The Zach Nichols Podcast - Battle of the Eras Reunion Part 1 Review! | ZNP EP. 89

Episode Date: January 17, 2025

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I took it away from me anyways. Did you have that locked in? Yeah. But every time I click on it now goes to a different, a different one. There's one lady who does it right. Taste the biscuit. Dude, I got one today. I had to.

Taste the honey sauce. From where? McDonald's. Just one? Doordash to the crib. Well, yeah, I got one biscuit. You can't get more than, I used to get more than one biscuit, but I got two biscuits. And then three sausage and buffets.

I don't eat them all right away, though. And I only have anyways. It's crazy to me that you buy Mickey D's and use it as leftovers. Dude. That's a college move. Honestly, it wouldn't be good, but like that, that sausage with that cheese and that muffin. That's a college move. It's good in the air fryer.

Are you a muffin or a biscuit? I am a biscuit guy. And you throw it in the air fryer. But the secondary is the muffin, yeah. And you air fry it. And I air fry it. So like. I can't even believe you own an air fryer.

The sausage is muffin. I really can't. Why? Because I'm married and I don't think we have an air fryer. Yeah, no, we have one, but we barely ever use it? You don't use it? All right, you sure, have you ever use it? We have.

I might get you a badass ninja one. We have, we have a, I know we have a legit air fryer. Okay. Like a good one. We've used it like twice. You want to heat pizza? You want to heat like crispy chicken for sure needs to go in the air fry if you don't, you know, whatever.

But anywho, it's really good. Does it make the microwave kind of ghetto? No, because I have Bosco sticks and I do like 75% of the Bosco stick in the microwave and then to crisp it up. Throw it in the air fryer. I'm really the food goat. Everybody knows that. I know how to make food most enjoyable.

Yeah, for like a seven-year-old's palette. Never grow up, kids. Peter Pan. No, but there's just other food out there that's good. There is. There is. There is. But I'm saying if you're single, if you eat frozen foods, if you like your leftovers.

I don't know. I don't eat a lot of frozen foods. I do frozen. We have them. Yeah. Kids like frozen foods. Good for the kids. French fries.

Yeah. Tequitos, stuff like that. Yeah. Come on, man. speaking my language. Oh, you like tequitos? Chicken and cheese. Tequito?

Taquito. My, look, if it has chicken, if it has cheese, if it has carbs, bro, sign me up. Sign me up. Casi Diaz. I mean, who doesn't like pizza? Pizza. I don't like chicken. I don't really like chicken on my pizza, though.

A chicken sandwich is essentially that. It's a carb. It's a cheese and it's a meat. That's exactly what you would think. I love it. You like Chick-fil-A? I'm obsessed. No pickles, though.

What's your order? Spicy chicken sandwich. Yeah. Kobe Jack cheese. The locks or just the spicy chicken? No, spicy chicken. Take off the pickles. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Why would you get, if you don't like pickles, why would you get the deluxe? And when the peach steaks are in season, buddy, wow. Peach shakes? Oh, my God. Like, if you guys are in Georgia, you know this.

The peach shakes over there are unbelievable. Have you had a Shamrock shake? Of course. Never had one. Oh, really? Yeah. The Grimmish shake was like not big. I don't even know what that is.

Yeah. Grimis is the purple, like, mascot for McDonald's. It's not that, here's a thing. I just don't like, McDonald's. Well, I don't like the, like,

you're, have you ever, like, been in the back of McDonald's and seen what goes on in the, in the, in the, in the kitchen. I guess you would call it. Um,

yeah, I mean, it's a lot of microwaves and, no, I'm just saying, like, have you been back, like,

you really look back there. Yeah. If you were talked to, like, a ex McDonald's employee. I am, yeah. Yeah.

That was what, that was what, that was what, because I used to love the, uh, snack wraps. I mean, and I mean,

listen, like, I was a double double cheeseburger slut when they were under a dollar. Right. But see, I was a Wendy's guy. Wendy's is great.

When I did fast food, it was strictly Wendy's. Like, I didn't, it was Wendy's right to Taco Bell. Look, fast food is not something you can get everywhere. Wendy's right south of the border.

Yeah. Taco Bell's good too. Yeah. Taco Bell's good too, but I don't just get chicken keys to get. The bottom line is, if you have a local one, trust your staff.

If you like the staff, you got to tip them a little bit here and there. And then they get happy and they make you good food. That's just how it goes. Dude, whatever flush, I think I'm whatever makes everyone happy.

Yeah. That's cool. Like, if that makes you happy, cool, I don't dislike the idea. I mean, I don't dislike the idea of it,

but I talk to someone who used to work at McDonald's. And I was like, yeah, I'm all set. I can't get the image of the things he told me out of his. Okay. Don't share him with me, please.

No. We are coming fresh off. With the honey. We are coming fresh off that Jordan interview. Man, what a, what a, what a special cat he is,

huh? I think special it doesn't even begin to describe. my feelings for Jordan Christopher wisely. Somebody had a funny-ass comment on the post. They're like, oh, Zach's so happy his boyfriend. Is that not funny? I thought it was funny. Pretty much.

