Some More News - Even More Qs: New Year's Edition!

Episode Date: December 31, 2021

Hi. Happy New Year! Katy and Cody wrap up 2021 by answering some of your Qs, including, but not limited to, how to talk to friends or family members who believe Covid conspiracy theories, and what's the worst thing Cody has had to eat on camera. Support SOME MORE NEWS: http://www.patreon.com/SomeMoreNews We now have a MERCH STORE! Check it out here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/somemorenews Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ebqegozpFt9hY2WJ7TDiA?si=5keGjCe5SxejFN1XkQlZ3w&dl_branch=1 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/even-more-news Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/somemorenews Visit http://athleticgreens.com/morenews to take control of your health and give AG1 a try. Visit my exclusive link http://ExpressVPN.com/somenews and you can get an extra 3 months FREE on a one-year package. If you go to http://GETQUIP.com/MORENEWS, RIGHT NOW, you'll get your first refill FREE. Right now, Imperfect Foods is offering our listeners 20% off your first 4 orders when you go to http://www.IMPERFECTFOODS.COM and use promo code MORENEWS! Follow us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somemorenews  Support the show!: http://patreon.com.com/somemorenewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

hello hello hello and welcome back to even more cues the show where we answer your cues even more of them my name's katie stole stole hi hello hello hello hello welcome welcome welcome to to to the thing thing thing that thing, that, that, that. Katie, Katie, Katie said, said, said already. Hi, I'm Cody. Welcome back where we cue your A's. We're going to cue you right in the A's today. Oh, yeah.

So hard right in the A's. Before we do that. Katie, grow up. Happy New Year. Oh, well, I'm. Happy New Year. Let's take that again. No, we go with it.

I am growing up, Cody. I'm growing up right now on this new year. I'm growing up right into 2022. Good. It's important to grow and evolve or not whatever you want to do the important thing is we're going to cue you so hard in the a's everybody well that's part of my new year's resolutions is cuing people in the a's right up that a oh my gosh oh my goodness what have we done to you hi that's not actually a New Year's resolution.

That's probably good. I do have New Year's resolutions. Do you have one yet? Because we're recording this like not on New Year's. So, yeah. By the time this drops, I certainly will. But I don't know. For a long time, I was of the mind that it's stupid.

Because, you know, a lot of people set up uh set themselves up with all these best of intentions in january 1st and then it doesn't last long and they beat themselves up and it's this whole cycle and for a long time my um general thought going into a new year was to just like be kind to myself and so that's kind of been my general like a moment of centering and saying i love you and i'm proud of you moments um but i'm taking it a little further this year and it's not that i have a res a resolution but um i think sending an attention or things that you would like to see in your life or, um, you know,

and, and really sitting down and deliberating on that is a, as a healthy thing to do. Um, and at the beginning of year is a healthy time to do that symbolically. So I'm approaching my resolutions as, um, just general pep talk,

maybe kindness, but I, I, I would like to specifically this year work on my leadership skills, though, because as our team is growing and we're hiring more people, I find that I'm interested in that and the communication of how to communicate with people and to set a good example and how to be a responsible boss and stuff like that. So,

um, so that's one thing. And yeah, the kindness. I hope you remain kind, not to other people. Fuck everybody. Oh yeah,

for sure. Certainly. Yeah. Yeah. No gobble, gobble, gobble. Give me the kindness.

Um, yeah, I hear you. Do I have to do it? How about you, man? Do I have to do it? You don't have to,

you can, um, no, I, well, I don't usually joke, you can, um, no, I, well, I don't usually joke. You can steal mine. Um,

I don't usually do resolutions beyond just like, yeah, gonna do better at the things that I don't think I'm great at. But, um, yeah, I would say, uh,

I do think that, uh, leadership aspects and like communicating and being like making clear choices. And, um, uh, I, I uh i i uh want to you know with with kindness and but also with like um firmness i guess oh it's and it doesn't just apply to being in um a business situation i think that this is about being about growing up you know know, I feel that way for myself. The communication of being knowing when to say something, you know, and how to be firm, but kind. Yeah.

Cool. Saying no. And just being like most of mine tend to be music related. music related um so i would say that uh that is probably the case still just sort of expanding uh both my skills and technique at certain instruments and also um uh actual production and productivity and uh being more open to and willing to like put myself out there musically and allow myself to like put out stuff that I am excited about and proud of beyond. You need to put out more. I put out more.

