Right About Now with Ryan Alford - Gratitude Reflections for Business in 2024 - Personal Stories of Gratitude.

Episode Date: November 29, 2024

In this Thanksgiving special of "Right About Now," host Ryan Alford is joined by co-hosts Chris Hansen and Brianna Hall. The episode, covers a range of topics from Black Friday shopping trends to personal reflections on gratitude and health. Brianna shares her shift from early morning Black Friday shopping to supporting local businesses, while Ryan humorously admits his love for Harbor Freight. Chris discusses the art world, including a $6 million banana duct-taped to a wall, and the group debates Drake's lawsuit against UMG and Spotify. The episode concludes with heartfelt gratitude and holiday reflections.TAKEAWAYSThanksgiving reflections and expressions of gratitudeChanges in holiday shopping habits, particularly regarding Black FridayThe impact of health and well-being during the holiday seasonDiscussion of a $6 million banana art piece and its marketing implicationsAnalysis of Drake's lawsuit against UMG and SpotifyGeneral Motors' entry into Formula One racing through CadillacThe strategic importance of F1 for American audiences and GM's global presenceControversies surrounding GM's entry into F1 and antitrust investigationsThe marketing potential of Formula One compared to NASCAREvolution of Cadillac's design and its competition with luxury sports cars If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE.  Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding.  Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. 

This is Right About Now with Ryan Alford, a Radcast Network production. We are the number one business show on the planet with over one million downloads a month. Taking the BS out of business for over six years and over 400 episodes. You ready to start snapping necks and cashing checks? Well, it starts Right About Now. Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to Right About Now. It is November 29th, 2024. Here closing out the holiday editions here of Right About Now.

It's your weekly business and marketing news of the week. And we'll just say our thank yous, our thankful fours, all the above. Joined as always by Brianna Hall here at Studio. Hey. Chris Hanson down in Miami. Hey. Chris is down at his parents' house, I think. Is that right, Chris? Yeah, that's right. I'm at my folks' house for the holiday. There it is. Makeshift studio going on here.

I like it. I like the lamp and the bong. Oh, no, that's whatever that is in the back. That's the nutcracker. It's a nutcracker. Yeah, it looked like a bong from the other angle. Yeah, I gotta give a shout out to Copenhagen Imports for your furniture needs. Hey, there, yes, say that again. Where are the deets on that, Chris? Give them some love. Copenhagen Imports, Sarasota, Florida, minimalist, modern, Scandinavian design furniture. Tamiyami Trail. Tap in. There you go. Get it. Get it. Get it. I might be a 12 year old boy in a 47 year old man's body, but even just today saying nutcracker, it kind of makes me laugh. Is that just, am I sort of juvenile? I can't say those things without like, oh, it's a nutcracker.

And my boys do the same thing. I live with four juveniles. I think you're living with four guys. I think that's just your product in the environment. I, yeah, and I live with lots of boys as well. And you know, my four year old is very into all sorts of things right now. You guys have a lot of nutcracker jokes too this time of year? I don't have a lot of nutcracker jokes yet, but it's like potty talk.

Oh yeah. Yeah, potty talk. Classic potty talk. Yeah, that never goes away. You just layer onto the potty talk. That's what it is. Yes, we are thankful for you if you're listening wherever you are, whenever, however you are. First and foremost, we don't do this without you.

So thank you for listening and watching on YouTube. If you're not watching, you need to go watch it. You know, you get to see the sights and sounds of right about now, especially the sights. You get to see our wonderful sponsors here in the front, always of me. If it's a physical product that is, and then you never know what fancy outfits

Chris might have on. We had the Hollywood flair last week, or Chris Vegas, as I called him. We're all a little more casual today here on the holiday. Getting you, you're after after turkey, you know, we're gonna keep it pretty light today. I'll just go ahead and give you that. We're not gonna, it's the day after Thanksgiving.

