We're Here to Help - 239: WEIRD Here To Help: Pandora's Cable Box & Mantis Pesto (with Gareth Reynolds)

Episode Date: December 12, 2025

Gareth checks in on Steve and Eric. Together, they take spooky revenge on a straightlaced grandpa. Then, Eric and Steve plan a themed party for an expecting insect mother. Plus, the follow-up to Ep 211 "Old Man Hitchhiker."See images from the episode here: http://www.heretohelppod.com/post/episode-239Want to call in? Email your question to [e-mail]: https://patreon.com/heretohelppodMERCH: heretohelppod.comINSTAGRAM: @HereToHelpPodIf you’re enjoying the show, make sure to rate We’re Here to Help 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts.Advertise on We’re Here to Help via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, we're heredos. The Steve Berg-2020 calendar is here. Well, almost. It will be available for order on December 3rd at 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. We are doing a limited run of 500 calendars, so get yours while you can. All orders will ship December 9th, just in time for the holidays. Visit www.com.com to order. And we're weird, weird, weird, here to weird here to help. This is weird, here to help. This is weird. I'm doing the intro for this week's episode. I'm very excited. These two are, these two hip cats are moving up the charts. Everyone loves Steve and Eric together. Everyone loves Stephen Eric apart. Everybody loves their peanut butter and jelly. You could eat them on their own? I don't know.

Although I have eaten jelly on its own. You know, I used to get pretty high, pretty often. I will say we have a lot of exciting stuff coming up from the weird here to help world. I'm going to start by mentioning the calendars. If you do not have a Steve Berg sexy calendar, you need to get moving. We will probably get into this in a different intro,

but we have ordered a lot of these calendars. And when Jake said the number we were ordering, I thought, eh, this guy's getting out in front of his skis a little bit. I'm telling you, they are moving. And not only are they moving, but we're advertising. So get one now. That's all I can say. But we're approaching the holidays.

It's a good time, and we really are excited here at the show. We have a lot of fun stuff coming your way. I will just tell you a quick story from the road. I mentioned this before. I was out on the road, and the amount of fans that came up to Steve Berg and lost their minds. and I actually got to see in real time people do the thing we've talked about. A lot of people think that Steve is not just like a Norwegian white man.

They think he's sort of a, they just expect like a black guy that keeps happening. And I got to see two people in real time realize that Steve was white. And not only white, Steve is, Steve is, you know, like, oh, this chocolate is good. white. And I saw two people do the double take where they were like, what? And Steve was like, hey, how are you, Fister? And they're like, what? This guy's just drinking micolobes standing here. And I think we'd all rather Steve not be white, but unfortunately that's the way it is. But I got to see that in real time. And Steve came to my room after the show with my buddy who opens for me Luke

and Steve was housing beers. Steve had a bucket of beers. Steve was drinking so many medellos. Then he went on to the wine and then he started hiccuping. And if you've never heard a guy with a lisp hiccup, fly, don't run.

He was like, he was going like this. I'll tell you the other thing and then he picked up his phone and he's like, well, I'd probably get a lift out of here. And so the second the hiccough started, Steve decided to order his ride share. So a little tale of the burgy.

I've also been chatting to Eric Edelstein. They are just loving doing this. So we thought we would just give you a hint of the OG show on their intro. So this is me, Gareth, just saying, enjoy this episode. If we're here, we're here to help. And I'm telling you, get the calendar now, okay? because this in 20 years you're going to see these at a garage sale for 50 cents

well that's not how I want to promote it no we might be doing these more often and you want to have the first one get the rookie card get the first calendar this is when Steve didn't believe he was sexy because if we do another one of these calendars Steve is going to know that people like ooh he's hot whatever don't we don't want you don't want the confidence calendar you want you want this one you want this steve this one where he's like is anyone really

going to buy this yeah a lot of people are buying this i don't know why here we are anyway without further ado and we are live at berg studio and we are live at berg studios Here we are live. It is weird here to help with Eric and Steve. A quick VandyCamp update. Ooh. I did an all-in apology to Arlene, which she did accept and read on the air. And then I was shocked.

I checked my dormant Yahoo account, which is connected to VandyCamp. And I did get a code for the people who had the original VandyCamp experience canceled. They canceled all this to go to the big Dick Van Dyke show on the 30th. So I don't know if I snuck in and if I bought a ticket, would that mean I would be walked off the grounds and or tased? We don't know, but Dick's birthday is surging. It's coming up on the 13th year. So if they do another show, I'm going to try, Steve. I want you to try.

And we full, look, look, I feel like we everyone agrees unbanned the man. Last week when we recorded with Gareth and Jake, we did a nice little segment on that and, you know, pleading. with them to unbann you. I really appreciate it, Steve. And there have been some incredible, we're here to help. We're here to chat fans. Asked indelically in the comments.

Yeah, I think they know that my love for Dick is real and that it's sincere. I took a whole lot of flack from all sides the last Vandicam special and defending Vandycamp. And I think I'm what Vandycamp is all about. And I've also been invited to a Disneyland celebration of Dick Van Dyke by some of,

Some of the Dick Van Dyke fans that I called Disney adults also want an apology. So I'd like to also offer my apology here. I will see you at the Blue Bayou. And if you see me at Disneyland, you come up and say Vandy Camp, I will buy you a drink. And that's, this is very real. This is very real, okay? I believe it. I believe it.

