The Bobby Bones Show - (Mon Early Bird) Madeline Edwards Is In Studio Talkng About Her Opry Debut, Her Music Sound & More! + Why Did Amy Cry In Public? + Mailbag: Valentines Day Screw Up

Episode Date: February 13, 2023

Madeline Edwards stops by the show to talk about her musical journey, moving to Nashville, making her Grand Ole Opry debut, opening for Chirs Stapelton and more! Plus, find out why Amy cried in public... recently and over what. Mailbag: A listener completely forgot Valentines Day is this week and didn't make any dinner reservations for him and his girlfriend of 4 years. Every place he tried to call was full. Should he confess and tell her he forgot, or try to do something else? We share our thoughts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:01:47 Open your free iHeart radio app. Search Earn Your Leisure and listen now. Welcome back. We got another week. We got a great guest, one of my favorite new artists, Madeline. in Edwards, big piano, getting set up in the room right now. I think you're going to love her. Let me say this.
Starting point is 00:02:14 Morning studio. Morning. Let's go around the room and see what's up. Here's the question. Question in the day. Everybody answered this question. What's something you're looking forward to? It's a pretty broad, generic question.
Starting point is 00:02:26 It can be anything. The answer, Eddie, for you can't be a retirement. I know you keep saying that. I'm looking forward to that, though. I know you are, but it's a little more short term. Eddie, you're first. What's something you're looking forward to? Man, so every kid that I have,
Starting point is 00:02:39 We made a promise that we have four boys. When they turn 13, we're going to take him on a trip. Well, my son's 15, and when he was 13, it was 20-20, and it was the whole COVID thing, so he really couldn't travel. He wanted to go to L.A., so we're going to do it this year. We just bought the flights. I need to check on the date of that. I don't know when we're going. What do you do with him?
Starting point is 00:02:57 Does he still love movies? He loves movies, so we're going to take him, of course, to Hollywood. But then he wants to go to Disneyland. So we're going to do that, too. Yeah, it's cool, especially if you can go on, like, a Tuesday or a Wednesday. It's like when no one's really there. And there's still people there, especially in the summer. But that's fun.
Starting point is 00:03:12 I like that. I cannot wait for that. Lunchbox, we're coming over to you. What are you looking forward to? Our next vacation. Like, I feel like we haven't been on vacation in a long time. We literally just had days off last week, two weeks ago. Yeah, but I mean, I feel like that was so long ago.
Starting point is 00:03:29 I feel like we've worked so much since then, the stress. So I'm just looking forward. I don't know when it is. Like, it's not even on the calendar. We don't have an email saying, Summer. Summer time. Probably like what, July?
Starting point is 00:03:39 You just got a free week's vacation that you don't even have in your contract in the last week. Yeah, man, I worked a lot that week. On what? Did lunchbox work at all the week of... You'd be shocked to hear the answer. He was actually up here more than anyone else.
Starting point is 00:03:53 Doing what, though, for the show or for his own stuff? He was doing... He had his own stuff. He was doing commercials, recording calls. Okay, I did stuff from home, though. I wasn't physically here. Yes, yes. I guess you want to say he was physically here.
Starting point is 00:04:04 It was lunchbox. Well, he doesn't... has set up at home, so he has to go. I guess by default, everyone was working, but he was here working. A lot? Not as much as like Ray or myself or Kevin or somebody. Okay, but did you have any days off?
Starting point is 00:04:19 Yes, he had days off. How many days you think you had off? Like full days, like never coming here at all? Probably at least one or two. Well, that's, okay. Well, I hope you look forward to your vacation. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm glad.
Starting point is 00:04:30 Congratulations on the free couple days off that was never supposed to happen. That's what I'm saying. The stress of this job gets to me sometimes. Who's the least? stressed out of this whole operation? Less stress more life over here, Ray. That's no way. No way because Ray gets here at one in the morning. Ray's going to die
Starting point is 00:04:46 tomorrow of stress. Probably the least stress person? Like who's the least stress when it comes to work and has the least amount to do and has to worry about the least amount? I mean, we all have a decent amount on our plates. I can't name one person. You don't think it's lunchbox. Okay, kidding in it as lunchbox. What the words that's supposed to mean, bro?
Starting point is 00:05:05 He does get a lot of assistance. A lot. And his job is just to come in here during the show. Yeah. Dink around. There's pressure on that. But Eddie has to run videos. Morgan has to run social media.
Starting point is 00:05:19 Ray has to run a board. Oh, so she has to type out a couple of tweets? I mean, how stressful is that? Running a show, trying to be compelling and talking to Ray, organizing a show the whole time. Mike is doing everything I'm doing. Mike's hanging out. Mike's not hanging out. What's he looking at the camera?
Starting point is 00:05:34 Put the camera on him. point is, it looks like he's hanging out to me. He's just hanging out the corner. Hey man. You had to put a roll on yourself to stay out Facebook Messenger all show. Yeah, and I've done a good job of it. My point is when it comes to stress here, you probably
Starting point is 00:05:50 have the least. Valid point. Yeah, I get to now. That's my point. Look at Amy. She doesn't look stressed to me. What's she stressing about? I do. I record way more things than you do and come up with different segments during the show for things and constantly doing stuff with Bobby on breaks that you don't have to do. If you come up with it and it gets rejected, it doesn't matter.
Starting point is 00:06:10 How did this turn into? I don't know. Everybody's super important. I just thought it was funny that he was like, I need more vacation. I mean, you just has a couple days off for free. I don't know where. I'm just saying, and I don't even know where I'm going to go. I don't have any plans, but just to have a week off would be amazing. Do you want to know when it is? Do you like to know way ahead? Oh, yeah. You do like that? 100%. I don't know, but I could probably figure it out. That'd be great, man. But some people like to have something to look forward to like a specific date. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:06:40 If you could tell me like May 5th through the 30th, I'd be great. That's a heck of a vacation. May 5th through 30th? Wow. He wants the whole month off? Are you going to be at Iheart country festival? Okay. Thank you, lunchbox.
