The Bobby Bones Show - TUES PT 2: How Does Bobby Deal With Trolls? + Did An Airline Rip Amy Off? + Bobby Brings Listeners In Studio

Episode Date: August 25, 2026

Bobby has a dilemma of leaving a group chat that is blowing up his phone. Amy shared an update on her flight to Ecuador and why it turns out it might have been too good to be true. Bobby shares how he deals with people coming after him trying to get a reaction out of him. Bobby ran into a listener on the street yesterday and she showed up in the studio…we found out why!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches, there's a lot of suspense. Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pastos survive the first bite? Will the lunchbox come home empty, half full, or come home at all?

And will you finish episode 8 before you're done slicing the cucumbers? Get Bell Pure Fiber Internet with Craved Netflix and Disney Plus from $94 a month. Price guaranteed for two years on Internet with a two-year term and auto pay credit. Visit bell.com for details. and to check availability, Bell, connection is everything. I survived nine months in captivity,

and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart, and these are the Survivor Files. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I chose option B. I'm Julie Pinero, and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the word Solita, trading the world. a pity for possibility. Listen to Solita on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, this is Hayes Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast, Hollywood Handbook. Each week, we talk to someone in show business and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time, and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, Adam Scott, Danny McBride, Ben Stillard,

and a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without a Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the Bobby Bones show. Hey, Bobby. I'm in a group chat. I got to get out of this thing. What's it for him? It drives me crazy.

What are you talking about? Like just like a... It's a fantasy football group. I only like playing in one league. I got in a second league a couple years ago because a friend was like, we need another player. And it's fine to play in two leagues. I really just like playing in one league. Focus all my attention.

there. This second league that I'm in, and it's run well. They just talk all the time. About what? Like they're a little inside jokes. I only know one person in the league. And even if I knew everybody, there's too much. And so I don't want to be the guy to remove myself.

But if you mute it, it still stays a red dot, even if it doesn't show up. I don't know. I just can't do the group chats. Too much. Okay, so if you leave, it does the whole Kevin thing. Yeah, it has left the chat. It does the Kevin thing. The Kevin thing. Yeah. I'm really debating. It's almost like a door shutting like

Yes, and then everyone's like, whoa, whoa. I'm really debating because in the past 15 minutes there have been 14 messages. I get it. It's almost fantasy football time. Make it a little joke. I don't know these people. I got a decision to make.

I got to be that guy. So we talked a couple weeks ago about Amy and she's going to Ecuador, right? Yeah. And she went and she got a first class ticket because they said, hey, there's a seat open. The ticket was, when I was on Expedia or whatever platform I was on, I was looking at like 500 different sites trying to figure out the best price.

And then I went over to delta.com because I thought, I just need to look there. And for whatever reason, there, the first class ticket was cheaper than economy. Right. So I snatched it up. Which we thought was crazy. It was crazy. It didn't make sense.

And you were going to love it because that trip, if you're flying that far, You want to be able to lay down if you can. Okay. So? I get an email. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but there has been an update to your upcoming trip to Quenka. Is that where I'm going?

You tell us. I don't know how to say it. Ecuador. Trip confirmation number was changed. We automatically rebooked you on the best available flight. Unfortunately, the new seats are in a different class of service than your original purchase ticket. Your new itinerary is below.

That's such a lie. Scam. Scam. I feel got. Because now it was sort of the, basically the same price as an economy ticket, but a little more. But I felt okay with that because it was way cheaper than anything first class. And now I'm just rebook. They just rebook you.

on what works best for them. How long's the flight, Amy? Well, I have to go from here to Atlanta and Atlanta to Quinka. There's a nonstop from Atlanta to Quinka? Sinka, Quinka, Tika. And then from there to another place, I think. That's a whole day. That's 14 hours probably, if I'm guessing.

Oh, yeah. It's definitely on my way home, I'm flying overnight. So I'm going to get home. Like I'm going to leave where I am at 10 p.m. And then get home at like 11 a.m. That's okay. You like your longer flight to be overnight so you could hopefully sleep during it? Yes.

I think I will be from midnight to 5 a.m. asleep, hopefully. Now that's the flight home. On the flight home, I should still be first class. Oh, they haven't changed that one. This is just a flight there. They have apologized to inconvenience me. but they sent this like you know am I going to get once I'm on the trip they're like

oh she's already there it's time to send out the email to let her know maybe but I would rather have the flight there be uncomfortable and the flight back be comfortable I agree so I was just sort of like I don't know what kind of tactic this is whatever it is what it is I just want to I'll get there it will be fine whatever it's so excited though say it is a tactic is that legal no I would bet you this really was a shift okay It had to happen. It just, to me, it feels like a tactic. Because at the time that I booked the ticket,

I was at a hair appointment. I even had my hair person look to confirm. I wasn't seeing things or missing a zero. You're going to the local library? Because I wasn't at the local library. And it was unbelievable. It didn't make sense to me how a first class ticket would be that much less than economy. Well, sorry about that.

That's okay. No crying on the yacht, though. Nope. You're going to Ecuador. Fine. Yeah, but that was exciting to get that deal. I mean, that's so excited. Well, you still got half the deal on the way back.

Yeah, I know. I've already prepared myself for if I get notification or just be like, it's fine. If you get a notification, it's 100% of scam. Yeah. This is their little deal that they do. Where they get you to jump in buy a ticket and then they go, oh, we got her so we can easily flip her. And maybe I thought I was at delta.com, but I was like, Delta. Oh.

Or something. Well, no, they did just all your credit card information. You would have got nothing. Yeah. I thought maybe they do a little like a little scam. Like there you are connected to Delta, but they just kind of do. I was thinking about scams is they're not really connected to the real thing. Yeah.

And it's really weird how they can just kick you out. Like they can just move you like, no problem. Well, I think what happened was something altered with the flight. So every, that changes everything. And then they had to rebook me. Amy's going to come back with an Ecuadorian boyfriend. Oh, that'd be cool. She's like, this is my new friend, Felipe.

Yeah. My friend. My friend. Yeah, maybe. It's going to be like Ross when he goes to Japan. He comes back. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

What happens? I missed that one. He brings back a girl. He got married. In Japan? No, he brought her back. Maybe they didn't get married. They were definitely together.

They were together, though. But that was sort of his thing to have a lot of wives. Yeah. Maybe they didn't get married. Yeah. What were you saying? No, I just feel like the story Amy's talking about, how like, oh, I booked the flight to get there, but then it changed and all this stuff. Then it reminded you of those stories of,

There's like a, in their theory or something where it's all based on these events and when it changes and then that's the one that or that old flight's the one that crashes and. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like the life saving. Like you're supposed to be on that flight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You were supposed to be on because it was a scam. Right. Like what if the flight I was supposed to be on where I had a first class seat?

Right. What if that one blows up? I am going to be in the Andes. You know what I've thought about multiple times. Eating people. It's a miracle in the Andes. Because I text my cousin. And I'm like, where, where exactly are you?

And she just said, you won't know the town. It's in the Andes. I'm like, okay, cool. Is it a spoiler alert if we talk about that? Miracle in the Andes? I don't even know what that is. It happened in the- Real quick.

Ross and Julie, although that doesn't feel like that was her name, but Ross and Julie, I guess so, did not get married and friends. They dated during season two after meeting in grad school and reconnecting when Ross returned from a dig in China, not Japan. Got it. Julie, that's name seemed right.

I mean, season two, that's pretty early on. Yeah, Julie. There's a lot to happen. I know he was with Emily. That was his, I remember Emily, that was his wife. I take the Emily, but I take the Rachel. Oh, yeah.

