The Bobby Bones Show - Mon Part 1: Styles Is On For The First Time! + Eddie Witnessed A Fight

Episode Date: July 22, 2024

Singer songwriter Styles is on the show for the first time talking about his song "100%," how it was on hold for Blake Shelton, co-writing a number one hit for Luke Bryan and more! Plus, find out what Eddie did when he witnessed a couple get in a fight on the side of the road and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Morning studio. Morning. This is one of those things If you see something, we always say, if you see something, do something, say something. A situation happened with Eddie. What do you see on the side of the road, a couple doing what? Yeah, they're fighting. They're arguing.

Like they pulled over. I guess the argument was so bad. They pulled over on the side of the road. The wife or the woman got out of the car and she was in the passenger side with a door wide open, yelling at the guy and the guy had his head on the staring wheel just like, oh my gosh. That's awkward. Yeah. And she was, I'm going to town.

Whatever it was, she was just so angry about it. So what did you think? your head because I would have thought that's not my business because nobody was hitting each other. Right. I would have just kept driving. Yeah. This is highway or like a residential like a side street? No, in the city, a regular street. Okay. But in the city doesn't feel like a regular street.

He means like a highway. Not a neighborhood. There are businesses around, but it's a regular street. And so the car's pulled over and she's just letting them have it. Yeah, yeah. Going to town. Did you slow down? Of course. You rubber neck? Well, no. What happened? I was slowing down to stop at a red light because it was kind of at an intersection. Oh my God. People were stopped listening to that. What was she?

yelling at him about you know dude i could not hear i tried to like because i was in the jeep and i tried but the traffic was just a little too loud couldn't hear did you feel like possibly you should intervene yeah i felt 100% uh sometimes i've argued with my wife and i we could really use a mediator oh you're not talking about your word you even you're going to like be the mediator no there wasn't any physical stuff going on she was just yelling and he was just really you know sat down about it so what did you end up doing nothing oh you just drove off but i really did think like, okay, what have I pulled over and said, hey, guys, everything okay? Like, look, I've had problems in my marriage, too.

Like, we can talk about a shot. Yeah. Yes. What would you have done, lunchbox? My first thought, shot. Man. Shot. You got to at least start videoing.

So you get something happens. But mediating is kind of a good idea. I like that. Yeah. Is there anything I can help you guys out with? It seems like you guys are in discreet. And you know. Because then the guy will be like, see, what she's saying is this?

And the girl's like, no, what happens? Do you think they want someone to get in their business? If they're pulling over on the side of the road, they're not even going to get home for the fight. That's bad news. And nobody is going to be able to get inside the insanity. But what I would have done? Called 911. I figured.

You would have? And what would you have said? 911? Hello? Hey, we got a domestic situation here. There is a man and a woman in a heated altercation on the side of the road. Car pulled over. She is out of the vehicle.

I think you need to get officers here quick. Oh, you even said that. Yeah, I've had to do it before. I mean, I've had to. I've had it. It was at a four-way stop, and the car to my right, I was going straight and they were on the right-hand side. They were at that stop sign.

The woman is screaming, get out of the car, I'm getting out of the car, and he's yelling, no, you're going to drive me home. You're going to drive me home right now. And I pulled over, and I was like, whoa, whoa, what's going on? I called 911, and then I followed him. It went from probably doing something not that great to do something even worse. No, no, because she was screaming. Okay, if you really felt she was thinking.

She was saying, someone please help me. That's what she said. Are you lying? No. You call 911 so much. I think you're lying about that part. No. I am honestly.

So she's yelling somebody, please help me. Yeah, like, please. And she has tears streaming. Then I would have called 9112. Streaming down her face. But I would probably stop then. And she took the key and he was like, get in the car and you're going to drive me home. Get the car.

You're going to drive me home right now. He told the story and this part was not in the story. No, it was in the story, man. I don't remember. Go to the tape. The tape does not lie. Then you chase them. And then I followed them.

And I was like, they just ran a red light. So I'm going to run the red light. And people like, don't run the red light. And I'm like, no, no, we're running the red light. And they're like, sir, just back off. You don't need to follow them. We have their license plate. We know where they live.

I'm like, who cares where they live? What if they don't make it to where they live? So what happened? How'd this end? I finally backed off because they told me to back off. And they were going fast. So you didn't back off for a long time. Right.

We followed them for like. Who's we? My wife and I. And kids. No, there's pre kids. No, wait, no, I did have kids in the car and I had to say that. I think I did have kids in the car.

Roll the tape. I did, I did. Go to the tape. But yeah, I mean, that's what I would do. I mean, you got to save a life. But see, in my situation, though, no one was in danger, so there's no need to call 911.

Right. You did the right thing, not doing that. I think you did the right thing doing nothing. Nobody wants a mediator in that situation. Yeah, don't listen to the guy who's called 911 so many times that he just was confused whether or not his kids were in the car that time or not. You're running red lights with your kids in the car.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure. So, but also, I don't remember the story being that dramatic. Oh, it was dramatic, man. This lady was bawling. Okay. Balling her eyes out. Maybe so. Eddie, I'm glad you did nothing.