Starting point is 00:06:55 You're welcome. I can't wait for your vacation. Let's go over to Amy. Amy, what are you looking forward to? I'm looking forward to April when my daughter turned 16 because she'll be a lot of. able to drive. Oh, yeah. And it's one less thing or play or, you know, pick up, drop off all the things we have to do. And she'll be able to help out like the things of our son. So yours is you won't free labor. That doesn't stress you out that your daughter's going to be driving.
Starting point is 00:07:21 Like that to me seems like so stressful. I don't know if that's a look forward to. I mean, we all turn 16. We all hit the road. So I mean, I just kind of have to breathe through it and know that happens. I think I will when she's on the highway. But most of this driving, that I'm talking about is within a mile radius of our house. But most accidents happen within a mile radius of the house. I know, I told her that already. I'm just kidding. Okay, thank you very much.
Starting point is 00:07:43 I'll go. What am I looking forward to? One thing that I can't, I look forward to the NCAA basketball tournament, especially if Arkansas gets in, because it's my favorite thing to go do is to go watch Arkansas basketball and football games. So I already, I don't know where they're going to be or even if they're going to make it at this point. But I think they have a good shot.
Starting point is 00:07:59 But I'm looking at the weekends and making sure that on those weekends, I don't have anything down so I can go to the games. I really look forward to that, even if it's just one game, because sometimes I can't stay at weekend all three days. So there's that. And then I have something coming up that I'm like 60 to 70% on in just a few weeks that I can't mention yet. But if it does go through and I'm allowed to do it, I'm very much looking forward to it. And a little nervous about it. And that's the best thing.
Starting point is 00:08:24 And I'll be able to share it if it happens. But it's something that I didn't think I'd be allowed to do. I don't get paid to do it. but if it's I actually turned down money when they said can we pay you to do it but I was like no
Starting point is 00:08:38 because I don't know if I'm gonna do good so don't pay me but I'm very excited about something there too but I'll tell you even as early as tomorrow if they'll let me
Starting point is 00:08:46 so that's what's up everybody feel good yeah I'm looking forward to today's show lunchbox why don't you take the next few minutes off oh thanks
Starting point is 00:08:53 take a load dude take a load off take a load off Fannie I mean I don't know I don't want to brag but okay go ahead brag about what
Starting point is 00:09:01 Like Amy, Amy says, oh, I have to come up with segments, you know what I mean? I made that segment. Like, that segment was made, I mean, I made it. That segment was you going, you want vacation and me going, let me get into this and find a funny angle. And then I just crushed it. No, no, but I'm saying, it doesn't matter. Whatever. Whatever.
Starting point is 00:09:18 I, the question was my idea. This question. That's true, too. It literally is something. Oh, wow. Amy said, let's go around the room and say, as a conversation started, because this was an idea that they did at their family dinner. something. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:32 Point to Amy. Yeah. I don't know. So actually Amy's one that said we should do this here and then you just don't looking for vacation and I was like, oh, I bet you I can get him on to something funny. And then I crushed it. So I put a carrot in front of the horse's head and walked them right over to where I wanted them to walk to and then we knocked it out.
Starting point is 00:09:47 Yeah, and I tried to make Amy's more interesting like her daughter driving. It was kind of boring. So you moved on real quick. We're going on. It's just simple. Mine was simple. I'm not offended by that. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:56 Oh, here we go. All right. I'm looking forward to today's show. Yeah. It's time for. the mailbag. Come on. You send an email and we read it on the air. It's something we call Bobby's mailbag. Hello, Bobby Bones. As I write you this email, Valentine's Day is tomorrow. I do not have a dinner reservation for my girlfriend of four years. I'll be honest, I'm an idiot and I forgot
Starting point is 00:10:18 until I stopped at Walgreens and saw all the Valentine's Day stuff on the shelves. When I called all of our favorite restaurants, they were all booked solid. What would be your advice on still making the day special without making it look like I completely dropped the ball? I was thinking to taking her on a picnic, but you can't do that at night. Or do I fess up and tell her I drop the ball? Please help. Bro, who botched Valentine's Day. Now, Valentine's Day is a weird thing because it's stupid, but it's also awesome.
Starting point is 00:10:42 And you have to look at it both ways that this is just a made-up holiday, right? It's just a made-up holiday to sell stuff. Ding! But everything's a made-up something to do something. And if all of her friends are having special days and she isn't, she's going to feel like, oh, wow, I'm not getting the same love and support that all these other. it's going to make her feel bad. I'm not somebody that says you got to go 100 miles an hour.
Starting point is 00:11:04 I do. I do. But I don't think you have to. And there are different circumstances. And some people just, there's depreciation. I mean, it's not the same. So why should you? You do have to do something, though,
Starting point is 00:11:17 because it sounds like you know you screwed up and you know she would like it. So you don't have to admit you drop the ball because you haven't dropped the ball because it's not over. Yeah, there's time. You can go to the grocery store and literally cook her at dinner. There we go. You can get on YouTube. You don't think she's. you would love that more than going to a restaurant? You can get you a little t-shirt,
Starting point is 00:11:35 make it a whole set, play her favorite playlist, make her a dinner, watch one of her favorite movies. Not just Valentine's Day, but all, it's effort. That's all anybody wants. Not even romantic relationships, friendships, it's all effort. And this is a time that has been put up on a pedestal to show the effort that you'll put in. Unfairly, it's on this day, and they've said this is the day you have to do it. But it is, it's the thing. Valentine's Day is real. And so, So if it's important to her, you need to make it important to you. You have not dropped the ball yet. You will drop the ball on February 15th if you're not able to pull this off.
Starting point is 00:12:08 But nothing crazy. I'm telling you, you just learn how to cook her at dinner, go get the groceries, say I'm taking care of it. You have her favorite movie. That's it. Get her some flowers. That's it. You don't do, you have to write her a song.
Starting point is 00:12:21 That'd be nice, though. Build her a statue. Oh, no, no. You don't have to. You can, but you don't have to. But you have not dropped the ball. Okay? So, no need to festival.
