Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 670 | The Dinosaur Conspiracy, Airport Rules & Mom Moments

Episode Date: August 31, 2022

​Today you'll get a look into the minds of the Relatable crew. We discuss topics you proposed on Allie's Instagram live, including airport dress codes, our favorite conspiracy theories, what we were like in high school, and ask the very important question: Do aliens exist? Then, Allie listens to your "mom moment" voicemails where you share your fun stories and encouragements. --- Timecodes: [02:00] Talking Biden & politics [14:30] Allie's airport rules [19:43] "Pet parents" [24:47] Aliens [28:06] Conspiracy theories [33:50] Is college worth it? [42:30] What were we like in high school? [50:08] Worst and best fast food [53:53] Mom moment voicemails --- Today's Sponsors: Birch Gold — protect your future with gold. Text 'ALLIE' to 989898 for a free, zero obligation info kit on diversifying and protecting your savings with gold. HealthyCell — get 20% off your first order at HealthyCell.com/ALLIE, use promo code 'ALLIE'! PublicSq. — download the PublicSq app from the App Store or Google Play, create a free account, and begin your search for freedom-loving businesses! A'Del — go to adelnaturalcosmetics.com and enter promo code "ALLIE" for 25% off your first order! --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey

Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality. We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort.

We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to lie to you about where we are or where we're headed, you can watch this D-Day show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us. What is the proper airport attire? Also, Joe Biden says, you always know which parts of the country have the best basketball. What does he mean by that? What was I like in high school?

Are aliens real? What about dinosaurs? I'm not so sure. Today we have a special episode of Relatable with Allie and Friends that is brought to you by our friends at Good Ranchers. Go to Good Ranchers.com slash All right, guys, welcome to Relatable. Happy Wednesday. Today we've got a different show for you, different than we've ever done before. There is a crew beyond yonder on the other side of this camera that is going to come on the show and they are going to give their takes on a whole slew of topics. Most of them don't have to do with politics. We're just going to have fun on this episode. The reason that we're doing this, it's totally spontaneous, is because we were going to interview a guest, Kirk Cameron, whom you know, I've had him on before, but unfortunately, we had some tech issues. We weren't able to interview him about his upcoming movie on adoption.

We'll reschedule that for a later day. And I was like, oh my gosh, what are we going to, what are we going to talk about today? I went live on Instagram. I got some fun topic ideas from you guys and I decided to ask for some help from my producers and from the tech crew and so we are going to have fun. We're going to have fun conversation with Allie and friends. And if you like the format of this, if you like this kind of episode, you can let me know and we'll do some more in the future. So let's let's start though with a little bit of politics. I know that you guys are kind of tired of this, but I promise it's going to be fun. We're not going to get too too in the weeds and too serious about all of this. But just so we can comment on some things that happened yesterday,

Biden gave this big speech at this big rally. And per usual, he said some crazy things. So let me play you a very funny clip from yesterday. And then we'll give you our reaction to it. Attorney General of the state of Delaware. And what he used to do is go down in the east side, what called the bucket, highest crime rate in the country. There's a place where I used to, was the only white guy that worked as a life card down in that area at the east side. And you can always tell where the best basketball in the state is and the best basketball in the city is. L-O-L. Have you guys ever seen?

Are you all fans of Parks and Rec? Yeah. Any of you? Okay. Do you know that episode where Leslie is holding a town hall and there is this like old woman and she raised her hand to say that she does not want a basketball court built in her area because there she kept on saying there's a certain kind of person who likes to play basketball and she keeps on getting closer and closer to saying what she really means and obviously what she means

and what joe biden means is a black person is that what he's saying he's saying that there was a high concentration of black people and i mean that seems to be that seems to be what he's saying uh yeah i mean this kind of like let's get you to bed uncle joe that's kind of like that's kind of a thing that you kind of expect that your grandpa to start saying when he's like a weird uncle like going to go yeah like a weird uncle and he just gets away with saying stuff like this he's had a bunch of stuff like this like in the election just like implying weird things about black people remember that story that he told about like being in a pool and like the kids would come up to him and like play with his leg hair yeah just something super weird to mention like of all the things

you could choose to say at that moment of all the things That's what I think. Like, of all the things that you could choose to say, Joe Biden in this moment, you chose this. Something about, like, his leg hair shining in the sun. Blonde in the sunshine. In the sunshine. And then the kids were fascinated by that or something. Yeah, really freaking weird.

Okay. Like, honest talk, do you think, do y'all really think? I know people say a lot, like, oh, Joe Biden has dementia, which I don't like making light of, you know, actual dementia or Alzheimer's. But do you really think that he has some kind of diagnosis? of like cognitive decline? I feel like I can't I can't help but say yes, right? Like I was telling someone the other day that it's hard for me to even watch clips of him because I feel I feel bad for him. I'm sort of like let's, I mean, we know what he's done in his history politically.

It doesn't make me feel bad in that way. But I am sort of like, let the man rest, you know? Like I feel like he just needs to go take a nap. let someone else do the job you know I feel like Jill manhandles him a lot like there was this video the other day where he was supposed to get on a plane

and he was answering questions to reporters which I don't think he is allowed to do without a chaperone and Jill like grabbed him by the shoulders and was like let's go back into the plane that's weird she's kind of the cognizant one and so maybe the deep state is kind of relying on her

okay y'all got to talk into the microphone Well, you got to talk to the microphone. Okay. Anyway, keep going. I think she's kind of like the Wrangler because she's the one who's actually mentally there. Yeah. I wonder why, why, if you believe in the deep state or whatever, which I don't think it's even controversial to say that, like, one exists. Like, why would they pick Joe Biden?

