KSR - 2025-10-27- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: October 27, 2025

Matt talks UK basketball with actor Josh Hopkins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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your acting friends and seeming cool. And now you and I are talking about back pain. Yeah, that's exactly right. That's how you know we're getting old. I feel for you, man, because I've gone through it. Yes, you've had it. Yeah, and it doesn't get better. It doesn't get better.

I mean, in little increments, it's. gets better but yeah it's that's not very nice it's going to be your friend for life buddy and that's what i was hoping for there's no that's what i would like all right so uh i want to talk about you and i want to talk about what you're doing with lexington because you are the voice of the city of lexington for its 250th anniversary think about all the famous lexentonians they picked you to be the voice of lexington's 250th anniversary documentary i don't know if they picked me but they got me There was probably a lot of couldn't make it. A lot of couldn't make it.

But let's call it out of work actor. He'll be there. But you also are a huge UK basketball fan. I am. So join us in talking about that performance Friday night. The cats win 7865 and against the number one team in the country and dominate with two of our three best players not on the floor, not. don't have our point guard, except for Aberdeen. Nobody plays for more than 23 minutes, and we kind of roll from start to finish.

We get contributions from everybody. Our freshmen look amazing. The run that takes away over the game where we go from five up to 14 up, three kids from Kentucky are on the floor. Josh, I mean, it was one of those great Kentucky nights, even though it's an exhibition. It was. I mean, I try not to get.

too excited after one exhibition game. Remember, that's what it was. An exhibition game. I don't know if... Please don't bring us down. No, I'm not. It matters. What do you mean? What do you mean? No, it mattered, but listen, but listen, I'm the type that I'm so, I was so excited. I was like, maybe Jaden and Jalen, maybe they're going to mess up our chemistry. You were already messed up the chemistry. Yeah, I'm, I'm so happy. I'm protecting myself. All right. I got, I gave my spiel on the post.

post game. Ryan, what did you think of it? I love the pace they played. I love the defensive pressure they played. And everybody, all the college basketball experts, consensus number one team in America, no question about it, is Purdue, and we made them look silly at times. Our defensive pressure just

totally took them out of everything they were trying to do, which really kind of surprised me. And like you said, you're doing it without low, you're doing without quaitance. OA was on limited minutes, and you still looked like you were the dominant team by far. I was shocked at how easy it was to score against them.

I mean, we didn't even shoot the ball that well. And they could not guard us. Like, no chance. No, and the ball movement to have been the first exhibition game in October was impressive. They were just so far along. We knew that'd be the case with a good exos coach and then being older. But they're even farther along than I expected. And, you know, I don't mean to go back and make this comparison.

But I think back to like, well, we haven't practiced this yet or don't do this against us. Or we haven't done defense. That team last night or Friday night was firing on all cylinders against the number one team in the country. You know, they weren't perfect and the second half got sloppy, but they just still seemed so advanced for a team that 10 teams started the season. And it was the number one team in the country that has old guys. These are not new dudes. Like they're not trying to learn each other. So let's do this.

Everybody gets one player that really impress them and you can't pick who other people pick. Josh, you're the new guy. I'll let you go first. Modi Abate. Really? Yeah. Yeah. He only played limited.

minutes because he was in foul trouble, still had nine rebounds. When was the last time? I ask you this, when's the last time we had a basketball team that you thought would beat up, could beat up the other team? Like in a fight, just put him in a room and who comes out. DeMarcus and Wall. Yeah. Maybe that's it.

Yeah, that's it. I mean, yeah, that was, when you had bledzo, it was over. But, I mean, we got some men Owe, Diabate, Denzel. We win fights. We haven't had a team that would win a fist fight in decade. Diabate, what about you? You're going to let me pick. I'm going to pick Jasper.

The guy came out, ran the show, hit the three, very confident shooting the basketball. Then he called his own number one time late in the game. Then he threw the alley-oop dunk. I mean, that dude has got it. He is going to be, he's a superstar in the making. I'll take the birthday boy then, Malachi Marino. I knew he would push Garrison and take some minutes from some people when I didn't expect him to be physically ready as a freshman, bad dude's playing.