Starting point is 00:12:30 up because you've not, there's nothing to fess up. You can still do better than you would have done even if you would have been planning way ahead. Lunchbox, what are you trying to say? Listen. His hands are shaking. I'm going to tell you, this is what you do. You don't do anything. You make reservations for the 15th and you have it all set up.
Starting point is 00:12:45 And that way she thinks you forgot Valentine's Day and then you go, boom, got you. Surprise you the day after. Not only that, you saved, the roses will be 75% off. So you're going to save money. You can pick any restaurant you want. Guess what? They're not going to have a set menu. So then you can have the cheaper menu.
Starting point is 00:13:02 Everything is there for the taking. You say, oh, Valentine's Day, you think I'd forget about you, babe. I wanted you to be mad so I could surprise you the day after. Boom. Make her mad first. Yeah, but I don't understand the gain of it. You're making her mad and you're going to have to deal with it only to make her back even. And she won't think like, oh, he had this whole thing out.
Starting point is 00:13:18 And Valentine's Day is not practical. So you're right. You do save money, but it's not a practical holiday. That's a good move of you actually forget Valentine's Day. Exactly. Not do it ahead of time. Not do it ahead of time. That's pointless.
Starting point is 00:13:29 Yeah, why would you make her money? mad just to make her happy to get her back to even. They don't call me Mr. Romance for nothing. They don't call you that. You're right. All right, buddy, good luck. Valentine's Day's awesome. It's also stupid. Right? So stupid. So stupid. It's also awesome. If you want it to be. It's also stupid. It's not awesome. It's not awesome, period. There's nothing awesome about it. We haven't heard about your reservation scheme. You didn't do it this year?
Starting point is 00:13:50 Man, business wasn't. One popping? No. No one was hitting me up. When you started the email, I looked back at him because I'm like, oh, maybe Lentfox has one to sell. That's the mailbag. Thank you. close it up. We got your email and we read it on the air. Now it's about to close Bobby's mailback. Yeah.
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Starting point is 00:17:25 Uh-oh He does what happened to me Okay But but it's because Oh that's up the stage When was this? Yesterday Okay
Starting point is 00:17:32 So you're at I'm at the grocery store Getting a few things Are you already emotional Do you know you're emotional No I think it's We're getting close to that time
Starting point is 00:17:42 But so I know That maybe I get to blame it on that If I start That's always a girl's hope It's like When you're acting crazy And then you start
Starting point is 00:17:51 The next day You're like Whoop not crazy Got it You're like in retrospect. Yes. It's like affirmation that you're not crazy. So I feel like that ties into this as well,
Starting point is 00:18:00 but I was getting sour cream and I dropped it and it didn't just, it splattered everywhere. Like it popped the lid off, pop the thing, popped. And so then I had to go get someone to clean it up or help and it just was this whole thing and it just overwhelmed me. And I just started crying. But I know it wasn't over the sour cream. Once I got home and I really thought about it,
Starting point is 00:18:23 it. I was like, okay, I know what this really is, and I'm going to work through it, but also, if I start soon, I'll know that's what it was, too. In retrospect. Yeah, yeah. So, okay, well, I just humor my questions here. Did you cry as soon as the
Starting point is 00:18:40 sour cream popped or as you were going to get somebody or as they were cleaning or what? When did it hit you emotionally? I had to go get somebody and they came and we were cleaning it up. So as you were cleaning it with them, you started crying? It just was like, yeah, but they didn't, I don't think. Did they know you were, was it a guy? I don't know. It was a guy? I don't know. It's a guy. He's like, what is going on? No, it was like a teenager.
Starting point is 00:18:57 He was like, what is going on? For sure. And what version of a cry was it? It wasn't bad. It wasn't bad. Could he tell the kids tell you were crying? I don't think so. I hope not. Did you buy the groceries when you left that you already had? Did you get some sour cream or did you just run out of there? No, I paid for my groceries. When I got to my car,
Starting point is 00:19:16 I definitely got it out a little bit more. And like I said, when I got home, I processed. I'm trying to really pay attention to stuff and being too. with what's happening. And I'm like, oh, this is something I've not, I didn't realize how overwhelmed I was by this situation. And now I'm gonna breathe through it a little bit, maybe journal, and then see what happens.
Starting point is 00:19:37 Sour cream does pop. Like when the thing hits, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Everywhere. And so I might have cried just because of that or just run out of there. So I do commend you for, and then thanks for sharing. Hey, thanks for being vulnerable. This is a safe space.
Starting point is 00:19:49 Sometimes. Sometimes it's safe. Hardly ever, I'll be honest with you. Never feels that safe. It never. What do we learn from this though? What are you saying to our audience right now? It doesn't serve us to stuff anything down or to numb out in any way because it's just going to come up. You never know when, but it's going to pop up. So do yourself a favor.
Starting point is 00:20:08 You never know what aisle you'll be in when it does happen? Yeah, and try to work through it as best as you can. And you know, some little stone or 15 year old one to his friends like, this old lady is good. Oh, he called you an old lady for 15 or 16 year old. I don't think so. A 25 year old was an old lady to a 15 or 16 year old. Sorry, Amy. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:24 You know he went back to it. He was like, you guys aren't going to believe this. It's time for the good news. With Bobby. Tell me something good. Like, I love this story. Also, it's a sad story at the beginning because there's a dog named Ghost.
Starting point is 00:20:40 It's an all white dog. It looks like it's kind of a mutt. Like, it's a bunch of different kinds of dogs. A little husky type thing. But, again, the owners left it in the desert. It just drove off. So it was a puppy when it happened Some coyotes came up on it
Starting point is 00:20:57 Coyotes wherever you're from They didn't kill him He started to run with them They like took them in Wow So what happened though is someone saw the group Together and there's this white dog With a bunch of coyotes
Starting point is 00:21:12 And Ghost is getting a little bit older And nobody was hurt They weren't threatening Ghosts as a matter of fact They would record Ghost and he was leading them at times Like he was the leader of the pack And so They were like, but we have to make sure because eventually these coyotes are going to turn on this dog. So they rescue Ghost.