Is it because he was the most palatable and, like, the easiest for moderates to vote for, I wonder? I feel like, I don't know, Bernie Sanders was just a little too. bombastic and not able to be controlled. I think there were some secret back deal, like back, you know, behind the scenes, things going on during the election because they couldn't have picked him because they thought that he was going to be a strong leader. So there has to be another more nefarious reason, I feel.

Yeah, I think he probably is the only one who, like, basically were like, individually, none of these other 30 million candidates are going to be able to defeat Trump. We need to get them out of there. So there's no distracting people from the true purpose, which is defeating Trump. And so Joe Biden was just their sort of, I don't know, vanilla flavored, boring dude. Yeah. Wasn't Trump. Yeah.

I think a lot of people, like they could get women and like Christian women, especially to feel bad for him. Like you said, like, Bree, you said you feel bad for him. I think a lot of people felt bad for him. And then like that one debate between Trump and Biden where Trump just kept on interrupting him, I think a lot of women were like, oh, like poor uncle. Joe, like poor grandpa, don't interrupt my grandpa. And I think a lot of people just felt like, okay, he would never like hurt anyone. And Trump is just like so mean.

I feel like that's what went down. But he did threaten gun owners with like fighter jets yesterday, right? So let's play that clip. They're not unlimited. Right now you can't go out and buy an automatic weapon. You can't go out and buy a cannon. And for those brave right-wing Americans who say it's all about keeping America, keeping America is independent and safe. If you want to fight against the country, you need an F-15.

You need something a little more than a gun. No, I'm not joking. Think about this. I'm not joking. I'm not joking. That's used to provide this. And who they're shooting at? Shooting at these guys behind me.

What? Shooting at these guys? Just the random people that are standing behind him. I don't know. That kind of scares me. I mean, that's some pretty serious demagoguery right there. Like, oh, what, like, how is your gun a match for our F-15? I don't know.

That's kind of freaky. Eric's wall-walt said the same thing the other day. Or, I mean, the other day, you know, like a year ago. Yeah. What do you all think? When I first saw this this morning, I was sort of like, I saw other people saying this as well. like how can this exist simultaneously with the with the ideology that on January 6th just a couple people walking in we're going to overthrow democracy you know yeah people who were unarmed that

was an insurrection but people who are armed apparently aren't a match for the government I also saw people say well you know basically barbarians took over Afghanistan and they didn't have the same equipment that America did. And America just like completely fled. Yeah, they do now. They do now. Oh, man. Joe Biden. Okay, so let's get past politics. But first, like, what do you all think about the midterms? Just in your own opinion, because I've seen some people say that Republicans are losing momentum and that Democrats have picked up momentum because a lot of the lies that they're spreading after Dobbs, that, oh, my gosh, we need, you know, we need Roe v. Wade so that, women can get miscarriage care, total propaganda. We've talked about that several times.

But I don't know. I also feel like a lack of energy behind Republicans as bad as Democrats are. I don't know if it's over exhaustion with politics and like with the news. I'm just not paying attention as much. But it just seems like, okay, yeah, you're voting for Republicans to vote against Democrats. But are Democrats really showing like the energy and the resolve that Republicans want them to? I don't know. They just seem kind of bled. And I could see why some people just would not be motivated to go out and vote at all. I'm worried.

I don't know if it's the right word, but I don't think that the red wave is going to be as big as some people are predicted or have predicted in the past. I think in the past couple of weeks, the political message has started to ramp up. Like I was just saying earlier before we were recording that like the political season has started and it's going to get faster and faster. And so I think like Democrats basically like they're starting. starting now, like, whereas Rojolings have been ahead, you know, all summer or whatever, and then now Democrats are starting their push to say, everybody get mad, go vote. Yeah. There's going to be some kind of September surprise. There always says some, like, big thing that makes people say, oh, my gosh, I have to vote Republican in order, you know,

or I have to vote Democrats, sorry. People will say in order to, like, not be racist or in order to not be a misogynist or in order to like save the country, save democracy. Of course, it's all hogwash, it's all emotional manipulation. Also, I know that you're off camera, but have you noticed those who can't hear or see? But something that I've noticed is that like a lot of my friends or a lot of the like Christian women that I follow and this, Bree, you can answer this too. Like they, um, stop talking about politics at all like after Biden won the election. And before they were basically like activists. They were constantly talking about how terrible Trump, was how you have to vote Democrat in order to be empathetic care about poor people,

the immigrant and like black people. And then they haven't paid attention to politics at all or talked about it at all since Biden took office. I feel like those people are all the sudden going to pretend like they're experts again and like they're super involved in politics. And that just really bothers me. I don't know what do y'all think. Yeah. Yeah. So you can't hear that. So she was saying how it's just been like, Bree, have you noticed that? Oh yeah. I mean, I will say that I, like I have been in a ministry position before and during these, during both elections, actually the past two elections. And I have absolutely noticed that, that during, especially the last one, just seeing people, Christian women talking about how hateful and evil Trump is and how

important it is to get involved in politics and, and now I'm not seeing any of that. Yeah. It'll ramp back up, I think, in the next couple months, which will be super annoying. I feel like they're just outrage and compassion is just dictated by what is trending on social media. They have like a meme level understanding of politics and then they use that meme level understanding to like bash people on the other side of the aisle. So looking forward to that. Hey, this is Steve Deast. If you're listening to. to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity, and reality

itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested against first principles, faith, truth, and objective reality. We don't just chase narratives and we don't offer false comfort. We ask the hard questions and follow the answers wherever they leave, even when it's unpopular. This is a show for people who want honesty over hype and clarity over chaos. If you're looking for commentary grounded in conviction and unwilling to live, lie to you about where we are or where we're headed. You can watch this D-Day Show right here on Blaze TV or listen wherever you get podcasts. I hope you'll join us.