And he looked good Friday night. He went like four for five from the field, had some big dunks. I like they did that little, I don't know if y'all saw on social media, they followed him all day and had some game highlights. It's just a big night for him. So I was impressed. He would have been my pick. I thought he was, he's so much better than I thought he would be.

Oh, yes. And I am really, really impressed. then I'll pick left. I'll say Aberdeen just because he played such good defense. He's a dog, man. He obviously played the most minutes, made shots, but really, I mean, his defense, he's going to be the dude. With he and Oway, you now have two guys who can guard good perimeter threats.

Last year, we really didn't have that. Oway was one, but if he was in foul trouble or the other team had two guards, like that's why we struggled sometimes with Tennessee. We just, they had too many guards for us with now you've got. two of those at least. So I really like that. What about like Yellovich? He's going to play, which I wouldn't have thought. I couldn't believe how well he handled

the ball. Yes. I had that was because this is the first time really seeing them. I see little clips of practice, but I couldn't tell. The way he handled the ball, like it's literal handles, I was like really impressed. With Mo, too. I didn't know he could bring the ball up like that and push it.

So that was two real good surprises for me. Pope said Colin Chandler was the MVP. He had two points. And an awesome dunk, though. That was quite a dunk. It was a fun two points. But he was rebounding.

They're doing a little bit everything. As someone who picked him as an MVP and wanted him to have a big game, I wish he had more than the two, but he still looked good. Talk about the environment. You were there. It did not disappoint. I expected to walk into what felt like a February game against, you know, Florida or something, and it didn't let us down.

They were so rowdy in there. after the game, I hate to skip over through the game, but just after, even in the concourse at halftime when I'm walking around, just people shouting things, people running up, showing me where they bet they're going to win the national championship during the game, showing me their bet slips. There was just so much excitement and optimism around the place all night long. I loved, I love that it sold out.

I love that we're into it. And I do love that we're overreacting. Like we should overreact. That's the number one team. I don't want people to skip over. I said this on the pregame. show for football. But Matt Painter said it best. Matt Painter, produced coach said this could have been worse. He was like, we played our best guys. They didn't. He said we played our guys 30 minutes.

They played their guys half the game. He says they didn't shoot well. He said they dominated us and two of their best players weren't there. That was what was exciting to me because it'd be one thing. We know this is going in. Our question was shooting, right, with this team. and I think like we're going to be fine. Pope's offense and these guys, he's going to get him shots. But the fact that we weren't like 19 for 30, you know, that would be, yeah, nine for 29 and we did that. Because if we had just hit shots and they didn't, that's just one night.

That's what happens. But that wasn't the case. Well, just think about last year. If we were nine for 29 last year, we lose. True. We had hit that shot. We would lose that game. Nine for 29 this year.

you win by 13 against the number one team in the country. And I think the thing that surprised me the most, Purdue is known for the rebounding. Best rebounding team in the Big Ten, one of the best rebounding teams in the country. And we out rebounding them. They had guys seven foot four out there, and we're still out-tuffed them.

Ten offensive rebounds for us, seven for them. That was one of the really impressive things about the performance of Malachi, because that's one of the top front courts in the nation. Yeah, and he was going strong to the board. Oh, yeah. And for him to come in and play like that against them. Yeah. Makes it even more impressive.

So now does everything get ramped up in your mind? Yes. Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah, because we're starving for it. We are starving. It's been a tough football season. So how can you not get ramped up?

And we haven't been to a final four since 2015. I can't wait for the Georgetown game on Thursday. That's how excited I am. I'm actually very excited about it, too. I'm scouting Georgetown. I'm like what kind of sense. do they run? We might see the weekend of the SEC tournament. I don't even

remember those days anymore. Slow down. I can't even remember a Saturday in Nashville, which actually I say that often. But I knew they were going to be good at a contender, probably even better than 9th. The way they blew out number one, it reminded me when you're talking about Matt Painter saying it could have been worse.

