The Daily Zeitgeist - Weekly Zeitgeist 90 (Best of 8/26/19-8/30/19)

Episode Date: September 1, 2019

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you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke. I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry, Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. Every great player needs a foil. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports.

Listen to the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. Hello, the internet, and welcome to this episode of the Weekly Zeitgeist. These are some of our favorite segments from this week, all edited together into one nonstop infotainment laughstravaganza. Yeah.

So without further ado, here is the weekly zeitgeist. Kimmy, we like to ask our guests, what is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? One of my last Googles was, uh, chicken hypnotizing. You guys know about this? No.

You know about this. Jack knows about this. You can hypnotize a chicken. I truly don't know what this is for, but you just lay the chicken close to the ground, and then you draw a line. It doesn't even have to be a real line. You draw a line with your fingers in front of the chicken's face,

and then he just is in a trance. What do you mean, draw a line in front of his face? You draw a line out from his face. Yeah. Like just rub a chicken's face? No, you start at his face. And you move your hands and you move yeah you move your hands oh it's merely just visually yes moving your hand away oh and you can hypnotize a fucking

chicken yeah and then it'll just sit there not move just in a trance yeah it's crazy okay how did you okay come into contact i was watching this show called dream vet uh because i i am one of the few people that has CBS All Access. Oh, hell yeah. That person that works on a bunch of sick Corvettes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Weird flex. Weird Corvettes and stuff.

Oh, like a veterinarian? No, yeah. Oh, I'm thinking like a vet. No, no, no, no. Like a sick-ass vet. Thank you for noticing my flex. Miles is always thinking about muscle cars. Sure.

Dude, a Stingray? Every time we talk about Iraq, he thinks it's about muscle cars. Sure. Yeah. Dude, a stingray? Every time we talk about a rock, he thinks it's about the car. What, an IROC? Yeah, the IROC. Dude, it's all about the Z, dude. Z boys in the building. Okay, I'm sorry.

So you're watching DreamVet? No, yes, I'm watching DreamVet. Is DreamVet, do they analyze animals' dreams? No, I wish. That'd be a way cool show.

We're all constantly derailing. Hey, listen, it's just a vet show. What the fuck was it? It's a vet show. Okay. Some guy had his chicken in there because his pet is a chicken. And he was worried because the chicken had a lump.

And then they were like, oh, we'll take some x-rays. And then the guy who owns the chicken was like, oh, do you have to put my chicken under? And then the vet was like, no, we'll just hypnotize him. I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. They're like under a spell yeah and that's when i was like is this a thing because they just he just drew that line and then how long is the chicken until you tip them over they'll just like be in it's like oh i looked it up on google it says anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 minutes or something that's a big window yeah depending on how fucked up the chicken is before. Yeah.

Wow. Wait, Jack, how did you know about it? Because you were like, mm, yep. Yeah, dude. I just saw how quickly you were on. I know you know a lot. You know what I used to do for a living. Yep.

This is right up our alley at Cracked. Yeah, you used to clip the wings off chickens and sell them by the roadside. That's right. Exactly. Wait. Oh, this is just purely out of like articles on like cool stuff to do. Yeah.

Wait. Farm animals. Yeah, animal hacks. I think Robert Brockway wrote it actually. Animal hacks. Wow. Animal hacks. Bro.

I'll tell you it was an animal hack. That fucking Taco Bell dog. Yeah. Fucking hack that one. Yay, rest in peace. Yeah. R.I.P. Wow.

Too soon. Too soon. Yeah. There's also Too soon. Yeah. There's also one of the things we learned about chickens is that their nervous system is such that not a lot of it is in their head. So they can live with their head chopped off for a long time. Oh, right. That's why they can still be running around. Yeah.

I've seen that. But they can live for months without their head. Oh, that is. I don't know. Wait, what? No way, dude. This dude was putting a dropper of food in the neck- Like its neck hole?

In the neck hole of a chicken. Oh, I have heard that. Yeah. Oh, wow. Tight. Cool. That is super tight. This sounds like a podcast I would have loved when I was 13.

That's right. Oh, fuck yeah, dude. Wait till I go back to school. What is something you think is underrated besides Miles' Huntington libraries? Check it out, man. Oh, you know, pupusas. Hey. Yeah, man.

Guys, people aren't hyping pupusas enough. A mi me gusta las pupusas. Okay. Con curtido y salsa de tomate. Are you waiting for music? It's not coming. Yo, that was just a track somebody put me onto. I didn't know there was songs about pupusas.

What? I didn't know that. Yes, that's a legit one. That's not me just going off the top. Yeah. That's about, I think that's from a Salvadorian group. Okay. Maybe I'm wrong and pupusas are hype, but I feel like everyone here talks like taco

trucks, but we need to go, you need to go pupusa. Yeah. Filling. They're delicious. Ooh, and you get to put stuff on top you get to customize your old pupusa yeah get that slaw i always get this the curtido you know okay i always ask for extra uh you should go to atlaclat um beverly i believe uh tafe yo the the ensalada drink do you ever drink that no man it's just a bunch of chopped up fruit juice it's like a bunch of

chopped up fruit in like salad yes in a cup though chopped up fruit. Ooh, it's like a fruit salad juice? Yes, in a cup, though. And it should be sweet as fuck. And then by the end, you're just chewing a bunch of fruit and it's delicious. Yes. Yeah. Now, to me, an outsider, the pupusa looks like a... What's the soft Taco Bell

flatbread thing? Oh, a chalupa? Chalupa? Gordita? It looks like a gordita with coleslaw on top. Tell me what it is. Okay. It's like, you know, it's a tortilla, and it's filled inside. It's basically like maybe like a Mexican calzone. Yeah, it's like masa, but then you could put, if you get revueltas, you know, that's like you get pork, cheese, and bean in there.

Yeah. Or you can get it with just cheese. There's a vegetable. Yeah, you can get it with cactus. You can get it with loroco. You know, there's many styles to the pupusa. Yeah. But the thing that I will say is the curtido,

which is the cabbage slaw that you put on top, I fucking go ham with that shit. So it feels like I'm actually getting like a vegetable meal. Yes. Even though I'm just mainlining a bunch of starch and fried pork. But you go ham with all accompanying vegetables. What's the thing? Like anytime there's a sandwich that comes with like a little sour.

Oh, like a giardiniera or something? A giardiniera. Yeah. Like extra giardiniera. Let me get that extra giard on there. I was actually a nickname you had, I noticed. Extra giard? Yo, giard.