Starting point is 00:21:31 They put crates out. Ghost goes in. They have them. And now they're working with Ghost to kind of make him normal so he can be adopted by people. I wonder if ghosts like howls like a coyote now. Ghost harbors no resentment toward humans despite being left for dead in the desert. Okay. He's ready to stop roaming and find a family who loves him and a forever home.
Starting point is 00:21:52 Here is Susan McMullen of the Southern Nevada trapping team talking about rescuing ghosts and putting him on the path to adoption. It seems like he might have been put out there between seven and eight months. Somehow or another, the coyotes just accepted him. He was actually just running with them and eating with them, but then he started to limp. And we were afraid limping that the coyotes could turn on him. When he got into that crate, he just sat down. I think he was also relieved. It's just that adrenaline and excitement and relief.
Starting point is 00:22:19 It was just a relief to get him out of there. Saved him. It's crazy. What's an amazing story. It is an amazing story. He kind of looks like if Spud's McKinsey kind of had a little husky-ish, like the pit, I don't know. But they saved him, and it's awesome. I love a good dog story. That is what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. It's a Bobby Bones show interview. In case you didn't know. Her name is Madeline Edwards from Texas, from California. She's toured with Chris Stapleton. There's so much soul. So much soul. So much soul. So much kind.
Starting point is 00:22:52 So much, even a little jazz singing. When I say that, I mean like Ella Fitzgerald. And so this is a story of somebody who started working really young, playing in a restaurant. We'll get to that for years and years and years. And now she's in here. She's got a piano and she's going to crush it. She has this song called The Wolves. And an album called Crash Landed that came out at the end of last year.
Starting point is 00:23:15 And here she is, Madeline Edwards. On the Bobby Bones show now. Madeline, you know, I was telling these guys about your story a little bit. because I'm a massive fan, obviously. I'm a stalker. You know it's true. I know. It's true.
Starting point is 00:23:31 And I was telling him how, maybe you can help me for a second, who did you meet that let you play at their restaurants? Who did I meet? Yeah, because you were playing at a bunch of restaurants, right? Yes, my employer at the time technically was Tillman Fertita. Who is? Who is?
Starting point is 00:23:45 Who is the billion dollar buyer? And he owns a lot of stuff in Houston. So he just saw her and knew she was really good. So she was like, she played restaurants. like to cut her teeth. Yeah. Hours and hours and hours and hours. Like way over 10,000 hours.
Starting point is 00:24:00 Wow. And so it's just somebody going, hey, you're really good. And then she just put in the time and played, when people would come up to you, would you have a fish bowl? Yes, I had a fish bowl. And honestly, it was really, really fun
Starting point is 00:24:13 because they would have me learn a song on the spot. And if I could learn it on the spot, they'd, like, throw in hundreds and stuff. So that's how I paid through college. So there she is hustling, her whole way through college, playing restaurants. That's the story I really wanted to share here. is that, like, you really had,
Starting point is 00:24:27 it's like, I'm going to compare you to the Beatles. You cool with that? So the Beatles, they would play these clubs in Germany for like eight hours a night and play the same over and over again. These songs over and over and over and over and over until they were just in it. And then when I heard Madeline like actually sing the first time, I was like, dang, she's so good. Your voice is so good.
Starting point is 00:24:44 You definitely, it's like country music and there's also like a jazz influence. I don't even know what that meant until you taught me. I just thought it was just good. Well, thanks. I appreciate that. I'm a fan of yours, all of y'all's too. I'm really thankful that y'all put on music. Who's the least, though, of all of us?
Starting point is 00:25:01 I'm not going to say. Who'd you be the least fan of, though? Because it's going to hurt your feelings if I say who the least. Well, it's probably me. And that's okay, Madeline. So what I want to do is you have a piano, and I want our listeners to hear you, and then I want to talk to you.
Starting point is 00:25:12 And I do want to talk to you about the Grand Ole Opry. I have so many questions. But this is Madeline Edwards. What are you going to play for us first? Because I was just told you have two songs ready, which I didn't know. I didn't know that either. I think I'm playing two songs.
Starting point is 00:25:23 Well, there we go. Oh, there we go. If they said he had eight, I'd be like, well, we're going to be here for a while, everybody. Buckle in. What are you going to play, Madeline? I'm first going to play The Wolves. Okay, here is Madeline Edwards. Brace yourselves, everybody, for the wolves.
Starting point is 00:25:36 You did some shows with Chris Tableton, and if I would have gone to that show, I would have had like a nose injury and like a lip injury because when you play, and when Chris plays, I get a stink face like this, and I'm like, hmm, I'm feeling it? We get like, you might do my food, like, dude, because I'm just feeling it so much. Stink face is the best compliment you can get. of a position. And I just imagine you and Stapleton both. It'd be all stink face all the time.
Starting point is 00:25:58 And El King. Yeah. She was also on the road with us. What a, what a performance. Holy moly. So you grew up in California and Texas. What do you consider yourself? A Californian or a Texan?
Starting point is 00:26:09 I consider myself Texan because that's kind of where I did most of my growing up. I moved there like right before high school. So I feel like all the really hard adult years came in Texas, for sure. Do you guys want to invite her back for another segment? Just so. Yeah. Yeah. Looks like you got to go, Madeline.
Starting point is 00:26:24 Sorry. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me. Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football,
Starting point is 00:26:38 or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of you, your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated.
Starting point is 00:26:57 One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast, it's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So, if you've ever supported me, or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHard radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of IHard Media, and I'm kicking off a brand new season of my podcast,
Starting point is 00:27:35 Math and Magic, stories from the frontiers of marketing. Math and magic takes you behind the scenes of the biggest businesses and industries while sharing insights from the smartest minds in marketing. I'm talking to leaders from the entertainment industry to finance and everywhere in between. This seasonal math and magic, I'm talking to CEO of Liquid Death Mike Cessario, financier and public health advocate, Mike Milken, take two interactive CEO, Strauss Elning. If you're unable to take meaningful creative risk and therefore run the risk of making horrible creative mistakes, then you can't play in this business. Sesame Street CEO Sherry Weston and her own chief business officer, Lisa Coffey. Making consumers see the value of the human voice and to have to have.