And make sure you order a long-owned I-F-T. They're expensive, and you get a lot of booze for your buck. Yeah. So you're probably asking, have you gone to any concerts, especially if you've gone to gone any concerts with geriatric people? Answer is yes. Steve, I went and saw Herb Alpert. How was that?

I love Herb Alpert. He is 90 years old. Oh, my God. My wife is so cool because she uses a lot of Herb Alpert on her Instagram at Jess Rona Grooming. Please do follow her. And I said, Herb Alpert's playing. He's 90. I know I'm a parody of myself, literally. I know I get made fun of for this.

I think it's going to be awesome. So I went there. Now, this is something also very valuable I want to tell our listeners. The ticket house of cards is crumbling. The inflated high ticket prices that they are charging. I hope so. Brother, I promise you, every single Dodger game I went to this year, I would go, park my car for free in the hills like a crazy person,

sum it down, get in line to have my ticket scanned, and that's when I'd buy my ticket. I paid Wanderface value every time. Most concerts I'm finding are way, under face value. There's certain exceptions to this, but I'm saying at least 19 out of 20 tickets are way less.

So we went to the Kodak Theater, parked our car. She's a little skeptical, but she married a crazy person. You married us, you break it, you buy it. That's my mantra for everyone dealing with me. When Jake is on me, I'm like, you broke it, you bought it. You know what you got into here, buddy. Yeah. We parked

a car. We're sitting outside at a coffee shop outside, and then I'd watch tickets go down all day. She's skeptical. I pulled the trigger. We got two tickets, $50 each. We sat second row dead center with the great man right in front of us. And I'll admit, sometimes all the caterwauling I get from everybody about seeing older artists has me skeptical of myself and my decisions. He started playing that horn.

Oh, my God, Steve. First of all, he danced on stage. He played that horn. They had him soloing so you knew it was him. It was incredible. It was so good. I mean, he's been around for so long. He's 90, and it was amazing, amazing.

Then later in the week, I saw David Byrne. Whoa, where? He was amazing, and then I saw the band I'm internally grateful to you for getting me into the Brian Jones Town Massacre. And that was the concert of the year, friends. Yes. Wow, great concert wrap-up. Right? For a week and a half, come on.

That's a hell of a show. Now, I did perhaps catch a bit of the song. flu bug at the Brian Jonestown Massacre show, and then I got my wife sick. Oh, no. But, God, it was worth it. I don't want to tell my wife that. I'm great now. I'm rallying quickly. NAC is a miracle. NAC?

NAC. It's a natural thing. Of course, Eric. I assumed that coming from you. Yeah, come on now. You break it, you bought it, Steve. You break it, you bought it. Come on now, babe. Come on. I'm glad your influenza It's on the way, was it just like fevers and achiness?

Oh, yeah, a lot of mucus, Stephen. A lot of mucus. And then you feel awful when you infect your wife because she's taking such good care of me and then she started to cough to him. I'm like, oh, no, I did it. And it's from a Brian Jones time mask or show. Worth it.

That's not what a girl thinks of one day she'll marry her prince's charm and he gets her sick from going to a Brian Jones star mask or show. Yeah, well, I think she had a pretty good inkling that was a possibility to be out of her. She broke and she bought it. She broke it, she bought it. Wrapping up here, because we've got to get to our calls.

I saw the wonderful, the one and only our boy, G.R. Gareth Reynolds, before. Oh, yes. How was it? Dude, he's so, I mean, like, I've seen him produced him a lot. But he's so good. It is so effortless.

Like, it is, he, and I, like, you know, I was telling him, too, I think last week, like, he is the fastest gun in terms of, like, coming up with bits, like, in a nanosecond. Like, it is so. to watch him perform. Well, and that's why it's so fun being in here with him, because the way that guy's mind works, it's on another level.

It's a joy to behold. He's so fast. It was great. So, folks, if you are out there and you want to see Gareth Reynolds live, go to Garethrethreth.com, I believe, and find him on tour. My God, do yourself in favor. Eric is waiting to see him until Gareth is like 75, but, uh...

Oh, yeah, yeah. Once he's 75 and married to somebody half of his age that's forcing him out there. That's when I'll be going. That's when Gareth finally gets going. But I heard that Gareth said going to a show in Omaha with you was like walking with Christ. Apparently there's a huge buzz when you walked through the lobby. It was like Brando.

No way we could do. There were a lot of fans there, Steve. Well, I got to meet a lot of we were here to help fans. And that was super fun. But Eric, I think without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, without any further ado, we are so thrilled to present a phone call to you right now. It's weird here to help with Eric and Steve. Hell, yeah. And we are brought to you by Kachava.

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Sure, well, it's my real name. It's Annie, and I'm calling from Rhode Island. I love it, Annie. Just so we get a little sense of who you are, you're in a desert island. You can only take one album, one book, and one movie. What are they going to be? I take Hickey by Royal Otis for the album. Okay.

Can I do a TV show because it'd be the office? Absolutely. It's all the same now. The British one or the American one? American one, yep. Wrong answer. Just kidding. He's not kidding. He's not kidding. I'm sorry. You just got some of our judgment from Steve Berg.