Your music. Well, I'm queuing people's A's today. So like, let's, you know, one step at a time. I tend to not view myself as a musician, even though I probably am. But like, you know, I'm a goofball. I do news and jokes and stuff. So whenever I put music out, it's usually like, here's a song I wrote for the show. Or like, here's this theme song.

As opposed to like, no, here's like a song I wrote that I like. And I this theme song. Here's a song I wrote that I like. And I say that every year. And maybe this is the year that it will happen. Maybe this year it'll be different. Who knows? Should we answer some cues? A some cues? Fucking guess.

This time for even more cues, we're going to mix things up and have Jonathan throw us to A. Uh-oh. Hello. We shove some cues in our faces. I'm ready to

gobble some cues. Yeah. Yeah, if it's gobble time for some cues, I got plenty. This first one comes from josh woods on patreon he asks what are some ways that we can move towards greater working class solidarity crossing political lines on this issued will be hard as hell but it seems like an essential issue that's a great question to which is there an answer um i think think we've sort of talked about this before on this show. I think that a lot of it has to do with consciousness and awareness of, of this,

of the question at all and communication and being able to talk to people about this aspect of our society without sort of dipping into like culture war nonsense or things like that. And just being very clear and explicit about what needs to be done. to be some sort of delicate uh balance there because um a lot of what i think is are viewed as like uh the gop and their culture war stuff uh that also does have effects on people's lives and like they you know they they use culture war to um yeah to like oppress people and uh and uh marginalize people so it's not just sort of like, oh, ignore that, because I don't think we can ignore that and claim that there is solidarity with everybody, because that's dismissing issues that really do affect people. But I also think like the way things are going, more people are aware of it. Like there is there are so many strikes going on.

So many people realize that. Yeah. Yeah. Just really people who realizing that it is it is not a right or left issue. Really. Right. We had Kim Kelly, I believe, on Worst Year Ever, who was covering, I believe it was the John Deere tractor strikes from however long ago.

And, you know, we talked about this, you know, like she's a reporter, she's progressive, you know, obviously shares a certain set of ideals that we do. But covering this, you know, finding the common ground with people that a lot of them, yeah, are Trump supporters, are people that are having a hard time or maybe don't begrudgingly starting to see the connection between, you know just in general she talks about it with patience and love she sees these people just because they're on the other side of the spectrum politically they're human beings and they are a part of this when we fight for something we're fighting for them as well we don't want medicare for people who vote our way we want medicare for all you know and so i'm not sure what the answer is but I think that there is a mental shift. Like, obviously, like some compartmentalization.

I don't know. Like, obviously, I'm angry at people who support ex-candidates, but also remember that they are human beings who have been lied to or led or have whatever circumstances that have contributed to their perspective on life. I'm just rambling. I think it's about approaching things with a humanity and that's how we work towards solidarity. And it is hard as hell. Like you say, it's almost like, feels like, well, we have to be the bigger person. It's like, I'm fighting for this to include you

even if you don't like me for it. Yeah, and ultimately I think a lot of it is like it's all offline. It's talking to people on the ground and like like we're saying, like all these strikes going on, like they're not organizing. They're like they're not coming to these realizations because of a specific tweet they saw or anything like that. It's because of people in the workplace talking to them. And I don't know if I actually have anything else to add. Because I don't have, I don't think anybody has like a, you know, this is the answer.

I guess I would just add that I feel like we are moving towards that. At least in this moment in time. I guess I would just add that I feel like we are moving towards that at least. Oh, absolutely. Because we are seeing all of these strikes coming up everywhere. And, you know, people are coming back around to the issue of why. Why do we have to fight so hard for basic things? Why don't we have health care? It's that it changes and it is changing

and uh just seeing like so much so many like people like in the media and different political parties and stuff just sort of framing it like well people just don't want to work anymore um people are lazy and just sort of like the reality of of the employer-employee relationship and workplace stuff. I think that that is, yeah, I think, unfortunately, part of it is just, like, the way things are going, people are realizing this. But, yeah, it's hard. And, again, I don't want to dismiss, you know,

issues as, like, other, like, quote, culture war stuff that is are that are distractions, but also do affect people's lives because of the after effects of the focus on them. So Embers on Discord asks, what is the worst thing Cody has had to eat on camera? And what was surprisingly fine? Eggs. The raw egg. No question. Was it surprisingly fine uh it was not surprisingly fine it was gross it was a raw egg i put a raw egg in my mouth and i clamped down on it with my

