The Bobby Bones Show - Sunday Sampler - The Nashville Podcast Network (8-13-23)

Episode Date: August 13, 2023

In this weekly series, we are sharing highlight clips from the past week of five podcasts on The Nashville Podcast Network- The Bobbycast, 4 Things with Amy Brown, Sore Losers, Get Real with Caroline Hobby and Movie Mike's Movie Podcast!   You can listen to new episodes weekly wherever you get your podcasts.  You can find them on Instagram: -The Bobbycast- @bobbycast  @mrbobbybones -4 Things- @radioamy -Sore Losers- @soreloserspodcast -Get Real- @carohobby -Movie Mikes Movie Podcast- @mikedeestro  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. 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. There's an economic component to communities thriving. If there's not enough money and entrepreneurship happening in communities, they failed. Listen to Eating While Broke from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is Amy Rovok alongside T.J. Holmes from the Amy and T.J. podcast. And there is so much news, information, commentary coming at you all day and from all over the place. What's fact? What's fake? And sometimes what the F. So let's cut the crap, okay? Follow the Amy and T.J. podcast, a one-stop news and pop culture show. to get you caught up and on with your day.

And listen to Amy and T.J. on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and hosts of the podcast, a slight change of plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program.

Listen to a slight change of plans on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, Bobby here. We're back with another Sunday sampler. It's highlights from five podcasts on the Nashville Podcast Network. And so let's do it because I don't know what you got going on anyway. But we got a variety of topics, music. movies, healthy living, sports. In this episode, you're going to hear stories from Marty Stewart,

who is Caroline's guest this week on Get Real with Caroline Hobby. Mike D talks about why the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 1990 is one of the best movies of all time, and then we go further into it. Bear from Need to Breeds is on. All this is happening. Thank you guys for checking out the Sunday sampler. So the new record is coming out September. So Caves, I don't know, give me, why Caves?

Is there some sort of deeper meaning? about caves. Yeah. I mean, I think it's more and more I understand this, like, because it's so cyclical, like when you're working on a record, to me, the artist's job, at least, you know, as I see it, is that you go into this sub-sort of subconscious place and you're trying to, like, you know, I'll use the word universe from it of like, you're just trying to, like, receive and process this information.

And you try to stay there longer than most people would want to. I don't buy into the idea, like, you got to have a crappy, life to have to write good songs. I don't buy into that at all. But I do buy into the fact like when those things happen, you need to marinate longer. And so that's what the cave represents to me of kind of like, it's really the song is, you know, the line is coming out of the cave. That's what's really about of like, okay, we spent this time together. We process all this stuff. We put it on paper. We don't know what it is. Here you go. And now we're going to all celebrate this together. So I think that's where it came from. And then, yeah, the record is.

really interesting. Like, we've always had a chip on our shoulder, I think, because of being from a small town, all the Christian thing, all that. I feel like early on our career was like everywhere we went. You know, we just had this angst about, like, we're about to dominate this. You know, like just look. And I feel like this is the first record, in my opinion, where we were able to get out of our own way in that way. Because what I look back and I go, wow, I can see that sort of like ego thing dripping into this song. It has no place there.

It's not serving this song at all. And so I think when I hear it back now, that's the takeaway I have from the record, which is just like there's a little bit of freedom there. It's thankful, which is different for a rock band to say, probably. Just in the sense of like we get to do this. Like we get to put the stuff out into the world and people appreciate it at whatever level that is. I think that's probably surprising to me, after all we've been through that like we still have the opportunity and the sort of

creative freedom to do it. Are you surprised you guys are still together? Yeah. Yeah. Now I can see it going a lot longer, which is crazy. But there was, I mean, 10 years in our career, we had just an absolute meltdown of all kinds for probably two to three years of just like personal relationships are going to crap.

Everything in the band, it's like my brother was in the band at that time and it was really rough. And both of us were not good humans anyway. You know, at the time, we're just like really struggling with all kinds of stuff. And then so it was separate dressing rooms. It was, there's no encouraging word before the, before the show. It's not, it is just get through it, whatever it takes. At the same time, you have this crazy ambition driving everything that's not feeding the art at all. It's just, it's absolutely like, if we go harder, if we go harder, you know.

So yeah, I think, I think it was a time there for a while. I was sure it was over. I was just like, well, we'll just play this next tour and see how far it gets. So I'm, yeah,

I'm surprised. I was talking to kicks Brooks, who's half of Brooks and done. He was talking about playing a show and him and Ronnie weren't getting along. And they had just been, I mean, they'd kill it.