It reminded me when the 2015 team when they like bullied Kansas and Bill Self just had this look of shock. Like, I don't know what I was supposed to do against that. kind of had a little bit of that talking about the team after the game. Do you like, I always go into a season going, okay, do I think this team could win it? The last team I went into the season definitively thinking they could win it was 2017. Then over the course of 2019, they kind of convinced me they could.

And so by the time the tournament happened, I believe they could win it. Do you believe this team can win it? Oh, yeah. Yeah, we're deeper than anyone. And grown men. We've got grown men. And we've got like precocious young kids and grown men. You could argue we have the perfect mix of a roster even age-wise.

The roster that he put together this year, I think we'll go down in UK history when it's all said and done. Because he's too deep at every position. History. Yeah. The fact that UK history. Like you said. I mean, did you just say UK history? Yeah.

Because he's got the guys returning, you know, Tega, Garrison, Chandler, Noah. He's got the new guys, Jasper, Malachi, even Hawthorne. And he's got these transfer guys he brought in, these older transfer guys. The way he constructed this roster, I think, is just going to be remembered.

It's just phenomenal what he's done. History. Wow. That's big. Freshman, transfers, returners. That's just a perfect blend. It's like a good coffee. It is like a good coffee.

Yeah, it's a perfect. It's a good $6 cup of coffee. Okay, do your... This team can percolate. There we go. Do your expectations change? Yes. I said people were betting the national championship at halftime.

I am one of those people. I made that bet. I changed my season predictions. We had a video to make for the KSR website where we give our season prediction. I had a script before the Purdue game. After the Purdue game, Purdue game threw the script away. Got rid of the script. Changed it to national champs.

I think I have them losing like three. or four games. I'm just too excited after seeing the winning against Do you change your prediction of losses for the year? I never had a prediction of losses, but I do want... Oh, come on. You and I talk all the time about these games. You're

telling me you didn't have a prediction. You haven't said oh, they're only going to lose two or three. No, no, I haven't. I really, I just was waiting to... I always believe this team is going to be really good. I trust in Pope. I trust he he gets the guys he wants, not all the best guys.

he sees his needs and he goes for it. I mean, sure we missed, we saw us miss on a couple guys in the portal, but I mean, it was guys, you're going to miss, but he went out and got guys he wanted. He didn't, he said no to people. Yeah. What if I told you going into the season, that your three best players, at least from pedigree,

Jalen Lowe, Jaden Quaintance, and Otega Oway, between the three of them in a game, you would have 17 minutes and 10 points. I think you're probably going to lose. I think you're probably going to get blown out. Yeah. How many times in Kentucky history of the three best players for a team combined for 10 points and then they've won a game

against a better team than that? Yeah, you could argue that our two best players did not even play in that game and you beat the number one team in the country. I'd say two of three. You can't leave out of Tatea, I think, when you do that. I watched highlights of Jane Quentin's on Saturday. somebody had tweeted them and I was watching like I don't know how you put I mean I know how we're going to put it in there but for other teams I don't know what I just saw against Purdue and then you add his shot blocking and everything else would you like to have seen that that looks like guard him wow yeah they're so Purdue listen I'm never believe in Purdue me neither they're so slow never ever they're always slow that wasn't the number one team I'm excited that wasn't the number one team yeah you wouldn't buy tickets to big game and then not go so why would you pay your help benefits and not use them. Court physical therapy.

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available on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back. It's Kentucky Sports Radio. The athletic has just put Kentucky up to number two in their college basketball ratings. C.J. Moore, who's the writer for the athletic, says Purdue was trying to win and had no chance. I don't know how Kentucky can't be ranked higher. Impressive. So they got number one.

