The Bobby Bones Show - FRI PT 2: Cole Swindell On Getting Ready To Have A Baby And Mount Rushmore Of Country Artists

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

Bobby helped a listener who needs advice on how you find the right therapist and we learned about a Grounding sheet. Cole Swindell stopped by as the Friday Morning Conversation and talked about how he is feeling as he is about to become a dad, being a star athlete in high school, his Mount Rushmore of country artists and the inspiration behind the song he wrote about his wife that is about to go No. 1.  Bobby compared himself to Tom Brady. Tom’s locker for signed items and asking for a favor. Once a month you can ask Bobby for a favor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On the Bobby Bones Show now. Cole Swindell. I'm going to ask you easy one, softball. What's been going good in your life, man? Oh, just getting ready to be a dad, man. How about that? Come on. How about that?

Yeah, that's kind of taken over recently. What do you think about that? It's just, you know, it's a lot. It's a dream come true, man. I know how, you know, I've always wondered if I'd ever be a father. And it's just a lot of things have happened in the past few years. Happened fast, you know, got engaged, married.

Now we're expecting our first child, a little girl. And I'm terrified and excited all in the same. How'd you know it was going to be a girl? Just we got the results sent. And we were trying to figure that out if we kind of reveal a thing to do. But we just kind of checked it ourselves. And I filmed Courtney finding out. And just seeing her, I could have gone either way, you know,

what I was fine with anything. along as Courtney and baby you're healthy. But seeing her reaction to having a girl is it was worth, you know, every bit of it. So we're excited. I don't think I've had too many dreams. I think she said she is. So I think she had a dream last night. She went in and they told her she was having a boy.

And she, uh, she, uh, that happened to me. Thought I was a girl. Really? Yeah. Well, that's, I mean, we've, you know, been to the doctor several times. So hopefully for her sake, I know how excited she is and the stuff she's already purchased. it's a girl. Are you thinking, are our song concepts coming to mind about the stage you're in now, more so than being a dad, because no baby yet, but are you like, oh wow, this is like I feel this, so we should write this? Yeah, I mean, honestly, I figured it would be that way. It kind of was that

way when I got engaged and stuff, just these big life moments like this and finally some happy ones, you know, this is, I've definitely written down several ideas and just thinking about, you know, we just finished this album, but what's next? And I think a lot of people may be expecting baby songs on this one, but we really hadn't really found out when we wrapped this album up. So that's something, you know, I'm looking forward to is just sharing that and getting to write some songs about her. Keeping the name private? Yeah, for now, for now. Would you like a couple options? Yeah, I'd love to hear if y'all have any, yes. Bobby with an eye. Not bad. Bobby with an eye. We got it, yeah.

Yeah, we got some good options. Have you decided? You know, I think we have, yeah. We're Probably going to stick to family names and, you know, do that. I don't hate Cole for a girl. Yeah. Wow. That's what I'm saying. I know. We think of you as unisex.

How come the name could have been? Yeah, I'll run that bar. Hey, I was explaining to these guys. That's funny. I can do that with him. He's my friend. Who can say he's unisex? And it's not true.

I just said they saw me in a sonogram and thought I was a girl. What's the difference? You know, I go at me first and I go at Cole. Hey, I was talking about you called to these guys and I was telling them you were a legitimate really good high school athlete. Yeah. And they were like, how did you know?

I was like, well, he was a really good football player. So. Wow, how did you know that? Exactly. How did I know that? Were you? I mean, I was all right. Yeah, yeah.

Went to a small school. Okay, but you were good. Yeah, that's all I mean, people ask, you know, how'd you get into singing? And it was, I don't know, I've always loved music, but sports obviously were my passion. I played, going to a small school like that, I had to play literally every,

everything, you know. So it was, but looking back too, it's, you know, I went to college and met some buddies that went to these big public schools and I was like, yeah, I probably wouldn't have made the team on that. What position did you play? Uh, football, everything, I mean, wide receiver, cornerback, a punted punt return, kick return. Yeah, I told you guys. Dang. But I mean, I'm, you know, Hey, I went to a school, we had 60 kids graduate and we were the biggest class. Wow. And I played sports, and you know what? I was good on a class A team, so I was just good. Yeah, I mean, I mean, But would I have been good on a 5A no. Yeah, exactly.

But aren't you glad we got a chance to play all that, man? That was some of the best times of my life. Did you ever think you'd play out of high school? If you'd be to small school? You know, I thought about it. You know, I had a couple coaches. I probably had to obviously walk on or been a preferred walk on or whatever. But I just, I don't know.

I think when I got to college at Georgia Southern and saw what college athletes have to do, I mean, it is a full-time job. Dude, it's, I would have, you know, I don't think I did love it. But I honestly love the games and Friday nights and just every sport. You know, the practice wasn't always the most fun. And I just, I don't know that I would have been committed enough. But honestly, you know, I always say I quit playing sports and started playing the bars. And that kind of led to all this.

When did you get your first guitar? Oh, man. Sometime in high school, probably 10th, 11th grade. But I had like, I loved country, you know, throughout my whole life from a kid on. But you go through these phases. you know and i just remember like dave matthews i went on this like crazy dave matthews kicking had all the bootleg like burnt cds and just his stage presence was so interesting and now looking back i don't know that i know what all the songs made but it just i don't know it made

you feel good and i think uh just going through stuff like that but the guitar just the way he played it and how far he could stretch his i mean it's just crazy to see that i could never yeah i could never got that uh got that it's pretty frustrating but um yeah it just i i'd That's when I'm probably high school really, but didn't start singing until college, really. I just watched about a six-minute farm-aid Dave Matthews performance in pajama pants. And thinking the same thing, like his hands were an instrument on the instrument. Yeah. Because, and I don't know if it's like flexibility, but he was playing chords that I could never even attempt to play.

Oh, God, yeah, I'm not, I know, you know, a few chords here and there and can strung, but that kind of stuff is just. I think I quit that pretty quickly after trying that. Do your favorite Dave Matthews song? I don't know. I loved a lot of them. Satro-Rash. There's so many of the crash. But number 41, I mean, there's a lot of just ones I remember.