Giard, what's up? You know what it is. What is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? Extra Jard. Yo, Jard. Jard, what's up? You know what it is. What is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? Well, guys, I heard that Michael Solominov, who's this wonderful chef, had this new recipe for smoked beef ribs. And I looked that up. And it's a Yemenite recipe. And

it had a lot of turmeric. Okay. A lot of cumin. A lot of black pepper. I need gloves to season that. Yeah, exactly. We'll stain your skin. Turmeric will stain your skin, guys. It's true. The struggle is real. No one talks about that. All they talk about is the anti-inflammation

properties. Great. They don't tell you you look like a jaundiced car dealer. It's like yellow orange, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it's not just any yellow. It's like an immigrant-y yellow.

You know what I mean? Yeah. It's like that. You ain't getting that at Ralph's. Yeah. Yeah, no. Get you stopped at the border. That's what I looked up.

I was looking up that recipe. Do you cook a lot? I cook a lot. I'm going to smoke some fucking ribs this week. So what kind of smoker are you at? I have a Traeger grill. You got a Traeger? I got a Traeger, man.

Actually, I got a Traeger. This was kind of a crazy story. I do a lot of the cooking. I do a lot of cooking on my Instagram stories. I have a cooking podcast. Green Eggs and Dan. Green Eggs and Dan. We'll talk about that later. But basically, I was doing a lot of cooking videos, and I wanted to get a smoker, and Dan. Green Eggs and Dan. We'll talk about that later.

But basically, I was doing a lot of cooking videos, and I wanted to get a smoker, and I reached out to Traeger. I was like, yo, give me a discount. I want to get this $800 smoker. Hell yeah. And I'll post about it. And they're like, yo, we saw your videos. We like them.

We're sending you a free smoker. They sent me a fucking $2,000. Oh, fuck. Traeger Timberline 850. I can control it. You got the Timberline? I can turn it on from here. I know, yes. Oh, fuck. Traeger Timberline 850. I can control it. You got the Timberline? I can turn it on from here. I know, yes.

From my fucking phone. Like literally, I walk into my house, I clap, and it'll fucking start smoking. I gotta get, I'm actually in the market for a smoker.

Do you use that a lot? I will talk to you. I use it all the time. It's fucking awesome. The remote function though? You know what? I used it last week actually because I had some shit going on

and me and my girl went for a hike and i was in the fucking mountains you're so smoking my ribs from the mountain we went for my we went for a hike on runyon i turned off the smoker and smoked my yemenite ribs oh yeah i use a lot of uh cajun microwave right now what's that which is just like uh the problematic term is a China box. Wait, is Cajun microwave better? I don't know. It sounds just as racist. On the fucking thing,

it says like China box in the most, you already know what font it is. You know what time that font is. It's like fucking, might as well be like, it's oriental oven. Chop suey. But it's basically just,

you know, it's like a way you can, you put all of your charcoal on top of like sheet metal and then everything is sort of inside the box so you can, I've like,

I'll cook like a suckling pig or something in there because it's big enough to put. You're cooking suckling pigs in there? Yeah, yeah. What the fuck? Where do you get one of those?

Anywhere. There's a lot of places. Yeah, there's like also pet stores, petting zoos, you know? I feel like pig pets, yeah, book of petting zoos. I feel like pig pets are making a move.

They're having a moment. But aren't the people realizing that it turns into a fucking pig at some point? Or does everyone have mini pigs? I think they have the teacups. The teacup pigs. Is that like, are they being abused? I feel like anytime I see a tiny animal, they're like, that couldn't have happened in a nice way. Yeah. You have to keep them in a box like a bonsai tree.

And they only grow to this. You clip their feet off. And eat them. Yeah. No, they're very cute, very smart pets. One thing I was going to say about the hand cooking is also watch out for capsaicin.

If you're ever cutting up talking about peppers without gloves on yeah my wife got those and uh i think it was we had been in the ocean that morning uh just to do another little la brag yeah uh and then she was cutting up jalapenos and it was like her hands were on fire for like a day. Wait, just on her hands? Yeah. Or she had like open wounds. Yeah. I don't know if it was still on her hands. Yeah, I mean her hands are covered in sores.

Oh, I'm sorry. There was a terrible de-gloving accident where all of the skin from her hand was ripped off. It is very cool of you to have married a leper. That was like very like woke of it. Very 2019. What is a myth? What's something people think is true you know too well?

Ghosts. Okay. Ghosts. Just give me a break. Now, are you someone who's been just led on by ghosts for so long? You're like, you know what? I tried and I'm just done. Done with you.

It's one of these things where I don't get why people buy into it so hard or believe it. It's just, it's one of these things that just, as they're telling me the story, the story itself doesn't make sense. Have you ever heard this? Okay. You ever heard this? There's like, I don't know if it's like a wife's tale or rumor.

Have you ever heard the story about the person dog sitting and the dog dies and the family tells them, okay, well you can put the dog in the suitcase and take it to this place and drop it off to get it dog cremated or whatever? Right. I've heard this story from a couple different people. I've never heard it.

I've never heard it. So the dog comes back to life once? The dog is a giant Great Dane. It's always this big dog. They had to put it in this big suitcase. They had to put it in a suitcase because there was nothing else to put the dog in. I was going to say, I'm like, why is there a suitcase?

That's where it gets weird. Yeah, and it was just like, and they take it. Get one of those big blue Ikea bags. Yeah, or shopping cart. Or something with a wheel. Yeah, I mean, wheelbarrow. I'm just thinking of other ideas. Because you don't have a big suitcase.

So anyway, put the thing in the suitcase. But every time they tell the story, they talk about how heavy this suitcase is and how they're lugging it around. They got to take the train to the city and take it in this. And then they're on the corner and they're trying to figure out where they are. And somebody comes by and steals the suitcase and runs off with it. And every time I hear that story, it's like, if this suitcase was so heavy, how did someone just pick it up and run off with this giant suitcase? He was a CrossFit dude.

Right. Super strong, dude. That's how they trained. No way! Yeah. The story doesn't make sense. Wait, hold on. And this is what I feel about ghosts.

Is that the end of the story? That's the end of the story. They're like, so that person got home, opened up, and it was a giant dead dog. Were you the dumbest story. This is how I feel about ghosts. Every time people tell me a story about a ghost, the logic

doesn't make sense at all. I've never seen a ghost in a Walgreens. People have died in Walgreens. How many people have died? A lot of people died in Magic Mountain. I don't see a ghost when I ride Goliath. That dude died on Goliath. How come there's never ghosts on intersections? People die on the highway.

