The Daily Zeitgeist - Weekly Zeitgeist 352 (Best of 12/16/24-12/20/24)

Episode Date: December 22, 2024

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What is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? And make it brief. Well, we did the, just stuff I look at. I look at a lot of stuff. You do look a lot of stuff. You do look at a lot of stuff.

I'm keeping it Brent. This is kind of, I would say, I'm looking at a lot of stuff, man. Check it out. Check out YouTube. Next question, next question. Keep it going. Put in YouTube, put in fail. Go to YouTube and put in fail compilation and you'll have fun for so long.

All right. And we're heading over. And keep calm and chide on. It's so fun. Keep calm. And there's like, there's hundreds of them. There's hundreds of them. There's, there's a bottomless trove.

I'm not kidding. There's dozens of them. In general, check out YouTube. There's like hundreds of videos on there. Many videos are on there at this point. Hundreds at hundreds. Hundreds at least. Hundreds.

I mean, you can watch it all day. So fail videos on YouTube? Yeah, just put in fail. YouTube fail videos, that's your search history? Put in Lady Dancing Who Falls Down. Okay. There's more than one. There's more than one.

That's happened a lot. I find that hard to believe. Okay, no, but you guys have my videos. Okay. Yeah, so is this your search history? Yeah, my search history. Yeah, my search history is always videos because okay, I don't know because I'm a shut-in Yeah. All right. So we have Shut-ins no offense. I don't know. Some of the best of us on behalf of the shut-ins none taken All right, so great time. It's a shut-in Renaissance

You said two videos I watched them both the second one None taken. All right. So great time. It's a great time. It's a shut in renaissance. You said two videos. I watched them both. The second one, I think I immediately zoomed in on what you had in mind. The first one, I got to admit, I'm a little baffled by. So we're gonna watch it. The big foot?

What, the actual footage of big foot? Are you baffled by it? So is that what it is? Yeah, are you baffled by it? I guess you're baffled by the fact that something- I guess I'm baffled by something that exists. Exists is confusing you. So, uh, so producer Bay, are you able to bring up the first video linked in

act two under the heading cross and video block exclamation point, uh, it is titled Paul Freeman, big foot footage. I can give you a little background on it. Paul Freeman is this guy who is, uh, he's like become known for this video. He shot it in 1994 and it's, he'd been tracking big foot for a long time. And he, one day he was hanging around this logging camp where he found some footprints and then he saw a big foot. I'm less, less interested in the fact that he saw a big foot and I'm more interested in what he says, there he goes.

And Jesus, because those are the two I have been saying those all the time. Now, anytime I see anything, I go, there he goes. Jesus. So I, this is, I'm hoping this will end up on some soundboard for the daily zeitgeist, that's really what this is about. This is also extremely real and compelling Bigfoot footage. And then the last like three weeks, I've gone fully, I'm fully convinced that Bigfoot is real.

And I mean that dead seriously. Yeah. But I fluctuate. Then you might catch me in a couple other weeks and I'll be like, you know, maybe. But right now I'm convinced. So anyway, Paul Freeman. I'm getting you at the right time.

Paul Freeman, Paul Freeman, 1994, somewhere in Washington state, I think this was shot in downtown Chicago in 2016. And you can tell it's 1994 by Paul Freeman because it is copyrighted. They did. So we might get a man. If you find big foot, you get to copy. I mean, you slap a copy. People will say, Oh, we copyrighted it. That means. They did. So we might get it. Oh man. If you find big foot, you get to copy. I mean, you just slap a copy. People will say, oh, we copyrighted it.

That means it's fake. Wrong. I say that means it's real. Exactly. Blake. That's what I'm talking about. It seems like a POV shot taken from inside a big foot costume. Like that was my first, I was like, is this big foot like where

he says big foot footage? Is it big foot? We're really listening for, here he goes. Jesus. This has nothing to do really with Bigfoot. This guy needs some cardio. He's just, it's footage of the ground. Hear the brush poppin'.

He says I can hear the brush poppin'. Uh huh. Here we go. All right. And then camera up. And then there goes. Bigfoot. Wait.

There it was. You missed it. Those are the two only good things. Oh, I got it. There he goes. Oh, there he goes. Jesus. Can we take it back?

Cause there he goes, Jesus. Cause the rest of it is. Jesus can we take it back? Cuz there he goes Jesus cuz the rest of it is Not really a hill by the way, right Listen one of the requirements if you want to see big foot you have to have COPD Like so worried about this guy's cardiovascular health. This guy has awake apnea. What is going on with this guy? So that's it. It's really good footage of a Bigfoot and really, I mean, I just was hoping we could

get that, you know, there he goes. There he goes. On a loop. On a loop. He also says I hear that brush popping, which I like. You hear the brush popping. That's how you track a big foot. If we don't play it anymore, that's fine.

But that's what you guys should look for. You should go on YouTube and put in like, you know, it's put in any animal that you're looking for and then you Bigfoot or, you know, you can find, you can find any animal on crypto animals, you know, fake animals. A Dogecoin. Yeah. So Paul Freeman, famous Bigfoot hunter. Is that what I'm to understand?

And he, I mean, yeah, he's just a persistent guy who hangs around the woods, you know? And, and, and, uh, Bigfoot is, uh, is like, it looks just like a tree. I mean, it looks just like a tree. It's as tall as a tree too. So it hides out pretty well, you know, and, and it was, I was going to say, Chris, he didn't look that tall to me. Big foot or she. That big foot didn't look that tall to me.

How big do we think an armchair, armchair quarterbacks. Okay. I just, I would have shot him differently. I would have shot him from down, down below maybe. No, but I believe that is the most convincing because that guy is like not good at running the camera. He's not, he's not like he's didn't set himself up well. He's not like he's wheezing and heaving and everything.

And he can't, he's not like, he's if he was faking that he would have probably composed himself a little bit. Right. But it is the exact same quality of image as the Bigfoot photograph that we're familiar with. Like it's just, it's exactly that blurry. It feels like. Yeah.

I mean, it's a, even a, I just love looking at weird stuff. So, I mean, that to me is like, I think that is a real big foot. And based on, I mean, I've done a lot of research on this video. Like I don't just watch a video. I take a couple of days with a video and I find out about Paul Freeman and I get an idea of his character and stuff like that. So I understand. Jack, I agree.

Like, you know, like, you know, you know, that's like Whatever you said about it Whatever disrespect you heaped on my friend I've forgotten but but but but anyway the idea is that yeah, these things look bad But I mean Bigfoot does not look good. He's a shaggy guy. He's got kind of a small head. His head's not, his body's way bigger than his head. He has no neck.