Houston? I didn't look at the article. I just saw we were number two. Probably. Yes. Before we keep going, you were also friends with our friend, Manning. and you were saying a couple things. A lot of people listening, no, Manny Robertson,

but just even if you don't, everybody has a friend like this. I liked what you said. Well, he's, you know, I grew up his brother, Scotty, a year younger than I. We played little league basketball against each other, garden side. I mean, I've known him a long time.

I used to go spend the night over there, and Mani was, that's when he was younger. And he was like, come on, guys. I want to go over here. You know, we play nerve basketball and stuff. So I've known Manny a long time, one of my favorite people, a lovely human being just a few days before his passing was my birthday, September 12th. And so at midnight, as he was to do with so many, I don't know, thousands of people, hundreds of people, he would text them at midnight right on their birthday. Yeah, he did that all the time.

Yeah. He'd always be, like my mom and him would be the first. birthday text I would get. And everyone in his world will miss him the most at midnight on their birthday. I'll never, I will never not think of that moment. And I want you to do this for the audience because you can say this. Talk about our guy Drew here on that day. Well, Drew and he became very close. That made me really happy. And Drew was here with tears in his eyes for people. that can't see him. And I thought about,

I thought about him a lot the last few weeks because I think about Manny a lot. And Drew spoke at his funeral and absolutely knocked it out of the park. He was, he was incredible. All of Mani's friends were. I miss him every day and especially on weekends like this. Because he could,

the cat's lost the biggest fan. I mean, he could only be tied. And I would have talked to him this weekend. Where are you watching? Are you going? What are you doing? This is his wheelhouse. Basketball game on Friday, football on Saturday.

Yeah, I mean, and I know a lot of people really missed him this weekend. And I'll forever love him. And I love his brother, Scotty, and I love his mother, and I love their father. And, you know, I'm glad we got to say something on here. because he was he was the best and the biggest fan and I'll always love him. Yeah. Well, that's well said. Great tribute.

And also, you know, we should mention, you know, you lost not that long ago your father as well. State representative from Lexington. Served in the house. Also, big UK fan probably helped you get in that. Sure. That's, you know, that's been a tough one too for you. Yeah. Yeah.

you know, obviously think about my dad every day. But how about those cats? I'm actually crying over the football. It just happened until those days are not about the movie. I pulled up the box score and I was like, oh, 56 points. Start crying again. 859-2-8022. Yeah, 2287.

One person writes, Matt, do you think Mark Pope now, feels how excited this fan base could get after that game. I think he knew. I mean, he was here in 96. So I think he got a sense of of where it could be. You know, you mentioned the depth thing. 2015 had many more

stars. Okay. So I'm not going to, that will always be the biggest collection of stars and well, 96 is probably either right there or second. Well, I ask you this. With this team. But wait a minute, let me make my point. Oh, sorry. Sorry. So I'm on my

I don't want to step on Matt's feet. I do think, though, when you get down to 11, 12, and 13 on this team might be better than those teams. Okay? So the star power on 2015 or 96 is certainly better than this one. But I want you to think about who the 11th, when low inquitance get here, who are the 11th and 12th men? Yellovich, Cam Williams, Braden Hawthorne's, going to be the 13th man who would start on most teams. I mean, Josh, that's crazy, isn't it?

It is crazy. And the crazy parts, we don't know. Yellovich could end up starting. Could? I mean, we really don't know. Kim Williams could end up being the sixth man. I don't know. I mean, it could be anybody.

We don't really know. I thought Trent Noah and Malacomarino were just going to be like, sorry, we love you this year. Probably not going to see a lot of the floor. But next year, you're going to be a big piece of this. No, they're going to be a big piece of this. They're still in minutes. Cam Williams, I still need to see a little more from him, but with his potential,

he's even in some NBA draft conversations for on down the road. If he flips the switch, Pope's actually got a minutes problem that he has to figure out here. How about Trent Noah's starting? Loved it. If you were somebody that didn't know who these guys were, they took the names off the back of the jerseys, you would think the second five was better than the first five,

I think, in that game. That combination of Marino and Chandler and Jasper and those guys came out, played lights out. That's our second five. You mentioned that they played their best players. We didn't. Only three players played more than 20 minutes for Kentucky, and Trent Noah and Malachi Marino were two of them.

