Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Tactic not Shift… | 1/22/25

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

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how there have been at least 100, and I think it was more than 100, that have said, hey, France, the medals we won at the Olympics are rusting. Think maybe you could help a brother out? So imagine, because we're imagine, I mean, it worked all your life to win an Olympic medal,

and then you get it back home, and it starts to rust. So we find out now that it was part of a deal that the French, you know, the LVMH, the Hennessy Louis Vuitton company, their subsidiary Chameh, designed the medals for the games. And then we also found out that

then they were made from the metal company, Monet de Paris, had made these medals. Well, and they had, you know, made the medals, and they're saying, oh, we're sorry, we're going to replace the ones. I hope they replace them all. But we find out now that the century-old mint that manufactured the metals,

and this is what Monet de Perry said. Hey, it's not us. Wasn't us, okay? They said it in French. It wasn't us. They attributed the deterioration to a change in the varnish formula, a step that it took to comply with a recent, European Union regulation

banning the anti-rust chemical chromium trioxide. So because they couldn't use the anti-rust chemical and I'm sure there's nothing else that they could use for anti-rust material

but probably certainly there is and it doesn't work as well as the chromium trioxide. So hey it's not our fault. It's the European Union's fault. and we here at Monet de Paris are not taking any

it's not our fault. Okay. It's not us. So I don't know what they're going to do. I don't know. Maybe the company can, I don't know, go to another country and make it with the chromium trioxide where it's not banned. Maybe you do that. I'm sure that's what they're going to do.

but until then every Olympic medal holder I would say needs a replacement because you have those of you that bit into your metal oh man you are now poisoned with

whatever they used other than chromium trioxide because they didn't use that and that's what's making the metals rust so good luck good luck I want you to have metals that don't rust. That's me. I know. Crazy. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat.

So we talked yesterday, oh my gosh, about Prince Harry as suing the Rupert Murdoch's British Media Group. And the trial was supposed to start yesterday. And it was paused because of a settlement talk that was ongoing. And they have reached a settlement. Wow. That, included what they say here. I don't know if I'm clapping, but okay, Prince, yeah, okay, you got to win. Congratulations. It included here a substantial sum and a full and unequivocal apology.

Now, the attorneys came out this morning around their gaggle of reporters, and they had the full, you know, 80 mics around them all standing there, and they came out of the courthouse. And this is the attorney speaking on behalf of, of Brent Harry. In a monumental victory today, News UK have admitted that the Sun,

the flagship title for Rupert Murdoch's UK media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices. Wow. This represents a vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong-armed into settling

without being able to get the truth of was done to it. Well, they kept the payment. Let's come on. To endless resistance, denials, and legal backals by Newsbrook use papers, including spending more than a billion pounds in payouts and illegal correlable, as well as paying off those in the know in order to prevent the full picture from coming out. Use UK is finally held to account for its illegal actions and its blatant disregard for the law. Wow. Okay. I mean, that is incredible.

All right, calm down. All right. The attorney, I don't want to hear any more from you, okay? I'm down. I only wanted to hear your first opening a little statement. Okay, so they amazingly, they had, I mean, they acknowledged serious intrusion into Harry's private life, including incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators, working for Murdoch's son, tabloid and phone hacking surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators working for the shuttered, now

shuttered news of the world. So they apologized for the intrusions into the private life of Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana, and acknowledged that years of extensive coverage had caused distress for Harry. I know.

It was so sad. Megan, she just couldn't go on. She couldn't go on. And that's what made them leave the royal family. Now, they ran to Canada first, but then they ran to the U.S. Now, I don't even know if they owned the dump that they're living in. I think they're just renting it or some friend is giving it to them.

But I don't know how much they got. It doesn't say how much they received. How much, you know, so Megan, at least you got some new shoes coming. Yeah. At least you got some new shoes coming in. Now, it talked about, they talked about the billion dollars. it said here, and I'm not quite sure, they had settled with 1,300 people over the years

with payments before this latest deal, reportedly totaling more than a billion dollars. So it still doesn't say what they gave Harry. I mean, he probably, I mean, if they've already settled with 1,300 people, and that's cost of a billion, Harry had to get a pretty penny. Yeah. Megan's going to have maybe two pair of shoes.