All right. Let's move out of politics. Let's talk about some other questions that we talked about before we started recording. Or let's talk about some of the things that were sent to me on Instagram. So let's talk because a lot of people brought this up about airport no-noes. and my airport rules. Are you three over there? Are you aware of my airport rules?

My airport attire. I'm aware. Brie, are you aware? Vaguely. Oh, yeah. Okay, so y'all can tell me if you agree with this because they're kind of controversial. And some people get legitimately, legitimately upset about this, even though I'm half joking. Even though this, I mean, this really is my kind of uniform for travel.

I don't actually judge people unless you take off your shoes on the airplane. I judge you. But I don't actually judge people for not wearing this. It's just kind of become funny. So my airport attire that I think that everyone should wear, and I have very practical reasons for this, I think that you should wear like comfortable pants, but not sweat pants, maybe leggings if it's like a super long flight, but you could have nicer leggings versus non-nice leggings.

I prefer, like I think Carly Jean Los Angeles, they've got like some stretchy jeans. There are some like nice pants that are, they have like an allowance. waistband, but they're still not sweatpants. So you got comfortable pants going on, but like tailored, not sweatpants. And then on top, I would wear like either a short sleeve or a tank top in a sweater. So layers is important because it can be hot. It can also be cold. Then I would say, this is the most important, most important, and I get a lot of flack for this. No open toe shoes when you are traveling. Now, I have a couple reasons for that. One reason is, unless, you have TSA pre-check, you have to take off your shoes when you go through security, which,

by the way, TSA pre-check is awesome and totally worth it. I know, totally worth it. But if you don't have that, you're walking through security with your shoes off, your bare feet. Disgusting. You have no idea what has been there. And then also, I just feel like when you're in close quarters with people on the airplane, I don't want to see your toes and I don't want to smell your toes. And also, if it's an emergency, or not even emergency, but you're just like, you're running somewhere because you have to get your connection. You need to be able to run. Like, good luck doing that in espadrilles or whatever or like you're even like your flats. And so that's, I mean, clothes to shoe socks and shoes. That is probably the most important part of my airport attire. Okay. Tell me your thoughts. Yeah, socks and shoes for

sure. I was, I will say the past couple years I've flown internationally a lot and I agree with all of these rules except I think sweatpants are absolutely acceptable attire. But I'm really, yeah, I do, but I have seen. Only on international or any flight? I'll be generous. I'll say any flight. Wow. Wow. But on international flights, I've seen people get on the plane in like a normal outfit change for the flight and then change it again to get off the flight. To me, that's too much work. But yeah, sounds like too much work, but people do it. But no, I'm not against, and I don't want to change clothes in an airport bathroom. Amount of space. Yeah, look, I have no issue with sweatpants. Yeah. Closed toe shoes probably my most controversial. Okay. They're absolutely necessary. I think it

depends on the flight. Like sometimes I'll wear jeans, always comfy. jeans never tight you know like firm like like levies that are just like nice jeans to wear out you don't wear on the plane but joggers sneakers joggers that's a good one tank top hoodie always yeah joggers that's a good example yeah joggers are great but yeah and that's different than a sweat pant it's different very different it's like a classy sweat pant but i also don't want to see anyone's feet yeah i agree people get like really upset with me sometimes i mean most people agree with me or they like it. I've gotten a few messages being like, oh my gosh, I'm so afraid I'm going to run into you at the airport. I'm like, what do you think I'm going to do? Report you to someone. But I fly a lot

and I have flown many times and I have just realized that this is like the most, this is the most comfortable and the most practical way to fly. Like when people get on the airplane and they've got skirts on or they've got shorts on, I mean, I kind of have like a hot, take about like guys in shorts anyway. I feel like if you were over the age of like 15, there are only like a few places where you should be like wearing shorts. I don't know. Dylan, is that a controversial opinion? I don't think so. Maybe among like dads, they're like, hey, I love my cargo shorts. I don't like shorts. I get cold. I guess. I don't know. That's one of my traits. So I'm always in pants. Yeah. I just feel like shorts are very casual.

Anyway, that's maybe another topic for another day. Okay, here's one for you pet owners over there. Kayla, do you own a cat? A dog. You own a dog. Okay, feelings on people who call their pets, their kids. I'm going to let you all go first. Do you all call your cats slash dog, your, like, babies?

I mean, he is my baby, right? But he's a dog. He's just a sweet boy. Do you call yourself, mom? No, never. You don't? No, never. Oh, wow.

Okay. What about you, Bree, Dylan? No. I've always had a thing against that. It really bothers me when people call their pets their kids because they're not. What are your cats' names, Bree? I was living in France when I got them. So one is named Loomi, Lumiere, and the other is named Lafayette. Oh, my gosh. Do you say, you say Lafayette. You say Lafayette, come here and get your Miamette. I call her Laughie. I call her Laughie. Lumi and Laugh. Oh my gosh, that's really cute. So you traveled with your cats from? I did. And let me tell you, I do not recommend. You did not what? I do not recommend. It was tough. Okay. So you had to have two separate, because I have also traveled with the cat, but it was like two hour flight. Yeah. And I remember,

like I had to take her out in like security and hold her. And she was like crazy cat. But and then like she was, she was meowing through the whole fight and that was only two hours how in the world did you do that? They, so I was flying from Paris and in Paris they stick your pet in the little x-ray machine. Oh my gosh. They just like roll them through. Okay, well that's kind of easier for you. Yeah, not so good for them probably long term. But yeah, that was fine.