Back to Noah. Would you have thought he was going to start? We'd all, we'd been sitting there going, who's going to be the fifth starter? Would you have thought it was going to be Trent Noah? I think he's earned it. You know, we kept hearing all these reports all summer long. The TBT guys talking about how great of a play.

He was the best player on the Florida tenant in that scrimmage. I think he's earned that right to at least have a chance to be that guy. You're a Kentucky guy. Like it feels good to have three Kentucky guys be on the floor. It really does. It shouldn't matter, but it kind of does when you see three dudes from Kentucky on the floor and being good, not just mopping up minutes. Oh, yeah. It feels real good.

It feels great to everybody. You know, it's like the Pelfrey and Feldhouse. Yes. Reggie Hansen. Well, that's the last time there have been UK play. Kentucky players that have mattered this much. We've had teams like that Stockton carrier Blevins team had a lot of Kentucky games. But I mean, we've never had this many on a team where they mattered the way these three guys do since,

probably since the 92 team, right? Those three guys are starters in most cases, most seasons. They're freshmen. Well, I mean, if they were to come back, they all three probably would start through next year, right? Yeah, and Jasper, at least Friday, looks like he might have some real star power. I mean, I was seeing lower. So were you seeing Rob Dillon now? I was seeing Jasper with the shifts there in the second half.

Everybody was. It couldn't help it. He just had a little shitty. You see, he was. And the crowd got into him. And you can see he was kind of feeling it. He's going to be like Dillingham. There's going to be a game where Pope's going to have to go,

all right, dude, slow down. Like, you know that's going to happen. Mario was so excited. Like, he's not winning with Brony, but he's winning with Jasper. And that was exciting. Through that lob, it's just kind of be the exclamation. We're going to have some superstar moments with that kid. Let me, oh, we're going to, when we come back, I'm going to know,

do you think there's an NBA starter on our roster? It's a good question. We will deal with that and a couple other things. Look at you with the teases. There you go. We'll be right back, KSR. Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. I wish we had the mics on during the break.

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for Halloween after we lost to Tennessee which I watched on TV 899 280 T.N. 280, 2027. Did you enjoy the Tennessee game? Hot take. Yeah. We scored. 34 points. And some like long plays, breakway stuff. Yeah. It was, I love, yes. Yes. Yes. I mean. So you're a scoring. It was way better than I thought.

We lost by 22. Yeah. It's far up. I stand behind. behind what I'm saying. And it was better than you thought. It was at least entertaining. Okay. I mean, that's one way to look at it. It felt like they scored, though, the moment they got the ball.

They did. And I thought it was a play too late. I thought, we knew what's going to happen. This team is always their built, like the Texas game, the Texas game, right? I was in Austin at a sports bar watching alone in my Kentucky shirt. And when we scored to tie it, I did. cartwheel in front of the big screen. Like I was looking to get beat up.

Yeah. And, but I never bought it. I'm 55 years old. I've seen Mark Higgs from the one three times against Tennessee. I've seen us intercept the past in the bowl game against Clemson and then fumble it and give them four more downs to score. You live in Austin. You live in Austin, which has now become the cool place to live.

You were early in that, though. You were early in all the sort of. of Hollywood types moving to Austin. Yeah, I'm super cool. Well, you feel super cool, like, until you hang out with somebody like James Marsden, then you don't feel cool, right? It's a tough best friend to have. I got to tell you.

It's like, he's, he's beautiful. And he's a movie star. But like a real movie story. Yeah. And like, I'm not kidding. The best singer I've ever. scene and he can just pick up the guitar and go well i don't know how this song goes and just oh i'll figure it out and play it and girls are just staring at him and i'm like back off

he's mine like you're an actor and you're a handsome guy and you go out but like you literally for people don't know james barson just look him up you've seen him and stuff before you're literally like with you but times three first of all back up Second of all, it's time five. I mean, it's times ten. He's my best friend. One of my best friends. And he'll just be, like, talking to me and I'll get lost.