Maybe a couple pairs of shoes. And the kids will be okay. So I think there's one more case left that is part of the Harry and Megan lawsuit against the tabloids. Because this case started, I don't know, back in 2019. He's been working this, you know, doing this deal. And they had learned about this. so this is the event this is now resolved

which is good he didn't have any of the family members the family members I know dad I'm sorry king didn't want to didn't want him to do it and the brother William soon to be king

he said that he had sued privately himself and he won a big settlement as well but he didn't do that with Harry he didn't come on board with Harry, which, you know, just means that they're still, uh, they're unhappy with each other. They don't like each other.

And for sure. And I don't know that William doesn't like Harry. He doesn't like Megan. And so if Megan's still hanging on, I'm not talking to you. Okay, so you're not getting any part of those. Plus, I'm going to be the king. Okay.

So you just need to calm down, bro. You're still just a prince. Okay. Uh, but I believe that there's a one more lawsuit. I think there were three of them all together. Now two of them have been settled. The one he won in court, went through the whole trial. And so now there is one more.

Anyway, they got the full apology that they wanted, and that's probably much why Harry settled this case. They were all surprised that Harry was going to settle it. But they got the full apology with the settlement. So no matter what he got as far as financial arrangements, that was worth it because he got the full apology. And I'm pretty sure that there's one more case ongoing. So we'll see now that this case settled with the full apology,

that other case will, all Harry has to do is go, I'm going to take you to trial and we're not done. So be prepared for that settlement to be announced very soon. And there are more lawsuits. in Europe as well. I see where Belgium has launched an investigation into allegations that U.S. technology giant, that's what they're calling them, Apple, used blood minerals from the DRC, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It's not of the Congo. I'm sorry, it's Democratic Republic of Congo, the DRC. That's what the Financial Times was reporting. According to lawyers representing the DRC, the December, they filed a complaint against Apple subsidiaries in Belgium and France. The DRC accuses the company of buying blood minerals, also known as 3TG minerals, such as tantalum, tin, and gold from illegal mines linked to the war in eastern Congo. child labor and environmental degradation.

Apple says, we verify the origin of the minerals and its sources. They're labeled as coming from non-conflict areas or Rwanda. And so, you know, we've got nothing on us. And the DRC says, no, they're coming from illegal mines in eastern Congo. And they're laundered to become part of the legal supply chain. So we're laundering these minerals. Blood minerals.

No longer just blood diamonds. Blood minerals. Known as 3TG minerals. Yeah. Hey, I've got some tantalum here. Want to buy some tantalum? That's right. No, I don't need any tantalum.

Got any tin? Yeah, I got some tin. What about gold? Yeah, I got gold too. Okay, gold. Many of these illegal minds are under control of the M23 rebels, those bastards. The movement, which the UN and EU say is backed by the Rwandan government,

don't like them, illegally taxing mining operations and export minerals containing the global supply, contaminating the global chain supply. Yeah, so there's the company of Rwanda. Those damn Rwandans are allowing it to happen. They're allowing this to happen. They're laundering those illegal blood diamonds. Oh, they're not diamonds. Wait, they're blood minerals.

The only thing I can think of is blood diamonds. They're not. Blood diamonds, that's old. Nobody cares about blood diamonds anymore. We're already over it. We care about blood minerals. So, of course, the DRC lawyers believe that Apple knowingly source minerals from these mines. Look, Apple, obviously, if there's some kind of email chain from some of their executives,

that's a problem. But if they keep their hands clean and just say, we deal with this company, and this company is a Rwandan company, and we get it from Rwanda like they said or they do other authorized businesses they said it was clean right and that's the problem right that's the problem and see how far that gets you

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They reported 19 million new subscribers in quarter four. It's the biggest edition in company history. They helped that helped Netflix generate 10.25 billion in revenue for the quarter, above the expectations of what they had hoped. And much of the smash quarter was owed to going to live sports. They streamed the NFL games for the first time. They had the Tyson Paul boxing match, which was boasted as the most streamed sporting event ever.