I missed your name. Did you say your name is Allie? Annie. Annie, that's right. Only two consonants away. Knocking on the door. Great movie. I love Ms. Hanigan. Well, what, what, what, what, what, what, how about, hold on, let her say a book.

Miss Hannigan. Oh, sorry, the book. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I jumped the gun. Oh, my God. A book, well, I have two little kids, so I haven't read an adult book in a long time. Lady Chatterley's lover. Okay. What was that?

No, I was a bad joke. Steve guess Lady Chatterley's lover, which I think he might have psychic powers. Is it Lady Chatterley's lover? Just say, just say it's lady chatters. Damn it, oh. No, only kids' books are coming to mind. So, snail in the whale, I guess. I'll just have to read it over and over again.

That's perfect. Sounds perfect. I hope the snail wins. So what is going on? Talk to us. You're live. I'm weird here to help, and I have some very exciting news. You're here with guest helper, Gareth Reynolds.

Hi, Annie. Oh, my God. That's awesome. Annie, I was very sure they were not going. to intro. Steve was ready to go without saying I was on the call and I was ready to sit here. Gonzag of broadcast degree. Right here, motherfuckers, right here.

Okay. And I take it back home. We were just helping Gareth write his set for tonight. We're not helping at all. We've all been rejected, but we're trying on. He did not like any of our bed ideas. He's a rooster teeth feathers. Yeah.

I'm so excited to be here. I'm hoping that you guys can help me. My kids are, well, one of my children is why I'm calling. I went to my parents' house on Halloween because it's my mom's birthday. And she is a chef, so she was cooking her own birthday meal. So I intervened and was helping her cook dinner for her birthday. I had to stop.

I have to know what the birthday meal was. Didn't have to stop it all. Oh, it was, I know. I know, right. I knew this was going to come up. It was, you made a margarita pizza from scratch. And she would throw a pesto. It was so fucking good.

Yeah, it was really good. Was there bubbles on the crust? Yeah. Because if you can, if you were achieved bubbles, that means you are the real deal. So that is there are bubbles on the crust. Yes, that is like, that is the sign of a good pizzaola.

I just, yeah, yeah, we just went to one of those high roller pizza places. Yeah. And it had bubbles in the crust. I'm a shanky's man myself. It's very difficult. I love shit.

Okay, so you go over your midwife, through cooking of a birthday meal on Halloween. Sounds like everything's going great. There's trick-or-treaters. There's candy. Someone's given out a full-size bar. What happened that led you calling in to Weird Here to Help with special guest, Gareth Reynolds? So my dad is,

he's a boomer. You know, he's of that generation and he still pays for cable. So whenever a movie comes on, he feels obligated to watch it. I love this guy already. Mr. Hollins open. Be quiet, I paid for this.

Yeah, literally. He'll stop mid-conversations to go watch Johnny Quest at 6 o'clock. You can be talking to him. Oh, that's amazing. Yeah, we know all this because we're friends with Jake Johnson, the last boomer, T. Yeah, yes, exactly. And I just lived on that episode. Yeah, it's not a bit.

My five-year-old was sitting on the couch and my dad is, you know, standing in front of the television watching Ghostbusters. And my five-year-old, unbeknownst to me, witnessed the chair scene. And I came down into the TV area to tell them dinner was ready, and my five-year-olds behind a pillow watching the chair scene from Ghostbusters. For some reason, I can't think of what the chair scene is. Can you describe it from me and the listeners? So she's sitting in the chair and she said,

I'm going to have to call those Ghostbuster guys, and these hands burst out of the chair and grab her. And then the chair slings across the room. right swings across the room to a door you know it's like

poltergeistee and so scary stuff we went trick or treating not a big deal but ever since so he's a very anxious child

we've been working really really hard he's been doing amazing and the night before this I was commending him talking to my husband saying he's

he's come so far and I'm so proud of him he'll you know anyways long story short my dad undid six months worth of work that we've been doing

in the three minutes he let him watch Busters. So my question is, I need you guys to help me to come up with a way to get back at my dad without, I want to psychologically torment my father in a way that is funny. But, you know, like, I just want to mess with him just a little bit. So, like, he notices something is off, but he doesn't realize, like, someone's messing with him. And I considered, you know, changing the language on the television, but he used to say I'll about that. That's good. You know he's got that motion easing on. Boomers love that motion easing that makes it all weird. It looks like Canadian janeism. They don't notice.

Oh, this is great and it's payback because I'm, I can't watch horror movies. Kind of in general, especially before bed, it messes with me. And here's all this work you've been doing on with you're a kid and then one scene. And I'll say this, the original Ghostbusters holds up so well. It's awesome. And it's so scary. And those practical effects, oh, give me that or the AIC. GI. So good. Oh, it's the absolute best. So, and already, like, well, tell us just a tiny bit about your dad because I'm a, uh, in recovery for praying phone calling and I'm ready to be unrecovered at any seconds. So we can also involve calling him with some fun stuff. Tell us just a little bit about your dad. What did he do for work? What does he love? What are his passions aside from watching every movie that comes on the cable because he paid for it, which I love. I love that he's his job. This guy.

amazing. Yeah, he's strange. He's definitely, like, he's really into, like, running and riding his bike. But we live in New England, so that is about to have the end of its life right now, the cycling and whatever. He's very regimented. He lives by a routine, so, like, I'm okay with the routine a little bit. That's great.

