Ghostrunners - 422 - Daddy's Going to China

Episode Date: March 31, 2025

Electric start to this episode! Brad remembers Tiger King, Timon quizzes Jake on elementary music terms, and Jake recounts stories of growing up with an an above ground pool. Check out Unsifted and use code GHOSTRUNNERS10 for $10 off orders of $100 or more https://www.unsifted.com/ Check out Good Ranchers and use code GRKC http://bit.ly/3KV86YU Check out Main Street Roasters and use code GRKC at check out for a 10% discount! https://mainstreetroasters.com Ghostrunners merch: https://bit.ly/399MXFu Become a Patron and get exclusive content from Jake & Brad: https://bit.ly/2XJ1h3y Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/33WAq4P Leave us a voice memo and ask a question: https://anchor.fm/jake-triplett/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I've got two days left on my gym membership. There's a little buzz, a little buzz. Oh, there is a little buzz. I was curious if it was like, is that real? Is that real? Little buzz. Buzz still there. Still there.

Still there? Yep. Nah, still there. Buzz still there. Must be your mic. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Buzz came back. Buzz came back. Buzz back. That was it. Yep. Yep. No came back. Buzz came back. Buzz back. Back buzz.

Buzz gone. Actually, buzz kind of there. I still kind of there. Still there. Buzz all the way gone. Buzz completely eradicated. Buzz be gone. Buzz. Buzz fixed. All right gone. Buzz good. Buzz fixed. All right, it's out. Keep all that in.

That's how, that's the back, that's the behind the scenes of how we do this thing. We try to keep the words very efficient. Buzz, buzz there. Buzz gone. Buzz back. Buzz, buzz, buzz. That's like when it's really loud. It's like in the Bible where they don't have like bold

Natalicized. So you have to say it more. Yes. That's right. Beelzebub thought that's where you're going with that. I wish that word used to scare me. It still does. It should. Good point.

Hey, but actually no, because if God's for it, yeah, what do you yeah, who can be Beelzebub? Right. Hey, but actually no, because if God's for it. Yeah, what do you yeah who can be Bielsa bub Right is that your Bielsa bub or you afraid to see me? Why do I think this type means that it's going down with some random thoughts and white meat to Midwest best friends eating fast food On repeat, so come along. Let's have some fun and go ahead get on your feet because it's a ghost from the spot can so stupid you tried you know bill's bub gone beer gone oh man are we keeping that stupid. You tried. Yeah. Bill's Bob gun. Beer gun. Oh man.

Are we keeping that in or? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Great. The whole thing. This whole awkward silence, everything. All right.

So that was the interim pregnant. No interviews. Music either. No music. Just keep this. This is even that good anyway, but I'm joining Lifetime with you Brad starting now when they're listening to this So I've got about can only have one workout left in my gym. You promise?

I guess I shouldn't problem. What if I get in a car wreck today? Thank you. I wouldn't go to the gym anymore I would probably that's probably the first thing I would say at your funeral is I would say he promised this guy's a liar I know you guys are all gonna say all this nice stuff about Jake You might be thinking who's this tubbo well It wouldn't be so tubby if I had a workout partner and you'd be you'd be giving the eulogy with a nice stout beer like you're now this guy is with a nice stout beer like you are now. This guy is full of garbage. All right, I don't know what he's thinking here.

We can all agree. Something about your quarters have been all the way zipped up, now does look kind of drunk. I don't know. This is my funeral office, black. Brad, this is so funny. Let me get this on camera.

It's so funny. All right, this is Brad. let me get this on camera. So funny. All right this is Brad doing a character for 11 years 14 days 6 hours 45 minutes and that was the best time of my life But that guy is a big old liar all right, right, let's get you off the stage. Thank you, buddy. Thank you guys I'll be at old mallies ever this if anybody wants to put down a pint with me Big liar So I guess I don't promise. Okay. But. But you're close.

Yeah, and I think it's coming at a good time because the the Brookridge Fitness Center reminds me so much of, I think it's SBU is what I'm thinking of, or it's almost like contemporary Christian music when I was a kid growing up. Here's what I mean, is I just know there's better versions out there of what I'm getting. Whoa, whoa. You're saying that contemporary Christian music when I was a kid growing up. Here's what I mean, is I just know there's better versions

out there of what I'm getting. Whoa, whoa, you're saying that contemporary Christian's not the best kind of music in the world? In 1998, it felt like pop music was better than the Christian contemporary music. Come and go with me to my father's house. Now that was great. And go, oops, I didn't say, oh, well, yeah, that made sense.

Yeah, wow, that's really good. OK, yeah. Basically, my main issue with them is I think they were told, you know, the front desk workers about a week or two ago, hey, guys, so it's March Madness. So make sure on the TVs we have CBS and True TV and TNT going. OK, it's March Madness.

Well, I'll tell you, March Madness isn't every day. I've been watching days of our lives, the last four days, every day when I go work out. It's like, they said CBS, you gotta put CBS on. And when I'm in there and I'm working out, I just feel like, at a real gym, they wouldn't do this. At a real gym, they know better to have days of our lives on right now.

And that's what SBU felt like for, I'm like, I'm having fun. But the fact that no one's tailgating is so depressing for a football game or the fact that like what you're trying to do for homecoming. It's like, that's a good try. Yes, dude. I bet the other schools are doing it a little differently though. Oh, you had a theme dinner. Yeah, I'll eat it. But like, okay. Yeah. It's a how how we're not supposed to Halloween. So it's like a fall festival dinner. It's dorm versus dorm. I'm like, I bet the fraternities are like way better and cooler and everything we're trying to do at SBU right now. This is a good try though. It's like, that's kind of a float. That's just his truck. Yeah. Though he had candy. That's so good. Yeah.

That's I, I've had that thought about small schools like that before, because yeah, I went to a state school where so much funding. And so yeah, the facilities are all nice. Yeah. Yeah. You just, you just have taxes, tax dollars. And so it's like, this would, this would be tough if like you go to the school. It's like, I'm spending more than those guys and my dorm looks like it hasn't been renovated

in 50 years. It's something about it being a smaller school. I feel like you just don't get the culture. SB, we had no traditions. Okay. And even at the micro level, they would also have a fitness center playing days of our lives, I feel like.

It just, it feels like it's just so on par. Yeah, like how it is. One of the schools, one of the high schools even in town that like we did a lot of ministry with that was like a small private school. They're like, weight room was like a, like a closet. Remember? Yeah. And like, you just feel bad. It's like they're, they're spending all this money for private school,

but like they still can't afford the things that the school down the street that's public is like, Oh, they got a brand new turf football field and they have all this stuff. So yeah. Okay. So with, uh, I'll say this with lifetime, what's what's worse that what you're saying like days of our lives during the non March madness March madness time or The main screens of the TV most of the TVs in lifetime not having March madness on while March madness is happening Oh, that's insane. Why would they not I? Don't know but they don't it's It's like they have, almost to the opposite of what you're saying, they just have set channels

that it's always on, unfortunately. No matter what. There's the front TV when you walk in that's kind of in the lobby. That's like, what kind of stations? ESPN? I haven't done a very hard analysis, but I think it's like ESPN, ESPN 2.

I think it's got Fox and CNN News, gotta go both sides of it. Both sides of the treadmill. And then maybe like an HGTV kind of thing. Oh, that's dumb. Maybe Fox Sports, I think it's Fox Sports on there. XTC Nick Wright sometimes. Okay.

I think maybe those, and so like, it's a little bit frustrating on like football season, Sunday night football. It's like, this should be on bit frustrating on like, you know, football season, Sunday night football. It's like, this should be on. Sunday night football should be on. The main screen when you walk in is like, they do change that one. Like if the Royals are on playoff,

you know, playoff Royals, great, it's on. You know, March Madness, it's on. But like the other ones, they, I'm sure maybe you could ask them to change them, but like, I've never. I'll be back. I'll be back with some judgment next week. Yeah.

I'll let you know. I'm excited for you to join the time. I'll be back with some judgment next week. Yeah. I'll let you know. I'm excited for you to join the time. I'm thinking about getting some goggles. Yes. Maybe I'll swim. I'll swim with you. I've never swam in my life. I don't think I'm good at it.

I was gonna say, scale of one to 10, how good of a swimmer are you? Three or four. Me too, I think. We had an above ground pool for a little bit. Did you? And so, you know, you can get like one good, one good stroke and then you hit the wall. And then if it's like 2008 and the summer Olympics

are on, then you're like practicing. You're like your folks under water and pushing off. Yeah. So that was kind of fun. Every four years get really into swimming. I'm not even close to being able to do the flip underwater thing. Yeah. You got to have the goggles that cover your nose, like the chemistry lab goggles. Oh, or else to have the goggles that cover your nose, like the chemistry lab goggles. Or else we do a front flip. You're done. You're just, yeah, all the water goes up your nose.

How do they do that? Cause the Olympians don't have the chemistry lab snorkel goggles. They don't? Greg Louganis did, I think. He was known for that. But like, yeah, I don't know. Maybe they have nose plugs.

They might. Maybe they just know what they're doing. Maybe they're stronger than me I just you just keep blowing out of your nose the whole time you're upside down. Oh And nothing no that wouldn't do it know me I'm already tired enough. What if you're stopped up? Yeah, what if you're stopped up at the Olympics? Yeah, I yeah. Yeah, so you had an above-ground. I didn't know this about you That's a good point. That's great.

Yeah. So you had an above ground, I didn't know this about you. Yep. We like built, we like added onto our deck and the deck is like, was curved around the above ground pool. Really?

Which is a pretty permanent move for a pool we had for just a couple of years. It just wasn't worth it or? No, it just blew up one day. What? Like the water went off the side, like what do you mean? So inflatable?

Just a big dart one time just hit it yeah tumbleweed sharper than There's a couple crazy things that would happen out the pool one time. I was out there I think me and came really went out there in some type of this is gonna sound insane Especially if I haven't said this on the podcast before, but some sort of invisible tornado came through our backyard. I actually, Tyman, look up invisible tornado farm. Yeah, that'll do it. Actually, just those three words.

I mean, it was like, I think it was already a windy day, but something happened, and I remember specifically a pink inner tube got taken out of the pool, gets blown onto the yard. And then as we're like, oh, we got to go get it before it hits the barbed wire. Then it just gets spiraled up and taken into the sky. I mean, higher than anything. I mean, it was unbelievable. 100 feet, 200 feet. It was like, you're watching a balloon just like slowly drift away. Really? And you know, at that point, you can't Google it. It was like, what?

Yeah. What did we just see the UFOs? So tornado just hit alien. I've heard of like micro tornado kind of thing or something like that micro tornado refine It looks like what you're talking about is is a thing but the one link that came up I clicked on it And it's a farming simulator. Oh reddit thread, so it's not real. Okay. I want to take out the word farm then Yeah, I don't know, but it looks like invisible vortex like a tornado can pass over like an area leaving little visible evidence of its passage. Is that describe it as a ghost tornado? That was really fun.

That was a cool day. But then the other day, I think it was like the pump or whatever, like that keeps the the water flowing. Right. That just blew up one day and just like shot up really high in the sky as well. And then just all the water leaked out. And your dad's like, all right, we're good. Yeah, we had a good while.

You guys liked it. We tried. You guys liked it. Yeah. Yeah, that's good. So did you have, was it there when you moved in and then like, or was it like, No, no, no, did it ourselves. I have a memory of me and,

I guess I don't have the memory, but I remember me and cousin Steve-O down there, you take a long plank of wood, two by four, and nail it in the center of your circle, and then you use that, you lay up, put all the sand down, and then you use that to make a perfect circle, evening it out. I remember our cousin Steve was not good at it But you were you

Well, you know, I could just see if something's level or not Oh, I see, you know, and then you look at someone else like how do you not see that? That's not how you Borrowed into the ground like you're so not level. I can see I can't see your ankles like you're so low down. Yeah Smooth smooth Steve. Yeah, like a classic like old-school compass. Basically. Yes, exactly Yeah, I remember doing that. So yeah, we met ourselves Yeah gravel then I'm sure I guarantee you my dad did not pay for a real sand or concrete I'm guessing we made it ourselves. Yeah, and the pump sounds like where you really skipped Yeah

That's great. So good times in the Stratford backyard. Would you say above ground pool is the equivalent to, you know, SBU slash Brookridge? Like, yeah, it is. It's right up there with like, yeah, we have a pool. It's like, no way. I can get by with this.

It's above ground. It's like, okay, you tried. Yeah, it's better than nothing. My mom likes laying in it. Yeah, you're right. You feel it's like a large tub, basically. Yeah. I remember actually, yeah, we had this pool

that my mom loved, but in a perfect world, she would never actually touch the water. It's like get onto the raft from the deck and try your hardest not to touch any of the water and then just lay there for an hour. But she wanted to be inside the water. Yeah, you lay on the water, which is fun. Yeah, but don't you're not submerged. I don't want to like, I don't want to mess up my hair and it's just cold. Dude, there's, I don't know what the age is where like, and I shouldn't overgeneralize, but like

girls in general, like there's, there's going to be an age soon enough where Hattie's going to be like, I don't want to get in the pool. Yeah. And I am not excited about that day. You know what I mean? Like I remember when my sister's like, finally, we're just like, I don't want to get in. I just want to sit here and lay out. I'm like, what's the point in that? You know, just get tan, like, come on. So you guys have pool access back in the day. Um, we had a few neighbors, like church members that had it, uh, the Sprecker's were their name. Um, and so we went over there every once in a while, but it was like, it's hard to like over, you know, you're kind of abusing the right at that. They're like, anytime. And of course I'm like, mom, they said, anytime we could go over there anytime. You know, they're like, their kids were

all older. And so it was like just these two older people. So it was like, and it was like a two minute drive from our house. So I'm like, yeah it was like a two minute drive from our house. So I'm like, yeah, we could go over there anytime. They said anytime. Yeah, you want a sprag? They, sometimes they would hire me when they'd go on vacation to like take care of the pool, like put chemicals in and stuff.