And Carol was his first wife, who ended up after that being a lesbian. But I guess he never married Julie. Okay. You spoil, I don't give a crap. Okay, so if that were to happen, Amy, learn from the story. And just walk. Yeah, I know.

They were scared to walk. Because they were so close to people, but no one walked. Instead, they just ate each other. You know what I mean? I'm looking at the map here of where Amy's going. But also, I won't be. Are you going to have to take a small plane once you land anywhere? Yeah.

One of those tiny ones to get to some specific remote area. Golly. Yeah, that's scary. That is not a vacation. That's an adventure trip. And you're going because your cousins are? Mm-hmm. She moved there.

The psychic one. The psychic cousin. Well, have her look into the future and say, if you make it. Good idea. I think we're probably in the clear because she's been shipping a bunch of stuff to my house for me to pack and bring to her that she can't get in Ecuador. Oh, contraband? No. Like, certain.

Are you mulling? I'm mulling. Oh, my gosh. Have you checked the laws? Is it allowed in Ecuador? Yes, I'm muleing like collagen and. Yeah. No, it is.

It's like her supplements that she loves and then some clothes that she just can't. can't get it there. Collagen, weigh protein, black tar heroin. I know. Amy, I should check. You should check the clothes. She's sober. What's sewed into them?

Yeah. No. What? Amy's going to get popped by customs. Oh my God. She's like, no, I didn't know. They rip open the corn stalk and it just covered in cocaine. Why can't she get it in Ecuador?

I don't understand. Well, if she lives in a very remote place, they might not bring it. Yeah, there's some that she just can't. Or it'd be like so expensive that she's not willing to do it. That makes sense. Eddie was in Puerto Rico. He couldn't even get like a bottle of water for four days because they didn't bring it in. That was the island that was on.

They came in on Tuesdays. Eddie's like, got any cereal? They were like, yeah, Thursday. Got to wait. And then when I said strawberries, they laughed at me. Oh, you know what? Yeah, May. Actually, I think Quinka is my final destination.

I go to Quinto, Ecuador. That's the capital. Both feel a little racist whenever you say them. However, I thought Japan and China were the same from friends, so I know, I can't glass house, you know. Well, when you mentioned small plane, I think from Quinto is when I get bored a small plane and fly to Quinka, and then that's where she picks me up. That can't be how you say it. Can you please pull up how to say it? And then hopefully you're saying it La Quinta.

But Quinta is. Aliquita, Aquita, Quinto. It's Quinto. Hold on here we go. Go ahead. Quinka. Quinka. Quinka.

That's what I'm saying. Quinka. That's what she said. Quinka. Quinka. You might have it right. What was the other one? Kinto.

And I know that's right because I learned that in the song in seventh grade How do you spell that? Is it spelled as it a Q-U-I-N-T-O? No, that's a pretty true. Quinto Ecuador. Lima, Peru.

La Paz, Bolivia. Okay, here we go. Keto. Kito. Like the diet? Is there an N? No, it's not said though. No, there's no N in it.

Yeah, but you Kito. But there's no N in at all. I'm not saying N. You did say N. You did. You fought for it. I did. You fought for it.

I did. I did. I did. Literally. Fought for it. idiot. Kito. I need to brush up on my Español. Gosh, oh my gosh. Let's go around the room. You want to lead us?

Sure. Taylor Swift was doing an interview for the icon sessions and I watched a couple of clips of her talking about things and one that stood out to me was when people are mocking her or it's really difficult. she has a mantra and she reminds herself that she chose this life and she could have opted out of it before it got unmanageably big. And it's like this thing she says to herself. Like you could have opted out before it got unmanageably big. But you decided to do this. You chose this.

And that's what she has to tell herself to keep moving forward. She said sometimes mocking back feels good. Like, and she'll do that through her music. But that one of her coping mechanisms is I chose that. this and I was like God that could apply to so many things like in parenting. Some people didn't choose it. I'll be honest. Some people was accident. Oh true, true, true. Let's just say if you chose it, you can be like, I chose this and I love what I do. I like that she's healthy about that because I sometimes don't have that and I think I will

figuratively burn their house down and their children. But I don't. I've been really good about that. it's just people like want to start stuff with me now because I'll platform them if I fight back and they'll get reach and so I at times have to do the smarter thing not the bigger thing because the bigger thing I don't care about I would just melt people but it's weird how it happens more and more now where people just like come after me and they want me to fight back so they can have some attention but I have to just go I chose this yeah I don't do that because if I chose it, they'd burn. I go, man, that would help them if I did that.

Why? I just said that. I'd platform them. Oh, platform, yeah. I get it. Then people would go, oh, look who he's fighting with. What's this about? Let's pay attention to them.

And then everyone will start doing it to get more attention. It's already happening in like multiple places right now. So these people I don't even know. It's like, I just have to let it go. Let it go. Let it go. She also said in the creative space, like if she's in a writing room or whatever, she's sharing something she wrote and she feels like it's awesome. She likes to be around yes

and people where they're like, yes, that could work and can we try this? And that's served her well, like not being around people that don't challenge her. Is yes and a challenge? Because I feel like a yes. Yes. And they're like, yes, this sounds great. And can we try it this way? I mean, that's sort of what I got from her yes and instead of someone just being like, oh yeah, that sounds great. Or, Here's what everybody tells me. Nope. And that's it.

All right. I guess that'll do. Oh, cool. Good for her. She's able to be healthy about it. You'll get there. I just want to murder people. I thought.

Like someone hits me with a paper wad. I want to shoot them with a bazooka. And then I prepare the whole thing and I have a bazooker ready to go. And then I go, they more people will hear about them if I do this. So do not. I thought, what was it back in May? Has it already been that?

long ago? Oh my gosh. I don't know when it was. I thought there was somebody you were going to burn their house down. I didn't. I know. I thought figuratively. I happen. Yeah. And well, who knows? Oh, no, no. Figuratively. Yeah. You're caught on camera with a gas take. Probably no. I said it. All right. Lunchbox. Yeah, I don't know if we talked about this, but I mean, Prince Harry and Megan, they're leaving the U.S. They're out of here. We haven't talked about that. I mean, you want to talk about way overstepping, thinking how popular you were going to be saying, I'm done with the royal family, the U.S. is going to love us, we're going to make all this money. And then it's like, whoops, didn't really work out the way they thought, huh?

They didn't make a lot of money because they signed multiple deals with Netflix. But I don't think that went as well as they thought because I don't think they were received as warmly as they thought they would be, like you said. It just seems so weird that they shun the royal family because they thought, man, they're going to have. this great life in the U.S. And I mean, I guess you're right. They didn't make money, but their popularity did not soar like they expected. And so now they go crawling back? Is that not weird?

Are they going back to the family or just the country? They're going to be honest. I saw the headline and this is how uninterested I am. I didn't even read it. Not that your story is bad. It's just how uninterested I think we as a country are in the royal family. It just says they are going back for a, extended period of time.

And she seems so insincere, or insincere is the word, because it's fake. It seems fake sincere. So she's trying, but it comes off as she's trying. And she's American? Yes. Or Canada? Is she Canadian?

She's Canadian. Oh, I thought they said North America. I didn't. I thought she was American. Yeah, she, if you met North American, of course, yeah, yeah. Yeah, well, we wish the best of them. She was born in Los Angeles, so she She's North American.

Oh. Okay. She's American. When did she live in Canada? No idea. I thought she lived in Canada. I mean, I really thought her dad lived in Canada. Well, she could have been.