stupid jaw um and it was disgusting and i had a beard at the time so uh it was it was just gross i don't know if you ever eaten a raw egg gross uh i didn't swallow the raw egg so that so i don't know if that technically counts as eating but i don't think it does i think i don't think it does either um oh you have to go back and reshoot it um yeah worst the worst was the egg everything else is fine um chugging that gatorade fine uh you know you're a little like but like but yes whatever uh i'm trying to think of what else i have eaten on camera that might be you know i've done paper a couple of times probably um that's pretty bad it's not great um but yeah i think that's it i can say the worst thing i've eaten on camera worst thing i've that's not part of the the question don't ruin it but i will say was my

fish mcbite commercial i was wrong i didn't ruin it so many fish sticks and fish mcbites you guys can look it up there's a new year's treat It's that one where they have a song where all the wall plaque fish start singing, fish-ay, fish-ay. And there's this close-up shot of me taking a bite, and my eyes look so dead and glassed over. So there's my answer that you didn't ask. But why would you? Can you still get those?

No, no, I don't think they're a good product. I wouldn't know, though, the ones that they give you on these shoots, like they make them a bunch and a bunch of them and like make them pretty or whatever. But they're like cold. You've just been sitting around. Yeah, you're just got these like cold fish sticks. You know. That was all I shot that. No one cares about this, but I did a McDonald's commercial as a kid, but I didn't get to eat any

McDonald's stuff. It was a gummy bear promotion, and they did have a bunch of amazing fruit gummy bears on set, which was very fun. Did you make bank on that commercial? Put you through college? I mean, it was in 1991, so no. Actually, it used to be that you could make a lot more money on commercials,

but then they contracted it out into oblivion and new media and all that. Anywho, let's get another question. I will say real quick, actually, maybe even worse than the egg, I was in a short film for our friend Abe Epperson back in the day, and the character smoked cigarettes and I also had quit smoking cigarettes by that time so they have these herbal cigarettes

that you can smoke they're fucking disgusting it was for Abe but it was it's disgusting they're so gross and you have to keep smoking the whole time. They're really awful.

I would have rather just like smoke cigarettes again for a little bit instead of those. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really, really gross. OK, another question. Draylon. Draylon Dragon Fox on Discord asks, which of the right wing pundit grifters do you think is the least invested in their lying grift, who would immediately flee to the left if their own turned on them for something they said or did? Dave Rubin.

Yeah. Is my guess. Can I include Joe Rogan as... I guess... He's just closer, so he's tying he might be swayable or something but yeah i think joe rogan's a different beast in like his yeah i like i wouldn't include him in like right wing pundit grifter category no i know necessarily i was looking for a creative answer but yeah i mean I mean I'm thinking of like I imagine like

sorry I imagine Draylon Dragon Fox want to make sure I got that right is thinking of like Charlie Kirk Ben Shapiro Tim Pool the Tim Pools of the world and we won't like

pontificate too much on this but I do think Dave Ruben is the closest to just like, yeah, whatever. It's money stuff. There are enough stories out there also. Like I think some are like true believers. Some are just like, well, this is the world I live in. Some have like I grew up with this sort of mindset and it's hard to like break out of it uh i know people have claimed like stephen crowder for example doesn't necessarily believe uh all the stuff he says about like trans people uh although i don't think he would abandon his entire project um because i

think there are aspects of it that he does believe in yeah crowder was the one that I was going to say perhaps because it's so performative performative you know but um but I think there there are also a lot of there are a lot of also stories um you can hear of people who've interacted with Dave Rubin specifically um and even just like you just listen to him talk he doesn't really know what he's talking about. And he's inconsistent. He doesn't even like use words right necessarily. And there's a lot of people who knew him back in the day and would talk to him. And the question from him was always like, what's your like, what's your like next step? Like, what do you want to do? And like, what's like, what's your show? Like, is it a show? Is it this? Is it this? And people talking to him would just be like, what do you mean?