They had 20 number ones. They'd been doing 15 years or so. They just were not. Like any relationship, like I mentioned earlier, it's not just a band. It's my friends to do a radio show. It's husband and wife

relationships. Anything has to be nurtured and you have to go to the bad times to make the good times even better. And it's a lot of survival. And he was like, we just want to do it anymore. Merrill Haggard was like, hey, don't be an idiot. Like, you see all those people here? He was like, you've got to figure that crap out. And so they broke up. Yeah. But he always remembered that. And they ended up getting back together and was like, man, we don't even feel like we really missed a beat. But he was like, if I could tell people now. Like, it's like, figure it out. Go away if you need to. Get therapy for you. Get therapy for other people. And then, But stay together because of what they had with each other and what you guys have is so rare, regardless of the relationship and how it is person.

Like to actually find a unit that can do what you've done is so rare. I think it's easier now knowing, like being able to value that or like seeing what we have. There was a time there where it felt like, you know, even though the thing was big, there was like some other future thing that we were trying to be that we weren't yet. So there was always this like frustration that I didn't, I don't think I could feel back then. that I feel now. So it does, I mean, as part of this aging, obviously, you're just like kind of getting some perspective. Hey, it's Amy Brown from Four Things with Amy Brown.

And here's what we talked about this week on my podcast. I am definitely someone who, well, because my mom had cancer and my dad had cancer, I sometimes have thoughts. Well, I'm going to get cancer. But then I don't want to have those thoughts because I feel like if I have those thoughts, then I'm, you know, inviting the cancer. And I know that it's not necessarily linked to that for sure. But I do think our thoughts have a lot to do with how our body responds to stress. And if I'm constantly stressed that I'm going to get cancer,

well, you see where I'm going with that. But breast cancer does not run in my family. So I've never had much concern for that. And I got a mammogram last week. I thought everything was fine. And then I got a letter in the mail saying that I had some dense tissue. So I booked an appointment to go in a week later, which was today. And I kind of was like, oh, dense tissue. I googled it. It's very common. Nothing really to worry about. They just want to be extra cautious. So I'm on the phone when I'm there. I've got my coffee. I'm just like, woohoo. Like, let's go get this done. Chop, chop. And the woman looked at me and said, do you, do you know why you're here? And I said, yeah, dense tissue. And she said, yeah, no, we found a spot in your left breast that wasn't there a year ago.

And instantly, my whole demeanor changed. Like, I honestly feel it in my body right now. Even though I'm letting you know right now before I get into the story, I am okay. I don't think I would be here like la la la telling you the story if I had gotten different results today for sure. but I literally just felt into my body, like how I felt the minute she looked at me with a very serious face, like, oh, no, no, you're here for a very specific reason. And then she pulled up my scans from last week and showed me this spot on my left breast

that wasn't there a year ago. And she said, the radiologist wants to get new scans. And then if he's satisfied, you can go. if he's not, then we're going to need to get an ultrasound, but you will have results before you leave here today. You're not going to leave here without knowing if, you know, you need more tests done or if you're in the clear. Meanwhile, I am like trying to hold back the tears because, again, my mind just starts racing. Well, I knew this is going to happen. My mom had it, although she had anal cancer. My dad had it, although he had like throat cancer, maybe tongue as well. Neither one

them had breast cancer, but still, now it's in my head. Meanwhile, I'm like, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry. And she's like, could you go ahead and just like, yeah, turn that way and I'm going to smush this down? She's like, is that too tight? I'm like, it's not too tight. Honestly, lady, I can't feel anything you're doing to me because my body is here, but my mind is not here. My mind is in the future living with cancer and how I'm going to deal with it. But also, how I'm going to beat it and how it's going to be awesome because I'm not going to let this defeat me. And I will find out what is possible from that. I start asking myself all these deep questions because, you know, clearly I have cancer now. She does the scan. She said, go sit outside. We'll come talk to you in 10 minutes.

