So... Alright - Death Valley

Episode Date: July 8, 2025

Geoff does his homework and dives into a variety of Death Valleys. Also, a tad bit basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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you think it's going to be explosive and then very rarely is it. And I think that'll probably be an episode for us. So let's start off with the homework I had. I was recommended two procedural television shows that are available on Britbox, which I signed up for through Amazon, like a seven day trial. One was called Ludwig and the other was Death Valley. I went ahead and watched Death Valley first. Actually, I went ahead and watched Death Valley only.

This is where I didn't do 100 percent of my homework. I didn't have time to watch an episode of Ludwig and an episode of Death Valley. So I just I just watched the latter. And I got to say, I had wasn't really sure what to expect. I was it was mentioned in the same breath as Rosemary and time So I was hoping for maybe a you know, a cheeky like a cheeky little British mystery and That's exactly what I got

It stars the dude that plays Wormtail on The Harry Potter movies and he's fucking awesome. I know he's got a name. I just can't think of it off the top my head movies and he's fucking awesome. I know he's got a name. I just can't think of it off the top of my head. His name is Timothy Spall and I guess he's probably pretty famous over in the UK. I mean, obviously he's Wormtail, but everybody seemed really excited and all the online stuff I read about the show before watching it that he was a part of it and he's fantastic in it. The premise, I don't want to spoil anything, but the premise is essentially this small town England, right? the premise is essentially this small town England, right? A something Shire or a havers for fish, or, you know, a bog or wherever it is that they live. Young ambitious, rough around

the edges, too smart for her own good. A little light on the social skills, main character cop investigating a suicide turns out to be a murder. Kind of an only murders in the building scenario where across the street lives a once famous television actor. He was essentially like Hercule Poirot in like the television version of Hercule Poirot in this timeline.

She's like a beloved detective from, I guess, they show, they do like the Twin Peaks thing where there's a show within a show and they show some clips of it. And it looks probably somewhere between like the 70s and the 80s that the TV show took place in. Anyway, he played a detective on TV, but he's also a good detective.

Like he's brilliant, much like his character was. That's it, I feel like that's an angle you don't get very often. Like in Murder, Only Murders in the Building, Steve Martin played a kind of a tough guy cop and he's kind of a doofus, you know? And this guy, he just, he played like a charming Hercule Poirot kind of like Agatha Christie-esque character

and that's essentially who he is in the real life. Anyway, they team up. She doesn't want to have to need him, but she's also a fan of his and he keeps leading her along and then together they solve a murder. It's very cute. It's very charming. I'm absolutely going to keep watching it. So thank you for the recommendation. If you are looking for a good hour long procedural that doesn't feel hyper formulaic, at least so far, and has some charm and what feels like a little bit of originality to it,

I would recommend Death Valley. I'll get back to you guys on Ludwig once I watch that, but that got me thinking though, what else is called Death Valley? Like obviously I know about the national park in the US, Death Valley, although I don't know much about it, so we're gonna learn about it together. But I thought like, this is the TV show Death Valley, what is the movie version of Death Valley? So I just Googled much about it. So we're going to learn about it together. But I thought like this is the TV show Death Valley.

What is the movie version of Death Valley? So I just Googled it. There's a bunch of movies called Death Valley, but the first one that popped up. Holy shit. It's a film called obviously Death Valley. It came out in 1981. The poster, I won't spoil it.

The poster is awesome. You might even say like, wow, the kid in the, the half of the face of the kid in the poster looks a lot like Peter Billingsley, the, uh, the young boy from A Christmas Story. That's because it is. This movie came out in 1981, I guess before Christmas story, because he's even younger than he is in that movie. At least he appears to be. And it stars a young Peter Billingsley as a kid who's going with his mom and her boyfriend on a vacation to Death Valley,

where they attract the attention of a serial killer who decides to chase and murder them. And it's basically an escape through the desert film, which were those were very popular in the 70s. And so I guess this this road on the tail end of that I watched the trailer. The trailer actually looks pretty fucking good. It's got some sort of a line like, God, what was his name? Billy, I think? Yeah.

It's like Billy thought the hardest thing he would do today would be to say goodbye to his father. And if not that, it would be to meet his mother's new boyfriend. It turns out today, the hardest thing Billy had to do was survive. And then it's just, dude, within the first 40 seconds of the trailer, somebody shoots at Billy from seven feet away and almost blows his head off. Like it looks like an intense movie.