We're thankful you're hopefully out supporting the economy, spending way too much money in all the Black Friday sales. So, Brianna, that brings me to you, and I'll ask you next, Chris, because I think you and I have talked about this, but Brianna, I don't know that I've talked to you. Are you a Black Friday person? I love Black Friday.

I would prefer to go out and do all of my shopping on Black Friday. I used to go like the crack of dawn and go stand in line and all that stuff. Now, a little bit more online shopping, but trying to get back to supporting the local shops. So are you going to get up at 5 AM then? No, absolutely not. Alright. Not this year. No, no not anymore. Yeah. I will be early Black Friday shopping though. At a

hopefully sponsor to be soon Sawyer had this idea. You will be hearing from our producer Sawyer today. We talked about it a lot. I call him out a lot so you're actually gonna hear from him today because we're getting to one of his favorite subjects. And he's a way bigger expert than I am. But Harbor Freight will be getting, you know, we pre-record this. It's on Wednesday this week.

Typically on Wednesday, sometimes Thursday is for Friday's episode. And it's Wednesday for us. So I will be Black Friday shopping early to hopefully beat the crowd at Harbor Freight, one of my favorite stores. I'm not a big shopper. I mean, I'm online when I need stuff.

I have my brands. Okay, black t-shirt, ordering time, my favorite pair of jeans, my noble tennis shoes are no longer as white as they need to be. I'm a pretty simple shopper, but I like some Harbor Freight. I am turning into my dad.

I remember as a kid, literally, he'd go to the hardware store, do whatever, I was like, God, this is so boring. And like, why does he like to do this? And now I find myself at Harbor Freight three to four times a month, and I don't even need anything. I'm just there, because there might be some zip ties or some kind of new like My husband is turning into an old man too

He like he likes to get that the newspaper on Thanksgiving Day that has all the deals and then he'll go through and he'll like read every single page and be like Oh look Home Depot is having a Yes, Look that 9,500 watt generator that you don't need is On sale for it's $500 off. It's usually like 2200, which is really cheap. Anyway, 1700 at Harbor Freight you need it if Storm like Helene comes back through that's true. That's true. And, you know, like more random lights and.

It's some random stuff in there. Maybe some Bluetooth speakers, if you're lucky. Yeah, like more construction side Bluetooth speaker. I could see. Oh, yeah. Oh, lots of rollable parts for your for your like garage, like little carts you can put stuff on and like little tables and chairs and like rollable toolboxes. Oh, this is DeWalt rollable toolbox. Oh, Dr. DeWalt. This is Harbor Freight now. This is value. This is all straight from China, I think. But it's the best quality cheap stuff you can

find. Anyway, enough for a non-sponsor there, but that is my guilty pleasure now, is Harbor Freight. So we'll be there. I'm thankful for them. I don't know that anybody's put those two things in a guilty pleasure sentence before. This is the strange life that I live now. Only a man would have Harbor Freight as a guilty pleasure. I can promise you that.

Yes. Most, most purists, like Mike, Mike, my dad, my dad's a true master carpenter. And like, they don't really like Harbor Freight because they think it's cheap shit. Like, and it's, but it does the job if you're a casual kind of workshop guy. And that's me.

I'm a casual workshop guy. Like I do little projects and little things and I'm not completely helpless. Handy enough. That should be their tagline. If you're handy enough, come to Harbor Freight. That's great. Oh man.

Chris, any big weekend plans for Thanksgiving? Just hanging out with the family to be nice, nice chill weekend with some family and friends. Nice. Go take Storm to get a little bath and get his paws trimmed. That's on the agenda. That sounds great.

Brianna, what are you guys up to? Not a whole lot. It's our first Thanksgiving in the upstate. So we're going to go to a neighbor's and that'll be nice, but I think it'll be relatively quiet. I have some work. Are you cooking? I'm not cooking.