And those NFL games, pretty good. I don't remember the exact numbers, but you could quote me on this, pretty good. This will be the last time the company, publicly divulge the subscriber figures as it pivots toward emphasizing profits instead. What does that mean? Well, I would guess that that means that they're going to just raise their prices and they're not going to let you know because yes, that's what's at.

Of course it is. So we've got all these new subscribers and we've got live events coming up, but everything's great, which they spend a lot of money for. So I know that while they're making all this money, they are spending a lot of money. and actually this original story said 19 million but it's 18.9 million so won't you calm down a little bit okay so

they're raising their subscription prices again they're gonna if you have an ad supported Netflix which is what they want 799 a month and 1799 for standard goes up to 24 $2.99 for premium.

Okay, oh, I see. Okay. 1799 for standard. So that's up $2.50. And they're raising premium up $2 for $24.99. I don't like the way that was written. But so everything's going up. Now, I know that, and plus if your premium goes up for $2 and you have extra devices that you can watch it on and you have a family member that can access the account, it's more than that.

I just trust me on that. I can go back and look at what I'm paying, but it's more than that. And every time my wife pays the bill, she's like, you still want to keep Netflix, right? And I'm like, yeah, I like it. I like Netflix. I mean, they just announced season four,

The Lincoln Lawyer. I love Lincoln Lawyer season three. I love that series. It's great. I still haven't got to Squid Game yet, too, but I want, it's on my, you know, look, it's on my list, okay? I'm getting to it.

and there's plenty of stuff on Netflix that I watch that I really like and I do use it but at some point and we've talked about this before and it's going to have to be other platforms they better start performing and get content out there because there's going to be a platform straw that breaks the camels back and then that's going to go away and they're going to have to go away because I can only I can only afford so much and sooner or later it's going to go away

and I can only steal so many passwords to watch for so long. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying. Yeah, you do. Now, they claim that they're going to stick to their streaming first philosophy, but they're putting Narnia in the IMAX theaters, but the CEO said,

nah, that's a release tactic. That's not the strategy shift. That's a release tactic, not a strategy shift. and that's what that line right there is CEO speak for we're going to do it and tough and we're going to move this one we want to live release in the theaters first and that's what we're doing so get over it so it's a it's more of a release tactic than a strategy shift oh okay all right you got me they're committed to keeping LA production on schedule despite the wildfires and they're pledging support for affected crew members and emphasizing the importance of

maintaining momentum after a tough couple of years in Hollywood. Well, yeah. I mean, you had COVID and then you had the strikes, and now you've got the fires. Ooh. Almost a one, two, three punch right there. I mean, Hollywood is talking about, I mean, their scoring stages are collecting dust,

and they're ready to close down. I just saw an interview with this big contractor. Anyway, he penned an open letter. Do I have that? Yeah, Peter Rodder. He did Avatar and Frozen, he's done a bunch. And he penned an open letter warning that L.A.'s recording industry is about to go quiet permanently. Three major studios still maintain scoring facilities.

Most stages sit empty for weeks at a time, forcing crews to pick up side gigs. Call it a perfect storm. Yeah, yeah. Hello. He mentions in his open. open letter. COVID-19, Hollywood strikes, wildfires, and productions chasing tax breaks elsewhere has left the city stages collecting cobwebs. It's not just the music biz feeling the pinch. Post-production work is scattering across the globe as companies dodge union costs and residuals.

So his rally and cry calls for a triple play, loosening union rules, fresh business models, and local tax credits before Hollywood loses its soundtrack. I don't think you're going to win that. I mean, I hope you do. Pete, but I don't think you're going to. I think you might as well save one. If there's three left, shut two down. Save one in case somebody says,

we want to use Hollywood sound stages. And we want to create, we want to create. We don't care what the money is. I want to create it here. And you be ready for that. other than that, I mean, come to Texas. That's what I'm saying. Come to Texas.