I'm definitely gonna watch it. I will report back. I'm very excited. If it wouldn't have been for the recommendation of this television show, Death Valley, I would have no idea that in 1981 or 1982 a Peter Billingsley helmed Death Valley movie came out that seems very similar, at least in tone, to like the Spielberg film Duel or any of those, like I said, like 70s car with darkened windows driving through long stretches of desert with an ominous person inside

that's looking to do harm kind of movies. Next I searched for Death Valley song and the very first song that came up was a really recent song called Death Valley High with Orville Peck and Beck. Peck and Beck which I was blown away by I had no idea that Orville Peck and Beck that's really was blown away by. I had no idea that Orville Peck and Beck. That's really fun to say. I had no idea that my favorite current country artist and Beck did a Death Valley High song. I don't know if it's for a... Let me see what it is.

Yeah, I don't think it's for a movie or anything. I think it's just for an album. It came out about a year ago. Pretty good. I'm enjoying it. So I'm going to definitely... It's an interesting pairing and I hadn't heard Beck in a very long time. So now out about a year ago. Pretty good. I've been enjoying it. So I'm going to definitely it's an interesting pairing. And I hadn't heard Beck in a very long time. So now I have a new song to listen to.

That's very cool. Once again, thank you. Person who recommended this television show to me. Then I searched for Death Valley Book, of which there are a bunch. But the first one that popped up is the book Death Valley by Melissa Broder. And listen to this and tell me if it's not right up our alley. The book Death Valley is a twenty twenty three novel by Melissa Broder. It follows a protagonist who travels to Death Valley seeking refuge from personal struggles, including her father's illness and her husband's chronic condition.

The novel blends magical realism with humor, exploring themes of grief, isolation and self discovery. I love grief, isolation and self discovery. First off, but magical realism. We just fucking learned about magical realism like what two or three episodes ago and now here we are getting served up books Tangentially, you know fucking through a game of telephone. We now have a magical realism book to read So it is it's become a Death Valley world and I am diving in. I'm gonna watch the movie. I'm already listening to the song.

I'm gonna read the book. I'm gonna continue to watch the TV show. And now I think we should all try to learn about Death Valley, the place, because I don't know fucking much about it if I'm being honest with you. And I don't know why I wouldn't be honest with you. Of course I'm being honest with you.

Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California in the Northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It's thought to be the hottest place on earth during the summer. I feel like we knew that from, I don't know, maybe like 60 episodes of solo ride ago. I think maybe it came up when we were doing the episode on the empty desert or whatever it was called. Hottest place on earth, so how hot does it get? So supposedly the official highest registered air temperature on earth is 56.7 degrees, which means nothing to most Americans,

or 134.1 degree Fahrenheit recorded on 10 July 1913 at Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, Eastern California. 1.1 degree Fahrenheit recorded on 10 July 1913 at Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, Eastern, California There was an erroneous reading in 2012 in Libya that through Questions on the legitimacy of this 1913 record measured in Death Valley with several meteorological experts asserting that there were similar irregularities. I don't know what those irregularities were. I could look at them, but they wouldn't make any sense to us anyway, probably. The WMO is stood by the record as officiating pending any future

investigative results. The current record were to it to be decertified would be a tie of 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit recorded at both furnace creek in Death Valley and in Kuwait. I have been to Kuwait in 120 degree temperature. That is a hot motherfucking place. I spent almost a year of my life in Kuwait. We used to it was so hot in Kuwait. Here's two quick Kuwait stories for you. It was so hot in Kuwait that I'd come back to the barracks after like a long day out in the field. We were lucky. Most soldiers when you go to Kuwait you to the barracks after like a long day out in the field. We were lucky. Most soldiers, when you go to Kuwait,

you create like some sort of a forward operating base out in the desert and then you fill it out and you tent city and then you live out there in the field. But because I was a journalist and I was attached to command, I was on this place called Camp Doha, which was an army base and a makeshift army base at least that had things like running water and electricity.