That was awesome. Cause then I could go over there whenever I wanted. Little pool boy. Yeah. And then you've heard the story about how our next door neighbor's in the pool. Hold on, would you pool boy by yourself? You'd go put chemicals in by yourself?

I don't remember. I don't think so. It was like a lot of friend. It was probably a mile and a half down the road. And so it might've been a little bit too far for me to like walk there. I was probably 12. All right.

I'm sorry. Go on. In hindsight, I should have done it by my, I maybe I did sometimes. I don't know. But I feel like my parents probably drove me there. You've heard about the next door neighbor pool incident with Scott? I don't know.

Okay, so yeah, my next door neighbor had a pool growing up, but this next door neighbor, like it's been multiple different people. It's never been like great owners of this house next door to us. And, but yeah, they had this pool. And often when we were playing baseball or something in the backyard,

we'd hit the ball like over their fence and have to go get it. Okay. You know? And so we're over there. I think Scott and I both, we couldn't find the ball or something. And so we were both over there trying to find it. We find it. And then jokingly, I was like, Hey, watch this.

I'm going to, it was like November maybe or something like that or whatever. Sometime where the pool is not in operation. And so there was a tarp on the pool, like, and it was sunk down. And so in my thought, in my head, I was like, oh, this is just, this is just like the tarp on the floor of the pool. And so I was like, Scott, watch this.

I'm gonna jump into the pool. And so I jumped and then all of a sudden the tarp like envelops me in this water. And luckily I'm in like the shallow end, but I'm like, I'm like, I don't know. I wasn't like super scared, but I was like a little bit like, yeah, just thinking like, I'm just going to jump into this concrete pit basically.

And instead all this water just like, it's like a water bed drowning and Scott's yeah, Scott's dying laugh. And I'm like, go get my mom. Go get my mom. He's like, okay, I'll go get your mom. You know, and it was fine, but of course it's just so embarrassing. And I had, I thought that they'd just drain the pool

every single day. Like that's what you do in the winter time. But guess not, so. Yeah, so I don't know anything about in-ground pools. Tymon has one. Yeah. Do you drain it? No. Do you just freeze it? Do you just cover it? At all? I don't know anything about in-ground pools. Timon has one. Yeah. Do you drain it? No.

Do you just freeze it? Do you just cover it? At all? I don't think so. It like, you know, naturally gets a little lower by the end of like the winter, but if you just put a cover on it, and then at the end, like once it's summer again,

you uncover it, it's all nasty and green, you shock it with a bunch of chemicals, and then it's back. And every once in a while you have to like top it off with a hose but yeah. Top me off bartender. So it's okay for it to like freeze and unfreeze and everything? Yeah as far as I know. Great. I just never had a problem freezing so far. It expands. Yes. Could be bad. Maybe that's why it's nice to have a little I

don't know yeah I'm sure people know what they're doing. Yeah I've never thought about that. Yours isn't heated or anything. No, that'd be nice. That would be so nice. I'll be so nice heated pools are nice when we moved into our house I mean, I wasn't born but there was a hot tub there and then my dad just gave it away for free. Oh Mist opera. I was I remember when I like learned about that. I was so mad. I was like we could have had a hot tub I don't think it was the greatest hot tub But it was like still it wasn't like it was better than you know like an inflatable thing or it was like a pretty legit hot tub I think yeah yeah. Traded for free didn't even get like I know you know horseshoes out of it or something. Couldn't even get a tack yeah yeah just haul it off was the pool also there when you moved in? Yeah. Okay. Cause that's what I'm curious.

Will you look up real quick? I can look it up. I like time and look at stuff out for me. It makes me feel cool. Um, how much does it cost in ground, uh, pool installation versus above ground? I'm just curious that the end ground's gotta be a hundred grand. I, and I bet above ground you could get for five. I could be wrong about those numbers, but like,

um, in ground, let's see what the total comes out to be. Estimated cost 35 to 150,000 plus depending on features and materials. Good range. Good range. Chad WT. Thank you. Okay.

But then above ground could be from three to 25,000. Okay. So two decent size ranges. But yeah, I guess like the middle of those. What are 25 grand above ground? That's gonna be pretty nice. Anyway, all that to say you're thinking about being a swimmer. But you're oh, yeah.

Is that how we got there? Yeah, I went through that phase for I mean, it's nice because like it's a great cardio workout. Like you get tired quick. Yeah, what can I expect as far as distance? Oh, yeah, Tywin used to pedo. I did. Yeah, that was insanely tiring. I bet it's it's. Yeah. Should we Pito?

It's like a it's like a like three foot deep pool. We can Pito in there. Razzle around. Get the boys together. Some Pito's. Yeah. Yeah. How long like how much distance can I expect to go? My first time swimming. What do you mean? Oh, like like, how much distance can I expect to go? My first time swimming. What do you mean? Oh, like your total workout distance?

Yeah, I guess in mileage and in time. I truly don't know what your capacity is, but I think you could go for 15 minutes pretty good and feel tired at the same time. 15 minutes seems like a really long time. 15 minutes to have to figure out when I breathe every time? That's, yeah. You know, because running, yeah, it's hard,

but at least I know when I'm breathing. Yes, dude. Swimming is like, I guess I'll breathe now. Yeah, it goes from like me being like, all right, I'm gonna stroke. Every fourth one. I'm gonna stroke, you know, 12 times and then go up. And then all of a sudden it's like, two, two.

Yeah. I'm just gonna walk the rest of this one, you know? Like, it's like, do whatever, man. I'm just going to walk the rest of this one. You know, like it's like do whatever. I'm going to backstroke. I'm going to get my head above water. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, like that's the nice thing about swimming, though, is you can get a good workout in real quick.

Yeah. So and I'm excited if I get it's not going to do any damage on like your your joints and your knees. You're never really sore. You might have. Yeah, you might use muscles that'll get sore, but yeah. Yeah, we'll see. Fun, if I just see you in there with some earplugs and some.

Ooh, earplugs, what do you do those for? I think sometimes you like, yeah, you get water in your ears and so it's just nice to get those so you don't, you know, hurt swimmer's ear. Swimmer's ear. Did you guys do the earplug trick, or sorry, the ear drops trick at K-West? Forgot about those. Yeah, that was great. I liked it when it was like really warm Uh-huh. I kind of felt nice. What was that liquid? We always mess with kids. It's not like vinegar. Yeah, you're right

Yeah, vinegar and something had to be vinegar. Yeah. All right got root beer cream soda. What do you want? You know, it's all vinegar I got fruit punch and the end like for our kids so time yeah with like Kinnikuk after the pool is like a thing you're supposed to get your drops and So yeah, we'd say all these different flavors and some of the kids would be like I don't want that one That one's root beer. I don't like root beer I don't like root beer drops and then you'd give them cherry lime or whatever and be like, oh, yeah, that's good stuff They like it was like a great place. That's all that kind of thing. Yeah Yeah, that'd be fun. I don't know about earplugs, but I think I need goggles right gotta have some gags

I was a super helpful. Do you at least for Pete? Oh, I don't know about normal swimming But yeah, and all those things are definitely helpful. I mean to know if you're just going straight I think do you open your eyes you wouldn't know no I open my eyes. It's not too bad really If you're a man, all right, I don't know if you're a freaking like man about it Not some I don't know if I'd risk that with contacts. I don't know Yeah, I think I've lost Was it in Tennessee in Tennessee? I lost a contact jump like cliff cliff jumping. Oh, and I don't know if I had any extra So I just kind of had one either

Truly the worst. Yeah bummer. My cousin Steve. Oh played a baseball game with one contact in Didn't go great He wasn't great to begin with. Yeah, I had a little seeing the fastballs Signed up both for some baseball. Oh, that's awesome. I'm pumped first practice this Monday when you're listening to this Wow, you got him a glove. Wow. He got him a glove Yeah, he's got a glove. Yeah, okay about him a glove a while back So I'm trying to remember the the glove I last saw him play with I Think it was for right-handed people but he would put it on or no

Maybe it was for a left-handed person and he would know the one would throw with it Yeah, I was gonna say if you're talking about the one that yeah I'd like that one that has like velcro in it that you just Okay, yeah that ball that one was yeah for a right-handed person But you just take like grip the ball with his left glove. Yeah, it all that's our no He's got one we went to Dick's Sporting Goods I don't know a while back now, but bottom one has got Mike trout on like Mike trout was like endorsing it or whatever You know on the sticker on the front. So he's like, yeah, this is like a real baseball players glove. You know, it's a lefty glove and I'm excited to, we'll see what, I mean,

it's just going to be chaos organized chaos, but T ball. I think so. I don't know if it's maybe coach pitch. And if they whiff too many times at T ball or if it's just straight up T ball, I don't know. It's been a little bit. I'm not super impressed with the organization of the whole thing. Like it's like games are on Wednesdays or Thursdays. And I'm like, okay, we have stuff on Wednesday nights. We have church stuff. So do you know the schedule? They're like, nah, they're, they're going to give us a schedule later. It's like, okay, that's fine. We'll sign up and hope it's on Thursday. Yeah. Or like, that's kind of what I decided. It was like, all right, we'll just see. And if not, we can skip baseball

one week church the next week and Split our differences kind of five bows five or about to turn five that turn five What's what do gloves feel like like are they real leather are they like hard? Do you still need to break them in or they make them soft for kids? I know that that's a good Okay, you remember as a kid like you had to throw rubber bands around these gloves or something like oh, yeah My dad was so into it. And I was too. Oil and all that stuff.

Like I felt like when you bought your glove, it was like impossible to squeeze it. It was like plastic. These days, I think they've like gotten a little bit nicer. They're kind of pre-rubbing them. It's definitely still a little bit like, like I got him like a glove that he's gonna be able to grow into.

Like I think he can use this glove for five years. Cool. It's like right now it's a into. Like I think he can use this glove for five years. Cool. It's like, it's like right now it's a, you know, kid's outfielders glove, but eventually it's like a, you know, third baseman's glove. You know what I mean? Like probably not a left-handed third baseman. Is that a bad idea? Yeah, that's a bad idea.

Left-handed anything. He needs first baseman or outfielder. Pitcher he's set. He really wants to be a catcher. And I'm like, buddy, you got to learn how to throw with your other hand. If you're going to be a catcher. Yeah,'m like, buddy, you got to learn how to throw with your other hand. If you're going to be a, yeah, not likely. Hopefully never get to second base. But, uh, he, anyway, yeah, this is like a bigger glove right now.

So, but yeah, it's, it's, it's flappable. It's all right. Good for him. It's not, it's not like crazy. Like, you know, some of those gloves are just like talking to you, like a hamburger. But yeah, but yeah, I'm pumped about it. It sounds like I was like, I volunteer. I was like, I'll be one of the assistant coaches if you need me to be.

It's like, I can always use more coaches. So I don't know what that's going to look like. Oh, you have stories in that. Yeah, that's going to be great. Pumped about it. And Bo's really excited about it. And yeah, I'm playing baseball. It's like spring. It's spring baseball. So it's like in the next month we'll be playing.

Yeah. You got to take me to a Royals game soon too and just go all in on baseball. Yes, a hundred percent. I mean, we went to a field of dreams for an hour and he talks about it almost every day. I'm genuine, like almost every day he talks about something with field of dreams in that whole trip. Staying in the hotel, getting Mickey pancakes

at lunch afterwards, like the hotel had breakfast. Remember that? Remember how hotel had breakfast. Remember that? Remember how hotel had breakfast? I feel dreams. Remember we went to the field of dreams, dad. And so it's like, he's just always been obsessed with baseball. That's awesome.

It's kind of dawned on me now how fortunate we are to live in Kansas City where they have pro baseball games. Cause I loved baseball, but didn't have any opportunities to watch it. And it's when we did take the pilgrimage to St. Louis. Wow. This is a massive, massive deal. Wow. Yeah. You know, I'm not going to go watch Missouri State College baseball. Yeah, true. Just watch it on TV.

So, yeah, you should take him a lot of games. I think we will. We got to we got my dad for a while was getting like this, like one third of one third season ticket package or something. Right. So it was like 10 games a year or something. I don't know if he's still doing that, but it was like he bought a third of a season with like three other people. So it's all right, we'll split this up.

So I don't know if he still got that, but dad, if you do, I'm sure your grandson, your son would love to go with you. Timon, you went to the zoo. I did. How was it? It was great. That's all I did actually.

That's awesome. Yeah. No, where in California? Yeah, Palm Springs. Well, we went to Palm Springs, but didn't do everything in Palm Springs. Just kind of like we're in that general area. But yeah, it was great. Yeah. Zoo was the second day we were there. Yeah. I'm trying to think of the highlights. We, I don't know. Ask me what, what, ask me questions. Sure. Promp me. I don't know. Ask me what? Ask me questions. Sure. I don't know. Female rhinos. Did they have a check?