And I'm like, okay, trying to hold back the tears. They come out. He's not satisfied. We need you to go do an ultrasound. And I'm like, yep, mm-hmm. I knew it. I got cancer. The whole time she's doing the ultrasound, the story is building. I've already had my breasts removed in my head. And then I'm like, am I going to get implants or am I not? Have I lost my hair? It's crazy what our minds will do. I sit there for 10 minutes after that and she comes in and says, okay, you're all clear. Just make sure you do yourself exams throughout the year and come back next year for your yearly appointment. And then I was just sent on my way. And it was just this emotional roller coaster of I got there, kind of easy, breezy with my coffee, ain't no thing, dense tissue. And then boom, went into almost two hours

of stress and literally my body feeling as though I now have this disease. And then, voila, I just walked out of there easy, breezy again and got in my car and drove away. And it just got me thinking of things sometimes we avoid because we're nervous. Because honestly, that experience was so taxing on me that I'm like, well, I don't want to go back next year for my scan. I mean, obviously I know I want to go because I want to be as proactive as possible and I don't want to take advantage of the fact that I even have access to care like this and there's some people in the world that don't so I need to go. But I also don't want to feel all those emotions again and go through that. And then it got me curious about genetic testing because I've never

had that done. And I was reading this whole article about the genetic tests that are available for certain types of cancers. And there are some potential pitfalls with genetic tests. I did read that because if the test reveals no known genetic cancer links, then that puts you back to square one in terms of figuring out why a cancer is common in your family. And if the test does confirm that the presence of, you know, an abnormal gene is there, that doesn't automatically mean that something bad is going to happen. And in some cases, the gene creates only a slightly higher risk, like slightly higher. I saw the American Cancer Society said that most cancers are not passed down through families.

the number of inherited cancer cases is only 5 to 10%. Now, the story is different if your parents had breast cancer or any other hereditary cancer. So definitely do your own research. I just wanted to share with you my very personal experience and how I am not going to put off my test next year, even though it was highly stressful. And I'm not going to put off my OBGYN appointments. And if you have anything that you've been avoiding, book the appointment. Maybe you also have a hard conversation you have been avoiding. And that is building up stress in your body. Or you're not happy with certain things in your life and you know that there needs to be a change, but you keep putting it off. Body keeps the score. Stress leads to inflammation and inflammation leads to disease.

And that doesn't necessarily mean cancer. But certain ailments are going to show up if we're not taking care of ourselves and doing the hard things, which again could either be going to that appointment or having a tough conversation or making a major life change or whatever it is that you need to do to take care of you. That was really what I was inspired to get on here and share with you. But I don't think what my parents had is a hereditary thing. And the likelihood of me getting it is very low. So I want to live as though I'm not going to get it and I don't want to live in fear. But I do want to be prepared and I do want to be proactive. So hopefully at least one of you needed to hear this encouragement.

I went and sat on the little ottoman in front of him. I said, hi, dad. And just when I said that, my mom comes out of the kitchen. She says, I have some cookies and milk. This is his badass convict. Right. Just finished five years. I'm going to have cookies and milk at my mom.

Yeah. On the senior show podcast, each episode invites you into a raw, unfiltered conversations about recovery, resilience and redemption. On a recent episode, I sit down with actor, cultural icon Danny Trail, talk about addiction, transformation, and the power of second chances. The entire season two is now available to binge, featuring powerful conversations with the guests like Tiffany Addish, Johnny Knoxville, and more. I'm an alcoholic.

And without this trouble, I'm going to die. Open your free I-Heart radio app. Search the Cito Show and listen now. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program. I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast, a slight change of plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans.

We share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation. There is one finding that is consistent. and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships. I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes. Listen to a slight change of plans on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is Amy Roboc alongside T.J. Holmes from the Amy and T.J. podcast. And there is so much news, information.

commentary coming at you all day and from all over the place. What's fact, what's fake, and sometimes what the F. So let's cut the crap, okay? Follow the Amy and T.J. podcast, a one-stop news and pop culture shop to get you caught up and on with your day. And listen to Amy and T.J. on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Let's do it live. We are the one, two, three. So are losers.

What up, everybody. I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports. So I'll give you the sports facts, my sports opinions, because I'm pretty much a sports genius. What up, y'all. It is Sisson. I'm from the North. I'm an alpha male. I live on the west side of Nashville with Beezer, my wife. We do have a white picket fence at the apartment complex. Soon I'm going to have 2.5 kids. And yes, sadly, I will die of a heart attack when I'm 72 years old. Here's a clip from the last podcast. what makes you happy in life Ray? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. No, no. Like, is there something that, like, puts a smile on your face? Literally not having any responsibilities in the moment. So say you have a four-hour swath, not having one damn thing to do.