Starting point is 00:28:19 have that guaranteed human promise behind it really makes it rise to the top. Listen to math and magic, stories from the frontiers of marketing on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. When you listen to podcasts about AI and tech and the future of humanity, the hosts always act like they know what they're talking about and they are experts at everything. Here, the Nick Dick and Poll Show, we're not afraid to make mistakes. What Cougler did that I think was so unique. He's the writer-director.
Starting point is 00:28:48 Who do you think he is? I don't know. You meet the, like, the president? You think Canada has a president? You think China has a president? Those law crusade. God, I love that thing. I use it all the time.
Starting point is 00:29:03 I wrap it in a blanket and sing to it at night. It's like the old Polish saying, not my monkeys, not my circus. Yep. It was a good one. I like that saying. It is an actual Polish saying. Yeah. It is an actual poem.
Starting point is 00:29:15 Better version of Play Stupid Games, win stupid prizes. Yes. Which, by the way, wasn't Taylor Swift who said that for the first time. I actually, I thought it was. I got that wrong. Listen to the Nick, Dick, and Poll show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the Bobby Bones Show now. Madeline Edwards.
Starting point is 00:29:35 When you play the Grand Ole Opry, Madeline and finish, you know, you play, I imagine you play two songs your first time. Do you two? I did. After you finish your second song, and they start to stand up and they give you a standing ovation at the Grand Ole Opry. Can you remember that moment, or was it just? all fog at this point? No, I definitely remember it. The year as a whole and everything that happened over the year is a fog, because it's
Starting point is 00:30:00 just a lot that happened in one year. But when I think about those instances and one of them being the Opry and the first time I played there. But you got to say, they stood up. You got a standing ovation. Yeah. I mean, I was really overwhelmed, honestly. My mom was in the crowd.
Starting point is 00:30:15 I mean, my in-laws were there. My husband's grandpa was there. And so it was kind of one of those feelings. where I think I get to live this moment that not many people in the world get to experience. And it was very humbling for sure. And it's harder for some of them at the opera to even stand up at all, and yet they stood for you. Oh, gosh. That's right.
Starting point is 00:30:36 That's nice. No, I'm just saying, I have to play the opera sometimes, too. I love to play the opera, but I'm saying it's an older crowd. Some of them are older, and they stood up for you. That does mean a lot because that demographic, you always wonder, like, oh, am I too hip for this, or are they going to like it? but the fact that they really liked it was really cool. How's Nashville been for you?
Starting point is 00:30:52 How long have you been here? It'll be two years next week. So you're just a baby in Nashville. Yeah. So how do you like, is it feel like home yet? It started to feel like home for the first time this month. I think it takes a while to find your corners, to find your community, find the people that really care.
Starting point is 00:31:12 And I feel like we got really lucky in finding that early. So it's starting to feel a little bit more like home. So, I don't know. You started playing piano at what age? Four. So when you're four years old, and maybe you could just walk me through and hit some keys or something, when you're four, like, what does a four-year-old learn? Or even if you had a four-year-old that said, Madeline, can you teach me how to play piano? Like, would you teach him like a scale, a finger thing?
Starting point is 00:31:34 I mean, you probably just teach him scales first, start at Middle C and then go all the way up. And at four, what do you understand about music? Four, five, six, seven. Like, did you, did you understand what the notes meant at seven? Could you actually play complicated things? At seven years old? Yeah, just in that three-year span. At seven, I was playing like classical music.
Starting point is 00:31:55 Are you crazy? Wow. Yeah. So I was, you know, I was trying to do concert piano at that age. And, you know, classical was kind of what I started with. And jazz is what I ended up doing when I was in middle school. So how many hours a day were you practicing? I actually did not like playing piano until I was 15 and found a reason to be like,
Starting point is 00:32:14 oh, I can write songs about how much boys suck. and how much I hate my parents right now, and then I got into piano. But I was kicking and screaming when I was playing it at 4 because I was like, this isn't easy for me. It doesn't come naturally to me. And my mom just kept me in it, even if I didn't like it. Do you remember the first song you ever wrote?
Starting point is 00:32:32 That you're like, I completed this song. The first song I ever wrote on piano was a song called All I Need, and I was 10 years old when I wrote it, and it was like jazz sevenths and stuff like that. Yeah, we'll take a little bit of that. Here we go. Come on.
Starting point is 00:32:45 You want to? Just give me a little bit. The first song you ever wrote it 10 years old. Let's see what we got. Let's see if you can remember it. All I need to say, and all I need to do is be with you. You did that at 10? Who were you wanting to be with?
Starting point is 00:33:06 I was wanting to be like Edda James when I was 10. I was like, this is the goal. I was just thinking, how does she do that at 10? That's amazing. I took piano lessons at like 28. Couldn't even do that. It took like months. She would come to my house.
Starting point is 00:33:20 You'd be like, did you practice? Granted, I have tried to play guitar for about 10 years and I can't do it. That's one instrument I just for some reason cannot pick up. So when do you decide you want to do music or at least pursue music professionally? Because that's a whole different choice, meaning you're not just playing piano. Now you're actually going to go and try that against people. Yeah. So going back to the Tillman Fertita stuff, when I started playing in jazz bars and clubs and stuff, I was 14.
Starting point is 00:33:44 And, you know, I was helping my family keep the lights on. I come from a really big family and we grew up in a poor situation. So I think once I realized, oh, you can make money too. doing this. That's when I was like, I think I could do this for the rest of my life, but it was something that I went into to help my family. But granted, I wanted to do that for the rest of my life anyway. So I think I was just trying to formulate a plan on how I could do this and make a living doing it. And yeah. Madeline Edwards is here. I'm a big fan of her. She's going to play with Eddie and I at the million dollar show at the Ryman. Can't wait.
Starting point is 00:34:17 Which have you played the, she already knows. It's not a surprise. I called her. I called her. I called He was like, hey, will you do this? You haven't played the rhyming yet? No. Oh, that's awesome. I can't wait for people to see you perform live. Y'all are in for a treat. We have some really good songs lined up.