Yeah. They have no neck. The secret to being telegenic, they say, is having a head that's too big for your body. Like when you meet actors. Yes, and covered in hair. But when you meet actors. Yes, and covered in hair. But when you meet actors, they all have like massive heads. Like it's the first thing you notice about them

is like, wow, your head is the size. You're right. So Bigfoot's got, is working against a lot. He's working against the grain. He's got a lot going against him. He's got a humongous body and a small head, which is terrible for film. Lives in the woods, looks like shit. Yeah, he does. Humongous body and a small head which is terrible lives in the woods Looks like shit

humongous body by design And yet look how that Quick shout out to Rocky Mountain Bigfoot If that's the correct Sight but there's one called Rocky Mountain Bigfoot where they have a video which I should have shown because I mean this one turns Out to be a dud it seems like but you gotta like we gotta end up with the soundboard where the guy says that because that's The part it's and that's why it's real that guy is not if he was acting he would have been my goodness That thing is huge or whatever. Yeah

Yeah, and study's like I mean, do you think this guy Paul Paul Freeman, doesn't wish he'd said something better than there he goes? And then Jesus, he's genuinely scared when he says Jesus. No, he's a legit guy who spent most of his life just doing the standard plaster cast of tracks. And then one day he got lucky and then, you know, and then he slaps a copyright on it and then cue the haters, you know?

Yeah, cue the haters and cue the money rolling in. Yeah, but I've gotten deep into Rocky Mountain. I think it's Rocky Mountain. I'll look it up while we're talking. I'm not gonna be listening to shit that you guys say. No, but you guys are like, oh good, look it up. Well, while you're looking that up, Chris, how big would a Bigfoot have to be

for it to be as impressive as we want him to be? Like, he would have to be over seven foot, right? Like, could there be a basket? Like, he can't be in the sixes. As long as he looks, as long as he is the size of somebody who when you meet them, you're like, did you, sorry, I do have to ask, did you play basketball? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, Bigfoot needs to at least look like he hooped a little bit. Yeah. And like he was the drummer for the Allman brothers band or something. Yeah. And not in that order. And for me, to be honest, for me, that line is six foot four. That's after six, six foot four. I'm like, so did you play like basketball or like six foot four. That's after six, six foot four. I'm like, so did you play like basketball

or like six foot four is like pretty six, four scans tall to me. Maybe it's because I live in Los Angeles and like they're, you know, people are shorter in LA and I do feel like I'm not just saying that they are shorter. They are seven feet, you know, generally around seven, but then there's people who say they're 12 feet and that's when people get even Bigfoot people who believe in Bigfoot. It's everyone's picky about their, you know what I mean? Like, they're like, okay. Yeah.

They're like, okay. Oh yeah. 12 feet. Real, but they're not 12 feet tall. Right. I, there's a bunch of people who said they saw 12 feet foot tall Bigfoot. So they obviously need a pair of glasses. Like they get really like, people are really, people are really particular

about their things they don't believe in. And like, even the things they do believe in, they're like, yeah, that's not a big foot are seven feet to eight feet tall and these reports about 12 foot. That's just someone who's drunk or some moron. Yeah. Yeah. That's a person who doesn't understand. But generally- The Bigfoot community is like, you fool!

But there's this- You're spitting on the floor. But I will say that arguing about how big Bigfoot is beats being a fascist any day of the week. So I am glad that there are people who are still, you know, concerned about how tall Bigfoot is instead of concerned with like, you know, privatizing the post office. Yeah.

Yeah. Got to do it. Deregulate Chris. I mean, seriously, let's measure Bigfoot. 90% of the big foot than big government. Can we say that? That's my whole family. Yes.

And that's a great sticker. And that's a way to make it a libertarian. Chris, that's something I understand about them. I'm not a Republican. I'm a libertarian. Oh, you a way to make is a libertarian, Chris. That's something you should understand about. I'm not a Republican. I'm a libertarian. Oh, I'm a libertarian. Right. I wish there was, I wish, well, I actually, I was about to say, I wish that you were a libertarian so we could, I don't make any sense at all.

Yeah. We wouldn't be friends. I was just saying we could have a fight or something, but that's just me being caffeinated. Andrew, we do like to ask our guests, what's something from your search history? History. Oh, fuck. Chester.

Fuck. Yeah. Motherfuckers get ready. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. All right. All right.

All right. I'm losing. I, I searched for, well, so I went to five holiday parties, but really Christmas parties in two, parties in three days. Whoa. Too much. I also volunteered to cook too much and I added on an additional cooking thing yesterday for no real sensible reason. But the first one was some of my new friends-ish who moved here from London.

So they're fucking English as fuck. Yeah. They had a Christmas roast. Are they new ish or they're your friends ish? No, they're new ish friends. They're very nice. Yeah, but they've only been here a year and change, I think.

I just wanted to clarify for their sake because- And these lobster backs that you're friends with are at similar age, the are backs that you're friends with The red coats that you're friends with lobster back Yeah, I'd say probably I don't actually know they're they're not like good enough friends that I know everyone's age No, that's not true. I went to a birthday party that I didn't pay attention to what was happening Actually one of them said I was tracking the candles to be honest There's an age. Oh, actually one of them seven. I lost track of the candles to be honest. There is an age. Indisputably an age.

I just don't remember it. But I thought I would get cute and make a English trifle. Okay. For dessert. And then I, just because I clearly have too much time on my hands, I thought, oh, instead of doing just fucking pudding, I'll like get this stuff. And this is where my search history comes in, called bird's custard powder, which is the shit you're supposed

to use to make English trifle. It's that kind of, it's thinner than pudding, and it comes in a little, you know, it's powder. It's basically cornstarch and another stabilizer powder. And what I learned about myself and America and the rest of the world, because I made a batch and I did not realize that because America is America and the rest of the world is the rest of the world, bird's custard is not inherently sweetened. Like it has vanilla flavoring, but no sugar in it.