There's flowers. There's those white bikes all over the place. All these memorials of where people have died. Ghosts don't like the daytime. They only ghost at night. That's so stupid. Ghosts only come out when it's super spooky. When nobody else is around, in a place that's

already like. And there's no other people to back you up. Exactly. And then most would be like, well, that door did close suddenly. Right. And then like, okay. I like your energy though. You have like a YouTuber who like debates people on whether ghosts exist.

You're like, come at me with your ghost. First of all, watch out everybody. They only come out when they're spooky. It doesn't make sense. Do ghosts really? I just love it. It's the one thing I'm very passionate about. But you have the vibe, though, of someone who kind of wants a ghost to exist,

but you've been so disappointed. I would love a ghost to exist. I would love a new friend in my life. Something beyond this mortal plane? Don't we all want that, huh? That would be great, man. So do you believe people who think they've seen ghosts, do you think they're lying,

or do you think they just believe they've seen a ghost? I think they believe it, but that's what's crazy to me, is that they're in a place where their mind could play tricks on them. Right. And it's always like in an old place you know to i the idea that a ghost is walking around going i'm gonna i'm gonna turn the lights off and on real quick right you know like that's how you're gonna go come on go step your game up right do i don't know put on a show yeah they're always make a basketball move crazy in air

like in a game like someone shoots a shot it's like and it goes in the, like in a game, like someone shoots a shot and it's like, whoop! And it goes in the other end. Angels in the outfield. I mean, that has happened. Ah, that is true. In that documentary. And the sixth man with Kadeem Hardison. Again, a ghost helps out a college basketball team. Wow. Oh wait, angels in the outfield, those aren't ghosts though, those are angels. Right, my bad.

So where does that come from? Don't worry. Don't get me wrong. Don't fucking say something bad about angels now. Ghosts, fuck them. I mean, how come a ghost just never just grabs a bunch of, like you're eating a bowl of cheese puffs and it just throws all the cheese puffs in your face or something?

Yeah, I mean, look, that's why it moved your remote control over. But people feel so stupid telling that story that they're just like, I guess I can't. That's not a good ghost story. So you only hear about the ones who's like, a child was hovering over me when I woke up and whispered. Oh, so people, it's like we actually all have ghost stories. We're all just too embarrassed to admit it.

A ghost peed my pants. Right. All over them. You wouldn't believe it if I told you. What is a myth? What's something people think is true you know to be false? Okay, I'm going to say a lot of people think that... I'm going to go back to food.

Sorry, guys. Yeah, no, I was going to suggest you do that. But I think that people think that anchovies are gross. I'll come the fuck on. And I think anchovies are the most underrated delicious food in the world. And I think a lot of you fuckers don't know that you're eating anchovies when you are.

And when you taste something you're like, wow, this is ridiculously good. Where's that umami coming from? It's fucking anchovies. All right? Get some anchovies. Get some fish sauce.

Throw that shit in everything. And it'll change your life. Now the anchovies that I've eaten are very salty it's like concentrated salt exactly but in general when you cook it in something you want to basically just the base you got your oil going you put the anchovies in it'll melt in there you're not even gonna note see it you won't notice it but you'll sense it okay yeah like any pasta sauce that's really good there's an anchovy melted in there. Okay. Yeah, like any pasta sauce that's really good, there's an anchovy melted in that fire. There's anchovies in there.

Yeah. Yeah. When I was... It's the nutmeg of Asia, if you will. Yeah, maybe. I just bought fresh a whole nutmeg recently

because I was like realizing how much I needed. I was making a bolognese sauce and the fresh nutmeg with a microplane is really the only way to turn that whole thing up. One thing I will say...

Miles, you got some food street cred. I like it. Yes, when I was in Florence, Italyaly actually i was at this panini place another location drop so well hold on i must say he mentioned anchovies there's a little uh little place for panini uh called uh in florence and they have an anchovy and butter panini that i thought was like everyone like people like you'll get that over there. And I was like, I don't know.

I mean, I know it's going to be good, but the idea was a little bit still kind of off-putting me. Had it, one of the best things I've ever had. Butter and anchovy is fantastic. Also butter and ham. See that in Europe a lot? French, baby. Fucking easy, dude.

So good. Yeah. By the way, this is the longest it's taken for him to drop that he was in Italy. I'm surprised he didn't say I was in Firenze. Well, you know, I don't know the company I'm around. But yes, Firenze for the initiated. A city full of history. Anyway, sorry.

What is a myth? Oh, it's something people think is true, you know, to be false. I was going to do like a now a dry historical one. Is that okay yeah yeah of course please uh for people who have not listened to the podcast that i'm pitching called noble blood the the biggest myth is obviously that marie internet said let them eat cake which is just like the best propaganda line in history that we're still saying it now um no that was just i mean totally in like a propaganda newspaper. Right.

Which is, it's kind of crazy to have a thing that like, you know, people just sort of assume and even if they know it's kind of not true, it's still associated with her. Right. Even though it was completely made up, which makes me sad about the state of the world and the way propaganda works and the way people talk about their political rivals. world and the way propaganda works and the way um people talk about their political rivals i mean not to make it too common but like the way trump does his like dumb nicknames for people and they stick right and even though we repeat them like ironically right it's like well maybe in 200 years they won't know that we were saying them ironically right it's like that's the way you know the it's a very dull knife that right you know history and so that is you know

the most quote unquote like basic example I have of history but I think it if you dig a little deeper it's kind of chilling that we still associate her with that thing that was written in a newspaper totally unrelated to her life I hope Moscow Mitch sticks in history books let those but

that's just something about history where humor just doesn't translate because no one will ever, like sometimes you don't get context, but I'm sure when people inevitably write this chapter in history, it's like, this president was known for being a fucking idiot on Twitter

who would just give people random names. I don't know if they'd be like, and then there was Pencil Neck Adam Schiff. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, that wasn't his real name? And when he became president? But I think that's true of, I believe, Caligula is a lot of like, you know, people are like,

oh, yeah, he fisted horses and stuff. When you think about it, it's like, maybe not. Maybe that's like a crazy rumor that his rivals made up. And that's what people think. There are a lot of- Catherine the Great, obviously. Right. That's like one of those things

it's like how do we still know it because it's allured but like you think about that for one second and you're like obviously that's not true

right and Napoleon being short also oh yeah he was totally normal yeah he was normal for the time he was like 5'6

yeah 5'6 5'7 well that's the problem with Caligula there's so many like good juicy stories and they're like these are all fucking just made up by his enemies.