Was he in the military? No, his father was in the Navy. But I think it's, I think like that, you know, it's how he deals with his life. It's just to be, you know, we always say we could set our clocks by my dad. He does everything in 30 minute increments. He's type A. He's type A. Okay.

Yeah, kind of. So, like, he, one thought I had was he's got the, this key ring, of course, with a million keys on it. And I thought about just, like, rearranging one key at a time because he would totally notice that. But my mom says that when he gets home, he hides his keys and his wallet. And she has no idea where he hides it. He hides them. He hides them. It's very strange.

One time I found it in a hockey skate in the basement. That's crazy. But he moved it after I found it. Yeah, he's weird. He's a weird guy. Everything has a place. He, like, I kind of wanted to, I was like, maybe I mess with the cable somehow. Like, this is like, this is payback.

He needs to, I really want to mess with them. And first of all, you're home because none of us are here because we had normal parents. I have got. So I'm going to start with that right there. And then I also want to say, I've thought for a long time I would pay somebody good money to cut off the cable news to my parents' house. It just scares them. I wish they were watching Ghostbusters.

May I just say, I would rather go back to cable. I know that's boomer. But I'm ready to make the jump. I'm ready to make the jump back. We opened a Pandora's box. Oh, so much. Yeah, Pandora's cable box. That's a good punk thing.

Yep, yep. Okay, but what were you going to say, Stephen? I cut you off. No, it's okay, Gary. I'm not sorry. Jesus. You're lucky you're so far. You're in Sunnyvale, rooster teeth right now.

Otherwise. Rooster tea feathers. It's not rusty tea feathers. It's not rooster teeth. Ladies and gentlemen, rooster tea feathers is proud to present Gareth Reynolds. Hey, my friend's got a lisp. Yeah, people will love it. Okay, what was your first idea of how to mess with this man?

Well, I haven't. Can you say my idea? really quick? Okay, so this sounds crazy. No. I would go, I would buy the most, go to the grocery store, I would buy

some maple syrup like an Aunt Jemima or like an off brand, something that's loud and proud, like a real weird syrup and I would put it in the back of the fridge and talk to your mother, talk to everyone, say like under no circumstance, do you tell them that you bought it? And you're like, I don't know how it

appeared. It'll drive him crazy. It's small, but it's nagging. He'll be laying him and it's like, honestly, I'm a little weirded out. How does syrup just appear in my fridge? And don't put it in new. Put it in, dump out half of it and put a used syrup bottle in the back of the fridge. I think it'll drive him mad. Yeah, I think that could work. What if we also got a pizza deliver to his house? If he got a phantom pizza deliver that he didn't order, like my parents are boomers and their door dash is kind of like a miracle to them. but my dad doesn't like the fee, so he wants to pick it up. A pizza showing up with his favorite toppings

is a $20 investment to drive him a little bit bad. But that's also... It's exhilarating, though. That's Steve wakes up gooey from that dreamer. Right, but it'll mess with him. He'll mess with him, and he'll be so worried he's getting charged for this pizza. It will drive him a little bit baddy. And as he starts to eat it, he'll get weird.

He'll get weird. Well, I like that. Yeah, he's kind of like, he's kind of like a weird guy. Like, he probably wouldn't eat it. Like, if it's not a special interest, like he's, you know, he'd be like, oh, that's weird and just ignore it. Like, if it doesn't apply to him. Yeah, he'd leave it out there and be super worried he's paying.

So then you guys come over and just start eating it in front of him. Well, well. I think we're building up something here of just a bunch of little weird things. Free syrup, free pizza. Yeah. We can also let him know he's won like a contest or something for, like, an indoor biking area. Yeah.

Sarah, modulate this a little. How are you liking the length of, like, does that feel far enough, or do you want to go a little further with him? I, well, like, I want to go a little further. Like, I kind of want to, like, for example, this was another thing I was thinking of,

but I was like, you know, he'll pick up on it immediately, but he has a comb that he's had since I, my pick, I mean, it's my, 35th birthday today. How long is this guy had this cold? Happy birthday! Are you kidding? Oh, Eddie. Yes. Happy birthday to you. Yeah. I know. This was a great birthday present, by the way, talking to you guys. Oh, we're so happy to have you. What a honor. What a honor.

So, I'm 35. This comb is from a picture day from elementary school that he has. He is weird. Wow. But yeah, we'll brush the kids hair with it if they like have a bath at their house and I was thinking of taking like a prong out of month of this comb just to mess with him just like something diabolical but it's like

yeah like something subtle enough where he's gonna be like what's the fuck I'm gonna I'm gonna pitch more aggressive at you Annie you could start sending letters to him from the cable company saying that he is

delinquent on some scandalous adult material that he's been ordered. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You've been not paid his spice chittal bill. And then what you could do is when you get that humming, you could call back in and Eric could call him as the cable company and be like, Oh, my God.

Put me in, coach. Meet us at this, meet us at this park and like, give us $11, you old perv. Yeah. That's, I like that. Okay, that's one for you. We've got you pegged down for a caval can. of Belgian women 41? Yeah.