Starting point is 00:34:32 I won't say what. What if she said the opposite? What if she came in and she goes, guys? We've really planned our worst stuff for you. Whenever you're playing, and again, you're playing all these hours, you're helping, you know, make money so you guys can eat. But you're playing, obviously, cover songs at a restaurant. As a 14, 15, 16-year-old,
Starting point is 00:34:50 were there any songs that you played where adults just thought, it was so funny a kid was playing this song. Yeah, I mean, at last, by Ed of James, I remember playing Tennessee Whiskey at times. And when I was 14, my voice was as deep as it is now. So imagine this voice coming out of a 14-year-old. It's never changed. My voice has always kind of stayed the same.
Starting point is 00:35:09 So that was more the shocker to people is that a voice like this was coming out of a 14-year-old. And obviously, I've, like, tuned it and, you know, shaped it over time. But, yeah, I think that was the shock value. When I was working on American Idol, I had worked there for four years, people would always sing it last. It was like the song they wanted to audition with. And I was like, please stop singing the song. Please stop singing the song.
Starting point is 00:35:30 Because everybody does it all the time. But then when somebody does it right, you're reminded it just how right she was and that song is. For sure. Do you still perform that? I do. Can you give us a little bit? Because we haven't talked about. I didn't ask for this.
Starting point is 00:35:44 Do you know? If not, we can move on. I mean, Edgar. Yeah, I can do it. Just give me 20 seconds. of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, last has come along. My lonely days are over, and life is like a song.
Starting point is 00:36:17 I would put everybody on the spot if they did that. Yeah. Gosh. So good. I wish I had a billion dollars so I could have a restaurant and make you play there. Like, that's what my goal is now to have a billion dollars to buy restaurants so I can hire Madeline to play there the whole time. Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:36:31 So are you on the, are you on the road a bunch? Do you feel like you're? about to be. I'm going out on the road with Ingrid Andres, actually starting in two weeks. And then we're doing a whole festival season. So I'm playing a whole bunch of festivals that I've never played before, like stagecoach and watershed and, yeah, I don't know what other ones I'm supposed to announce, but see to see. You guys go to Madeline Edwardsmusic.com to see all the dates or go to our socials. Will you play another one of your songs? Of course. Which one would you like to play? I would love to play Hold My Horses.
Starting point is 00:37:03 Okay. So you guys follow Making Madeline on Instagram, on all over. She's doing the million dollar show. I'm just a big fan. And her album came out into last year, right? November. It's called Crash Landed. And here is Hold My Horses from Madeline Edwards. Can I cheer now? I don't know when to cheer.
Starting point is 00:37:25 Can I cheer now? Yeah. All right. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know when you're going to go back and do it. I'm like, I do it now. I want to cheer the whole time.
Starting point is 00:37:33 It's a surprise. I'm like, Madeline, you're awesome. I hope everybody that's listening to this, and maybe they're exposed to you for the first time, I hope they check out Crash Landed. We've played so many of your songs on the Women of I Are Country and on the Countdown. Thank you all for that. So we're just big fans. Eddie and I are super excited.
Starting point is 00:37:50 You're going to play with us at the Million Dollar Show. I'm so, so excited. And it's just beginning for you. It's crazy. Thank you. You know I'm a fan. I was told by somebody and said, hey, you should get to know Madeline. And they were like, man, she's like, be careful.
Starting point is 00:38:05 She's like you. And I was like, what does that mean? And then I met her and I was like, oh, I get it. She stays in her room. But people were saying the same thing about Bobby, too. They were like, she'll come at you. She'll come at you. But I think that's why we get along.
Starting point is 00:38:15 I think that's why too. At Making Madeline, it's Madeline Edwards. Madeline, we'll see you soon. There she is, everybody. Let's clap on the way. Here's a voicemail from Jackie in Anchorage, Alaska. I just wanted to say that my son and I enjoy your show. I take him to school every day.
Starting point is 00:38:32 And he loves things you guys talk about. He giggles about some of the things that lunchbox says. Lunchbox is his favorite little hero. Anyway, I just want to say thanks and good job. And we love to listen to you from Alaska. Thank you. I wish Alaska were closer because I would go. That's all.
Starting point is 00:38:51 It's so far. I've never been. I want to go. It's the state I haven't been to or Maine. I'd love to go to both. I would love to go to Alaska. It's just so far. And have a friend that lives there.
Starting point is 00:39:04 You got invited. Craig Morgan. But he also, Craig Morgan, who sings, That's what I love about Sundays. He's like, hey man, come out for two weeks. We'll get up there, get you up there, be easy. But we got to get on. And like two miles from the property, we got to like leave our cars behind and hike through the woods
Starting point is 00:39:19 because there ain't no electricity. No. I'm not, this is not bare grills. And I love Craig. I do. Solid. Like, if you need somebody to pray with you or fight somebody for you,
Starting point is 00:39:34 you. Like, that's the guy. But I want to go to Alaska where I can just hang out when it's daytime all the time. Like in a hotel. Man, that'd be awesome, a good Wi-Fi. So, thank you for that call. And thank you to everybody from Alaska who listens. I'd also like to thank people from New Hampshire that's actually from New Hampshire. I say, I don't think they actually exist. And I'd like to amend that. Because we have listeners, hey, supposedly, if they're not bots. That's what they say. from New Hampshire. And either people from New Hampshire don't exist or they're the nicest people ever, because usually you only know about people when they're like making noise or being dramatic about something.
Starting point is 00:40:13 If somebody ever comes up to me on the streets, it goes, I was born and raised in New Hampshire. I will come on the show. I will raise my hand and say, you know what? I was wrong. There are people from New Hampshire. People thought there was no one from Arkansas. I've met people in my life that's like, I never met a single person from Arkansas until you. Oh, wow.
Starting point is 00:40:29 We're real. I've met a lot of people. But you live near it. That's true. You literally live next door to it and you have your whole life in two states. That's wrong with you guys. I'm an uncle who lives there. Yes, yes.
Starting point is 00:40:40 Same. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'll say it. Yep, that's me. Cliver Taylor the fourth. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football or my career in sports media.