Not, okay. No, I have some projects I'm gonna work on though. Okay, like around the house or just like. No, like a social house marketing. Oh, okay. I like you already. I mean, I tell you what, I like these projects, you know? Yeah.

All right, I'll have to buy you something better than I was gonna get you. Oh my gosh. Yes. Sawyer, what are your plans? You know, yeah, all right. I have to buy you something better than I was gonna get you Yes Sawyer, what are your plans? We go up to Asheville to hang out with my family. There we go. And is How's what's the recovery like up there? I think they're doing a little better They got the the boil notice for water was just recently rescinded so they should have drinkable water now. So I think you're getting

getting back on their feet. It's hard to believe how long the recovery's been. That's how you forget this. The news cycle makes you forget stuff unless you're routed every day. Yeah. But it's crazy. That's I'd be thankful for that and you know just be thankful that for if you live where places where you don't have to deal with that stuff or haven't had to deal with it. You know, we forget to be thankful for like the simple things. It sort of makes me sad, but it also reminds me of how well we have it living in this country and being American and some of our freedoms and some of the abilities to take care of ourselves and get after things.

And I don't know. I think we lose sight of that sometimes. I think for both you and Chris as entrepreneurs, it's a good time to reflect on the business year and what went well and things that you learned and lessons to be thankful for. But I think ultimately, and I think everybody will have this sentiment,

health, right? Our health is a big one. I'm super happy to be sitting here and be healthy and have healthy kids and healthy family. Amen to that. I mean, I had a wife that was diagnosed with cancer in January and she's cancer-free now. So first and foremost thankful

for that. And then but I do have four boys and we seem to have a sprain every other day but nothing serious to date and so can't lose sight of it and definitely appreciative. Chris, what are you thankful for my friend? I'm always thankful for my friends and family, community, thankful for house, thankful for myself for putting my health more importantly in my life. Yep. Part of, you know, the wellness journey, I think, you know, Chris and I do another show called Vibe Science, where we're trying to empower people to take control of their own health. And I think, you know, when I think of, you know, things that you can control and things that are, you know, within your power, I think that comes top of mind in doing what you can

because we always know, like, and I've lived this this year firsthand, when things are going to strike that are out of your control. So if you can mitigate that by doing what you can do, that's the best. And if I can stop eating gummy candy, I would really get on fire. That's my weakness, man. I had some good, good gummy candy bears last night. They have anything in them. You gotta get the organic fruit snacks. That's my gummy replacement I got with the organic fruit snacks

to kind of fill the cravings. That's just not where I go when I want something sweet. I just go straight chocolate. You're a chocolate rich person. Yeah, see I'm not that there's is it a time and a place for it, but it's just not all the time I'm all like if you put Like the right kind of gummy candy in front of me right here. It would be all day all night Yeah, no, there's never a time that wouldn't be okay for me. I like like the even like the really bitter chocolates bitter chocolates that are like. Oh no, no. I could punch that stuff.

Like heavy with cacao? If I could kick that a mile away from you. Like the 80% cacao? Yeah. I think it's good for you. Mm-hmm. That's, my wife and I use this expression about certain things because we're both

health conscious enough and take care of ourselves for the most part. We're not perfect, but like both fairly in shape. And what we use is not worth the calories. That's kind of like what we'll say, because there's certain things that we both know that we it's worth the calories. Dark chocolate that's bitter. I'd rather not have the calories, you know, like not worth the calories. Absolutely. Don't even count the calories. Just give them to me.