So it is not sweetened. And I just assumed every other pre-packaged mix in America, even shit you don't wanna have sugar, has a fuckload of sugar in it. So this was disgusting and I ruined my first batch of trifle, which was like, honestly, like kind of a lot of ingredients went in. So it was disgusting, but you made it the way

that it was intended to be made or? No, I just didn't. I was just like, obviously this has sugar in it, it's disgusting, but you made it the way that it was intended to be made or? No, I just didn't. I was just like, obviously this has sugar in it. It's a mix. OK, so I just I just kind of like skimmed it and I didn't clock that you're basically supposed to put in as much sugar as powder. This is also fucked up when you think about a box of jello. And it was the final result of that was still less sweet than just like your average jello pudding

But yeah, you're a big cook. Like do you like is that are you really cooking or is this something? Yeah, I'm pretty I'm pretty Pretty good at like the big a big cooking thing like doing a lot of stuff. So also on yesterday That was Friday and then yesterday I made lasagna for my friend's lasagna party, which was too much. And then because I had borrowed the trifle dish in the first place and I was going to return it to my friend, and I still had a fuckload of bird's custard powder and like all this milk that I didn't really want around, I made another trifle and put it in the dish to return it. Now, what is a trifle? I actually looked up what a trifle was

over the weekend for some reason. My kids, maybe there was a song that mentioned the trifle or something like that. I forget why, but we were looking up what a trifle is. Trifling is different. It's bills, bills, bills, yeah. Yeah, okay. That's right, we were listening to bills, bills, bills.

Yeah. So that was the other thing that I didn't search, but I probably should have, which is how does fucking trifling derive presumably from trifle? Because trifle, as far as I can tell, is humongous, humongous and labor intensive. And I mean, it's ultimately not my favorite. But trifling seems much worse than that. And and there's a smallness implied in trifling. It's flavor It's a mere trifle, but a mere trifle. Yeah, but this trifle dish was like easily a gallon worth of pudding whipped cream cake Port jam and fruit Wow, it's fucking crazy. I love port I put in I got Costco course you pick up the alcohol one. Jesus Christ, Blake, which

you have like a custard's last stand over there. Yeah. Call your co-host an alcoholic. Is this something you call miles a drug addict? Because he is one. Yeah, we can. Anyways, that's a that's a fucking tribal trifle's just like a big ass fucking custardy mess. It's good, I think, but it is one of those things where you're like, this is fucking ridiculous. I guess it's most similar to like a pre-made strawberry shortcake in flavor profile. You know, like the kind of like when you buy a strawberry shortcake

that's been sitting in a cooler for quite some time. Yeah. I just remember what it was. It's a book called, children's book called The Worst Children, part two, The World's Worst Children Two. And it talks about a baby that eats a trifle and they make it seem like it's a big, a big amount of thing that he's eaten, which yeah, that that's why I looked it up. I was like, wait, is trifle and they make it seem like it's a big, a big amount of thing that he's eaten, which yeah, that's why I looked it up.

I was like, wait, is trifle like big? Yeah. I was having the same exact experience with you via David Williams is the world's worst children to Here's what we're gonna do. I'm just gonna, if you're on YouTube, you're getting a preview, but this is like, you know, the closest size comparison.

Did you make that? Yeah. Is that your thing?. Did you make that? Yeah. Is that your thing? That's what you made? Damn. Yeah, dude. So this one's not going up on YouTube, but I wish it was now because those are beautiful, beautiful cake.

I mean, it's not. It's just like a huge, it's just like if a pudding, like pudding and cake was in like a gallon, it's like literally a gallon. It's so, so much of the shit. Yeah. Yeah. You got to be a real, a real British lad, a little, little Lord to enjoy this. Was it, do you think that they were like originally like trifle being small was like sarcastic? Like trying to figure out how they got there. It's but a trifle. It is British sense of humor for sure. That is something they find very funny.

What, what's something you think's underrated? Underrated, honestly, wandering around in Target, which Target does not want me to do because they have locked everything up. And it used to be like a nice experience. You guys please be proud of me. I just let my prime, my Amazon prime lapse. Lapse. So I'm, I'm out of the club, but like you can't go to Target and just like buy the

stuff you need because everything is locked. They don't hire anyone anymore. So there's no one on the floor. So you press the button to get like, or the buzzer to like get an employee to come out, no one shows up. So you just stand there for 10 or 15 minutes, right? And it's just like what what are we? What are we doing here? So I'm under staffing our stores and then you know They have to deal with the consequences the people on the floor not us the people who make the decisions about how much to staff them So that's it to answer your question

As a target target executive like that's as a target, target executive. Like, that's what we're doing. It works out fucking great for us and our shareholders. So thank you for asking. No further answer. I think no further answer. Having like so there's three armed guards at my target specifically who just stand there. Oh, yeah, you're going to harm.

So that's like a couple hundred dollars an hour that they're paying for this contract, right? Like the employees aren't getting that obviously. The armed guards are not getting a couple hundred dollars an hour. But like the contract for sure. I get more than normal security guards because they're armed. Yeah, exactly. So they're getting at least-

The company probably gets more, whoever employed them. The company, exactly. The contractor is- I actually make more for unarmed security gigs. Right, exactly. So they're getting the company probably gets more whoever employed I actually make more for like unarmed security gigs, right? Right. But anyway, so yeah They're spending money on armed security instead of on employees, right? And so there's no and so I'm just like what I don't I don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore. This is like part of my life for like over a decade It's just like wandering around Target and it was like kind of pleasant. And now it's just like, oh, yeah, yeah, I miss it. We hate you. You suck. We think you're stealing stuff. Get out.

Like, OK, fine, I just won't be here. But surely you've heard of the crime wave that's sweeping the nation. And that's why I have heard of this crime wave. Yes, yes. I've noticed that it's down. These are visual reminders. It's down now. It's down. Ah, well, I mean, that's if you look at the data. If you don't look at the data.

If you look at the Citizens app on the other hand. If you look at some of these videos. That shit is going wild. If you see some of the shit that Elon retweets, I wouldn't even go outside to get my newspaper. Okay? Oh no. Thank you. I haven't seen what he's retweeting because I'm no, but

you know what I mean? That shit that like where people clearly who like don't actually live in any sort of like area where there's any sort of diversity or anything. They they whatever goes viral on Twitter like and that's earth right now. Ring cam footage. It's like that's not that's not tip ring cam footage cannot be like that's we can't extrapolate anything from that. It's a one off situation like that's everything everywhere selected by yeah yeah it's like the everybody's like the drivers in Russia are fucking crazy bro and it's

like no Russia just has what are that every car needs to have a dash cam video. And so, or a dash cam camera. That's redundant. Every car needs to have a dash cam. So they're getting every accident and you're just getting every single one of them pipes directly to you by the algorithm machine. The same shit is happening with crime in America and when cams and we're just. Where was that shit?

When I was playing basketball during nutrition in high school, I twisted this one kid up so bad with a crossover. There were no cameras. I know. But if there was, we could, we could just zero in on that and you would might, you might think I had a good handle. Spoiler cameras. I know. But if there was, we could we could just zero in on that. And you would might you might think I had a good handle. I do not. Turing what's something you think is overrated? The seasonal Frosties and like the limited time kind of Oh, like a Wendy's Frosty? Yeah, like the Wendy's Frosties and like the limited time desserts

at like McDonald's. I don't know. Yeah, they're not doing it for you this year or you just don't like them in concept? They really fell off. They're just not good. So I saw that they were doing the salted caramel Frosty and I was like, oh, I love salted caramel ice cream.

