The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Almost Famous OG: Don’t Panic with Jamie Blyth PART 2

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

Our conversation with Jamie Blyth from Trista’s season continues! Jamie reflects on how social media has changed the franchise, and if he would have even done the show if social was as big back then. Plus, Trista opens up about her personal experience with panic attacks.Follow The Almost Famous Podcast on Instagram!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe find out how it ends by listening to the OK Storytime podcast and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport. The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal, just a chaotic, chaotic scene. In its wake, a new kind of enemy. emerged. Terrorism. Listen to the new season of Law and Order criminal justice system on the

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We're back almost famous to OGs And we are having such a great time With Jamie Blythe who was, of course, my partner in crime on Trista's season of The Bachelorette. So let's get back into it. I just want to take this opportunity to say, I am so sorry. I wish I would have, like, going back, the things that I, like, said, you know, like, oh, yeah.

Oh, and our producer said that in an article, she said that at one point in the show, and I don't know if you remember this, Jamie, because I don't remember it. my memory sucks. So anyway, I don't remember it, but it said in the article that you called me Trisha and then you said, do you like golf? And I was like, my name is Trista and no, I don't like golf. You remember that story? I do. I remember thinking, I thought I might even said something to the effect of, uh, I felt like he might have followed it up with. I mean, I, I really like, you know, I really like the time we're spending together. I'm like, yeah, you like it's so much or Trisha or something like I was just just you know yeah I had a good friend at home named

Trisha and we're in a line Bob was right back in me yeah I go Trisha do you like golf and then Bob you just lost it I remember that you just died laughing but you uh completely Bob you saved me though because that whole thing would have been so different for me um but especially just going at like that first encounter with that guy and all of a sudden I'm laughing And I'm like, holy cow, I could actually sit here and have fun, despite all the anxiety. And not only that, like, I talked to you about it. Like, you were telling me some of your things that happened to you at that time. And I think we were, I was on the top of the, didn't we go on the top of that mansion we were at?

And we're like, Trista came out from a date at like 4 a.m. with Ryan, a nice date. And me and you were hammered on the top of a mansion cooking like burgers. Oh, my. We were sweeping beer cans off of the roof. And actually, no, she wasn't on a date with Ryan, because Ryan was there with us, actually. And I remember. Oh, no, not on top of the roof, but he was there at the house with us still. Oh, okay.

And we had played the Century Club that night, 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes. And it was just something dumb we were doing. And that's the night Jamie did the pony child thing, it was eating dog food. And it was just crazy. but I remember you came home and you came in and you were laughing and so I knew the producers put you up to it but you like had to look like you were mad and you go why is it when I go on a date with you I come back and everyone's sleeping or reading the Bible and I go on a date with anyone but you and I come home and it's like a frat party and I remember you said it with this gleam in your eye

and this is I knew we were going to be friends forever I swear to you trust I did and I and I looked at you and I go well with all due respect you are dating 14 of my new best friend friends and we both just started laughing and it was like one of those moments so funny what am i supposed to do you know like it was like it's just so funny and dumb and hilarious well that's the night uh jack jack french yeah ironically the people like he didn't he didn't you know drink very much and so it was the people that here was my uh takeaway the people that didn't like drink at all looked like the alcohol actually.

Yeah. Because they're like passed out. We're like out there still working. We're functioning. Beautifully. Because it was like 8 p.m. And I could just tell he was slur in his words. And I went up to him.

And his bed was right next to mine with like the 75 other guys vying for the Trista's heart. And they go, Jack, you need to. I'm like, come over here away from the cameras. I'm like, you need to go to bed. And he's like, okay. So I drag him there. Then you sell them out later.

I do. I did. I totally screwed him. He's like, he's passed out. But he's like standing on his bed. And the guy looks like a Vanderholyfield, naked, peeing on his bed. And of course, I got to come tell you. I'm like, Bob, you're not going to believe this. Duh.

Peeing on his bed right now. I'm like, no, let's go. Let's go get the bed. Then we carried him out. We carried his bed outside while he's sleeping in it. We carry him outside and set him outside. The sprinklers come on. It's amazing.