I hadn't listened to those in so long, but I bet they'd take you back, you know, like songs do. As an adult, I was listening to, and I come into you. I'm like, what about that? I was like, how about that? And we all sing. Yeah, about that. Yeah. It was fine then.

Yeah, it's 2020. Like, what the heck were we even doing? How did he get away with it? Yeah, yeah. Man. So what song do people know you for the most at this point in your career? You know, I don't know that I've had a meet and greet and not been told a you should be here story. I think that one, and that's, you know, I've been fortunate to have some songs that did great.

But that one, and for it to be that one, means a lot to me. I think that's just one that people always mention. can just tell it's it's uh you can tell it it means a lot to them and you know every song's not like that i don't have many like that but for if i'm going to be known for one you know one about uh honor my dad i think uh i think i'm good with that but it's you know i'm just thankful that other people i think hearing their stories honestly have helped me i say that every night man it's uh pretty crazy about to have another number one with forever to me and not exactly the same but it's a it's a it's a mo it's a feeling so life yeah that's a life's a lot earlier it's like man

Some of these are the most special, whether it's happy, sad. It's just kind of sharing those and knowing that other people, you know, I've been right there and whether it's good or bad. What's your favorite song to perform now live? To perform. I mean, probably she had me at Heads Carolina. I mean, there's people there that probably wouldn't have been in my show if it weren't for that song and people waiting on it.

So I have to, we do that one last, make them wait around. But, yeah, she had me at Heads of Carolina. I mean, that's always the biggest reaction. I don't know. It's crazy to see kids out there just knowing every word and it takes me back. I mean, when I was that age, that's when I was falling in love with music, 90s country music and pretty full circle moment with that one. Who's your Mount Rushmore of country artists that you personally loved for? So not greatest of all time because that's tricky and controversial, but for you.

I might say Randy Travis, Alan Jackson. I'm going to go McGraw back in the day. I was and now still. And then the first concerts ever, like, went to a lot when I was growing up, was Riba. She came to my little town every single year. And the people that opened for her were, I mean, Brooks and there's so many. And just, I'm going to say that because that was the only live music I really got to see was when Riva would come to town. The record comes out June 27th, the full Spanish moss.

You have a song in Spanish Moss? Yeah. But you named the record that why. Why did you choose that title? You know, when we came up with the whole idea. I really, it's a crazy story. We pulled up, we were playing golf down in 30A and pulled up this hole, and my buddy Jordan Minton said, what's that stuff called again?

And I was like, Spanish Moss. And I kind of told him this memory about me and my dad, which the song is not about, but it's funny how songs start. You know, I told him this kind of special memory I had about Spanish Moss, and we're like, we got to write a song Spanish Moss, and we kind of changed. It's a kind of a forgotten summer story. It's not about my dad at all, but it just kind of remember that.

Back, you know, down near Savannah, where he spent a lot of time that he loves my brothers still love. I just always remember that Spanish Moss, and so I just thought it would be a cool name for the project and just the whole vibe of the thing. So that's why we named it that. A lot of songs. It is.

For me, I mean, that's, I think, you know, everybody's putting out a ton of music on everything. And this, honestly, the project took so long, you know, I think that's, you know, this single, just as long as it's been on the chart, it's allowed me to really get this album dialed in. and I think we had 21 that we really loved, and so they said put them all on there.

Got a couple more questions for you. I want to talk about this song that's about to go number one forever to me, and you wrote that, and was it an idea on your phone? Did it come up while talking? Did it just kind of go in the weeds about the writing of it? Yeah. I mean, it's two years ago we had a gig, a little private gig before the National Championship,

the year, Michigan, was it, Washington? Yeah. And we were there. I called Grayland James. Last minute said, you want to go out on this run? I'm playing a show. We get tickets to the game. Going to be pretty sweet. And he said, sure, should I call Rocky Block? And I'd never written with Rocky. So we got him on there. We're out in Texas the first night and about to go to bed. And they're like, do you have a wedding song yet? I'm like, no. And we'd written some love songs, but nothing that really was that special to me. And they were like, well, what, you know, we got to write that. And they said, what do you, you know,

what do you think of Courtney or something like that? And I remember I just, I said she's forever to me. And they both, like, looked at each other and they're like, that's it. And I'm usually the guy, I feel like catching those moments, but to say something like that and it just like, well, it was obvious. Like, yeah, that's what, you know, we should write. And, you know, that's what we did.

So will you write a song today? Will I? With you? No. No, I'm all booked up. You know, I get my count like 300 in advance. I'll have my people. Yeah.

reach out. Will you write today at all? Today? Yeah. I don't know. Do you leave here? I mean, I'll be putting, you know, ideas in my phone if I have anything. But we're, yeah, just kind of doing a couple things.

I've got some video stuff for a song I just put out, we can always move on. So I got to go do some of that. And I am looking at writing. I was talking to my buddy Jordan Reynolds earlier and just talking about maybe playing some golf Wednesday right. And that's kind of my, I love to try to, that's toss our ideas around. That's how Spanish malls happened.

Just on the golf course, no pressure. or just if ideas come out and then you go go write them so are you playing the chris tomlin golf tournament yeah are you yeah good yeah i've never been able to do it we've been out of town so i'm looking forward to that i was sure i saw your they sent there's a book and it has all our pictures in it and it's like these are the celebrities i always feel like you guys are the real celebrities i always feel like people that get me are so disappointed what i mean can you imagine listen to y'all every day can you imagine me i guarantee no no it's like you're going to play a celebrity tournament and Chris Tomlin's a friend of mine, friend of yours, great guy. And if he asks,

I'm going to say yes. Of course. Because I need to put in the word for me upstairs. He knows, I think he knows Jesus. I'm pretty sure of it. So he's like, can you play? And I was like, for sure, it's for a great cause. Absolutely. His charity's awesome. And then I opened the book and it's like all the celebrities. There's like 40. I am the least famous person on the whole list. I can't imagine spending all that money to do that and you get stuck with me. Nah, I don't think that. I don't think that's the case, dude. I'm happy you're going to be there. Drew Breeze is playing.