I'm gonna go check this out. It was atrocious, not eatable. It's for children, I think, between the ages of eight and 13. Yeah. Wow. It was like this tastes like it's for children between the ages of eight and 13. That's because I have children between the ages of eight and 13. Oh, so they were into it. They fucking love it.

Like in the grimace shake, I'm like having to pick this up every day after soccer camp. It's like, I mean, I'm like, these are so bad. Why are we thinking? I actually have fucked with the Grimace Shake. Did you try the Grimace Shake? Are they still still in there? It tasted blueberry-ish to me. No.

Not the Grimace Shake. Yeah, yeah. It was like a blueberry milkshake. It was like a mix between a blueberry smoothie and the milkshake. I actually kind of fucked with it. But I, yeah, I've never seen a product look less interesting. Like the concept of a salted caramel smoothie or salted caramel frosty could be good if you were like drizzling salted caramel on a regular frosty or something.

Sure. But this was just like a bright yellow frosty. Why is it so yellow guys? It's like, why is it so yellow, guys? This shit's nasty. Or else it looks like a dull whip. No, it's sweet if it's not fluorescent, like bright fluorescent color. Yeah, it looks like a dull whip. I wasn't into it.

Yes, it was super straight. Like the color was very off-putting. It sort of looked like if you blended like a slice of pumpkin pie without the crust was sort of the color of mine. Yeah. And it was just way too sweet. There was no there was no salt involved and it was I was just disappointed. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Guys, come on. This could be good. Do better, Wendy. There's so much potential here. Better, Wendy. What do you think of the shamrock shake? Again, it's it's OK. It's OK. it's okay. Do better. It's okay. It's okay. I recognize as a objective,

completely out of context, I would be like, why did you make a toothpaste milkshake? Like this is a bad idea. But in season, I do have memories of being like, this is magical. Well, that's because your brain was not. This is magical. Well, this is your brain. This is my Irish heritage, right? Yeah, but you didn't become fully cynical then.

Right. That's fair. I mean, that was like high school. I had it in high school and I was just like the combination of like the green and, you know. Major eyes bleed? Yeah, combination made my eyes bleed. Shamrock shake with McDonald's fries.

Yeah. So I don't Yeah. I get it. The salted caramel Frosty just was a big whiff for me. I didn't try it, but just seeing the ads and they are all over sports right now. It just didn't look that good to me. Not great. Well, we won't be fooled again. Yeah, exactly.

I won't be fooled again. Yeah, exactly. I won't be fooled again. Yeah. Woo. OK. I feel like I need more pie-based milkshakes. The Shake Shack does those really well, where you have little chunks of graham cracker crust. You've got to have texture.

That's the thing. Yeah. It's all about texture. When you're talking salted caramel, drizzle it. Drizzle it just a little bit. Yeah, definitely. Just a little bit. Want to see you drizzle it? Just a little bit. There's a local spot here in Portland called Burgerville, and they do much better dessert

type things than they have. Their stuff is very seasonal, but it's all from like local spots. So they're like very intentional about that. Miles, when you were in Seattle and you went to Dick's, I was like, oh my gosh, I gotta get Miles to Burgerville because if you like Dick's, you're gonna love Burgerville. So- Really? Yeah, yeah. All right, next time I'm in Portland, I'll hit you up.

Definitely, it's great. I'll be up there soon. But their little desserts are great. And they'll do, yeah, they'll do like, you know, angel food cake in the summertime when strawberries are in season So it'll be like a little angel food like cake shake thing. Oh, oh, yeah Portland though, they fucking oh, yeah, we fuck with food and it's amazing like even to the detriment of the business And it's amazing. Like even to the detriment of the business, like it'll be so specific.

Like we might not last till next year and we did it. But we fucking, our ethos is clear. Yeah. Yeah, I love it. Shout out to the lower like property rental rates because I think that's what really enables that kind of entrepreneurship. Yeah. And we get a lot of like food tourism.

So people like fly up from like the Bay Area or come down from Seattle, like for the weekend just to eat. Because we like, there's a spot that's down the street for me. It's called Eam. And it's Thai, it's Thai barbecue, that that brisket, that smoked brisket curry, that white curry. Like life changing. So fucking good. So good. And they're and they're blended drinks too. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they're amazing. Not mad at him. Uh huh. Yeah. We have lots of good food. Yeah, so much. Eam is like I always go to Eam when I'm in Portland. Yeah.

Yeah, it's it's a must. Go to con if you haven't gone yet. The new Haitian restaurant. Oh, that's sock passe. Uh-huh. It's good shit. A boule. This episode is amazing, you guys. I love it. Let's take a quick break and we'll come back and talk about more culinary delights in Portland. We'll be right back. Welcome to Decisions Decisions, the podcast where boundaries are pushed and conversations

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And I'm Jordan or Joe Ho. And we are the BlackFatFilm Podcast. A podcast where all the intersections of identity are celebrated. Oh, chat. This year, we have had some of our favorite people on, including Kid Fury, T.S. Madison, Amber Ruffin from the Amber and Lacey show, Angelica Ross and more. Make sure you listen to the Black Fat Fam podcast on the iHeart Radio app. Have a podcast or whatever you get your podcast girl.

Oh, I know that's right. Hey, everyone, I'm Madison Packer, a pro hockey veteran going on my 10th season in New York. And I'm Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player and now a full Madison Packer stan. Anya and I met through hockey and now we're married and moms to two awesome toddlers. And on our new podcast, Moms Who Puck, we're opening up about the chaos of our daily lives between the juggle of being athletes, raising children and all the messiness in between. We're also turning to fellow athletes and beyond

to learn about their parenthood journeys and collect valuable advice. Like FIFA World Cup winner, Ashlyn Harris. I wish my village would have prepared me for how hard motherhood was going to be. And Peloton instructor and Ratchet Mom Club founder, Kirsten Ferguson. And I remember going in there hot mess. So listen to Moms Who Puck, a production of iHeart Women's Sports and Deep Blue Sports

and Entertainment on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. Jenny Garth, Jana Kramer, Amy Robach, and TJ Holmes bring you I Do Part Two, a one-of-a-kind experiment in podcasting to help you find love again. If you didn't get it right the first time, it's time to try, try again,

as they guide you through this podcast, Experiment in Dating. Hey, I'm Jana Kramer. As they say, those that cannot do, teach. Actually I think I finally got it right so take the failures I've had. The second or even third or whatever maybe the fourth time around. I'm Jenny Garth. 29 years ago Kelly Taylor said these words, I choose me. She made her choice. She chose herself. When it comes to love, choose you first.