Lunchbox. I don't know what to say. What do you mean? Eddie has no idea what was going on. He could have helped somebody. What if someone needed help? I mean, that's true. It's like there's a lot of opportunities where we put it on that.

Everything was okay? You could have rolled a window. Hey, is everything okay? Yeah, but that's the same thing. Then they said, no. And then I would have stepped in. But they said, no. Then you have a reason.

Or what if they said yes? See, I mean, it takes me back to my childhood because we left Gino's East Pizza in downtown Chicago. And right across the street, this dude was roughing up a woman against the wall. My dad went over there. Well, yeah. Yeah, I would get that. If you're roughing up. That makes sense.

No, but the cop told him you should have just called 911. You don't want to get involved in a domestic situation. Let's make a pull a gun on you. Yes. And so that's not. I shouldn't run right with kids in your car. So maybe that's where I get my. Genetic.

Crime stuff. Yeah, I'm a crime fighter. Eddie, good job. Thank you, Matt. Good job. Everybody good job. All right. Here, by the way.

It's something we call Bobby's Mailbag. Hello, Bobby Bones. My husband and I have been married for almost a year. We each have two children from our previous marriages, and we share custody with our exes. My kids seem to have learned to love their stepdad, but despite everything I've done to try to get close to my husband's kids, they still have not warmed up to me. I think maybe his ex is telling them things about me that maybe aren't true, trying to keep them from liking me. but I do not know this positively. How can I try to be closer to them?

I want to bond with them, but I want to know how to do it. Signed, stepmom. I'm going to give you the real easy answer. I have a stepdad. Mom's no longer alive anymore, but it is literally time and consistency. That's it. It is the most simple solution. It may not work out.

She may, he, whomever, the other side is maybe talking crap about you. The only way to actually win that is just time and consistency. That's it. If you try too much, that'll push them away. If you try too little, they'll never come closer. In life, consistency is currency. That is the key. Don't be a try hard because then you shall die hard.

Consistency, that's all. Amy, you want to help on this one? Yeah, no, I think it's the consistency and then reminding yourself that if you are loving and kind and showing up for them, that any of their behavior towards you, if it's negative, it's not really about you. So just know that. It could be something that your ex is influencing or it could just be their feelings about the divorce

and somebody new and you can't take it personally and don't let it get you down even though that's not, you know, it's easier said than done. And try not to spiral toward his ex. You don't know if she's doing that or not. If she is, there's nothing you can really do about it. You don't want to confront it. And maybe she's not.

And it could be a conversation to have with your current husband to go, I'm really trying. Would you might have in a conversation to just let them know, I'm trying and I'm here. I'm not trying to be their new mom or anything. And when the kids are older, they'll know. Yeah. They'll know. Consistency. That's the key.

It's boring. Absolutely boring. Yeah. It's the app. It's A plus absolute. Thank you. Thank you. You sound like a good mom and step mom.

And I'm glad you emailed us. We appreciate that. Close it up. We've got your email. Clothes, Bobby's Mailback. Yeah. We're going to play What Year, What Year, What Year Was It? Everybody, sing it if you know it.

What Year, What Year, What Year, What You Was It? Okay, don't sing it anymore. You'll get three points if you nail it. Two, the second clue, one point at the end. Here we go. What Year Was It? Mbop by Hansen is number one for three weeks. Oh.

If you buzz in. Right now you get three. points if you get it right. Mbop by Hansen is number one for three weeks. Second clue. The finale of Roseanne aired and quote

ripped out the rug from underviewers by showing the entire plot of the ninth season was in fact a dream. Eddie. Now Eddie, if he takes it, you guys are eliminated from points. Go ahead. 1998. Incorrect. Yes! Yeah! Yeah!

Oh! Yeah. Yeah, because when I was on one year with Hansen, then with Roseanne, I was 98. So thank you, dude. Okay. Last chance. So we ring in. Now you have to write it down for the third one.

Okay. Third one, here we go. Mike Tyson is banned from boxing and find $3 million after biting the ear off of Vanderholyfield during a match. Now you two will write your answer down for one point. What year was it? You have Hansen Mbop. It's hard. The finale of Roseanne.

Mike Tyson is banned from boxing and find $3 million. You in? In. You in? In. All right. What year was it? Lunchbox.

1996. Amy? 1997. The year is 1997. Oh. Amy jumps up one to zero. Good job, Amy. Wowzers.

Next up. What year was it? Thrift shop by Mack Lamore and Ryan Lewis was the biggest pop song of the year. Oh, boy. It's worth three. Is he still around? Clue number two. Luke Bryans,

That's My Kind of Night. Spent 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. I'm in. Eddie. Eddie's buzzing in again. Go ahead. 2003.

Incorrect. Eddie is out. That's my kind of night. So you have Thrift Shop by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. You have Luke Bryan's, That's My Kind of Night. And the final clue is

The Harlem Shake. It was a viral trend that involved uploading videos of people shaking to a 30 second clip of the original song. What year was it? Write your answers down. The what? The Harlem Shake. So you have thrift shop.