Did you know, weirdly, the way that the Popeye spinach thing was because of a printing error? Yeah. They thought that spinach had way more iron in it than it actually does. Yeah. It has a normal plant amount of iron, which is not that much. But they put the decimal point in the wrong spot. But don't they still say, if you need iron, spinach is a great source? They say that incorrectly.

I mean, leafy greens are good. I'm sure comparatively, right. Oh, okay. Like, yeah, but it's like, if you want iron, you should eat red meat. Or less red meat, because the Amazon is burning. So no, leafy greens. Eat a ton of leafy greens. Raw red meat.

Just eat a bunch of Iron Man action figures. Get your iron. There you go. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was murdered. There are crooks everywhere you look now.

The situation is desperate. My name is Manuel Delia. I am one of the hosts of Crooks Everywhere, a podcast that unhurts the plot to murder a one-woman Wikileaks. Daphne exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. And she paid the ultimate price. to a mafia state.

And she paid the ultimate price. Listen to Crooks everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Prudente. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline, a new podcast from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. When you're just starting out in your career, you have a lot of questions.

Like, how do I speak up when I'm feeling overwhelmed? Or, can I negotiate a higher salary if this is my first real job? Girl, yes! Each week, we answer your unfiltered work questions. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in experts who do, like resume specialist Morgan Santer. The only difference between the person who doesn't get the job and the person who gets the job is usually who applies. Yeah, I think a lot about that quote, what is it, like you miss 100% of the shots you never take? Yeah, rejection is scary, but it's better than you rejecting yourself.

Together, we'll share what it really takes to thrive in the early years of your career without sacrificing your sanity or sleep. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports, where we live at the intersection of sports and culture. Up first,

I explore the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Every great player needs a foil. I ain't really near them boys. I just come here to play basketball every single day

and that's what I focus on. From college to the pros, Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Angel Reese is a joy to watch. She is unapologetically black. I love her. What exactly ignited this fire?

Why has it been so good for the game? And can the fanfare surrounding these two supernovas be sustained? This game is only going to get better because the talent is getting better. This new season will cover all things sports and culture. Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke.

I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports, where we live at the intersection of sports and culture. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry, Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Every great player needs a foil.

I ain't really in here to let me waste. I just come here to play basketball every single day, and that's what I focus on. From college to the pros, Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Angel Reese is a joy to watch.

She is braggadocious. She is unapologetically black. I love her. What exactly ignited this fire? Why has it been so good for the game? And can the fanfare surrounding these two supernovas be sustained? This game is only going to get better because the talent is getting better. Listen to the making of a rivalry.

Caitlin Clark versus Angel Reese on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And we're back. Let's talk about a preview of things to come. Great. Super volcanoes. So. Is that the vaporizer? It's probably

a vaporizer. Sick. But once every 2.1 million years, a super volcano will go off. There are 10 of them or 11 of them around the globe and, or 20 scattered around the, the planet. And the last time one went off was 600,000 years ago.

Uh, it is basically like, there'll be huge earthquakes and then the sky will just like go dark because of how much magma will come out of the earth. Liquid hot magma. Magma. And the nearest one is under Yellowstone. Oh, great, great, great. It doesn't, it's almost like saying near in this case doesn't make a difference at all because it doesn't matter as long as it's on the earth.

Yeah. Right. saying near in this case doesn't make a difference at all because it doesn't matter as long as it's on the earth. It would cover most of the Midwest in ash, in three feet of ash. This was in an op-ed in the New York Times. They're basically saying that this... Oh, so it's an opinion. Yeah.

One of those scientists who just writes about his opinion. Oh, so that's your opinion, sir. Right. He talks about them as ultra catastrophes that would lead to global devastation and even human extinction, like a major asteroid impact, global nuclear war, or a super volcano, a super eruption of one of these super volcanoes. And he basically is making the point that the volcano is the one that's most likely to happen in our lifetime, but we are— Our current lifetime? As in everyone listening right now? It's more likely mathematically, statistically, than the asteroid impact.

But the asteroid impact is the one that we've had a bunch of movies about, basically. Well, new IP. I have a question. Yeah. Is this something that it would happen and we'd all die instantly? Because that's the way I want to go. Well, the people near there probably would. Yeah, people real close by would.

People who lived in the surrounding states would. But we would just- Have a slow, painful death. Yeah, have a slow- See, that's the worst. Because also, then the people who have survivalist things, then they get to be smug.

Right. Yeah, exactly. People who've been storing gasoline for years. They're like, ha ha, honey. They're like, yeah, but what about your $50,000 in beanie babies, asshole? What about those? Okay, I took an L on those. But you know what? Like people with canned food, it's like, I've been waiting for this.

They get to feel really excited and I don't want that. I don't want to live in that world. And all those Jim Baker and her survival buckets. Well, so this article, just something to look for. The reason I think this is a preview of things to come is because you remember the year when Armageddon and Deep Impact came out in the same year? The reason people think the reason both those scripts got written and made around the same time was because of a news story that had happened on one of the main news channels nine years before. So nine years from now, I feel like there's going to be a year of super volcano movies. Because it's a very vivid arc. We had Dante's Peak. from now, I feel like there's going to be a year of super volcano movies because this is like a

it's a very vivid Oh, we had Dante's Peak. We had the success of Jon Snow Pompeii movie. Right. Volcano movies have not done that well. Because volcanoes are so boring. Dante's Peak was the same year as Volcano.

Joe vs. the Volcano. Well, that's a great movie. But I think it's a great movie because the volcano doesn't happen. I still have a promotional bag from Joe vs. the Volcano that my mom got in the 80s. Were you born?

Yeah, live around that time. I think it was made by Orion Pictures because it still has the old Orion logo on the back. And it's a reusable bag that, to this day, that my family uses. Good for you. Yeah, they made a Pompeii movie that this day that my family uses. Good for you. Yeah,

they made a Pompeii movie that did very poorly, I think. Yeah, yeah, very reasonably. And there's so many good stories. Wasn't there one guy like masturbating when he died?

But that's not a good story because everyone dies. Everyone masturbates when they die. It has to be like an art film or something where it's like you see that same moment

for people all over the place because- It's like sliding doors or something. Sliding doors-esque. But I don't think you can make a blockbuster where everyone's masturbating. Titanic sinks. I've heard this Titanic

sink. That's true. Did you see the article that people were like, the Titanic's falling apart on the seafloor. And they're like, motherfucker, that shit sank over 100 years ago in the fucking sea. It looks like shit, you guys. I was like, I never thought it looked that good to begin with, first of all. It's deteriorating.