Nick Sabin's playing. Cole's playing. Who do you want? Not me. Anybody but me. If you're into Drew Breeze, you want him if you're a fan of New Orleans. If you want Nick Saban, then you're probably like Alabama. If you're a fan of country music, you want Cole.

If you're a fan of radio, you're a lot of you. Oh, my God. You're a fan of radio. And podcasting. If you're a fan of the telegraph. And dancing. Oh, my God. Oh, exactly.

That stresses me out. My wife's a huge fan of that show, by the way. Dancing with the Stars? Yeah, we weren't together when you won that, but that's... It'd be so funny if she was a super fan. I've gotten to watch a few since then, so... Yeah, I get so anxious. I'm so...

Like, I'm not looking forward to it, because I know people are going to be disappointed playing with me. I don't think so. Well, we'll just get in the same group. We'll figure it out. That also doesn't work. Yeah. We get there and Call's like, who are you again?

No. I don't know you. By the way, Cole will be part of our IHeart country festival. Next Saturday, you can watch it on Hulu Live. and the Happy Hour Sad Tour kicks off September 4th in Toledo, Ohio and good amount of dates here, man. You would come back rich.

Yeah, we're... Had a lighter year. We did the Australia thing with Cody Johnson a few weeks ago and then fall tour is really what we're gearing up for. 12, 13, 14, 15, 60, 70. Yeah, it's like 20 shows here.

Yeah, I'm excited, man. Priscilla Block. You said light year. Well, it has been so far, so we're about to go to work and get this album out and play some shows. Yeah, got to pay the mortgage, right?

Got to, yes. Cole Swindell.com, Priscilla block, Logan, Crosby, Grayland James. The record comes out in June. We'll be sure to talk about that when it comes out. In the song,

about to do it again. Forever to me. Cole, good to see you, buddy. Hey, always good to see y'all. Thank you so much. And you're my friend. Hey, absolutely. And that's why, guys,

I can say stuff and he can say stuff to me. That like he's... I thought Cole's a unisex name. It works. Oh, yeah. The name is. I've never thought of it.

I thought of it. I made a joke. That he's unisex. But we don't always talk about that. Everybody. Where is lunch? I have a question. Ask him whatever you want, Cole.

I'm joking. I've caught the tail end of the show right here, but I was just wondering, how's it going? Man, it's going good, man. How are you? Hanging in there. Specifically, what do you want to ask? About what, Cole? I don't know.

Just, I don't know how to pronounce that. Cipolis? Yeah, yeah. That's it. What about it? My buddy Eddie was diagnosed with syphilis recently. And so I just really want to show support to my friend And let others know that, hey, there's people living with syphilis

And it doesn't have to ruin your life And you need to be careful and just, you know What about his necklace? That's what I said. He's hanging in there. He is hanging in there. Oh, yeah, yeah, those are some truck decorations that hang in a sack. This is his black necklace.

Yeah, man, welcome to the show. Good to see you again. There is everybody. Colwindow. Yes. Would you guys mind if I compared myself to Tom Brady for a second? In what way? I'm glad you asked. So Tom Brady had a locker and beside him he had a locker and in that locker if people wanted stuff signed.

And this is not the same thing, but people would just leave it. And then like once a week he'd sign all the stuff and give it to all his teammates. Now, nobody wants a crap signed by me. But everybody's always like loki asking me for things, even this room. And like through different sources and people come. to me and like this person. So I think once a week, now once a month, once a week's too much, you can ask for a favor. And I may not say yes to it. Oh. But this is going to be Tom Brady's side locker. And you can ask without feeling weird about it, without having to have somebody

else ask me, without having to put it in an email. Abby, Abby, you're first. I know you have something. So Tom Brady's locker is open. Okay. So I now understand the hype of pickleball. Like it's so fun. And so my boyfriend and I started playing recently, but since it's so popular, it's like hard to find an open court anywhere. And then I was like, oh my gosh, Bobby has one in his backyard that he built. So I was wondering, do you have any open court hours that we could come practice on your court? And then maybe use the pool after. That's a big ass.

Then use the pool. Oh, my gosh. Like, I literally thought the asks were like, will you sign this book? It can be whatever you want. Oh, man, this is awesome. You can ask for, but I will not say yes to them. I will not say no to them I will make you

Never said no I'm sure Yeah if somebody brought in like a bucket of balls Or like a bag of football Say we signed 11 of these He's probably gonna say no Okay Also I'm not Tom Brady

I was just using that as the analogy Okay You won't even know we're there That's not true We will know you're there Oh well Your wife's like Ah he's out there with her boyfriend again

They're skinny dipping again I know No I will make this deal with you If ever we're not there and we're gone and you're here where like Abby you can go use the court or or and you stayed at our house

if you ever are you watching the dogs yeah I'll watch the dogs too well okay so that is this favor is a I'm sure we can work something out but I'm just not going to book you from one to three on a Tuesday to come and play in the backyard okay but you can

I mean sure I don't even care but yeah that's a weird thing like can we just come over and book some hours and play in the pool I'm sure we can I'm sure we can find a way to make it work. Okay. So you'll just like text me when you're not home? Yeah.

Or like, hey, we're going to be gone for a couple days. If you guys want to go use the court, go use the court. Oh, so now like, hey, we're going out to dinner. You can come over and use the court while we're at dinner. That's what I meant, yeah. No. I mean, if we're gone, sure. If that's what you want, sure.

But that's pretty quick. Oh my gosh. Yeah, that's a. But what about the pool with her boyfriend? And if you can be gone by the time we get back, do all, do everything. You'll never know. So, Jim. Generally, here's my, in business or people ask me of anything, my rule is always, the answer is yes.