That's my kind of night. Is the Harlem Shake that thing where they... I can't give you clues. No, that's the wobble, wobble, wobble. There are no flus given. Shoot. All right. Hold on.

That's my kind of night. What year was it? You have five seconds? Eddie said 2000 and what? Eddie said 2003. And he was wrong. Yeah, definitely. One of the dumber answers.

That's, but I mean. Or was it very close? Or am I playing? Am I playing them right now? All right. I need an answer, guys. I'm in for the win. Okay.

Amy, go ahead. 2012. Lunchbox? 2015. The answer is 2013. I knew it. That's where I messed up. I counted wrong.

By 10 years? Yes. You did blink 183? Because I did blink 183 because I knew we were here and I was trying to do the math. And I said 2003 thinking I was saying, in 13. Miami said blink 183. I'm an idiot.

Well, I was... No points. I was one year off. Let's do another one. Number three, what year was it? The Walking Dead debuted on AMC. For three points. Clue number two.

And by the way, when I take that breath, that's when there are no more buzzing in. That's the official move on. Toy Story 3 was the highest grossing movie of the year this year. So you have The Walking Dead debuted on AMC. Toy Story 3. On ABC or AMC? AMC.

The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert went number one. Oh. Write your answers down. Okay. The Walking Dead debuted on AMC. This is three of five total. Toy Story 3 highest grossing movie of the year. The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert went number one.

I don't know. In this? I'm in. I'm in for the win. I'm in. Lunchbox. 2014. Amy.

2007. Eddie. 2011. You guys are both wrong. The answer is Eddie was the closest with 2011 is 2010. Dang,

dang, dang, dang. So somebody get points? Who got points? Nobody. I did. 2000.

I did. I got 1997. Oh, yeah, I meant like. No, he meant that question. Relax. Yeah,

you have one. We have the scoreboard up here. Yeah. Okay, okay. Okay. Okay. One there.

All right, let's go. What year was it? A moment like this by Kelly Clarkson is released. Lunchbox. Lunchbox. That would be the year of 2,000 and three. Incorrect. And he stalled.

No, I was trying. Yellow card for, uh, I was watching him count down. Amy, you buzz in, go ahead. Two. Three points for Amy, correct. What? She got it right? Yeah, because it's the year of it.

A moment like this by Kelly Clarkson has released. American Idol. Michael Jackson. Angled Baby over the balcony and Brittany Spears and Justin Timberlake break up. 2002. Amy now has four points and well, you can't catch her guys. That's the winner. See ya.

So we'll just give Amy this one for fun because she's already the winner. Amy, you get this one. Clay Walker had three number ones this year with Live Until I Die, Dreaming with My Eyes Open, and if I can make a living. Also, Mrs. Doubtfire is released in theaters, and Nancy Kerrigan was struck in the lower right thigh with a baton. Detroit, Michigan, but before the Olympics. What year was that? You already won, but give it a ride.

Okay, 1994. Correct. Oh. Okay. That was a victory lap. It's time for the good news. With Amy. Tell me something good.

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It's a Princess Tiana arm. And she got to go to Disney to receive it. Princess Tiana is a Disney character. Oh, does she have like a Bionic arm? No, she's just a princess. Got it. A Disney princess. Oh, it's like themed.

Right. They'll do a themed arm. And so she got a trip to Disney and thinking, okay, this is what it is, which is amazing in itself. But then she meets Princess Tiana, and she gets a Princess Tiana. arm. I'm looking at the arm and I'm looking at Princess Tiana and how she dresses. It just looks like her on the show. But she got an arm.

That's cool. Like that's, what's a better gift than an arm? Maybe like a subscription to a year for Netflix. Somebody got me that once for like my birthday. I thought it was the greatest gift. But after that, like a bionic arm, that's really cool. Great story. That is what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good.

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Stiles. Okay, so Stiles, that's your name? Yeah. Okay. So everybody, this is Stiles. and it just quickly, it used to be Stiles Howery, which is your last name,

which feels a lot like Harry Styles, so you drop the Howary. Yeah, got it. I agree. What's funny is, like, everybody, this is Stiles, he has a song, 100% that we've been playing a lot.

So Stiles, to me, sounds like somebody who's, like, super fashionable, but it doesn't sound like, listen to this, styles in this room holds the state record for the largest moose shot

for archery in the state of Maine. Wow. Yes, yes, I do. So, like, what if we did like Stiles with the Y was a shotgun? Something like that, you know. I'm here for it. Hey, good at me, man. We love your song.

You know, we haven't met until right now. And this is not like a gimmick or anything where it's like, we're meeting for the first. This is the first time that we have ever met. And we heard your song. I heard your song 100%. I just started playing it. And I feel like the reaction just to me has been crazy. What about you?

Have people been reaching out at all? Yeah. Well, and that's like, I don't want to sound like too much of a suck up. But for real, I, you know, I have followed your stuff for a long time since I've moved to town. And I knew the – I didn't actually know the magnitude of the Bobby Bone show until you guys showed me some love. And yeah, it has been crazy. People have been checking in from all over. I just had more people text me this morning from Arkansas, my friends there.