What are we going to do? They're like, y'all, I don't know if you've seen the Acropolis. It's a mess. Right. What are we going to do about it? What happened there, everyone? What happened? Yeah.

Time? No. Yeah, they're like, we last saw it 40 years ago, and it looked better than it does now. And it's like, well, yeah, being 40 years under the sea will do that to someone. How did you look 40 years ago? It was 14 years ago. Oh, 14, sorry. And the last time that anyone was down there was James Cameron.

Wait, what do you mean 14 years ago? That somebody was down and diving around the Titanic. Oh, I got it. Remember, because he made the Titanic, but then he also got really into diving to the Titanic. Oh, I got it. Remember? Because he made the Titanic, but then he also got really into diving to the Titanic. I'm pretty sure he only made Titanic because he really wanted to go dive down to the Titanic. But then part of it, didn't that obsession create new submersible technology, though, too? Yeah, he nailed it.

He does that a lot in films. Yeah. Credit to James Cameron. I went on a tour of his workshop once, which is just- Wait, why'd you use air quotes? Because it's not really a workshop. It's like an airplane hangar

where he keeps like... I thought you meant like I use air quotes. It's a van. No, they called it the workshop. It was like a press thing. It was like James Cameron

and like 10 reporters. And it's like just little things from all of his movies. And he just keeps like the thing from Aliens. Oh, really? I don't know what it's called. The ro from all of his movies. And he just keeps like the thing from Aliens, like the- Oh, really? I don't know what it's called.

The Robo-Suit. The Robo-Suit. Get away from her, you bitch. And all the models of the Titanic. And he just seems like he just is a dude- Just like a kid. Who happens to make movies, but really loves this stuff. Toys.

Making cool things. Yeah. He just loves- I'm a collector who just got into filmmaking. Yeah. I realized that was a good way to get access to stuff. Yeah. The kind of, that's what it felt like. Right. Did's just, yeah, he just loves, I'm a collector who just got into filmmaking. Yeah. I realized that was a good way to get access to stuff. Yeah. The kind of,

that's what it felt like. Right. Did he have like real, like, was it real? Did he have any stuff from the Titanic in there? Like from the, no,

that would be, that would be theft. Not that they showed us, maybe in his personal home. Yeah. Probably. He's like, this is the wheel.

Did you meet him? Yeah. Was he nice? He was. Jim? Jim. Good. But here's the thing.

Jim came. I wanted, I thought he was nice, but he was nice because he's like an old man meeting a few reporters. Right. Like, I don't think I would want to be married to him. No. Why? What'd you get?

What was the sense you got from him? I have it, but just from stories. Oh, right. He's not, he's a controlling, but I think now that he's of an agent status where he gets to do whatever he wants. Right. He's relaxing. Like, I think back in early in his career when he had to yell at people, he was not a pleasant person.

But now he's James fucking Cameron. Yeah. I bet now he's a pleasant person to be around because everyone says yes to him. Sure. One of the early things he did in filmmaking, he was, I think, working on the set of a horror movie and they wanted to have a shot

with a bunch of worms and grubs in it. And he was like, they're not wriggling enough. So he just electrocuted the whole thing of grubs and worms. So they would start crawling over each other, which is brilliant, but also really cruel. And I think a good kind of description of how he treats people in his movies. When you look back at the abyss, he's like talking about like how fun it was and everyone's like.

I almost drowned nine times. Yeah, people almost died on that movie. They needed him to wriggle more. Wriggle! Isn't the thing like they were breathing water? Like the technology was that like they would learn to breathe in fluid. That was the premise of the movie.

Right, but I'm saying like, but even having that in your head and like, so the actors are like in these suits that are like filling up, like wouldn't the helmets fill up with liquid? Yeah. I'm sure that would stress me the fuck out. I miss the OA.

Yeah. Yeah. Oh man, bring it back. I know. It was getting so good. It was never getting good. I mean, it got so wacky though. I was like, well, hold on.

Because before I just thought this was some weird show and now we're dealing with like some other dimension this dude saw in a dollhouse. I'm so mad that they canceled it just because like- They canceled it? Yeah. DOA? Yeah.

Is DOA? Yeah. No one made that joke yet. It's just like no one else is making shows that weird. Yeah, right. More weird things in the world. I mean, I think they should do a flash mob to bring it back. With the dance moves? With the dances. What the fuck. I mean, I think they should do a flash mob to bring it back. With the dance moves?

With the dances. What the fuck? I had never saw that. The movements. You don't know the movements, Jack? You've never watched the climax of the movie? The climax of... It's because he knows the show creators and he's salty.

I'm not salty. Oh, I can't wait for this to stop rolling. I'm so salty. There's so many shows. I'm not salty at them. Jack actually had the idea for... Jack, tell them about your OA idea you had before. You had the idea for the OA

before the OA? They stole it from me. Yeah, he was talking about all these NDEs he had, near-death experiences at water parks and they're like,

hold on. I will say there's guys I hooked up with and now I can never watch anything even tangentially related to them because it makes me viscerally upset.

Yeah. Oh, what do you mean? Like, who are these people you're dating? I'm not going to say it on the- Damn, okay. I mean, that was a flex. Well, none of this is going in. I live in Los upset. Yeah. Oh, what do you mean? Like, who are these people you're dating? I'm not going to say it on the...

Damn, okay. I mean, that was a flex. Well, none of this is going in. I live in Los Angeles. There are people in the world. I mean, the only thing that reminds me of X is like an empty TV box.

You know what I mean? So again, you're like, oh, I can't watch NBC. She's like, I hooked up with a guy and now I can't watch any of LeBron's games. Hannah soured it for me.

Especially when he came to the Lakers. I'm like, of all the towns really lebron i came here first i moved here you asshole all right well let's talk about other people who shouldn't notice the vmas i'm fucking crushing these transitions fantastic brett stevens uh who who is a New York Times columnist who kind of takes the conservative side of things. Oh, I mean, he's Mr. Fucking PC culture's ruining us. What's the snowflakery safe space?

Like, he's basically what Sebastian Maniscalco, like, they think the same. What's with these trigger warnings and these safe spaces? Safe space used to be in the bathroom with the lights out before my dad came home. Hello! Was that a masturbation joke? I don't know. It's up to you. My son is going to call you after this and be like, I need to hire you

as my head writer. He's like, hold on, man. Miles, you got my tone. You get me. Did you hack my iCloud or something? You looking at my notes? Did you hack my brain? Because my synapses are firing. I see these kids, these Gen Z kids. They got no prospects for the future. They're looking at, they're listening to this EDM.