That makes me happy. Alcohol a little bit, but I can go without it. And sports slash gambling. Like, those three things. the utmost happiness. I was at the Red Sox game on Friday and Saturday in Boston. Fenway Park, if you didn't know. And there are two things that make people super happy that are so ridiculous and so like,

this is so funny how people look like they're in a bad mood and this happens and it's like their life has changed forever. It's the Jumbotron. If you get put on the Jumbotron, you are instantly, all of a sudden, the happy, the cheapest person in the world. It is like the craziest thing that's ever happened to you. Because people would be sitting there in their seats just like, oh man, I'm in a bad mood.

My life sucks. We're dancing back and forth. I mean, it's so funny how they can go from downtrodden to like, oh my God, when this game be over to all just because you're on the freaking jumbotron. And it's hilarious. done it before. Because it's so... I know, but it's so true. Like, it is such a good feeling to be on the Jumbotron. Let's be real. There's not a lot of... Fenway has it all. The history,

the alcohol, not 99% guys, stuff like that. But Jumbotrons are, make a sporting event a little bit more exciting. A lot of these, like Detroit, Comerica, dude, there's not a damn one thing exciting that goes on during that game. I think they did actually win a game the other day. But other than that, the Jumbotron is the one thing, having a beer. That's an it thing. The Jumbotron. Dude, other than that, there's no home runs. You're just staring off into, I mean, a bunch of danger. Dude, Jumbotron really is just one of the things that kind of perks. I know, but isn't it funny, though? Like, they can be sitting there and just miserable. And then someone points and goes, you're on the screen. You're on the screen. And they jump up like they are the

happiest person in the world. It is so fun to watch. It's hilarious. I agree with you, but they are kind of going down a little bit. Now that people can film themselves and go on Instagram and become their own famous, back in the day you never saw what you looked like. Now you want to know the second thing. That makes everybody happy. A baseball. A baseball.

A simple little baseball, whether it be a foul ball, a home run, or a player running off the field, throw it in the stands. When they throw it in the stands, everybody around that ball jumps up and is, sticking their hand in the air trying to grab the baseball. And when they get it, what do they do? Stick it in their pants. No, they grab it and they show everybody around them.

I got a baseball! I got a baseball! I got a baseball! And we all do it. We all do it. It's unconstrollable reflex when someone is running off the field with a ball that you start going, right here, right here,

throw me a ball, don't be a ball, don't be a ball. And my theory on that is it's your excitement as a kid. Most of us haven't thrown a baseball since we were a kid and our careers came to a conclusion at 18 in college. And so there's that. But it's also he chose me out of everyone around me to throw me the ball. Masculinity, I'm also able to catch this ball and show that I'm greater of an athlete than everyone around me.

And I'll hang up and listen. And when you watch the ball come into the stands and everybody do their thing, people falling over chairs, like knocking over drinks, all for a little baseball. I get it like, I think it's cool to get a baseball. But I think it's cooler if it's a batting practice, cool. What? Cousin Andrew. Pretty cool.

Ryan. Catch a foul ball. Awesome. When they throw it to you, cool, but it's the lowest of the low. Yeah, we tried at spring train to get a couple bullpen pitchers to just throw us a ball. Didn't even get to throw them to us. So it was actually the opposite of that. So you were sad.

Yeah, so there's the feeling of getting into them to throw it to you. That's like, uh, when they don't throw you the lowest level of a baseball at a game, then it's your lowest level of feeling at a game. Yeah. Like even when they're warming up and they're done warming up, throw me the ball! Don't me the ball! Marrifield!

Maryfield! Over here! Maryfield! Merit! Witt! No. Dang it. You know what Boomer did? This guy, he saw it, we were at the spring training in Phoenix.

Boomer, my nephew. few 15. The catcher was throwing balls to his family. And so Boomer sees him get a whole pile of like four balls. He knows that they know the people. And so he sees him throw one, throw two. And he goes, well, I know the section they're throwing it to. It's his family members. Boomer cuts in with the family, grabs a ball and Belines it back to our seats. What I'm talking about. The guy was just giving it to his aunt and uncle. See? And how happy was Boomer that he got that ball? Dude, I was sitting in our seats on the third baseline. He ran around the stadium and that right back next to us. I got a ball. I got a ball. Good job, Boomer. You stole it from his

grandma Nana. But Boomer was in a great mood, wasn't he? He was. He was. Everybody is in a great mood when they get a ball. It's so funny. It's two simple things. And it's the sport that does it. Football, basketball, hockey, golf, tennis. They don't really throw the balls in the stands. Correct. It's baseball. And it's every single time the third base coach gets a foul ball. He turns and you see it immediately. Everyone jump up. Me! Me! Me! Yo, yo, yo, yeah. I want it. I want it. I want it.