They heard it on the radio. My producer heard it on the Big 98 again this morning. So I just got to say thanks in person. we haven't got to meet, but I just want to thank you and your whole team because I think I said on the Instagram before, like, you know, I'm a dad and a husband, and that's just so huge for me and my family and, you know, move to town trying to check a box of doing music for a living, and you guys just really help move the ball up the hill, so that's awesome. What I liked, and then I'm going to have you play in a second, but what I liked was,

because this, to me, was the same thing. We're on, in a bunch of cities, but we're on in Ohio, we're on Cleveland, I W-G-A-R. Yeah. And you were talking about how that was your first. home station. I remember the first time I ever got put on in Arkansas once I started, to me, that was the coolest that like my family and my friends could hear me. And you said that that was cool. They got to hear the song there. Yes, it was, that is like the biggest box for me because I grew up listening to that station. That's what got me into country music. And, you know,

trying, I don't really have a hometown bar that I can play at all the time. So getting pimped out in my hometown. That's just so awesome. The song is so catchy. I think he's just going to play. I haven't heard him really play either. So we do a little bit of recon as in Mike D. will go and look up YouTube's people playing live to make sure they don't come in and suck.

Let's be honest. Because it's happened before early on and we'd be like, oh, we should have. And Mike D has given us the thumbs up. Not only is the song good that you recorded, but you singing live also good. Okay. Okay. So we'll be the judge for ourselves. No pressure. All right. But his name is St.Y-L-E-S-S-S-E-S-E-S,

and this is his song that we play and that we love called 100%. Whenever you're ready. Nice job. That's awesome. That song is so catchy, man. It is. It's so catchy. The first time we played it, I came back in and I was the only part we heard it one time,

we were like 100%. We just walked around to do that. 100%. Yeah, congratulations on writing such a good song. Well, and I got to give credit with credits to do my cousin and my friend Bradcloss, writer in time with my cousin Michaela she's brand new to writing and she it was actually her idea she called me and said hey you know I've been trying to write and do this the stuff like you were kind of giving me guidance to do she goes I had this idea called 100% you say it all the time

I was like oh my gosh I said let me call my buddy Brad and next thing you know we we wrote it over Zoom and everybody thought it was awesome it was actually on hold for with Blake Shelton for a while It does sound like a song Blake would pick up. Yeah. Yeah, sure does. Before you moved to Nashville and really dedicated to music, what were you doing? You have a job, like a real job? Yeah, I was in the 669 pipe fitting union.

My dad was a mechanical contractor growing up my whole life. And I was, you know, I didn't want to work for him. He was not in union. So I went and worked for the union and cut grass. When you're a pipe fitter, what does that mean? So, like, you know, the sprinkler systems, like, like fire protection and stuff, like threading pipe and just hanging pipe

and ceilings of different, nothing worth doing. There's a guy, so when I moved, I moved. Well, we need that though. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. But it is a tough, it's backbreaking. It's like, it's blue-collar work.

It's, yeah. I moved to town. I lived in like Brentwood, which is a suburb, and then I moved into town, and the pipe, Federer guy, he was fixing the thing, made a mistake, and it popped the pipe at the very top of the building I lived in, flooded the whole building. Everybody had to move.

It wasn't you, was it? I'm just making sure right now. That wasn't you. Who was this Arkansas? No, it was here. Oh, here? No, I didn't never work. Okay, I'm just making sure. True or false, your dad sold his Corvette for you.

Yes, he did. For what reason? My dad sold his Corvette to fund my first recording project here in town. Wow. And I gave my dad 100% of the royalties. 100% of the royalties. Like through the distribution, I had given him 100% of the royalties back, and it was funny because a year ago, we looked back on that, and I had finally repaid him for all the... And it took a long time. It took almost eight years to pay him back, but he finally got his money back.

And that's a lot of love to sell, like, something you treasure for, like, the dream of your kid. Yeah. Yeah. My family has been a huge supporter of my music since day one, which is awesome. What was up with this? Because again, I'll mention it again. You hold the state record for the largest moose shot for archery in the state of Maine. So we're not talking about like game orange just put out fake deer all time. And then they got robotic. And then you're to catch poachers. We're not doing that. But did you shoot one of those or was it a real moose? No, it's real moose. It's in my, it's currently in my kitchen right now. My wife is not thrilled about that. I'm trying to find the spot. The whole moose? Yeah. She wakes up every day mad at me because it's chill. It's taxid room. The head though. Yeah. I was going to say a whole moose. Moose. No, not the whole... Half a bigger kitchen. God, dang.

No, yeah, but the kitchen is not very big, so it's... How far away when you shot it? 30 yards. Pretty close, but it's a very long story. Maybe we can... I wish I could tell you all the details, but we'd be here all day. What it sounds like to me is bow and arrow, pull back, hits moose, moose, moves goes down, big moose, trophy, in-house, wife mad.