Oh, it's just such dumb. We're little frat boys. My little frat boys. So good. Okay. So tell us about how is life now. You know, after the Bachelorette, you go back to normal life. And obviously, you have a happy family.

And so we would love to hear about it. Because I don't think you're on social that much. No. So I was basically after that, I did some stuff for ABC, NBC in Chicago briefly. And not even brief, I did it on and off for years. an extra when celebrities came through Chicago, I was the guy that kind of interviewed all the celebrities. So I interviewed everybody. I mean, Trump, LeBron James, Al Pacino, you know, Scarlet, everybody that came through Chicago, I interviewed all of them. So that, you know, that was,

I enjoyed doing that, but I was really living kind of a regular life. I remember having some people say, moved to LA, some agents and stuff like that. And I actually had my car packed at one point. And it's just something in my gut just didn't sit right with me. So I went back to sort of a normal life, but I've got an 11-year-old boy who is the best, best kid in the world. I don't know if you guys can see this or not, but look at that. Can you see? Beautiful, little guy. Look at those eyes. Oh, wow. Isn't that crazy? He's a looker. Beautiful. So his name's Jackson. He's the best. Great athlete. Super smart. I just knocked over my high noon, Bob.

Some things never change. Now I'm screwed. And then so I was, you know, living in a normal life. And then I'm trying to think, probably five years ago, a friend of mine, a good friend of mine sold his company for a substantial amount of money. He was a film major in college, wanted to make movies. I had some contacts. He ends up meeting Mike Tyson, of all people.

They really get along. And in my head, I was going to do a documentary on anxiety, depression, and just mental health. And so he goes, well, hey, interview Mike. And then he had William Shatner, a couple of Navy Seals. And then I kind of got the rest of them, some pro baseball players, pro golfers, therapists, really anybody that could help. But yeah, Tyson was, Mike Tyson was the first interview. And that feeling was kind of like, it felt very similar to go on that first night on the Bachelorette. It was the same exact feeling.

I didn't sleep for two days. and just outrageously nervous for it. Even though I had been on camera a lot, it was intense for me because I wasn't doing it every day type thing where it was consistent, where you get used to it. And then Mike Tyson's sitting across from you. But he was great. That was a great interview too.

When you look at like today, you know, mental health, depression, anxiety, suicide, unfortunately, he's at a boiling point, especially with young people. The town I live in, I mean, there's a horrible incident in last week. But it's on the rise. And I thought Mike Tyson gave probably one of the best, it's simple, but one of the best answers I've ever heard. And I just asked him, have you ever been suicidal? He's like all the time. He's like 50 different times over the years, right? And that guy just keeps getting back up. But his answer was, you know, it's just a moment in time. It'll pass.

It's just a moment in time. And I think especially young people, we all do this, right? Where you think this is it. You go through some crisis. We've all been there. Bob, I've been at your worst moments. You've been at mine, right? Yeah, yeah. Where you can't see the future in a way and you're just kind of down and out. And we're fun guys and we're fun, but it's like that other side.

You can be outgoing and life of the party, but also struggle inside a little bit, right? Yeah. But everybody has these moments. Crisis is universal, being broken is universal. But just understanding that it's a moment of time. It's right now. And if you could just sort of zoom out, and that this moment will pass, and not only pass,

but you might look back at your hardest times and say, yeah, you don't want to go through that again, but maybe there was something on the other side of that that did make you stronger and maybe you realize something. But I mean, do you agree with what I'm saying a little bit about? Oh, absolutely, man. Listen, I've said it forever about you. I think, you know, one of the reasons we migrated to each other

was we kind of needed each other, you know, at that stage in our lives. and thankfully have continued our friendship for so many years ever since then. But yeah, I've often said it. At first, I don't think people would look at you and think that you had this situation going on. But I also think it's because you've approached it in such a way

that you are funny about it and you are lighthearted about it and people root for you. And I've always rooted for you. And I think that it's one of those things, you know, you see someone you love and care about struggling and you're like, come on, man, I know you can do this, you know, and you've done harder things and crazier things.

And so, you know, I mean, I've said it forever, Trista. I think, you know, you set such a high bar for how I think the people that are in that lead position on the Bachelor and Bachelorette should be. And you were so kind to all of us, you know, and it was like you were so sweet and it's just your disposition. It's just who you are. And I think Jamie in particular was able to, I was able to feel like I could be myself because you made me feel that way.