Like, look at him. I don't even know what he's saying. I'm like, his skin, those crystal blue eyes. It's beast-ung lips. Yeah, I mean, again, completely heterosexual. But the eyes, he's got, like, peer. And you're right, he can sing. That's the crazy part.

The singing is not fair, Drew. You shouldn't be able to be an actor and be able to sing like that. And he doesn't even do it. It's just for fun. And they've asked him to do albums and stuff. He's like, no. I'd be like, okay. I'll take lessons and try and do an album.

But here's what really annoys me as an actor who's dyslexic and has a hard time memorizing. I got to really go over and go over and grow over. And he, I asked him once, he goes, no, the only time I mess up a line is when I forget to turn the page in my mind. Oh, really? Yeah, he's got a photographic member. So he's just like, all right, I got it. And I'm like, now, now you're going to get your butt kicked. That's fighting words.

Yeah. And he's also like so nice. I've been with you and we sit there and people just come up to him nonstop. And he's always nice to him. He's an incredibly great guy. And he's been on KSR. Sure. Many years you had him on.

Yeah. So was Chris Pine. Yes, you had him on. That's probably the most star-studded show. That was the one you hosted. That's the only thing I could bring to it. If you asked me, I was in L.A. at a studio like, who can I get to be on here? Because I thank you.

You did that with me. I did. Remotly. Because you were like, you could just handle the loan. I'm like, are you kidding? What am I going to? I've never done anything. like that? Well, tell people you did a documentary, you're the voice of a documentary, 250 years of

Lexington. Explain what that is because I think our listeners, folks, if you haven't seen this yet, it's on KET, I think this is like if you're someone who cares about Kentucky, it's great. Tell people what it is. Okay, it's Lexington 250 years. It's PBS documentary done here by KET, celebrating the anniversary of 250 years of Lexington. And it is so fascinating. I drive around the city now, and I look at it completely differently. Like this building was built here.

It starts, I mean, in the beginning, William McConnell and some settlers are in the woods here, and they decide to name this place Lexington after the Battle of Lexington, which really initially started the Revolutionary War. So that's what's named for. And there's a lot of, there's like 17 Lexington's in the country. This is the first one that was named before the end of the war.

And so it was named for the Battle of Lexington, and it starts there. I mean, the beginning. And details everything, so many interesting things. Well, give people one or two examples. Give us an example of something Lexington, wise that people would find interesting. I mean, well, it goes through great times and like cholera, how it hit Lexington. It didn't go well here.

No, this was, this didn't escape. It wasn't like, Lexington actually was great with all. No, no, but it's not that, that's a bad, like, hey, it talks about cholera. In the heaviest way possible. Yeah. Yeah. No, but even down to dumb things, they're like, and that's, they named it High Street. And I was like, what? Because it goes up the hill. Oh. So they named it high street literally because it's high.

Yeah. Well, there you go. It's very old. But it's obviously more poignant things than that. Yes. But that was one of the dumb things where you're like, colloquially, you just learn the words. You know, you don't think about it. I didn't think about Clay's Mill and Parker's Mill being named that because at then there were the big mills. I was just like, that's the name of the street. Yes.

You know, most people moved here, made their money. This was huge hemp. Oh, really? It was absolutely drove industry here and money. Henry Clay moved here and then got into hemp. Oh, Henry Clay was a hipper. Did he do cornbread? I don't know about that.

But he was a huge, it talks all about his history. It talks Mary Todd Lincoln. Oh, wait a minute. Now, Ryan's had some conflict with Mary Todd Lincoln. She was a Civil War hussies. What she was doing? She's jumping from man to man. What's wrong with her?

Okay. Anyway. Oh, here's something. Did you know, in 1878, the General Assembly put the, University of Kentucky, which was not called that yet, it was called the agriculture and mechanical university. That's right. Put it up for bid.