This guy didn't even go to the zoo. Oh, yeah. This guy didn't read the plaques. Did you read any plaques? Some did you? Yeah, I was the zoo. I was mostly like, I want to get some nice shots. I want to get some like I decided that was like my day that I could like commit to getting a fun little video out of it like instead of Reading everything and like going at the same pace everyone else. That was fun

easiest animal to Capture on film there was this tortoise that was right up next to the Right up next to this like chain link type fence that I just kind of like Stepped maybe a couple feet past where I was supposed to yeah got up close. That was a fun. That was a fun shot Right up next to this like chain link type fence that I just kind of like stepped Maybe a couple feet past where I was supposed to yeah got up close. That was a fun. That was a fun shot They're really easy. You don't you're not gonna like miss them It's like whoa you gotta go over here right now. The tour is doing some crazy. Yeah. Yeah There an animal that you never got to see

Um that there was a cheat. There's supposed to be a cheetah We could like maybe see it behind. I've never successfully seen a cheetah at a zoo. I think a lot of these zoos are like, ah, cheetah is sleeping right now. Right. You don't have a cheetah. Ever wake up or Yeah. It's like a blanket in the corner, like a throw blanket. That's kind of like cheetah. Yeah. You see it just from a distance. Oh, he's sleeping. It's got like a bowl and like some

like food over next to it. That's a, that's a genius idea. I was going to say, have something really rare, like invest in like Liger. Yeah. We invest in like three animals and then we just have the rest of them sleeping the whole time. And then we have like a really good like video for them to watch in one of those like movie rooms. And so they still walk away satisfying. Like it was fun.

The video was cool. Too bad so many animals are sleeping. We'll go back. The peacock was sweet though. Yeah bad. So many animals are sleeping. Yeah, we'll go back The peacock was sweet though. Yeah, like peacocks. That's gotta be a pretty good return on your money Yeah, I bet those things are what? Look at how much how much can you buy a peacock for male peacock male? Of course, we're not going peahen. But I mean I bet I bet you can get one for five grand. That's nice and vibrant. Oh, dude between 50 and 300 dollars. 50 bucks for a peek. But rare color mutations can cost 500 to 1500. Great. Still. So get a rare one. 1500 bucks

divided by we'll do you know 10 dollar admission, six dollars for the kids. Yeah. five dollars for seniors on Tuesdays The male wait P.m. All right Sorry peacocks are male females are pee hens, but they're all pee foul Listen here you little pee foul No, they're they're vibrant. Here you go. David at burrow known for their vibrant iridescent plumage Plymouth plumage. I don't know known for their vibrant iridescent plumage. Plumage plumage. I don't know. Known for their vibrant, iridescent

plumage. Scott motivated me to do more accents after he just nailed those accents last week. Scott, as David Attenborough is coming out tomorrow. Love it. Yeah, you get Chris Tucker in there. That's like one of those like no one's even know who Chris Tucker is, but man, he's got a great Chris Tucker impression.

Yeah. If you know it, then you know it's good. I really liked that idea for a fake business. Doing a zoo that everything's just kind of like shut down. Yeah. The Penguin exhibit's not going right now. You know, that's not a bad idea. Because as, as a dad of kids, so much of their experience is just like, they had cotton candy and that was really fun. And so it's like, let's give them some cotton candy. Fool the parents once and we just make a bunch of money right up front. Yeah. No repeat customers. You got to keep churning out new ones. You got to hype it up a ton before you open and then you're in business for about six months,

then you shut down, I think. There was this documentary, I think it was like around 2020. There's this guy, crazy dude, like super out there, exotic guy, that he did. I think his name was John, John Cra- John, no, Joe. Joe Wild? Joe Wild.

Joe, anyway, he was a lion king and, oh no, that's a movie, Tiger King. Have you heard about this? Do you remember this? It was like a really big documentary back in the day and he kind of did that. Really? Yeah. You should watch it if you haven't watched it.

It's wild. Remember that guy? You guys would like it. Like, I don't know, maybe it's like a cult classic kind of thing, but like, it feels like it was going around our circles. it's like a cult classic kind of thing But like it feels like it was a going around our circles Like when we were playing pickleball, we're like remember that Tiger King thing. I remember I thought you were talking about I don't know I think he made some money though doing it. So I'll just say zoo was alright. I think we should focus on zoo animals that like

Have like famous characters because that's what the kids would want to see like get a meerkat Yes, mere time and how much of meerkat costs get Timon in there. Yeah. Yeah, we should do that do do a lion king themed That's we call that's great All you need is animals that are in the ranking like press prominent characters and we can't it's a little 12 hyenas We can't like explicitly say a little zoo. 12 hyenas. We can't like explicitly say this is the Lion King zoo, but we can like get really close, like find some lawyers are like, how close can we get to call this thing the Lion King? That's a great point.

Like the, I just can't wait to be at the zoo. Yes. Perfect. This circle of life zoo. Is that fun? It's a song. Yeah, maybe. Mayor cats are only one to thousand and you only need one.

One dollar to two thousand? One thousand to two thousand. Dang it. You only need one. Yeah, you just got to keep one alive. Seriously, just have a wall in between Timon and Pumbaa and people would go nuts about that. And then you just got there. They are. You just got some like very similar, you know, sometimes like we need a wall. Can they go habitat? Of course. It's a true story of the line. So yeah, they just like, yeah, jump on each other's back and yeah. And you have like some like, you know, every once in a while it's like, I know what song they're trying to imitate in this,

but it's like a copyright free version of like, let it be. It's like, that's the same court progression, but a little bit different time signature. And it's like, we have Hakuna Matata playing the entire time But your version, but our version I see if meerkats and warthogs can actually get along I think we just find somebody named with the last name life L Y F E and Then we say hey, would you like to be an owner in this for $100?

And we call it the circle of life L Y F E and it's like hey we say hey would you like to be an owner in this for $100 and We call it the circle of life. LYFE and it's like hey do that. It's like well. That's our guys He's our main bit donor. Yeah, he did the the compass for my friends above ground pool. He's a big circle guy circle of life Unfortunately this says in reality mere cats and warthogs don't typically form close symbiotic relationships. Well, that's reality. Zoos aren't reality. Warthogs may use meerkat burrows for shelter, and meerkats might benefit from the insects

stirred up by the warthogs. Okay. So not like a best friend scenario, but it sounds like the warthog wouldn't eat the meerkat That's good. So that's good. I picture a meerkat burrow as more of like a little tunnel. Can a war cat go in there? What's a war cat? Did I say war cat war cat? What do you what do you fly today? Yeah, be 27 war cat You did say war cat I didn't even know it could work cat fit in there, I don't know I don't know once he goes to lifetime. Yeah, so themed zoos. That's a great idea. Yeah, Madagascar themed zoo. Yes

Viking themed zoo Yeah, you start finding Nemo themed aquarium. Maybe that's your kind of your proof of concept totally dude That's all anybody looks at when they go to aquarium is there's Nemo Yeah, and you can't have more than one or that else People are like like why is Nemo to? Marlon Nemo's dad You you were that is that point quick yeah, yeah, that was good And you got to have Ellen DeGeneres in there, and then you got to have scar

Because of what Ellen DeGeneres does to people You have some type of yeah, we gotta get Bruce get the Bruce the shark in there Oh, that's gonna be tough for an aquarium. You're right though. We'll figure it out sea turtle That'd be fun. See an enemy and have one of those in there see and then like a boat. Welcome to the scene and enemy of those in there. And then like a boat. Welcome to the scene and enemy. Scene and enemy. What's that animal that inks? Squid. Squid games.

Call it that. Squid games. Finding Nemo Zoo. This is great. The Lion King one, like if it's like, hey, people need to get out of here. All you do is have a stampede for Willa Beasts and they'll just get out real quick. Go to the parking lot or Willa Beasts are coming for you. It's like, hey, people need to get out of here. All you do is have a stampede for Will Beast and they'll just get out real quick. Go to the parking lot or Will Beast are coming for you.

It'd be fun, interactive experience. Man, that's fun. People could reenact the Mufasa Scar scene if they want. They could. Scar, brother. That sounded like. Mark. Yeah, exactly.

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That's why I was like she knocked it out. Like it was like unbelievable how many things she did for this party. Yeah. She put on this like amazing severance themed watch party for the season finale. And I mean, had Lumen themed. It wasn't just like so yes, there were like blue napkins, blue cups, stuff like that. But also it was like Lumen themed, like little boxes to eat popcorn out of that she found on Etsy and she glue gunned herself and all this and, oh here we go, right here. This is kind of funny. These were supposed to be normal ID size.

And she was like, on the print preview they were small. And they're just massive, which is kind of like the joke in the office when Jim gets the ID for Dwight. And my middle name is Kurt, not fart. So everyone had these when they walked in. Yeah. You're encouraged to dress up as a character. There were a few different Mr. Milchik's in there, me included.

Our friend Emily dressed as Mrs. Cobell, which was so funny. Mrs. What's her, what's the the her other name? Her identity. Right. She was like, she's like the toilet. She's like the neighbor. Right. Yeah. Yeah. What was her name? Miss Smith's.

I can't say severance. Miss. Severance. Gray haired Severance lady. Great haired Severance Miss Cobell. What is that? What was her name? That's ridiculous.

I only think of Miss Cobell now. What was her name? Selvig. See, it's like Severance. That is close. Brad dressed up as the elevator. Just great. Yeah.

Had that idea 20 minutes. I was like, I'll dress. I was gonna be Dylan. Oh yeah, of course. Big guy that idea 20 minutes. I was like I'll dress I was gonna be Dylan Oh, yeah, of course big guys gonna be Dylan, but I didn't have any great glasses for that I'm like, all right And then my mom was like you just like you should just go as like I don't know what she said something like that And I was like, yeah, I'll do the elevator So I just looked up what it looked like and wore all gray with a little like light and triangle thing It was great Rachel had four different types of waffles for everyone.

She had, she'd cut the melon. Melon. Melon in really cool ways. There was like a severance signage still over our house on like all the doors and stuff. There was like a defiant jazz playlist. Oh really? I didn't notice.

That's the thing. Like there were so many things that I didn't even notice all of them. She went all out. Yeah. There was like things in like picture frames and like yeah walk in that says macro data refinement micro macro selfish Yeah, there was something on the TV that I didn't really I was like, what is this video play?

It's just like little shots of severance stuff. It was fun, man. I loved it It was fun to get together for like a drama and not sports Yeah, it was an interesting. I don't know. I don't know if I've ever watched something privately like that. Like I've been to a movie theater, obviously with other people. That's right, you have. You know, but like, I don't know if I've ever watched

something like that with that many people, like intentionally, like we're all just gonna watch this thing. Yeah, that was a new experience, but it's pretty fun. It was fun. We paused it like kind of near like the climax. Like Rachel had talked like beforehand like yeah There's gonna be an intermission in between. Oh, yeah, there was supposed to be an art bow

I had like a little fire ready for us outside. Love it, but it was pretty good episode. That's fun Yeah, yeah, so it was like when are they gonna pause it? And then all of a sudden I think Rachel's like we got to pause it Sometime that's like your posit now. Anybody want these snacks. They're like, yeah Yeah, I was so impressed. Honestly, it was Awesome. So it's a good time I these snacks? Like, yeah. Yeah, I was so impressed, honestly. It was awesome. So it's a good time. I'd mentally prepared myself to be extremely let down in the Severance finale. And it was a pretty good episode.

It was great. We got some answers. I think my initial thought was like, and now that I thought I've thought about it more, I'm like, I think that was maybe amazing. Like, I think like, I think that was maybe amazing. Like I think, like I think my, my posture sometimes is like a little bit of like a contrarian or like a little bit of like a, if everyone else loves it, I'm going to be more critical of this thing.

And then the more I thought of it, I was like, that was pretty awesome. So I don't want to give anything away to anybody. It's not caught up, but it was fun and it was original and it was like, yeah, things went down. I listened to the, uh, they have a podcast, Ben Stiller and Adam Scott. Good for you. Uh, yeah, just that one episode. And they were talking about the finale and I don't know. I forget. I'm sure you guys don't cause you're big film heads, but like, you know, they filmed that so long ago, like, yeah, like the whole season. Like, and so they were talking about how they were watching it back and like remembering these when they filmed it.

And it's like, in my head, they filmed it five minutes ago and then they released it the next day kind of thing. You know what I mean? Um, and cause in my head, I'm like, well, it took them two years to get this out. So they must've been filming for a long time. And then once they edit it, they throw it out. Like they, we do on YouTube. Yeah.

Um, so it was fun to like hear them like go back and recall, like, remember that scene that was such a heavy scene or like that was such a fun one. Or that was crazy how we put all those people in one room. I won't give it away. But that was interesting. Like I've heard them talk about that for when they made season one, because they filmed it took two years for it to come out. And they were like, by the time it comes out, now you're finally hearing people talk about any's and outies and they're like, oh my gosh good like it was it's only us

20 people referring to innies and outies for two years No one else even knew this terminology and now find the other people are using it. Yeah, it's kind of relieving I'm sure they have NDAs like they can't talk about the show, right? Like they can't say what's gonna happen. Yeah I don't know. Yeah, I think Dylan, the character from, he's like, I don't ever watch the episodes until they come out live. That's fun. And so yeah, he's like, I'm experiencing it

along with everybody else. But anyway, it was fun. Once again, great job, Rachel and Jake. I'm sure you. Very little, very little. So Severance was fun. Right after that, my sister recommended, she was like, you guys should watch Paradise on Hulu.

Okay. Big recommendation for that show. There's something about like, I think the pendulum is swinging a little bit like, I don't know about pendulum would be the right word, but I got so used to Severance, like just dangling these things in front of you and you never find out anything that paradise was such a

breath of fresh air that like, yes, I have no idea what's happening while that's so confusing, but I'm going to get closure in like 15 minutes. It would say, it just so, it feels so good to be like, oh my gosh, not stretching it out for years. Right. Yeah. Okay. That's why he did that. That was so weird earlier, but now I know let's move

on to the next trope, the next little thing. So I would highly recommend it. I think it's, yeah, Paradise on Hulu. It's original, it moves much quicker than Severance. There are way less loose ends than Severance. I don't really wanna say anything about it because I want you to experience it yourself. But that was really good.