Subject them. I know, it's totally subjective. Everybody, different strokes for different folks. Well, speaking about eating things, our first article of the day is about a $6 million banana that the crypto investor who paid $6 million for it plans to eat it. You know, before we go to the fact that he's going to eat it it really shows you know is that a banana in your mouth or uh anyway um sorry the uh

marketing and branding this is a story of marketing and branding because this guy, the artist, had made his brand, yeah, artist, Marizio Catalon, Catalon, Catalon, Catalon, an Italian artist. I just, I'm telling you, like, that you can sort of make people, it's back to the guy, the artist that does like the, like the most random, like drawings or something, and he did like, he shredded it, like, like when someone bought it. Anyway, marketing and branding,

when you can create this halo of thought and belief in what you're creating and having this value, I respect. Now, whether or not I personally would apply that value to it is a whole other thing, but this is a lesson in marketing and branding more than anything. Now we can talk about the fact that the guy's going to eat it. So crypto investor Justin Sun purchased a banana duct taped to a wall titled Comedian for $6.2 million. Ownership details include that what he received for his $6.2 million was a roll of duct tape, installation instructions,

and a certificate of authenticity, but no banana because it would rot. So, I mean, it's interesting that it's a crypto investor. I think, like, you know, there's a lot of crypto stuff happening in the world that Chris, you know, can speak to. But what do we think about this? Says the banana's value parallels that of NFTs as the certificate holds the true value, not the physical object. So it's the fact that he bought it. It's kind of like the cred. He bought the cred of the certificate

that he bought Mauricio Catalán's art, right? And I guess that has the value. Yeah, essentially, the certificate, because you're not paying $60 million for a roll of duct tape and instructions on how to duct tape a banana till well. No, but it's still. The crypto space has a lot of you got a lot of guys making a lot of money.

And it's I feel like they're almost making a joke in a way of the whole art scene in the old elite wealth society. Right? It's like a mockery of it in a way, right? But there is, it's kind of like anything, right? The NFTs, there's only value because there's a big group of people that believe there's value value because there's a big group of people that believe there's value in it, and that's it. Yeah, and I do think that crypto,

and even what happened like right around or during, with all the money in the market, it's devalued some things and also made it almost like monopoly money in a way, where you're buying and spinning it in a way that most people would never think about it, like this way. Like the way that this guy, because he's rolling in money so much, thinks about $6 million is the equivalent of probably your average person's thinking about $60. $6.

Or $6, maybe $6. But like, you think about it, and it's not, but it's quick. I think it's more a sign of that. And then, and then there's like you said, Chris, this sort of mockery almost that I'm so wealthy that I can do this and also the cache. And yeah, he could say it's about, you know, the NFT certificate and it kind of is, but I feel like it's kind of like its own encapsulation of a metaverse that's not real. Because it's not normal or attainable for a lot of people. I thought this was an interesting quote.

So Justin Sun, the purchaser of the art said, it is not just an artwork. It represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the crypto community. Yeah, I could see that. And the reality that there are upshots in crypto that make people that haven't had money have so much money that they devalue it in a way? Or who's to... It's not my job to tell you what you value or not value.

But when someone that doesn't necessarily have a legacy of money, and I have no idea who this person is, but generally speaking, can generate a hundred million dollars or something in six months, which some of these crypto dudes have done. Hey, I give them credit, not hating on them. It creates a false sense of money value concept. I think that's going on here as well. Would you agree, Chris? Chris Bounds Yeah. Then I'm sure part of it's like ego, right? Like, I don't know who this guy is, but maybe he could probably know he might be one of these big Twitter crypto influencers. Yeah, he's a Chinese born cryptocurrency entrepreneur and business executive. He's only 34. I mean, he was born in 1990. It is like, I'm going to eat the banana. I think it's back to the ego.

That's the, like, I was gonna eat this shit. I don't care, because it's six million, no big deal. I'll make that tomorrow. Listen to his quote on eating the banana, on the act of eating the banana. I plan to eat the banana as a part of this unique artistic experience, honoring its place in both art history and popular culture.

If he believes that, he's a fruitcake, and if he's what I'm thinking he is, he doesn't mean it. He's just fucking flaunting. This is the ultimate pulling up to your first date in a Ferrari. Yeah, he's like trolling, I feel like. He's like peeling the banana. Yeah, I can see it like, this know, it's like peeling the banana. He's like, oh yeah. Yeah, I can see like the six mil right here.