We almost lost it. The University of Kentucky was for sale. 1878 for sale throughout the state. Louisville bid. We had to. Oh, so you're saying the University of Kentucky might have moved to a different city. Yes, like Louisville. We had to bid against Louisville put up a bid.

We almost lost it. 1878. And you imagine if you came in a different time. Oh, my goodness. Probably wouldn't even like them. I'd have a different team. Think about that. I'd be a hilltopper.

So next Louisville person you see, just remember that is like, hey, you're the same person. We outbid you. We tried to buy us. We lost. We outbid you. So tell people where they can watch it. So it's on KET. You can watch it on KET.org or PBS or the apps.

also like for my friends who are old like me and challenged with online stuff it's on ket all the time so you can go to the ket website i looked yesterday all three episodes are online or it's on ket all the time you can record it josh you you voiced over all of it yes yes i did how long did that take a long time i voiced i voiced over my book i found it to be one of the longer and that was in my voice and it took forever. Did you, did you find that hard? Oh, as I mentioned before, I'm dyslexic and I really, really feel for the technicians and the producers who had to go through that. So as some, if you, as dyslexic, how are you able to do it? I don't, I don't know a whole lot about dyslexia. Uh, slowly and messed up a lot. Um, and then became frustrated with

myself and through fits in front of grown people that were like, Is he doing? He's a grown man. But like just beating up on yourself. Yes, yes, yes. And I've always done that with that. Really? Oh, yeah.

Yeah. It's a, I really, I feel for the producer Matt Grimm and his team had to. At one point, I mean, we were, I was in a studio separated by glass. But one point, I got up as a grown man and threw my pen at the, as hard as I could at the wall. So that's something you've had to deal with like your whole lot. Yeah. Well, but you obviously got through it because it's great. Well, I still deal with it, but at least now I know.

Yeah. When I was, when I was nine, I was like with throw fits and people like, hey, this kid's got problems, but I was so mad at myself. Really? Yeah. Well, we're going to talk a little bit more with you about that. It's on KT and online and then on the show as well. We got a couple of people who want to say hello. We will get to them and be right back.

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but Josh was part of a movie, the Alec Baldwin movie Rust, and he was there, and we talked a lot about it. You couldn't have been better on that. So I recommend to people that you go and listen to that. I really thank you for doing it. I think it's our most listened to episode, and it should be, because you were great on. Well, thank you for having me. And I actually, I really enjoyed it. And I usually don't enjoy talking about myself like that. You were very good. And by the way, the most recent episode is with my friend Noam, Wiseman, highly recommend it. It's about the Israel-Palestine thing. You should check it out. Noam is in that Aspen Fellowship with me. Our new Cover Zero episode is out as well.

You just told me that you're in Bad Monkey, which is a show I really like with Vince Vaughn. You're going to, you're filming episodes. Yes, Apple TV. I'm on a few episodes this season. And you said you're about to go film a scene with John Malkovich. Yeah. I'm scared to death. I would be scared. Hello, Josh Hopkins. I'll be like, oh, boy. How are you today?

I'll be. It's really frightened, but that's pretty cool. You think you could get him a route for the cats? That's your project. Get John Malkovich to be a Kentucky fan. I met him once in a lobby in New York hotel. I don't know how we were sitting next to one another. I was with Morrison next.

actually. And he was wearing a searsucker suit. And I said, nice of suit. And he goes, did you know that seersucker means milk and honey? So you're saying he's maybe as quirky as we think he is? Yeah. I was like, I was like, I didn't know that. But you did not let me down, John Malkovich. I wanted you to be a certain way. And you are that way. How many scenes do you have with him? I don't know yet. I haven't read that episode. Oh, good luck. I just know I do, and I'm excited.

Yeah, I can see in your face. You are a little excited. And scared. All right, you did ask the question. Do we have a UK player on this team who will start in the NBA? What do we think? Well, you were talking about 2015 and it was deeper and stuff, but that had number one pick. That had a lot of players.