There's one episode specifically that's basically like its own movie. I think it's like episode seven. I mean, that could have been a movie. It's really, really good. What do you think about, like, remember growing up, like the TV shows that we watched, like the dramas a lot of times were like,

it's the drama started and ended within the same episode. Like every episode kind of still. Criminal Minds. Criminal Minds, CSI, like all those shows, ER, you know, like, yeah, there was some long storylines a little bit, but like, for the most parts, like got it, law and order, whatever. I kind of miss those of just like, oh, that's kind of crazy. That's heavy. That's not heavy. Wrap it up in 42 minutes.

Yeah. I don't know. That's not like this, though. You're saying like this has an ongoing storyline. Yeah. It's like a nine, 10 episode story or whatever. Cool. While I was on Hulu, I think it's Hulu. No, I don't know. There's some new show that looks like E.R.

and has the old guy from E.R. in it. So maybe you'd like that. I think it's called Pit. Old guy. I just read the premise for this thing. And maybe I shouldn't even give that away. But this sounds nuts. It's a really good show. Rachel and I really enjoy it. We finished the whole season in a week. Which one's Xavier Collins is that?

Black. Okay, not James Marsden. Yeah, James Marsden is the president, which is kind of fun. Good for him. Xavier Collins is the guy from This Is Us. Yeah, and Jury Duty. Wait.

James Marsden is from Jury Duty. Oh, what you said? The Xavier Collins. Yeah, this is us. Pit Hulu might be HBO Max. Hey, no problem. I'm a fine letter. Time and look it up for me. That's great.

Birthday birthday month in the Ellis house still happening. Hattie's birthday was the night that we did the severance party. So sweet. They went, they did ceramic cafe, clay cafe. Okay. You ever go to one of those as a kid? No. You know what they are? No. Really? Time? Build a bear. Go to, sorry, go to where I was looking up. It's on max. Yep. The pit. HBO Max. Clay cafe or ceramic cafe. Oh, maybe once. Maybe it was like an art class type thing, but I've done something where you like make something and bake it. I feel like-

That's not like food. Yeah, I was surprised that you have never done it or heard of it, Jake. I feel like it was like one of those things when we were kids, like remember indoor mini golf was a thing, like maybe this is more of a Kansas City versus Springfield. Yeah, maybe.

Like glow in the dark mini golf inside or like, I think I had to go down to Branson to get that. Like just little trends like that were like, this isn't going to last, but it's going. It's great for now. Okay. Like serve your own frozen yogurt and charge for the ounce or like, you know, freezing, freezing ice cream. Yeah, that was a fun.

That was a fun one. Axe throwing, I think is it's got to be out by now. Right. Close to a guy who gave me his business card like a fun one. Axe throwing, I think is it's got to be out by now. Right. Close to a guy who gave me his business card like a year ago. Remember when me and Alex spoke at SBU? Oh, yeah. The guy afterwards who said he just bought into an axe throwing business and got gave me his business card.

I remember that. And I said, good luck. Good luck. Well, that's what you do is you figure out what's what's going really well in Dallas and you go to Springfield with it. And it's like we got another two years in Springfield. You know, it's what you do is you figure out what's what's going really well in Dallas and you go to Springfield with it And it's like we got another two years in spring, you know, it's a good point Anyway clay cafe. I feel like was a really you basically just go and they have all these Ceramic, you know unpainted things and you paint them there and then you put them like you you submit them

To for them to run through the kiln and you go pick them up later or whatever. So, okay submit them to, for them to run through the kill. And then you go pick them up later or whatever. So, okay. Catherine took Hattie and her best friend, Summer. She's very, very consistent. Like this is my best friend. She's my best friend. That's great.

Summer's my best friend. And you know, Catherine's trying to be fun. You can pick out whatever you want. And she's like, they both picked out the most expensive, most ornate thing. And so they were there for like three hours and they spent $40 each for these like fairies on unicorns. And so I went and picked it up the other day.

Like they were ready, like they're all shiny glazed, whatever. And they're like, two fairies on unicorns. I was like, you bet. But yeah, anyway, Hattie's Hattie's great. So what does it look like now? It's like, I mean, it's like a shiny fairy on a unicorn. Like what color is it? Oh, I mean, she painted all different colors.

The horse unicorn whatever is white. Okay, so I was imagining like clay, but this is painted. Yeah, I was curious, like they're not like shaping it, they're just painting it? Maybe they have the option of shaping it and all that stuff, but no, I think these are like pre Something you could find a hobby lobby. Honestly, it's not a real unicorn. Well, I Didn't Aries real I didn't know like maybe once they put in the kiln that became a fake unicorn. Hope so. Yeah Anyway, so yeah, Catherine was like, yeah, let's probably take like two hours, you know there there and back. And she texted me, she was like, this is taking forever.

They picked out the most expensive, most ornate one, but. And yeah, let's see. Henry's birthday was great. And then, yeah, Rosie's birthday is in a couple of days. I think I told you this, but Rosie right now is really into going to the car wash with me. I have like a car wash membership. And so she's always like, can we go to the car wash?

I'm like, yeah. And so this car wash membership that I have she's always like, can we go to the car wash? Like, yeah. And so this car wash membership that I have, there's like five locations in the city. So I think we're just going to do like a car wash marathon where we like go to the car wash, you know, take her to the library, do whatever fun thing, go to the car wash, take her to lunch, go to the car wash, go to the park.

Like, that's awesome. And I think, yeah, she's excited about that. So it's just one of those things where it's like, yeah, remember when you were three and you were just obsessed with car washes? Like, that's what we did. Yeah, you got to have. Yeah. Just that be the whole theme for now. Didn't you say most recent time she was begging you to go to the car wash?

You just cried the whole time. Also true. Yeah. She's like, she's like, but then we got home and she's like, I want to go back. I was like, I don't understand you. So I don't know. I think it's too loud sometimes for her. OK, I don't know. It's like, I want to go back. I was like, I don't understand you. So I don't know. I think it's too loud sometimes for her. Okay. I don't know. It's like, you'll be fine.

Yeah. I remember being horrified at the car wash at that age. Vaguely. Really? Scary. Yeah, it took me a while to like it, I think. I think that's fair. But like, for whatever reason,

Rosie's the one that is like different than the rest of our kids. Like that kind of stuff. Like Hattie still doesn't really like the car wash. Yeah. So interesting. Anyway. Oh dude, also yesterday.

So Hattie is doing this thing with her CC, classical conversations where it's called Memory Master. Have I talked to you about this? Sounds cool. It sounds familiar too. Dude, I don't know if I can overstate how unbelievable this is. Like- Here, I'll film it so I can overstate how unbelievable this is. Here, I'll film it so I remember it myself.

We going? And Brad's about to tell me about Memory Masters. Hey, Hattie, it's me, your dad. Sorry, go on. If you're watching this, I just wanna tell you I'm proud of you and I love you and there's nothing you can do, whoops, there's nothing you can do.

Whoops, there's nothing you can't do without Jesus. There's nothing you can do with him. Whoops, you're. Oh, sorry, I got distracted. I was watching you, I was watching you, sorry. So, it's funny, it does like kind of move around that thing. Anyway, signing off, love you, be good to your mom. So that's memory masters, huh? So yes, that was it pretty much.

There's this distinction that you can get within CC. And it even says on the thing, don't try this until you've done CC for two years and your kid's at least eight years old. No. Yeah, eight or nine years old. And Hattie's just turned eight, first year in CC. But it's like every single subject that she's learned,

like she has to get like basically 100%. I think she can miss three things out of all these things. I'm talking like her times tables from one to 15. So she has to know what's 13 times 15. Like that's tough. Dude, she has to know cubes up to 15. That's a lot of memorization. That's not even scratching the surface, dude.

She has, I bet she has memorized- Cubes. I'm dead serious. 14 times 14 times 14. It's wild. She's like 2,466, 3,000, you know, whatever. I'm like, and then she has to know all these history sentences. So if you say, hey, tell me about the Greeks. She's like, the Greeks, blah, blah, blah, 19, whatever. I'm like, and then she has to know like all these history sentences. So if you say like, Hey, tell me about the Greeks. She's like the Greeks, blah, blah, blah. In 19, you know,

whatever, 84 76 with the Pox Romana. And, and then she has to know all this history stuff. She has to know all this science stuff. She has to know all these prepositions. She knows every preposition in the world. Really? Yeah. She can just throw them out there about above, beneath, below, behind. Like, and so yesterday I went to McLean's with her in practice because Catherine's really nervous that she's not gonna earn this. They're really strict. They're like, you can't miss out.

You can't miss too many. And so, yeah, I went with her to McLean yesterday in practice and I got teary eyed as she finished up. Because of how good she was doing. And then I came home to Catherine and I gave her the biggest hug. I was like, you were doing such a good job. Like, I'm like, I can't. And then I came home to Catherine, and I gave her the biggest hug. I was like, you were doing such a good job. Like, I'm like, I'm seeing the fruit.

I could never do what you've done to make this happen. I don't know. This is unbelievable. It was like, that's pretty cool. You know the cubes. That's kind of amazing. Yeah. You went on Shark Tank.

You went on Shark Tank. You met the cubes. Great. But then she knows all these sentences, all this timeline, like all these science. She knows geography. Like she can be like, I can be like, where's the Ganges River? She'd be like, it's right there.

Where's Mecca? I know, all these different things. She knows, it's, she knows all the presidents. It's just like wild. It's wild, like truly. So when you take her to McLean's to work on her history, are you kind of using Tymon as an example? Like we're not gonna end up like time in her, right? Listen, you're gonna learn your history time. Yeah, he's just working for us

You're gonna be the Brad and Jake Somebody else gonna be your time Yeah time and she could teach you a few things about history I bet yeah at this point. Oh, yeah Yeah, it's it's I I wish I, I think I did take a video actually. Maybe, I don't know, maybe I shouldn't show up on the podcast, but I was on this card. I was so proud of her, dude. Yeah. It was just like wild.

So anyway, it's just one of those things where it's like, just fill your kids with knowledge when they're that young because they can, they can absorb it all. Oh my gosh. Like if I tried for a week, I could probably memorize those cubes. She's doing it like that, like just so, I couldn't believe it. And so then of course I'm in McLean's and there's these people like listening to her

just like spouting off all this stuff. Like what in the world, who is this girl? Like what is happening? That would be so fun if we were doing like another Grande boo thing this year, like have Hattie come up and just go nuts. Just rattle off, Just five minutes of knowledge. Because you know these like, yeah,

the ghosties would go absolutely bonkers when she finished it. Yeah, no matter what she did, they would love it. 100%. Especially if it was like actually impressive. Yes, dude. Like she knows all these parts of a plant cell, parts of a, you know.

Oh, parts of a cell. Oh. So it sounds like it's pretty well-rounded. Like she's learning a little bit of everything. She just like throws all these Latin Declension, I don't even know what that word means declension. I think it's like the end of a word or conjugating something I think declension is like when it's like, oh my gosh, we're about to lose like oh wait I forgot with Patrick my homes. Oh

declench declench You clenching knob declension now. I just remembered No, I think declension was a it was a level on one of the Halo. I think Halo 2, you could play Declension. There was coagulation, lockout, and then... Declension's the one that had the portals where it's like right, like you're about to get shot, boom. You could shoot through the walls.

Yeah, yeah. Declension. Dude, you're good, but only on Declension. Yeah, try me in shotguns and swords on lockout. Bring me up, bring me up midway and we'll, yeah, we'll... It's a small map. Anyone could be good on a small map. Anybody's fine at Battle Creek, dude.

You just get in the turret every time and just park out there. Yeah, you always get on Big Tower and Ascension. Not fair. That's not fair. So, anyway. You guys want some history questions? I guess, man. I love quizzing you guys.

You know I love it too. Find some questions for Jake so we could like. I'm always quizzing you guys. You know, I love it too. What what find some side finds requests for Jake so we could like Even this out a little bit. All right. This is such a great buzzword Like the only time you ever hear this word is because it's this guy. Let's see who can get it the Archduke Yes, you know it. Uh-huh. I I was looking up my own thing. Who is the Archduke? How many Archdukes, you know? Yeah, just the one Yeah, oh, I don't know. I picked my first thing that came on this might because of frozen is Wellington. Yes Dang it. Got it. Are two friends for him. Yeah for whatever reason that's just the one you have you hear about right? Yeah, because

That's what I hear about he got assassinated to start World War one in Austria I was gonna say the year but let's say Austria too. Oh wait, yeah, he was the Archduke of Austria. In 1919. You've done good enough. Forget I even asked that year question. 1914. Oh.

You did great. At least I wasn't like, you know, a hundred years off or something. This is kind of fun, all these buzzwords that I forgot. Like the New Deal. Oh, I remember that being like that was highlighted in that one chapter. Couldn't tell you what the new deal is, but I remember it was highlighted. Hattie can tell you when it happened. Like she has this timeline and I think it literally

has 300 things on it. That's great knowledge to have. Roosevelt's Roosevelt, right? Yeah. Good. Roosevelt's new deal. Yeah. This, you know, whatever. All these different things. I'm surprised I didn't get more into history back in the day. It's nice.

What, yeah, what do you think caused you not to? I don't know. Probably just being propped up, like, being good at math and everyone telling me I'm good at math. It kind of like propels you towards that. If like the adults in your life who you respect tell you to go after something, you're like, all right. Yeah, it's fair.

My dad was always like math and science or the math and science are gonna get you far. If you to go after something, you're like, all right. Yeah, it's fair. My dad was always like math and science or the math and science are gonna get you far. If you're good at math and science, like, okay, those are my worst ones, but I'll try. But I was good at math. But I, yeah. Those stress me out.