See this one, see this one side, that's at least 500 thou. You know, back to the IOUs and dumb and dumber, you know, like, hey, that's a Ferrari. Might wanna throw away that one, a piece of paper. I'm not a big banana fan, so it would be hard for me to like see the value in eating a $6 million banana. I mean, he should pay like a supermodel to eat it.

Yeah. So that way it's like seductive or something. It's an ad. Exactly. See, it started his own company behind it. Like now we're getting something like this $6 million banana was eaten in high end production like saw you're filming it like he's filming it it's a produced commercial and just super artistic and she's eating the six million dollar banana and then but then they're called actions like crypto.com you know i could see that see that's what he should have done. Ah

There we go Add mine in overdrive. Yeah, there we go. It's It's Thanksgiving people. I'm drunk on turkey early I'm so excited to eat turkey What we got next This is funny Drake filed a lawsuit against UMG and Spotify because he is accusing them of artificially inflating his rival Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us.

So on Monday, November 25th, he filed a lawsuit against them. And I don't know if it's just that he got his feelings hurt or if he has anything to back up this lawsuit. Every musician I know uses bots on their music. So I would be very careful I was Drake, because someone could come back and do the same thing and prove he's doing the same thing.

Yeah, so he's basically saying that they paid currently unknown parties to use bots to artificially inflate Kendrick's new song. But you also saw it going viral over the internet, right? Like people doing dances and TikTok and stuff. I think he's in his feelings. Yeah. These guys both have a lot of money and it's just like, and it's like, why do you need to-

Don't figure this out in private. Yeah, why do you need to feud? Like, come on, I'm sorry. I just don't have many- Cause he keeps their name in the press, that's why. Yeah. Yeah. Like it's easy to just PR stupid and maybe both. Yeah. Right.

And like, do I give maybe both. Yeah. Right. And like, do I give a shit? Yeah. Like, I either like music or I don't like the music. I don't give a shit if it's inflated or not. No. I mean, I listened to Nicki Minaj all morning working out today. Like, I heard 2014 of you.

I know. See? Her re-released album, you know, like it's good shit. You know? At least it wasn't Taylor Swift. Absolutely not. Yes. Oh, good.

Our final topic today. I'm not, I am not, this is not my topic. I'm staying out of this one other than like weighing in on my plans moving forward. So what's your tea to offer? All right, General Motors agrees to a deal to enter Formula One F1 in 2026. So General Motors through Cadillac brand

is gonna be emerging on the scene of F1 starting in 2026. So we thought this would be interesting kind of for some of our younger listeners. F1 is you know really big in the 25 to 35 age range. I'm not an expert on it either and my husband's super into it. He talks about it sometimes while I'm making dinner and I tune out what he's talking about. But our producer Sawyer is a fan. Sawyer hop in. Yeah I mean I'm business side of this Formula One is trying to expand more into America so having an American car manufacturer brand is good for them. They've been

expanding their American audience for the past four or five years really successfully. They added the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which happens in Las Vegas with the cars racing on the strip. That was a big part of that, big investment there. And then this is a play for GM to get more recognition overseas. They're one of the largest car manufacturers in America,

but overseas European, international recognition isn't as popular so they're trying to get their name out there to get more car export sales. And then they're using Cadillac as their high-end. Yeah exactly I mean that's a lot of brands do that where they'll have the manufacturer support but they'll put the name of kind of their luxury car brand on it so Alpine is one that does that I'm not sure who they're owned by but Alpine is a French luxury car brand they're in they're a team in Formula One but they're owned by a bigger manufacturer so I think Renault I think

they're owned by Renault so it's the same thing GM they take one of their nicer car brands Cadillac put that on there but But so it'd be Cadillac racing. There's actually a lot of controversy getting this team into the sport was a real challenge. A lot of other teams don't want another team because there's a prize pool. And so the more teams there are, the more diluted that prize pool gets.