I mean, that had maybe two potential Hall of Famers, you know, in Carl Towns and Devin Booker. Do we have a starter? I only know on starter. I think there's some contributors, but it probably have to be Jasper Johnson if someone was going to do it first. You're setting odds. Well, how many people will make any, like play in the NBA? Jasper will. I'm adding Marino already.

I think Malachi will. Jaden Quatens. Jane Quentin certainly will. Oh, well, he'd be a starter. Jane Quaint's could be a starter. He's the only one I was going to go with. Yeah. So he would be the one.

Right. But those are the three. Then there's other guys that, Maybe they could be a role player in the NBA? Like you think Otega, Aberdeen, Diabate, can those guys find a roster spot? There's a spot for Colin Chandler on the Utah Jets. He has the athleticism.

And he's a Mormon. He's so. That combination. There's a place for him. I'm confident we can find him room there. And I think he's capable. David. Go ahead, David.

Rick, are you that? Josh, I think he so much. Josh, thanks so much for being just the delusional, as a Kentucky fan as we all are in putting it on a national stage. And I get so excited anytime to see you on television representing Kentucky and so forth. And that delusion moves on to, yes, we're winning number nine this year. And I'm going to go ahead and start the train right now as far as naming a nickname for this team. And so hear me out.

Mark always talks about 40 days and why he chose the number of. 41 and so forth and the rain coming for 40 days and 49 we call it the mark. Put a little dash in between the M and the arc because we got two by two. The money draw. I understand.

It's cute, but I appreciate the call. I'm not doing the mark as the nickname. Also, I have to say thank you very much for those words. I appreciate the call. But like, I like, we do have two of everything. And we have a Noah. We do have a Noah. He wears number nine.

Noah's Mark? He wears number nine. Wow. No. Kentucky kid. Noah's Mark's pretty good. By the way, in terms of getting Kentucky on the national stage, it was cause of you. What's the show that where there was a big scene about Kentucky basketball, the Marsden show?

Oh, Paradise. Paradise. So it was because of people all who watch Paradise. It was a very popular show. Note there's a whole scene about the Leitner shot and breaking their heart and all that. That was because of you. I've been on Conan twice and Kimmel and DeGeneres and both of the, I don't know, I can't tell them apart, but the voice and the girls, you know, like. You mean the view?

The view. You think the show's names are the voice and the girls? And I've never not talked about Kentucky. So you're like that, at least as what I do no matter. I presented Ellen on her show with a engraved bottle of Woodford. And then she smack you in the face. And then she would yell it out. You're like, get him out of here.

But it's not just paradise. You always have a little something. I remember what was the Quantico? There was like a UK something. There's always little Easter eggs. Do you negotiate that into the contract? I just, I get with the art directors. I go, hey, put up there, I graduated from Kentucky.

So you got to get them to do it for Bad Monkey. If there's some Kentucky thing in there, then immediately more people are going to watch bad monkey because there's going to be a cat's thing. Yeah, that's a great point. Maybe Malcovich should wear a Trent Noah shirt. I don't know if that fits his character or not. You know that all. Trent Noah is.

The Pope is dope shirt. Well, I need to do a Kentucky chamber, but I don't have the script. So the Kentucky chamber is caring about lots of issues in Kentucky, right, including housing, you know. They want to bring community and business together. for a better future. You can learn more at KYchamber.com, can't you? Watch that website again? It's KYchamber.com. It's the Kentucky Chamber building for a better tomorrow for Kentucky at the Kentucky Chamber. They're doing great things down there.

They are. Uniting business advancing Kentucky. That's exactly right. Well, gosh, thank you very much. Yes, very well. Thanks for having me. And it's great to see you. And hopefully we'll see you. Do we play at Texas? No, we did last year. And lost. That was fun. A&M, though. We had a lot of fun game, maybe. We got a football game. game down there next fall at Texas. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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