Like, I'm just doing, I'm doing this because I like kind of believe the stuff I'm saying. Whereas for him, I think it was more just like, I got to get the show. I got to do this. I got like, it was about the spotlight aspect of it and the name part of it. He's in a category of people i think it's a specific to it's not specific exactly specific to uh the right wing but there's a kind of right wing pundit who it's always like the name of their show is their name and report or their name and the show if you look at the daily wire they don't have clever names for their shows they have oh it's the michael knoll show it's the

ben shapiro show it's all about the name for them uh which comes back to like the rush limbaugh of it all limbaugh is like the father of all of these sort of people and uh you know we call this show cody's showdy is a bit but like uh i think there are a lot of people who are just like like how did it's this it's this show with my name on it my name in lights and that kind of thing um i think ruben is the closest to that uh just in watching his work and his like old stand-up and things like that i don't need to talk about that as long as i did look at you such ridiculous creatures you humans are not like me as an asgardian demigod i am the spitting image of health and vigor majestically standing before you like the mighty steed fire gnaw what is my secret i I drink AG1 by Athletic Greens, the category-leading superfood product

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slash some news right now to learn more. You shall enjoy the romantic expressions of Sonic the Hedgehog, Earth's fastest warrior, in peace. Sexy peace. Gloria in peace. Sexy peace. T. Gordon Mayhall on Patreon asks, if any of you were to be up for a cabinet position for the next president, what would you hope it would be for? And what are some day one policy changes you'd seek to make? Secretary of style, baby.

National uniform. Everybody wears sustainable jeans and fabric from recycled, recycled, reused clothing. I don't know. So you're a fascist is what you're saying. Yeah, I'm a fascist.

We're going to, you're going to make everybody wear uniforms. I would do. Disgusting. No, I, I'm, I'm thinking,

listen, I just respond. This was improv. If you're, if you your impulse is national uniforms that's a bad sign i'm just gonna say um not national uniform i just want everybody to wear there's so much waste in the fashion industry and we just throw shit out and it's not it sits in landfills and and it's actually a really big deal and a part of our quest for sustainability. We should be consuming less, buying less new things, and when we do buy clothes, buy clothes that are ethically.

Fuck you. I don't know. It was just a joke answer. It's not the actual job I'd pitch. Too late. This is official. Fine, I'm a fashionist. This is official. Feels like everybody's not the actual job I'd pitch. Too late. I'm a fashionist. This is official.

Feels like everybody's calling each other fashionists these days. Oh, good. It's good. It's a good move to shut down debate. What would you be? I'll think of a real answer. I don't know. Let's go with the fashion one.

I've got a lot of answers. This is a good question. Let's go with the fashion one. I've got a lot of answers. This is a good question. Technically, the vice president counts as the cabinet. So maybe just a little selfish. Won't be the vice president. I'd be down to fuck with some price presidentialness. Um, uh, my impulse is, um, uh, well also chief of staff.

So I can like tell the president, uh, what he's doing wrong all day. Um, Cody, you have to respond to emails a little bit. Yeah. Nevermind. Scratch that. Nevermind. Um, I feel like all these jobs would require email responses though. Um, uh, maybe you want to be the

the president's physician or something um department of the interior is tempting um because i would selfishly at all times uh yeah um so i could just sort of uh enjoy um and preserve and help uh with our beautiful, uh, environment and national, uh, national parks and things of that nature. Um, uh, it's interesting that the,

um, secretary of interior, is this what you called the secretary of interior? Secretary of the interior outdoors. Yeah. It's about the outdoors. Well, the interior of the nation, the nation's interior.

Yeah, I get it. But you understand why that's funny. Secretary of the Interior sounds like an indoor kid. I mean, I would be down with that. If there's a secretary of being an indoor kid and playing video games or whatever. I'm down with that. I took a bold swing. You could take your own.

All right. Bold swing. Secretary'm down with that. I took a bold swing. You could take your own. All right. Bold swing. Secretary of keeping it real. There are a lot of, I think, The commissioner is cool. I mean, you know, Secretary of Defense

and to be like, I'd be like, we don't need as much money. Stop. Stop giving us so much money. Or the EPA. I want to be Secretary of State so I can bring peace to the Middle East. Oh, good.

You can do it. I think I can. Riding Kushner's coattails to bring peace to the Middle East. If Jared couldn't do it, what hope do you have? Are you saying that Jared didn't do it? Whoa. Hey, now. it what hope do you have yeah are you saying that jared didn't do it whoa hey now let's give jared credit where he deserves a podcast right there which is uh let's do another piece to the middle east uh andrew stamworthy on patreon said his father believes covet is a hoax and various other right-wing conspiracies he asks do either of you have friends or loved ones who believe covet is a Thank you for this question.