She could have just been born in the hospital there. She lived in Canada for several years while filming suits. Oh, just while she worked on suits. Yes. She was a visitor. That was for her character. And they lived where when they lived here? Guys, I have no idea.

You guys know. LA for a while. Somewhere in California. And they lived in Canada for a while too while they were here because Canada is still considered part of like the royal family is still over Canada in a way? Really? Mm-hmm. I didn't know that.

But yeah, like I'm saying, I don't like the royal family, but I thought we made such a big deal when they were moving to the U.S., like, oh, my gosh, they're leaving the royal family. And then every article I read was like, I didn't do so well. That show didn't, they're going to try a different show. They're going to try a different show. Oh, well, now they're going to just pack their bags and hide out in the UK. So I want to look this up.

How's the royal family? connected to Canada because I know there's some connection there and I said that so loosely that I'd like to learn this right now. That's thinking. We have bad internet here. Well, British Columbia, BC. Canada is still a monarchy. So the British monarch currently, King Charles is officially the king of Canada. What? What? The key is that he holds a separate Canadian role. Legally, the crown in Canada is distinct from the crown in the United Kingdom. Britain does not control Canada and the British government has no authority over Canadian affairs. Canada became part of the British Empire after Britain defeated France in the 1700s. Canada formed its own country in 1867 but kept the

monarch as head of state. Over time Canada became fully independent. The king of Canada is ceremonial. So he's still the king of Canada, but it's just ceremonial at that point. And he has no power. But they really don't in the UK either. They're just, they consult. They weigh in. But they make a lot of money off of that. Yeah. People go. It's known for that. The King of Canada is represented federally by the governor general in each province,

da-da, but that's what it is. Members of the royal family visit Canada sometimes hold Canadian military or charitable titles, but they do not make Canadian policy. Canada is not ruled by Britain. Canada and Britain are separate countries that happen to share the same person as Monarch. Huh. How about that? This group chat.

I'm about it on my phone. They're still going. Yeah. Should I just get it? out. Yes. I can't take it. I'm out. Let me see. They like, I'm working. And then they're going to be like, uh, yeah, you may miss important information. Leave this conversation. Okay, then he goes, are you sure you want to leave this conversation? Do you want a Kevin? I'm out. I got out. I can't take it. You hit your limit. I can't take it.

Oh my God. Okay, Eddie. Guys, guys, guys, I'm a little scared. So, have you seen the video of the guys that are in coming out of the manholes in New York City? Oh, dude, they look so crazy. Have you seen these? Hilarious. I mean, I think I saw it in a long time ago. It's the same one? No, last week. Last week, this fraggle rock?

No, last week, these guys dressed in black with like masks coming out of these manholes right around Penn Station. And the cops don't know who they are. They have not arrested anyone in connection with this. And now people are scared that this is some kind of terrorist thing. And guess who's going to New York this weekend? Me! I'm looking at them. They look like people just working down in the,

Sewers. But they're not. They're not official workers. I wish they were wearing turtle outfits. There's one video where the guy can see somebody recording him and he starts covering his face immediately. Yeah. It does like a little suss. Mostly I'm disappointed that you didn't know what Fragle Rock was. I know what Fragle Rock is, but do they go in sewers? Yeah, you don't know what Fragle Rock is then. Yeah, that's the guys look crazy here. They're underground. Oh, yeah. It's okay. Okay. See, when I saw this, I thought Ninja Turtles. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I see that. But they really don't know or they're not telling us. There's a big difference. No, there's no arrests have been made.

They are looking for them, but no arrest. One guy almost gets run over. He's coming out of the hole there, and a car drives right over and just about. And then some people are saying, like, if you want to get rid of New York, like, that's how you do it. That's the place to do it around Penn Station. All the tracks go in that one area. I would think if it were some sort of terrorist activity, they wouldn't be coming out around these big buildings. They'd find a more inconspicuous way to come out than coming out with overalls with a light on on their head.

They do have a wall. They have like a slunking light on their head. Yeah, I'm hoping it's just people kind of messing around, you know? Do you want to ask while I have my assistant up? I would love that. Let's see what she has to say. And then ask if I'm in danger. Don't make everything about you, buddy.

What do you mean? It's all about me. I'm scared. Hey, so we see these guys in New York coming out of the manholes. One of the news stories said there's a manhole mystery. Video shows people emerging from manhole near Penn Station. Do you have any idea what this is or what it probably is based on current events and videos. It's going to write it back to me. I not say it.

She's not talking today? I did, I talked it differently. I talked it straight in instead of talking to her. Yeah, there's now a pretty plausible explanation. The video was recorded on August 18th, near 7th Avenue and 32nd Street. The witness reportedly saw five people come out. The video caught the final three wearing overalls. As of today, NYPD detectives believed there were sewer scavengers searching for valuables, jewelry, wallets, metal, or anything else that might have washed into the system. Oh. Police say many of the people involved in similar incidents appear to be migrants, although

the identification of precise motive have not been conclusively established, but these people here are like people on a beach with a metal detector. Yeah, yeah, yeah, which should be illegal. I don't know if it's legal or not to go into sewer. Yeah. You can't do that. But what did they say about migrants? Like, how did they know?

They could be migrants. They're wearing masks. I think what that meant was in the past. that has happened. Oh, okay. But this, they, from these videos where they specifically are showing, these are people that were down there looking for stuff, they've been lost in the sewers. That makes me feel better.

Yeah, because you're coming out on the light on your head. You're not a terrorist. Yeah. And I would assume in New York City, you find all sorts of stuff down there. Typical urban explorers reportedly avoid active sewers, but this appears to be an organized underground treasure hunt, not people secretly living underneath Manhattan and not. based on current evidence,

you would think there would be an attack. Okay. So scavengers looking for valuables is the working explanation. Do you not have chat, GBT? I'll take it. I have the one where you Google and it gives you an outline.

You have Google? Yeah. What's it called, Gemini? Oh, the first option is, do you want to read the AI version or do you want to just go to Google? Correct. So that's just any.

And I think I have chat GPT in my phone. I just wonder if you like look up things. before you come on. What do you mean? Why would I do that? Talk about it. That's a good point. Then we wouldn't talk about it.

Okay. Well, you could have said, hey, if you guys seen those videos, these people come out of the sewers, they're actually underground scavenger hunters. Well, the article I read last night. Yeah, it said they didn't know what it was. It said they'll know what it is. So how does chat GPT know? Probably it's been updated since.

But I don't know. All right. That makes me feel better, though. That they're not terrorists? Yeah, that they're just treasure hunting. That's great. The world's oldest living person Turned 117 on Friday.

Dang, that's cool. How? Whiskey. Cigarettes. Yeah, 117. She lives in England too. So we believe her records. Sometimes they're in Indonesia and you're like,

that record's written on a stone. Right. Yeah. So, yeah, she became the world's oldest person. In 2025, it is now the first British person to ever reach 117. That is from ABC 7. She looks pretty good for 117.

