Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and Jules - Puka Nacua's Best LA Rams Stories

Episode Date: July 26, 2026

Puka Nacua shares some of his favorite stories from his time with the Rams including his connection with Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp plus the cost of changing your jersey number in the NFLSupport the show: https://hoo.be/dudesondudesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey, Portlandia fans. Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen here. The Dream of the 90s is alive in podcast form. We're launching Podlandia, AEO rewatch, our brand new podcast where we revisit every episode of Portlandia together, breaking down sketches, going deep on our iconic characters, and pulling back the curtain on how it all got made. And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life. Guest stars, collaborators, and friends, including director Jonathan Chrysall, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more.

Kyle is going for it here. You fully improvised, not just words, but a song. Well, I thought you were all going to write a song. I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia. A.O. Rewatch on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl, Sam J.

And we're the host of everyone watches women's sports. A new podcast from Together and IHeart Women's Sports. We're breaking down the biggest headlines. Naomi Osaka. Shout out to you Naomi. The viral moments. I've been obsessed with Kishan Rock's boxing journey.

She looks good. Her combos are swift. The stories everyone's talking about across women's sports. Because everyone watches women's sports. Listen to everyone watches women's sports. On the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

This is Chelsea Handler from Dear Chelsea. Every week, the news gets worse. The world gets crazier. And Yamanika is here to tell whoever's responsible, you're the problem. Do you know I just found out who Sidney Sweeney was? If he got a bunch of women, then I should have a bunch of men. Do better or do less, so I don't have to do so much.

I'm Yamanika, and I'm out. Listen to You're the Problem with Yamanika on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Jake Brennan, and on the Disgraceland podcast, I explore the wild lives of rock stars and unbelievable true crime stories from music history. These are the stories you haven't heard, the kind you'll end up telling someone else. Like the time Paul McCartney spent in a notorious prison or the bizarre crime Lady Gaga is accused of where that time Blondie's Debbie Harry escaped Ted Bundy. Listen to Disgraceland on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Games with Names. I'm Julian Edelman, and we got a brand new compilation highlight reel starting now. Now, Puka Nukua on becoming Matthew Stafford's go-to guy. This is week two. What did you crack them for in the first week? You had 10 catches or something?

10 for 120. 10 for 120, okay? So you kind of knew before that game that there was chemistry between you and Matthew Stafford. When did you feel that chemistry actually ignite? And like you knew you were going to have this 10 catch game going into the week two where you're going to have the performance you have? So rookie minicamp, we come, we get drafted, we show up.

And then there's like two weeks after that the rookies got to stay after everybody else goes. And everybody's leaving except me and my roommate, Davis Allen. I was 177. He was 175. Two picks in front of me. We're at the hotel together. We're both rookies. So we're staying and everybody's going.

We're like, oh, we're going to stay. And we get a text of like, yo, from one of our strength coach, he's like, yo, Matthew wants you to come out and catch for like, Higgs is going to be there. Our other wide receiver, Van Jefferson is going to be there. and they were like, he wants you to come out. I'm like, yo, for real? Like, out of all the guys in the team, like, he asked me and, like, my roommate to come out. I was like, yo, I got to run the best routes in my life. If I cannot drop a ball, like, it's got to be as good or I got to, it's got to be the best route running I've ever had in my life.

And the first day, like, you've thrown with him. Like, you see when, like, you're coming out of breaks and, like, the ball's in the perfect spot every time. And be like, yo, if I can keep my feet and, like, as long as I can see the ball spinning for a second, I'm like, this is, I'm like, he is not missing. Like, no, it's upfield, we're running an out route, puts on your front shoulder, you can turn, tap and turn, and get out of the side. Then you're running out of a crow break.

It's on your inside path, so you can drop step and turn over your inside shoulder. And that was like, holy cow. So you're basically telling me that you guys had instant chemistry. I mean, low key, I felt like, first, yeah, I was like, honestly, I'm not going to, I'm not even going to second guess that. Because I went with him once to Golden West. Yeah.

We threw together. I think we threw 45 balls. I think we went 45 for 45. We never even met each other. That's how elite his arm talent is. Like Puka was saying, the ball comes right out there, right out that break is right on your forehead.

Literally. Right up on your forehead. And he just over here slings it. Oh, man. He got that little half white arm sleeve and just, woo, dot him up. What do you think makes him so special? Is it the arm strength?