Hilarious. And it also gets guys good with their chick, you know? I got a ball at a game. I mean, a lot of guys are going to bag after they got a ball. And you can give it to a kid. You can put that ace in the whole. That's the way your girl thinks that you're sentimental. You're nice, you're sweet.

Like, you work so hard to get that ball, but then you give it to a kid. You know, and then you're showing it to her. You're joking like you're going to put it down her shirt. There's so many different things you can do with a ball. ball at a game. Ray, I put it in my pocket. Yeah, I mean, when cousin Andrew, when he caught that home, I mean, didn't catch the home run ball on batting practice, and it hit his hand.

Like when we were walking back down, I was like, dude, where's the ball? And he was like, I gave it to a kid. What is he? And I said, Mother Teresa. I said, what? He goes, man, there's a little kid he wanted it. Were you on TV? I said, bro, you just wrist your hand.

He goes, hell no, I didn't give it to the kid. It's in the bag, man. It's one of the top 10 moments of my life. It's Caroline Hobby from Get Real with Caroline Hobby. And here is a clip from this week's episode. You have been singing, performing on the grand old opera since you were 13 years old. That's not every day that you get started that young. I always find it so fascinating when people find their talent and their calling at a very young age

because it really, a lot of people will search forever to figure out what they're good at. But you clearly knew your gift and your calling and your talent from the start. How did you find it so young? I always, I mean, I was practice, honestly, I was practicing my autograph from the third grade. That's pathetic, but that's the truth. You just knew? I knew, and I couldn't wait to be in a band. I couldn't, I started my first band when I was nine years old. I wanted to be in a band. I wanted to travel up and down the roads of the world and sing songs and hang out and live that kind of lifestyle. And so I got to it just as fast as I possibly could.

How did you even know about it? Like how to do it? Well, I think I was always one of those people that I got records early on. And back when I was a kid, people like Porter Wagner and the Wilburn brothers and some of those rhinestone suit wearing country stars all had 30 minutes syndicated, television shows that played in our town on Saturday afternoons. It was like Grand Vial Opry time. I used to watch those shows with my dad,

and I just loved the way those characters looked. I love their songs and their instruments, the stories and their songs, the stories they told. I went, I get that. I want to do that, and that's all I ever wanted to do. So how did you get hooked up touring for greats? Because at 13, you're playing, you're playing with Johnny Crash. That's later.

Lester, you're playing, like, how did this all get going? How did you get, like, jobs? Well, when I was, when I was 12, there was a band called the Sullivan Family Gospel Singers. They were Bluegrass Music people. And they had a television show in that part of the South and down in Mississippi and Alabama. And they played close to my house and a buddy, and a buddy madam was playing with him. And I asked him to ask permission if I could come and sing a song on the Mandolin that night. And they let me. They went over pretty good. and then I asked him if he would ask if I could travel with him that summer. And so the first thing I know, my mom and dad said yes,

because it was, you know, churches and bluegrass festivals and those kind of things. And the next thing I know, I'm on the road doing it. And when at the end of that summer, it broke my heart when I had to come home and go back to school. I was a pathetic excuse for a student. So I got kicked out of school. And a couple of buddy of mine in Nashville, who worked at the Grandin, a lot with Leicester Flat. and he invited me up for a weekend to ride with him because I was not in school for a week.

And so I begged my mom and dad to let me go to Nashville just for the weekend. And Lester Flat heard me play and he put me on stage and they gave me a job, 13. I mean, that is kind of mind-blowing a little bit. It is, it is. I never even considered it. I never even considered the way to the matter until about, 20 years later, my drummer at the time he brought his

13-year-old son on the bus and I said, Travis, how old he's at 13? And I looked and I saw myself sitting over there for the first time and it almost made me sick at my stomach. I got scared for the first time. Why didn't get scared? Well, I mean,

I didn't have enough sense at 13 years old to be scared of what the world you know, how it could devour a child, how the music industry could devour a child, you know, it's been done before. But I just blundered head first into it. And when I saw Travis sitting over there, I think I saw myself for the first time ago.