I think a lot of people are asking themselves the same question, especially as they are navigating the holidays. It's hard, man, and important. I think it kind of goes along with that first question we answered, in a way, about solidarity and finding common ground with people and, you know, and workers and all that. It's the same thing is true in our personal lives and interacting with loved ones. So I do know some people, not necessarily that COVID is a hoax. Well, actually, i i i have interacted with a number of people especially when i was spending time in arizona people who i adore really truly came to love and consider family members um who do not believe

that covid is real um or something to be that concerned about. Anti-vaccine, believe that Bill Gates is not to be trusted. And, you know, that, you know, one person believes, you know, that he's killing babies in Africa and that there's videos being spread around, but that the Internet has been it's been expunged from the internet so nobody can find it. And it's tricky. It's hard because you can't come at it from the perspective of you're an idiot or how can you believe this? Because they do. And it's like saying that's their reality that they're dealing with. But you can come at it from the perspective of wanting to listen and then responding. So like, I don't know much about that.

If you could show me a video, that would be helpful. I think that for me personally, I understand why a lot of people don't trust Bill Gates, X, Y, Z of what he's done. So I think that there's been a lot of confusion about what it is he's done. The vaccine actually wasn't made in a day. It's years and years of research. But, you know, also we all have this liberal the media is not to be trusted. You know, I find common ground. And then you hear people saying, yeah, that's right. The media is not. I'm like, it's not just liberal media. It's right wing media, too. And people saying, yeah, that's right. The media is not. I'm like, it's not just liberal media.

It's right wing media, too. And they go, yeah, you're right. It is. And while I might not have changed their mind that Bill Gates didn't plant a microchip, I listened and I engaged and I didn't get angry with them for their beliefs. Now that that's always easy, especially if it's your loved one. My I have a family member that's close that does not want to get vaccinated. He is young.

He's 21. I can't make him. You know, my family looks to me to say, like, can you say anything to him? And I can't, you know, I can make sure I'm protected. But like, I'm not I'm. If you force people. They just run away. But I think if you find compassion. And common ground.

You might be able to work on them over time. You plant the seed. Does that make sense? I've been rambling for a while. Yeah. No that all makes perfect sense. I. Wanted to let you.

To use your word ramble. But I thought you were just answering the question. I kind of want to do a show about this, where you're talking to people and navigating the realities of this world that we live in. Like, I have people call in with a situation. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, for sure.

Like, the emotional realities of it. The actual conversations. Well, because all these conversations need to happen, like, offline and in person, and that's where the real, you know uh common ground can be found and you know people will do sort of the performative aspect of it and like i had you know uh i don't know if anyone follows russell brand these days uh he's just uh he's just like a youtuber now it's very funny um he does these like they lied to us thumbnails but i like it whenever he pops up on a podcast

oh they lied to us thumbnails okay well like it's like it's very like it's it's it's very tim pooley i guess is what i i would describe it as and uh i've been sort of like keeping my eye on it and recently he had tim pool on to talk and it's like you know my god no finding common ground and stuff like that um but like that but that's like that but that's like, you know, finding common ground and stuff like that. But like that, but that's like, but that's like performative and it's like pundits doing it. What we're talking about, what you're talking about is like

people in your life and relationships. And I actually, when I said this, I didn't originally mean off the cuff people that don't believe in me. I mean like this person that having a conversation with, you know, people that want to have in me i mean like this person that having a conversation with you know people that want to have the right kinds of conversations or navigating this world but yeah talking to people that believe in it differently too but like how do you approach having these

intimate conversations on a personal level and not appealing to a mass audience where you've got youtube commenters dictating well and you know like I want to get this clip or like, I want to get this reaction or like, I know people are watching. That's not really where how it's going to be that helpful. I don't think. But I think what you're saying is right. And like, find like finding that common ground, finding those sort of like those connections of like, yeah, there's there's something true here. And it's been sort of warped and gnarled and extrapolated to this ridiculous point. So, like, let's go back and start at where it's true that the media like, yeah, obviously, the media lies and manipulates for various reasons.