What do you see from his day to day that makes him special? I mean, I think his attention to detail. Till, like, man, like, he just like, I mean, I think of him and less neither. Like, so man, he does, he's not the, the guy who's going to go out and have the most conversation. He's going to talk to everybody. But man, like, you see, he's got the big old, like, year calendar, like, notebook where he's like, he's got, he's got an old pen and paper. It's like the yellow pages still. Like, you know, where it's not like the little brown spot at the top and you fold it over. So it's like, that's him. Like, he's got it. He's taking notes. He's got it all. That's how we used to do it in the NFL. Yeah. Yeah. I know you're so used to iPads and fucking devices and stuff. You probably. didn't ever read a book. We used to get a big-ass binder with all the plays. No, yeah, hell, no, they definitely don't do that anymore. Three-incher.

It'd be a three-incher. You guys save some trees, man. It's like using an iPad, man. I guess we are. I guess we are. But, yeah, I think his toughness, I think is the one thing that's like, man, you have to cut both arm and legs off for that guy to leave the football field. 1,000%.

And I think as that quarterback position, you don't always get that. And I think that separates him from, almost every other guy out there. Now, when the guys in the locker room see and know about Matthew Stafford's toughness,

does it bring, does it have like an energy in the room where if a guy gets kind of banged up, they like, oh, well, our fucking star quarterback will just play with broken ribs or whatever. He's always playing banged up. Yeah.

I got to play. Is there that energy with Matthew Stafford in that locker? locker room 100% it's like it's definitely bled into the identity of our team and stuff like that and how guys operate and be like yo this is the most prized position we have is our quarterback you know how the locker room is and like how the football organ is like the whole football team operates through this guy and he yeah he will never take himself out of the game yeah and so it's like if unless you're unless your ankle is facing the opposite way or you yeah there are ligaments that are completely torn that you can't run anymore you got to get back out there I just remember that one video of him like going and doing the two-point conversion when he like he fucked up his other shoulder when he's back in Detroit early in his career because we were driving the same year I think 2009 really and man he's been playing he was like crying I remember because I've

I've gotten crunched where a guy falls on you and you crunch your shoulder and you knock it out of place yeah and the pain is I remember him going oh and I'm a motherfucker sacked up and through that two-point conversion. Like a boss. With a broken show. I was like, I'm a Matthew Stafford guy ever since then. Then he got it with you guys. It's been fun to watch his story.

Now, Puka talks about learning from Cooper Cup. You talk so much about your relationship with Cooper Cup. And I've heard you say he's been a huge help. And he took that role of helping you. Like, can you talk about your relationship with Cooper Cup and what he's meant and what you guys have learned and how it's going to be, how you're going to feel when he leaves? Yeah. when he's gone. Yeah, he is gone now, except I'm going to, I'm going to see him two times a year, so that'll be

excited. I told him, I'm like, man, well, I'm like, if you, I'm going to make sure we, somebody's going for $150. I'm like, we're pushing each other. I'm going to be out there. I never really talk smack, and I know Cooper Cup, out of all people, doesn't talk smack either, so I'm like, that might be the only day I come out there yapping. I'm like, I know that guy.

I'm like, we spend the off season together, and it's, it's been a true blessing to be around him the first two years of my career and absolutely be everywhere with him in the facility, get to learn from him, spend the offseason together, work out, learn what it's like to be a professional athlete and a wide receiver who's doing at the top of his game right now and it's been at the top of the league who's won a Super Bowl MVP. And just to watch it, and I feel like I was stealing. Like I didn't like, now that you're like realizing that it's gone and being like, holy cow, like I was right next to this guy. I was in the breakfast club with Matthew Stafford, Cooper Cup, and Coach McVeigham, like some of the best football minds currently right now in the

NFL. And like to hang it, like, to wear the jersey with him. I'm like, I think about, man, the Eagles game, his first game back. And we got to line up in formation next to each other and being like, yo, like, this is real. Like, Cooper Cups out here. I'm playing football with Cooper Cup right now. And like what it felt like when I got called out before him. And then they called Cooper Cup number 10.

He has a song play. And the whole stadium's like, cool. and being like, what? It's happening. Like, all through, like, training camp, OTAs. He got hurt during training camp by rookie year. And, like, he came back and it was like, everybody, you could feel like the leadership.