How's that? That's perfect. Boom, nailed it. Nailed it. Go. On the Bobby Bones show now. Stiles. All right, Stiles has a song 100% that he just played for us.

When did you move to town, though? Like what year? I think 2018, 2017, 2018. COVID, I don't want to mess with my brain. Like six, seven years you've been here? Yep, going on my eighth year. And so you moved to town, and obviously you're an artist, but you did the, okay, I guess I'm going to write songs

and so I can just make some money until I can be an artist. Yeah, like I, you know, Warner Chapel, Ben Vaughn had shown belief in me as a writer and believed in what I was doing and gave me a chance to go there and write some songs. So your first ever number one as a songwriter was Country On by Luke Bryan. Oh, wow.

That hit number one in the last few months, right? Last six months, nine months, something like that? It was last year. In the last year, we'll take that. I have no idea what's happening with time. So Stiles is one of the writers on that. And so I asked him if he wouldn't mind playing that too

because it's always cool to hear the song play the song and how you wrote it. So what was this day like when you wrote the song? Do you remember writing the song? Yeah, it was over Zohelow. It was like actually crazy because there was a bunch of phone call. It was like between phone calls and zooms and stuff. And it just kind of got pieced together.

And then it sat, you know, in the files like they do. And then got sent over to Jeff Stevens. Next thing you know, it was the Luke Bryan single. And we're just like wild. Randomly. Yeah. Like you wrote it and they just put it, saved it. And then all of a sudden it made it away.

One of our co-writers had sent it to Jeff. and I think that's what started the spark, you know. But it was never, hey, we're going to write this for Luke Bryan. No, no. We're just like we do, you know, every day when we get in there. Let's just get in and write the best song in the room that day. All right, here he is. This is Stiles, one of the writers for Country On by Luke Bryan that went number one.

He's going to play a for us now. Oh, post the live performance on the podcast. Miles. Oh, thanks, good. Wrote that song for Luke Bryan. He has a song 100%. Man, I'm a big fan. Again, for people that are listening, I had never met him until today.

We've been playing a song. When did you start playing music? How old were you? I was in fourth grade. There was a country band that practiced in my dad's mechanical shop. And I actually started out on drums. And me and a couple buddies would skateboard and go to baseball practice and come back and make a bunch of noise.

And our first, we had a microphone taped to the corner of a wall at one point, just playing music. and started playing battle of the bands in school, and it just kind of got into my bones, and I never set it down. When did you go from the drummer, though, to the guy that wanted to be up front? Well, there was another guy that was way better at drums than me,

so I was like, you know, I'll try something else. What's the logo? You got on your hat and you have it on your chain. Like, what is that? So this is God's grocery store. I have a project coming out in the fall that I'm super passionate about. And, you know, it's just another thing that I can't spoil too much about it.

But I'm excited. I got a cool thing coming out in the fall. Well, I had to Google while you were playing styles. I looked it up because it's a grocery car, but I was like, oh, is that vegetables? Maybe it's a produce guy. I don't know. I am a produce guy. It's a deer hanging out of the grocery cart with his hooves up in the air and it's God's grocery store.

So I'll give you just a quick snippet on this. So I had created a page. for a lot of my outdoors videos that I've teamed up with. And I had that idea of that logo in my mind. And my wife had designed it for me and helped me put it together. And I was writing with Casey Beatherd, and he's seen it on my phone. And he goes, hey, what is that? I said, that's a guy's grocery store of the name of my YouTube channel.

And he goes, let's write that. And next thing you know, it's like, it just helped me really. I'm like, wow, that is me. You know, that's part of what I do. So we will link all of his socials on ours, but his name is Stiles. I'm rooting for you You're really good As a writer obviously

You've had success And you know as an artist I hope you kind of achieve Whatever it is you want to do I hope you achieve it like he shot that That moose Oh thank you Jane Yeah that record

Your guy that's here with you You've been with this since like fourth grade Is that true? You have a guitar player Somebody in your band you've been with forever Oh yeah my rhythm guitar player He was in that same Oh yeah really

Yeah he's cool Is he good or you just feel loyal To keep him around No he's good He turns his off He turns his Yeah he's good Okay, all right, just make a chat.

Just making a chat. Your voice went really high when you said he's great. He's also a firefighter on Gallatin as well. Oh, really? Yeah. There he is Stiles or follow him at Stiles, Howary Music, H-A-U-R-Y. Big fan, and we're looking forward to all the success, and we'll see you back soon, hopefully sometime.

Oh, thank you. All right. There is Stiles, everybody. I want to go over and talk to Debbie, who is listening right now, Wisconsin. Debbie, good morning. Well, I just had a little suggestion for you. We love it. Go ahead. I was hoping that maybe you could get read to do your end of the first half of the podcast song or maybe Addie.

It just hurts my feeling so bad that people don't like this. What, what are they talking about? I just saying, I told you that one day people were like put it into the podcast so we know and I'm just like, the podcast is over. And now people are so upset about it. I think you should shorten it a little bit. Not at all. I might lengthen it. I'm going to call this stairway to heaven, Led Zeppelin,

Freebird, a pot. The only thing is, this is how we know the first half of the podcast is over. I sing a little ditty. And people are like, have somebody else do it. I shall not. I shall stand by this. So that people can you turn it off, you can go to the next part of the podcast very easily. I didn't even try, honestly, I didn't even try that hard.