So there's kind of a pushback against getting this team on there. And it ended up the Department of Justice ended up doing like an investigation about antitrust monopoly laws because they were blocking a team from getting in. And then shortly after they kind of reorganized the deal and they got them in this past week. Great analysis.

Yes, I like it. Shit. Yes. That was more than I expected. One analysis here, I like it. I know. Yes. Sorry, Rice. I have one analysis here. I like it. I need to, I'm going to spend the next month. I've made this because I, you know, I do not want to be outside the trend box looking

in. I refuse to be outside. So I'm going to go watch the Netflix special and see if I can get my arms. And look, I like fast cars. I just have never gotten and have owned probably almost every brand you can name, but I just have never gotten into F1. So here's some bonus news. F1 has been making an F1, for this exact reason, Ryan,

trying to get more people into the F1 ecosystem. Yes. They've been making a movie for the last year. It's gonna be called Just F1. It is the director of the newest, that Top Gun Maverick. It's the same director. And they have been, for the past two years, since 2023, they've been on the grid with a car.

It's a lower grade car that they've made look like an F1 car. And so they've been going around on the formation laps when all the cars are lining up they're out there Driving it on track to get footage Just recently at the Las Vegas F1 race. They filmed a scene where they they had the crash version of the car They brought on track they had their actor get out of the car and he's walking There's all the smoke and they asked the crowd to react in the background like there was a big crash

So they've been filming the movie at real F1 races. It's got Brad Pitt and some other big actors. That's cool. So we'll see how that turns out. It's supposed to be coming out in 2025. So hopefully that'll be sick. Hey, I like it. I need applause, you know, for the F1 insights here. And I like that. That Maverick movie is good. Yeah.

So the trailer is out, you can look, it's got, it's similar, you know, the way Maverick had those shots of the actors in the jets for like really flying the jets. They've got similar type of F1 shots of Brad Pitt and everything. And they were really at the track driving, driving fast cars around the track.

So I thought that was cool. I mean, look, as a business and marketing show, no one respects the fact that there isn't much more bigger as far as sponsorship goes than what this is. NASCAR was hot like 10 years ago. And before everybody rolls their eyes, they did have a moment like 10 or 15 years ago

that has definitely passed, by the way. You know, I don't know how they're going to get that thunder back pun intended but F-1 definitely feels like the more sophisticated you know version yeah the most complex right it's like a those cars are basically like airplanes upside down they are so aerodynamic that you know airplane uses lift to go up F F1 cars use lift to push themselves in the track, giving them insane amounts of grip and being able to go around corners like no other car.

Yeah, I mean, driving Chris's Ferrari, I could attest to. Yeah, it's like the same thing. Down the freeway in Miami, it's the sound of those cars alone is kind of worth the price. You know, like the cars that drive, especially South Carolina, you got these kids that drive around with the Honda, with the bad muffler, whatever, and you're just like, oh my god.

And versus hearing a real rumble. And my Audi has a pretty ballsy little rumble itself. But I'm just saying, the difference when you hear those machines is there's a certain Yeah, I don't know as a guy thing. I don't know if it's but it's there's a sound that's like yeah I'm surprised they have Brad Pitt playing in this he seems a little old to be racing That's part of the that's part of a he's an old he's an old retired racing driver Who's come back to a new team they needed an experience? So he's that's part of this that's part of the, that's part of it. He's an old, he's an old retired racing driver who's come back to a new team.