And then also, like, the football player of being like, he controls, he knows what's going on. It made it so fun. Yeah. He's a pro. I remember him as a young buck. We used to work out together at Golden West. Yeah, the hot spot.

I remember. He was coming off an injury. I threw with Matthew, if it called him. couple times. Oh, man. He can light it up. What do you got to do getting this goddamn breakfast club? I mean, the cool name, you got McVeigh, you got Whit, you got Stapford Cup, that's it. Exclusivity, Soho Home membership. How do you get in this thing? Hopefully I'm like, they didn't ask me for any membership fee. But shoot, you got to get up there

earlier. I'm like, that's one of the things I was like, I that helped when I was watching Cooper, I changed my routine of like, man, I'm, during season, I'm normally in bed at least by 9.30. Like if I'm, if not, like, going to bed by 9.30. So I could wake up and be up at 5.30, 5.45 so I could get to the facility at 6 o'clock. And they've already, and I would be almost the last one there. They've already been there. Like, they're up watching and they've probably gone through the last practice. And now we're about to start watching the explosive from all the other teams across the league.

And I'm like, so I come in for the back half and then we rerun the tape. Me and Cooper back, all right, now we're going to watch the receivers at the end while either Matthew's going to grab coffee. They're grabbing breakfast. and then like can we kind of sit there, yeah, watch all the tape and it would be like, all right,

I keep them updated and like the newest slang terms because I'm like, those two guys, I'm like, boomers. Yeah, one coup probably never actually

has gone on social media. And then Matthew, I don't think he even knows he has an Instagram. Dang. He posted April Fool's yesterday that he has all tatted up. Do you see that?

That's his staff for his full sleeve. That was the news yesterday. That's April Fool. If I ever seen that. That's a boom. That's such a dad joke. right there. He is. Matt's cool.

Freaking, you know, when I hear you talk about it, I was in the same, similar situation. We had Wes Walker when I got drafted. And it's so good for a young player

to get to learn from a guy who's a buck. Like, you got to learn the routine of Cooper Cup. I got to learn the routine of West Walker. I got to learn the practice habits of West Walker, Randy Moss. Like when you're around certain players, that's so good for the development of a young football player. If that young football player wants to learn and is in that back pocket.

I was in West's back pocket all the time. He didn't always want to help me. But I was, anytime he'd go, I'd go right behind him because I knew he was the best at doing it. And I wanted to do what he did. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, when you're running indie drills and like everybody's getting ready to line up And I'm like, yo, I'm going to make my way to the front right behind Koole. Yeah.

I'm going to make my way to the front to be number two just so I can watch him go. Watch his whole rep. Watch how he's doing everything. Whether it was routes on air, it was the cone drills or he were going up in one-on-ones. Like, like, and then when I got to go on the reps with him, I'm like, all right, Coup, like, hey, we got this. So we're lined up two by two and we're going to, we're in a stack. And it's me and Koot would be like, all right, what are you about to do right here?

I'm like, and he'd be like, oh, I think I'm about to get inside leverage. And then I'm going to work in him. I'm a cross face and then I'm a one two at the top. And we're like, as we're going out, like we're still kind of talking to me like, oh. And then you watch him say exactly what he said was going to happen to me like, holy cow, like, this is how football should feel like, man, there's a different type of feeling when you get to go and watch somebody because they're giving all these cues that man, you're like, oh, I just have my, I have my corner route right here. I'm going to go. I'm going to find a way.

And he's like, all right, no, it's going to look like this. He's going to roll down. He's going to play outside leverage. I'm going to get to his inside shoulder. I'm going to one to him at the top and I'm a win. And then he would go, one, two, him at the top. And he would win him. I'd be like, damn, Coop.

Yeah. Reps, time on task. Cooper Cup has a lot of them, and you're building a lot of them right now. Next, Pucca on having to pay to change his number. Devonty Adams. That's a big addition. I think he's going to be a huge help for you guys. Being able to be a guy that could win on the backside, outside the numbers, consistently.

Something you guys kind of lacked last year. Like, or a red area target. You guys would do all that hay and then you get in the red area and Higgsby was a little banged up. So having Devante there, that's going to be huge. What are you going to, have you guys talked? A little bit. When he came out of sign his contract, I think he's still been out in Vegas. But one, first I want to get him on the basketball court too because I'm like, I feel like I always see it.