You bring up a pretty good smuggle here, sir. Sir, look, we know you're married. We're not going to tell the misses, but just pay it now. Pay it now and we let the wife know. I tease him because my mom, he couldn't figure out how to record his voicemail, so my mom recorded it, and I told her it sounds like he hired, like, a hooker to record his voicemail because it's very sexy and weird. I want access to that voicemail.

I am serious. I don't make a turn. Let me. re-recorded the voicemail. The other idea I have, because this all started from his TV and his cable, one of the things I pulled when I was a kid that I feel the absolute guiltiest about

was we got a TV, we immediately lost the remote. And this has been like remotes were new. I mean, it was lost for years. And then my parents left, they gave my sister and I money for pizza, and then I faked a phone call, like, hello? Really? Oh, that's interesting. Okay.

And Laura was like, what was that? I'm like, oh, it's just someone calling. I guess there's some polter activity in the neighborhood because after three years I had found the remote so I went I feel very guilty I got batteries for this remote that I went in the other room and started turning the volume up to ear splitting levels oh my she came running out screaming about a poltergeist and so if you wanted to get one of those radio shack reverse universal remotes on Amazon, you could really have a good old time messing with him. For like a $15 investment, when he's not there, you sink it up to the TV, and the next

time he is there standing watching David Lynch's Dune, because it's on and he's got to watch it, you start messing with that remote from the other room, and it will drive him up the goddamn wall. Also, it's full circle because it was all instigated by Ghostbusters. Yes. Yeah, well, I like the remotes too because he has to like line them up in order and they sit in a very specific spot

so if he can see all three remotes he's going to be like, what the fuck is going on? This is so great. And you're doing it from the other room and those things have range sister. I love it. If I were you, I would find a way to maybe you can bring your mother in on it.

If not, I would find a way to leave something recording so that you can have some footage of him losing his goddamn mind. That's exactly right. I'm not going to lie to you, Annie. I like that a lot. My last pitch was kind of along those lines a little bit, but that might be the better one and the better payoff.

I was going to say you could say to him like, you know, my son really is freaked out. You put a movie on that scared him. Now he believes in ghosts, and he's finding slime everywhere. And you know, that'll be like, what? And be like, I don't know. The kid's just finding like slimer slime. And he'll be like, what?

and then what you do is when you come over there you put a little slime on the wall where he'll see it and it culminates when you put slime in his shoes so when he puts his shoes on his ride his stuff he's got a slime of him like that because we we've been to so both of his parents have passed away

and like we go my mom's history I've gone to psychic mediums a couple times and his dad always comes through and his dad was a really big practical joker So, like, he believes in this stuff. He just won't really admit it. So, like, I could definitely go that route. But I did tell my dad-

Sorry, I know. We tried to shame him into feeling bad, and he just said, why wasn't anybody watching him? Like, he didn't feel bad that he saw a movie. No, but the fact that your dad was the psychic mediums gives us so much more ammo, and it takes the remote to an even better place. So he might think it's very normal. The slime goes to a whole other place.

Your dad is basically a weird here to help call her that just hasn't called yet. So we love this man, but it's time for him to get some payback. What's great, Annie, is that he was like, not my fault. So I think you're within your rights to do the remote thing. This would be, I would just add on to that. What you could do is do that, film that, make it a thing you do for a couple weeks when the complaints start to come your way you say let's call this podcast

that I know about that deals in paranormal advice and you and your dad call Bergey and Eric and while he lays it out then you do the reveal that you've been doing it from a remote on air and that you've been doing it because of what he did to your son

with Ghostbusters and in future don't fuck around and find out I know I would love to do that he'd probably get like really mad though um he's like one of those dads that like you record them having a like a mental breakdown because it's funny so like i would definitely record him while the remotes like i'll get my mom to record him while the remote's going up and down or the volume or like changing the channel or whatever yeah oh yeah that'll play that'll work the extreme version of this and one i don't think we need to employ yet because this is our megaton bomb but if he has your son watch something else he's again, you can have him call into this paranormal podcast and we can have a fake psychic and have his deceased father come through. Okay.

Too far. Eric, but you've been cooking. But may I say one more? Do we like this idea? Since your son has sort of got a bit of heightened anxiety from this, do we want to get you guys over there? But before we do, you tell your son, you know, pop, pop, put on this movie, he shouldn't have. It's not real, but we're going to show him that even though he acts real brave,

everybody has a little bit of anxiety. And we're going to use this magic remote and make him think that the Ghostbusters need to come to his house. Oh, my God. Yeah, he would love that. That is such a great little icing. And I will throw in one cherry on top. Get that maple syrup. Why?

What is it doing? What is it doing? I'm telling you. It's so subtle. We need to help. We indulge him. this is a safe place for Steve That's just

That's just the dessert It's like I think the idea of what is it We are doing Poultergeist remote activities And then he's just going to go Oh by the way I guess someone bought syrup Four months ago

No he won't Because he won't It would drive a boomer crazy It'll drive I'm thinking of my dad I'm thinking of my dad finding syrup No If I was if I found

Half a youth thing of maple syrup in my refrigerator tomorrow morning where I never have maple syrup I'd be like first of all I call my wife and she's like no what are you talking about I would be so freaked out We're talking about And it has to slowly go down over the weeks

Like you have to sneak and dump a little bit And then it'll be so freaked out No look you get It's your world boys I'm just I'm just visiting it But I would say This is like talking about Hey we're gonna go hunting with a bow and arrow

And we're doing crossbow stuff And then someone goes And bring a toothpick Just in case you got to have a bore. And we're all going, oh, he got like bows and arrows and stuff. And someone's like, don't forget the toothpick. Well, toothpick can be handy in a lot of situations.

