The Zach Nichols Podcast - The Adam Larson Interview! | ZNP EP. 106

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

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Hey, I'm Adam. I'm on Zach Nichols podcast. Hope you're enjoying yourself. Give the best high fives. You will like, you will leave here and you'll be like, that felt so good. We are fucking back on the couch. Yeah, that's a pretty great way to start it. It is. I didn't even know. We're here with the high five. Top five worldwide high fiverer. Adam Larson. With the high five, high five champion of the world. Adam Larson. She just rubs off. You know what I'm saying from the hand model. Do you give like a very like stiff high five? Are you more of like a bring it in?

I cup it and clap it and clap. That's 80s, bro. That's 80s style. Duh. Yeah, exactly. You could always. Established 1979. You're 70s.

Yeah, I'm a Gen Xer, baby. Oh my goodness. Like seven years of us. 11, 13. Who's counting? Well, you look spectacular. You know, I normally get to the fan questions later. But one of the questions since we are talking about you being 70s was,

you know that you're a dillf? That's what they said. They said that you're a dillf. I mean, I, like, I laugh at that. But yeah, I guess I, you know. All right. You know it. You got the dills. No, when you're a dulf? Who me? Dude, I knew I was going to be a hot dad. Like, duh. Dude, when you become so narcissistic and expect the attention, like, you can't not be, but like, you like, you make the gay guys feel extra comfortable. So you get called a zaddy at, like, in fucking Orlando. Like, you know, you just make sure, like, you catch eye contact and don't look away. Like, they're going to let you to the front of the line. sometimes. You're like, I have a fucking mirror. I know what I look like. And they see that Avery's usually next to me. And so they're very kind.

Speaking of, what a score? What would you rather have? One, the challenge, or a young hot wife? Yes. Yes. He got both. You got it all. But if he had to choose one, I think I chose correctly. Alex.

That's actually fine. My middle name is Alexander. Wow. Good guys. And I couldn't get Steve's. He couldn't get Steve's, man. But you got the last name. None. None. None. None. None. None. None your business. He wouldn't tell you his middle name? No, no. I mean, we were just so person.

Like, Steve just chooses, like, Steve's very, like, not involved, right? And, like, you got to respect that for exactly what it is. Like, some of us show up. And some of us, like, show up all the fucking time in overshare. You're welcome. He's not an overshare, which is wild because. No, he wants to protect his family. He comes from, like, a super, super, super. Steve has a great work ethic.

He is so creative. He's constantly like doing event marketing and like like the hand modeling thing is like not a joke, but a joke. Yeah. But like he just like lives life for the experiences and like we connect on that. That's awesome. I mean, it's refreshing to have somebody who's on TV still like still on TV but doesn't do the social thing. I mean, it is our jobs, but it's good to see someone opt out of it. Speaking of still on TV, you weren't on TV for how many years?

18. 18. So at a certain point. you probably thought it was in the past. I don't know. It's like, you know that little child inside of us? Yes.

Still sounds eight years old. Yeah. It's eight years old on road rule sounds eight years old today. Yeah. No, I get it. It's super cool to go on a vacation and then go on like another vacation. Like,

I appreciate the challenge for every single opportunity. Absolutely. Opportunity it gave me. Also, we get to watch ourselves in this like cool third. This is, am I getting too highly casual? No, go.

Keep going. Okay. Half on. I sound like a broken record or old fart here, but like I like watching myself in this like raw dog fucking worst version of myself that I know. I don't know how you feel is like you learn a lot emasculated bit like I'm overly competitive. I don't give a fuck about any more to get me worked up. Yeah. I say something interesting once in a great fucking while that I'm not proud of.

That's how you make good TV though, is you say what's on your mind. were not true because some motherfuckers are walking around with a journal and I'm walking around with a to-do list to like buy groceries. Dad era. I love how you write down. Like I do the do list in my phone. Yeah, because that's what you do. That was, yeah, my generation. That's where how you grew up.

You know what happens when the battery dies? Well, so funny story about my phone is it's like a iPhone. It's like an iPhone 8 and I don't. I refuse to update it. Don't. And so they own you, bitch. About once. And I don't, I don't.

I'm not signing to I cloud. So every time I have to get a new... I do so that I can be the guinea pig for my family so they can learn from my mistakes. And as a father, young man, expect you to do the same. Yeah, I don't do eye cloud because I'm... You're letting Jenna walk into every fucking spider web

and like letting her learn the hard way about social media. I don't... I mean, do I follow you? I think so, yeah. I follow you. Oh, I'm all up in the... This goddamn fucking thing. There were no wires in the 70s.

How much is to deal with wires? I thought this was a fancy podcast with Bluetooth or whatever they're calling. We can't afford fucking wireless headphones. This is fancy. This couch is super fancy too. Dude, I've heard some. Tell me more. Don't tell me more.