Yeah, it was funny. But anyways, he's coming off that huge win. Hopefully, you know, I mean, I would like to get some of the other champs or the other finalist back here. We'll see what happens. So stay tuned in locked in for that one. Yeah, it would be nice. Yeah.

Crazy final. Any final thoughts on the final that we didn't really get to touch on with with Jordan while he was here? That's actually a great question. And I have to think about it a little bit more. Think about it. I have a Jordan question. Yeah, give me a Jordan question.

So what did you think about his demeanor when he was here and his outlook on the future? Just like in terms of the challenge, in terms of like where he's going, like normal Jordan for you? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I think he needs. I think I don't think, I think after obviously winning world championship and then winning. you know going and being a mercenary on 39 doing very i mean putting on a show probably the best mercenary yeah except for me when i did it but besides that all time um but like then going and doing 40 which was a long grueling season where he stayed locked in the whole time i just think what we're seeing is like i think relief that it's over and he's tired yeah and i think jordan's

type of guy where like he wants to go and like occupy his mind doing something else for a while but I think he'll be back yeah giving two two or three seasons off the it starts to come back yeah he's in that Michael Jordan baseball phase you know where it seems like he feels to me I think he feels so like he's never gonna I don't think he would ever say this but like he's not really challenged uh when he you know what I mean like he said it he's like wasn't really a race and and he brought up a rossio a couple times during the interview. So do you think that's because Rasaio was on this season? Do you think that's casting? Yeah. I think

it's, I think it's casting. I think it's Because what if you have, go ahead, I'm sorry. No, no, you're good. I think it's casting. I also think it's like the uprising. There isn't somebody that's the young gun going for the top spot. He already handled his thing with Johnny. That's pretty much decided in a lot of people's mind one way or the other. Yeah. I mean, Johnny's time has passed as being

the number one guy and that's fine. And Jordan's still He gave him that respect, though. Several times during the interview. I'm not, I'm literally saying you can't dominate young men. Yeah. When you get in your 40s. In certain things you definitely can. Yeah, and on any given night, too.

As he did. But in a test of attrition, the nod's going to go to the younger set of legs. And like I said, Jordan's not there. He's competing for first place, like back and forth until the very end, which I think 50 grand to John, like we all know, like he's got probably a lot more money than, you know, 50 grand. So like for him,

I think at that point was like, yo, I've been here a million times. I'm enjoying, I think you truly enjoyed the process as much as you complain and stuff, but I also think there's a point where he was like, listen,

I'm not stressing myself out over 50 grand. Yeah. I really truly think that. And I think he was like, if there was a chance you would have got first, he would have maintained a better demeanor for the final. But like, dude, he got his podium finished.

He wasn't worrying about Kyle. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, he knew he wasn't going to get last. Right. He was getting money. And I think he said multiple times, like, we'll have a story to tell. I think he truly when he, I think now in his career, when he gets to a final, when he does these shows, I think in his head, he's like, I'm definitely have more behind me than I do in front of me.

Yep. Yep. But still, amazing season. Amazing season, I have more behind me than I do in front of me. So I'm going to enjoy and savor every last bit of this because he's been in 12 finals. So even if he goes in 10 more finals, he still has more behind him. So I think he's just like, and we all know it could be taken at any moment. So I think he was truly just like having a good time and enjoying the moment, which was great because he kind of seemed like an asshole the whole season.

Right. Right. And that, I mean, the reunion that we're going to talk about, he comes to do his job. You know what I'm saying? Where a lot of people are like, I would go to the reunion and be like, no one talked to me and leave me alone. I don't even want to be here. But like he checks in. But yeah, no, I definitely think that there's more, like, I think he just was enjoying it.

And I think that was nice to see. And I also think he probably liked seeing, not that he didn't let Derek win, but it was like nice. You know, like, look at this guy. Look what he's done. Like, I can appreciate that. And then, like, laughing at Kyland. And then also, like, it is nice to see, like, when, when me and Cara worked our way through vendettas and ultimately she's the one that beat me for the number one spot. And I just remember, like, I was sick about the money I lost.

but the one, I was sick that I lost, like I hate losing, but like, at least it was like someone who literally helped me through the whole season. I helped her, we were like very close friends. Like, we are close friends, but at that point we were close friends too. There was like a little break in that where I think we were fighting. But like at that point, that was like my, like, we were like number one. Like I always got sick.

I'm like, what if it comes down to Kayla versus Kara? Because I came in working with Kayla for sure because her and Jen, Jenner being really good friends. But I always thought like it comes down between Carl and Keel and Kayla, like, I can't with a good conscience pick Kayla over Carl. Like, I'd have to save Kara. So I was nervous if that were to happen. But at least the person that I worked with side by side through the whole game won.

Right. And we definitely see those sentiments later on. Right. So I think he enjoyed that too. And I think also, too, it's like there is a, like, you know, you've learned this. But there is like a general amount of respect to everyone that makes the final. Absolutely. No matter what happens.

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