Right? I would I would not let anyone know where Charlie Kirk is buried because what we've seen since his assassination, something terrible would happen to his grave. I believe that with all of my heart.

Something terrible would happen to his grave. And that can't happen. I mean, I barely think they should put his name on his headstone. You know what I'm saying? I just don't want people, just by asking, just by accident, stumbling across the gravesite of Charlie Kirk, and then the news gets out. I don't want that to happen.

So anyway, Sunday's the big day for the memorial slash funeral for Charlie Kirk in Phoenix, Arizona, or it's technically Glendale State Farm Stadium. I'm guessing, I think when there's football being played, they get about $63,000,000 in there. So probably $70,000 will show. I bet so that place is packed to the rafters as well. He deserved it, no question. So rest and peace to Charlie Kirk.

And I hope that this day of remembrance will ease some people's hearts. But just remember. And I mean this. This is a quote that I said a number of years ago, and boy, is it true now. more true than ever before. Live in the dark long enough and it becomes your light.

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Duh, that's Jurassic Park. Hello. Many of the specimens found at a sandstone quarry in Ecuador date to 112 million years ago. I mean, that's questionable if you go over to the ICR Museum, but I digress. Curator of fossil plants at the first. Field Museum in Chicago, Fabani Herrera, and co-author of the study published in the

Journal Communications Earth and Environment, and I love that, man. You, and you cannot tear me away from the Journal Communications Earth and Environment publication. Anyway, the almost all known amber deposits from the past 130 million years have been in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's long been an enigma that scientists have found few in southern regions that once comprised the supercontinent Gondewana. And so the entomologist at the American Museum

of Natural History, David Gromaldi, we've talked about him before, I remember that name, who was not involved in the discovery saying that he was excited about finding this. So this is the first time researchers have identified ancient beetles, flies,

ants, and wasps in fossilized tree resin in South America. Okay. Amber pieces are little windows into the past. Duh, we've seen the movie, okay? That's all you need to, you know what you really need to do is go, do you remember Jurassic Park?

This is real life now. It's actually real. It is literally a documentary now. We've been saying for years that it's a documentary. It is. It's actually a documentary. They have uncovered hundreds of fragments of amber, some containing ancient insects, pollen, and tree leaves at this sandstone

quarry, which is at the edge of what is today the Amazon basin. Today's rainforest is much different from what dinosaurs roamed through. Really? Based on an analysis of fossils in the amber, the ancient rainforests contained species of ferns and conifers, including the unusual monkey puzzle tree that no longer grow in Amazonia. You know why? the monkey puzzle tree doesn't grow. Climate change, humans, all of it, all of the above. It was a different

kind of forest then. Amber deposits were previously known to geologists and miners who worked at the quarry. Study of the co-author at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute first heard of them about a decade ago and set out to find the exact location aided

by geology field notes. Yeah. You know where the rest of us first heard about it? In 1993, okay? That was when the documentary Jurassic Park was released. That's when we found out about it. Don't bog me down with any of your, oh, we've got to study it.

We've got to talk about it here. We've got this scientist. We've got that scientist. Sorry. We all knew about what getting insects in amber meant to the earth by creating dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. so don't pretend like it wasn't the documentary of Jurassic Park. We all already know.

Excuse me, Jeff. Sorry to jump in. Yeah, yeah. What now? I know. I apologize. But I know you mentioned that we don't have a contestant for what's the lie. That's correct.

We weren't going to do the game show today. So could you find it in your heart? Maybe for a shot of redemption, could I try? So we did this last week. Yes. And you failed miserably. Oh, so bad. You failed miserably, Wes.

So you want to try again? I'll tell you what. I don't need anything anything, but I will give you the headlines that I was going to use. Okay, I really appreciate that. Don't. I think they're pretty easy. And so. Yeah, I hear that every Friday.

So the first headline was going to be Kirkland. an Ellis partner gets ear-pierced in court after brokering rescue deal for accessories giant clairs. Headline number two. Tom Brady is returning to the field for a flag football tournament in Saudi Arabia. Headline number three. Rare first-generation iPod prototype found perfectly preserved in Foundation of California Home.

Headline number four. Teens who peed into a hot pot and their parents must pay 300,000. of dollars is the Chinese court that ordered that. Those are the four headlines that I was probably going to use for what's the lie. All right, so, Wes, what is the lie? One.

See, this is why I don't have you play. Was it four? This is why I don't have you play. I don't. It's not one, it's not four? It is not. So it's three. Correct.

Wow, you would have got it right if you'd only guess three. Wow. All right, let's get out of here. Stop. I'm going to give you the joke of the day. One day. The day will be mine. Scott.

Scott sent this email. This, sent this joke into chewing the fat at the blaze.com. I still shook a little bit. I mean, it wasn't. The guy can't get any of them. It's amazing. He works out of news radio. The joke of the day from Scott sent it to chewing the fat at the blaze.com.

And I think I've told this joke on the air before. I think I've read this out loud before. to you. So if I have sorry, not sorry. You know what I mean? I apologize, but not really. So two guys that are walking down the street when they come upon a dog lying in the grass, licking his dog unit.

And the one guy says, boy, sure would be nice if I could do that. And his buddy replies, you better pet him first. It's so stupid, see, because what he was, no, you got it. and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.