She's walking? In this picture, she's not. She's sitting, but I don't know. I just wonder if you can walk. She says the secret to a long life is simple. Listen to others, do what you like, and most importantly, avoid arguing with people. Also, wonderful genetics. I would imagine her parents or her grandparents live long lives too

unless they were tragically killed or there was an accident. but most of these people when it's yeah eat pork grinds every day live to be 110 then you look and their dad was 102 and their grandpa was 104 it runs in the family yeah so it's very much genetic so there's that we do in just a little bit have some listeners who won an auction to come in studio and sit and so we're going to talk with them actually ran into one of them on the street um over the weekend just walking kateland and i were out walking through town and they were like we're coming to your show And I was like, you are? They're like, yeah, we want an auction. I was like, oh, yeah, you are then. So that'll be coming up in just a little bit. Let us take a break now. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches,

there's a lot of suspense. Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pasto survive the first bite? Will the lunchbox come home empty, half full, or come home at all? And will you finish episode 8 before you're done slicing the cucumbers? Get Bell Pure Fiber Internet with Craved Netflix and Disney Plus from $94 a month price guaranteed for two years on internet with a two-year term and auto pay credit. Visit bell.ca for details and to check availability. Bell, connection is everything.

When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and held captive for nine months. I survived and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. I just remember this low, taunting voice next to my ears. saying shut up, don't say anything. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable. I knew if he woke up, without a doubt, he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed, and I just started screaming.

They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. But these aren't stories about what's taken from them. There's stories about what it takes to make it out a lot. Listen to The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsesives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo, and every week we're connecting the digital. dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having.

I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. From bestselling authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse. Whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations, or a community

of readers who love to think a little too much, your e-es. in the right place. Listen to Pro Society on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. On the new podcast Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I chose option B. I'm Julie Pinero, and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word solita, trading the pity for possibility. Every time I tried to be alone, I kept meeting people, and they were like, you smiled at us.

Not a lot of people smile around here. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is, and not the lies you're sold about it. It can be a time where you push your limits, change your mind, or wake up to a new version of yourself. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to both, your first trip. I hope you listen to Solita on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I want to shout out to this high school in Alabama, Columbia High School.

They won their high school football game 41 to 14. Now, the reason that's cool is because they had lost 101 games in a row. Oh, gosh. It was a decade-long high school football losing stream. That's terrible. I mean, awesome. Well, that's over. It's over.

You know what I feel bad for? Greensboro High, who is. they beat, the first goal that's lost to them in 10 years? Wow. Wow, they lost 101 games in a row. A former NFL player named Sammy Coach was brought in. He's the new coach, and so he's been rebuilding the program, but they haven't won a game in 10 years.

That's crazy. That's got to feel so good. And I bet you no one was going to those games, right? Like when teams are so bad, no one goes. Yeah, I would agree with that except for, I bet you last year and then maybe this year, because they had a new coach. A little high. And I'm sure there's some money investing

in the program too. That's what makes the world go around nowadays. Money? Yeah. I mean, you can be LSU. They're getting all the pro players now to play basketball and football. They're taking people out of the NFL and the NBA.

To what? To go play college? To come back. Oh, interesting. It's crazy. They got a judge down in Louisiana who's like, yep. Bang the gavel.

They can come back. You literally, you don't even need a good athletic director anymore. We just need a local judge in a town to go, yeah, yeah, I think we can do that because LSU's getting on both. Wow. That's what we need at Arkansas. We need LeBron to come back. To come.

Yes. So I just wanted to shout them out. I like that story. Also, our I Heart Radio Music Festival, which is presented by Capital One, is happening the 18th and the 19th September. And we just added Stella Lefty, Sierra, and the Smashing Pumpkins. So that's also with Kenny Chesney, Lany Wilson, Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo, Snoop Dog, Weezer, and so many more.

But if you want to come, it's in Vegas. We'll be there. Well, Amy and I will be in now. Lunchbox. I'll be there. In the crowd, looking out, woo, go Stella. You don't even have to bring that up. Yeah.

Bobbybones.com slash festival, if you guys want to come. But we did add three new acts. Smashy Pumpkins and Stella Lefty will be cool. Dang. I just know Sierra from some of her older stuff. Yeah. Let me see that one, two step. Oh, this beat is automatic super.

I'm Missy Elliott. Just kidding. Hey, what is Smashing Pumpkins? Let's check down 1979 Tonight Or the world is a vampire. Oh, yeah, that one. Okay, yeah.

I'll jam to that one while I'm there. Would you be interested in another mind-blowing football story? Sure. So there's a guy named Jed York. He is worth $500 million. He is the owner of the San Francisco 49ers. He was busted for soliciting

a prostitute in a trailer park for $140. Wow. What? Why? Yeah, it's so weird. Again, he's worth $500 million. What is he also? Is he do drugs?

Well, I just think you could do them in a place protected where you're rich. That's what I mean. Yeah, I'm thinking he's on something. So the owner of this is from the New York Post. This is not me in case Jed York's listening. Yeah, and this is all alleged. Well, I can just read. You're just saying stuff now without knowing this story. For me, because I just alleged that is he on drugs?

The owner of the San Francisco 49ers, Jed York, grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. While visiting his old stomping grounds over the weekend, he was busted in nearby East Palestine for allegedly soliciting a prostitute in a trailer park for $140. Okay. He was also charged with disorderly conduct. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced to two days in jail. It's just crazy when people that have... so much money, get a DUI. When you can have a driver or even Uber, you don't even need a lot of money for Uber. You just need 46 bucks if it's a few miles and that's not cheap. But if you're rich, it's cheap.

Yeah. It's either, when people get caught in those situations, I feel like they either think, I haven't really had that much, I'm good, I'll be fine. Or they've had so much that they're not thinking straight. That they think I'm good, I'm fine. That's good. Yeah. They're so drunk.

They don't think they're that drunk. Yeah, they're not thinking clearly. And then, yeah, I don't. You just have it set up before you go drink or before you try to get a prostitute. You should order the expensive ones to your... But disorderly conduct? I don't know. It says he was convicted of possessing criminal tools.

What? What is that? What does it even mean? A gun? Like a wrench. Cromar? I think it was his cell phone because that's what he used to arrange the meetup. Oh, so now it's a criminal tool.

I thought it was like a rent. Lug nut. And I get it now. He was back home. Old stomping grounds. Has he always been wealthy? Yeah. Yeah, they're billionaires.

So that made sense to me. Like you go back and then your old buddies are like, dude, let's go like old days. Let's go to the trailer park. Yeah, but if he's always been rich, I was thinking he was going back to like... His family's fortune is $8.5 billion. Oh, my gosh. That's the family fortune? Yeah.

Dang. Yeah. Well, you know, making them proud. Sometimes you just want to do different things. You're so rich. You just have to experience different things. Now, does he have a family? Yeah.

Oh, that's tragic. Yeah, they have him as wife, have two sons. No, they have kids. They are going through a divorce, but they're two kids. Yeah, the wife doesn't matter as much to me as the kids. Same, like reading that about your dad? Oh my gosh. And then everyone knows.

Which one's crazy? The football team that hasn't won in 10 years or the guy that's worth 500 million going to a trailer park for a $140 prostitute. The football team that hasn't won in 100 years. I agree. I agree. Yes. Rich people are gross.

Yes. Yes, I agree. Wow. This is almost normal. for rich people. Right. He just got caught. That's crazy.

I mean, I don't know that they're all in seeking it out in a trailer park, but Yeah. More, I mean, I guess it just depends. Yeah. Don't be hating on trailer park, so not you. I'm not.

A couple of us in this studio used to live in them. You? Mike D. Correct. Yes. I know. I'm saying when you hear

someone's worth $500 million, that's not normally. where they're hanging out. Yeah, no, I'm surprised that you would not have one come to you, too. Yeah, or multiples. With that kind of money.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. There's two football stories I thought that would entertain you this morning. You guys can hit us up. 877-77 Bobby. That is our number. Did I miss anything, Mike,

on that story that I need to say? No, you're good. All right, thank you. I got him illegal. But he's going to keep it, like, because he owns the team he'll keep his job, or does he get fired? He owns the team.