I could try to sing it better. My wife and I play a game called Sing for Real. It's the most hilarious game ever. We didn't invent it, but we play Sing for Real all the time. time. And that means this song that you're singing, try to sing it as best you can hard as you can. And it's funny because we can't sing. I didn't try to sing for real here, but I will

not change it. But I appreciate you, Debbie, because that reminds me how irritated I get at people just generally in life, not even you. Yeah. What does Debbie not like about it? Yeah, probably because it sounds so good and it's so unkey. It's too long. Debbie, what do you not like about it? Just, you know, just everything. Yeah, here, yeah.

See, but here's the thing. I want everybody to hear this. I still like Debbie, even though I do not like what she has to say. I think this is a wonderful example for how at this divided time, something like this can happen. Do not like what she has to say. I think it's the worst thing I've ever heard. However, still like Debbie, I think Debbie's a good person. Good example.

Debbie, I'll consider it, but I probably won't change it, okay? Okay. All right. I hope you have a good day. Thank you for calling. You too. Bye. On the podcast, we do two parts.

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Open your free I-Heart radio app. Search the CETO show and listen to you. I feel like it was a little bit unbelievable until I really start making money. It's Financial Literacy Month, and the podcast Eating While Broke is bringing real conversations about money, growth, and building your future. This month, hear from top streamer Zoe Spencer and venture capitalist Lakeisha Landrum Pierre as they share their journeys from starting out to leveling up. If I'm outside with my parents and they're seeing all these people come up to me for pictures,

it's like, what? But today now, obviously, it's like 100%. They believe everything. But at first, it was just like, you got to go get a real job. There's an economic component to communities thriving. If there's not enough money and entrepreneurship happening in communities, they fail. And what I mean by fell is they don't have money to pay for food. They cannot feed their kids.

They do not have homes. Communities don't work unless there's money flowing through them. Listen to Eating While Broke from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get. your podcast. Here's Amy's pile of stories. So you're in the bathroom and someone knocks on the door.

What do you say? Okay. Ah! Come here. Oh. That scares me. You scream? Yeah, I don't like it

because I think they're going to open it. And I don't like when people open the door and I'm so vulnerable sitting on the toilet. That's a vulnerable place. I don't know what's worse. Somebody walk in on you or you walk in on somebody, but I'm going to go with you walking in on somebody

if it's of the opposite sex. I think that's worse. If I were to walk in, the door's unlocked. a woman sitting on the toilet, that's the worst. Then second is a woman walking in while I'm on the toilet. Then third is anybody walking in when I'm on the toilet. Yeah.

I mean, that's embarrassing for sure. This is just, you're not being walked in right now. Like, you're just knock. Logged! Yeah, it's just knocked. So, O'Pol was taken. I have the most popular answer for what people say, and it's not a scream. Go away.

Go ahead, locked. The most popular is someone's in here. Got it. That's what I mean to say. We do that in third person. Isn't it weird that we don't just say I'm in here or I, because I guess you don't know the person. Maybe don't people to identify you because sitting on toilet is for some reason shameful and embarrassing. I don't know why everybody does it, but it feels that's shameful.

The second most popular is just a minute. And the next one is, yeah, with a question mark, because that normally gets the point across. And then my favorite one is there's actually some people that just say nothing and they wait for the person to go away. They go away. Yeah, they just say nothing and know that it's locked. so they're good and the person will just disappear. Yeah, I just, and I think I mean, someone's in here.

Please wait a second. When I'm finished, I'll be right out. I think that's what I mean. One in three people say it is cool to make a gift registry for a child's birthday party. Okay, I'm going to say why I agree with this. People will fill the need and the pressure to buy a gift. They will not know what to buy.

Therefore, what this does is provide a place for them to go so they can buy something and not feel guilty. about it or have to worry about where to go. We struggle with this with our wedding. I was like, I don't need anything. She doesn't need anything. We're very blessed. So don't need anything.

And somebody to me said, you should put up a registry because people are going to buy you something anyway and at least give them a place to go. So we have 500 mugs that have still not been used. Anybody need a mug? Let me know. It's more customary to have that. But I guess the new trend is do this too. Children's birthday parties.

Love it. Because again, you're not just buying a bunch of money. crap that also they're not going to use. I love it. That's true. I got to say, first when I read this, I was like, well, I'm part of the two out of three that's like, no, we don't need to do this, but. It makes it easy on everybody, unless they pick a bunch of high

expensive crap, and they won't. It makes that A to B, the gift part so much easier. And then I also have trauma because they would open gifts in front of, and I sometimes I couldn't afford to get somebody a gift, or I got the worst gift because we had no money growing up. Oh, like at the birthday party? Yes, and I hated that. I was so

embarrassed. So, maybe this also eliminates that gift opening to where people feel like if I can't take a good gift, maybe I can't go. I didn't think of that. I hated it. It still makes me like feel bad for kids that have to do this. If they can't get a gift and they're opening everybody else's gift or a bad gift. Well, thanks for sure. I'm sorry.