But Jamie also, I think he felt so comfortable with you that that kind of took the pressure off. Like you almost forgot you're on a TV show because you're talking to this beautiful person who's really sweet and kind and, you know. And Trista, that goes back to what you were saying where I thought you were great. You didn't, I hate it from everybody. I didn't, it's not like I told you I had this and you didn't do anything that was, you were really nice to me.

So I never said anything negative. and I thought you were, I thought you were great. Bob, I think it was funny where I can't remember when I first talked about it. It was either when Chris Harrison had that live show or me and you went on Diane Sawyer. I think it might have been Diane Sawyer. I think it was. Yeah. So that was weird for me because that was live TV.

And I remember me and you kind of, we went out for pretty late that night before. And then it was. Yeah. Which probably helped, honestly, because it was shocking. I think it did. Yeah, amazing. The two of us get together. It still happens now.

So then what's weird about that is she gave the commencement speech at my, at Illinois for my graduation. And that's when I was, I was at my worst, though, when she gave it. And everybody else is seeing in the future, I was at my worst. I was like, God, now I've got to go in the real world with this thing that I'm hiding and I can't deal with. And there's people everywhere, obviously. So when me and you, I don't know if you remember this, but I sat there and I told her in that breach story. And then that's kind of what she wanted to talk about. Yeah, I actually do.

Yeah, I do remember that. Yeah, it was well. It was great. I thought it was amazing. You confronted your fierce head on, buddy, and that's a hard thing to do. Connie Chung was hilarious, though. Do you remember that? What a disaster I was on that?

You were, yeah, that was really funny. Bob talked for about 25 minutes, like I didn't say a word, and that while we're on air. And this is like during the Iraq war, right? And so there's like all these monitors. I was more curious because Bob was, I actually loved it because Bob was talking. So I was just staring at like over here at the monitors. and then she goes, Jamie, what do you think about that? I wasn't listening to any of it.

He had no idea. Oh, my gosh. And I just go like this. I go, what do you think about what? Oh, no, you did not. And you go, oh, she's talking about the Iraq war. You should give your thoughts on the Iraq war. Yeah.

Which she was not talking about, by the way. So fun that, like, so fun we went through this whole experience together and, you know, all these fun stories. Yeah, absolutely. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot.

He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. It's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them.

I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. Writer Strong. And Will Ferdell from PodMeets World. And we're bringing you Viva Las Content.

That's right. We are back in Las Vegas, the city of sin, and giving the people what they want. A full week of Y2K content. Wait, we're back in Vegas? Tell me, Y. Well, for the Backstreet Boys residency at Sphere, of course. We sat down with Kevin Richardson and A.J. McLean just minutes before they took the stage

and our very own Wilfredel basically became the newest member of the band. Boy band, please. Plus, the man who has the longest running comedy show on the strip joins us and gets his props. It's carrot top, baby. And finally, we all L-O-V-E-Hur, Ashley Simpson-Ross, joins us to talk about her upcoming sold-out Vegas residency. It's a full week of nostalgic interviews you don't want to miss. Listen to PodMeets World on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport.

The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal. Apparently, the explosion actually impelled metal, glass. The injured were being loaded into ambulances, just a chaotic, chaotic scene. In its wake, a new kind of enemy emerged, and it was here to stay. Terrorism. Law and Order Criminal Justice System is back.

In Season 2, we're turning our focus to a threat that hides in plain sight. That's harder to predict and even harder to stop. Listen to the new season of Law and Order Criminal Justice System on the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast, and today I'm joined by one of the greatest athletes of all time, Novak Djokovic. The world's number one, mild tennis player. He's won 14 grand slams in a glittering career.

Novak Djokovic! You've been through so many injuries, losses. Oh, he's showed himself. What has Novak Djokovic done? What goes through your mind when you lose? I just want to be left alone. What has it taken to become Novak Djokovic? It's a consistent practice.