They needed an experience. So he's that's part of the, that's part of the story. Tale is old as time. Right. I will say this. I see the new Cadillacs do look definitely more. Yeah. Like if you, one goes by you, even me, like you used to always know the

different, okay, there's a, there's a Cadillac versus a Ferrari or whatever now one goes they have that exotic look And I give them credit for that because it's they're pretty badass If you didn't if you took all the emblems off of it, you wouldn't know Yeah, especially I mean once you know the look of course But I'm just saying in general like if you line them up Like three or four years ago, you would not go. Oh, there's that's the you know definitive GM yeah Chevy so I'll look the same to me You don't notice the nuance come on we like in my house we watch a lot of those like Come on. We like, in my house, we watch a lot of those

like car flipping shows. So like Borderland Customs, Rust Valley, like all of those types of shows. I really enjoyed this. At first I thought you meant like jumping, like flipping. I was like, wow, I haven't seen that yet. And now I'm like, oh, like flipping, like selling. Yeah, yeah.

So I was like, damn, I want to see some cars flipping. No, they're all rusty. Then they fix them up and sell them for 50, 60 grand. My father-in-law fixes up cars. He has like a 65 Mustang that's like immaculate. He has, you wouldn't believe what Broncos. Anybody know if you're priced an old Ford Bronco? Dude, that figure is easy.

Oh, yeah. He's got one. He has the original Jeep stars, like stars and stripes, like the CJ five that's like got the stars on it. There's a name for it. Something. Yeah. But it's like stars and stripes.

It's something like that. He had a guy and he's owned it. It's all original paint and it's not in perfect condition. I mean, it's in good condition, but it's not perfect He was at a gas station and what looked to be a well-to-do guy that was in a really nice car Came up and told them and offered him 50 grand on the spot for that Jeep like it and he literally gave him the card was like I mean Yeah, until the money's in your hand. You don't know but pretty freaking legit often

I'm like for for that Jeep? And like, if you looked at this Jeep, you'd be like, maybe 15 grand, you know? But I mean, it's crazy what some of these classic cars are worth and what people pay for them. I couldn't believe the Broncos, like 200 grand. They're so pretty though. I love an old Bronco.

Old Bronco, Mustang, Jeeps, all that stuff. So anyway, now F1 coming to America and 47 year olds like me. I gotta get in it. I could get into this. This is something I could, I've always felt like I should be into this, but I'd watch a race and I'd kind of fall asleep. You need to go, they got the race in Miami.

You need to go down, you and Chris do a little content shoot. Go to the F1 race, see all the fancy cars. I bet that would get you into it. I think that'll get you into it real quick, yeah. Yeah, I mean, this feels like me. It's bougie. It's... Just wait till you get one episode in the Netflix series.

You're gonna be like... I do have some Ferrari gear, you know, you're going to be like, you know what, I think I'm going to trade in Audi and get something else. Yeah. Audi actually is joining the sport. They bought a team. They're enjoying the sport. So Ryan's going to show up with a new exhaust system, pull it up to the office. I think maybe I've been protecting myself from myself, like not getting into this because my wallet gets protected for the gear and the going to it and then the cars and then the, oh, we're going to helicopter into our private island

where F1's going on or whatever happens when you get into this whole shit. I don't even know what. I need to focus on business again, make some more money if we're going to get into this. Yes, I love it. All right, F1 it is. Any final thoughts, final thank yous?

I do wanna send a thank you out to all of our sponsors, Branded Bills, the best custom merch in the business, brandedbills.com. Drink Exponent, Exponent, all the good stuff, none of the bad stuff, and ultimately, the energy I need to keep things moving. And of course, Independence Center, they are leading the charge for giving you the news

and information you need without the bias, IndependenceCenter.org. Final thoughts from the team here? Happy Thanksgiving, happy holidays, and Merry Christmas. There you go. It's officially Christmas. Now after Thanksgiving. Cheers. It's been Christmas with the offers for a month now. We got six, seven trees up, everything else. Hey, we're ready for the the holiday party. Chris, you need to come up for the holiday party December 7th. I would love to. I

cannot that weekend. Oh, come on. I gotta go to Houston, remember? Oh yeah, that's right. Well, we appreciate everyone out there for listening. More than anything, we're thankful for you. That's why we had the show. And you can find everything you want.

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