We'll give you credits. Go to Georgia, go to Florida, whatever state's giving you the best credits. Okay. Okay, we're done? All right, good. Then I see where YouTube set a new milestone in December, claiming 11.1% of TV usage.

That's the highest share among all platforms. Wait, I thought, so they were number one with 11.1 on all platforms? yes they were 11.1 YouTube 8.5 Netflix Prime Video got 4%. Boy, the NFL helps these platforms big, don't they? Hulu, 2.5%, Disney 2.1%, Roku Channel 2%, 2B1.7, Peacock 1.6, Paramount Plus, 1.4, Max, 1.2. Pluto, 0.9%. So YouTube, again, like the story said, number one. They were correct. So you got streaming getting 43.3% of the business.

Broadcast is 22.4%. Cable is 23.8%. I didn't even, honestly, I didn't even know cable existed anymore. It's been so long since I've had the cable. Except that I mean, I still, I have the company that I, guess I could get cable from provides my Wi-Fi, which by the way, if they continue

to charge me a million dollars for my Wi-Fi, Elon Starlink is looking pretty good. Elon can get me connected around the globe anywhere I go on my cell or on my laptop. And so I just buy the little Starlink dish

and I just strap it out of my back. That's all. And you're good. You're good to go. Although, I have T-Mobile, and so they're starting a new trial run with T-Mobile being able to use Starlink, so I don't need to carry the satellite dish on my back. I know.

Pretty sweet. Anyway, congratulations to YouTube, and since they are number one, I'm sure that they're going to raise their prices even more again, because they just raised them not long ago. Hulu, though Hulu Live at 2.5%. I mean, I like Hulu Live. I'm okay with that. They do a pretty good job.

They don't have the actual NFL but they do, I mean, you watch the local channels on who live that gives you the NFL games. And they have the NFL today or NFL, whatever they call it, that is delayed a little bit, but it rotates through all the games every day, every Sunday and Saturday, whenever the games are. Like what's weird about, I think we talked about it, like they, and this is how they delay, show you the highlights of the games, which have already happened, right? So they're catching up.

They do a great job. Whoever runs it does a great job. But the running game scores underneath are live. So they'll be going, hey, we're going to Pittsburgh to see if they can score in the last two minutes of the game. And the running scroll will be Pittsburgh loses. So you know they didn't make it. Or Pittsburgh wins. So you know they may, it's just, you know, they're delaying it.

But I still, they do a good job. and if you're able to see it. But, and God, I love, you know, that gives me through ESPN Plus, through Hulu. I'm able to watch all the college football. College football is over. I am so bummed. I seriously, I don't know what I'm going to do on Saturday. I'm going to have to read a book or something.

Ooh. Okay. I'm going to start reading a book just as soon as I'm done here. Okay? So let's go to the break room and then, and then I'll get a book. Okay, so I'm reading a story about Mandy Moore, and it's a story that ends up when people are mad at her for liking an Instagram post, and Ariana Grande as well. And I want you to stop being mad at people for liking posts. This is exactly why Elon took away the notifications of when you, you know,

like something on your ex account your followers don't know you liked it okay that's just you you and the person who have posted it know that you liked it okay and i hate that because part of the deal for me on x was i was able to go along and like posts and then my audience knew that i was that I was there. I was on X at Jeffrey JFR, by the way. And so, and they knew that I was out there. So they could comment or they could joke or they could, you know, make a comment about the post that I liked.