Brother. A lot of magic has happened on this couch. Mostly audio and visual. From some of my favorite people. Very little bit sexual. I wouldn't be here. I'm so scared of you guys. What are like the mean?

Are you kidding? Or the honest. brutally. Yeah. Okay, listen, mean, honest, whatever, we are by far the most welcoming podcast in the history of podcast. Anyone can come here whenever they want. Here's the crazy part is we just like,

we just call it like we see it. But also on that same vibe, I've made more of an ass of myself on national television than most. Yep, we're in that club. And so I have the ability to be like... Unapologetically, by the way. I don't mind. No, no, I do it actually so that like I can take a spider web in the face for like those people who have like a learning disability and who somehow didn't get the chance that I got and I can be like, hey, here's like a quick way to get to this next level.

Get a to do list together. Make your bed in the morning. Like I hope you share those lessons. You made you make your bed on the challenge? Every day. Even the ones that are covered in sweat that I have to hang up and like let everything dry out and flip over. my mattress. I steal somebody else's shit.

I guess that's true because I actually make my bed on the challenge because people will come in your room and just sit on your bed. So if it's not made, someone's on your sheets. So I make my bed on the challenge, but at home, I don't really make my bed. You study the game. I can't, is this child, is this a family podcast or is this? We say it is, but no. You don't want me.

Well, I get to watch you guys on YouTube because I'm like podcasting at 3x all day long while I fucking live the dad. life, right? By the way, spend as much time, like, wrestle with the boys, like, learn to craft and, like, do, like, tree, my girls are, like, ninja fucking warriors. Yeah. Do not, like,

zero limitations on yourself to get to relive your childhood. Because the better you do it, the better they're going to do it. And this is, like, the return of fatherhood, especially during, like, I get that whole Joe Rogan thing, but not all times need to be hard. Like, there's no wars being fought. Let's, so, like,

The men are at home right now. What can we do to, like, continue, like, raising each other up as men? Whether it's, like, spend a little bit of time with your dad at the golf course, like, so that he can give you that extra story that heart attack's going to maybe fucking take from us. You know what I mean? Right. So true. Or, like, sometimes it's just, like, the kids getting to be around and feeling supported like a village.

I don't know. Like, I think you guys have it. Don't leave Detroit. I know it's fucking great. I love that. I love it. I haven't been here since S. him. Oh, you lived in...

Well, I came... So when I drove the... From like, in 2016, I moved from L.A. back to 2016. Yeah. Moved back to Rhode Island and spent like the last couple months with my dad. And like, we came through Corktown and like I got to see Detroit again for like a minute. I rolled through like the white castle and the RV and like fucking...

Give me some sliders. Right, right. Man. So... Well, I just want to unpack that real quick. ADD, by the way. There's no. Wait,

do we have any structure that? No, there is a structure. I have a, I can do notes. There is a structure. However, we do like to have a natural conversation. And naturally,

we've gotten to the point where at that finalist dinner, you talked about chasing a ghost and how important and impactful your father and his providing and what he gave to your family and that you wish he was here. And not only that, you're taking that into fatherhood. Unpacked that moment in how you feel, you know, about your own situation.

Because you just gave us some good advice. Like, How do you get to that point of view? This needs a little bit of a disclaimer. Okay. I think the other reason I don't get that softer side of me shown on the challenge because I'm usually crying. Like, you know what I mean?

Okay. Like, I'm just like overly fucking sensitive, man. Like, I acted like he was disappointed in me when like nobody else saw that. I thought I was like chasing something unattainable when he made everything so much more within reach. I get that. So like, but now that he's gone, I get to, I get to recognize that, right? Like, hopefully. I bet you never saw your dad cry.

Oh. No way. Maybe that's why I'm the overcrier. I don't think my dad has ever cried because my mom said she's seen him cry one time in their whole marriage. Zero tear ducks, motherfucker. Yeah, they don't have them. They got the boomers. The boomers.

The boomers got that thing removed. Yeah, they don't have that ability. Like they have happy and angry. There's no in between. And there's no emotion. At least not in front of you. No, my mom literally told me. She's like, I've seen your dad cry once.

And it was because my sister was born with pneumonia. and she had to go in the knee cue and she was like that's the only time i've ever seen your dad have a tear in his eye funeral's nothing like he's pretty solid yeah so well let's just make one thing very very clear did i answer your question uh why don't you give it another girl so be remembers the question no the question was is like you talked about chasing a ghost in that moment your dad yeah just just talk a little bit about that but before you answer i will say not only are you a two-time champion you're a dad he is very proud of you and you know in my personal opinion my faith-based opinion Yeah.

God wouldn't have taken him unless you had the tools to be that great dad and that great partner for whoever you just had to be with and you found one too. So you can go ahead and answer. Thanks, man. Yeah. I think that like you get to, my dad got to meet the girls. And I feel like in seeing that, that concludes the free preview of the Zach Nichols podcast. So go to Patreon and subscribe to see the rest of the shit that we talk. Go do it now.