What the fuck is that? I call it economic distraction music because they're not paying attention to their futures. Holy fuck. Oh, fuck. Anyway, so this is sort of what his whole deal is. Brett Stevens. Back to Brett Stevens. He goes, just to give you an example, this is something he said, like he was praising

the University of Chicago because they had a policy that was against having safe spaces or trigger warnings for, you know, students who might have gone through some kind of trauma. First, he's quoting from the committee at University of Chicago. Quote, concerns about civility and mutual respect can never be used as a justification for closing off discussion of ideas. However offensive or disagreeable those ideas may be to some members of our community. Typical right wing sort of free speech shit. Then goes on.

And then this is sort of his commentary. Those are fighting words at a time when professors live in fear of accidentally offending their own students. And a governor needs to declare a countrywide state of emergency so that white supremacist Richard Spencer can speak at the University of Florida. They're also necessary words. That isn't because universities need the First Amendment's most loyal guardians. In the case of private universities, the First Amendment generally doesn't apply. They set their own rules. Instead, it's because free speech is what makes educational excellence possible so he's always saying like

let the races talk right i don't care if it's homophobic it's free speech so cut to a couple days ago when there was like the story that came out that the new york times building had bed bugs or whatever um this professor uh at ge George Washington university, like quote tweeted, uh, like the article that said, uh, breaking, there are bedbugs in the NYT newsroom. And then his tweet was the bedbugs are a metaphor. The bedbugs are Brett Stevens. Okay. To not even a miles level joke, a miles doing Sebastian level.

No, you'd have done a lot better. That's crickets all day. Uh, and I think that thing only got like six likes or something, three retweets. Then suddenly he continued this chain. He said, I just got an email from Brett Stevens, CCing the university provost. He's deeply offended that I called him a metaphorical bedbug. This is his email. Dear Dr. Karpf, someone just pointed out a tweet you wrote about me calling me a bedbug.

I'm often amazed about the things supposedly decent people are prepared to say about other people, people they've never met. On Twitter, I think you've set a new standard. I would welcome the opportunity for you to come to my home, meet my wife and kids, and talk to us for a few minutes, and then call me a bedbug to my face. That would take some genuine courage and intellectual integrity on your part. I promise to be courteous no matter what you have to say. Maybe it will make you feel better

about yourself. Please consider this a standing invitation. You are more than welcome to bring your significant other, cordially Brett Stevens. Miles does Brett Stevens is almost as good as Miles does Sebastian Anascalco. Then he fucking quit Twitter. He quit Twitter.

He said, time to do what I long ago promised to do Twitter is a sewer It brings out the worst in humanity I sincerely apologize for any part I've played In making it worse And anyone I've hurt Thanks to all my followers

But I'm deactivating this account Then my man goes on MSNBC And fucking Digs the hole even deeper. Listen to how he even portrays this whole situation. Yo, what do you have against bedbugs, dude? Holy shit. I'm going to be careful with my words because I know these are going to be examined carefully.

So I think Twitter brings out the worst in its users. It tends to bring out the worst in its users. It tends to bring out the worst in its users. And yesterday, a professor at George Washington University described me as a bedbug or a metaphorical bedbug, just in the context of the New York Times having a bedbug problem in our building. And I think that kind of rhetoric is dehumanizing and totally unacceptable, no matter where it comes from.

All I would say is that using dehumanizing rhetoric like bedbugs or you know analogizing people to insects is is always wrong all my and you better we should be the people on social media that we are in real life there's a bad history of being called being analogized to insects that goes back to a lot of totalitarian regimes in the past I've been called worse I wrote this guy a personal note now it's out there for being analogized to insects that goes back to a lot of totalitarian regimes in the past i've been called worse i wrote this guy a personal note now it's out there for everyone to see yeah everyone to see how much of a pearl clutching snowflake you are yourself sir right it's so odd this is the classic shit that they do well the right has been like talking about the infestation of yep

you know uh mexican immigrants It's free speech, man. Yeah. Until that shows up on my door. I'm going to jump in here and say I know Brett Stevens. Do you really? I do. I've had dinner with Brett Stevens. I went to a dinner in New York last year, and he was there.

And I sat next to him. He was a great guy. I can't say a bad thing about him i probably like brett stevens a little more than you guys do and i think that he definitely the thing is he must be like searching for like what everyone everything that people are saying about him right this got on his radar because yeah the guy didn't at him didn't at him at all and it had like a paltry like like to retweet ratio that's like you went into the search box and put your name in i don't even think it's a good idea to look at your mentions like because that is probably mentally

unhealthy but to actively like be constantly searching your name is just self-harm yeah that's self-harm it's very it's very dangerous and i'm sure that you know we get it as well because i get like it's funny like if i put like a youtube video or there's a youtube video of me or whatever i'll like just like kind of rush through all the positive stuff yeah one negative thing and i'm like clear my calendar for the week i can't do anything this misspelled comment about but it wasn't even that bad i mean it's like you're in the public eye like these things happen and then like i I don't know. I think liking it, that's the, I don't know. I think taking it to like, oh, he didn't mean totalitarian. He wasn't doing what Nazi cartoonists were doing or anything like that.

But why is he even mentioning that in his sort of rationalization as to why this was so offensive to him? I think he, you're right. I think he was caught off guard. I think he's digging a hole. And I think he's trying think you're right. I think he's dug a hole. I think he was caught off guard. I think he's digging a hole. And I think he's like trying to get out of it. And I think people like that who are like, you know, they debate for a living, like they're not willing. It's very hard to just say, okay, I'm sorry.

Maybe I overreacted. Yeah. Or just, you know, fucking move on, dude. Right. But it's like anything. It's like, oh no, XX truck nuts, 420 XX says I'm a hack. But it's funny that it's funny that it's true. He definitely is the kind of flag bearer of like,

let's stop being so sensitive. And this to me, this being the thing that put him over the edge seems... It's almost... I think there's layers to this. Maybe with this professor, maybe with his history with bedbugs, maybe he was called bedbug in college because he was a stinky kid or something. I don't know. Maybe he had bedbugs. I had bed just i'm gonna be a full disclosure i've also had bed bugs i've met brett stevens and i've also had bed bugs so thank you for getting it

i got two horses in this tweet is really like actually can we just cut this out of the episode it's home for me if you've never had bed bugs you've probably never lived in New York, but it's also just the worst thing ever. But, again, that's a tangent. I think this is ridiculous that this is what kind of set them off. We have bedbugs here in LA, too. Really? Don't forget about the Alexandria Hotel downtown, where people got them from just

hanging out there. They're everywhere. And they're spreading. Are they? Do you have to throw all your shit away when you get bed bugs? I think they spread in LA a little more than in New York. Because in New York, they're just like, just fucking spray the DDT in your apartment. That's my Sebastian.