Science was so hard for me. It just was unnatural to me. I liked chemistry because it was close to math. But the other science, it's just like anything. I was like, I can memorize it, but I don't understand the Golgi complex. I can memorize what you want me to memorize, but the other science, it's just like anything. I was like, I can memorize it, but I don't understand the Golgi complex. I can memorize what you want me to memorize, but that's it. But I have trouble like, I don't know,

understanding all these little elements. Einstein-anion, Einstein-tion, you know, stuff like that. It's like, I don't care. I understand the applications. Yeah, it's like, I'll accept it as fact, but I can't prove. I understand the applications. Yeah, it's like, it's like all accepted as fact, but I can't prove it at all. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like all this stuff.

Whereas yeah, chemistry was fun because it's like, oh, you just plug and play these formulas. I got that. And I know I have the right answer. Even just like things like inertia, all this stuff you can't really see as much. And like, it's just not black and white enough for me. I agree.

Yeah. Yeah. It's just out there and people figured it out. That's why I like paradise Okay, main two guys bringing it back to paradise. Mm-hmm. Love that very black and white. Oh Time and you have attribute questions for us. Yep, Jake. Yeah, who was the first Emperor of China? lean lead Lee Leading I think I know all these things because of Hattie go off. Is it me? No, dang it China. Li Li Li Li Ping. I think I know all these things because of Hattie. Go off. Is it Ming?

No. Dang it. It's not what chat GPT says. Dang it. China's Ming dynasty is says, uh, I don't know if I'm saying this right. Kishi Huang or something. Now that's a fun question. Mrs Wang.

Uh, who was the first US president to live in the White House? Oh, oh, George. No, I'm just kidding. Yeah, true question. First one. I can't remember. I want James Madison. That's a lock it in.

That's a good guess. That's a good guess. He loved a big house. I kind of want to steal that answer. I'm going to go Jefferson. John Adams. That seems like very early. I didn't

like I wouldn't have known when once again, how do you would know? Yeah. I don't know. Quick Washington, John Thomas Jefferson James Madison. Yeah. Been listening to that with her a lot lately. And then John Quincy Adams is someone else, right? James Monroe, John Quincy Adams. All these songs. Andrew Jackson. This is a new one. Since I've been a dad one. I know.

Every time someone sings you a song to remember something, it's the worst song. It's just flat and just nothing really to it. That's America the Beautiful, baby. Yeah, that's how she's learned all this stuff is through music, like through songs, which is unreal. But that's pretty cool though. I wonder what talk about science. What's the science there of like, how do you,

how is it so much easier to learn something when the there you got music behind it? You know, more fun, maybe a little more into it. I don't know. Auditory learner. Yeah, cause it's not just if I just say, tunes a little more into it. I don't know. Auditory learner. Yeah, cause. But it's not just, if I just say hey. Tunes get stuck in your head.

Yeah. And so if you have words to it, but like words, like a sentence doesn't get stuck in my head usually. That's a good point. Yeah. Yeah, there's something there, something there, man. Give us another one. Let's see, what year did the US Civil War begin?

Wow. Civil War,? Wow Civil War 1860 no wait emancipation Yeah Wow 1861 no it was 1840 no I'm sorry 1856 it was 1861 bang good job Did you was that a guess? I knew that year was something. Okay.

I didn't know if it was the Emancipation or the Civil War. How long was the Civil War? I have no idea. I'm kind of embarrassed to say stuff like this. I have no idea. That's a good question. Like, was it five years? Two months?

Two and a half years? Four years. Okay. Good job. Yeah. No, I have no idea on any of this stuff. I feel so dumb. So it's just kind of like a gap in homeschooling. Good job. Yeah. I know I have no idea on any of this stuff. I feel so dumb.

So it's just kind of a gap in homeschooling. Kind of not not in homeschooling as a whole though. It's like it's just whatever I happened to. Yeah. I was better at some stuff and like just didn't. And even if I was like okay at subjects, I just would just know what I needed to know at the moment. And I just I'm not good at retaining that kind of stuff.

Yeah. I mean, I think it's okay. I can't remember just general life memories from my first 10 years of my life. Scott is too. He's like, how do you remember that? I'm like, how do you not remember that? So you remember what your teacher's name was? Like, yes. Yeah. Remember this kid in our class? Yeah. Joseph, yeah. I think, yeah, my parents have told me, or just like we, us kids get it from them. Like I just, I just don't have that distinctive memory for anything. Really. I'm just, yeah, my parents have told me or just like we us kids get it from them Like I just I just don't have that distinctive memory for anything really. I'm just yeah There's just like a lot of blank spots in my past. I Remember this day forever time

Yeah, okay look up some like music questions for Jake Jake's doing too well this 1861 stuff Look up like fourth grade music. I don't know. Yeah, that would be great. I'll know nothing. We talk way back in the day. Staccato. Remember staccato means now?

Staccato. No. Well, there's something else called bravado. Which is? I don't know. Is bravado when you kind of like your, your the note kind of like, Oh, that's's what is that?

Would you call it? No, I forgot. Oh, I forgot. Is that even music or is that pasta? That is not either. OK, say bivrado. I thought it was bravado because the vibrato is that vibrato. I think bravado is more like this. Maybe I'm wrong. But like this intangible like oh you got you got some swag

Do you got to bring it you got you got oh you got some bravado to that voice like Riz Basically Riz for the vocal Riz opera world. Yeah, I Don't okay Jake. This is a music theory one. How many how many beats does a whole note get that didn't make sense Ask a real question. Okay. How many beats? How many beats does a whole note get? Oh, a whole note? Yes. That's a fake question.

I mean, that's like, you know what that sounds like? How many purples is 17? That's what it just sounded like you asked me. Really? Where it's like, those aren't even, what are you talking about? Just how many beats per whole note? That would be, it even number because there's half notes and there's quarter note four Yeah, there you go. I see I knew that you would get it. I thought you time

I knew you would get it man. I I was like pretty sure you would even if you never heard that question before Thank you. I want to get this moment on tape. Yeah Thanks for believing in because I was like I think that I think you're Just good at remembering buzzwords for anything both of you guys less logic to like yeah I just logically figured but also is that true? Yes, what on three four? How many beasts is a whole no good? Um, I think three I think it's like the typical so yeah, it's true. There can be there's some nuance to okay if I remember correctly I think so making faces faces to the fake camera. So zoom in, zoom in on me.

Yeah. Throw it up there. Oh, my fingers in front of it. Okay. Jake, what do you call it? Part of a song where everyone sings the same melody? It's kind of phrased weirdly. What is it?

Basically, what do you call it when everyone sings the same melody? What do you call it? Is it? I don't even know if I'm... Go ahead. I feel like harmonizing is when you sing the same song at the same time, but one person is like slightly higher and one person slightly lower. Is that the same melody? I don't know. I'm going to guess harmonizing. Okay. It's unison.

Unison. Yeah. So it's unison. Unison. Yeah, so it's a state of the unison. It's like there's harmony and unison and one of them is, yeah, like where everyone like splits off or whatever. Are unisons real? Very unison. Yeah. Um, okay.

This, I would, this is just, I would have no idea what instrument is known as the king of instruments. King of instruments, of instruments French horn Beatbox the mouth The voice yeah these two little chords right here bring it with you wherever you go your provide king of instruments What'd you say the French horn? Oh, yeah, horn my guess for sure it be What is it? Is it the piccolo or the oboe? I'm gonna guess the organ. Oh, it's the organ I would not have thought right answer. That's like what's the king of the jungle and you say toucan? Yeah, that is what the organ I would chat GBT saying to camera

But I guess the organ I mean if you think about it, I guess it's got a it's got elements of a lot of different Instruments, I guess kind of in it. I don't know much about or it's got a horn. Yeah, it's got think about it. I guess it's got elements of a lot of different instruments, I guess, kind of in it. I don't know much about organs. It's got a horn. Yeah, it's got... Think about it. Is that what a king is though? It's just elements of a bunch of different things? I guess. I don't know. I don't know. King of instruments.

What do we call the speed of a piece of music? Tempo. Good job. Good boy. This is... the mouth. These are a little too easy. What instrument is? What family of instruments does a trumpet belong to?

You know this. Yeah. Hold on. I said this word last week. Brass. Yeah. Good job. Woodwind trick question. Actually, yeah, even though I didn't know that, I just figured because you're asking it was a trick question Context one last one. What's the name of the musical symbol that tells you to play softly? Oh? It's that one pedal on the piano trick questions not a chord. Wow not a note. What was the question?

Isn't there one pedal that like makes it go quiet? Yeah. On some pianos. This on all pianos. I'll repeat the question. What is the name of the musical symbol that tells you to play softly? Clef, clef, pallet. Good good. Left chin word.

Why clef gene? Answer is piano. That's what's so funny is you're like, there's this pedal on the piano. I know. I know. I'm like, I'm pretty sure the answer is piano. Wait, there's a symbol. Wait, what was the question?

What's the name of them? What's the musical symbol called that tells you to play soft? Okay, so it is a symbol and on sheet music It's a little P which is like short for piano. Wow. I was close first time. What's the loud one? You know that rhombus So it's piano and rhombus. Yeah, right. Do you know forte? But what's the one the middle forte? Is I think forte is maybe the like 1f and then fortissimo is the two Haven't given to us And that's a symbol if you're playing music or singing music both just means she and or just be louder It's just like when it's written down. Yeah, you see a fortissimo You're like, I guess I gotta scream this part or you just like you kind of know just just be louder. It's just like when it's written down Yeah, you see a fortissimo like I guess I gotta scream this part Are you just like you kind of know just to be louder? Yeah

I guess it's just like and you can it's up to interpretation But like it's typically how whoever wrote it is like it should kind of build here go down Yeah, I don't care if it's spring summer fall winter Coffee is always good. I've always said that and I've always meant it. Why do you think I just put this hat on, Brad?

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I feel like Benny Blanco, you know who that is, Brad? Kinda, I was thinking of Bad Bunny for a second. Yeah, there's also another guy, Benny Benassi. He's a real handsome guy, right? He's with Selena Gomez. But yeah, he's not a guy who looks like he would be with Selena Gomez, but he is. Seems like a great guy, he's a personality hire.

But he's like, Ramley had all these number ones, he's like one of those guys you've never heard of, but he's written every pop song. And he went on a podcast recently, sharing all these secrets, and so I feel like just being fed all of these little clips now. It's been really fun hearing him talk, like breaking down each song, like,

oh yeah, Dynamite, Ty O'Cruz, we gave the label a demo, they loved it's like, I don't know anything about electronics. He's like, so he listened to the, he was talking to me. He's like, that's all a grand piano. He's like, we didn't use any type of like instruments for this part of it, which is kind of fun. Then he talks about, I think it's We Are Who We Are by Kesha, same thing. I'm on a deadline.

They want the song done. He's like, we didn't have time to go back and record anything. I'm like, I'm gonna go to the studio. I'm gonna go to the studio. I'm gonna go to the studio. I'm gonna go to the studio we are by Kesha. Same thing. I'm on a deadline. They want the song done. He's like, we didn't have time to go back and record anything. So for the breakdown of the song, all I had to work with was what she'd already recorded.

And so then he talks about how he just like the breakdown of that song is just like DJ, turn it up, up, up, up, up, DJ, turn it up. Yeah. He was like, that's all I had to work with. So he's like, I'll just fill the gap with that. Yeah. He just like modulated her voice up and down. Yep. Turn it up, up, up, up, up, up, up. And the guy interviewing was like, dude, that's crazy. So it took what, 30 minutes?

He goes, not even that. So it's crazy. It's just like some of these massive songs at billion streams might've taken him 20 minutes. Made so much money. Yeah. Yeah. And just, and then there's other ones. Jacob Collier's of the world.

I think he's killing it. But like I bet for a while he was not. And he was spending so much time on every little measure and everything. I think behind the scenes of music stuff is fascinating. And I don't even want to watch that podcast or listen to it. That sounds cool. You could use that for a pickleball song. Use inspiration from that, dude. There's a good There's a documentary of Rick Rubin who's a really famous producer

but he does like a lot of like hip-hop producing and Paul McCartney and they just like Analyze all these Beatles songs and it's like it's one of my favorite things People have told me that DJ Mikel is kind of known as the Christian Rick Rubin. That's cool. That's kind of fun Yeah, cuz he's just kind of behind the the Christian Rick Rubin. That's cool. That's kind of fun. Yeah. Because he's just kind of behind the scenes guy. Yeah, that's really cool. I like any kind of behind the scenes music stuff like that. Learning what songs took forever, what iterations, you know, happened and what got changed.

Or even sometimes when it like happens really quickly. I think Taylor Swift, which song was it? Either love story or you belong with me. She's like, oh yeah, I wrote that in 15 minutes. It's like, that's awesome. And then there's other times where it's like, that took you that long to do this? Like I'm always intrigued by that.

Like, yeah, just the idea. You just appreciate everything more when they tell you more about it. Like there's a video of John Mayer being like, we are going to write and record this song in one day. And what song is it? In Repair, maybe it's one of his songs on this album that I love John Mayer.