And I was living the good life, I honestly was, but I would get up in the morning and you'd go out like 7 a.m. You'd go out into the desert, two hours out into the desert. You'd spend, you know, 14 hours out there. Then you would drive back at nine o'clock at night and you would walk into this big bay where it was just rows and rows and rows of beds, you know, bunk beds, bunk beds, bunk beds, like, I think 400 bunk beds in a room. And I walked in wearing long sleeve desert BDUs because you have to wear long sleeve BDUs even in the fucking desert when it's 115 degrees outside. And I sat down on my bed one night, I remember, and I was freezing and I couldn't believe

how fucking cold it was. And I was thinking, wow, it's wild that it was like 120 degrees outside today. And then inside it's like 60 degrees. That's such a crazy temperature variance for my body. And I looked at the thermometer and it was like 90 something degrees in the bay. But it was so much colder that I had the shivers. That's one of my Kuwait stories. The other one is it was so dry when I would go to Kuwait

that when I would come back to Texas, to Fort Hood, where I was stationed after being there for like a month, my arms from like the elbow down to my fingers would shed about like, somewhere between like one and two weeks after I got home, I would just shed all of that skin, like a snake. I think it was just that,

I think it was just like the, it was so dry there that it just, when I came back into a humid environment, it just chafed all of my skin off and it would peel almost like a sunburn. But there was no sunburn. It was just like dead, dry skin was gross, gross, gross, gross. Definitely didn't make me like snakes that shed anymore. That's for sure, because I felt fucking disgusting. Those are a couple of Kuwait stories for you. Okay, feel pretty good about that. What else can we learn about Death Valley? What else is there to know about it?

Ten ridiculously cool things you didn't know about Death Valley. Do you think they're going to be ridiculously cool? All right, we're going to we're going to go through each one and see. I imagine one of them is going to be the heat, which is ridiculously cool. I'll give I'll give that credit coming in in at a whopping more than 3.4 million acres, Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the lower 48 states. All right. Pretty cool. I'll give them that one.

I did not know it was the largest national park. Highest recorded temperature, yada, yada, yada. We know that Death Valley is the driest place in the country. In 1929, there was not a single drop of rain for the entire year. Interesting. 1929. There was not a single drop of rain for the entire year. Interesting, 1929. What else happened in 1929 that was of historical significance?

Hmm, oh yeah. I imagine the two had nothing to do with each other. I don't know how a drought in Death Valley could cause a great recession or vice versa, but interesting, interesting that they happened in the same year. Death Valley is home to the country's lowest point, the Badwater Basin

I feel like I knew that which lies 282 feet below sea level Alright, I'm pretty down with these facts so far The park's home to more than a thousand species of plants including 50 that are found nowhere else in the world I must admit I do find that to be kind of cool 300 species of birds Oh, my wife would be jazzed about that 51 species of mammals including bighorn sheep and mountain lions So even some big little fuckers 36 species of reptiles gross And a handful of amphibian and fish species get fucked fish Humans are also fond of Death Valley. That's the seventh fact

Archaeologists have found evidence of the human presence in Death Valley dating back at least 9,000 years. The Timbisha Shoshone Native American tribe has inhabited Death Valley for the past 1,000 years. I apologize if I said that name wrong. People from Saratoga Spring culture left some of the area's earliest recorded art on the canyon walls. Artists from all over the world still flock to capture the national park's picturesque

landscapes. Not only have artists flocked over the centuries, but a variety of mines and way stations have come and gone since the 1800s. Most have disappeared to time, but a few ghost towns still exist. February is a fine time to visit. This is the tenth fact. Maybe we're stretching a little bit, but it is good information to know. In February, the average high is 72 degrees

and the average low is 46 degrees. Ooh, that is actually, that's some nice outdoor weather if you wanna go hiking or whatever. It's also the wettest month. On average, it sees 0.51 inches of rainfall. And as I was searching Death Valley, this fucking place showed up, which looks pretty

goddamn nice. Have you heard of the Oasis at Death Valley? Jesus Christ, maybe I'll stay here someday if I'm fancy enough. An elegant hideaway since 1927, the historic inn at Death Valley has been a triple A rated for Diamond Resort for more than 37 years. Set against the hillside, the exclusive, I feel like I'm doing an advertisement for this fucking place. I'm not trying to, but they have a, uh, they have an inn and a ranch. Interesting. And golf, I don't give a fuck about golf. Man, that is a activity that just never bit me. I'm not opposed to it. I don't mind doing pitch and putt every once in a while.