And once you believe this X and y um what are those things uh in what ways are the two parties similar right like yeah they x believes this y believes this but there are common interests up here that dictate knowledge where they're coming from you know and like unpack that so another conversation less so with this is not conspiracy theory minded or like, or what have you. But even if you don't have somebody like that in your family, you are likely to have relatives

who consider themselves more liberal, but are upset at say homelessness or the spike in crime. And, you know, correlating that, making whatever correlations that people fear monger about in the media. Cause I've, I had that at Thanksgiving with people that I would consider, I agree with. And so what I said, I've posted like this before where I go like, absolutely.

It's unacceptable that people feel unsafe. It's, it's somebody had cited a friend whose car was broken into three times in a month. I'm like, that sounds really violating and terrible. And, and I could get where people would be upset. But the problem is that you're placing the blame at people who are not the blame on the wrong people, right? Like what are the circumstances that somebody needs to keep breaking into a car to steal whatever loose change is in there? That's heartbreaking. And, you know, and then there's a universal nod of that's true. That is heartbreaking. Again, I'm not saying you're wrong to be upset about it. I'm saying that the problem

is systemic. And if we take all of this energy and focus it at the right place maybe we can actually make progress instead of exacerbating the problem this is a truncated way of me explaining that everybody had like we found common ground about that issue so this tactic applies even to talking to people that aren't you know your racist uncle yeah and like yeah recontextualizing things like i don't know like i i don't know this person i don't know whatever it's fine just like the like what's more heartbreaking like your car's broken into or like i know i know but you have to think about it from the fact that somebody that's i'm sorry i'm not like defending that perspective at all i want to make that clear but there is a humanity in somebody being afraid you know um and i not going to immediately jump to you're a bad person for being afraid.

But let's unpack this. You know, I'm using the car broken an example of something. But like it's it is violating to have your shit stolen. Let's not pretend it isn't. But yeah, on the grand scheme of things. to have your shit stolen. Let's not pretend it isn't. But yeah, on the grand scheme of things,

people are stealing stuff because they're dying and we lose that when it's yourself and your own personal safety that you feel is threatened. And I'm hopeful that as we have these types of conversations, people start to see it, but it's hard right now anyway. Yeah. Yeah, and I think, you know, this person who asked the actual question um uh andrew stamworthy it's uh you know i don't i don't have like close family members or like

friends uh who are this sort of far gone so it's hard to say i like i i kind of like i wish i had more experience and exposure to having those conversations. Cause all mine are like online or via video for the most part. Right. That's why you're secretary of the interior. You're an indoor kid. You don't go out and see people. Exactly. Oh boy.

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opportunity to to shout out the great work of the team a sidekick on patreon asks did you use a tutorial to make warm bow or did someone on the crew have puppet making experience? I don't know that she had puppet making experience, but she made it. She did. Katie Golden, a writer for the show. She's written many wonderful episodes of the show. We needed a puppet version of Cody for the Some More News movie. Watch it on YouTube.

Available now. And she jumped at the chance. puppet version of cody for the some more news movie watch it on youtube available now and uh she jumped at the chance she's loves that kind of stuff and uh she did a great job i believe she got a puppet blank as the term uh where they sort of give you like here's like the the faceless blank version of like a puppet um and then got the hair and the little the little outfit and put them together the outfit is so good great just a friendly

reminder that you need to make me a puppet Cody I didn't make it or we have to create one yes with the team the puppet is and whomever that puppet is is coming it's coming on the way not on the way but like it's on the way no we have an announcement in way we are expecting oh god yeah that does make it sound quite ominous cory hammerschlag on patreon asks will any of the

conservative candidates who lose actually concede concede or have we seen the last of that oh yeah yes i mean well it depends on what race you're talking about um uh there are still presidential but yeah there are still people who do that. I definitely appreciate the question and I'm sympathetic towards the the dire nature of the of the question and where that comes from. I do think that, yeah, there are still reasonable people. It also probably depends on like how close the election was. But I feel like we've seen that happen um and but uh it's getting less and less likely for sure so i do understand where that is coming from uh marissa lopez on patreon asks what's the best sandwich i have a hard time i'm gluten intolerant so bread is difficult but i do love a good sandwich what

is the best sandwich um if i don't know if we're the right people to ask this well like a cauliflower roasted vegetable sandwich with like pesto and um big chunks I want to say Parmesan and like these delicious roasted vegetables and arugula on this thick bread at my local coffee shop. And I don't order it on the thick bread. It's a heartbreak because it looks so beautiful. This thick crusty bread, but I do it on their gluten-free and it's still delicious. That sounds like a Mendocino farm sandwich right there that's that sounds like a mendocino farm sandwich

right there it does sound like a mendocino farm sandwich um i reject the question i reject the premise of the question i don't believe there is a best sandwich uh i think that answer is going to be different for everybody i think there's a sandwich out there for everybody let that be a lesson to all of you what's your sandwich out there for everybody. I like pesto-y sandwiches. I like caprese-y kind of things. Any sort of Italian type-y. It's caprese.