But yeah, you just like literally watch him be like, all right, I'm trying to figure out this guitar solo for this part. And then he finally, because you know how it's one of his songs on this album that I love John Mayer. Well, yeah, you just like literally watch him be like, all right, I'm trying to figure out this guitar solo for this part. And then he finally because you know how it's like, if you know the song, you know how it's going to end. You know where it's going to end up. And so he's like, oh, he's almost there. And then all of a sudden he figures it out. He's like, all right, record it. Like, let's just do this thing. That's cool. It's really fun. So anyway, Benny Blanco, I've heard of him. I've seen him. He looks like Cheech and Chong kind of one of them. Yeah guys. He's a nice laid-back fella Yeah, he's got like a nice vibe to him with flowery like open open chested shirts

Yeah, I could not pull off his style. I'll just say that But I'm excited to time and I are gonna get a little time with Graham the musician here in a couple weeks weeks. Oh yeah, that's right. I was really hoping to like, I think it'd be so fun to like get to interview someone like that on the podcast, but I mean, he's here on like a Sunday and doing a show that night, but I'm just so curious,

like how are, like he's coming out with songs weekly, you know, people like Forrest Frank, and he's producing for other people on a weekly basis, like is music engineering just so easy now now or like how's this all coming together? You should be like, is what you're doing even hard? Like, I think I'll start with that. Like it seems like it's too easy for you. Yeah. That's, I mean, I'm sure a lot of it is electronic now. Like Forrest is doing a lot. You can do it all on a midi, whatever

they call those things. Yeah. Synthesizer, you know, keyboard kind of thing. I don't know though. Yeah. I want to say the fact that I want to say it's like the fact that it's so easy technically to do is like why you have to be like really talented to like stand out. Cause I think like I could, I could try to make a beat, but I wouldn't, it wouldn't sound very good, but I would like have all the things and it would be quote unquote easy. I don I think you just have the artistic like touch to it. Yeah, cuz the barrier entry same with videography has gotten so low Yeah that Forrest Frank doesn't have any more tools than we have access to right But you have like an ear for things or just like the knowledge exactly and it would probably be easy for them

But not because it's an easy thing just because they're so good at it. I think that's what I would guess. Yeah. There's something like special, like forced voice is cool, but then he's got some kind of effect that he does on his voice that if I, you know, I would not sound like that if I recorded that way. Like it's like there's something he does. I don't know. So it's like, yeah, that's a good question. That'd be fun. I'd be down to figure it out if he, if he's available. Yeah. Yeah. Well see, exceed Richie said like he was I'd be down to figure it out if he's available. Yeah. Yeah, well see, because he originally said like,

he was a big fan of mood swings. And so he's like, yeah, we got a golf. And so I hit him up and I was like, we still good for tickets. You still want to try and golf that day. And he's like, I don't think I'll have time for golf. So I was like, yeah, maybe I won't have time to podcast. I don't know.

But yeah, that's so funny. Just like going up to him like, so is it even hard what you do? This has been, I wish Scott or Isaac were here to verify this because this has become a common thing to the point where now I'm not even like frustrated by I've gone through the stages of frustration with this where he used to be like, that's kind of annoying to now I'm like, I'm so curious about the psychology. So here's what I'm talking about.

Decently often when we as Friday Pickleball see people in public, now more often than not, it's like, oh my gosh, love the videos. But if they know us from like our paddles, for whatever reason, it's pretty common for them to immediately complain about something. It's to the point now where I'm like, I can't even blame them. This must be some type of like psychological thing or like this must be human nature or whatever. I mean, it happens all the time. It's like a running joke now with me, Scott and Isaac, just like, yeah, I'm not even surprised they did that. It happened yesterday, not at Meadowbrook Park.

First time going to Meadowbrook, you know, since last year felt good. And a woman comes up, oh my gosh, the Friday guys are here. Hey, how's it going? I had one of yours and it just busted open, just cracked. I go, really? Yeah, it just, it cracked open. I said, that's too bad.

You know, in the last two years, we've only had two people break paddles and one of them was us. I'm so sorry to hear that. Yeah, mine cracked, I don't know. All right, have a good day. You know, we'd up giving her a free paddle. People come up to us.

Hey, I see so many people with your paddles. I would love to get them. The grip is just too thick. You ever think about doing a thinner grip? These things happen all the time. My zipper is weird on my bag. You're like, glad you like it, man. Glad you like it.

So I guess my question is, what do you think that is? Why do people initially like, this is a comfortable place of wanting to help maybe? Yeah, that's interesting. I wonder if that would be like the same thing, like would that same situation happen on a larger scale? Like Pickleball does feel like it's still such a niche thing of like, no one else is gonna care about this,

but these guys will. Like I can provide them feedback because they might not be getting enough, I don't know. Like I'm trying to give a good example of like, oh, you work for Ford? You know, I don't know. I'm trying to think of a good example of like, oh, you work for Ford? I don't know, or you work for a big company. Cause they probably think like, you are directly involved with this.

And so you could fix this if you want to. Whereas like, yeah, I'm on the marketing team for John Deere. It's like, man, that ignition key is just a little weird when you turn on that tractor. Can you figure that out? It's like, well, no, I don't do that. I don't know, maybe there's something there. Or maybe that's just like, I don't know,

they just don't have anything else, like they don't know what else to say. I can just, I can tell them. But you don't think very often they're saying nice things as much as they are complaining? No, still more often than not, it's like, we love the videos, but still, yeah, just like decently commonly,

like more than just a few times. It's like, yeah, if they wanna talk about equipment, it usually starts with like a subtle complaint, which is very interesting. Interesting, yeah. But I'm giving the benefit of the doubt. I'm like, I think it comes from a place of like wanting to help, or it comes from a place of like,

they're a small company, you know, I wanna I want to give them, I want to be honest, but it's just enough over and over and over again. It's like, does anyone like them? Does anyone enjoy what we're doing? I know, I don't know. Cause you're saying if you put yourself in their shoes, you wouldn't do that, right? Like maybe I would, I don't know.

That's what I'm trying to think of if I would. If you like. I don't think I would do it to you now. Like, well, I mean, you give me the palace for free you like I don't think I would do it to you now like Well, I mean you give me the palace for free. So I don't think I would definitely wouldn't complain now, but like I Don't know. Yeah, because it would be a good comparison like someone you know rents us small like medium-sized business You approach them like Calvin Calvin has candles. Yeah love continue good kid like And if like the candle smells funny, would I be like, Hey man, she FYI that candle smells a little bit like car Nuba. Yeah. The

wood wick has been going out on me a lot. Yeah. I don't know. Do you have like an issue with wicks? Like in my head, I'm like, they probably already know. I don't know. I don't know. I guess I just probably understand the customer service a little bit of your like the background of like, if there's an issue with the paddles cracking, they've probably heard it by now. Like, I don't know. That's so interesting. Yeah. Like I said, it's just time. Would you get, I'm just intrigued by it. I don't know. I think I see what you're saying about like you think that you'd have a little bit more direct influence since it's a smaller thing

but I don't know if I would do that if I saw someone it's like I Wouldn't want to I feel like I'd offend them or like I don't know. I just wouldn't want to complain immediately Yeah, or if anything, I'd really butter them up first I think if I'm gonna like bring up a little hamburger I have yeah, I don't know Maybe that's what you should take solace in then is like, okay They're saying this probably out of a heart of like, I'm trying to help, not just like, I'm just trying to make them feel bad and complain. Yeah, that's what I thought. I think that's where I would be like, I don't want to like, they're, they're working hard on this thing. I don't want to like deject them and hurt their spirits.

And they're probably thinking like, they're working hard on this thing. They want to know how to make it the best it can be. You know what I mean? Yeah I'm just like, no, dude, let them keep running. Because I can get really, really bummed sometimes if even one comment's like, dang, what are we even doing here? Why are we doing this thing? So it's like, and especially like, if Catherine says something, it's like,

well, that deflated my balloon. I'm declenched. Well, yeah, I'm clenching hard now. It's like, yeah, whereas like, I don you know, I'm declinched. Well, yeah, I'm I'm clenching hard now. It's like, yeah. Whereas like, I don't know, maybe those people are just trying to be nice. Yeah, I think so. It just happened at times. Yeah. You should talk to Scott and Isaac about it. It's just like so common. You ever think about a 10 millimeter battle?

No. Yeah. What do you think of the ones we have? TJ and I like those. There's an inside joke with TJ for integrated. his mastermind conference that we would go to. There's one time he's doing this company called Tiny Rhythms. It's like thing for kids. It's like a whole notes and tempos. Yeah, but it's like a octave higher.

So it sounds like little kids are doing it. Yeah. Anyway. And so he had like this prototype and he brought it to the group of like, here's my prototype. I need help marketing this thing. He wasn't like poke holes in my business. And that's all that happened. And he's like, I got nothing. But like, they're like, have you ever thought about doing it in Spanish? There's a huge market for this for people to be Spanish. I'm thinking creative ideas to market it. He's like, he's like, no, I have these. I spend a lot of money to get these.

Like, how do I get them out to people? You know, what did you guys learn? And they're like, I don't know if those are the right words. We're bigger. Like, I don't know if I would do colors like that. You know, it's like, that's not what I'm asking. Like, yeah, just like really like dogging on it. And so.

Gosh, that's too bad. So now there's like an inside joke where like, anytime we're talking about anything, he's like,. So now that's like an inside joke where like, anytime we're talking about anything, he's like, was anybody asked you if you could do it in Spanish? You consider it that spaniel? Yeah, that project's so good. I had a guy call me the other day wanting to like,

potentially sponsor Friday Pickable. He's creating this app. And he thankfully on the call was like, and also I'm open, like the app is still very much being developed, so I'm open to your feedback on like, if you think this solves a problem or not. And I like that he like invited me to do that, because then I was like, honestly,

I don't have a need for that, but I think you do this and this, but yeah. Unless prompted, I would never be like, I'll tell you what, you take that sponsorship money and you go put it into R&D, brother, because you're not even close. Right, but if they ask you, then all of a sudden you don't feel bad. You feel like I'm providing value to them. Yes. Yeah. And those people probably just think they're providing value

without being asked, which is okay. There's two different breeds, different breeds of people. Yeah. Different breeds of guys. Dude, do you see that comment? Madison McCall, a great job with the poll of just different breeds of guys, but someone commented was like, all right, now that we know the different breeds of guys, they're not I want to know what breeds of guys They are mmm. I feel like that's we got 420 podcast episodes for That's that's how you find out who we are Yeah, you should have a pretty good idea Brad sleeps with a beanie at Yeah, that is fun to think about like just in case we don't know these guys at all

What are you like really here's a thousand hours worth of stuff to listen? Probably more how many hours do you think we've recorded so many? Yeah? 422 episodes times 90 minutes half yeah, I'm more I'll do some quick math. Timon's over there editing his Zoom videos. No, he's... ChadGBT says anywhere from 35 to 1000 hours. If I did my math right, which is there's no guarantee of it's 630 hours, but that seems

a little low. Wait, no. I guess if it's 420 episodes. Yeah. Yeah. Howdy would have gotten that real quick. So yeah, if you listen to our podcast, just like back to back to back over and over, it's only it's less than a month.

Yeah. That's nothing. Catch up. All these people like, I can't catch up. I can't. Mondays and Wednesday. That's too much. I got a text from my friend, Kevin Smith, K Smitty, last night at like 1030 at night. It was just a screenshot. And it was like, dude, this has to stop.

You know, when we I told stories about people way back in the day when Nolan was listening to this podcast. And now- I was about to be like, if you guys don't remember KC, I was about to say that. That's amazing. I don't think he's like super bothered by it,

but I think he and I are both just shocked how many times people are like going back and listening to episode 19. Dude, is this you, Kevin Smith? Yeah, Weston Weeby. He's like the Dean of this college now. And I was telling stories about him. You know, it was like, oh, we were just,

no one was listening. It was fun. And I just, that's so nice of you guys to go back and listen to old episodes. I just, I don't consume content that way. That's really cool. Which maybe that means we're making really evergreen content for the most part.

Could be. Most people that tell you That's the way to do it. We're not doing it on purpose But I listen to something sometimes I'll go back and listen to old podcasts of things I like words like oh this guy's got an interview. I would like to listen that interview. Yeah, it's like yeah Yeah, like an old how I built this. Yeah, those are nice Right like you don't have to keep keep up with those But I have occasionally gone back and listened to some old ghost runners, like even since going through all of them, just cause like, yeah, I genuinely like them.

That's funny. Yeah. So some never any with mine, me and them though. I can't, I absolutely can't. No. Oh, really? Oh, I throw up. Really? No, I just, I just, I hate listening back to myself. I don't know. I don't know what it is. I get it. I think we all were just so critical of each other. Right. Or of ourselves. Like, yeah, dude, this, this kids podcast, man, my kids love it, which is really fun. The feedback. Yeah. Just that I've seen. It's been really good. Yeah. I mean, but it's, I've recorded seven episodes or 10 minutes at most. And so I've listened to each of those 70 minutes. That's just over an hour. Yes. I've listened to each of those episodes now multiple times. And just over an hour. Yes, I've listened to each of those episodes now multiple times and it's just so hard.

I mean, cause it's for kids. And so I'm going slow. There's times where I'm like, get to the point. What are you? Gosh, like I'm like so bothered by myself. Like so critical of like, just you're, you're wasting way too much time here. Get, get to the riddles, man.

So, but the kids love it. Yeah, I'm sure they do. Time, it is probably a little tougher. Brad and I weren't like public facing figures or whatever until we were 28 years old or something, and you're kind of already doing that as an 18 year old. So I would probably not wanna listen to my 18 year old self, but at the same time, no, if you were saying something

that we thought embarrassing, we would tell you to shut up or something, you know, like we feel good about the product that we're putting out. Yeah. Yeah. Good times with old time. Yeah. Somebody put another thing in the Facebook group like, Oh, this is the first episode

time is in. And I do want to go back and listen to that one. I'm sure you talked like for five minutes on there or something. Yeah, man. I wonder what the, when the like cutoff is for when eventually, like if I go back to listen to episodes around, it's like 16, when eventually that's not cringe anymore. Because I feel like when it's more recent, it's like, Oh, I don't want to listen to that. But then eventually, cause like there's some like maybe super old videos on like my

YouTube channel where I can be like, okay, that was long enough ago where I was a different enough person where it's okay. I can look back and that's funny, but there's like a certain amount of time where I'm like, I just can't, I can't stay. Like I'm still kind of like that. Right. I haven't quite grown out of this. That's I gotcha. Yeah. That's fair. I'm sure. Yeah. We would say the same thing about our old videos too. Like that one's kind of hard to watch because I'm still goofy like that. I should probably change or. I was mentally cringing on my drive to the gym this morning. I just remembered like a weird video I made with juggling Josh back in the day.