As a wide receiver, I feel like that. You see it like how they kind of move through the on the basketball court. But I know he's a big basketball fan too. I'm like, we'll get up. For sure, he's going to show up to OTAs. We're going to get a lot of routes in. we're going to talk about them. Like, once I can see you on the basketball court,

I think I can understand how you think about football too. I'm like, you get that similar movement pattern is going to come out, I think. Yeah, 1,000 percent. So what did you do for 17? Like, what did he? That's a, man, so it's so fun. The number, do you give you a couple bands?

I wish. He got it for the free ski. Free ski? Did you play pig? Were you going to play pig? What, did he beat you? No, no, no. He definitely didn't beat me a pig, no chance.

So that didn't happen. But I was already planning to switch to 12. So you know, you got to file the paperwork and stuff like that. They got to buy out your jerseys and stuff like that. I'm like, I was still a fifth round pick. I'm like, they asked like, how they're like, it would be 500,000 to switch your jersey. I'm like, I think you forgot when I got drafted. I was like, I don't got that type of money.

I was like, for a jersey number? No. That's time. I'm like, no. So you fill out the paperwork, how to wait a whole year. So this year was like, I was getting ready to like the springtime once that official season in March or whenever it is they switch over, I was going to be going to number 12 and it's like,

we signed Devante Adams and everybody's like, yo, what are you about to do? And I'm like, man, if I would have waited. You would have waited? If I would have waited like three more weeks, like I would have got to at least. He could have came up 500. I know, that's what I'm saying.

You go 500 there. You get a couple here. And then we've got a fun trip in the off season. I know. That's why I took the guys out. But now what DeMonte's got to do. I'm going to make sure I'm holding that. I think you need a couple more Jewish people.

in your life. Okay, I'm just letting you know, Bub. You can't be talking about age and you can't be getting impatient with number changes. Let's go. Cost you a couple bill. Yeah, exactly. You've heard the chaos. Now you can see it.

Hello. My gosh. Watch all your favorite podcasts from start to finish right inside the free IHard radio app. Get the blood going up. Catch every laugh and eye roll on shows like the Tom Green Farmcast and park the bus. Now with full video. We're building a ramp.

Tony Hawk. It's the same hosts and the same chemistry with all the hilarious moments you've been missing. Right on your screen. Cheers. Open the free IHard Radio app. Search video podcasts and tap watch. What's up, fam?

I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl, Sam J. And we're the host of everyone watches women's sports, a new podcast from Together and IHart Women's Sports. Because let's be real. Women's sports is giving us way too much to talk about these days. So Kelsey Finler, she became the first female,

solo rower to go from California to Hawaii? My first thought is, like, what's up with the snacks? Like, what are we eating? The highlights, the rivalries, the breakout stars, the moments to take over your entire timeline. And the conversations that start during the game and somehow keep going all week. Every week, we're breaking down the biggest stories across women's sports. Naomi Osaka, showing out, she beat Sabalinka. Shout out to you, Naomi.

You get the palm, Naomi. You get the palm for that. Because we're not just interested in what happened. We're interested in why everyone's talking about it because everyone watches women's sports. Listen to everyone watches women's sports on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

Hey, Portlandia fans. Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen here. You know us, or rather you know them. Tony and Candace, Nina and Lance, Spike, and yes, the chicken. We've played a lot of iconic characters over the years, but today we're showing up as ourselves to tell you about Podlandia, AEO, rewatch,

our brand new podcast. Each week we'll revisit an episode of Portlandia from the very beginning, breaking down the sketches, exploring the backstories of our most iconic characters, revisiting the Portland locations you know and love, and opening up about our creative process. How did any of this get made?

Why do we think that was a good idea? We're ready to talk about it. And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life. Guest stars, collaborators, and friends, including director Jonathan Chrysall, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more. Kyle is going for it here.

You fully improvised, not just words, but a song, a melody. I thought he was going to write. I thought you were all going to write a song. I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia. Ayo rewatch on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Nick Totoro. You probably know me from NYPD Blue, the longest yard, or Spike Lee's Black Landsman.

But I'm also from Queens, which means I know pizza. And on my new podcast, delivering happiness, Nick Totoro, I deliver pizza from Prince Street pizza to a new guest. Are you delivering pizza now? Then we sit down for a real conversation. I've shared a slice with everyone from Seth Rollins. What are you doing my belt?