No, I mean, I think it's good. I hadn't really thought of that for some kids. So the science is still up in the air about why mosquitoes love some people and then couldn't care less about others. Blood type. But, well, science is still up in the air. No, no, it's blood type. Exactly why. I talked to science yesterday.

Okay. But here's some things that could be linked to mosquito bites that you're consuming or you're, and that makes mosquitoes want you more. Like if you eat bananas, a study found that people are more likely to get bit after eating a banana or really smelly cheese or floral-scented foods and desserts. And then the final one, which is going to be a big kicker here for some of the guys, beer. I would say I don't really do any of that. You know? I ain't eating up like crazy. I believe my science is not up in the year.

I made it up, but it's my science as blood type. What is your blood type? Don't know. Whatever it is, though. Mosquitoes love it. That was Amy's pile of stories. It's time for the good news. With Bobby.

Tell me something good. This is something that we see here where we live, and we live in Nashville. None of us are actually from Nashville. We moved here to do the show altogether, but there is a Nashville-based newspaper called The Contributor. Everybody familiar? Yeah. There's a guy outside of our, that's a guy that's, stood out for 10 years

who sells a contributor. King, King. Well, to me he says queen. Yeah, the girls are queen. Yeah. And so what they're doing is making a big impact because what they do is they give people a job. And what that does, it helps fight homelessness and gives people value. And so Keith, who is a

former homeless and longtime vendor guy, said he's been selling it for 12 years and their stability in his life because of this. He appreciates the independence. And it just goes on and on and talk about how the guy will Connolly who found it was like 70% of the people that show up and work for a certain amount of time, they not only are able to benefit from the money they're making, but it actually helps them have a history with the job to find another job.

Like it's on a resume. Like I've been it. And so 75% of the people who are vendors find another job and housing after working for a few months. That's cool. It's changing people's lives. And we see it firsthand here. Renaissance, we leave every day. Yeah.

And my buddy Josh, he's a huge Cowboys. fan. He does it right on I-40. It's my boy. I talk to him every day. Right when you pull up on the exit? He gave him his cowboy hat. I did. So Stephen Young, who we know, founder of Home Street Home, he is no longer homeless, but when he was, sold the contributor for five years while he lived on the streets, yeah. Great story. Big shout out Will Connolly. That's awesome. WKRN with that story. That is what

it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. All right, here's a voicemail we got over the weekend. For the love of God, Siles. Stop singing. That is the end of the first, whatever of the podcast. Oh my God. Bobby, stop it. Stop it.

Stop it. Stop it. The passion about this came out of nowhere. Both sides. Well, mostly this side and one other person. If you go to listen to our podcast after the show, I put a little thing at the end of the first half. It's like, that is the end of the first half of the podcast.

Randomly, people are so upset about it. Go listen to it. If you hate it, let me know. I'm not going to, I don't think I'll change it. Feel a passionate. I like that. I didn't know. You have like 100 of those.

If I had any good ones anymore, I play those. I don't have any good ones. So there's that one. Here's Scott from Ohio. I was at a local golden corral here over the weekend. And they had a tip box out for the people in the back cooking the steaks where they cook a medium, rare, flipping the hamburgers. It was in between breakfast, so they were still working on the eggs and stuff.

What's wrong with people? I do leave my waitress to tip, even though she does it only bring us. to popps. I think that's fair. I like to have everybody's opinion, but mostly I want to hear lunchboxes. Love the show. Longtime listener. Thank you for that. And then I will let you start. Lunchbox since old Scott wants to hear from you. You have about 20 seconds. You're on the clock.

Scott, I agree with you 100%. What's wrong with people? Why are we now tipping the cooks? Because they're doing their job. They're hired to cook the steaks, the burgers, cook the food for the buffet. And now you've got to tip them for that. It's out of control. Relax. Stop with the tipping stuff. All right. Thank you. I would say you don't have to tip anybody, and there is no expectation of you to tip anyone.

But I think it's if you have a buck or two, you can put it in there and help their life in a positive way. But there is no expectation to tip that person. And I do agree that in some situations, tipping culture is way out of hand. But I'm not going to get offended by something that doesn't affect me. If I want to throw a couple bucks in it, throw a couple bucks in it. If I don't, I don't, it's not the same as a waiter or waitress. There are some restaurants you can tip the kitchen staff too. It's a line, which is also kind of weird.

But no one's making you do it. There's no reason to get upset about it. You choose to be upset. This is like when people get offended at anything. When you get offended, you did that to yourself. You chose to be offended. You can move on or you can be offended. When you're offended, you did that to you.

So I like you as a listener, Scott. But no need to even think about it twice. If you don't want to give them a couple bucks, don't worry about it. Game over. The end. Yeah, move on. I'm good. I am moving on.

Thank you. I'm moving now over to the morning corny. Here we go. The morning corny. So do you think they're allowed to laugh loud in Hawaii? Or is it just Aloha? That was the morning corny. I'll give you a little.