It's prayer work, mindfulness, meditation, conscious breathing. It requires more responsibility from you on a daily basis to prepare yourself for the biggest battle. When you reach your 30, you start counting your days to your retirement. I'm 38 this year. How far can I go? How long can I push my own limits? Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

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now on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. How do you think that you would have felt? if social media had been around? Would you have actually done the show? That's a great point. I think there's pros and cons. I think social media is really dangerous.

I was an adult, but like, say, for a teenager, it's potentially dangerous, right? Because you could, let's say you're not part of the cool club in Facebook or Instagram, and then your comparisons are a bad deal. Yeah. Well, I can't imagine that a therapist hasn't told you to stay away from social media with, you know, I would assume in books and anything you read on

panic disorders that maybe social media is not where you should be spending your time, you know. I think it's funny because I was never on Instagram until I did this show, my podcast, and it's funny. I actually like a lot of it. I think there's some very helpful stuff if you're trying to deal with mental health. But I think where it gets tricky, I think there's some really good stuff on there. But and then the algorithm start working out where if I'm, hey, I'm trying to beat anxiety, I'm trying to be depression, whatever it might be, those will start popping up. So that stuff I think is pretty good. The trick is, like I said, the comparisons and inequities. So, you know, you're in high school and or let's say you do something stupid, which in high school,

I did all the time. It's like, all right, well, that's on there. And then, you know, Bob and I probably a million thoughts going through our heads right now with things we've done and like well how do you live that down is there potential like fame there and and i've heard stories where somebody did just throw something on facebook and it goes viral and now that that person's dealing with the shame so but i think the big problem is that and then just the comparisons and you know everybody's putting obviously we've all heard this before but obviously their best filter whatever you want to call it on there so i think that's the danger yeah right well thank God we didn't have to deal with that and we had lots of fun I mean our my season are I say our season because it was our season even though it was my bachelorette was just so much fun we had the best time our group guys our group was so great we were so lucky you were awesome you were you were great to all of us super I thought you were handled a first time thing extremely well and like you said that it had to be

a lot of pressure. I mean, just being the person and the first to do it. And like, and like you said, which I didn't quite know, but the scrutiny and about, you probably dealt with some of that too. Like, how was that just dealing with public scrutiny, I guess? Like, how do you process it? Oh, I feel like I'd still do a really horrible job of it. I saw your TED talk, though. I thought your TED talk was great. Thank you. I feel like for the most part, And you guys probably have the same experience is that 99.9% of people are so positive and so supportive and, you know, big fans who ever come up and talk to me. But then there's like, you know, that 0.05% that, and I don't know what movie it was in the 80s, but there's a movie in the 80s that I remember said, it's just easier to believe the bad stuff. Yeah, for sure.

right and and I feel like it's just easier to you know oh you're right because like I talked about I did special forces and I talked about the devil on my shoulder and the angel on my shoulder and it's just sometimes it's just easier to believe the devil the devil is you know on my shoulder is just at me all the time and I'm like oh yeah that's right I don't belong here and I suck you know I'm whatever so I think that um I just I tried, tried to focus on the positive. And I will say, if I had had any other cast, maybe it would have been different because we did have a lot of fun. It wasn't like super serious and dramatic and, you know, all of those things.

And it was just fun, at least for me it was. Well, it's probably perfect because you had Ryan who's like, you know, was the perfect person for you at the time. time and then outside of that it was like well he was the one and then he had a bunch of people having fun so you know it was probably a perfect perfect match perfect world for that and for him he has always said thank god that i had that he had you guys because he wouldn't have been able to stick around as long as he did and thank god that guy didn't play basketball with us on the basketball court remember that because it was just us playing bob i know he never showed up he would have kicked all our asses right do you remember do you remember that twist out i'll never

forget that one. Jamie and I are shooting hoops, and we're not invited on this particular date. I think you guys are going to SeaWorld. And you come over and you look gorgeous and you're standing up there at this thing. And our basketball court was kind of set down on the side. And we're sitting there and you come walking over. And at first, we think it's a great thing that you're walking over because we don't realize the cameras are following you. And we should have known that. And you go, hello, boys. And we're like, oh, hey, how you doing? And we're just hanging out down there. And we're still like, how you do?