He owns the team. But, but, They can make you sell it. Surely there's a board. But they won't from this. So see, when the higher-ups can act this way, when a player misbehaves, that's why nothing happens to anybody.

Well, they do. They get suspended. Okay. Well, they do without pay. Okay. You think the board's like, I get that. He's good.

We're good. Who hadn't done that? I want to go over to Crystal, who is listening in Oklahoma. Hey, Crystal, good morning. you're on the show. Hi, good morning, studio. Morning.

I just wanted to make a comment back about the Giving Tuesday and the school supplies lunchboxes was like they don't need that much and school supplies don't cost that much and clothes and all that. My husband and I have eight children and it cost us $450 in school supplies this year. Wow, you have eight children. That's what I heard. Wow. Yeah, that's what I heard.

Wow. Wow. Like all at different times or did some of them come out two at a time? Good question. No, we've actually adopted. Oh, okay. Beautiful. All right.

Beautiful. Good deal, good deal, good deal. That's awesome. Yep, that's awesome. We love that. Okay, back to your point. Sorry, the headline we heard was eight kids at first. No, I understand.

School supplies are very expensive. And he didn't like that I helped somebody out with school supplies because he said they can wait. Buy them later. That's right. You don't need all new clothes. No, they cannot. They send out. list. They have a list. Before school starts, we get all the parents, you get a list, and all of

the folders and the binders and all the supplies that they need. And you take them on back to school night and you turn them in. Yep. And if you don't have the Kleenex, they're not going to kick you out of school. You keep bringing up Kleenex. That's one of the things on the school supplies, the wipes. And I mean, she said she spent $450 or $60, whatever. That's $56 a kid. Some of her kids may not be old enough to go to school. That didn't sound like it. Wait, what? She said all eight are in school. She said she had eight kids.

She didn't say either way. And she goes, so I spent $450 on Back to School Supply. Do you have any kids not in school, Crystal? No, everybody's in school. Okay, well. Thank you. I'm just telling you. So, I mean, obviously she did it for $56,

so I think the other person could have budgeted it and figured it out. Why do you care what I spend my money on? Especially when I just spent my money on you and you got it for free and you didn't need it. You literally didn't need a plane. I know. You could have bought your own flight. You were very nice and did that for me. I didn't email and ask for it.

I was just given that. No, you cried about it. I don't know about cried. I just pointed out some. Guys? Oh, we cried about it. I wouldn't say cried. I would say injustices.

I point out some injustice. But it's not injustice from me. I had nothing to do with it. I know. But you realized how unjust it was and you are a man of justice. Like you are a man of, you know, the people. All of a sudden, when it's about him, he wants to stand up. He really are.

He's a man of the people. Yeah, he is a man of the people. When Insta kids do need school supplies, that's just a waste of money. Crystal, I'm glad you called in. Also, Kleenex's, you don't really buy those after like fourth grade, right? Like, when you're in like fifth or sixth grade, you don't take Kleenex anymore. I think you always do. Sometimes it could still be on the list for the classroom.

Or it's hand sanitizer or Kleenex. Like, junior high, you're not in one class. But they still may, I'm telling you, they still have that on the list. Okay. Crystal, thank you for calling. Thank you so much. Have a great day. All right, bye, bye.

If you're still saying Google it, you're old. Oh, no. Are we supposed to say duck, duck, go? What's duck, dot go? What? Did you have a seizure? No. Is that like duck, duck, ducous?

No. But I saw that people are saying that now. Did I get misinformed? I don't know that it's misinformed. Because it's a way you can search stuff. You duck, duck go it. They just say search it up. They don't only say Google it anymore.

Okay, that sounds right, because that's what both. Both of my kids say 19 and 16 and they both say, can you search this up? I only use Google about a third of the time. Oh, I. So the language may still be there with me. Hey, Google that. But even I will go to either chat, GPT or Claude. Okay.

I still say Google no matter what I'm searching. And I'm really glad I hadn't started saying duck, dot, dot go. I'm glad so too because we all look to you like, what is that? What is that? I mean, let me look this up. Like, I still say film it sometimes. Like, will you film this? What are you supposed to say?

Maybe record. Record it, video it. Oh, okay. Yeah, film's funny. I know. It's old school. Yeah. DugDugGo is a privacy-focused internet company,

best known for its search engine that does not track your search history or collect personal data. Okay. That sounds cool. Yet. This is me saying yet. Because when Chad Chb-T started, it was a nonprofit. It was only going to exist to help. And now it's for sure for profit.

It's going to be Duck, Duck, Dug. Like, yes, we'll take your money soon enough. But no, Doug Duck Go, Amy, is a real thing. Okay. And it's for more privacy, so. All right. Yeah. I've never heard anybody say the words Duck, Duck Go before, though.

I have, and I was certain that's what you're about to tell us. Search it up. But who says Doug, Duck, Duck Go? I've just seen it. I saw a video the other day where someone said, I don't know, Google it or Duck, Duck, Dock, Do it. Too many syllables, too. That's a lot.

It's dug, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck. So that's why when you started the story, I thought, oh, well, it must be dug-da-go, because now I'm hearing that. And now that I've told you about it, you might start to hear other people saying it. I bet I don't. I'm willing to take that bet. Okay, in our studio now, we have some, well, a friend, because we met yesterday, actually. So you won an auction from the Anderotic Foundation. Is that correct?

I did. Sometimes we bring people in. I don't know if they actually want to be on. Do you want to say your name or do you want to be anonymous? I was born to be on this show today. Okay. I feel like this could be my big break. I will save you from the singing.

Okay. But yes, my name is McKenzie. So I got a text yesterday from Andy Rodick, who is one of my dearest friends. He said, hey, you're going to meet somebody named McKenzie. And I said, no, no, I just met her walking down the street. And he said, what? I said, yeah. So my wife and I, we had our baby.

We were just taking her out, like, trying to, like, get her outside. And we were in the 12th South area, which you guys were. Why were you there? Just seeing what was up? She went to church right down the street. We were going to go grab brunch. And so we're walking. And that seems to be the touristy awesome area.

Although if you guys are hanging out there. It's kind of, there's a little bit of. Both. Yeah. That's kind of where we would go if we want to have like something okay to eat and not be. There's a park right there. Broadway. And now they have all the new Broadway and the nice stuff.

That's the real touristy spot. Oh my gosh. It's gotten insane. Like the Bachelorette party. Did you guys? have your bachelor's parties here? No. I think that is

that's why it's called Nashville. It's like Vegas. Yeah, but I have to tell you, I saw your gorgeous wife and then you were pushing the baby stroller and I love kids. I'm obsessed with kids, but I didn't want to turn and like look at your baby because I know you guys value privacy.

So I so badly wanted to be like, but then I was like, nope, I'm not going to like cop a feel of your baby. I'm not doing that. That's so funny. In human life, that have been okay. Well, I didn't want to, I didn't want to because I figured security might keep me out of here this morning.

Well, it was so nice and weird at the same time because we're walking through. And Caitlin said, I think I remember talking about you. She goes, I remember her. And I think she saw you and you saw her. And I'm just pushing the stroller. Like, we're just rolling. So, yeah, it was kind of interesting to run into you guys before you came in today. So who did you bring with you?

So these are my friends. I run schools. I run Alpha School. And we've got schools all over the country. And we have an Alpha in Nashville. What's that mean alpha? Do you guys want to tell what this is? Yeah.

Come on, go for it. Is it? I've read about Alpha. Yeah, you have. It's in Austin. It's based in Austin, but we've got schools now all over, and I run this future of education Instagram account that maybe you see.