Starting point is 00:40:56 Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever. imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast. It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream,
Starting point is 00:41:32 this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. When you listen to podcasts about AI and tech and the future of humanity, the hosts always act like they know what they're talking about and they are experts at everything. Here, the Nick Dick and Poll Show, we're not afraid to make mistakes. What Coogler did that I think was so unique. He's the writer-director.
Starting point is 00:42:03 Who do you think he is? I don't know. You mean, like, the president? You think Canada has a president? You think China has a president? Those law a rousette. God, I love that thing. I use it all the time.
Starting point is 00:42:17 I wrap it in a blanket and sing to it at night. It's like the old Polish saying, not my monkeys, not my circus. Yep. It was a good one. I like that saying. It is an actual Polish saying. Yeah. It is an actual point.
Starting point is 00:42:30 Better version of Play Stupid Games, win stupid prizes. Yes. Which, by the way, wasn't Taylor Swift, who said that for the first time. I actually, I thought it was. I got that wrong. Listen to the Nick, Dick, and Paul show on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of IHard Media, and I'm kicking off a brand new season of my podcast, Math and Magic, stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. Math and Magic takes you behind the scenes of the biggest businesses and industries while sharing.
Starting point is 00:42:58 insights from the smartest minds in marketing. I'm talking to leaders from the entertainment industry to finance and everywhere in between. This seasonal math and magic, I'm talking to CEO of Liquid Death Mike Sissario, financier and public health advocate Mike Milken, take two interactive CEO Strausslemy. If you're unable to take meaningful creative risk and therefore run the risk of making horrible creative mistakes, then you can't play in this business. Sesame Street CEO Sherry Weston and our own chief business officer, Lisa Coffey. Making consumers see the value of the human voice and to have that guaranteed human promise behind it
Starting point is 00:43:37 really makes it rise to the top. Listen to math and magic, stories from the frontiers of marketing on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. The Babo Show. Here's Amy's pile of stories. I have a list of foods that everyone is mispronouncing,
Starting point is 00:43:54 or most everyone. Okay. Just say, describe the food. food, and let me see if I can say it without knowing it. Okay, a meaty pita sandwich. Okay, that is, because I'll walk through the mall or something and it'll go a gyro, but I think it's called a euro. Oh.
Starting point is 00:44:09 Is that what that is? A gyro? Yeah. What is it? I honestly don't know how to say it. So I'll be like, let me, first of all, I don't buy them. But if I did, I'd be like, let me get, you wrong? I think that's it, euro.
Starting point is 00:44:19 It is euro. Yeah, but I say every time I'm the same, I'm like, Euro? So it's like European, Euro. There's no. R-O step. Right. There's a G in the spelling, but no G in the sound. Okay.
Starting point is 00:44:30 I was only 65% sure of that one. Okay. Okay, next one. Little Italian dumplings made with potatoes. Okay. Okay. I know this because I've become a fan of them because my wife loves them. And I'd be like, hmm, I don't know if I like Ganachi.
Starting point is 00:44:45 Oh, that's what we had. Yeah. Noki. Is that right? Nokey. That's right. I know that not because I am intelligent, but because my wife is intelligent. Because I would say, like, I don't know, what's not, what's Ganachi even made of?
Starting point is 00:44:56 And then she'd be like, what did you say? I said, no, what's Ganachi even made of? She's like, no, it's nokey. But yeah, it's like a dough, right? I really don't know what it is. It's a potato. Oh, it's a potato. Got it.
Starting point is 00:45:09 It's so good. With chicken, there's this place here in telling that we go to. Where do we go eat that time? Do you remember the name of that place? No. Me, you, your wife, Caitlin. It was dark. Oh, a restaurant.
Starting point is 00:45:20 Yes. That could be a lot of places. No, I don't know. But they have great noki. So take my word on it. All right, go ahead. A board with, like, meats. and cheeses and...
Starting point is 00:45:28 Never get this one right. Chartouterie. Charcuttery. I say charcutor. Wait. Charcuttery. I say... Oh, my gosh.
Starting point is 00:45:38 Oh, boy. Euro. I know, just say it really fast. That's what I do. Cheeseboard. Keso. What's it called? It is charcuttery.
Starting point is 00:45:46 But if you were to look at it, you might think it's charcuttery. I would say, can I get the charcuttery? And then my wife would say... Sure. Let me order. Oh, a sock. Chachar cuter? Char.
Starting point is 00:45:59 I say charcuttery. Like charcootery. Yeah. Okay, what else? And then the last one, I'm not going to get this one right. But, you know, it's a sauce. You put it on things. I don't know that you'll ever get it.
Starting point is 00:46:10 No. It's the one that's really hard to say. Worcester. Oh, that one. Worcester sauce. Is that it, Amy? Worcester. Worcester sauce.
Starting point is 00:46:19 See, I say Worcestershire. Worcester sauce. What is it? Warchester. Worcester. Oh, no. No, no. I don't even know what it is.
Starting point is 00:46:27 I mean, W's a hard for me, but... You know how you say a word so many times? It doesn't matter what the word is. You're like, goblin. Goblin, goblin. That's a weird word. Goblin. And then you start...
Starting point is 00:46:36 Goblin? That's how word just... How do you say it? Okay, two ways are acceptable. Worst de shear and Worst de scha. No. Neither one of those of how you said it, I accept. No chance.
Starting point is 00:46:49 I've never heard what the shaw. Mike, how do you say... Mike, D, please. Tell us how to say this one. Worst assure? Worst assure? Wurst to sure? What about what Amy said? What's the shoe?
Starting point is 00:46:57 It's woe. It says here, woo. What the crap? Hey, what about the one? You throw one at you. Amy, you sit back on this one because I know you know how to say it. Sometimes I'll go get a smoothie. And when I get the smoothie, I'll also, it's a little more than a smoothie. It has some fruit in it.
Starting point is 00:47:14 What's that called? A Kai? A'sa'i. I used to think it was a Kai as well. I'd be like, let me get that a Kai bowl. And the guy would just know I'm an idiot but still get it for me. And the person behind me would like order a little louder. so I would hear the fact that I was an idiot.