Hey, what's up, Trist? It's a great to see you, you know? And you go, uh, you literally go, well, uh, thanks for, uh, coming up and welcome to me to the house or whatever. And we're like, we just, we just kept playing basketball. Yeah, well, have fun on that date. Uh, you know, we'll see when you get back. We want a beer?

Yeah, you want a beer? We're just, uh, shooting hoops, drinking beers. Yeah. It was like, it was so funny because you giggled and I remember you walking away. and we're like, does she hate us? No, I'm just so freaking sarcastic. Yes. I remember one thing we went to a go car track.

And Bob and I were up pretty late. And this was so funny. So like we were pretty hungover. And we had the level. We're like, where are we going? And we're like a go car track. And we both start laughing. We're like, it's probably not a good idea right now.

For us going to go car track. So this guy was like, these things went like 5,000 miles an hour. right and there's like nine million turns I could barely see straight and oh my gosh this guy was explaining like you have to hit this apex the guy at the track at this apex that apex that he was you know over and over and over so we get to the very end and Bob goes sir what's in it what is apex man yeah so good he's like when you hit the apex you want to make sure that you engage the and I'm like okay great and he's like any questions Just one.

The word you've used 6,000 times, you have to, what is an Apex? I knew what it was, to be fair. I was just teasing. And Tristan, going back to your point, you said, like, you would kind of remember the negatives because I just interviewed this pro baseball player, Tyler Matzik, which is coming out tomorrow. And he said that. So he was the number one draft pick in high school in, like, 2009, through 99 miles an hour, which is still fast, but back then, you're like, you're like an alien, right?

And you fast forward, he does, you know, he goes to the Atlanta Braves, does okay, he goes five and 11 his rookie year. But in his head, he wasn't perfect. And he was just sort of focusing on the negative because prior to it, he was so good that he developed the Ips. So he couldn't throw 10 feet all of a sudden. So I'm like, this is a major league pitcher. All of a sudden, he couldn't throw 10 feet.

And I go, where would it go? He's like, well, over my head to my feet. And in 2019, he's living in a trailer park in an RV. I don't know if it was a trailer park, but he's living in an RV. And then he met this Navy SEAL who I interviewed, who taught him kind of a different mindset perspective, which is more of the stuff that I tapped into when I was trying to combat anxiety. And 21, he wins the World Series for the Brave, strikes out the side.

Yeah, NLCS, including the, well, what he said? I go, what do you think caused it? And he goes, well, when you're a kid, if you really think about it, you only really remember, and this is for adults too, kind of like you said, the highs and the lows, but like the extreme lows, not maybe not a low, but like if somebody's publicly scrutinize you, you're going to remember that because you don't like it. And it's not even that. It's not even true. So your brain doesn't necessarily forget those things and they sit in your subconscious. And you also remember the highs, but those even, you know, some of the like he just remembers coaches yelling him when he was eight. or not and they're maybe a little over the top and he's like you know it's not like I totally remember it but it sits in your subconscious and it can come out so it's interesting it's just the extremes I think we deal with my boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious oh wait a minute Sam maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra

credit well Dakota it's back to school week on the okay story time podcast so we'll find out soon This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age.

And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really really? cheated with his professor or not. To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. Writer Strong. And Wilfredel from PodMeets World. And we're bringing you Viva Las Content. That's right. We are back in Las Vegas, the city of sin, and giving the people what they want. A full week of Y2K content. Wait, we're back in Vegas?

Tell me why. Well, for the Backstreet Boys residency at Sphere, of course. We sat down with Kevin Richardson and A.J. McLean just minutes before they took the stage, and our very own Wilfredel basically became the newest member of the band. Boy band, please. Plus, the man who has the longest running comedy show on the strip joins us and gets his props. It's carrot top, baby. And finally, we all L-O-V-E-Hur.

Ashley Simpson-Ross joins us to talk about her upcoming sold-out Vegas residence. It's a full week of nostalgic interviews you don't want to miss. Listen to PodMeets World on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport. The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal. Apparently, the explosion actually impelled metal glass.