So much could have gone wrong. So much could have gone wrong. Everything could have gone wrong, actually. Oh, yeah. I mean, how did it not go wrong? Because when you're 13 and you're traveling with a star and you're a star and yourself because you're 13 on the stage of the star. So I'm sure everybody notices you,

wants to talk to you. You're living this life, you know? Like, how does it not go wrong? How do you keep your head on straight? How do you even know how to? Well, I probably didn't. I probably didn't. But Lester had a lot of wisdom.

He was like this very steady kind of country preacher presence. And my mom and dad, they were not, they were not, you know, stage parents. They were hardworking, you know, blue-collar people that was just as interested in what my sister was doing as what I was doing. So the family was the steadying force, you know. It came and went, it ebbed and flowed, but the family between my mom's wisdom and guidance and Lester Flats' wisdom and guidance, I think that kept it somewhat on the rails.

What an education and a life. I mean, was that your school? you probably didn't really go to school then anymore. I was supposed to finish school by way of correspondence course, and that, you know, it was out to 11. 15 minutes,

forget that. I walked up in the front of the bus one day and those old guys were playing poker. I said, can somebody tell me what an adverb is? And what I said, I think it goes on a tractor. Give me a 10,

you know? And so, no, I never finished school formally, but it was such an education to be out there with those people. It was a, you know, every day was a great education. I went and sat on the little ottoman in front of him. I was, hi, dad.

And just when I said that, my mom comes out of the kitchen. She says, I have some cookies and milk. This is his badass convict. Right. Just finished five years. I'm going to have cookies and milk at my mom. Yeah. On the Ceno Show podcast, each episode invites you into a raw, unfiltered conversations.

about recovery, resilience, and redemption. On a recent episode, I sit down with actor, cultural icon Danny Trail, talk about addiction, transformation, and the power of second chances. The entire season two is now available to binge, featuring powerful conversations with the guests like Tiffany Addish, Johnny Knoxville, and more. I'm an alcoholic, and without this trouble, I'm going to die. Open your free I-Heart radio app.

Search the CETO show, and listen now. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program. I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and hosts of the podcast, a slight change of plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. We share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation. There is one finding that is consistent, and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships.

I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes. Listen to a slight change of plans on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is Amy Roboc alongside T.J. Holmes from the Amy and T.J. podcast. And there is so much news, information, commentary coming at you all day and from all over the place. What's fact? What's fake? And sometimes what the F. So let's cut the crap, okay? Follow the Amy and T.J. podcast, a one-stop news and pop culture shop to get you caught up and on with your day. And listen to Amy and T.J. on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Hey, it's Movie Mike from the Bobby Bone Show. This is a clip of my podcast, Movie Mike's Movie podcast where not only do I do spoiler-free movie reviews every week, I also have a theme on every episode and get into a big movie exploration topic. This week, I talked about why 1990s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is one of the best movies of all time. So if you want to hear more movie nostalgia like this, subscribe to my podcast. I wanted to do a deep dive into one of my favorite movies of all time. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 1990 is a top 10 film for me. So I want to look at all of the aspects surrounding the 1990 film, how this movie was based on a comic book in the 80s turned TV show. Before I get into all that, I want to share with you how I was first

introduced to the Teenage Mutin Ninja Turtles. And it all stems from my older brother, who was born in the 80s and who was such a big fan of that original cartoon. And is really the reason that I love the turtles as much as I do because I was born in 1991. This first movie came out before I was born, but I just remember seeing it so much because he was such a big fan of it. And through me wanting to be just like my older brother and into all the things that he was, Ninja Turtles was one of those first few fandoms that I was completely a part of, even though it was just maybe a little bit before my time with the cartoon coming out in the 80s and these movies being out when I was a baby. But all through my childhood, I remember watching these VHS tapes with him and bonding so

much that over the years, it has been a form of how we stay connected as brothers with the 2007 animated movie being one of the movies I remember going to see in theaters with him and being really excited about it. And even with the live action movies coming out in the 2010s, it has been a way that we've always bonded and connected with each other. So I think for a lot of kids, there is a deep personal connection with this franchise unlike anything else really out there. And even more so than Marvel movies and superhero movies, there is still. something that instantly connects us with our childhood when it comes to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And that's why I love now that there is another reincarnation in the 2020s that is going to be