Starting point is 00:47:28 I'll take the assaiy bowl, please. Asa'i. Asa'i. You were wrong. No, I was wrong, too. Okay. Yeah. That's a good bit.
Starting point is 00:47:35 That's a fun bit. Good job. Okay, BuzzFeed came up with a bunch. I mean, that's a good job. Sometimes I love it. Hey, sometimes I check out in the middle of this, but that was a good one. Oh, really? Oh, good to know.
Starting point is 00:47:44 Thanks. BuzzFeed came up with a bunch of tech etiquette rules, and I want to know your thought specifically on them, Bobby. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. One, Eddie answers the phone on the toilet. I don't like that.
Starting point is 00:47:56 But I answer. But he does. And matter of fact, he called me the day and only to be funny and it wasn't super comfortable. I did it back. And I didn't like it. And you didn't like it, right? I did not. I was on the toilet and I was like, what's up, buddy?
Starting point is 00:48:07 And he goes, oh. And I was like, yeah, that's right. This sucks. That's my tech rule. On the list is never FaceTime someone out of the blue. Ask first. I FaceTime about 10 people out of the blue that I trust. And if they're not ready, they don't answer.
Starting point is 00:48:21 Yeah. Never text with just the word high or hey. and you want to lead into something else, but you just do that first to see if they respond, because it just leads to unnecessary more words. I understand that, unless there's a relationship up, you're just seeing if they're around so you can get into something deeper.
Starting point is 00:48:38 I may be like, yo, and if I get a yo back, that means they're available right there to go through the, but yes, I agree. Most people don't do that. Sometimes if I just want to know, I was just in a night plant, I'm like, do you get around? Oh, oh, wow.
Starting point is 00:48:50 When you put someone on speaker phone, definitely give them a heads up if someone else is with you. Never do that. I never do that. You don't say right away if you, hey, by the way. Only if there's a chance I can get in trouble. Like if they know something about me,
Starting point is 00:49:02 the whomever I'm with shouldn't know, that's the only time I'll warn if it's good for me, never good for them. And that's a bad quality. Oh, man. Yeah. You should unfollow your friends' exes out of solidarity. I don't know that you guys have any exes that I follow.
Starting point is 00:49:18 And not out of solidarity. I just never liked them when you're with them to begin with. Well, Eddie hadn't had an ex in like 80 years. I'm just kidding. But also, Eddie's wife is not on. Nah. So I follow her
Starting point is 00:49:30 I mean, around town. I just track her apart. But I don't really follow her on such a meeting. But you know who doesn't follow this rule? The girl doing the story. She follows Bobby's exes. Huh? Are you talking to me? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:43 I guess you're the girl doing this story. Yeah, I'm just saying, you know solidarity on Bobby. How do you know who I follow? Yeah, how do you know? Because you don't follow anybody. Why are you up for people's business? Like, hey, Bobby, I got your back. Don't do hate. This is me having your back, man.
Starting point is 00:49:56 I mean, I don't care. I guess I'll go do a cleanup. Most of my exes are fine. You know? I mean, most of them, Amy should be friends with. She just read the story out of solidarity. She didn't write the story, though, Bub. All right.
Starting point is 00:50:11 Thank you, Lunchy. Yeah, I said in the beginning, BuzzFeed, do. Yeah, go ahead, Amy. All right, Dolly Parton is issuing one vinyl album monthly from her catalog through this special subscription. So if you sign up for it, starting in April, all the way to March of 20. 24, every month, you'll just get a vinyl in the mail from Dolly. And it's through vinyl me, please.com. It's sort of like a book club, but a vinyl club.
Starting point is 00:50:36 I like it, especially if you're into vinyl, that's really cool. I'm going to tell you, my interest has waned in vinyl. And I have a couple cool record players. And for a while, I was getting it and I put it on. And it would kind of be like this romantic, not in this sense of romance with a person, but this thought of like, it's just going to be cool to turn vinyl on. It's just hard to do while playing Madden. I'll be honest with you.
Starting point is 00:50:55 I got to flip it over. I'm playing video. It just doesn't mix well. But I like that because vinyl's cool. I just don't ever use it anymore. That's it. Dolly's excited about it too because some of the stuff
Starting point is 00:51:07 has never been put on vinyl before and she's curated these things and so special to her. All right. I'm Amy. That's my pile. That was Amy's pile of stories. It's time for the good news.
Starting point is 00:51:20 With lunchbox. Stay home is something good. Matthew Spalding, of West Bloomfield, Michigan was at the gas station, pays for his stuff, and the cashier hands in $5 and change. He's like, ha, I could put this in my pocket, but you know what? I don't ever buy lottery tickets. Go ahead and give me a $5 money-match lottery ticket.
Starting point is 00:51:41 $107,000 winner. Oh, wow. That's awesome. That's a good one. I still can't stop thinking about the girl who was a teenager, bought our first ever ticket and won millions of dollars. 36 million. Oh, my gosh.
Starting point is 00:51:51 That story continues to pop up as a headline because it's so crazy. First time she ever played the lottery, Bison wins 30 million. A teenager. Her life is... It's over. No, not over. Just again. Right now is just set.
Starting point is 00:52:04 Like, she can just... You're acting like your life's over. She can do anything. This guy and he decided with that $107,000, he's going to put it in a savings account. That's fun. I mean, whoa, I want all this money. I'm just going to put it in an account. I don't see it.
Starting point is 00:52:17 That's exciting. It is a lot of money. Yeah, but like, do something with it, man. He will later. But let's say he gets that money, right? $107,000. It's probably 65 to $70,000. after taxes.
Starting point is 00:52:27 He could probably pay off his house. Okay. Take a cruise. Right. It's just dependent on it. Go to Singapore. Singapore. What are you even looking up?
Starting point is 00:52:37 I don't know. You been researching Singapore? I don't know where Singapore is. That is good for him. Good story. That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. A win is a win.
Starting point is 00:52:48 A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying. Yep. That's me. Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits. My basketball. in college football journey or my career in sports media.
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