And we're just saying like, man, I would not want to watch that. And knowing from what I do remember how much different they would edit it now. That's a big thing, too. It's like, oh, if I had that same concept now, I would make it so much better. I think about that with candy, cook parties. I'm so much more organized now. So much more on top of edit it now. That's a big thing too. It's like, oh, if I had that same concept now, I would make it so much better. I think about that with K-In-A-Cuck parties. I'm so much more organized now. I'm so much more on top of things right now. I've been a comedian now.

Like, oh, I could make K-Life so much more fun. Can't believe they let me do it when I was 20. I know. I could have been so much more talented. I think about that with the technology. Like, we could have, like now with K-In-A-Cuck, we could do some crazy things. Like did you see what Chad GPD came out with yesterday? This new image creation. It's insane

what you can create. Like we just hit like a big, like we took a big step up and like generating images out of nowhere. All that to say that would be really fun for CannaCuck. Well, what is the big step up? Because it used to have them already. They couldn't do words or couldn't do fingers like it had trouble. I mean, I was having a blast yesterday. We all were just making just wild stuff. Let me send you just some of a cool what we are.

I guess I'll just show it to you. What was that video that you were cringing at? Nice. Made that one for my dad. Elvis was a Friday. Yeah, I said to my dad, I was like, I've seen this picture so many times and never noticed the Friday panel before that's crazy Yeah, my gosh that is wild because there's gonna be people that are like, oh my like they're gonna people that abuse that power for sure This was great, too. I just kept sending

Things into the Friday pickle group chat. There would be responses from chat TBT, the response was, I can't create images depicting or involving Osama Bin Laden. All right. And then next image, I can't create or alter images involving real historical tragedies, like the Lincoln assassination. It's like, well, wouldn't it have been funny if he's aiming the paddle at Lincoln?

He can't create that, come on. Didn't like the Twin Towers one I suggested, but. What are you planning on doing with these just for your stupid. Just to like make my friends laugh, but I mean, that's like completely AI generated. Yeah. You know, and like, you can just.

Are models just going to be a thing of the past? Models are going gonna be tough photographers. Now it did have a little trouble. That's supposed to be me. Hey buddy. But anyway, it's crazy. Cool. Yeah, it's awesome.

You know about all this AI, was it mid journey? Midge. Midge, mid journey. Is that what it's called? Yes. I think it's mid journey, but I wouldn't, but yeah. Mid journey. Yeah. Mid journey mid journey. Is that what it's called? Yes. I think it's mid journey, but I wouldn't. But yeah, the journey. Yeah. Majority weaver.

Yeah. I'm from the journey, Massachusetts. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know that much about it, but it's kind of like crazy for my friends that are techie. Yeah, I used it for a little bit, but now I use chat. OK, I don't know which one's better, but something about like chat. GBT's cost so much money to get all this research and mid journey is like Performing just as well with so little I think that might be a deep seek is that the Chinese one? That's very the ones. Yeah, just another journey is like an image creation one. Ah

I'm thinking deep seek deep seeks like this Chinese one They're like they're saying that it's just as good as chat GBT and spent like one billionth of the money. So we'll see. When I go to China, I'll ask them. What are you? Yeah, good. What? Oh!

Did you get that time in? Yep. Golly, sorry. There's a spring back here. What kind of spring? Standard. You're running a little spring. I don't know when it happens. Golly man. It's happening. It's a strong spring. I guess it's a good reminder though, cause good ranchers wants

us to spring into action. Oh, golly. Wow. And where is the spring edge? Is it like in the middle of your chair? Yeah. Wow. You don't have one? But it's a good reminder to spring into action with good ranchers. That's right. Oh, no, I thought I had it.

I think it was tectonic plates resisting. Garrett Gibson texted me and Brad a couple days ago and said, after years of, well, Garrett's got a speech impediment, after years of episodes with clearly thought through marketing strategies by the Ghost Wonders podcast, you boys finally broke me down. Adweeds have been too good lately for me to pass up

another opportunity to start my journey supporting the true soldiers of America, farmers. That's how he says it. Thank a farmer. And take a little bit of that Garrett Gibson energy into your own life. Two soldiers of America, famas. That's how he says it. Think of fama. And take a little bit of that Garrett Gibson energy into your own life. Maybe you've been listening to us, yeah, pah, and I don't know about this for years.

You've heard all the perks. You could recite it back and forth, but you look in your freezer. I see nothing but antibiotics. I see nothing but added hormones. Gross. I see nothing but dying at an age of, I don't know, 58.

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supports Good Ranchers, supports your local mailman. Yes. Win, win, win, win. Yes, wonderful. When I go to China, I'll ask them. What? Yeah, good. Me how is that officially like you've got the flights and everything? Just booked the flights two days ago. Wow. Where are you going in China?

Like, where are you flying into? Flying into Hong Kong. I've heard of it. Yes. Yeah. Politically, where is it at, Tymon? Up. It's up. It's big. Yeah. Hong Kong. Yeah, it's up. Yeah. I know there's something. I think China and

Hong Kong are rivals, but they're still the same country. I know it's something. Oh yeah. Hong Kong is the one that's like kind of like Vatican City for China. I think so a little bit. It's where the Chinese Pope lives. Clearly I don't understand much. But I think there's some tension there or something. But yeah, flying to Hong Kong, spending like a day there, spending like three days with our manufacturer. And then, dude, this is so funny. This is probably okay to say on the podcast. So as we've been talking to them,

gearing up for the China trip, we found out that we are, out of our, everything our manufacturer does, we are their biggest client. We sell more items than any of them, it's really exciting. And so much so that they refer to us as daddy, I guess. I don't know what that necessarily translates to in China or what they think they're calling us. But whenever we place a big order with them,

they say daddy placed an order. Daddy's home, yeah. Yes, and they said specifically, we've all been talking, we can't wait for daddy to get to China. So we just learned that this week. Welcome daddy. That's amazing. It was really funny.

Yeah, I don't know if they know totally the implications of that, or I don't know, it's amazing. It was really funny. Yeah, I don't know if they know totally the implications of that, or I don't know, it's funny. That is so great. Daddy. Yeah, daddy's coming to China. Wow, daddy's proud of you. You pat him on the head. Daddy thinks you did a great job, sport.

Oh, wow. Yeah, Isaac's gotta be a king over there. He's gonna tower. They thought about like renaming the factory Friday. Yeah, they said that like last year. Yeah. Like you don't need to do that. Whatever daddy wants, daddy gets.

Keep it low key. That's a lot. But yeah, flights have been booked. Yeah, day in Hong Kong about three-ish days in China, three-ish days in Da Nang, Vietnam. Thank you. And then Isaac and I have a 21 hour layover in Taipei, Taiwan. So if you have any recommendations.

Oh, I'm trying to remember. Yeah. There's a good a hoagie restaurant right outside the airport. You got it. The bodega dude on this. This is hot dogs you've ever had. And I mean hot dogs you've ever had. Yeah. And I mean hot dogs. They're, they're authentic there. That's great. Okay. Yeah. That's the trip to wait. You're going. So just China, Vietnam,

China, Vietnam, and then like kind of full day in Taiwan, Taiwan. Okay. But not like any business there. Not that we know of. Not yet. I'll take any recommendations you have. Thank you. I'll meet with the hoagie salesman. I'll see if my master integrated guys have any. Yeah. Could you do this in Taiwanese? If you thought about, yeah. Taipei. That's great. So it kind of feels real now. Like, yeah, we booked our flights. I mean, this is just so everything about this episode is like these ignorant Americans not even knowing how long the Civil War was. This one's not as much ignorant as this is like classic America, but like China and India intimidate the heck out of me as far as just

like that sounds like so many people that sounds so stressful and busy and tight. And I like, I don't have, I, I probably, if I was there, I'd be like, this is awesome. But I don't have a desire to go. If that makes sense. I feel that way about Japan and India. I feel like, whoa, so crowded, so crowded. And Japan for whatever reason, Japan feels more peaceful to me. It feels cooler than China. Yeah. I don't know. Well, hey, unless, China's really cool too. Deep Seek is off. China, China, I love China.

I will give you that. I mean, Japan is like a tourist destination. You don't really hear of people going to China. Some of that's why it feels more like unknown and Maybe so. Questionable. Cause people go to Japan. I got just really quickly Googled Hong Kong.

It says it's a special administrative region of China with 7.4 million residents of various nationalities. It's the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Is it really? So it's like, I mean, there's going to be some people there. Fourth most densely populated. I mean, yes, there's probably like two Indian countries, Tokyo, and then Hong Kong. Yeah, let's see. Most densely populated. Let's just go densely populated city. Mumbai, Bombasa, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Stratford fifth. Manila is not, Stratford is seventh actually. Manila was number one.

This is not as easy as I was. Using Deep Seek. I should have, I should have. I use Google. Like somebody who graduated high school in 2009. But anyway, that's crazy. Yeah, I'm probably not prepared for how overwhelming just the amount of people is going to be that day in Hong Kong.

Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. A couple of Philippines, countries or cities. Baghdad, Mumbai, Baghdad, Mumbai. Baghdad's populated? Port of Prince, real high up there. I guess I'm not factoring in, I guess, the area. Yeah, I don't know. Anyway. Cool.

Okay, Hong Kong fourth most densely populated region after Macau, Monaco, and Singapore. Monaco, that's where all the billionaires go. Is it? I'm not saying I don't buy your list, but I feel like every list I've ever seen always has Mumbai, India as number one. This is from worldpopulationreview.com,

so they're making money off that website. That's a for profit URL. Oh yeah. It'll be populated. It'll be fun. I'm excited to see communism up close. Oh, there's nothing like it, especially in the spring. Communism in late spring.

It's humid, but it's good communism. What is the weather going to be like in China? I think extremely hot and humid really? Yeah, which is great. I don't mind that okay. This is the weight He ate a lot of noodles. Yeah, you might be losing weight because you're yacking it all up whatever you're eating Yeah, that'll be interesting. It's gonna be very interesting. You're out. I Kate Peterson, you know him, you know his sister Well, he said he went to Vietnam on a mission trip back days who's giving me some advice

Okay And I was like am I gonna be able to like find chicken like I don't know his sister well. He said he went to Vietnam on a mission trip back then. So he was giving me some advice. Okay. And I was like, am I going to be able to like find chicken? Like, I don't know what the diet's like. He said, you're going to want to find the chicken. Okay. He was like, I didn't trust the beef. So there is plenty of chicken to eat there.

So you can trust the chicken. I know Vietnam. I know. Fuh. Careful. And I know, I don't know him. I am. Fuh.

King. Fuh. What did Scott say last week? That was so funny. I listen back to that immediately. As I'm like shaking my head. I'm like, don't do it. And he's like, oh, so good.

And I know Bon Mise. Those are nice. Bon Mise is it's a it's a sandwich. I don't know. I don't know how it's one of those things where it's like, dude, Mexican food. I know. Quesadillas and Doritos Locos. Order those. It's like those are good.

You're gonna love Monterey if you love Mexican food. Like I don't know how much Bon Mies are really in. But if they're there, you know, they're nice. Good to know. Yeah. How fun. Yeah.

It'll be wild. Yes. Truly. Especially because you're going Florida, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Alabama. Is that still a plan? Like just wild, just a funny, like back and forth. So anyway, if you're curious, bravado refers to a bold, showy,

and often pretentious display of courage or confidence often intended to impress others. So yeah, a little bit of swag, a little bit of Riz in the old game. Got some bravado to him. All right. You want to do reviews of the week? Yeah, I do.

Only if you want. I do, but I get ready for the jingle. Yeah, I do. Only if you want. I do, but I get ready for the jingle. Oh, time to get your brav up. Raise your brav, brav, brav. Which jingle we doing? This is the one that Jake sent. No, just get ready for the jingle.

All right. Sounds good. I don't have one this week. Okay. Somebody wrote you one. I don't think it's a recording. I could double check for waving through the window, looking through the window, peering through the window. I

think it's one I emailed to you guys. Right. You emailed it. That's right. Okay. So you want to do that one? I could try it. Great. Can we please focus on reviews of the week right now, guys? Guys, can we please not jump the shark? Is that what it's called? Bury the lead got it. Yeah, I thought it was hatchet Maybe but axe throwing is dead I Don't remember which ones we did last week and that's that makes me sad Ian hedges says backseat boys for life diamonds ears are perked

This podcast is the first thing I wake up to every Monday and Wednesday. It has me rolling with laughter, which is the only way I can make myself roll out of bed. Their witty whimsy is really warm and welcome wisdom for when and where to learn, laugh and let them watch. Jake is an energetic and entrepreneurial enigma. His experience and endless enthusiasm is efficaciously inspiring each and every individual. Did I say that word right? Efficaciously? It's gotta be it. Sure. Brad's methodical mind and

masterful manner makes monkeys out of modern men and he is the illustrious image of the fruit of faithful fatherhood, but timing. You marvelous meerkat you, you good sir, need heed me best. I am indubitably impressed by the benefit of the Backseat Boys banter. And I would be remarkably remiss if I refrained from a recommendation from a real and reliable source of you and your friends' boyish good humor. Basically what I'm saying is I'd love to see a for real Backseat Boys podcast.

I appreciate these guys and I'm deeply impressed with the skill it must have taken to read this. Thank you. I'd watch that or I'd listen to that podcast at least once. Yeah. I'd give it a try. I'd go to the Lion King Zoo once. Yeah.

We actually recorded one on the way to Branson. Just haven't put it together yet. So one might be coming. If the audio is struggling, I know a tool that you can use to enhance that thing. You want to tell me about it? MIDI controller. I'll tell you later.