Hi everyone, I'm Amy Robach. And I'm TJ Holmes and we are, well, not necessarily relationship experts. If you're ready to dive back into the dating pool and find lasting love, finally, we wanna help. Listen to I Do Part Two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Curious about queer sexuality, cruising, and expanding your horizons? Hit play on the sex-positive and deeply entertaining podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions.

Join hosts Gabe Gonzalez and Chris Patterson-Rosso as they explore queer sex, cruising, relationships, and culture in the new iHeart podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Sniffy's Cruising Confessions will broaden minds and help you pursue your true goals. You can listen to Sniffy's Cruising Confessions, sponsored by Gilead, now on the iHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday. And we're back. We're back. We're back. And real quick, Trump seems to be doing either, either he's doing something intentionally

with his hair that suggests that he is like kind of a changed person who doesn't, who no longer gives a shit. Who's just like, I'm fucking president. I don't care. You want to throw a breakup, you guys? This is how we know that Maloney is gone. This is the first time she's left. He's like, how, you guys. This is how we know that Malani is gone. This is the first time she's left. He's like, how do you guys like it?

I got curtain bangs. I'm like, damn, what the fuck happened, bro? You know, I've always wanted him. But I just figured I needed a change. Wow, yeah. Yeah. It is a new haircut. I can't tell if it,

cause like he's definitely been pictured like this while golfing and like wandering around Mar-a-Lago before. But is he more consistently just rolling out with his hair kind of slicked back? I don't know. I mean, it's hard to know. It's fucking hard to know with this dude. Half the time, it's like an accident. Other times, maybe Baron was gassing him up. He's like, yeah, dad, that shit looks fucking rizzed up. Oh, you're risk. You just need to perm that. Yeah. Yeah. You need. Have you have you heard of S Curl?

Oh, my God. OK. Anyway, I don't know. I don't know what's going on. It looks like things to come. It's slinked back, though. Or that's maybe more pushed back. It's blown back. It's yeah. It looks like, yeah, it looks like he was out in a hurricane and like

he looks like John Voight, like a really like in really bad shape. But he looks like a toad condition, like he really looks a lot like a toad in this picture with just like kind of little hair on top. Anyway, it's not great. I'm worried about our president, you guys. He looks like he's not Joe Biden. Him too. Our president, not guys. He looks like he's not. No Biden? Him too. No, our president, not your president. Our president. President of the people. Yeah. I do wonder if we're just going to have two consecutive terms of brain meltage. Like,

is Trump, because- For sure. We saw him doing shit on the trail. It's not like he's on an upward trend. Right. He's definitely on a downward trend. Biden was also heading into his, but like, I just wonder how pronounced it's going to be because like the Biden fall off was pretty closely contained until the debate, you know, it was like he would, he would say weird shit. He would like get lost on stage sometimes. Get lost on stage.

I think we knew, I mean, they were hiding. We knew. But we knew. We were like, a mile away. Well, we were paying attention. All to say, Trump is like not, he's not going to have people around him who can contain him or tell him shit.

Like truly nobody can tell this guy shit at this point. Yeah. And it'll be interesting to see if he just starts wandering Mar-a-Lago with like a golf shirt, hair pushed back, underpants. And that's it. Like a preschooler dressing themselves for school and shit. Yeah.

Does anyone know where Laura Loomer is? Second question. That's where he's just walking out of a, from a meeting with Laura Loomer. From a meeting. Oh, my God. During my my illness, I had the most intense dream about Laura Loomer. Oh, no. That's how you know you are on death. Yeah, that's how I knew I was fucked up off these. I don't know what the fuck was going on.

I remember going I was like, walking to this house and I heard someone crying. I opened the door and Laura Loomer was laying down like, you know, like a bedroom. And she was surrounded. This is how vivid it was by these little baby like black widow spiders. Like they had like basically cocooned around and I was like, yo, what the like as if she'd been laying there for years. You know what I mean? The spiders like fucking we live around you now. And then I was like, excuse me, miss lady. And it was Laura Loomer like, oh shit. And she was like, you can say here she was like, oh my sick. What's going on? I'm like, excuse me miss lady and it was Laura Loomer like oh shit She was like, oh my sick what's going on? I'm like, I don't know man And then going on go back to I remember I remember I told him like maybe you should just like not be so hateful

This shit that might just help you out a little that's my one piece of advice and she said this is how this how Vivi She goes that is such a good point See, it's the brown people that aren't virgins that have good things to say. And I was like, yo, what the fuck is happening? And I slammed the fucking door on her and I kept it moving. Wow. And I remember you are more zeitgeist than me, man. I do not dream about these people. I don't know why it was.

I was. But it was just so weird. I was like, what the fuck? I'm like, no, no, I'm like, go chill with your fucking black widow spiders. And then I got mad at myself for even talking to Laura Loomer in the dream. I like that she was gassing you up a little bit. Like this guy fucks. It's a weird take. I know, but it still had to be like this backhanded, like racist thing. Yeah, weird problematic racism, but also being like, see, I can tell you fuck. And that's why I want you as part of my team.

All right. Let's talk Matt thanks for that tip. And that's why I want you as part of my team. Anyway, sorry. All right. Let's talk Matt Gaetz real quick. So the last few months, it sounded like the House Ethics Committee was not going to release the Matt Gaetz report, the one that got him basically shit-canned from being attorney general, just based on party line votes and everybody cocooning around being like, we got to protect.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, she was like, oh, if you got him, I'll out all of us. Yes. And you're like, what? Yes. Do it. One of the strangest flexes where she's like, Republicans, my fellow Republicans, if you out him, I'm going to tell everyone what awful perverted shit you all do.

Is this thing on? Wait, is this thing on? Am I talking into a microphone? Oh, shit. Yeah. But anyways, it now seems like the report will be released before Congress goes on their holiday break after they voted in secret earlier this month. Yeah.

So CNN or I think CNN maybe did the first reporting that like like hey, they just they did a secret vote and it's dropping And I think the surprising thing here is like you're saying Jack like based on party line votes They were blocking this shit. But now sounds like a few Republicans are like man. Fuck it, bro Let this dickhead get his and have switched sided with the Democrats and they had the votes to release it Gates's response to the news is holy shit. Very normal. I'd say a normal very normal behavior, very normal behavior. So this is just based on him hearing that the ethics report is going to be announced. He said the Biden guard. This is from his Twitter because now they let you post like 7000 words. He basically said, I was charged with nothing, fully exonerated. First of all, you weren't

charged with anything because they were investigating you. That doesn't mean you were exonerated. So let's put a pin in that, Matt. Fully exonerated. It's just not even a- It's just a lie. There was nothing. I mean, yet. I mean, I don't know. It's like Schrodinger's like ethics report, basically. Not even a campaign finance violation. And the people investigating me hated me. They were always against me. I like the big denial and then picking a very specific thing

and being like, I didn't even do that thing. Yeah. Except I wasn't being investigated for. Then the very, quote, witnesses DOJ deemed not credible were assembled by House Ethics to repeat their claims absent any cross-examination or challenge from me or my attorneys. I've had no chance to ever confront any accusers.