The injured were being loaded into ambulances, just a chaotic, chaotic scene. In its wake, a new kind of enemy emerged, and it was here to stay. Terrorism. Law and order, criminal justice system is back. In season two, we're turning our focus to a threat that hides in plain sight. that's harder to predict and even harder to stop. Listen to the new season of Law and Order Criminal Justice System on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast, and today I'm joined by one of the greatest athletes of all time, Novak Djokovic. The world's number one male tennis player. He's won 14 grand slam. in a glittering career. Novak Djokovic! You've been through so many injuries, losses. I always showed himself,

what has Novak Djokovic done? What goes through your mind when you lose? I just want to be left alone. What has it taken to become Novak Djokovic? It's a consistent practice. It's prayer work, mindfulness, meditation, conscious breathing. It requires more responsibility from you

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reason uh or maybe i have i had a panic attack um i've had a couple of them um and i don't know if that classifies me because i haven't seen a therapist about it but um i don't know if that classifies me as having panic disorder or what. But yeah, it was a really, really scary situation. Ryan wasn't there. It was when we had just announced that he had Lyme disease and I thought he was going to lose his job because we were in the press a lot and people were calling the fire department like directly and like wanting to pass on messages, wanting them to pass on messages. And, you know, they have a lot of other things to worry about other than passing. on messages to Ryan. So I got really scared. I remember the weirdest thing. I don't know if you

experienced this, but my nose went numb. It like was tingly. Um, and that's, that's when I knew something was wrong. I was like, okay, this is really weird. I got. Did you have like the heart racing and you couldn't think and you think you're going to die, have a heart attack? Yeah. It was horrible. It's really scary. So I'm so sorry that you've experienced this, but I feel like you're helping so many people with your podcast. It's called stepping into the fire. Stepping into the fire. And then, Bob, if you don't get me more subscribers, we're going to call it stepping into the shit pretty soon.

Hey, buddy. We're going to talk all about it. First of all, I want to say this. I think you're a hilarious guy and you know I love you to death, but you're actually a really good interviewer. I mean, that Mike Tyson interviewed, you've interviewed Mike Tyson. I know you've interviewed a couple different professional golfers, baseball players, I mean, several big-name actors. I mean, the people that you get on your podcast are just mind-blowing. And I've often asked you, I'm like, how do you get these people? And you know, I just reach out to their people, you know, but I just think it's crazy that you've gotten some of these people on there.

But, I mean, you're a really good interviewer. And, you know, I think you're great at listening. Well, I think I'm not. I think that, I appreciate you saying that. That's a skill I have to work on, I think, is I interrupt a lot. I watch it. I'm like, what am I doing to stop interrupting? But a lot of that is like I'm really nervous.

Right. So it's like I'm jumping in when I shouldn't. It's just because I'm fighting off nerves. You know what I mean? Wow. Yeah. Ed Ramp guy that I interviewed. So he was going to be the globally the CEO of Caterpillar, CEO.

It's ALS, right? So he doesn't have a mental health issue. he's got the opposite. And so that resonated with me. Like I said, I couldn't beat anxiety or what I was dealing with in an office. I had to confront him. So the bachelor was kind of, Bachelorette was sort of my Mount Everest, so to speak, right?

So if I can go do that, that's all the possible fears I can have, negative outcomes could come out on that show. But for this guy, he's got a term. illness. He's about to be CEO of Caterpillar. It's a two to five year death sentence. But I get more out of this guy's story than maybe a book or a therapist or anybody else. And I asked him, I said, well, obviously, you know, the depression that you must have felt when you get this diagnosis. And he goes, no, I've never been depressed. I've never been anxious about it. And what he felt was gratitude. So it's stories like that.

Yeah, because I could be negative. I get. Yeah, because I could be negative. I get. negative i get in my own head as bob knows and but to hear that and bob super positive and that's why i like people like that because it gets me out of some of my negative spirals but like he number one he's he's thankful for the life he's lived um he's walked his daughter down the aisle you know he's done golfed with his son things like that uh he's past two to five years he's 11 years in and he's doing well wow um but he didn't follow the kind of typical approach that uh everybody said hey you got two to five years, this is what you're going to do. And he said, I don't operate like that.