To Alex Rodriguez. Just to let you people know, we're talking to one of the goats here. To Bill Burr. I don't think I've ever met somebody so exactly out of their mind as I am. And now, we even have more great guests coming up, including the great John Tutu.

It's called Happiness. Delivering Happiness. Mariano Rivera. And many, many more. Open your free high-hard radio app. Search Delivering Happiness with Nick Tutor. And listen now. Next up, Puka tells the story of meeting LeBron.

Living in L.A., what's the coolest thing you've done this offseason? What's the coolest thing you've done? Shoot, I had to be 100% meeting LeBron James. LeBron James? LeBron James. Right after the Luca trade, his first home, or the first home game is against the jazz. And I'm supposed to do like a jersey swap.

Luca. I'm so excited. I'm playing my best music on my way down to Crypto. I'm having a good time. My high school buddy calls me and he's like, yo, what are you doing? I'm like, I'm about to go meet Luca. I'm like, we're about to do a jersey swap. As soon as I say jersey swap, I realized I forgot my jersey. Oh, fuck. I'm like, oh my gosh, I blew it. Like, it's over. Where'd you go to the dicks right down the street? Your jerseys everywhere here. I'm like, I don't, so I was like, I told, so I'm like, I don't, he's about to give me like a, like a game jersey. Like I'm about to give him one of my game jerks like so i'm like we got we're trading like for real for i don't want to give him like something off of like fanatics that's not like one of the real ones so i'm like holy

cow what am i about to do luckily the freaking we do it after game so after game we got we get we get a jersey my actual jersey he gives me a pair of shoes and we're sitting there taking photos right by the tunnel and then 10 seconds after we're done taking a photo lebron james walks out of like their locker room and it's like the media is kind of right there and he kind of he sees me he's like yo i didn't know you were coming in and I'm like, I only come to watch you, bro. And then he's like, oh, let me drop my, he's like, let me put away my yo-yo. He's like, post-games got all this stuff going on. He's like, and I'm like, I got this long sleeve like hoodie on.

I'm like, I need to pull my sleeves up. This needs to be the best dap of my life. Like, it's LeBron James, bro. So I wind up for clean, clean smack tap. I'm like, oh, he's like, what's up, man? Like, how I was like, man, I'd come watch you and Luca. They won that game. And then we got to chop it up for a little bit.

there's kind of media around. He's like, man, you like, you know I'm always rocking with you. And I was like, bro, like every ounce and every cell in my body was just screaming. Because like, I'm born in 2001. I've been watching LeBron James my entire life. Yeah. Ever since I remember watching basketball, he's been there. Now I'm living in L.A.

And he's like, yo, like, I'm rocking with you. I was, it was unreal. That's unreal. I got a quick question, though. What size he shoot is Lukeware? I think he's like a 14 or 15. 15? Yeah, because when I, I'm a size 13 and a half.

I wear some 14s, he was like, yo, like, you got a good size feet, too. I was like, I'm not six-six, but I'm like, I do got a big foot. So you gave him cleats? No, no, no, no, no. I'm going to say, what if Luga put on the cleats? He's like, click, click, click, click on the hardwood. Oh, my gosh. Man, LeBron James getting me.

I've never met him. I've done a bunch of stuff with his production company, Maverick. Yeah. And I've met Mab a few times. He's been real cool. He's bigger than you think, too, right? Oh, yeah. They're all, dude.

I mean, other than Rich Paul is the only, like, kind of small one. But Maver Cardham, like, I said. Mav's big. Yeah, that's all. Like a basketball player. Yeah. But, you know, with LeBron, now that he's kind of an underdog because of his age, I've jumped on his wagon even harder.

Because I went to college at Kent State. And the year he got drafted, I was in Northeast Ohio right down the street from where he grew up in Akron. Really? I remember going to Chapel Hill Mall buying his first, his first shoe, thinking it was so cool. being in Ohio with you know LeBron at the university and I mean it's been so remarkable

to see the longevity of this guy like he's 40 years old and he's punking dudes still it's unreal it's really a testament to how how hard he takes his craft his dedication to his body

and and he's never been in trouble it's fucking nuts yeah like he's he's the epitome of what a professional athlete should want to be in his life. Regardless of what you think of LeBron James, he is a fucking, he's our generation's Jordan. Yeah, 100% set the standard for sure. It's been unreal. I can't imagine being in Accurate at that time. Like, while like, it's the prime hype of everybody waiting to see what LeBron James is going to look like in the NBA and you're right there in the heat of it. The heat, it was so crazy. They used to have this big mural of like Josh Cribbs on the side of the, like, it was like a Nike ad on the side of the buildings in Cleveland.