I've never been charged, I've never been sued. Instead, House Ethics will reportedly post a report online that I have no opportunity to debate or rebut as a former member of the body. This is where it gets wild. In my single days- This is where the background changes. So that part was like, dum dum, dum dum, very serious music. And then this part, it kind of changes to a fun party vibe.

Yeah, exactly. Now you can kind of hear like something in the background like, all right. So first up in my single days, I often set funds to women I dated, even some I never dated. But who asked? I dated several of these women for years. I never had sexual contact with someone under 18. Any claim that I have would be destroyed in court, which is why no such claim has ever been made in court my

30s were an era of working very hard and playing hard Embarrassing though not criminal Just gonna end that there it's embarrassing though not criminal that I probably Partied womanized drank and smoked more than I should have earlier in life I have I live a different life now. And then the last part, but at least I didn't vote for CRs that fuck over the country.

That's it, the end. CRs is like something. No, continuing resolution. Oh. Is a CR. That's like, basically they're voting to avert the government. He's just talking about a stupid thing to avert a government. He's basically saying like,

oh, at least I didn't vote to avert a government shutdown is what he's saying, because it's like the hyper maga take on what Speaker Johnson is trying to do to avoid a shutdown. Oh, wow. He's just flexing his like weird way to hyper maga cred at the end, which is so weird. Again, I like he said, oh, sorry, I partied like a fucking child sex trafficker. I said like one. Okay, that doesn't mean I am one. Yeah. And then at the end, it's really terrifying telling when you end it for like, at least I

didn't vote for like, dude, when you say at least I blah, blah, blah, as a rebuttal to someone's accusations, That's your and then you pivot to what about ism Everyone children Knows this move of at least Least I didn't steal the fucking cookie and it's like oh well, that's not what we were talking about So you just admit it to the thing that you were doing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah that we were talking about He's I'm not crying at least I didn't pee my pants like here. And you're like, wait, so you are crying.

But he peed his pants. Yeah, it's it's normal. He's Matt Gates is so unwell. Like, truly, seriously. First of all, I just have to say who goes to their cosmetic surgeon's office and is like, you know what? Give me the Charlie Kirk. I need that like big head, small face energy. I know it's so strange to me that I'm like, you're you're it's he keeps doing it.

But you know, more serious. Take my face off and shrink it by 20 percent and then put it back on. But also make my make my eyebrows look like the medieval McDonald's arches. Like my eyebrows and Mike with Jack Nicholson's and the McDonald's arches. I'm like, yeah. It's just like you have poor judgment in every area of your life, who you party with, your plastic surgeon, the fact that you're like in Congress.

Well, he's not anymore, which is kind of amazing. So it's a miracle, right? He's not in Congress right now. But like, yeah, the pivot at the end, I don't know. It kind of reminded me of the thing that Jay-Z wrote the other day. Yeah, for sure. Not one red cent. It's like, OK, who are you? Fuck the red cent.

What are you about to call the Pinkertons on somebody? Uncle Scrooge? Break a railroad strike or something? They won't get one red cent out of me. That was literally the first thing I thought was like, oh my God, this is like, Jay-Z could have written this thing. But he's like, I didn't do anything wrong. I didn't have that on my bingo card.

Jay-Z ghost writing for Matt Gaetz. But yeah, I think for a lot of people, you know, like that anyone's like, it might be a big nothing burger. Let's remind ourselves of what would even be in said report. So again, according to the committee, the report contains its findings regarding allegations that Gates had, quote, engaged in sexual misconduct and or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity

or impermissible gift, again, all in violation of House Rules. So you think he resigns suddenly out of nowhere if that report says, we couldn't find anything that remotely looks like the allegations? The report exonerated him, So that's why he resigned. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Clearly. That's why an entire administration made up of sexual predators was like, oh, a little rich, a little spicy for our blood.

Yo, that's too much dip on his chip. Probably not. Let's give him that new newsmax kick. You should have put in the Trump like it was a perfect report and it doesn't need, and it just needs to go away. Like I did nothing wrong. It was a perfect phone call. Yeah, but he has no, he has no like political capital to do that.

So it just has to be like, well, at least I didn't fucking fuck over the country. What? It's just like not related guy. Go do your Reservoir dogs cosplay for your fucking marketing shoot for your new Newsmax show. He'll be fine because you all get to fail upward into heaven. Failing upward to heaven. Amen.

Let's take a quick break and we'll come back and talk about a bad Christmas songs. We'll be right back. Welcome to Decisions Decisions, the podcast where boundaries are pushed and conversations get candid. Join your favorite hosts, me, Weezy WTF, and me, Mandy B. As we dive deep into the world of non-traditional relationships and explore the often taboo topics surrounding dating, sex and love.

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Hey, girl. Ooh, I know that's right. Hey everyone, I'm Madison Packer, a pro hockey veteran going on my 10th season in New York. And I'm Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player and now a full Madison Packer stan. Anya and I met through hockey and now we're married and moms to two awesome toddlers. And on our new podcast, Moms Who Puck, we're opening up about the chaos of our daily lives

between the juggle of being athletes, raising children and all the messiness in between. We're also turning to fellow athletes and beyond to learn about their parenthood journeys and collect valuable advice. Like FIFA World Cup winner, Ashlyn Harris. I wish my village would have prepared me for how hard motherhood was going to be.

And Peloton instructor and Ratchet Mom Club founder, Kirsten Ferguson. And I remember going in there hot mess. So listen to Moms Who Puck, a production of iHeart Women's Sports and Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. Jenny Garth, Janna Kramer, Amy Robach, and TJ Holmes bring you I Do Part Two, a one of a kind experiment in podcasting

to help you find love again. If you didn't get it right the first time, it's time to try, try again, as they guide you through this podcast, Experiment in Dating. Hey, I'm Janna Kramer. As they say, those that cannot do, teach. Actually, I think I finally got it right.

So take the failures I've had, the second or even third, or whatever, maybe the fourth time around. I'm Jenny Garth. 29 years ago, Kelly Taylor said these words, I choose me. She made her choice, she chose herself. When it comes to love, choose you first. Hi everyone, I'm Amy Robach.