I just, I don't think you're listening. I just want to clean up my pipe sometimes. What? Okay. Listen, what a confession. See who you're taking advice from? A toothpick to clean his pipe. By the way, boil the paraphernalia. Would you? I do.

Well, it ruins the pot, so I use a solution. But anyways, that's neither here nor there. No, it's everywhere. I think the remote control involving your son is so beautiful. I think that is a surefire hit. And if you feel like you have a little extra gumption in you, toss some maple syrup in there. You got to film it.

Yeah, you've got to film it. And he'll love it. He'll love it. It'll be one of these classical things people will bring up on holidays for years. And you know what I would really do? Oh, no, he's going to be like, you know, sorry, go ahead. Well, I would do it a couple times. I would, I would let it, let it bubble a little bit.

Let him be like, what the hell is going on? You know, do it once or twice. Yeah, a bubble on the crust, let your son in on it, do it a couple times, and when he's really going bonkers, that's where you could just have a giggle and show him. Yep. Yeah, like, I think I'm going to let it go for a little while because he's, like, going to be pissed when he finds out, but I don't like, you know, who cares, but I don't get my mom in on it? Yeah, he exposed your son to Gozer.

Yeah, that's what I was just going to say. So you kind of have a nice little justification in here that you were trying to prove to your son that ghosts are, A, not really around him in a scary way, and B, even his grandpa gets afraid of things like that, and it's okay to have healthy little fears like that. This is such a good lesson. Yeah, it is. Yeah.

No, I love it. That's perfect. Thank you guys. Yeah, and one question before we let you go. If it's maple syrup related, Steve, I will leave the Zoom. No, it's not. Steve, don't. I'm not going to say Mabel Serb.

I'm just going to say, I feel like you got cut off when we were talking about your mother's menu on Halloween. There was a margarita pizza. What? That was 20 minutes ago. But was there a side salad?

There were sides. What were that? Yeah, she does she does pickled onions that she made. So she does salad with pig onions. Purple, are they purple? Purple, yeah. Yeah, of course.

Or red, whatever. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's just, no, she, She's a really good chef. He broke it, you bought it. He's like picnic. He's Picnic Matlock. I know.

I love picnic home. Well, one more thing. With the reds onions, they're picking. I'm sorry. Did you use the brine? One more. I'm sorry. Was that cumin?

Excuse me. Nobody's around anymore. Sir, everybody left here an hour ago. Annie, well, this is so fun. I think that's going to be so great. You got. Got to film it, Annie, and you have to return to this and let people know what happened. Yeah.

I absolutely will. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate it. And happy birthday. Yeah, happy birthday. One, two, three, three. Happy birthday, two, three. We can't do the whole thing.

Happy birthday, to you. Yeah, but I mean, we're doing it. Happy birthday. All right, Annie. Skip around the room. Skip around the road. Okay, bye, Andy. Bye, Andy.

Bye, Andy. Bye, guys. Yay. Thank you. Caller, hello. You are here on Weird, here to help with Eric and Steve. Who are we talking with, and where you located? My name's Aaron.

I'm in South Carolina in Greenville. No way. I've been in Greenville, South Carolina. I loved it there. Some of the best barbecue. I went to the Shulis Joe Jackson house in Greenville, South Carolina, and then I went to Shillis Joe Jackson's grave. I've been to a graveyard in South Carolina.

What do you think about that? Eric also did a little grave robbing and stole his myth that he was buried with. Oh, I wish. You know what Shulis Joe's Mitt goes for in an auction. No, truly, I love Greenville. I know you know. I want to say hello to Eileen at the Shulis Joe Jackson Museum. She's an incredible person, took my dad and out of the graveyard herself.

Aaron, let me ask you a question. Another Eileen? Yeah, right? Yes. Aaron, let me ask you a question. Is South Carolina where, because Eric mentioned barbecue, do they really put mustard on their barbecue? Mustard-based, and it's amazing, Steve.

Mustard-based. Greenville had the best barbecue in the entire south. You got to go to Lewis Barbecue. Louis went. My dad and I went. You did? That's the best barbecue in the country. No, I left Greenville being like this wins. And you know, Steve and I are

sauce guys. We love a sauce. I love mustard. There's a medicinal power and mustard. When I had that Greenville barbecue sauce, I was like, this wins. This truly wins. And Greenville, wonderful people there. I had a blast in Greenville. Is that close to Charleston?

No, opposite side of the state. But they also have a loose barbecue in Charleston. Man, I don't know much about South Carolina, but I would know I'd like to go. Yeah, go to Greenville. It's really, truly an awesome place. I loved it there. And they also have an incredible minor league baseball stadium. It's all brick.

It's glorious. They can build a brick down there because there's no earthquake. So I loved Greenville. Caller, I feel like you and I are already friends because I'm like a big Greenville fan, right? Yeah, I feel right at home with you. Okay, great. So real briefly, tell us, since I went to Shulis Joe Jackson's grave in South Carolina, if you were going to go to one famous person's grave on this planet, who would it be?