And basically what we do is at our schools, our kids get to spend the majority of the day doing life skills development. So they're learning how to build businesses. In fact, we have our kids. All the parents go amen. Do you see all? Yes. Yeah.

Financial literacy. Literacy, in fact, in Austin, we had our fourth and fifth graders ran a music festival. Instead of Austin City Limits, it was called Alpha City Limits. They raised over $20,000 to go to a nonprofit that gives health insurance to musicians. And these kids get to learn everything from like event management, cold calling, marketing, putting things together. They even created a band and played that. And the reason we do that is we use artificial intelligence to do all of the academics in the morning.

so our kids are learning twice as much and only two hours a day and that's what frees up the rest of the day to do all these life skills. So I've got one kid who went through the program and she's at Vanderbilt now. It's your daughter, right? Yeah, this is my daughter, Peyton.

Oh, so you know the area. That's why you went to church here. I thought you came and then found a church. You live here. I was like, oh, she has to have to, you know, found a church. No, I go, I was like all my friends there. Like, I feel like we go to Tulsafe-South lot

because it's very close to Vanderbilt. So then you know, you know it's kind of torsy, but also. I was trying to explain it to her because she was like, it's so touristy. And I was like, well, we saw Bobby Vitt there. And I know he lives here. So I was like, it's probably not that touristy. Yeah, it's like four out of ten on the touristy scale.

If you are somewhat knowledgeable, you go there. But it's not hidden. How's Vanderbilt? It's awesome. Yes, I love it. I'm starting my junior year. So it's like, it's so fun. Did you grow up in Austin?

Yes. Where did you go to high school? Well, I went to Alpha. And do you have tons of life skills? Are you just so life skilled up that you're just running the area? I mean, yeah. Pretty much. Vanderbilt seems like a fairy tale, like to go to a school like that.

Yeah, it's so fun now because like the sports have been so good. Like my freshman years when we like beat Alabama, which like just nobody expected that. So it was just, I feel like that's like up to the culture so much. Did you see her? The goalpost? We see her running the goalpost. I didn't, but like I knew a lot of people that did. And then like last year we had college game day, which was so fun.

A lot of my friends like camped out all night. I did not because it was cold. But yeah. What about the, tell me something about the school, because that sounds super cool. Because when we went to school or even like their kids now, there's like a lot of learning stuff that they're really not going to use. So I'd assume at Alpha, you're actually learning how to do things for life. Yeah, yes, for sure. It was always like, so, it was always so much fun because like we would do all of our academics in the morning.

And obviously like a lot of my friends, we all like were pretty ambitious academically and like wanted to go to top schools. And usually I think if you're at like a more traditional school, it takes. takes up all of your time, just doing all the studying, all the AP classes. And we were able to do that just like way faster and still accomplish all of that academic stuff. And then it freed up so much time. Like I had a classmate who like started a mountain bike park in high school and like raised all the funding for that. We did a lot of like public speaking stuff growing up. Like I remember my younger sister was giving like a 10 minute TED talk when she was like six years old. And so just always like putting us into like real world experiences like teaching a lot of important life skills on

of like the academic success that we wanted as well. How was it then transitioning to college, which is more of a standard learning environment from where you come from? Yeah, it was definitely weird. Like I wrote an article for my school newspaper about how I had like never been in a lecture like with a teacher in front of a class basically until I started college. So it was like really weird to be in like a math class and just sit and like listen to a professor lecture.

But I also think it set me up very well because college is a little bit more like you're kind of in charge of your own learning. There's not as much like watching over you what you're doing. And then also I think it encouraged me to like take more ownership over my education. I feel like a lot of my peers already kind of like burnt out by school by the time they like got to a place like Vanderbilt. Whereas I think I was like very excited to take on like new opportunities at school like get super involved. So it was definitely like a bit of a transition. Also it was like it was also just really fun to like be in a new environment I guess and like. Why not Texas? I think I just wanted, like, a different place because I, like, lived in Austin my whole life, and my high school was, like, really close to UT, and it was just probably a little too big of a school for me, but.

The correct answer is Texas sucks. That would have been the correct answer. I'm from Texas. Wait a minute. I mean, yeah. She agrees with you. Can I ask a question about the school, though? I'm a Texas Longhorn fan, so let's just see.

I'm from Arkansas, so we hate Texas. Oh, well. What's your name? Lisa. Lisa. Lisa. Lisa. Lisa.

And where do you live now? I'm in West Haven and Franklin. Oh, you live here? Yeah, I live here. Yeah, I just lived there for 20 years. I've lived here for eight years. Why do you live here now? School?

The school? Long story short, my dad had passed away and I just wanted to change. How do you like to change? Oh, I love it here. Yeah, I love here. I met my husband here a month after I moved here, so it worked out for me. Do you ever go to 12 South? Like we were just all hanging out yesterday?

Oh, yeah, I love it. Yeah, I don't feel like it's touristy. I mean, I like the shopping there and the restaurants and stuff. Except for the coffee shop where there's like a la la la la la la land? Prothy monkey? No, La La Land. There was an hour and 20 minute wait yesterday. Yeah.

I still haven't had that. Yeah, it's crazy. It's fine. Oh, you've had it? Like when Grace came to town, they wanted to go because they'd seen it on Instagram. And so they waited in line for an hour and they brought one home. It's fine. It's fine.

Yeah. But we waited for two hours yesterday for the angel wings. We wanted to get that picture. On the wall. No, I'm kidding. No. No. So it is the tourist.

area. And this is where Bob hangs out every weekend. I just go so people recognize me. I walk around every Saturday to get my ego boosted. Just walk around. So how do you know, how do all you guys know each other? How do you know them? So our girls go to Alpha together. Got it. Yeah. So my daughter is nine. Her name is Jenna. She was in private school for four years. And then she did Alpha Anywhere last year she was homeschooled. And then we found out they were opening a school in Nashville. And so she's going there now. Yeah. And she loves it. loves it. And how did you get involved in this? I was honestly just a mom who was really frustrated with my kid's school experience. You guys are all parents, right? You get it. And this girl right here when she was little shows up to school just like so excited and curious, which everyone is,

Billy's going to be like this too. But so quickly, I think unfortunately school just sort of whips the curiosity and the interests out. And pretty soon it's like every day when school's over. How is school? Fine. What'd you do? Nothing. You know, what was your favorite part? Recess, my friends. And halfway through her second grade school year, she came home one day and she's like, I don't want to go to school tomorrow. And I looked at her and I said, but you love school. And she just said, school's boring. And I looked around, realized this is true. Kids spending 13 years of their life all day at school plus homework for hours a night. It's just not worth it. School needs to be a place where you like figure out the intersection of your passions and your talents where you build skills

that actually help you become successful. Like, I don't know, learning about credit card debt or investing in the stock market or, you can do that now. You teach me. We can go to Apple right now. Yeah. And so we started the first school when she was a third grader and of course she's gone along. And then it's been really great because I think this is really caught on like wildfire. We've had so much interest from just families all over the country and Nashville is one of the places and so now I get to make new country music friends when I come to these different cities and so these are a couple of the moms that we picked

up along the way. What else did you guys do while you're in town? I went to Megan Maroney. I bet it was awesome. Night one or night two? Yeah. With Kenny Chesney. That's super cool. And she's the best. She's the best. And I saw all the, you guys see all the shirts yesterday. Like everybody was wearing a Megan Maroney shirt yesterday and some people were even dragging luggage. Like they went to the show, had a rough night, and they were dragging luggage, but they were still in their Megan Moroni shirts. The show is good, huh? It was, it was fantastic. I did not get the memo that you were supposed to really wear pink for everything. So I was, I was a little out of place. My husband did have a pinkish shirt, so he was like, this worked out perfectly. Where is he?