Yeah, Italian type of sandwiches. A lot of cheesy kind of stuff. I can't say no to a delicious grilled cheese sandwich with some sort of tomato bisque or soup. I'm going to say something that you aren't going to like,

but I think might improve your grilled cheeses, which is I've recently learned that instead of putting butter on the outside, you put a little bit of mayonnaise and it fries up so much better than the butter. I know you hate mayonnaise. I'm with you, but it works. It doesn't sound like you're with me.

It sounds like you're against me. One, a couple more cues. Sounds like you're against me. A couple more cues. Uh, Brian harsh on Patreon asks Cody, I really appreciate your passion for music. And it always makes me happy to see that passion incorporated into the show. Since you're a very talented guy,

do you have a favorite piece of music gear? And if it's not cheating to double up on questions, it's not Brian. I'd love to hear if there's a specific album or artist you consider the most influential to you as a musician. What a nice question. Thank you, Brian.

I appreciate this so much. How nice of you. I also like being able to put me for, for force music into the show is I guess what I would, how I would describe it. I, my favorite piece of musical gear um is one of probably one of two guitars i have a uh i have a piano that i i love it's like an

electric uh piano that i do enjoy um i have two guitars that i love that I've accumulated. It is a TV yellow Les Paul Special. It's light. I think it looks beautiful. It plays really well. It's kind of a mid between single coil pickups and humbuckers. It's got this kind of a gnarly sound. And then I have this other semi hollow body that is purple matte, like a plum thing. I like that texture.

It's really, it sounds very beautiful and rich and bright. So those two guitars probably. I'll say this about your music before you talk about your influences um there was another question on here that i don't know that we'll get to about hobbies and um and i can attest to you doubling down on your hobby of music playing and um i guess a couple of weeks ago when this is airing uh we had a little mini reunion of the cracked band uh you guys rented a rehearsal space and we're just jamming all day and i came by and it was abe epperson and brendan carter and dan o'brien and cody and michael swain popped by

and did some raps and it was so fun but i think it was brendan on the way out was like man he has just gotten so good you have oh good that's so nice to hear thank you he said other things that were mean but oh thank god okay phew okay i'll share the nice thing that he said oof we'll do the mean things off mike um that's very nice thank you i've uh it's, it's how it's how I relax, I guess. And it's just fun. It's just really, really fun. I can't wait to go. All right.

Say some influences to Ohio and play music with my brother. I don't know. Music wise. I mean, songwriting wise, I would say the Beatles and they might be giants are big influences on me. Yeah. I would say the Beatles and They Might Be Giants are big influences on me. Yeah.

In terms of like the catchiness of it, in terms of the tone, I would say like early Modest Mouse and Pavement. And quality wise, I'd say like Guided by Voices, just sort of like kind of sloppy and lo-fi, loud, fast, that kind of thing. loud fast uh that kind of thing um the first like real album i think i really like got into was amnesiac by radiohead though um so i don't know what that means but i've talked about music too much thank you for the question i really appreciate it next episode will just be b thousand or alien lanes in a debate yes yes one more ah jonathan all right one more question um you already hinted at this uh but you can come up with some other non-music stuff quink festive edition on discord asks what new hobbies or interests have you discovered in 2021 if any i guess i don't have one i don't i really i hobbies or interests that i've developed um

i wish i could say more i've been dealing with a lot of like personal shit this year you know the majority of the year as most people listening like the bulk of the middle was dealing with family tragedy and like some big personal upheaval. And then right after that, we started taking things up a notch with the company and releasing far more episodes a month, every week to be specific. And so I think that my focus has been on my healing. You know, my free time, my hobby has been finding balance. I've gotten very strong. Like I've learned how to move my body in ways that I didn't used to.

You know, I feel athletic. And I guess that's a hobby, maybe something that I've developed. I mean, yeah. I guess that's a hobby, maybe something that I've developed. I mean, yeah. But for me, I wouldn't say that I, you know, picked something up. But I've got plans and hopes for myself. I won't share them as concrete resolutions because I think that's bullshit.