It was a 10-hour flight. I feel like at a certain point they just sort of like fall asleep. Do you just let them go to the bathroom and their carrier? don't cats normally just kind of hold it my cat did my cat pooped oh well I'm sorry for that on the two hour flight

well yeah she's mad at you well yeah she had problems so yeah mental problems but no not my children Dylan you have a cat and I know that you love your cat rightfully so

so I do I would say it's more jokingly like I'll be like that's my baby. Yeah. Like, can me new baby? Yeah. But, you know, I don't think that's weird. Yeah. I don't think that's weird. I wouldn't say, I don't call him like my son.

Yeah. Because that's just, that doesn't make logical sense. This is my son. Yeah. I do, I think that's different. Saying that something is your baby versus like, this is my daughter Lafayette or something. Um, yeah, I think that my only like issue is when people think, like, I, like, I, like, I, like, I, like, I, like, I, like, I, I, like, love animals and I think pets are great and I understand people like highly valuing their pets loving their pets taking care of their pets making sacrifices for their pets I don't have anything wrong with that but when people like equate having pets to having kids like there's that office episode are y'all friends of or friends of are you all fans of the office do you all remember that episode

where I think it's like Angela and Pam and they're talking to Oscar about like, oh my gosh, like waking up in the middle of the night and stuff like that. And he's like, oh my gosh, I know our dog wakes up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. That kind of stuff is annoying. But and I also like I do have a theory. This is a little probably offensive. But I do think that the people who are just like obsessed with their pets to the point of

them like becoming like their kids and like putting them on the same level, I think that they are trying to satisfy a biological drive to have kids. in their pets and I think that is probably not the healthiest thing in the world. Um, okay, do y'all believe in aliens? You do? Yes. Okay, tell me why. I don't, I mean, I don't know.

I just, I don't, there's just so much out there in space. Like, too many weird things occur. There's too many. Okay, name me one weird thing that has occurred. I'm not the right. Okay, I'm, this was a yes or no question. I answered yes. I'm, I'm not the backer.

If you really, if you want to know more, you should talk to Alex Stein, because he's got the real info on the aliens. Okay, so you believe in aliens and have no reason to believe in aliens. All right, Bree and Dylan, do you believe in aliens? I don't have like a hard yes, but I don't rule it out either is what I would say. Yeah. It's like, yeah, that's what I'd say. I say no.

I mean, I just don't know if there's like, I don't know. I'm sure you can have a whole like theological conversation about it. Yeah. I'm not sure that there's like theological reasoning for there to be. At the same time, I guess there is not theological reasoning there can't be. But I don't know. I was well, I don't know. There might be. Okay, so like human beings are made in God's image. And what are aliens? Like are they? Because I think the creation story does tell us, okay, he made human beings. He made the beast of the field. He made the bird to the air. He made the fish at the. sea, everything that creeps and crawls. And so I'm just like, where would aliens fall into that? I don't think I do. I don't think I do. Although I do think that like the things that we see, the seemingly extraterrestrial things that we see that seems to be like kind of covered up by the government, that seems should be like a bigger deal. It should be. I feel like they've like been letting. They've been like slowly releasing.

little things like that lately to try to distract us from other things. Otherwise, because they've had this information for such a long time. And now they're just like, oh, yeah, look. Oh, look at this weird thing. Oh, look at that weird thing. And we're all like, wow, look at that. And really, they're over here doing something else. Other stuff. Dylan, do you have something down. I think they're slow walking it to normalize it. So every, you know, every few years, they put out like, wow, like, what's this video? Like she was saying. And so when they finally do say, yeah, aliens are real, we'll be like, Well, we already knew that because we've been talking about it. Yeah.

I think my thing is like, okay, what if they are? I have a lot of things to worry about on a day-to-day basis. Like, I don't really care. I mean, I don't think that they are. I'm with Bree. But okay, I can't do anything about them invading. There's nothing that I could do about a flying saucer. What?

If they'd even want to. If they, yeah, why would you want to? There's nothing really here besides us. Have you checked this? place out. I remember I saw I watched I wasn't allowed to but I went to a friend's house and I watched signs in like sixth grade. Did y'all watch that? Oh yeah. Yeah, of course it was freaky. So I guess if that's what an alien invasion is, then I don't want that to happen, but there's nothing I can do about it. I mean, if Biden says our government has

F-15s and we can't go against them, I mean, who knows what the alien lords have? I just don't know. Okay, speaking of that, is there a conspiracy theory that you guys, like just one conspiracy theory that you guys secretly are kind of like, maybe that's true. I have one, but I'll let you all go first. I don't think so. I don't need to think about it a little bit more. I think I just believe all of them. I just assume they're all true because you just get, you know, it's like comedy is tragedy plus time. truth is conspiracy plus time. Oh, okay, okay. Wow. Bree? Yeah, I don't know that there are any.

The thing is, what's a conspiracy theory? Because I feel like I'll hear something. Like, okay. Different people will say things are different, are conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories used to be like Elvis is alive and he's living in Palm Beach. Okay, that's what used to be. Yeah, like, I don't think I'd be.

believe that or like Michael Jack says still alive. Yeah. Or like Kennedy was killed by the FBI. Like nowadays conspiracy theories are like, you know, Biden colluded with Ukraine or whatever. Well, yeah. And that's not a conspiracy theory. That's just like news.

Right. But I'm thinking of like, oh, we didn't really land on the moon. No, I think we probably. I'm pretty sure we did. I'm like 99% sure. I don't know. Why haven't we been back? It's too hard.

Is it? They're going to Mars. Why do we need to go back? There's other places in space to go to. I don't know why we need to go back to the moon. I mean, why do we need to go to space? My husband and I don't understand the fascination with space anyway. Like, there's a great big world out there.