It's just how do we get there? And sometimes it's easier to get a yes. Sometimes it's more difficult to get a yes. The answer is yes. We'll figure out a way to make it happen. Oh, gosh, this is awesome. Okay. Thanks.

Eddie. Hey, Tom Brady. What's up, dude? Now don't butter. I don't want butter. I don't want to be butter. Oh, that's a nice sweater. I don't want to be buttered.

Okay, no buttering. But hey, do you know Kendrick Lamar? Oh, okay. I'll rephrase. Do you know anyone that knows? Kendrick Lamar, like his people or anything like that? No. No one?

Managers? Not that I know of. I don't know. So, you know, I told you I'm taking my son to Kendrick Malmar because he got... Malar? Big fan. I'm a big fan. Yeah, go ahead.

Because he got good grades and so we're going to go to his concert, but I really want to make it special for him. Like, our seats aren't that great. Like, they're kind of top bowl or whatever at AT&T Cowboys Stadium. Is there anybody we can meet Kendrick? Like, dude, you're connected. I'm not connected. You know the CEO of the company? Of what company?

Our company. He probably knows Kendrick. Good point. This is just like the pool and the pickleball court. It's the same exact deal. I don't have those resources. I don't know. Kendrick Lamar, I don't know his manager.

If you were like dying, I probably could pull enough strings. I'm not dying. Is your son getting sick all of a sudden? No, he's not sick. Thankfully. But, but I mean, just think this is one of his first concerts and it could be a memory for the rest of his life. Yeah, I hear you. That's probably a no

Because I don't have that If I knew somebody, sure I don't really know anybody with Kendrick's camp Okay I can put out I'll put out a soft ask Love it, love it, that'd be great It's gonna probably be a no But I can put out a very, very soft

And I'm sure that it's not a meet and greet But I'm sure that it's I don't even know what he does But I don't think Kendrick lines up It does a meet and greet with a bunch of fans No With the thing behind him Can my 17 year old go backstage with him

Hangout? Probably not But I'll put in a soft ask for like, are there any better Yeah, so anything like that. It's probably a no. The answer's probably going to be no, but I will ask my people if they know his people. How about that? That'd be great.

Also to the pool. You go around. Well, you guys, you have to pull me down. Okay, there's two favors. Anybody else? Speak now, forever. Hold your peace. Well, not forever because, what, next month? Yeah, in a month we can do it again. Yeah, well, wait. We get to bring it whenever we want, right?

You get to ask whatever you want. Yeah, okay. Then go. Well, no, I don't have. So you're going to wait a month. No, no, I can, I'm saying I can bring it tomorrow. No, it's today. Or we do it again next month.

Every month. Guys, I would come up with something now. But I don't have anything. Great, thank you, Amy. I appreciate that. Amy, something. Oh, hey, I'm not. You're so stupid.

If you don't have anything great, that's awesome. Good? Yeah. Okay. Morgan? I don't think I have anything either. You guys are so stupid. I wouldn't make something up just to make it up.

There's something a favor you want to ask. Go ahead. Lunchbox, the last one. Look, I am looking to take my kids to Cincinnati Memorial Day weekend. It's coming up in a few weeks. And it's the Chicago Cubs versus the Cincinnati Reds. And I was wondering if you could get us some good seats up close to the dugout. Since you know people in, I know the Cubs organization. I don't know if you know anybody in the Reds organization.

That would be much appreciated. I don't know anybody. What? You threw out the first pit. I've done that the first pitch before. Yeah, I don't know. They picked me to do that. Don't you have like somebody you met 100 years ago that gives you free tickets? Yeah, at the Astros game. It's the whole lady. It's a different team.

Melanie and Karen, yeah. They came to my wedding. Is this just going to be ticket asks forever? Well, you just threw this on the spot, man, and I didn't want to miss a month. Yeah, yeah. I don't have it. No, I don't have that. I don't have any access to people. But we are, okay, here's the thing. I'm doing you a favor now because we are on the air in Chicago and if somebody wants to reach out to me

and be like hey I can get lunchbox four seats from five See that's a lot He has three times I have a wife I know but if it's a weekend game They're so expensive

But if he wants tickets closer That's an ask I wouldn't feel comfortable making Because it's so expensive Can the kids sit in your lap No they're older than lap children Your wife can It's a Friday night

It's five Firework night in Cincinnati. That's cool. So it's in Cincinnati, not Chicago. Right. That's tougher. That had no connections to. Well, no, no.

I mean, the Cubs organization, they have tickets somewhere. Okay, if anybody in Chicago's listening. Or Cincinnati. Or Cincinnati. Hit me in my DMs. I mean, you were so quick to shoot mine down. You're going to put a soft ass first. Kendrick Lamar.

Yeah. And maybe Kendrick's listening to. But I work in music. I have management that also works. You work in sports? I don't know anybody there. But now you're being mean. when I said I would do it.

So now I'm out. I'm out. I'm not doing it. Wait, what? I'm not going to volunteer to do something and then be ridiculed for saying, let me try. He's yelling at you. Yes. That's not good. So that's just turned to a no.

Dang, just like that. Yeah, and you know what? If I get the tickets, I'm going. And I'm just going to sit there with four empty seats and take a picture. That'd be awesome. And be like, I'm at the firework night. That would be so wrong. Cincinnati, baby.

Censie, Cincinnati, baby. Okay. Amy, nothing? Next month. We'll do it again. I can't. Ray, did you have anything? Yeah, I did.

Even though we just did the basketball. Okay, go ahead. Yes. So I have a couple months on this one. I'm going to South Beach. And the one thing we don't have is a boat. Guys, I don't have... Okay, go ahead.

That's great, right? And so, no pun intended. I'm just going to float this one out there. If you know anybody there with connections to a boat, let me know. Okay, I will definitely let you know. Thank you, Ray. You're looking for a boat in South Beach? I'm done.