and as soon as, I don't know, it was LeBron, and then when LeBron left, they put Josh Cribs up there. But LeBron owned that city, man, in that area. It was so cool to be a part of. What do you like about LeBron? I think the mental toughness of being like, man, ever since I've walked in, even before I was the number one pick in the NBA draft

of, like, everybody was looking at me to be the one, to lead the way, to be the great one. And, like, he's only surpassed everybody's expectations. Everybody's like, are you going to be Michael Jordan? Are you going to be Magnet Johnson? and he just went out and became LeBron James to everybody who now we know is the 50,000 leading the NBA. And as a basketball fan, I'm like, I just love watching the game. There's something that the fluidness and like the elusiveness that is in the game of basketball

that you don't get in football in the exact same way that I'm like, I could watch basketball all day, every day. Like, there's something about it. This is so soothing to the brain. Now, Puka talks about growing up in Vegas. Now, how was it growing up in Vegas? There's nothing like it's the best place in the world for sure I believe that It was hot it was hot I think that's where definitely

So this is easy for you then when it's 110 over there It's woodland hills It's way different over there yeah but like that's why I'm like man the tar the the the The tar outside all of the streets like when we used to be running outside or hot like hot Boilin like burn your socks right off so like and but it was it was so fun I loved it out there And that's where I mean I first started playing football that's where my memories are at and then everything kind of took off from there. Who were your sports teams growing up

if you're from Vegas? I was a Packers fan. Packers? Brett F. Arv? Who's there? Aaron Rogers? Jesus. I'm old. Lucas one and no one, hey? So my family,

my mom's full saw moa and my dad grew up in Hawaii. So like one of the Polynesian team, the Steelers, everybody. Stilers? Yeah, Troy Palm Moll. Everybody loves him. So I was like, okay, they were fans. So I was like, oh, being the youngest,

we didn't have any team. like I kind of want to choose against everybody. So I remember in 2010 when they played the Packers and they won. And I'd be like, man, I'm glad I chose the right team. And then the Steelers won it the year after. And then like so, and then most of my family, they grew up like your fans because both my parents are from California. And then I had gone to a Thunder game with Little Dana. Yeah. Yeah.

We had gone to a football camp out there in Oklahoma. And then we went to a Thunder game. And I was like, yo, that was unreal. I don't think anybody in the stadium sat down for 48 minutes straight. Like, wide out. People are rocking. They beat the Spurs in a playoff game. They got the Young Thunder.

I was like, you know, this is my new favorite team. Was that with Hardin and Durant? Hardin. Like, Sergei Baca. Like,

they had, oh, it was a craved. And like, this is 2013 spurs. So, like, Tony Parker or Tim Duncan, those guys aren't that old.

Like, I mean, they get ready to win a championship like in a year and a half, two years later. And it was wild. Jeez. So, like, are all the people now

that grow up in Vegas? Are they all, like, adopting the new Vegas teams? I think so 100%. Especially. like the, I think the Raiders has been a little bit different because, I mean, I feel like a lot of people out here, like in the Southern California era still. They have a, I think they have a Southwest, like, region that follows them because of Oakland, L.A.

And then there's Raiders fans everywhere. Yeah, that is true, 100%. But I know, like, they love, everybody loves the, the Knights out there, especially, like, you come in your first season and you win it. Like, I feel like that's, you can't write it any better for that. And they've been rocking with the hockey team over there for sure. So you grew up with Little Dana? Little Dana and then eight and two So we played me and both the

Little Dana White Yep Little Dana White And then eight and two like He was number 12 He was our quarterback That was a guy running the show He was great We didn't really throw the ball

I mean I think maybe our second year We started throwing the ball But our coach had coached at Oklahoma And was and he had coached DeMarco Murray At Bishop Gorman So we weren't just our little league team Like we had a hurry up offense Like we were doing like we had Rocket 1

NASCAR That's crazy We were getting up there Dena White Tyrant Oklahoma ex-coach for the pop order team. Come on, Dana. We were working, we were trying to win.

I mean, I don't think we ever, we won. Was it Pop Warner? Yeah, this is. Did you win a Super Bowl? Yep, we won the Super Bowl. How many? Three of them. Orlando?