I love that. He's at the hotel. He's working. He didn't want to come? You know, he doesn't, you don't have the same allure for him. Oh, huh. Interesting. Interesting. Yeah. My feelings get hurt. So you did the show And then the next day I went and did a walk I walked across the bridge Over to the stadium And did like kind of a walk along that

We had a great lunch at Dicey's Pizza That's good I loved that place It's amazing So we did that We went to Louogos Which actually the Bobby Bone show Recommended supposedly

You own other tweets on that You had nothing to do with it No it's not that It actually does I own part of the restaurant It was fantastic Amen. Did you get that pizza there, the margarita pizza?

I did not. It's the best, yes. But those, the Gorgonzola chips, the potato chips are so good. I think they're still sitting there. With like the blue cheese and stuff. Did you get that on? You're amazing. I used to eat that all the time, then I can't have cheese anymore.

But yeah, that's probably why I recommended it. Yeah, we own part of that restaurant. It's great, huh? Okay, it was absolutely fantastic. That's inside our trading, I guess, but I just did. No, we had a very good time on it. And then after this, I'm going to go to the school and hang out with their kids. she's going to go off and be done with parents for a while.

Oh, you ready for them? Like, it's good, right? But, you know, a little space. Yeah, well, they took me to the concert, which was great. So I feel like we hung out a lot. Did you want to go? Did you have plans to go to the Megan Roney concert with your parents? Yeah, I was going to go.

Like, my friends also had tickets, but I knew, like, if my parents, I wanted them to go because then they were, like, going to get me better seats. Yeah, I told them that they could take me if they wanted. If they would get you better. So that was fun. My dad, like, my dad loves all the like country girl artists. Like we saw Casey Musgraves over the summer and she did like her shows in Texas for her new album. Yeah.

So you got to see Kenny come out with Megan Maroney and you saw Miranda come out with Casey when they did there. Yeah. When she was doing her album stuff. Yeah. It was like in the Gruen Hall. Yeah. Yeah. So it was really cool because it was like that album had just come out.

Who opened for Megan? For Megan, it was J.P. Sachs. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. Yeah. So he's good. Yeah. He's saying like the I Only Missy song she has with Ed Shearing. He like sang that.

He came back out? That part, yeah. Well, awesome. I'm glad you guys got to do the whole Nashville thing. I'm glad you guys got to come in. So you guys, how do you two know each other? We just met. Okay.

met. Okay. Yeah, recently. Yeah. Got. So they're just two other moms at the school. Yes. I'm patching all this together.

Yeah, slowly, but we're getting it. Yeah, yeah. And so you have a daughter at school? Yes. And she's nine? She's nine, yes. And school's fun to her now? Oh, she loves it.

So she was at private for four years and kind of a similar situation. Bored the last two years, not being challenged. And so like I said, we homeschooled her last year. And then she started Alpha in Nashville this year. She loves it. How do you get an alpha? Like, how do you get in? Well, actually, you know, what's interesting is we tend to attract kids who are bored in a regular classroom.

And what we're really looking for with kids is like kids who are interested in doing things and like are coachable. And one of the cool things, the whole key to the way our school works is we focus on motivating kids, getting them motivated for something. So like in Texas, we have sports academies. And basically your kids do the academics in the morning. then by noon they're out on the basketball court or the baseball field or whatever it is that they're doing. And there is no better motivation than to be like, hey, hit your academic goals and you can be out, you know, dribbling a ball, doing whatever that is. And so it's pretty cool. We've got over a thousand students that are participating in our sports academies. And these are all

kids who come from families that make less than $65,000 a year. So they're accessing it for free. Amy, you saw this online? I did. I don't know if it was a podcast or a clip that I saw. And then I went and downloaded the entire podcast and then I think I was I was very intrigued by the whole process and yeah the two hours a day and the AI and then I can't remember it was last year I know that I do know that I was with my boyfriend at the time because I sent him the link and I said listen to this his kids are here at some really yeah prominent like good schools but like I just thought for one of them that it might be interesting. And we had been talking about a way of learning that seemed similar to that.

And I was like, listen to this. So I can't, and that's just the last. And I hadn't thought of it really since then. But Alpha, it stood out. So when you said that, I was like, wait a second, but that's in Austin. But now I realize you're visiting, or you're visiting from Austin. And then they opened in Nashville school. It really, I thought with my kids, I remember thinking I wish something like this

would have been around when they were younger and we were trying to figure out something for them, but they were coming to America from Haiti at 7 and 11, and English was their second language. They're just, it seemed really cool. And like, I wish I had seen this at the beginning and they could have gotten in. But at this point, I'd love for you to come take a tour and come visit just to learn about it. Because it is, it's cool to see something different. And, you know, we all grew up going to school. We all know what it was like.

Did you guys like school growing up? No. Anyone like school? I like the social aspect. You like social? I hated school growing up. I hated it, but I was good at it. I did too.

I knew how to do school well. I know you were good at school, right? But I think that should not be like the only thing is just check the box and like do the thing. And a lot of people disengage, right, and just are totally not interested in it. And, you know, social is critically important, but I think it shouldn't just be the only thing, right? Well, I was going to say, too, is like, you know, the kids get home from school and they saw activities and they've got. two to three hours of homework with Alpha, Jenna's coming home and not having homework.

You know, she's done for the day. She can chill for a little bit, and then she can go do her activities, you know, in the evening. And that's what I love too. You know, Alpha's amazing. I mean, my daughter is like, can I live at Alpha? I mean, she loves it that much. And she looks forward to going every day.

Well, we actually have a, we survey our students do you love school? And we get like 96% say they love school. But we ask, would you rather go to school or go on vacation? And it depends on, like, What workshops are doing, it depends on the vacation, but like 50 to 60% of our students say they'd rather go to school than go on vacation. Wow. That's insane. That's insane.

I'd be frustrated. It's like, we want a vacation. No, we want to stay at school. No, we weren't hard to take you on vacation. Yeah. Yeah. We're opening a Franklin location too. So, and that will open.

That's different than the Nashville one? Yeah. So in Franklin, we'll open in January. So that'll be awesome too. I think we send a few of you guys there. Yeah. So do you guys learn some things. So do you have a.

room, another desk? Can I come and do a part-time gig here? Yes. We would love that. Well, I know he, you said the other day I was listening to your podcast when you said that when Morgan had left, that you're like, we don't need another person, but I mean, you might. You know if they're so good. Yeah. I always say I'm always hiring. I'm just never looking for anything specific. So I think you just got a job. Will you work for a nickel a day? I will work for free. A lot of life skills here. I will work for free as long as I come in at the nine o'clock hour, not the six o'clock hours. Oh, that's tough. Yeah. That'd be tough then. What's super nice to see you again

It was really odd and a great way To see you yesterday Because my wife's like Yeah, that's so fun Well even Caitlin's aware I'm never aware of anything I'm just pushing the baby And shout out to sidewalks

That have enough room for strollers And people walking by Because what I've learned recently Is not all sidewalks do that Some sidewalks are way too thin Some are too bumpy I found a real love yesterday For sidewalks that are wide enough

For people going both ways Because that's a pretty big stroller that we have there but really nice to see you guys. Well, you guys were the cutest family in the world. I can't say specifically about Billy, but the whole scene looked great. I'll show you a picture as soon as we're done here. Yeah, thank you guys for coming in.