That'd be legit. What? I would prefer if the favors are things you actually try to ask me sometimes and not just make up big grandiose favors all of a sudden out of nowhere that I probably can't do because then it's like no no no no no no but you do have this opportunity thank you very much I don't fuck to yell at me when I said I would try to help yeah that was weird so that's a no ray he were kind of rude to me no I said I didn't know anybody

you're like never mind I was like what do the impression he said I can help Eddie because I work in music I don't work in sports but no you said why would you help Eddie with Kendrick the more, I said it's easier to help Eddie because I know people in music are, we even work. It doesn't matter. Why am I explaining it? Favor time is over, everybody. We'll see how it goes.

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Hi, I have two questions. My first question is, I was wondering if Bobby's heard of a grounding sheet that you, like, lay on your bed and you sleep with. I have massive sleep anxiety, and ever since I've gotten one, it really seems to help, so maybe something to look into. And my second question is, how do you find the right therapist? I know I need therapy, but I have a lot of anxiety about starting and just find. that right person. How do you know when you have the right therapist? Anything helps. Thanks. I'll go first. Yeah, we've done sleep blankets, heavy weighted blankets and sheets. And it works a little bit, but most of the time I just end up feeling like I'm trapped. Like someone's holding me down.

We had two at once. And it felt like it was 20 pounds. And then once it got warmer, I was just too sweaty. But yes, I think that weighted blanket, you say grounding sheet, I'm assuming we're talking about the same thing. I think it works great. And then you kind of get used to it. And then you almost have to start over and give it some time and not use it for a while and then use it again. It's almost like when you take a medicine, like you build a tolerance to it. It's kind of weird to think of it like that. But I feel like I built a tolerance to the weighted blanket. That's what we did too because we just then bought another one and put it on. Next thing you know, you're three. Next thing you know, I can't get up. I'm like, oh God, help. It kills me. But I will say that yes, that is something that I would

recommend for people to try, but it'll go, it's a five-pound blanket, so you think it's five pounds on you, it's not. It's five pounds when it's all together. Not five spread? Yeah, it's a distributed five pounds. Okay, that makes sense. So when we got it and I put it on, I was like, this isn't five pounds. And it was heavier. But yeah, that's what, do you think that's a grounding sheet or? Because if not, weighted blankets are great. We've taken ours off for a bit because I built a tolerance to it. Same thing, Mike or no. I think grounding sheet is something different. Yeah, so grounding mats. At least I had a mat or a sheet

Because it's Well I had a mat But it had these little Like pokey things in it That poke my bat Sort of like I was laying on it like a Like a yoga mat

And it was grounding I also plugged it in So yeah It's sent like Sounds like a sex toy Yeah a little bit Plug it in All the side

Next thing you know Can I read to you what this says And tell me if it's what you had Because it could be the same thing Just different names So it was not a weighted blanket. So first I would say, thank you for that. We tried a way to blanket.

I have not tried a grounding sheet. The weight of blanket, though, I think is great. So I'm going to move off that. A grounding sheet, also known as earthing sheets. Yes, earthing, yeah. They connect your body to the Earth's natural electrical energy while you say, okay, this is too fruitful for me. No, but you see, you know, plug it in.

Earth's energy has to be plugged in? That's ironic. Check that. They utilize conductive material. See? materials like silver threads or carbon infused fabric to transfer electrons from the earth to your body. Yep. Yep. This sounds. Guys. Did it work for you?

I'm just to pull that thing out. I had one and I put it away when I moved. And now I'm like, wait, where this? I haven't thought of it in a long time. But I believe it's in a storage bin in my attic and now I want to pull it out. Yeah. Roll it out. Lay on it. I don't know that it doesn't work, but me reading that it takes Earth's energy. Feels a bit like someone who says they're a healer. I can't prove they're wrong, but it's tough for me. You know how you go grounding and you take your shoes off and you walk outside and you absorb Earth's energy through your feet?

I don't walk barefoot. You walk barefoot in the grass and maybe the sand. You're doing grounding. Well, this just gives you the opportunity to bring that to your bed. But I don't want to, I don't have to plug it in if I'm barefoot. That's the weird part to me. Yeah. I'm not sure.

I guess they make sheets. what I have for sure is a mat and it's got a little pokey things would you recommend it not to me but just to the gym can I can I bust it out of my attic and give it a go again do whatever you want yeah I'll let you know I'm just squirrel trying to get a nut what's up you know what I'm saying yeah thank you for recommended that there are me listeners that want to try this out and then the therapist thing that's a great question because a lot of people don't do therapy because of the process to find a therapist and I think the first time people do therapy if they don't have people that are they have been to therapy they just take the first one

they get because they don't know really it's like dating and you have you need to find one that it's a vibe for sure like your sensibilities and their sensibilities um yeah there's there there is anxiety there if you don't have somebody they can walk you through it but i would say you first you can talk on the phone to them and just say hey like mine now called them said hey i'm thinking about coming to therapy like what's your process and then got asked his education and then you go in once, you pay, and you're like, did I like that? Because you may want it more religion-based. You may not want it religion-based. You may want to go to a psychiatrist. You may want to go to, there are different levels as well. Don't let that overwhelm you because that is part of the process. I've also

been a therapist that I didn't vibe with that were great therapists. I was just like, hey, I'm going to go to somebody else. I didn't say it like that. I emailed them. I was like, hey, I'm going to discontinue our relationship. Do you have any other recommendations? And that happens to them. that's not even that weird for them to hear that because they also understand that it's very much a vibe. So I would encourage you the hardest thing about it is just starting. It's like anything else in life. Anything else in life that's worth anything. The hardest part of it is just committing and starting. So get your phone. You can do better help. That also is awesome because you don't even have to go into an office. I'd say if you've never done therapy, this is not a commercial because I don't even know what our code is.

I'm sure we can find it and it'll be some percentage off for a month. But better. Better help is awesome because, and it's not even that therapy when you're not in the same room is bad because Amy did hers here in the office. I do mine sometimes remote. Virtually, yeah. And yeah, you do, it is a less time-consuming way to figure out who you're going to connect with, because if you're on BetterHelp than you are doing virtually. That's a great wade into it, I think, because I don't think five years ago I could have said that because BetterHelp wasn't as good as it is now. I don't even know if it existed five years ago. So not a commercial, but here's the, if you do betterhelp.com slash bones or this, 10% off the first month.