Why do you need to go into space? Here's my conspiracy theory, and I'll just drop this and let you all discuss what you think. This is a theory, okay? I'm just going to say this. Dinosaurs never existed. Thoughts. Discuss. Well, I saw a picture.

I think Elijah Schaefer tweeted this out. And maybe you see this too. No, it was a picture of like a dinosaur skeleton. And it was a meme. And it was like the skeleton, you know, like how scientists would draw it, what it actually looked like. And it was like if you could superimpose like a dinosaur skeleton on like a chicken. And so he was pointing out, I think it was pointing out.

Like, you know, like, you know, the scientists are pretty sure that's what they looked like, but we don't have like a photo of one, you know? Yeah, okay. See, that's a perfect example of like what I'm talking about that, okay, so you've got these bones, you've got these fossils, supposedly. And they supposedly date back millions of years. And then I think it's a bunch of nerds constructing this fantasy world that they think is awesome. Like, how do you know what the like skin of a terrorist?

aerodactal look like. How do you know what it sounded like? Like, how do you know those things really and like the different color patterns and all of that? How are you picking that up from bones? Now, some people, I don't think I would go so far as to say this, but some people say it's a grand conspiracy against like young earth creationism, which says that the earth is like 6,000 years old. And, you know, obviously God created it that they tried to like use that as no, the earth is like billions of years and like we have evolved over time, yada, yada. I don't know about all that. But if I were to pick like a theory, I'm like,

I could see dinosaurs not being real. I don't know. And I don't know about the moon. I mean, I used to say, oh, yeah, for sure. But then I started thinking about it. I was like, I don't know. I don't know. Maybe there's some credence to that.

What about flat earth? Anyone? No. Me neither. The thing was the moon, where my dial has moved, I used to be like, oh, we totally went. Science. scientists, they totally did it.

And so now it's not so much that I've seen evidence that we didn't go. I'm just like, now I don't trust the government to tell me the truth. And I wouldn't put them past it to fake it. But I don't necessarily believe, you know, that doesn't mean that I believe that they did. I just wouldn't put it past them. Because I don't necessarily know either way. I kind of think we did, though. But I don't know, you never know.

That's the thing, is that you never know. Okay, what about that one conspiracy theory? It's called the Mandela Effect. Oh, yeah. And I just learned about this like a year ago. That stuff's crazy. Yeah, how some people, if you don't know, you probably do. But like some people claim there's like an alternate universe.

Like one example is Nelson Mandela. Like some people say that they remember him dying like in the 80s or 90s. And they like remember his funeral. But he didn't die until I don't know when it was like a few years ago or something like that. But there is like a group of people who swear that they remember that. And then also the big. Barronstein Bears versus the Barron Stain bears? It is Barron Stain.

Also, like a lot of people remember it being jiffy when it's always been jiff, right? Like the peanut butter. Jiff, jiffy. I feel like most of them have been, you know, at least mostly proven. But then there's some situations where I've seen people, and anyone can doctor a photo on a video. It's very easy. But where even the Berenstine bears or the Berenstein bears, that they, have a book, like a physical book that is the opposite spelling of what it should be.

And it's just interesting that these things do exist. It's like, is it real? Is it Photoshop? We'll never know. We'll never know. Okay. A little more serious question. Curious what y'all think about this.

Nowadays, do you think that going to college is worth it, even if you have to go into $100,000 worth of debt? only if you're going to be like an engineer or a doctor you know something in something in the sciences of that sort and i think that's pretty much it i think almost everything else you can probably self-teach or find a mentor but i'm not that old so i don't want to necessarily like say that as a universal truth did you go to college dylan yeah you did oh yeah i loved it so much i spent an extra year oh yeah do you feel like it benefits you in this job or do you think that you could do this job having gone to college.

I could do this job without having gone to college. Having the degree helped me get the interview, like it helped me stand out among applications. So like there's that. But at the same time, I feel like having someone say, you know, four years of experience with XYZ

is just about as valuable as, you know, four years of my degree. Yeah. Yeah. So I work with, I work like audio and video editing stuff. And you can learn that on YouTube if you're dedicated enough for free.

Yeah. And Bree, you went to University of Southern California, right? Yeah. And what was, first of all, like, what was that like? Obviously, you're a Christian. I can't imagine that that's like a super friendly world to your beliefs. You know, it actually, I guess in general, no, but there's, it's a huge school. So it's easy to find community within that.

That was never an issue for me at all. That's good. I did projects related to my faith. That was not an issue. The issue was always political. Always. And now it's even worse. So I'm like, after going to one of the most expensive schools in the country, I'm a firm believer that most of those people did not need to go to college at all.

Yeah. Seeing people in degrees that they really don't need spending, you know, what, $200,000? on that degree. It's just such a waste of money, such a waste of loans. And yeah, I'm like, I studied it in a creative field. The connections are great because you go to college. What was your major? I was cinematic arts and public relations.

Okay. So you're still kind of using that? Yeah. I'm thankful for my degree. I loved going to USC and I love USC. But my views have changed. on college a lot and yeah we actually had a class that was in production and some they brought someone in who was working on a film and she I think she was a production designer and she said I didn't go to

college I literally graduated high school and moved to L.A. and started working and now she was like head production designer on a major film that had just come out and all of us were sitting there like why are we here okay yeah yeah she's like our age so for the people that don't know, Bree is a new addition to our team as the producer. And like when I looked at her resume, I mean, I noted that she went to college,

but I didn't, that I wouldn't have mattered. We were really looking for experience. And so the degree didn't really matter. I do, I agree with Dylan. Like, I think it depends on what you're doing.