Thanks for being involved. I mean, I've been involved with the Rodic Foundation and Andy for a long time. So I really appreciate you supporting that. Okay. Any questions for our friends here? No. Okay. Thank you guys.

Jeff, fun. Is this fun? This was so much fun. I don't think you have fun because yesterday we said hi and you were just so You didn't even say anything back. I just didn't know, like, what she was going to say, and I got scared. I didn't want her to, like, bother you guys too much. We weren't bothered at all.

Yeah. Yeah. We walked off and I was like, I don't think the daughter liked us. No, I do. Like, I honestly, I listen. I love all your interviews, listen a lot. And, like, yeah. It's cool to be here.

I feel better then. Okay. Because I'm, like, all my favorite artists have been here. So it's cool. Okay. That's fair enough. It was her. Good to see you guys.

All right, got a few voicemails here. Go ahead. Tammy from Missouri, and I am cracking up about the segment about y'all's 10-minute, happy hour, salsa hour, whatever y'all are calling it. You guys need to go back and listen to it. It is hilarious, and I am anxious to see how it goes. Thanks. Love the show.

Bye. Thank you for thinking it's funny. I will not go back and listen to it. I lived it. Yeah, we lived it. Live. What's so funny about it? I don't know.

I'm like trying to think. I'm like, what? Probably just stupid because we can't commit to a full happy hour, and so we're just going to do 10 minutes. It's a good point because I feel people, I have these conversations all the time, and nothing's funny about it. And then we're fighting over who's bringing what.

I don't know. I'm glad that Tammy thought it was funny. Yeah, no, I mean, I love that. Yes, me too. I mean, it's just, I'm like, God, we can't, to us, to me, here's the thing. It's more like, why can we just freaking get together? It's not that hard.

Well, we're together. It's boiled down to that. I've made it so easy. I'm talking the coffee table. She's mad now. That's of two feet outside of this door for 10 minutes. You know? We used to travel.

Okay. I know. Life has changed. We're in different seasons of life. Life has definitely changed. I know. And that's not just on you. It's just like everything.

We also all didn't have, well, most of us have like 90 things to do every day too. I know. Right? I know. I know. And I agree. And then it's accepting. the change that has happened.

It's like this just is the way that it is. We're not going to ever go back to the way we were when we were 25. It's just not going to happen. It's good. Some people do though. You see older people get together. Like let's do a trip together and you guys can. That's awesome.

And I love to be a part of stuff sometimes. My day, day times though, especially that I have evenings that are equally as stamped out now because we have a baby. I'm down to the minute in my calendar. And I'm balancing studios in different locations. I know. But I'm happy to buy. block out time, it's just hard right this second.

What's the date for the happy hour? We haven't made it yet. Oh. It's probably going to be in like a month or so. Yeah. It's more of a fall thing, I would think. Yeah, I was thinking so too. Let's just get through Vegas and then after that. Because like, whenever I got something on the calendar like that, it's like. And Eddie's got to make the salsa.

Yeah, and it's a salsa hour, not a happy hour. Yeah. It's a salsa 10 minutes. Yeah. Is it sponsored by Eddie's Flaming Hot salsa? Sure. Hey, that batch you gave me recently. It was too hot. Oh my gosh. Dude, you have to... Oh, no.

You got to toughen up. I know. I don't want you to make it weaker. I just want to eat anymore. You have to toughen up. Because I had it and it's good. Yeah. Does your wife complain or just you?

She doesn't really complain about anything. She also has a palate that's stronger than a six-year-olds, which is what mine is. That's what I'm saying, man. Come on. Yeah, don't make it any lesser because it'll just be tomato. But for me, it's hot. Okay. It's funny because we were having some last night.

And my wife is like, gosh, the hotter the better. It's so good when it's hot. And I'm like, yeah, I wish everybody thought like that. Yeah, I don't. Well, have you figured out consistency yet? Well, not for Bobby. I think for most people I have, but not for Bobby. Don't make mine any different.

Could you make it extra hot if we wanted it extra hot? Yeah. Is that easy to do? Oh, that's the easiest. Loaded up with peppers. All right, next up. What your daughter's going to call Arkansas Keith. If he's the closest thing you had to a dad and you didn't have a grandpa,

let baby Billy have a grandpa. Let Arkansas Keith be a grandpa or a papa or I know you don't like huge names. Just Keith, people love to feel special, especially when they get older. It doesn't matter if your blood or whatever. But he is the grandfather's figure on your side. So please rethink your stance on this. Okay, bye. There's no stance, except he doesn't have a name other than Keith.

That's all I've called him. So the relationship will be no different. because of a name. I'm not hiding her from him. But what do you call him my old stepdad? I call him Keith. No, no, no, but when you describe who he is. X stepdad.

X stepdad. So would he be ex-step grandfather? That's a lot. It's a little too much. Right. So I don't think the word really has an indication of the relationship or is an indication of the relationship. But I hear you. I hear you.

Okay, one more. Bobby's talking about why he's throwing his hair out just because he feels like it. I used to have a government job where the restrictions were pretty heavy, and they would restrict how long I could have my beard, how long I could have my hair. And I absolutely hated it. I quit that job, and now I'm a truck driver, and I don't give a crap what I look like. And so in solidarity with Bobby, I'm growing my hair out, and I'm not going to cut it until Bobby cuts it.

And also my wife wants me to look like Thor. Hey, just wanted to say I love the show. Look like Thor? Thor. Thor. I appreciate the call. I don't think you should be in solidarity with me. Also, when you said you don't care if you look like crap, are you saying I look like crap?

Yeah, it's sort of like. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm with you. We don't care. I'm with you. We both look like crap. It's not that I'm growing it now. I just haven't cut it.

And also, as I've said before, Billy thinks it's hilarious when I shake my head and my hair goes everywhere. So I don't have a reason to cut it yet. When I do, I'll cut it. When I don't, I won't. Who knows? It can be down to my butt. May not cut it until Christmas. May not cut it until 2030.

May cut it tomorrow. Oh, wrong. Keep us on our toes. Would it surprise you if I came in tomorrow with a haircut? No. Would it surprise you if I grew it out as a bit? No. Down to your butt, though, that would surprise me.

But that's full bit. That's full commitment. He commits. I commit to a bit for sure. Leave us a voicemail anytime, guys. We always appreciate it. 877. Bobby. All right. Thank you guys for listening. And over on the Bobbycast, my interview with

Leanne Morgan. Also, you can watch it on Netflix if you want to see it. You can check that out. We will see you guys tomorrow. Again, thank you so much for listening to the podcast. And we will see you on Wednesday's show. Goodbye, everybody. I survived nine months in captivity. And I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart. And these are the Survivor Fire. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

If your bookshelf and your for you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. Pro Society is a weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for anyone. who thinks pride and prejudice and love island deserve the same level of discourse. Each week, we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and pop culture with your favorite writers, book talk creators, and plenty of overthought opinions.

Yeah, I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. Listen to pro society on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle.

I chose option B. I'm Julie Pinero, and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility. Listen to Solita on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, this is Hayes-Davenport. And Sean Clements. We host the podcast Hollywood Handbook. week we talk to someone in show business and try to help them with their careers and see what they have to offer us. Everyone has a good time and no one gets mad at their publicists for letting them do our show. We've had a lot of great guests like Sarah Sherman, Adam Scott, Danny McBride, Ben Stillard, and a lot of other big shots that wouldn't be where they are without us. Listen to Hollywood Handbook on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.