It's just not how I'm wired. And that, you know, it was sort of like similar to anxiety, but he's trying to beat this thing. So it's about, you know, trying to serve other people, which goes back to some of the Navy SEALs I've interviewed, where their motto is kind of embrace the suck. And yeah, it's going to be uncomfortable. So going on the Bachelorette for me was uncomfortable, but I'm not getting bullet shot in my history. Yeah. I just look like an idiot on TV. So it's embracing the suck and in difficulty, but on the other side of that is like, why is the Navy still doing that?

It's to serve other people. So like the beauty of the show, the opportunity that I had with you guys and Trista for not dumping me day one, which you should have, you get me longer than the show. But, you know, to use a show like that as a platform to help other people. And I've had, when I went on, this is funny, Bob, after Diane Sawyer, I told my story. That was the first place I really told it, I think. And I didn't plan on it. I just did. And they're like, well, what are you doing with it?

And I'm like, oh, I've got a book. I didn't have a book. And then they're like, well, where can we find out more information on you? And I said, well, on my website, I didn't have a website. So you knew these things. So we're walking off the show. and Bob goes, you don't have a book or a website, do you? And I go, I go, no.

You're like, well, you better call my web hosting guy and, like, get a website. Yeah, yeah. We got you hooked up pretty quick. Yeah. But it led to a book, and it led to, but I had six million emails after talking about that on Oprah and Dianzware from people that had, that were suicidal, that were depressed, they were anxious, especially teenagers, but just people that had never, talked about it because I don't think people, especially a guy that had ever really talked about

mental health. Now it's a little more obviously out there and the stigma's been broken. Yeah, post-COVID, it's definitely out there more. But yeah, you're right. It wasn't, it wasn't then. It wasn't something. Yeah, but I have to say, I think that it's still requires attention. You know, I don't think that people talk about it near enough. So, thank you for what you're doing with your podcast and just being really open about it. coming on the podcast. And chatting with me, Bob. We did it.

We did it. We finally got him on here. No, thank you so much. I know it was difficult. I was actually dealing with my own anxiety. So that was some of that avoidance and finally I had to confront it. So thanks for hanging in there with me. We love you, buddy. And congratulations.

I love you guys. Thank you so much. It was great, great seeing you, Trista. Bob, we'll see you. You see in the next slide. You got. Jamie Boyce, everybody. We love you too, brother.

Love you too. That is our guy right there. Thank you. Trista, isn't he something? He is. He's such a great guy. I'm so thankful he was on this season and, you know, he is always self-depreciating, always, you know, like he, I just wish he believed in himself more, you know.

Yeah, I agree. And that goes out to all people who, you know, deal with anxiety and panic disorders. I just, if I could do anything, you know. you know? Yeah, no, I know it. Give them some belief in themselves. So let's see, that's your big heart. That's your big heart. That's your, you know, that's where you come from, which, which, you know, it was just a perfect storm. I think it was a perfect storm that we were all on that show together and became friends. And, you know, and then, you know, Jamie and I, like, I mean, I, I love it. Because, you know, Ryan, Jamie and I are on a text thread together, too, by the way. And we text

the three of us every now and then. And, you know, it's so nice to have that relationship that's continued on for 20-some years. I mean, longer than, you know, some conventional friendships that you might have had along the way. And here we are 23 years later still talking and you and I all the time. And it's pretty awesome, you know. So I thank you for that. I thank you for that very much. Of course, right back at you. And thanks for tuning in, guys. I don't know when we're going to talk next, but hopefully we can figure something out because we miss chatting with all of you. I miss the OGs, and I know that we have a lot to talk about coming up with Golden and Paradise, and I know that Ashley and Ben will be doing lots of that.

And then we'll have another Dancing with the Stars season. I know that they're casting for special forces. So hopefully that will be coming up soon. So I don't know. Who knows what's in the works, but if you want to hear from anyone in the OG realm, let us know. we'd love to have them on yeah we would for sure well i love this day thank you so much thanks everybody for uh watch out and listen for the almost famous ogs i love you my friend trista setter nay wren and uh i had to throw it in there oh my goodness yes love you and i can't

wait until next time hmm same everyone My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate.

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Listen to the new season of Law and Order Criminal Justice System on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. Rider Strong. And Will Ferdell from PodMeets World. We are back in Las Vegas and giving the people what they want, a full week of Y2K content. Tell me why. Well, for the Backstreet Boys residency at Sphere, of course.

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