Because I like stuff all the time that I don't necessarily agree with, but I want to like it. So I have it in my like timeline or I want to remember to talk about it with you or whatever. Or I think it's funny. It's something stupid, but I think it's funny. And, you know, Carrie Underwood sang. the inauguration and they lost the music there was no something was wrong with the sound uh i don't know if the band didn't show up or if the sound you know the i don't know if the machine broke down somebody

unplugged the karaoke i don't know but she sang uh america the beautiful acapella which was awesome she just she had the microphone and she was like you know what fine i'll just do it just help sing with me and she sang the audience she was really it was really was really good really good but of course the internet being the internet makes fun of her and on instagram there was a several posts that were making fun of it like uh you know uh carry and kamala harris was standing behind her and uh you know captures like girl find a note and stuff like that's because you know it's stupid funny i i got it so now they're being called out because she liked the post beating up and he wasn't beating up just making fun of the of the thing and

And I don't like that at all. You should be able to like with impunity, okay? If I want to like something, it doesn't mean that I agree or disagree with it. It doesn't mean that I think that she did a terrible job. I think that what you just said in your post, it made me chuckle. I liked it. It's fine. I liked it.

Doesn't mean, and I just hate that that people get in trouble for liking particular social media posts. I just hate that. and just stop it already. I mean, you may, Mandy Moore, we and I may have some issues along the way other than you liking an Instagram post, but I'm going to let you slide on the Instagram post, okay?

Because it's okay. You can like whatever the hell you want. I know, for some reason people forget this. Is America! It's okay! It just drives me. It just drives me insane. So be sure to follow me on my Instagram,

Jeff Fisher Radio. you can like, you know, whatever. If you see me like something on Instagram, yep, I liked it. Could be terrible, could be bad. I will say there are some things. There's a thought now. There are some things that I send to friends of mine

on Instagram that I probably wouldn't share on my timeline because you, the follower of me on Instagram, probably wouldn't think of it. it was funny. Okay, and I know you said, you don't know, Jeff.

I might laugh. I got a hell of a sense of humor. Okay, I know you do. But there are some things that I laugh at that a lot of people don't have a sense of humor about. I'm not going to tell you what that is. But just know that there are plenty of things that I laugh at that probably shouldn't laugh at.

Or, you know, you wouldn't appreciate my laugh, my laugh. you know like like when the the midget pose like I now I don't don't ask me what they are I just

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Oh yeah. And speaking to Instagram, I see where they're offering creators cash bonuses of up to 50,000 a month. if they post exclusively to Reels. So they're going after the uncertainty of TikTok. Hey, come create on Instagram with us. We'll give you money.

A lot more money than we were going to give you. So good luck. If you want to post on Reels. I must have missed my email from Instagram, letting me know that I'm available to create Reels with that extra 50,000. Did they, let's see the story. Okay, so this is for TikTok creators.

All right, that's why they didn't contact me, bastards. It lets TikTok creators earn up to 5,000 over three months for posting reels to Facebook and Instagram. Over the coming months, we'll offer some TikTok creators content deals to help grow their communities on Instagram and Facebook. I mean, I don't know why they weren't doing that anyway. It was just silly that they,

not doing that. Okay. Because I thought they had, didn't they do a bonus thing, a bonus program? A few years ago? It must have fell through. Yeah, because everybody went to TikTok, Jeff.

Oh, okay, that's why. All right. So anyway, good luck. If you're a creator and have a TikTok account and decide that you want to try to make some extra cash and be creating some content

for Instagram and Facebook, have at it. oh wow and i see also that instagram extended the maximum length of reels to three minutes interesting and they also said that they're working on a new video editing and creation app yeah because cap cut which i didn't realize was

to do with tic-tog uh that shut down with tic-tok too and you know that's cap-cut gets used by a whole bunch of people uh oh that's the same as tic-tac Jeff not really uh there are there are there are people who use Capcut that don't have Tick-Tac accounts or TikTok accounts.

If you have a Tick-Tac account, I'm sure that you have a Cap-Cut, but you may not have a T-Tac-T, but you could have a T-Tac-T and not have a Tic-Tac and a Cap-Cut. You with me? Of course you are. It's hockey season,

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See app for details. Who died today? Who died today? Well, we'll begin with Garth Hudson. Garth Hudson. You remember Garth. He's the Canadian-American Multit. instrumentalist who moved effortlessly between rock country and jazz genres.

