The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: Vindictive Charity

Episode Date: March 25, 2024

Elon Musk calls her a reason Western Civilization has died. We call her extremely charitable. Dan Le Batard is the only one brave enough to ask the tough question: is there such a thing as vindictive charity? Plus, Dusty May and Juwan Howard, the Food Network Tournament of Champions, and Mike Ryan's most athletic moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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because Jeff Bezos' ex-wife has been giving away all of the money that she is getting from her settlement, her divorce settlement with Bezos to charitable causes. Elon Musk says that she's destroying civilization, and when he said that, she doubled her donations. Like, I really do want to know. It's just, it is great to think about vindictive charity, to be just aggressively giving away all of Bezos his money trying to undo Any of the harm that he might be doing I read somewhere that he remade like he's making so much money Every day that she became one of the wealthiest people in the world just in divorcing him because of the amount of money She got and then he immediately him because of the amount of money she got.

And then he immediately regained all of that worth and then some, because he's so far ahead of the curve on the insanity of trafficking in how accustomed we have gotten to convenience only he can provide because no one else, I don't know if you guys are having to jump through any of the hoops that I have to jump through with FedEx, UPS, and the postal system, just to sort of return stuff that my wife only buys things online. And so the returning of stuff to all other places

is hugely difficult while I'm going to Whole Foods and returning something from Amazon because I could just do it at the grocery store because he's gotten so far out ahead of everybody in being able to monetize convenience and how addicted we've become to convenience. But have any of you read, because I have not read about what Mackenzie Scott is doing beyond her basically giving away all of the money that she's getting in the divorce

in a way that makes her, has to be, has to be the world's biggest philanthropist. Like by volume, by money, she has to be giving more money to things than anybody else by leaps and bounds. Doesn't Bill Gates have a reputation for doing a lot of that? Yes, he gives away a lot of money. He does a lot. In fact, I'm pretty sure he has said that late in life he is insistent about wanting to do good things with that money in a meaningful, legacy enhancing way, but many of these billionaires have been playing with their toys, shooting rockets into the sky. I'm not real sure how it is that we've arrived at a situation so divisive that Elon Musk would look at what Mackenzie Scott is doing and call it the destroying of civilization. While he tries to

rescue civilization with an entity that makes me vigorously shake my friend's shoulder with joy when he tells me he's deleted it from his life because I think he's going to have more peace of mind. How have you arrived in such a disparate location that somebody thinks that being the world's largest philanthropist, I'm sure it's the causes, right? I'm sure that the causes feel too woke to Elon Musk is what it's going to be, but to call what she's doing these acts of philanthropy, and I say this out of ignorance because I haven't done a deep dive dive I'd like to talk to her about it I haven't done a deep dive on what it is she's doing why she's doing it or how she's doing it but I assume that if you're giving away your money you're doing better things with it that then Bezos and Elon Musk are doing. Well that's the thing when Elon Musk is criticizing her I think what he's meaning is she is

making the rest of us filthy billionaires look so bad because we're buying rocket ships and she's actually helping people who need help. There's a big dichotomy there and that's all she's doing because it's so rare. You know, billionaires buy sports teams and make money off cities hosting sports teams. They don't do what she's doing other than Bill Gates and the rare exception, it's extraordinary. And I would love to know more about her as well, so get her on South Beach. Forbes says in 2023 she donated $2.2 billion, bringing her lifetime total to $16.6 billion. That's insane. That's just...

Where does that rank? I'm guessing that that makes her the world's largest philanthropist I'm assuming that she's got more money and is giving more away than anybody else is but I don't know that I would assume That she would top any list of giving things away. But do you think anyone can get her to say? Yes, some of its out of spite She's got a long way to go to reach Bill Gates. I just Googled, as of 2022, he had donated 50 billion since 94, so. She gave a sizable donation at FIU. Yeah, possible.

Yeah, and from my understanding of it, it was very casual, just rang him up and said, I'd like to give you this many millions of dollars and then that fundraiser that took credit for it that answered the call was a made person. Yeah, here you go. Which also kind of feels spiteful, because Jeff Bezos does root

for the University of Miami football program. He was at Ed Reed's Hall of Fame induction. I really would like to have some of the honesties involved with where and how are you doing this just to bother Jeff. Because if you're making FIU one of those things, and it's wonderful to think of somebody just picking up the phone, I can't imagine that there aren't more of those