So you can try BetterHelp. Eddie, Better Health. It's great if you've never done therapy. Even if you have and you're just very busy. But I would recommend, even on BetterHelp, wherever you go, it's okay for you to go, that didn't feel great. And the therapist, most of them, yeah, like you were saying, Bobby, if they're a healthy therapist, which that's what you want. if you're not viving with them they're going to want to hear from you. They will actually help you move to somebody else

if you're like, hey, I don't feel like you have to use words like communication style because they're humans too, the feelings will get hurt. You're like, hey, that kind of suck for me. I wouldn't say that I would say, hey, for me, that didn't feel like a communication style that is the most, whatever you want to say.

I would definitely use euphemisms to it. That didn't feel good. And then they'll help you find somebody else. Can you find somebody who is a bit more spiritual based. Can you find somebody who's a bit? They get it. So, do it. Do it. Do it. What's that from? Do it, do it, do it, do it.

It's not a movie that's huge, but that's a very famous part of, well, you're thinking, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it. Is that Vin Diesel? Who says no? No, no, no, hold on. If anybody gets this, it'll be the lunchbox. You know it? Oh, I know. Yeah. And I know that I've seen the movie once, and I'll never watch it again. There's no need. Is it Braveheart? No, no, no. It's not, it's not big like that. It's like American Pie. White Man Can Do it's become a meme probably more than people have seen the movie. I'm pretty sure it's Ben Stiller. Do it. Do it. Go.

And it might be dodge ball. No. It's do it. Do it. You'll get it. Oh my gosh. How do I know it? Like, what?

It might be Zoolander. I've never seen Zoolander. Me either. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it.

Maybe it's, Mike and I are having a debate on what it is now. Do it. Do it. Do it. Because it has been Stiller. Yeah. And he has like, it's like a party. I don't know what that is.

Oh, that's what it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. Star Skinn Hutch. Again, the movie, not the biggest, but that scene is. Him and Owen Wilson? Yeah. Who isn't Duke's a Hazard, Johnny Knoxville?

Yeah. Sean William Scott. Sean William Scott's in righteous gemstones the season. Hasn't a full adult. I haven't started yet. Yeah. It's cool. Because I haven't seen him forever, and he looks like,

Stifler, but an adult. Wouldn't he end in the last season? Was he? If he was, I don't remember. No, you're thinking of the assistant guy. Kind of looks like Stifler. Which guy? Who's the guy, the righteous Jimstones?

He's like, he's the ex-drug addict. He's reformed now. He works for the family. Yeah, but I don't think he's a big actor, is he? No, he's not a big actor, but he kind of looks like Stifler. Maybe that's who he's thinking of. The boyfriend of... No, not the dorky guy.

Got the blonde hair and the mullet kind of like. Yeah, the mullet kind of. Yeah, the mullet guy cut off. The boyfriend. The boyfriend? Yeah, whatever. That guy who is also, wasn't a big actor, but was a really big lacrosse player. He's a really big lacrosse player.

Really? Yeah. Okay, moving on. Let's do four, Ray, voicemail. From Google Maps, teacher, how I feel about my house and address being shown to a classful of kids? I'm just wondering, if I alone in this, the parents on the show, what do you think? How would you address it? Because I just, I'm like, what were you thinking?

but yeah. That's weird. I don't feel like there was anything. I don't feel like there was any bad intent or intent to like discover something. It's just weird. Because it's so personal. Yeah, as a parent I have strong feelings about this. I feel like you shouldn't have done it, the teacher.

I hope the teacher learns that we probably shouldn't do that because also now, I mean, sometimes at school kids already aren't on it even playing field depending on their clothes or what they have. And then you pull up some kids' house versus another kid's house. And then instantly you kind of know the difference that might be happening there. And that's just so uncomfortable. Aside all the other things of like now you know exactly where somebody lives if you've got their address. But I feel like a lot of kids, if they're friends, they know. But then now you have like ammo against them.

That's a great point. I was just thinking it was too personal. Yeah. And I don't think the teacher was doing it for any reason other than she made a bad decision. Yeah. To use probably a tool that she uses to teach about something. about neighborhoods or who knows not the best way to use that though but that is a

great point about yeah we'd have to do that luckily but again everybody was poor where I came from yeah but some schools are diverse and you've got a very wealthy kid next to maybe someone that's not and then it's instantly known like how different their lives are

so what I would say to the parent that message does I even think you could send an email but not a mean one because I don't think it was done for any reason to benefit the teacher or to make anyone look bad, but you could go, hey, I'm not super comfortable with that

because, and I would even say what Amy said. That's a really good reason. Because I think that was a great point. And I don't think that teacher would look at that as, oh, this is an annoying parent. The teacher would probably

maybe get defensive for a second because we all tend to, but reflect and go, that's a great point. Because I didn't even think about that. I was just thinking about it's way too personal to be sharing with everybody

where everybody lives. That's a good one. Principles are really easy to talk to, though. I didn't think so. As a kid, you know, you're like, oh, the principal are so scary. But as a parent, you talk to the principal and you tell them, like, reasonably, I'm not upset. It's just, it's probably not a good idea. They're really good at figuring stuff out like that. When you go to the teacher, because if you got the principal, you're going over their head. I'd be mad if I was a teacher and you're going above me. Well, not that. It's just because maybe other teachers are doing it, too. So you kind of want to cover the whole thing. Like, let's not do that at school. I don't think I'd go to the principal. Really? I don't think I'd go to anybody's boss over them, regardless of the situation, if I can go to them. Because then them is going. going to feel like, oh, you hold on me and then hold it against your kid. Dang, teachers? You can do that?

No, no, they didn't do that, Eddie. I'm just saying that's what I would. I'm not even saying you're wrong. I'm just saying. Maybe our principal is really cool like that. I don't know. Well, you can just talk to them. And they understand.