Obviously, I would like you to have some training and some, um, schooling if you're like a doctor. or something like that. But I do think like credentialism is causing people to go into debt that they don't need to. But that also starts with like employers. If you're kind of like arbitrarily requiring a four year degree for something for a job that could be done, you know, by someone with just like a few years of experience rather than just like randomly, you know,

majoring in something that is like, yeah, like not correlated. Then I think that it kind of starts with the economy being like accommodating to people who went to trade school, went to community college, went to junior college, didn't go to school, started working after school. Like what I care about is experience, expertise, good attitude, being like a hard worker, quick learner, things like that. I also, I mean, I'm thankful for my. degree. Like I'm thankful that I went to college just because of like my own personal experience at

college. There were good things about it. There were bad things about it. But when I'm thinking about my kids and especially how college could be in however many years, I just, I'm like, I don't know. I don't know that I necessarily want them to. It depends on what they're going to do. It depends on what their life looks like. It depends on what their skills and interests are. But it, especially right now, like, do I want somewhere that is not going to teach them anything, that is going to be hostile? And not all colleges are created equal. So I think it just really depends. And also, if you do go to college, or even if you don't, people ask me all the time, how do I stay true to my faith or how do I stay true to my values in college if I go to a campus that is hostile?

I always say, and Bree touched on this too, to find community as soon as possible, find a Bible study, find a campus ministry, find a conservative organization, if that's what you're looking for. Find other people that are going to keep you sane, that are going to hold you accountable. Because when you have that crazy professor, when you have friends that are pushing back on you because of your beliefs or classmates, you need to be able to go to people and say, okay, I'm not the crazy one, right? Like, I'm saying, we're in this together. That can make a world of difference.

So make sure that you are rooted in community. Find a local church. One of the best things, one of the things I'm so thankful for when I went to college is I went to a couple different churches. I wish I would have just stayed at one. But I did find a church that I ended up going to consistently. And also, I was friends with a lot of local families. I grew up in Texas. I went to school in South Carolina.

I didn't know anyone at school. The people that I first became friends with there were not Christians. That was tough. But I became friends with, through my church, with Christian families in the community that helped mentor me, that helped counsel me, that really kind of took me in and befriended me. That made a huge difference. And so ask the Lord to help you like make those kinds of connections, because that's a that that's a total game changer and difference maker if you're going off to college. I do think around that time of your life, like independence from your parents,

at least like physical independence from your parents, even if you're still like calling them every day for emotional, you know, in relationship guidance, like physical. and even financial independence from your parents at some point in that time period of your life can be really beneficial, I think, for spiritual and emotional growth. It absolutely was for me. All right. In keeping with that, we don't have that much time left. But one thing that I posted about on Instagram was who I was in high school and the kind of music

that I liked in high school. I dyed my hair black at some point in high school. A lot of people did. a very blonde girl thing to do. And I also, I was like a little email, a little email, definitely like alternative. I loved third eye blind. I love death cab for cutie, a big fan of the killers, all that kind of like really moody music. That's what I was into and like a part of. And so I'm just curious, what were you guys like in high school? Were you like exactly similar to who you are now? Like what kind of things were you into? Anyone?

I would say I'm pretty much the same. I just have a cat now. Okay. What kind of music do you like, Dylan? I like classic rock and... I thought you were going to say classical and I was like, whoa. No. So when I was in high school, it was pretty much only listening to classic rock, almost nothing that was like modern. Like give me some examples. Like what are some bands? Like Steely Dan, B-52s, A-C-D-C, Motley Crew. I should have said Motley Crew first. Oh my gosh. Did you see my tweet? Oh, I slacked y'all. Yeah, I reacted to it.

Don't worry. Oh, you did. Well, for people who don't know who didn't see, Tommy Lee, that's the drummer for Motley Crew. Yeah. He and his wife, who I think is a good couple lifetimes younger than him, they sat in front of me. And I didn't know who it was.

And they, like, oh, they look famous because everyone was stopping. And they asked the guy that was sitting in their seats. Was the dogs named Mutley Crew? No, that's a good idea. Wow, I love that. But I don't think so. I have no idea. I didn't ask. I did pet the dog, though. But this guy, they asked this guy to, like, get up from his seat nicely so that they could sit together. And the guy was pissed. He was so mad. He did not want to get up from his seat, even though they were, he was, like, moved over to an aisle seat. He was annoyed. He was, like, annoyed at the flight attendant. And then he saw that it was Tommy Lee. And he totally changed his too. I was like, oh, oh, oh, absolutely, absolutely, definitely. I was like, oh my gosh, how we react to, like, celebrity is so stupid, so dumb. But anyway, and then I started, like, reading Wikipedia about him as a person. Very interesting, very interesting.

I don't think I know a single song by Motley Crew. Kickstart My Heart is the big one. Can you sing it? Yes. Go for it. Oh, will I sing it? No. Okay.

Okay, I thought that you would for us. Okay. So basically the same, like the same music. You just have a cat now. I did classic rock until like only just a few years ago. Until only just a few years ago. I started listening to more modern music like Outrun and Lofi hip hop, which are like electronic.