But here, they're like, we don't use chemicals. We're just going to rub some turmeric on the bed. And smudge. Just get some sage. Get some sage. Smudge your... It's going to be great. Well, since we don't like to end on Epstein news, the world's...

Oh, that's not how this podcast works. You guys don't do that every episode. And that's sad. We don't like to go into a break on that. So I will tell you the world's longest, tallest, and fastest roller coaster with speeds of 155 miles per hour is coming to saudi arabia's new six flags theme park there's a six flags in what uh what uh 2023 baby the falcons flight could hit dizzying speeds up to 155 miles per hour it's going to be the tallest roller coaster in the world. Wasn't it called Bonesaw before that?

Was it? Gotta go! I'm constantly fascinated by Gulf Arabs' desire to outdo the whole world in dumb shit. We are going to make the biggest man-made island in the shape of an R

that has ever been seen. That's what I'll make one. It's like, all right. All right, guys. Yeah. Did you see MBS's plans

for, like, building Jurassic Park out of robots? No. Yeah. Is that what he wants to do? Oh, cool.

Yeah, he has a plan for, it's like this lunar, like, park thing. What do you mean, cool. Yeah, he has a plan for, it's like this lunar park thing. What do you mean lunar park? I don't know. It's on the moon? No, but it has some sort of space age aspect to it. And Super Producer Ana Hosnia knows.

Basically, he's trying to create a futuristic city that's like a party city. It's like a Dubai times a thousand it's like a dubai times a thousand right dude i'm telling you there is an actual plan for it's like literally called like plan neon or something like that we talked about on ethnically ambiguous that's a plug but yeah i think that's really crazy and i don't know if they'll be able to do it because it costs like six bajillion dollars or something like that it's out of control but it'll have yeah like it'll be like you're on space.

It's a lot of robots. And it's gonna be like, I literally think, based off the description, it'll be like a giant dome. Right, dude. I don't know. It's wild.

They're literally like 12-year-olds who have billions of dollars. They're like, we're going to make a, we need dinosaurs. I want dinosaurs. It's like,

but your jails are full of journalists. I don't give a fuck. I want dinosaurs. I want But your jails are full of journalists I don't give a fuck I want dinosaurs I want to hang with a raptor I want to feed the bloggers to the dinosaurs Sorry The lunar thing is that

It's going to have a fake moon An extra fake moon Like orbiting it? I think it's going to be You know what? I'm just going to take everything you say as truth and fact. That's definitely plan B. Initially, he was like, I want to make a

real moon. Another real moon to put around my Jurassic Park. Like, we can't do that. Fake moon. It's called Neom. It's going to have flying cars, a fake moon, and 24-7 surveillance. I love it.

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Great. Matthew McConaughey is finally getting the respect he deserves and will be a professor at UT, University of Texas. Hook them horns, man. That's what I'm saying, man. Finally, I'll go back to school. He's been a visiting instructor since 2015, apparently. I didn't know that.

But now he is the Moody College of Communications has now made or has now appointed him as a professor of practice to the Department of Radio Television Film Faculty starting this fall. I don't know what the fuck that means. So will he teach acting? Well, so what he's teaching is he's doing a co-teaching class called Script to Screen. And it's going to be with a director and faculty member, Scott Rice. And it's basically sort of going like every stage of a film's production. Right. Which I'm sure he's been heavily involved with.

In many things. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Totally. That'll be kind of – that's kind of tight. I mean, he's great is the thing. All right. Right. Yeah, there it is.

Yeah, here he is right now. Matthew McConaughey. Okay. Wow. Somebody say pineapple. Yeah. Yeah. It just seems like he's gone from someone who I thought was a joke.

Totally. And he kind of is, and he's sort of a meme in his own way, but he has a lot of knowledge too that I would love to hear. It's funny because yes yes, man, yes. When we first started talking about this, my first thought was, what a ridiculous, what an asshole. He's a cartoon of an actor. He goes out there, and he's like,

have you ever had sex or whatever he fucking says? In a Lincoln? Yeah. And then as I started talking, I was like, nope, I love him. I love True Detective. Yeah, True Detective was good. What else? Mud? Dallas Buyers Club.

Dallas Buyers Club, he was incredible. Yeah, man. Yeah, I'm curious. Has he directed anything? I mean, Failure to Launch? Failure to Launch. What's Failure to Launch? I think he lived at home, and his parents were like,

please find, wasn't Terry Bradshaw his dad in that movie? Oh my God, I hope so. Terry Bradshaw was his dad. I gotta see this movie. I've never seen it. Talking about failure of launch, I fully expected Terry Bradshaw to have a huge movie career after that film

and nothing. God, that would be cool. Just still halftime shows on Fox. Do you remember the one Howie Long starring action film that came out, Firestorm? The Firestorm, yes. In the commercial, isn't he throwing a fucking axe or something? Like through a flame?

I don't even know what that meant. Oh, man. Also in Broken Arrow. He's in Broken Arrow? Oh, that's right. There was a period of time where he was like the third dude in the SEAL team or the group of generals or whatever yeah so they gave his own yeah um speaking of that axe thing one of my favorite uh body sprays body sprays man i'm so happy that you said that uh yeah one of my favorite body sprays is axe right um yeah it really helps

me have a lot of sex with women. My secret on these online dates? Acts. No, there's that. Are you familiar with the Matthew McConaughey movie? It's a Dread. Reign of Fire. Oh, the dragon movie. Yeah, the dragon movie.

Yeah, that was like a huge. They spent like. Massive flop. Over. And he's like steampunk dragon writer. Right. But here's the thing about that movie. And I'm going.

Do you mind if I spoil some shit about this dragon movie? About Reign of Fire? Reign of Fire. Well, that allows us to warn our listeners. Spoiler alert for the film Reign of Fire. I'm here to spoil things that came out a long time ago that no one wants to see. Now, in the trailer for that movie, all the buildup in the trailer is about how they're fighting this dragon,

and Matthew McConaughey is, it's set in the trailer for that movie, all the buildup in the trailer is about how they're fighting this dragon. And Matthew McConaughey is – it's set in the UK, a post-apocalyptic England. Christian Bale is trying to save his little town. And then Matthew McConaughey is an American general or whatever who shows up with a bunch of Americans and tanks and guns and stuff. And he's like, we're going to take down this dragon. And in the trailer, the trailer ends with, with Maddie McConaughey diving off a cliff with ax in hand at the dragon about to ax him in the head. Yeah.