That's a good one. That's a good one. I feel good about it, Steve. I really do. Like I improvised there I was gonna have his favorite album And then I did that And while we're doing this

I'm giving her time to think But like, you know Yeah, thank you I went to Shulis Joe's I've been to Elvis's I went to Laird Krieger's At the cemetery right by my house No one knows who that is

By Hollywood 40s character actor Steve Done very wrong by Hollywood Okay here we go I think I'd go to the Carl Young Grave Oh boy did you call into the right show I'll tell you what, I am a massive Carl Young fan.

I have the Red Book. I have his book on Dream, Dream Interpretation. Also, he wrote an amazing book about, you know, he wrote an amazing book about flying saucers at the end of his life. I think it was the last paper he published. No, are you serious? Really? He thought that was part of the collective unconscious, right, Steve? He thought it was mythology in the making.

But mythology, as if you're a youngian, there is a kernel of truth to mythology. You talk to the right crowd here, because we are big-time young. for you yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah for of the opinion Freud just had a really attractive mom and it made him weird and now we're off to suffer right that's exactly it that's exactly it oh I love you go to Carl Jung's grave where is Carl Jung's grave do we know we should all go I bet it's I don't know I feel like I should know if I want to go there no well I threw that at you you're not a weird other visits graves like we do I think so you're clearly calling it to the right place you're home you're one of us so what is going on and I have a feeling this is going to be pretty good yeah yeah yeah well it's not related to young at all but it always is though somewhere down the line so I am a delivery driver and about five months ago I was doing my route and a praying man just hopped on my leg and I didn't notice and I got in my van and then realized you know a few minutes later what was tickling my leg yeah and then I let her crawl around on me for the rest of the day and she stayed in the van and then I took her home and got an implosion and kept her because I learned that people keep praying mantises

as pets. Yeah, really, really? You've been referring to the preamast as her, which I love. But how are you, were you able to decipher the gender? Oh, we're looking at a picture of this beautiful. Wow, look at that girl.

Oh, yeah. Wow, she is. Oh, that is beautiful. You're going to look at that color. A lady. Oh. And the call will only go. on to prove that she's a girl and that's why we're here. But I'll continue with the backstory a little bit. So you can

tell she's a girl because there are two little spikes at the bottom of her abdomen. And that's how you can tell. In case you're ever curious. I was extremely curious. Look at those eyes. Are you kidding? It's beautiful. There's so much in them. No, completely right. Yeah, we're focusing in them. Oh, my gosh, friend. Oh, we love her. What's her name? I'm so glad.

Her name is Manzanita. Oh, hi, Manzanita. Oh, are you kidding? With the praying manate song. I love this. Are you kidding? No detail unturned. You're truly home.

Okay, okay. So you told her home. Look at those eyes. It's radiating, Steve. So I took her home. I got her in enclosure, and I've had her for about five months now. She's molted a few times. She's doing it out.

And then about a month ago, I found another praying mantis on the same delivery route. And I picked her up, also a girl, picked her up, took her home, got her an enclosure. And then my problem is a week after I brought the second one home, who I named Pocodot, because she has two Pocodot on her, on her wings. A week after I took her home, she laid an Uthaca, which is an egg sac. An Uthaca. That's very esoteric sounding.

that. Isn't it? Yeah. She laid a fact. I mean, she's a babies around the way, huh? Probably. So a couple weeks after she laid one, Manzanita also laid one. And I emailed you guys in between these two instances.

No. And so in that time, I learned that mantises will lay that sack regardless of if they have, if they're fertile. But the thing is, so Manzanitas definitely doesn't have any eggs. But Pocodots very likely does have eggs. And when they hatch, mantises lay 50 to 400 baby mantis. Oh, no. Wow.

You're kidding. Okay. Okay. So you're like you're on the cusp of a mantis civilization living in your house. Correct. And I don't want to kill them because I've really like, I've really bonded with these animals. And the other problem is like, you know, I would just release them out into the wild,

but I've also learned that both of the mantises I have are an invasive species called the Chinese mantis. And they kill off the Carolina mantis and a bunch of other native insects. So you're technically supposed to do when you find them is just kill them. And what I probably should do from an environmental point of you is just squash the egg sack in case it's fertile. But I'd really like to come up with any other solution.

Yeah, because who are we to play God over here with a man to says life? That's what I'm saying. Also, if you destroy like 50 to 400 babies, polka dot is not going to be thrilled. No, not at all. I mean, she might eat them. Yeah. I don't know if she would really mother them.

That would be the best case scenario. Yeah, would be. That really would be. And barring nothing else. you know, Steve Berg will eat them. I will for a very small feed. Nice little balthamic reduction. It is delicious.

I will eat the mantis on a bed of millet. Oh, that? I wouldn't say now if it was prepared right with the race season. First of all, Eileen, I love this call. This call is the crux of who we, Karen. Aaron, yeah. Aaron, Aaron. Sorry, I thought of the other one.