I like that more than mini golf. Obviously, I'm super into online mini golf, but in terms of physical mini golf, I'd prefer to pitch and putt, but I have no desire to learn how to play golf or to get better at playing golf or to play at the Furnace Creek Golf Course on Death Valley's Oasis Ranch.

I'm also glad about it too, because it seems like golf is pretty fucking expensive and time consuming, and I don't need to add anything like that into my routine. This place cost $200 million, a $200 million Renaissance. The Oasis has been completely reinvigorated with an extensive top to bottom renovation. Good Lord. All right, well, if you've ever stayed at this place, send me an email at

Eric Jeffs Boss dot com and let me know if you liked it or not. I don't know that I would ever go to Death Valley. It wasn't on my radar in any way before today. Of course, now I'm so obsessed with that valley. I'm watching a TV show, watching a movie, listening to music, reading a book and learning about hotels. So who knows? never say never, I might find myself in Death Valley before I know it.

But if you've been, let me know if you liked it, let me know what you did, let me know where you stayed. Maybe I'll put it on the list for someday. The other piece of homework I got was from a user who was just getting into punk rock, and they discovered a band they really liked, a feminist punk band called Cheap Perfume, and asked me if I could give some recommendations of other bands that sound like Cheap Perfume.

I immediately listened to that band and then forgot about it. So then last night I listened to that band a bunch and I came up with a list that I'm pretty comfortable with and I hope you will find helpful. The first band that came to mind was a band called Bangz, just B-A-N-G-S. They were fucking awesome. And they put out, just listen to them, you're gonna love them, you're gonna fucking love them,

I promise you, listen to Burnout, that's a great song. Obviously Bikini Kill is a great option. You can tell that this band is heavily inspired by Bikini Kill. A little less known, but at the same timeframe kinda was a band called Heavens to Betsy. This reminded me of them a little bit. Also reminded me of a post Bikini Kill band, La Tigre.

That was Kathleen's next band. It was a little more pop and synth based, but it's definitely more sing songy and bratty, kind of like what I got on Cheap Perfume, so I think you might like it. Honestly, Cheap Perfume sounds kind of like a mix between Bikini Kill and I think you might like it. It's honestly cheap perfume sounds kind of like a mix between Bikini Kill and La Tigre a little bit. Another band that probably inspired a lot of these bands

is you just go all the way back and listen to X-Ray Specs. They were one of the first British punk bands, female lead singer, really good, definitely reminiscent of what you're playing for me here with Cheap Perfume. And then the last band that came to mind, I think you would like, not a female fronted band, all male band, but just have that same kind of antagonistic

in your face quality that this band has, and also makes just tremendous on the nose, acerbic, sarcastic music. And that's a band called Pink Lincolincoln's that's a fucking awesome band, too Hopefully you'll like them they have a ton of great music But you know I should probably make a pink Lincoln song song of the episode someday But not today today is obviously gonna be Beck and Orville Peck Beck and Peck Peck and Beck Alright, so that was my homework. Thank you for the assignments

I thoroughly enjoyed learning about this new TV show and this new band that is on my playlist now that I am diving into and all of the other ways I now get to consume and enjoy and learn about Death Valleys. Moving on to NBA free agency. I don't even know where to begin. If you're not big into sports and I have a feeling that most of the people who listen to this podcast are not big into sports, but always say that when I talk

about the stuff, they appreciate it when I break it down in such a way to be digestible, I guess, to the non-fan. When the season's over, everybody's done, all the balloons have popped and all the streamers have fallen and the parade has passed, free agency begins. Free agency is when players can decide what they wanna do

with the freedom that they have in their contracts, if they wanna resign resign or if they want to enter into free agency and it's when all the moves really start to happen there there's there's usually a I guess usually the highest profile moves happen around the Draft because people are trying to jockey and make trades and stuff to move up into the draft for specific players that they're looking for This draft was kind of a foregone conclusion at the top And so there wasn't a hell of a lot of movement on draft day, some minor trades. Free agency started yesterday, which would be, I guess, Monday, June 30th.