Yeah, him. He died at the age of 87. Hudson passed away peacefully in his sleep, according to the nursing home in Woodstock, New York. They just walked in and there he was. He passed away. According to this, he was remembered for playing the organ. I don't know whether that was at the nursing home or whether that was with the band.

but then he was also equally adept at the accordion, French horn, saxophone accordion, trumpet, violin, in addition to synthesizers, it was Hudson who erected in this story, what are we even talking about? Of course, we're playing with organs, and now we're erecting things. He erected the studio in which the band recorded with Bob Dylan

more than a hundred songs. I mean, that's a monster. Very sad. Rest in peace to Garth Hudson. dead at the age of 87. Then a link in this story told me, and I don't remember doing this. If I did, I apologize to the Sykes family.

I don't remember, but we have John Sykes dead at the age of 65 from cancer. I feel like I did this. I feel like I did this. But it's dated yesterday. So is it updated or not? Anyway, John Sykes, the legendary hard rock guitarist, who was a member of White Snake and. to thin Lizzie died

at the age of 65 and he had a big battle with cancer. I feel like I did John Sykes. I don't know. It doesn't matter because it's important. Even if we did it before, it's important that you know that John Sykes is dead.

If you were trying to get a hold of him or something, I mean, he's dead at 65. Stop trying to get a hold of him. He was part of White Snake. He was part of the big hair days of Rock Man. That's just, what was the stuff called? Aquanette, that's what it was.

Aquanette, yeah. So, anyway, John Sykes dead at the age of 65. Rest in peace. Side note, I know that height is often associated with good health, but that maybe not is true.

According to a study of Italian soldiers that were found shorter men lived about two to three years longer than taller men. So an observational study, just an observational study. I do that all the time on this show. What are we talking about?

We're quoting an observational study. That's the show. An observational study of Japanese American men linked to the Fox 3, the FOX-O-3 gene, and that's associated with longevity, to shorter height. So if you have that gene,

which apparently, as an observation, Japanese men have it. That also means that they're shorter. But, according to this, you're going to live longer. So when you think to yourself, gosh darn it, I'm short, and I hate being short, and I hate having to look up at everyone.

Just know that, you know, you're going to be looking down at them in the coffin before they look down at you. Just remind them of that. What are you looking at up there? I'm going to be looking at you. a coffin before you're looking at me, buddy. It'll go over great.

And whether you're tall or short, I see where they are creating this new bandage with an electric field around the wound. That's what the bandage creates. So it's water-powered electric bandage. And according to the researchers, it speeds up wound healing by 30%, which would be huge.

So researchers from North Carolina State University and South Korea, I don't know if they have a football team there or not, have developed an affordable bandage that speeds up the healing of chronic wounds by generating an electric field. So in animal tests, these electric bandages healed wounds 30% faster than traditional bandages.

Hopefully we'd heal faster than a rat, but we don't know. We're just saying the real. Rats are more like humans than you want to believe. Okay. So the innovative bandage is lightweight, flexible, and activates with just a drop of water. So you put it on, drop the water on.

It contains electrodes and biocompatible battery that create a healing electric field when activated. It's designed to adapt to deep or irregularly shaped wounds and it moves naturally with the skin. Okay, I mean, it doesn't say a thing in there that it works better on tall people or short people. or thin people or fat people. There's no fat shaming going on.

There's no short shaming going on. It's just a bandage with an electric seal that's going to heal your wound faster. Gotta love that. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here. Introducing the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus, powered by Peloton IQ.

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The Food and Drug Administration has formerly okayed Zen nicotine pouches for sale after reviewing their safety. The agency authorized the sale of 10 flavors of the popular product, making the first time it signed off on nicotine pouches. Now, Zinn's been on the market for quite a while, a decade at least. Health officials determined that the pouches pose a smaller risk of cancer than cigarettes or traditional chewing tobacco. That still doesn't mean they're good for you, Jeff. Okay?