Some people, they're like electronic type of music. But they're more modern. I gotcha. Okay, Bree. Who was Bree in high school? I don't think this will surprise you, but I was pretty basic in high school. Oh, because.

you're a Swifty. Yeah, because I'm a Swifty and I was about to say, I listened to Taylor Swift then and I listened to Taylor Swift now. She just said that she was releasing a new album in a couple months and I got really excited. So not much has changed there, but I was a drama kid. Oh, you were. I was deep into the, I was deep in the trenches in the drama department. So what does deep in the trenches mean? I was like all in. All my friends were in drama. I went to really big high school. So it wasn't really like, there weren't a lot of clicks, but yeah. Yeah, I did all the plays, all the musicals. So like you were in, you were in the cast of things. I did acting festivals. I did it all. That was my thing. What was your favorite character that you

played? I forgot what the play was called, but I played a stage mom one time. I really loved, I really loved like doing big characters. Yeah. And I did. did improv. I don't do any of that now, really. You know, I used to do theater too. I didn't know that. In like middle school, I did it like, it was not, it was not in school. I did like a whole like theater thing. I was in Into the Woods. I was too. You were? What were you? What was your character? I was Jack's mother. Oh, that's, I feel like that's kind of a big role. Yeah. So you can sing. Um, I, I wouldn't say it's my. greatest gift, but I can't.

But you can. Yes. I was one of the stepsisters. Oh, yeah. No, we were terrible. We were, I mean, I, like I, it was not we, the people who were cast as those roles were not good at singing. So that was unfortunate.

But I do. I also love acting. And I love like the, the character characters. Yeah. Like the big characters. So that's fun. Didn't know that about you. So are you still fan of like musicals?

Do you like to listen to like Hamilton? and things like that? I never got super into Hamilton. Wow. I know a lot of my friends got mad at me for that. Yeah. I'm not as too. I'm sure I'd like it if I, I don't know.

No, it's good. My husband and I loved it. We don't really listen to it anymore. We were super into it for a little bit and we like went to the show. But yeah. Okay. Theater kid. I see it.

I see it. Kayla, what were you like in high school? I was very, I would say pretty similar, just a lot quieter. I've always been very shy. And I went to a pretty small high school that I did not go to the middle school of my high school. And it was an art school. So very quiet. Did my film.

Enjoyed staying in my little pod. We were a bunch of weirdos. They all watched anime. I never got into anime. But even earlier, Dylan was talking to you about anime. I'm like, Dylan, I have no idea what you're talking about. Very much hardcore kid. Or at least what I thought, hardcore men.

What kind of music did you listen to? Like taking back Sunday, Hawthorne Heights, like similar to you, like, Good Charlotte. That was a little too hardcore for me. I feel like I was like... It was a little hardcore. It was a little... I was a little like lighter than that. I think I wanted to like Hawthorne Heights, but it was just a little too hard.

I was still like dashboard confessional kind of stuff. You're just like sadness, hardcore. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Not angry. Okay. Have you all seen that documentary?

It's on Netflix of the like 1999 Woodstock. No. Okay, so it had a lot of those like hardcore kind of things, but also had like Kid Rock and stuff. Really interesting documentary that shows just how like human beings can devolve into like evil and selfishness and chaos and like disgustingness. It's really interesting. I think it's called Woodstock. They like tried to redo the Woodstock of the 60s and it ended up being like a total disaster. It's almost like fire festival kind of deal.

Yeah. So anyway, if anyone is looking for something to watch. All right, I think that's all we have time for. Do you guys have any other comments, random thoughts, things that you're thinking of to share with the audience? What, you're putting us on the spot like that? Yeah. I don't know. No, I guess not.

Rate us five stars. Do you have a question for Alice? Me? Yeah. No. Okay. I have a quick question. Okay.

We didn't have time for this, but I'm curious what? What is the worst and best fast food? Oh, the worst and best fast food? Worst has got to be like Burger King probably. Oh my gosh. Sorry, there was a gasp over there if you didn't hear that. Really? I didn't know people still ate at Burger King.

I would say best fast food is Chick-fil-A. But also, Zaxby's and Keynes tops. I'm not like a Burger King fanatic, but I will have a Whopper Jr. I mean, as far as like burgers, at least it's fake fire grill. There's fire involved. So you think that Burger King is better than Wendy's. Or What a Burger? Well, I'm not from Texas, so I'm not like a Whata Burger.

Oh, yeah, I forgot. It's good. It's good, but. Okay. I'm talking about it like I eat a lot of fast food. I don't. You eat Burger King every day. Every day.

And then Chick-fil-A for breakfast. Yeah. Hey, Chick-fil-A is good. Okay. Dylan, did you have anything to say? I feel like you probably eat fast food. Oh, no, thanks. You don't have a subway.

I do eat a lot of subway. No, Sonic is probably my favorite in the sense that, like, it's where I go the most often. But they also have a really good app, like that you can. Oh, I used to like Sonic, too. I haven't been there a long time. Which weird, though, is I don't like their ice cream that much. I don't like their, I like their burgers and chicken. Not so much of a fan of their milkshakes and ice cream, which I feel is, like, ironic.

But whatever. Yeah. Free? Yeah, I thought about this a lot because I was living in France, and we didn't, they don't have, like, any. American fast food places. And what I miss most was Popeyes. Popeyes.

I love. Bree, that is interesting. I've never been to a nice Popeyes like where the staff there are nice or timely or like good at their jobs. But it's part of the charm. Yeah, that's part of the charm. It's part of the American charm. When I lived in South Carolina,

I loved, we would get, we would go to Bojangles and get boberry biscuits. I can't even imagine all the seed oils that are in, Biscuits. I mean, they're like these blueberry biscuits and they just drizzle tons of icing on the top of them. And so it's as good as it sounds. I think, yeah, I would say Chick-fil-A, probably the best. In-N-Out also pretty good. Like I could go, I might go to In-N-Out right now.