They're like, okay. And you got to tell them too. Like, I'm not upset. If they don't sell you out, I think that's excellent. If you go to the principal and you're like, I will tell you this, but don't tell the teacher it's me. But the don't tell usually doesn't work. Because that's the perfect scenario is to talk to a cool principle, like you

said, but if it goes from any boss to the person you're complaining about and they say who complained, sometimes the ramifications of that are worse than if you had just gone to the person, but especially that your kid is involved and they could hold it against your kid. Yeah, you don't want that. Yeah. So I guess it depends how cool the principal is. That's a good point, too. Give me Brandon from Northern Illinois, please.

You guys did a segment of people at Bobby said in conflicts with, and I knew about the other two, Kevin James got brought up in there, and I never heard that story. So wondering what that is about. And then also I did a little Googling on it. And it looks like Ray had something to do with it. So it would be good. Tell us the story on what happened there with Kevin James. Thanks.

Love the show. You got it. So here's the thing. It wasn't even really that I got into fights with them. We were playing a game. What do these three celebrities have in common? And in the game, it was Kevin James, Hank Williams Jr., Wendy Williams.

Wendy Williams. And I don't remember the exact answer, but it was like interview fights on the show or something. Controversial interviews on the show. So, just to walk through all three of them pretty quickly. Hank Williams, Jr., it is a cringe-worthy, one of my finest moments. hilarious now. It's awesome. Because I love Hank Jr.

Loved his music. He came in. I didn't know they told him we couldn't smoke in the building. He was already on one because of that. You got a cigar. But he was also, like, taking it out on me. and I have no room for anybody's bull crap I don't care who it is

but I didn't know that's why he was mad I thought he was just cranky and also I don't want to be disrespectful and I was like hey you really don't have to be here but he also wasn't mean there was nothing we weren't really fighting I think both of us were just like

we're good like you don't want to be here I didn't know why he thought that maybe I was the one telling him he couldn't smell I don't know but he just abruptly was off yeah like the minute you gave him the out he's like okay

He started walking out. I respected it and I thought no less of him. I was just like, that's a dude who knows what he wants. Love it. Yeah, I have no shame over that. And if he said I want to come in again, absolutely, come on back again. That would be awesome. And that's still on our YouTube page if you want to watch it.

It's awesome. It crushes. People will message me that randomly and go, they'll go to me. Have you seen the interview you do with Hank William Jr.? And I'm like, yeah, yeah, I did it. I lived it. So I love that one, but it was controversy. you, I think people thought it was worse than it was.

Because there was no, like, animosity during or even after. I think all of us were just confused. And I don't want anybody to be here that doesn't have to be here. And also, I'm not going to grovel on anybody's feet. And he's not going to growl on my feet. It was all good. It was like, you want to go? And he went.

That was fun. And then he gave some good answers once, like, the interview started. Yeah. He started yelling stuff. Yeah. He fell off a mountain. Yeah. He heard.

Almost died. Did it hurt? Yeah. What do you think? So that one was fun. Wendy Williams, not fun, similar-ish. Wendy Williams comes in, this is a long time, because this is over a decade ago.

She was in town doing something, but she had written a book too, and in her book, she had some stories in her book, and I wanted to ask her about some of those stories in her book, and she gets upset with me because I'm not just talking about her appearance in town, which was never told to me,

like if she comes in, you can only talk about her appearance at the mall. Otherwise, I would just have not done the interview, and I wasn't doing anything at all to be, bother some or to be outrageous or to be clickbaited. I asked a question about Tupac and she said you'll never be me. And I thought, okay, uh, cool. We, we can be done here. You can go. I mean, so she left. Very Hank style, but she was way more aggressive. And then her husband lingered to quote, have a word with me after. Who knows what that means? Did you all have your word? Heck no. I snuck out the back. I ain't trying to get beat up.

yeah that one was not good I left that really not liking her or it meaning that whole that crew but you know things happen sometimes people are just having bad days and it manifests itself in different ways

the other is Kevin James I did not do that interview Ray did that interview and Ray for some reason went nuclear on him meaning hey man what's up

did they confuse you for the panda because it was in like he was into a zoo movie Yeah. And his questions, and I think Ray was trying to be funny, but Ray was also brand newty and working with the show. So I think he was just trying. And he tried in a direction that wasn't received well, although I wouldn't receive it well either if I were Kevin James. It was so funny. They fought and then it was over. Why did you have Ray to the interview? Like, do you remember? It was like 1 p.m. or something. Okay. I remember how he started an interview. He was like, what do you want? Yeah, Ray was just trying to do some kind of shtick. He said Pinging from there to there to there

Pinging to Kevin James at the zoo Yeah He's just trying to be funny And sometimes I've done it too You try to be funny It doesn't come all funny at all Actually comes off and

And Kevin James got really mad He said Does anybody ever mistake you for the pandemic? He asked that He asked him that He asked him He asked him He asked him

And then He hangs up and Ray goes, You there man? Yeah I guess we lost him I completely understood why Kevin James got mad.

And I understood what Ray was trying to do, but it was like, hey, let's not be so aggressive. Yeah, so that was it. I was hysterical. Thank you for that question, though. What was the lunchbox one? Didn't you have one with the... Oh, Wiz, man. A Wiz Khalifa.

But Lunchbox wasn't doing anything purposefully. He just kept calling him Wiz Khalifie. He was brand new, man. I didn't know he was. And you made that evident. And he goes, Kalifa. And he lunchbox again goes, so Wiz Khalifie. Califa, man.

He just kept messing up his name. name. Yeah. And then you want to know what I asked him and they got him really mad. I said, hey, man, you know, this song black and yellow, black and yellow. I was like, it's all about Pittsburgh, man. I look at pictures online and it looks like it sucks. He didn't like that.

He didn't like that. And then I asked him about how do you control yourself with all the groupies? But his girl was with him. Yeah, Amber Rose. He was dating Amber Rose and she was in the room. And he goes, it's the guys that don't know how to act. That was the end of the interview. So if you notice now, for the most part, I do the interviews.