It just means that they're better for you than chewing tobacco and cigarettes. that's good news for Zinn's parent company, Philip Morris. Yeah, no doubt about it. I mean, they have all the tobacco products. And the pouches are the fastest growing segment in the U.S. tobacco market. So there you go, man. Makes someone makes me want to go out and buy a Zen tin right now.

And I just have a nice Zinn tin. I know. Look, I haven't smoked a cigarette in five years now. and I you know there's fewer and far between are the times that I want one but lately I really want one

I really need some nicotine and I do chew some nicotine gum but it doesn't have the same it's losing its appeal okay yeah because you need more nicotine you're addicted so why don't you try some Zen okay I will I almost bought a tin

the other day I fact I asked you got when there was they talked about the Zen tins being a shortage. And I thought, I went in when I bought my lotto ticket at the gas station, and I said, hey, what do you got?

You got a Zinn back there? I sure do. I got some tips right here. What do you need? I almost bought one. Almost bought. I don't know what the flavor. I think I want the mint.

But whatever the flavors are, I have to look at the flavors. But no, I don't want the citrus. Now, what is it? I've tried them all. Okay. What do they have? What are the flavors?

You're going to make me go to the Zinn website to see the flavors? Yeah. Okay, so I see the timeless classics of wintergreen, spearmint, cool mint, and peppermint. Then they have the fruity and bold citrus and cinnamon and the rich and unique coffee and menthol. Yeah, I don't want. I'd rather, I think, have the wintergreen or the spearmint or the cool mint. Somewhere in there, not the peppermint. but you know if i'm going to zen

if i'm going to zen i'm going to zen mint okay i want a zintin mint of zin as your producer i will get you a no it's fine don't worry about it you don't need to feed any more of my addictions you know i tried to get a hold of the colossal biosciences

because they are the company that are creating the woolly mammoth and the dodo and the tasmanian devil and they're here in DFW here in the Metroplex and they're using their genetic engineering technologies and, you know, everyone thinks it's the, you know, modern day Jurassic Park, right? And they just got done raising $200 million in a funding round and they've said they've totaled $435 million in funding to do this. And, you know, they, the mission represents a bold step in de-extinction science with potential applications in biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation.

What? Okay, thanks. That's going to get you more money if you say, oh, yeah, I could work on climate change mitigation. And so people are, you know, willing to drop some money in, which makes sense why they are at the World Economic Forum. We've got news back that they can't join me for an interview because they're at the WEF in Davos.

And what I thought originally, my gosh, they're over there in Switzerland, and they're just out there, I guess, say it, hey, look at us. But look, there's all kinds of global financiers. And the Hoity Toits, the Big Money Hoituterts, are at the annual World Economic Forum

there in Davos. So it makes sense that they are using their and climate change. mitigation could come from these studies. I know we're our biodiversity restoration, climate change mitigation, our D extends can science,

absolutely, you should donate another two or three or four or five hundred million dollars to our company. And to do that, we need to be in Davos and we need to tell those people right to check today. So hopefully sometime in the near future, when they get back from raising capital in Davos, they will talk to us here on chewing the fat. Really kind of looking forward to that.

All right, let's get out of here. I'll leave you with the joke of the day. This is from William. William's working hard. Chewing the fat at the blaze.com. He's working hard. He's writing jokes every day, trying to come up with good ones for you.

So we'll see if this one works. I feel like he didn't write this one. I feel like I've heard this one before. So a guy is married to a blonde, and every day he comes home from work with a blonde joke. and one day his wife's had enough of the blonde jokes and she says you know I'm smart I'll prove it to you I can name all the state capitals tomorrow when you come home and he's like oh fine whatever then he spent the next day she spends all day learning the state

capitals she's learning I mean when her husband comes home she's ready and she said okay ask me any state capital and the husband says okay what's the capital of Massachusetts and she smiles and her whole body is shaking with pride and she answers M. See, because she's a blonde

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