All right. Devin Nelson, did we do that one last week? Sounds familiar. It's so tough, man. It's like, I know I've read all these already. So it's like, what did I read on the podcast? Which one did I say? Talking about not having Christmas with their family.

I don't know if I read this one. Okay. Does this sound familiar to you? I don't know. I don't think so. Hey, Ghosties. Go ahead. If I have, my apology.

My go-to list and five stars from Devin Delsen F. Greetings from Washington. This podcast is amazing. I started listening to you all back on December 23rd of last year. I was having a really rough day because I discovered a dead rat in the dryer vent of my old rental. True or false? We've read this one. I don't

know. I don't think I've read about that. I started with that Monday's episode and then jumped back to listen to the glossary episode. Sorry. Glitched out for Obama. And I've been a glossary episode and I've been hooked ever since. I'm also very thankful for their Christmas episode and encouraging those who were listening on Christmas last year was the first time And I've been hooked ever since. I'm also very thankful for their Christmas episode. And encouraging those who were listening on Christmas last year was the first time in a couple of years that I didn't have Christmas with my family back in Kentucky. It's great to have a podcast where the hosts are absolutely hilarious. And also willing to talk openly about their walks with Jesus.

Brad, Jake, Diamond, especially Diamond. Don't forget about Diamond. Thanks for all you do. All right. Signing off March 27th, 2025. Catholic gives me such a hard time when I was like, Hattie's five, Bo's two, Rosie's six months. Here we are.

That is wholesome. Like obviously you don't need to do that. The data's in the phone, but it's not, it still gives it the whole video vibe. Yeah. I don't know. I think it's just the old habits die, die hard kind of thing. And I think you should like leave some like the millennial pauses in there too,

rather than like recording and starting. Yeah. like record while you're still like kind of pointed at the ground. Like you press record here and then you kind of fumble around. Yeah. All right. What are we doing today guys? Yeah, it's a snow day. I'm recording, I'm recording this.

No, it's for the home video. I'm recording. No, I know you told me earlier, but say it for the camera. Yeah, it's a snow day. And just like weird zooms. Just like zooming in on just my nose for a little bit. Oh shoot, I was hitting that, I didn't even see. I was hitting zoom on accident.

You can, you guys know all this, but like you can now pause videos and then just like, shut up. Okay. But we're talking- What? I'm sorry for saying the S word, guys. You can pause. Video.

When you're recording it. Okay, okay. All right, all right. Someday you're gonna be like, dude, do you know that like babies like live off their mom for the first year? It's like, no way! I'm gonna get you back hard for that.

No, that is gonna be great. Who knows, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. like babies like live off their mom for the first year. It's like, no way. I'm gonna get you back hard for that. No, that is gonna be great. Who knows? Yeah, I can't wait until I have my first big like parenting realization. You're like, dude, you're so dumb. I've been doing this for 10 years.

I can't wait. But like, my point is like, you know, you watch those old videos and it's just like, okay, all of a sudden now it's, they, they're in the backyard, you know, whatever. And you don't get that anymore. You like just turn the video off and then you go to the backyard and you watch a new video. I haven't messed with the pause yet, but you can pause it.

I'm nervous to pause right now. I've been practicing in my shop. I don't know if it's, if it will, it will save the other stuff. If I forget to press record again, I don't know how it works. What if I pause and then turn my phone off? What will happen? Does it go in the stream on the clouds? Decent question. Right. If this makes me, I didn't know you could do that on iPhones. Yeah. I don't know if I believe you. No, no, no. Genuinely. I did not. I hadn't looked at that. I thought it was just a Samsung thing because I think my dad's phone

can do that. Man do Samsung. People love telling you when it's been a Samsung thing for a long time. Yeah. You know, uh, they had, they had virtual assistants way before Siri. I think Apple's got to come out with a foldable phone in the next like year or so. And you know, the Samsung people are going to let us have it. Sure. And we have that. And you know, I took my grandpa took that to Vietnam with him. He had that phone. He had a Samsung phone in Vietnam with him. Yeah. He was eating pho with his foldable phone. Can I show you this that you could do on iPhone? Say you're taking a photo. Oh, wait, I want

a video. Slide it over. Now we're taking hands-free video. Did you know? Did you see that or was it too quick? Was it too quick? I would like to just share that I knew that and I respectfully did not make fun All right, dude So, I hope you feel shame. I hope you do the jingle Just play the play the dang this is a play the mp3 Dude Haven't come out yet, but will and I you know, we're starting this we're starting to pop. I'm starting

table search podcast Uh, haven't come out with it yet, but Will and I, you know, we're starting this. We're starting to put I'm starting to podcast. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Table search podcast. No idea what it's going to look like, how often we're going to do it, whatever. I'll listen. Open hands, though, with like, we're just like, let's just go. If time is not in it, he'll listen to it. And I record a podcast with him last week and I was given some example. And I was like, yeah, I mean, these days you can Skype with people whenever you. And I'm like, oh, my gosh. I days you can Skype with people whenever you, and I'm like, Oh my gosh.

I think they're not only is that like old fashion, it's like, yeah, they gave up. Microsoft gave up on it. Which I was just so embarrassed. Like it's like saying like, dude, I got, have you listed or have you heard the new CD? It's like, don't say that. Skype is so perfect. Yeah. Cause it's not crazy old, but it was old enough to be like, no one says that anymore.

Cause no one, literally no one's using it anymore. Yeah. What else died in like 2018? It don't, I don't know. Don't think of family member. Whitney Houston. Yeah. Was that Swayze?

I can't remember if that was Swayze or not. I want to say. No. Well, like I, I still say like, yeah, I film that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it's never film. You know, it's a good point. I like same film.

I never say I recorded. I just went away. It's kind of hard to think. Yeah. Top of your head. Like things that it's like, oh, we're just so good. We're just very mediocrely old now. Like like Skype was a big deal. Like we we are the, you know,

front runners of the video chat world. Yeah. But we call, I call it Skype, unironically the other day. That's funny. How did it feel podcasting with Will? It was fun. It was completely different.

You have like an agenda. Me no get the agenda. I thought we were going to kind of, and then I was like, we didn't really iron out everything and I Was like I kind of I've learned from you of like hey Let's let's establish a little bit of like who's the quarterback here? Who's like the play or who's like the color commentary whatever and then you're way better at that than I am

So I was like Jake's better at that. He's like, that's great. I feel more comfortable with that, too so I kind of let him talk and I would you'd have me ask me questions and stuff and It's funny. I think you and I really value very minimal. Um, what's it called? Like blank space, you know, like dead space. And I kind of had to just understand like, this is a little bit of a different podcast. Like we're talking about fatherhood business, like what it looks like to be your own boss, kind of that kind of stuff. And so it's like, this is not as, you know, we are, we are goofy at times. Um, but it's not the same. And so it's like, we're like, if, if we'll take a second, like, you know, we'll sometimes we'll have some pregnant pauses. He's a thinker. Yeah. I mean, this guy is fertile with his positive. So it's like,

he's like, you know, what I was thinking about that. Yeah, that almost killed me. Yeah. A hundred percent. Like, and, and I'm like, cause I couldn't tell if he's thinking about something or if he's like, I don't know what to say next. Do I, do I, you know, whatever, and I don't think that happened very often, but like, um, that, and then I also learned me that learned, I noticed there were a few times he used some, you know, wills, the king of metaphors on everything. You use some analogy of like, you know, it's like George Costanza and Seinfeld or something. And I was like, yeah. And you are, you are kind of like George Costanza, like jokingly just throwing it out there in the middle of him saying something.

And I could tell like that, like, I kind of talk in here, kind of doing something. They didn't like bother him, but like, it didn't bother him. Like I'm mad at you. It was bothering him of like, do I, do I, how do I, how do I risk, like, should I go down that rabbit hole? Like, why am I, I'm not like, he's like, I don't know. I don't really, I guess maybe I don't know what that means, but you know, I don't know if he said something like that. And I was like, oh, okay. Like that's something that you and I can do where it's like, yeah, you know, people call you that in high school, George Costando. Yeah, dude, I was Georgie C. You know, keep going. Let's talk about the zoo for a little bit. Yes. Right. Whereas

it's like, oh, I think that messed him up a little bit. I shouldn't do that. But overall, I think he was a natural. And the whole time I didn't have my computer out. I didn't have anything like that, which is kind of fun. Just a more free flowing. Do you film it?

We don't film. We're just going to do audio. It was a little bit echoey, but I used this thing, Timon. It's this Adobe AI voice enhancing software. Try to tell me about it in like 45 seconds or something. You need to try Adobe's new AI editing software. This is good, let me put this. This is my voice without the software.

And this is my voice with the software. I'm just using a good old fashioned Skype phone. That was good, that was Brad. And that's why. Yeah. Nice. Yeah. That's a good video idea. Like you could loop it with you if you say, and that's why you and you can start with like the, you need to try. Yes. I could see it. I could see that. Yeah. Yes. That'd be cool. And if you, what if, what if you didn't blink the whole time? Do you not? I don't think so. There was some comments like you what if you didn't blink the whole time? Do you know? I don't There were some comments like dude, you need to blink. It's got a robot. That's awesome. So funny. That's so great

So yeah, yeah, just adding podcasts to the Rolodex. I'll say well I'll say welcome to the life of cheating on each other with other podcasters. Yeah, not the same, man. Not the same. You'll always be my first. Never forget it. Never forget it. So anyway, you guys ready to sing finally? Timing.

I can try. I I read through I like read through it. So we'll see if I can match it up. But this is from Dear Evan Hansen, Waving Through Window. That's the name of the fan? Yes, this is the fan. Dear Evan Hansen. Aaron Fontaine.

Alright, here we go. Alright, alright. Here we go. That was sinking. That was sinking. Yeah. Can every road that you took out From my memory dial this house home Yep. Here we go! Can you take me back where we were?

That actually kind of- Oh, dude. Alright, alright. Sorry, Tyvett. That was awesome. Yeah. Okay. Let me- Somebody else. That was awesome. Yeah. Okay. Let me somebody else. Can't make old friends.

That's why I noticed that too. It was like, because I, Rachel, I listed that on the way to church this week. Fresh. All right. You're all right. Time to try your version. Jake learned the meaning of lurch, before they all see Brad, sweet dad, before they pass by Brad's church, before Jake says someone crapped their pants. She has a braid in her hair, she's way too shy and won't give it a go

so Ashley's hair told a tale no Brad won't say I told you so Eat up, eat up all those nuggets because we're thrilled, because we're thrilled On the search for some random trivia, will they ever know that the British won the war? Cause we're roll roll rollin' right on through We're wavin' through Brad's window Oh I try to see you can answer Brad's windows and Brad's dad will say a prayer for you, you know While we're chat chat chatting with the queue Waving through Brad's window We wish that Drew could see We're only spreading cheer here

But we will leave Hey! Logan starts off really wise We start believing we've found the one He knows more than other guys It's not a sword, it's a YouTube blog Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, vlog You up, you up all those nuggets Even though they aren't grilled You up, you up all those nuggets

Because we're thrilled, because we're thrilled On the search for some random trivia Will they ever know that the British won the war? Cause we roll, roll, rollin' right on through We're waving through Roswindal so I try to seek an answer about your pros and cons God will say you're fair for you, you know while we're chat chat chat in the queue

waving through Roswindal we wish that Drew could see, your home is right in here What's the capital of Poland? Got some milkshakes up in here Is she a lot like Midge? You know we're just guys talking here What's the capital of Poland? Get some milkshakes up in here Is she a lot like Midge? You know we're just guys talking here What's the capital of Poland? Get some milkshakes up in here Is she a lot like Midge? You know we're just guys talking here Is she the capital of Poland? Get some milkshakes up in here Is she a lot like Mitch? You know we're just guys talking here We're just guys talking here

Yeah we're just guys talking here What's the meat name of the deer? And since the name of deer On the search for some random treat Yeah will they ever know that the British won the war Cause we're roll roll rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods

And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods

And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods And we're rollin' in the woods name of deer. I'll prepare for you, you know, while we're trap, trap, hiding in the dark here Waving through the bright's window We wish that Drew could see We're only spreading cheer here But we believe We're only spreading cheer here

Waving, waving Here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, time. Didn't Malcolm write a jinker for that one? I think at some point somebody did. Yeah, that's fun. Dear and Hanson is the name of the musical. Yes. What's it about? Evan Hanson. I don't know. He's a deer. Do you want to know this? Bambi. Yeah, it's like a Bambi like reenactment. The deer. Yeah, we can do a Bambi theme at the zoo. It's Bambi live action. Do you want to know what it's about? Yeah, I'm curious. Yeah. It's like this guy underworld like where the CIA agent like Denver, this guy, Evan Hansen has like really bad anxiety and stuff and he's like, he writes letters to himself. His therapist told him to write letters to himself, like saying, dear Evan Hansen, this is gonna be a good day and here's why whatever. That's nice. And then I actually don't know the exact story, but like, I think someone that he kind of knows at school, who he wasn't really friends with, I think someone that he kind of knows at school who he wasn't really friends with, I think

like commits suicide. And then he, they, that like the family of that guy think that this, their son was writing the letters to Evan Hansen. So he has like fake this friendship. It's a really sad musical. But basically then he like builds up all this stuff on this lie that he was good friends with this guy. And then it all comes like kind of crashing down at the end and like it's kind of sad That's a great way to end the episode. But yeah, so on that note, um, there's dear Evan Hansen It's about therapist guy like and there's good will hunting Which is also about therapists and a guy Dear Evan Hansen good with hunting. So it's like it's like a musical version of goodwill hunting

Use the chalkboard as kind of like a beat Scrape against honestly, I would watch stuff do that. That'd be cool It's not your fault it's not your fault And this is why the voice is the king of the instrument. That's right. I did all that with my voice alone. He was doing the chalk sounds himself guys. All right.

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