And I'm TJ Holmes, and we are, well, not necessarily relationship experts. If you're ready to dive back into the dating pool and find lasting love, finally, we wanna help. Listen to I Do Part Two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Curious about queer sexuality, cruising, and expanding your horizons? Hit play on the sex-positive and deeply entertaining podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Join hosts Gabe Gonzalez and Chris Patterson-Rosso as they explore queer sex, cruising, relationships,

and culture in the new iHeart Podcast, Sniffy's Cruising Confessions. Sniffy's Cruising Confessions will broaden minds and help you pursue your true goals. You can listen to Sniffy's Cruising Confessions, sponsored by Gilead, now on the iHeart radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday. And we're back. And just checking in, because we have like kind of averted our eyes from the right a little bit since the election, just because we're like, oh, they're probably having a cool party over there.

And just, I don't, I don't want to see it. And we're not going to, there was the Trump advisor who passed out on stage, seemed to be having a serious medical issue. I don't think we want to point and laugh at that one. But here it is. But here it is. We're not going to point and laugh. But I do want to just look at this one anti-LGBTQ plus senator from Tennessee.

He's a state house guy. And he is just like one of the, one of the worst is a Senator Ken Yeager. He has regularly used his power to make life harder for poor and LGBTQ people as a way to make up for a lifetime of, you know, just being, being him. I'm in Tennessee right now. Tennessee's 49th, 48th, 47th in infant mortality, mother mortality, reading comprehension, every, it's these, these, these people in, in, in, in office in Tennessee have done nothing but to steal money and, and, and, and defund public

programs to the, and it, you know, to the point where Tennessee is just a mess. And this guy, yeah. Yeah. So this is just him. I don't know where they kind of found him, but he did get pulled over under suspicion of a DUI. And I do really respect the police for going through with the field sobriety test once you see this guy that they're still like, well, better see if this guy that they're still like, well, better see if this guy's drunk or not.

They're probably his friend. They're like rooting for him. Yeah. They're like, come on, man. Just, just, yeah, come on. All you have to do is walk. One foot, one foot. Oh my God.

Stop pissing. Yeah. All right. Let's, let's check out the video and then we'll describe it to people who aren't watching. Let's check out the video and then we'll describe it to people who aren't watching. So he has, he stands there with his hands behind his back like this is going to be easy as hell and begins to piss his pants.

And they are khakis. So it's not subtle. You don't want to piss those. He's doing a good job on the line walking though. He's really clean in there. Yeah, great. I think we froze. I think that's why he appears to be doing a good job on the line walking though. He's really clean in there. He's doing a great job. I think we froze. I think that's why he appears to be doing a good job. He also pointed at the line as if it moved as he was trying to walk across the line. He points at it when he moved the line. And people listening and not watching, he is pissing this whole time he's walking.

And it's getting so big. Yeah. It starts just in the place where your pants would be normally a normal pair of pants would be pissed and then it starts where your entire left leg. Yeah. Gravity takes over. It is great though because spreading up to his he's wearing a turtleneck and it's spreading up his neck. He did. Yeah. Blake, it's a really good point. There is a point at the end where he turns around and we don't get to hear what exactly he's saying, but he does point to the line as though it has been moved on him or something. Like what the fuck was that? That line is wobbly as hell dog.

Yeah. Fucking lines. Anyways, that line is, that line is woke. We don't need to wallow in the humiliation of this loser, but, uh, at the same time, it's, it's just, this is, this is who we're dealing with. Well, this is what Nazis did to Nazis. Partied. That's all this is, is, is losers partying. This is the people, the world's most charmos people creating a space where

they can just get drunk all the time. That's what fascism really is. Yeah. And this guy is a perfect example. That's what fascism really is. Yeah. And this guy is a perfect example. He's supposed to be a lawmaker. I mean, he's, he's like 70 years old and he's, he's like a 17 year old. Yeah. He's dressed like a 17 year old.

He is. He's partying instead of, I mean, he's pissing all over the place and. It's just like, it's just the banality of evil but not the the banality of evil evil is pissing your pants you know yeah pissing your pants as you're doing the DUI test yeah and being like everybody pisses their pants it's American if you're not missing your pants that you're not an American your line is not regulation that is not a regulation line that you're making me walk okay it's pathetic truly believe there's nothing wrong with enjoying the shit out

of this. I really believe that you gotta honestly if you're like, Oh, I don't want to laugh at someone else's expense, we need to take the higher ground. You we've we don't. This is something you need to enjoy because it's so great. It's so this is one of the few great things. If he was some guy who is not in power, then this would be sad. But instead, it's not sad because this guy, you're not supposed to,

you're supposed to be self-aware enough to know that if you are an alcoholic, you shouldn't run for office. And if you're an alcoholic, you shouldn't, it doesn't, you know, even if you're in a car, you just shouldn't. Yeah. There's just a certain amount of none of the qualities of a leader include being drunk and pissing your pants when you're 70 wearing kids clothes. He's dressed like he's supposed to be delivering the papers. He is wearing a propeller hat as well. We should point that out.

He does. He's wearing a cat or a, um, you know, fleece jacket with a hoodie. He probably came back to you. He just was at an ax throwing bar. Yeah. All right. Finally, uh, this morning I was introduced to Birdie Higgins. I had heard the song, what is it?

Key Largo? Look at me. We had it all. Yeah. We had it all. Just like Bogey and Bacall. That one. Yeah.

Didn't know who sang that. Birdie. It's like kind of got rock vibes. Birdie Higgins. B-E-R-T-I-E Higgins. And Chris, you found this clip of him, like as that song is being recorded, like about to be released?

Well, I mean, that's what they say in the clip, but he's not, he's lip syncing. This is a PM magazine. If you're like my age, which is, you know, 42, then you, 55. If you're 55, you know, 42, then you, 55. If you're 55, you remember PM Magazine. It was like, you know, when there were four channels, they had a nightly, it was like an entertainment

news magazine, like, and they just- It would come out in the evening. Yeah, and they did features on the, yes. And they did PM, yes. And they did features. Yes. Jesus. And they did-

There it goes. And they did features. Yes. Jesus. They did. And they did features. They did features on whatever the top entertainers were. And this was a big smash hit. This was like a number one hit or a number. So they went and sent a camera crew to Chattanooga. That's where he recorded this. Right.

And anyways- So PM Magazine, they used to call shows like 60 Minutes Magazine, right? News magazines, right? Yes. So that's what we were like at 60 minutes. That's what we referred to them to. Yeah.