I'm recording this on Tuesday, July 1st. Not a lot happened. It was pretty whelming, as I was saying, there was some, some minor moves here and there. Luke Cornett from the Boston Celtics went to San Antonio. It was heartbreaking to lose him. He's one of my favorite players on the team. Feel like I'm probably the only person in the state of Texas that has a Luke Cornett Celtic shirt. But now he's gonna be a San Antonio Spur,

a team that I do not like. That being said, I can't think of a better team for a guy like Luke to go to, a guy who is a consummate team player, a guy with zero ego who just wants to contribute and play at the highest level that he is capable of when he is on the floor, which is usually on a 15 to 20 minutes a night if he's lucky. I think that he will fit in very well with what they do in San Antonio and he will be a big addition to them. And they're also going to be an awesome fucking team. So I'm

happy that he's not going to, you know, Charlotte or Washington or one of those fucking or or the Lakers. In addition to that, before free agency started, Drew Holiday was traded from the Celtics. Chris Daps, Pertzingis was traded from the Celtics. We've we lost two of our starters knew that was coming. I talked about it on this podcast, I believe, that I expected it to happen. It did. I'm hoping that that's it. I think we probably lose Al Horford. I don't think there's much chance we keep him.

I do not want him to go to Golden State. That seems to be the prevailing wisdom. If he could go anywhere other than Golden State, I think that would be great. Wouldn't be crazy if he went to the Lakers, so maybe not there, but I've already dealt with him on the 76ers, so whatever. I just don't want him in that. I just fucking hate this. I just fucking hate the Warriors. Ugh. But outside of that, not a lot happened. At least it was interesting to me. And then fucking today happened. Holy shit. The Denver Nuggets, the Houston Rockets, the Milwaukee Bucks. What the fuck is going on?

Tim Hardaway Jr. just agreed to a deal with the Denver Nuggets. They have added. Hold on a second. I had a list here a second ago. Let me see if I can find this. It's a much better list to explain this stuff. Sorry, this is me being unprepared. I don't know why I'm even talking to you about this. This is all getting cut. Oops, that was it.

I fucking deleted it. Undo close tab. Idiot. Okay. By the way, Shay Gilder's Alexander, current league MVP, finals MVP and world champion, just signed the largest single season average salaried contract in NBA history. He just signed a four year extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder for $285 million, which means he will be making

more than $70 million a year on average. Good year for him. Really good year if you're that dude. Okay. I'm not gonna cover every team, there's too much, but there's some just wild shit that's happened. So let's go with the most wild. Atlanta Hawks picked up Nikail Alexander Walker.

They picked up Luke Kennard on a one year deal. They obviously got poor Zingas from us. They're losing Capella, Lavert, Niang, and Terrence Mann. I think they became a better team. They lost some decent players. I'm not mad at any of those players that they lost, except for Niang, who's gone to the Celtics, so I'm not crazy about. Uh, we've essentially talked about the Celtics.

We picked up Luca Garza and Josh Manott. I don't know anything about Manott at all. Luca I'm a little familiar with. We got Amphorny Simons from the Blazers in the Drew Holiday trade. I do like Amferny Simons. It's gonna be a weird starting lineup for the Celtics in 2026.

Man, the Chicago Bulls have had such a Chicago Bulls off season. They re-signed Trey Jones. They traded straight up Isaac Okoro for Lonzo Ball, and that's it so far. Just a one for one and, ah, man, I must suck to be a Bulls fan in 2025. My friend Fareed is one and I feel sorry for him

all the time. Mavericks signed D'Angelo Russell to, I guess, fill in for Kyrie Irving. He's essentially like a one, well, I think they signed him to a two year deal, but I think he's just like a rental essentially. Nobody's gonna build a team around that too. Denver Nuggets were one of the craziest ones

that I just talked about. They were sort of in a win now or never mode last year or tear it apart. And instead they just got aggressive and decided to try to extend this ride. They picked Bruce Brown back up. He was on the title winning team and was super instrumental in that win.

Then he immediately fucked off for more money. Cam Johnson, who I don't know super well But I guess looking at his stats They're almost identical to MPJ who they traded him for and so I think he's like, I don't know He's significantly cheaper. So I think they save a lot of money and essentially have the same dude They picked up Tim Hardaway jr Who I think is cooked every year and then every year he comes out and and contributes wherever he goes So he'll probably be pretty good for them. And they picked up Valen Sunnis.