No, no, no, no, I wish. Oh, we didn't go to Orlando? No, no, no. 98, baby. Redwood City. 14-0, Redwood City. Shout out, Frank Edelman. We beat the Naperville Redskins.

Thank God for that field goal kick that bit right in. Chris Reese. No, wait. Chris Steven Aros with a middle screen touchdown. Dude, those are some of the funnest times when you got to, we got to go miss a week of school right before Christmas break to go to Disney World to play two football games. Oh, wow. When you're 12 years old.

Yeah, that's unbeatable right there. Unbeatable. Yeah. Staying up late going to like hang out with the friends just running around the hotel, being a menace to everybody else staying there. Like, that was the best time. Now, did little, little Dana, did he throw, like, the sickest parties in high school? Like, he had the sick house.

Sure, I can't. We, I, when I went to go visit. I can't remember. No, no, no. No, man. No parties. No, yeah. We didn't do shit, man.

Fucking Broco is real, dog. Broca's real, dog. Yeah, the pool, the pool, we used to, like, basketball pool games, like, where those were always the most hectic. I feel like they always ended with somebody getting drowned or somebody having a broken nose. Like, they got, they got intense. Everybody was trying to win.

fucking gay lord falker over here remember that bloody nose meet the parents so you got two bros in the UFO they both scored this last weekend yeah open a weekend it was sweet so my so who do they play for the Michigan Panthers

both of them both of them yep my brother Samson plays Y receiver and then my brother Kai plays safety he's the he's the bigger body he's a little bit slow now he's I saw him he was a little bit gas on his pick six I was like oh he's running he's at the 20 yard and I'm like oh you still got a ways to go buddy

you better not slow down that much. So how many of the Nukua's are there in the house? I got five brothers and one sister. She's tough? She probably beat me up more than my brothers did. Honestly, she knew at what age, like we would be able to, like,

beat her up or, like, fight back and be like, all right, you can't win anymore. Like, my sister used to just, like, pin us down and, like, punch you in the lake until she, like, she knew she gets you with the Charlie Horse. Like, she'd find the spot and just, like, keep like,

and then it was probably, like, seventh or eighth grade was like, all right, she tried to pin me to the ground. And I got up and it was like, all right, it's over. Hey, Portlandia fans. Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen here. The Dream of the 90s is alive in podcast form. We're launching Podlandia, AEO rewatch, our brand new podcast where we revisit every episode of Portlandia together, breaking down sketches, going deep on our iconic characters, and pulling

back the curtain on how it all got made. And we'll also be joined by the people who helped bring it all to life. Guest stars, collaborators, and friends, including director, Jonathan, in Chrysler, the mayor himself, Kyle McLaughlin, legendary musician Amy Mann, and many more. Kyle is going for it here. You fully improvised, not just words, but a song. Well, I thought you were all going to write a song.

I remember you thinking that. Listen to Podlandia. A.O. Rewatch on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist, Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl, Sam J. And we're the host of everyone watches women's sports. It's a new podcast from Together in I Heart Women's Sports.

We're breaking down the biggest headlines. Naomi Osaka, show it out. Shoutouts to you, Naomi. The viral moments. I've been obsessed with Kashan Rock's boxing journey. She looks good. Her combos are swift. And the stories everyone's talking about across women's sports.

Because everyone watches women's sports. Listen to everyone watches women's sports. On the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Nick Titoro. You probably know me from NYPD Blue, the longest yard, or Spike Least Black Klansman. And on my new podcast, Delivering Happiness with Nick Tatoro, I deliver pizza to a new guest.

I've shared a slice with everyone from Seth Rollins. What are you doing my belt? To Bill Burr. I don't think I've ever met somebody so exactly out of their mind as I am. And now, we even have more great guests coming up, including the great John Tuturo. It's called Happiness, delivering happiness. And many, many more. Open your free High Heart Radio app.

Search Delivering Happiness with Nick Tutro. And listen now. I'm Jake Brennan. And on the Disgraceland podcast, I explore the wild lives of rock stars and unbelievable true crime stories from music history. These are the stories you haven't heard, the kind you'll end up telling someone else. Like the time Paul McCartney spent in a notorious prison

or the bizarre crime Lady Gaga is accused of, where that time Blondie's Debbie Harry escaped Ted Bunny. Listen to Discrecelain on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. podcast.