I used to work for one prime time live with Diane Sawyer. Really? How is she? Yeah. How is she? Yes. She was always very nice and drank an incredible number of diet cokes every day. It was, it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

I'm not mad at her. Well, I was not. Little known fact, when Richard Nixon got into the helicopter after giving the two peace fingers after resigning, the person, one of the people in the helicopter, I think there were like two people, his wife and Diane Sawyer, who was his speed writer at that time.

I think I knew that that that's crazy. Anyways. Okay. So Bernie Higgins, Bernie Higgins had a hit big hit soft rock hit called, um, um, Key Largo and it's, it was looking at you kid. Oh, anyway, but it turns out behind the scenes, this guy was a wreck and I actually know his whole biography because this is another thing I, you know, I'll watch a video like this and then I'll do some heavy, you know, heavy lifting. Yeah.

I intentionally did not. I had the urge to be like, all right, what, like, how long did this guy make it? Because he recovered. He recovered. It turns out all of his... He got sober? Yeah, all of his antics. It turns out he had a horrible drinking problem and which explains all this stuff that... I had a feeling, Chris. And this is such a long, yeah, this is such a long interview and it gets way too in depth.

That's what's really funny about this is it gets way too in depth. And it also shows you the inside of a recording studio in 1981 in Chattanooga. The hairstyles. Yeah, it's supposed to be a puff piece and he is just letting some of the most pitched. Yeah, that's it. I mean, this song is, I like this song. It's a cheesy song.

I do too. Yeah. And he should have just been like, yeah, rocks. And we were at a great time recording it, but instead they just let the camera roll forever. And then they put it all on the air. I mean, this is stuff that would definitely be cut out. Yeah. Now. Let's go 40 seconds alive to tape

Pyramid studios look out mountain they even watch the rolling guy being recorded for what has become one of the hottest records of the year The song can we skip forward to 40 seconds everyone who works in the studio is a sheepdog And what birdie sings about you guys got a look at this this is like an all-timer for me The studio's a sheepdog. It's the first record for senior and songwriter, Bertie Higgins. And what Bertie sings about is his own life. You guys gotta look at this. This is like an all-timer for me. The whole thing. Just go watch this with your family. For Christmas instead of that electric yule log. If we're going to together.

I mean, the voice of an angel though. Here we go. I had gone through of an angel. Here we go. I had gone through an emotional fall. A lady who I loved very much had left me after living with her for almost five years in Florida. And we were both into old films at that time in Florida. And we'd curl up on Friday and Saturday night the only time they had the 24-hour TV down there and watch them. And Bogart McCall was a favorite. Okay's not the best part but he has the beginning okay he's talking about his relationship and they play a little more the song are we gonna go should we skip forward to 435 or where no no he's about to say Oh, wait, we missed it.

He said, did you have it all? Yeah. I've been around the earth a while and I never thought I could feel that. And the fact that I felt that just absolutely. I mean, I was married before married before that had a couple of children I was married before it had a couple of children. I never married before I had a couple of children. I never felt that Unbelievable. All right, that's okay. The next the next part is just the four minute part is when he says, it's just another way too in-depth thing. It's him and the girl he wrote the song about

sitting on a couch. She came back. And we don't have to, yeah, if we're trying to keep it tight. We don't have to watch it. But it's worth watching this whole video because it's the biggest overshare in history. They're trying to promote a song and they end up that the studio guys basically say at some point in that video, like we didn't even need the song. We have a promotion machine here that can make any song a hit.

It doesn't even matter if it's good. And like Bernie Higgins is like in the other part of the room being like, hi, you know, it's unbelievable. It's just such a great fucking hack. It's like a pruder film. It's a pruder film for about rock. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. They bring two kids, one named Julian, which is a human name and the other name diesel boy, and I'm like, oh, either. Is that real? Either. Get the fuck out of here. Um, and I'm like, wait, did he name his son diesel boy? And it's actually diesel boy is actually a diesel man.

He's 52 and a DJ, of course. So that was the other way of that it could have gone. So right. Either in a blackout. He changed his name in the aftermath. He might have, or he was named Diesel Boy in a blackout by Bertie. Maybe his German name is Diesel Man.

Diesel Man. Was that his real name? I hope we don't know. No way. It's impossible to know. I mean, he was. We'd have to pull the birth records. Yeah, which I don't have time to do, speaking for myself.

God, to just be like in an interview and be like, I had two kids. Like, I've never felt something like a love like this is so wild. Oh, no, there's Diesel Boy. There's Diesel Boy. He looks like a pretty regular DJ. At the time. A completely abnormal human, there's diesel boy. There's diesel boy. He looks like a pretty regular DJ Yeah at the time a completely abnormal human, but a regular dj. Yeah At the time of that interview this young man was nine years old that he was like Yeah, I never felt anything like whoo the love I felt for this lady. Yeah this lady

Yeah, my old my wife and my kids never did it for me, but this lady did. Yeah. Lord, this lady whose name escapes me. Yeah. She comes in at the end and they're like, why did you leave him? She's like, why'd I leave him? Many, many reasons. Oh, yeah.

I think the four- Too personal. I think the four-minute Markie talks about being in jail. He does. Yeah. He does. He says, I was in jail. He Markie talks about being in jail. He does. He says, he says, I was in jail for two years or something. He always said, for not that long. I know guys like this, so I was not shocked. He said, I was in jail for not that long.

Because he realized, what the hell is happening? What the hell is happening in this case? At some point you realize when you're on a podcast and you're oversharing, that's what's happening to him. He's like, you know, that's why he's like, yeah, when I was in jail for not that long, what the hell is going on? What are we doing here?

The band slaughter was involuntary. It wasn't that long. So yeah, Bertie Higgins, and then there's a great video for the Song Key Largo. The video is great too, because he's supposed to be in a yacht and it's a small fishing boat. So he's like, he's supposed to be in a yacht,

but I don't know if they couldn't rent. Yes. And the boat he's in, the boat he's in with the woman, you know, it's him and a girl like out on a date on a boat and it's supposed to be like, oh, what? I wish I had his life, you know, in Key Largo. And it's this fishing boat that's getting jostled a lot by the camera boats wake. Taking on water.

And then he's smoking the whole time. Yeah. And smoking in a little boat. I mean, if you're smoking in a huge yacht, I could see how that could be a power move. But smoking in a little boat makes you look like what he was and out of control alcoholic. Yeah. Yeah. You're probably smuggling living cargo. It's a great video. It's a great video. So the video for QR go. If you don't feel like spending 10 minutes and finding out the real misery behind that song and you want to just enjoy a really fucked up video, try the video. All right. That's going to do it for this week's weekly zeitgeist.

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