They lost MPJ, like I said, they lost Dario Saric. That's a huge upgrade for the Denver Nuggets. Those people probably don't mean anything to you. They're not stars, but they are role players and they are huge glue guys. They're important players. Skipping most other teams, let's talk about the Houston Rockets.

Houston Rockets, Houston Rockets. On paper right now, might be my pick to win next year, even over Oklahoma City. They resigned almost the whole team. I think they got a friendly deal from Fred Van Vliet to bring in Kevin Durant, Dorian Finney Smith and Clint Capella. And all they're losing is locker room poison and least liked guy in the NBA, Dylan Brooks and Jalen Green, who's a good player. But honestly, they have Jabari Smith Jr. already.

So I feel like those two were kind of duplicative. Indiana Pacers shit the bed. I guess they realized they're not going to compete next year because Halliburton's out. So they didn't want to pay Turner. So Miles Turner fucked off to the Milwaukee Bucks who have resigned most of their team except for allowing Brooke Lopez to go to the Clippers,

huge hole there, Pat Conaton to go to the Hornets where he'll live in mediocrity forever, unfortunately. And they waved Damian Lillard. They waved all NBA Hall they waved Damien Lillard. They waved all NBA Hall of Famer Damien Lillard. That is an insane move. Everybody seems to think Dame. Dame immediately released was like, I'm really happy. I wanted to be waved.

I didn't want to play for them anyway. I don't, I don't want to be there. I'm going to go back to Portland and I'm going to rehab and I'm going to get ready to play for probably the Miami Heat, I would assume. He wants to play there reportedly and they're in desperate straits and need an aging star to come and bail them out

now that they lost their aging star in Jimmy Butler. So who knows? Who knows how much gas will be left in the tank for Damien Lillard after he comes back from his Achilles tear. But I am currently of The mindset that anybody who suffers an Achilles tear deserves a hundred percent recovery Because I want Tatum to have that and so I have to want everybody to have that

Phoenix Suns seem to have destroyed their team. Not sure what they're doing Washington Wizards continue to make interesting moves. They picked up CJ McCollum. So now they have the three old school wizened guards of the NBA Marcus Smart, Chris Middleton and CJ McCollum. That is an interesting pairing. That's got to be great for player development for the young guys. I wonder if all three of those dudes will be on the team when the season starts. They also picked up a young Dylan Jones, Kelly Linick. We call him back when he's on the Celtics. They called him maple Dick and they lost to the Bay who I absolutely love. And Jordan pool, which I don't think was a loss at all.

So actually pretty decent moves for the wizards. And I think that's about it. Miles Turner going to the Milwaukee bucks. Oh yeah. I told you who the bucks lost, but I didn't tell you who they picked up. So they picked up Michich from the Hornets. They picked up Miles Turner, which is crazy on a huge four-year deal. Huge for him and Gary Harris. So I think the Bucks are, I don't know what the fuck's going to happen. Reports are that Yanis is very unhappy,

very unhappy that Milwaukee got rid of Damian Lillard. And there were already a ton of rumors that he was going to look to leave in the off season. So maybe this is them getting ahead of losing him and just trying to free up some cap space to rebuild. Maybe this is them trying desperately to cobble some sort of a team around him to keep him. But it doesn't sound like it's keeping them happy, the moves that they're making. So that's definitely something to watch out for Milwaukee Bucks. And I guess that's it. I won't bore you with any other teams. There's a there's deals here and there on essentially on every team. It's been a lot of activity. It's been pretty interesting for sports fans.

It's definitely, you know, this is like, think of NBA free agency if you're not a sports fan. Think of it like a recoupling ceremony in Love Island. It's essentially like, do you still see a future with Huda, Jeremiah? And Jeremiah's like, I don't know, maybe. But Huda's like, I don't know. And then Jeremiah's like, well, if she's not sure, I don't know, maybe. But Huda's like, I don't know if I, no. And then Jeremiah's like, well, if she's not sure, I, no, I just don't think. And then suddenly they're not a couple anymore. And you're like, oh my God, all the Phoenix Suns fans

are like, we broke up with Kevin Durant. Now we gotta put all this stuff in his shoe box and drop it off at his new apartment. Listen to Peck and Beck's song Death Valley High. That's gonna be our song of the episode. Listen to the Regulation podcast if you don't mind. Check out some of our supplemental or gameplay content. Good Morning Gustavo season two is back.

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