Yeah. For the most part. Yeah, he didn't really want, and he didn't want to take a picture with me afterwards. told our boss, I can never interview him again. Kleefe. Kleefe, man. I remember that. Ted Sarandis, CEO of Netflix, has defended his company's reputation,

saying the streamer is saving Hollywood by securing an audience for content which would otherwise disappear, mostly talking about movies. Speaking of the Time 100 Summit in New York on Wednesday, he said Netflix was providing a much-needed service to those people, for instance, in rural areas, who want to see movies but can't go to the movies. He described Netflix as a very consumer-focused company.

deliver the program to you in a way that you want to watch it. Declining box office takings forced the questions of what is the consumer trying to tell us. Quote, they want to watch movies at home. That's from The Guardian. Talking to you. I want to watch movies at home. I don't want to go to the theater. I think there is a market for people that want to go to the theater, but that market is a sliver now

because we do have the option to watch a lot at home. But I think it's all about what kind of experience you're looking for. I don't want to go to the movie theater. Movie Mike wants to go to the movie theater. I love going to the movie theater. And there are going to be less theaters, but I think the theaters that will exist have to perform and have more resources than just sitting in a seat and watching a movie now. It needs to be more of an experience in some way than just sitting in a chair and watching a movie. Would you agree?

I would agree to some extent. If they want to keep people coming because otherwise most people don't want to go somewhere and watch something with people they don't know who are being loud in a room just because the speakers are louder. And the screen's a little bigger. The recliner's nice. Now that's something new. That would be a resource that's new, a leaning backer client. Or they're serving alcohol now. You can have a beer while you're watching your movie.

Problematic, but okay. I would say Netflix is not saving movies. Their original movies are, for the most part, terrible. Oh. Get a mic. This is the CEO, though, so he needs a really gas. He's saying, like, oh, our saving movies. Like, original Netflix movies suck.

Like, those would do terribly in theaters. Hey, Bird Box. I got a lot Bird Box. That was good. They've had, like, two cultural moments. That was, like, the first big one. Other than that, their original movies are terrible. But I think it's, like, the older movies that they get,

that they license, yeah, people being able to watch those at home, that adds value. But other than that, I could do it out Netflix movies. Haters in the building. Did you also see that they're going to, on the closed captions, they're going to get rid of, you can get rid of the sound part where it says like phone ringing. Yeah. Or footsteps coming. Or raspberries.

Blowing raspberries, whatever. I never knew that's what that was. Another one is claking teeth. So I know what that is. Or tongue. Clicked tongue. Yeah, all that. But it says that.

I'm like, oh, that's how you would. describe that. Toddlers need a certain number of toys to be happy, expert claims. Turns out your toddler doesn't need a mountain of plushies and plastic cars and magnetic mayhem. They just need, this from the New York Post, blank toys. Eddie. Blank toys.

Blank amount of toys. Oh, minimal. I would say toys, real toys, five toys. Lunchbox. I had 10. Four. According to Dr. Alexia Mets, an occupational therapist. best a mom of twins. Toddlers thrive when there's less to play with, not more. I like to use an

example of Netflix or any streaming service. When we have 100 options, we don't know what to do. It confuses us. We don't know because we're always like, maybe the other one will be better. So when we have three, we settle pretty quick. We dedicate ourselves to it and we focus. But if there's 500 and we're not fully sure, I don't know. I'm only kind of feeling this. Maybe I'd like something else better. Or you just don't even go to any of them. You just keep scrolling. So I think that's the same toddlers, toys, us streaming. I think another thing that's good for kids too, toddlers and up to teens, is using your imagination. Okay. I agree, but that's what. Like, but if you, the less, you can't force a kid though. I know, but. Use a toy for imagination. Well, yes. No toys, only imagination.

So you get them nothing. But what you're saying is I give them a cardboard box and say make a toy out of it. Yeah, like it just, yes, forces them into being, like creating something out of boredom, you know? And then they are curious and they exercise that muscle. And then it's easier for them to be silly and goofy and creak. I'm telling you what makes me so upset, like Christmas. Oh, yeah. And they'll like unwrap, you know, whatever, 20 toys.

And then by like the afternoon, they're playing with a cardboard box and like pushing each other in it. Yep. They don't even play with the toys. Don't care about the toys. They give up on the box. But after like the next day, the box doesn't exist anymore. They go back to the toys. Sure. Then you can get into the box.

But I would bet that doesn't work. I agree. If you could just go, but once you give kids or anybody anything, and you can use adults or kids, then you'd revert back to, now we're just going to do imagination. You don't really do imagination because you already had. You had steak the whole time,

but now you're just going to do baloney. Yeah. Bologna's not near as fun. Now you could do steak with baloney. Like I was a big imagination to think. I don't have any toys. But if you were giving me an issue, Nintendo and you then go like now we'd rather just use your imagination imagination sucks so if like that's how

You raise your kid without a bunch of toys and it's like we give you look but if you give them toys you really can't and you can do this with adults too You can't then go yeah they're gonna be more of an imagination household they're used to the toys Ah kids man and like like like Kevin who works here he's just like you know he's got a registry for his baby I'm like dude I'm gonna be completely honest with you you're not gonna use any of this stuff and the baby's not gonna play with any of of those toys. None of them. But that's not, he has practical things on there, too, like swaddles. I know, we were talking about toys. Like, just, just, and when you have a baby. Did he have an imagination

on there? Yeah, that's the main one. You can buy some imagination. Hey, you know what I meant by that. What are we saying? No, you just think when you have your first baby, you're like, oh, let's just get all the toys and they'll play with all of it. Like, even like the little walkers or whatever, like they don't use any of it. They use their imagination. I mean, a Walker's pretty important.

That is like baby food. Those are good. Carcy. A bouncer? Like a bouncer is really important. Like, what was the one we used to put our kids on, lunchbox? So there's like the, and they, I think they got recalled. Oh, yeah. The baby Bjorn? You would sit them on it and like the counter.

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