That sounds really good. All right. That's all we have time for. And then we've got one more segment after this ad. Now, as promised, finally, I am going to. listen to some of your voicemail, some of your mom moments, different pieces of advice that you might have, some tips, some funny, heartwarming story. So we're going to play a few of those now. Let's go ahead and roll the first one. Allie, my name is Sam, and I'm just going to share a mom moment. We were

staying at a cabin with some family a couple weeks ago, and my four-year-old daughter was watching a daddy long legs crawl across the deck. And she just stopped and said, mom, there has to be more long legs because if there's only daddy, there won't be any more long legs. And it just made me smile because it just was just evidence that God's order is just written on her heart. And also that it only takes the logic of a four-year-old to realize that there's not much future hope for a species if there's only daddy. So thank you so much for all you do. I really appreciate your show. Brilliant. She is a brilliant child. Not only does she understand basic biology, in reproduction as a four-year-old, she also has deductive reasoning, very good logical reasoning

skills. You should be very proud of that. Every time my toddler distinguishes between a woman or a man without ever having to see that pointed out or even really learn that, I'm like, wow, you are smarter than our newest Supreme Court justice. And we have a lot of toddler geniuses around here, apparently. So that's awesome. All right. Next, next voicemail. Hi, Ali. I was a single mom 10 years ago with an unplanned pregnancy. I'm still a single mom. And I just want to encourage any single moms right now, women who are scared who have an unplanned pregnancy to go to the church and ask for help. The church was really supportive of me, pregnancy, pregnancy, and people in the church who told me things like, you're going to be a great mom. So if you are afraid right now and you have an unplanned pregnancy and you're looking at the world post-row and you're thinking, like, does anyone care about the suffering that I'm enduring? Jesus cares and his church cares. And there are people who will help you and support you and love on you.

And I'm praying for you. God bless you. Thank you so much for sharing that story. So often we hear only negative stories about the church. And of course, there are true negative stories that come out of the church and people who profess to be Christians not living or acting in a way that is Christ-like. but the church for thousands of years has been at its best a refuge for the most vulnerable. So just praise God that the Holy Spirit worked through the body of Christ in your life to help you

and your child and you're absolutely right. The church, there are so many Christians who are ready and waiting to help mothers who are pregnant to help the mothers and fathers who are in need of resources, in need of encouragement, in need of spiritual edification. So absolutely go to your church. I loved that mom moment. Thank you so much for sharing that. All right.

Next one. Hey, this is Holly. Just wanted to share a mom hack I've recently discovered. If you are out in public with your little kids and have to use a public restroom that has automatic flushing toilets, keep a little pack of sticky notes in your diaper bag to cover the motion sensor on the automatic flusher. So it doesn't terrify your children. Oh, that is such a handy little tip. So if you have young kids, like, first of all, you know how stressful it can be to try to take them to, like, a public bathroom, stay, I don't know, on a road trip.

And then if they have those automatic flushers, it can just disrupt everything. That's a great tip. Thank you. All right. Do you have another one? Hi. My name is Anna. And I have a three-year-old little boy and a six-month-old baby girl, something I've really tried to do, although not perfectly, you share the gospel and read the Word of God to my babies over and over again.

and honestly sometimes, especially now with a toddler running around, I think, are they even hearing me? And is this making a difference? Recently, I was listening to worship music and singing along when a line came on that said, I won't bow to idols. My little three-year-old boy looked at me with the most stern, furious face and said, No, mommy, we only worship God. It was so cute, but also that was a moment that made me realize that they really can hear and absorb truth. even from a super young age.

So I just want to encourage any moms in the midst of the chaos of toddlerhood and babyhood to keep preaching the gospel to your babies. That is faithful to use his word to grow them in truth even when they're little. Thank you, Alibeth, for always encouraging me and speaking truth. I love your podcast. Oh, thank you so much. Absolutely. The Word of God does not return void.

So even if it seems like your children, your babies, maybe your babies can't even talk yet. Maybe it seems like it doesn't matter when you pray over them or when you listen to worship music around them or when you play that Bible podcast around them or you read them the Word of God or you're trying to catechize them. You might think that it's not sticking because they can't verbalize or they can't repeat what you have taught them. But one, you're being obedient to God by stewarding your children in that way and trying to glorify him by teaching your children, but also you don't know what seeds are being planted. What you are sewing might not be reaped or might not show up, might not blossom until

years later, but I promise you it is having an impact. Greatest gift that you can give your kids, greatest gift that my parents gave me was teaching me about the Bible and ensuring I had a Christian education, not just in school, but also in church. I mean, it's just completely unquantifiable the impact and the positive role that has played in my life, in my career, in my ability to parent. And so I'm just so thankful for that. And good for you, good for you for continuing to teach your kids the truth of Christianity.

All right. I think that we have one more. I have three children, two boys and a girl. Oh, I recognize this voice. 10 and 7 years older than their sister. One day I heard my 3-year-old daughter and her 10-year-old brother playing in the game room, and my son was very into Roberthood at the time and loved using a British accent. I heard him challenge his sister with, ungod, to which she replied,

I'm Jesus. It took me a minute to figure out why she responded that way. until I realized she thought he said, I'm God. So I just thought that was really funny. It's one of my favorite stories. That was about 27 years ago. Yes, and you may not know, but that was my mom. That was my mom who called in and left a voicemail.

My brother said, on guard. I thought he said, I'm God. So I wanted to be Jesus. It seemed like a good role to play. So thank you, Mom, for calling in and telling that story. And thank you all so much for sharing your mom moments. I'm sorry that we couldn't play all of them on the show. We only had time for a few of them.

But I really do appreciate every single one of your voicemails in the community that we've built here. I hope that you got some encouragement from all of that. Thank you guys so much for listening. We will be back here tomorrow. Hey, this is Steve Day. If you're listening to Allie, you already understand that the biggest issues facing our country aren't just political. They're moral, spiritual, and rooted in what we believe is true about God, humanity and reality itself. On the Steve Day show, we take the news of the day and tested to,

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