that for some kid. Because I feel there are only certain movies, maybe 10 total, that I love every single aspect of the film. And I don't even look at it as a movie. When I sit down and watch them, it just feels like I am watching a part of myself, a part of my life that I don't focus on the directing style, I don't focus on the cinematography. I just think of them really as life experiences. Everything from the new line cinema logo in this movie, I just have embedded into my head. I hear this sound. I see this logo and I immediately associated with this

first Teenage Mutant into Turtles movie. And there are very few movies that do that. And then after that logo. Well, you get that opening scene, but what really sets it off is that theme song. Let's go. And there, you just have me. You just gripped me with that song and it doesn't let go through the rest of the movie. So what this first movie served as was the introduction to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And in this movie, you find our four friends who are living underground in the shadows of the sewer and are protecting New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas. Ah, you love that storyline. But that's really what this story is.

They are just trying to make the world above them a better place by taking out all these bad guys. But they can't be seen because they have a dad named Splinter who is a rat, who rescued them as kids after stumbling upon to this ooze and they turned into these creatures who love pizza and love kicking butt. I think as a kid growing up, I really saw myself in Michelangelo and that is. actually why my family gave me the nickname growing up as Mikey. Everybody knew me as Mikey. And it was because of my love of the Ninja Turtles and my love of the character. He had so many iconic lines in this movie like this one. Pizza dudes got 30 seconds. He had the charm like in this line. She called me Mikey. But looking back at this movie as an adult, I really just think I am more

of a Raphael who is the moody teenager in this movie and I think that is what lots of kids watching this they were able to identify with a different character and who are you most like are you more like Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello or Raphael. Now as an adult I think I am much more of a Raphael who I actually think is a lot more sophisticated than a teenager in this movie. He just has this rage for no reason. It's showcased in his first battle with Casey Jones. Love, freak, I got what to do? Freak! Like that?

Come back here! I'm not finished with you! That vocal performance... Damn! All of that, it just gets me up like this. Like, I just feel that now more as an adult of... When I feel like an outsider, when I feel like people don't get me, I feel very much like Raphael.

And sorry if I got a little bit excited and talked over that clip, I just really felt that Raphael performance there. And there's just so much emotion, show. case in this movie and it's greatly reflected through Raphael who is going through this mental journey of just finding his place and trying to get Splinter back after he was taken by the foot clan and having the thing you love the most and care about being taken away from you. So you hear it first in his encounters with Casey Jones but then later once he finds out that Splinter has been taken. So when I look back on this movie, it is surprising to me how big of a hit it became.

because it was so different than the cartoons. You hear it here. You hear all the emotions. You see the action in this movie, which is, for a kid's movie, pretty violent. They actually used their weapons in this movie. And I think that's why whenever the sequel came out, Secret of the Ouse, that they got away from the use of their weapons. And instead they were using other things like sausages or other objects to inflict pain on other people because kids were starting to emulate the Ninja Turtles and whacking their brothers and sisters with a stick or even worse trying to find a sword to stab somebody with.

So there was such a big tone shift between the first one and the second one and never again in a teenage mutant Ninja Turtles, whether it be a TV show or a movie, was this same energy captured? I don't think you could ever really do a movie like this again unless like a big director like Christopher Nolan gave it the Dark Night Treatment, which would be amazing. because I think there is a darker Ninja Turtle story to tell even more so than this one. I am no longer afraid to say that this movie from 1990 is a top 10 film for me. Hey, thanks for listening. We want you guys to be exposed to these podcasts. Maybe you want to go and subscribe to one of them or two of them. That'd be awesome if you did.

Check it out. A new episode of the Bobbycast comes out every Tuesday. Four Things with Amy Brown comes out every Thursday. The Soar Losers put three episodes up a week and movie. Mike's movie podcast and Caroline and her Get Real show come out on Monday. So it's all there. Hope you have a great week. And we'll see you with all new episodes coming up this week. Hey there, folks. Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes here. And we know there is a lot of news coming at you these days from the war with Iran to the ongoing Epstein fallout, government shutdowns, high-profile

trials. And what the hell is that Blake lively thing about anyway? We are on it every day, all day. Follow us, Amy and T.J. for news updates throughout the day. to Amy and TJ on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and hosts of the podcast, a slight change of plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance.

And then there's your body having its own program. Listen to a slight change of plans on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. There's an economic component to communities thriving. If there's not enough money and entrepreneurship happening in communities, they failed.

Listen to Eating While Broke from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.