And then the trailer ends. And I was watching that being like, oh dude, I'm going to see this movie. And then in the movie, he jumps off the cliff at the dragon and the dragon eats him. It's so awesome. Also, interesting factoid,

the name of his character? Denton. Really? Yeah, coming back to Denton again. Radio activity, everybody. Listen to that. Also, I thought you were saying because of teeth, like dragon teeth.

No, no, no. Denton. Also, a film that we didn't fail to talk about, Tiptoes, that never saw the light of fucking day. What's Tiptoes? Where Gary Oldman plays like a little person. What? Yo, just search Tiptoes.

It's a film that was never released, but it's about him and his brother, who's Gary Oldman, who's a little person, and like his whole family, I think, are a little. It's a very bizarre film that with Kate Beckinsale, Peter Dinklage, it has just a very big cast of people who are like, they did this? Right. The script must have come with cocaine or something because the script...

You saw it? Did you see it? No, it's like a viral thing that the trailer exists, and you can see that on YouTube. But I'm sure the film's out there somewhere, but I've not seen it. But this is what the synopsis is on IMDb, and if the language is problematic, you'll have to excuse me,

because it was written by Earl Baker. So holler at him. It says, two brothers, a dwarf, and one of typical size. That's just it. Then it's a period. Okay. Two brothers. A dwarf and one of typical size. Period. You have to read it in the voice of the trailer, movie trailer.

When Steve's girlfriend, Carol, becomes pregnant, the pair are fearful that the baby will inherit the dwarfism gene. Matters are complicated still further when she finds herself falling in love with Rolf, the dwarf. Wow. And their love is not of typical size. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, there's a lot of that typical size is such an odd i know this is what happens in 2002 yeah i mean um man there is a uh

there is i don't think this ever came out but i saw some episodes of a show where and it's a real show that was shot an entire season and i saw it because i knew the editor and i think they maybe released it briefly somewhere once but the show is the exact same as the real world except everyone who lives in the house has down syndrome oh my gosh yes oh yeah what was that called and here's the thing the thing. I think it didn't air because conceptually it seems like the people on the show are being taken advantage of. The people who have Down syndrome, they're showing people with Down syndrome for viewers or clicks or whatever. But then you watch the show and you're like, this is wonderful. Right.

Yeah. There was a reality show. Born This Way is what it's called? It was on Annie. Oh, it was? And it won a bunch of awards, actually, for being wonderful. Anyways, Matthew McConaughey. I wouldn't be surprised if he is really smart about film,

like the way that Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood and Ben Affleck ended up being good directors, because you have to know how to make yourself look cool in movies. Early Clint Eastwood. Early Clint Eastwood. Yeah. No, later,

later, empty chair. Clint Eastwood. Yeah. That was sort of when he crossed the road. What else do you do? I love that movie where he brought the chair out and talked to it. Yeah.

R and C. Honestly. Yeah. I mean, he's a good, he's a great actor. So he's already, unless his process is so organic where he, I mean, he's a great actor, so he's already – unless his process is so organic where he's like, I don't know, man.

I just live, and then all of a sudden it's a movie, man. Yeah, and then like, dude, this – Professor McConaughey, this doesn't help me. Right. It turns out every movie he's ever been in is a documentary. Right. First. What is something you think is underrated? I think the Amish

I was thinking about it Go off Amish king I think it's underrated And I think we kind of Danced near it A second ago With the loom

It's simpler I was The no technology thing is Like for instance I did a show the other night and my phone froze up during the show and I needed it for this thing. And, or, you know, I'm so much tech, I'm on the phone with this, like, you know, when their wagon wheel breaks, they never have to be on hold with customer service for an hour trying to figure out why the wagon wheel doesn't work. Exactly. They just learn how to fix the wagon wheel. It's just like, okay, time to fix the fucking wheel. Yeah, and it's simple enough.

Because so many times you have everything, technology, like, okay, I did it. I did all the things. Why is it still not working? And you start losing your mind. And it's like, the wagon wheel, it's broken. Oh, well, it's because it's in pieces or it's on fire. Right. It needs to be reinforced. Yeah.

So, we going Amish? Yeah, let's because it's in pieces or it's on fire. Right. It needs to be reinforced. Yeah. Right. Yeah. So we going Amish? Yeah, let's do it. Yeah, I think that would be a smart business decision for our podcast. Just start shouting out the window. That's the Amish podcast. Just screaming at the top of your lungs.

The barn raisings are the thing that's always impressed me about the Amish, that they'll just have everybody come to a field to build a barn in a weekend and it'll be done by the end of the weekend. Everybody builds it. Based on the TV show, was it Breaking Amish or whatever? It's always interesting to see those people who, that show's absurd

and staged but hilarious. But the people who are leaving, it's kind of interesting when you see the people who get the itch so hard to be like everything is like like you know modern society has been othered so hard that like i can't help but to go there right but maybe we're like reverse amishing it we're like dude i'm tired of this modern world yeah i think i can't grow a beard when amish kids at 16 do their rum springer and like come and live in our world our 16 year olds should have to go live amish yeah oh yeah all right reverse anyone who lives

out near amish country let us know you know amish people listen yeah well you know i know people people out there in amish you know rest in peace to our boy who is smoking big doinks out in amish smoking big doinks in amish god so if you're out in amish smoking big doinks out in Amish. Smoking big doinks in Amish. So if you're out in Amish, smoking big doinks, let us know. What a fucking genius that guy was. Rest in peace, man. What guy was that? It's this video of this dude smoking a blunt in a cornfield. He's like, smoking big doinks in Amish.

And he just keeps saying smoking. And he's hitting this blunt. He's like, gang. At the end, it's over. And you assume he's dead now? No, he did die because I was... He became like kind of an internet celebrity meme guy and then when he died, people were like,

the big doinks and Amish dude died. He had some kind of like lung complication, some kind of respiratory complication. That sucks because that's completely related to... I don't know, man. I don't want to speculate because then I have to think about my own blunt smoking, you know, and then what, am I going to die from that? I mean, but you don't want to speculate because then I have to think about my own blunt smoking. Right. And then what, am I going to die from that?

I mean, you don't have a lung situation that your brand is directly undercut. I don't have a lung situation that positive thinking can't heal. That's right. That's what we've always said. You can also switch to edible blunts. Right. Just eat them? Yeah.

That's way better than if your lungs are bad. I roll. They're like, damn, hell yeah. I'm like, hell yeah, man. Want to twist up another one? All right.

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