that we can find some connections to. Cody mentioned earlier in the show that he had seen three quarters of one women's basketball game and no men's basketball, college basketball. He bragged, I'd say. Yeah. game and no no men's basketball college basketball bragged I'd say yeah highlights of men's games but I just sat all right all right I will come you won't but okay we won't quiz you on it I texted him last night knowing he was coming into the show today and I was like you know college basketball a lot of stuff

to watch tonight you watching nope well I didn't have the heart to tell him that I was watching a competition But it was tournament of champions on the Food Network Because I tell you what defending champion may land on head over spoiler alert hold on hold on Anymore I'm not gonna say anymore he can but down to the final eight and they are some heavyweights man Wow, but did you have an opinion on the, you're a proud proud owl correct? Foul owl on the prowl. You've mentioned this. Did you have any opinion on Dusty May going to Michigan going, I thought he told us last year that he wouldn't go anywhere. Yeah. I thought he assured us that he was going to stay at FIU

for a long time. Can you believe them? FAU was gonna stay at FIU for a long time. Did he believe them? FIU. Did he say for a long time or for that season after all the jobs had already closed up because he made a run that was almost too good? Yeah, and Deon Sanders is a lifelong buffalo. I'm happy for him.

He's paid his dues. He's been at FIU a long time. And before that, I think he was a Florida Gator assistant. He's not coming out of no. Are you looking at his Wikipedia? No, I'm he was a Florida Gator assistant. You know he's he's not coming out Are you looking at his Wikipedia? No? Google screen he's he's not coming out of nowhere even though 90% of the country First heard about him last year when they made that crazy run to the final four they were good unlike Miami They were good again this year. They at least got into it

I think it's a great hire for Michigan, particularly following a guy, Juwan Howard, that is a pretty easy guy to follow. It's unbelievable how quickly that fell apart. That was such a sweet story, Juwan Howard, and the Fab Five connection going back there, having initial success, and how about they lose? 26 games this year, and they end under investigation? Like that went south fast.

And a couple of instances in which his anger and his ability to restrain his anger was thrown under the spotlight. It's hard to lose 26 games. I mean that is beyond a terrible season. At Michigan it's unbelievably hard to lose 26 games but he and Patrick Ewing there are certain dangers involved and Joanne Howard and Patrick Ewing actually because Ewing worked on Stan Van Gundy staffs and Joanne Howard worked down here. They were willing to do some of the early work on a being assistant coaches, but when they got in charge of the programs those things fell apart very quickly.

Like I don't recognize Georgetown basketball and Michigan basketball anymore because of what those two guys have done to it. When you get into 20 and was it 25 was 25 losses 26 losses you're terrible and that team that team went that team went emotionally strong into the last two tournaments right like this year was an apocalypse But I thought I don't have I don't have it in front of me but I thought that they made at the very start of that a run that had everyone celebrating Joanne Howard and the storyline of Joanne Howard as somebody who had gone to the school because That turns into a nightmare real quick like he wept at the opening press conference because he was so moved about the idea of

real quick. Like he wept at the opening press conference because he was so moved about the idea of bringing his life full circle, succeeding there as a college player and then going back as a professional at the top of the profession. He's going to have a hard time getting another job. But that he left behind a good job and and I think they nailed the top available coach. And he was talked about he would have gotten a marquee job last year had that run not prevented him from taking one of those jobs. And the struggles of Joan Howard in men's basketball is in the context of the football team doing everything that it could with a very popular coach. So I think Dusty May is in the perfect situation because they have nowhere to go but up, quite

literally, and he's ready for a major program. FAU is always was a stepping stone for him no matter what he said. Those are the expert words of someone who has watched three quarters of a woman's basketball game in March Madness and none of the men. He was covering tennis yesterday. Thank you. Cocoa Golf. How about that? Oh I got an autograph of hers. Oh. Yeah. Could be worth something someday. Yeah, she hid it into the audience

and I made a sweet one-handed grab. Give it to the kid. Give it to the kid. I did. Oh, good. Yeah, I gave it to my daughter. There you go. He was dressed up like Coco. Kick, save, and a boot.

Okay. Mike Ryan rarely has felt better, I imagine, than one champagne and one glass in one hand and then reaching up and making an incredible catch for his daughter. It was dope, dude, like two dozen people came up to me and said, man, what a nice catch. It was a one handed full extension grab.

Didn't spill a single drop of champagne. You should sell it like 190 right now on the interwebs here. This has got so much emotional value. My daughter was so happy to get this. Two dozen people? Yeah, what a catch. A couple people like, hey, you stole my ball,

but I get the show. Great grab. I hope there's video of it somewhere. That's a good feeling right there for a two. One handy. Oh, full extension. I prepared for that my entire life. Great moment.