Latoya Burke and Chesapeake, Virginia bought six identical tickets for the pick five drawing. She hit all six times, obviously, because all six were the same numbers. A grand total of $180,000. Now, the story comes from UPI.com, and I've got questions, mostly for lunchbox. Berg told Virginia lottery official she visited the store on Jackson Avenue, decided to try her luck with six identical tickets. She matched all the numbers. Listen to these winning numbers.

555550. Whoa. 55550. zero and each scored 30,000 bucks. Six times three is 18, $180,000. The winner did not reveal whether she had any immediate plans for her winnings. So lunchbox, if you were to buy one of these, is there a maximum amount that you can spend on one ticket? Because why would you not just spend six, if it's $1, why would you not just spend $6 on one ticket?

No, no, each ticket costs, it's set. Okay. Like you can only buy a certain, like if you buy one ticket, it's that price. I don't know why you would buy five of the exact same ticket. Well, the same reason you would buy one for six times the time. price. If you're making a bet, instead of making five of the exact same bet, you just do it for times five. So she really

wanted that. That is so weird. But she wanted it. And you ever do that? Buy the same numbers. No. Do you ever play the pick three, pick five? No, I don't ever do any of those. I should. I don't know that you should. They seem to win more because there's less combinations. Don't believe

what you read because you're only reading the very rare stories because they weren't rare. You wouldn't be reading about it. I'm saying she gave herself a one shot chance instead of buying five tickets with different numbers giving her a five chances. That's crazy. You would never do that. No, but maybe that's the strategy. What about the numbers 5, 5, 5, 5? When you pick number. No, I would never put the, like if I was doing pick 5. Like when you do like lottery, like Powerball or Mega Millions, you can't pick like 65, 65, 65, it only is in there one time. So these, I didn't realize you could have the same number. Because I think each of them is,

like zero through nine. Every single time, zero through nine pulls up. Either the ball goes back down in it or it's a different little br-blah. It has to be a different little bo-blah. Speaking of money, the Olympics are coming up.

If a United States athlete is in the Olympics and wins the gold medal, any idea how much they make? If any at all? I have the answers here. Oh, has to be. Gosh, I feel like I've either read this or talked about it before at some point,

but I don't know. What's it? $10,000 or something? It's $37,500 for every... Excuse me? Every gold medal. I thought it would be more. But again, I thought it would be zero.

I'll be honest with you. I thought it would be zero. Then you make your money based off marketing. Right. But once I read how much all the countries pay their people, I just would expect America kind of care of more. We dominate. But yeah, America is 37,500 for gold, 22,500 for silver,

$15,000 for every bronze. Your reaction lunch, lunch, is why. So how do they make money? Like they're training their whole life for this and they're making $37,000? The same way that like a professional volleyball player would make money. Not a huge sport in America. So they can either go overseas to do it or they can teach or they can get a sponsor.

You know, who, I mean. Or they can be a social media influencer on Bowen Arrow. I mean, you have to figure out ways to make money. That is so wild Would you think they should get? You think it was a big payout If they won the goal out like that? Yeah 100%

You're representing your country You should be getting paid While you train You should get everything Who pays you? I don't know It's not programs We don't have the programs

Really Like some of the countries do In China They find a four year old That's awesome You're in You're not even going to school They're putting you in

You're shooting nothing but baskets And you're doing nothing but gymnastics That's it Get it The number one country is Serbia If you get a gold medal But also what else They have going on

No I mean they got a kind of $214,000 for a gold medal. Wow. Malaysia, $212,000. They're not winning gold. Morocco.

Yeah, I know. Might as well be $10 million. Morocco, $200,000. Italy, $193,000. And number 5, Lithuania at $180,000. Keep going, but the United States is at $37,000. I'm watching that Sprinter show. Never mind.

It's not Tuesday's Reviews. It's not. Tuesday Review Day. Are you done? Nope. But what's it called? It's related to this. What's it called?

Do you like it? It's called Sprinter. And I. do like it. And this isn't a spoiler at all whatsoever because it's, oh boy. It's from the Olympics. The 100,

I don't think you should say anything else, but I will allow you to. Go ahead. I'm not sure. It's a hundred meter. I didn't know that the 100 meter was like the coveted like, you win that. It's the famous one. That's the man on earth.

And, and. And, and. And some, but some guy from Italy won during COVID times. I know this because there's masks. on their faces, but... Can you imagine running, spreading with a mask? No, no, no, no, no. When they were on stage.

That's like a sailboat. You start going backward? No, when they were on the podium. Anyway, a guy from Italy shockingly won. He's very good looking and I'm like, dang, he got $190,000 for that. Is that Olympics?

Yeah. I think so. COVID was Olympics? 2020. Man, I don't even know what year it is anymore. And that is the end of the first half of the podcast. Biggest stars will be in Austin, Texas. Our 2026 IHard Country Festival presented by Capital One. Tickets are on sale now. Get yours before they sell out at Ticketmaster.com. That's Ticketmaster.com.

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