But, you know, yeah. Is that a good answer? Yeah, I think so. That's a great answer. I mean, that's because you live like you live and you strive to live like a very healthy life, but like physically and emotionally and spiritually. And I think you bring a lot of that to the show, but also to do your day to day. And like in dealing with all the stuff this year, I think that's also developed and contributed and helped along the way thank you yeah I mean I I'm

going to transition this one into one more question Jonathan I can't pronounce this Q Ray X crack cracks on Patreon cracks cracks are you happy are you doing all right and I think that that's a nice way to end the episode

um yeah man I think so uh I I think I think I'm happy and doing all right I feel happy I'm tired I'm ready for a break I'm blown away by the people in my life, by you guys, our listeners, by the community that we've built. And I know people say stuff like that, and it can be easy to be like, oh, yeah, that's just... No, I really am. It, like, takes my breath away sometimes. I feel so lucky to be supported because it has been a fucking hard year, probably the

worst year of my life. I mean, that's debatable but but a lot of bad stuff all at once but a lot of like beauty too and i i feel just i feel very buffeted by by everybody in my life and i i think that's happiness and i don't know like when happiness we have this idea kind of like, this this idea that we've been fed, like similar to the notion of romance that we're shown on movies and TV. Like happiness is the goal. I think that happiness is balance. I don't think that you're ever.

Completely, it's like surfing, you know, you've got to find your stride and then you're gonna you're gonna stumble a little bit but as you get stronger and more accustomed to it you recover quicker and you regain that balance quickly and I don't think that happiness exists without the sadness if that makes sense so I look at all of it with gratitude and that's what I think happiness is. Does that make sense? It does make sense. I think it's a good attitude and approach and it sounds like you are happy. And again, like through this whole year.

I'm also PMSing right now and cranky as hell. Oh, interesting. Did anyone ask about that is that no no okay maybe next time how's your cycle coming katie yeah because i could tell you about it i don't know if you want to know cody are you happy are you doing all right um wait so if they did ask would you like get into it it depends yeah especially if it like it's to say it's a woman that says like i'll be revealing too much with this i will say normal to have a short cycle all right so my answer is it normal to get your period every three weeks you it is normal it's fine it's very normal

it's fine uh that's what i was gonna say too um i yeah i'm happy i'm doing all right uh i the uh our amazing team that's grown uh over the years has definitely helped with uh so much like stress um and uh also just like you know the the pandemic uh being able to uh talk to you know have a crew of people every day sort of uh creating something um and just you know generally I would say I'm doing alright you'll hear all about it in my album over the years

a big goal has been able to grow to the point where we can hire people in a way to actually relieve pressure and with everything comes other stuff because in order to afford this many more employees to actually relieve relieve the pressure your your your output increases right yeah but um you've been doing a great job and um i am very grateful as well for

our team uh because i can see the difference for you. You have to, we have this community of people. So we're not just doing it ourselves. Some of the work gets taken off our shoulders. Sure. But there's more people to talk to and there's more energy to share. And all of our team's energy is,

is seen in every episode. It's, it's a lot of love from everybody. And otherwise we wouldn't, wouldn't be possible. And I think it's it's a lot of love from everybody um and otherwise we wouldn't wouldn't be possible um and i think it's infectious because i see you and i see myself feeling that excitement as well so it's it's cool it's been great we're tired because it's a lot of work but it's it's really fucking cool too agree with you completely yes There it is. All right, guys. We got there.

That's it. We got there. Happy New Year. Much. We're going to make it through this year. The Mountain Goat song? Can we play like 12 seconds of that song? I think it's got to be like eight seconds.

Can we play like eight seconds of that song just enough to get not get banged? What if we just put like eight seconds of that song at random intervals, just different eight seconds? Would that count? Oh, that's how I love listening to songs. Maybe we won't do that. All right. We're out of here. Alright we're out of here I love

Recreating the effect of Jogging with a disc man That's what we aim to do here Top notch production We probably won't put that song The song is This Year It's called This Year by the Mountain Ghosts That would I guess be another influence

There it is Alright we're out of here Happy New Year We love you very much New Year There it is. You brought it back around again. All right. We're out of here. Happy New Year. We love you very much. New Year. Fuck. Much.