Strike one, Aaron. Strike one, boy. And a big one, a big Otani from. his niece. Aaron, I mean, I love this call. I'm wondering, I mean, can't we kind of let that natural selection happen and see the eggs? What if they just start eating them? And that is a wild thing about mandis is that these babies might just be food. Yeah. And they might be. Yeah. I'm now, this is a reality show I want to watch. Yeah, I feel like. Better than Sandoval. Come on. I wouldn't want that on my conscious, like, ripping the sack off and like just like, you know. No, because you

created this ecosystem. Putting in a campfire. Like, that sounds like a, like, I don't, you know, like, it also feels like, well, you're supposed to, like, they do it with fishing a lot where they'll tell you to, like, you know,

do that with like winter trout, they'll feel like, oh, you got to keep them and eat them. I'm like, why? Like, I don't need to be the arbiter of their life and death. I think, I think, oh, God, this is a real quandary.

Well, who's the one saying one mantis is bad for another one? Like, who are the ones playing God with mantises? And what if they're like, what if they're like, Mantis racists. Like, oh, this mantis is better. This one's invasive. Mantis eugenesis?

Yeah. I don't want to be a part of the. Mantis gervas? I don't know. Pass, man. I don't want that either, man. Non-22. We're trying to shine a light out, Aaron.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. You know, I am of the opinion that you let nature take its course. And maybe you invite Mantisopolis, the other one, you know, that you'd think. So it's Pocodot who's got the

fertile eggs you'd think, right? Pocahott and Manzanita, and they're owned by Aaron, Steve. See, mine's like a steel trap. Yeah. My white just brought me herbal tea, bless her heart. I wonder if you invite, let the babies happen, if they, you know, and if they're born, then I think maybe

consider inviting Manzanita over for, like, a holiday feast. Right. Both just sit there and go to town on these little, which sounds sick. And then it's bonding. It's like an episode of Laverne and Shirley. There's natural selection.

You got these two old broads just eating their prey. Yeah. Come on. Also, Aaron, if I may, doesn't this sound like a remarkable excuse and reason to have a mantis party? Yeah. Like, you invite people. Come on. If I got an invite to a mantis party to see these eggs open and maybe they're going to eat them, maybe they're going to fight over them, whatever that is, that's a party I want to go to.

Right. You can have mantis-themed drinks. Maybe everyone takes one home. Yeah. Oh, my God. Gosh, could you imagine? Yeah, what if you contain the mantises just to your friend group? Yeah, and you just have some nice...

And I would also recommend having, like, a light pasta and a salad to have around, because, you know, people are going to want... Yeah, I can call it in a whole neck. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yes. No, this is a pesto. This has got to be green foods. I think a... Oh, Eric, I love this.

Come on, Steve, it's why I'm here. This is a pasta party. Oh, yes. So many salads. Are you kidding? Maybe with a peasant. A pan-fried chicken meatball?

Oh, God. This sounds great. Oh, ridiculous. I want to come to this mantis part in Greenville. Or, or. Or. Or. Or.

This sounds like a sicko. Here's a sicko suggestion. Is that, this is a sicko suggestion. I'm not saying I agree with it. You let the babies happen. You capture the babies. You work that into the pesto sauce as everyone over.

And then you dine them. Who? Why? Well, at least the worst. Boo, Steve, are you kidding? Then the life wasn't wasted. No, uh-oh. We're using the, we're using the mantis meat.

Again, it wasn't a bit. Life mirrors art. I said Steve would eat these fuckers. Now here a minute later, he's trying to pitch him. Well, I'm hungry. This whole thing is a craving. It's a craving excuse for Stephen to eat more animals. I think if you put some olive oil down, a half a shallot.

You looked at that animal's eyes. You looked at Manzania's eyes. We saw the soul peering back. What if they're in charge of us all, Steve? I don't, that's so bad. I'll pay for it then. Yeah, you'll pay for it then when you meet your maker. Me, unless it's a scallop, I'm not going to have any judgment.

See, look, okay, okay, okay, okay. I'm just saying, look, look, look, it's better than taking this pot off and then throwing it away, like in the trash can. That is sick. At least use the meat. I'm talking about, look, obviously I think first dip goes to Poked up. The Steve Berg story.

I think first dibs on eating the babies goes to Pocodat and Manzanita. Yeah. This is nature, babe. This is nature. No, no, no. I think they eat the, it's fine, and the Manus party gets even cooler. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I think you have a party.

I love this party idea, by the way. Midori sour, Steve, green, neon green like Manzanita, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, we can also, you know, like, I do think, like, it's one of these things like, hey, we're going to eat some green food. It's going to be delicious. Also, if the, if Manzanita and Polka, don't eat the babies, we're eating

the babies. But also, just make sure we're giving the babies to friends, and they get to have their own mantises at home. And you're spreading a wave of love in Greenville. They're going to genocide all the other mantises in South Carolina area. Not if they're in people's homes, not if they're in a little glass thing.

Right. You're not an entomologist, entomens. Entomins. Yes. Entomologists. Entomologists. Entomologists. That's the good, Steve. Be Lesburg. Be Lesberg.

How can I, babe? I really think you eat it and you make it like a fine dining experience if Pocodot and Mantis do not consume them themselves but under no circumstance do I think you should just throw the sack away like a sack of potatoes like Eric seems to be suggesting no no no I want these to bloom

and I want them to be pets for other people I want the light to spread around Eric they're invasive you're not listening to the facts they're invasive they're going to kill everything they're going to wipe out South Carolina Not if they're released out there. Not if they're in glass. They're already out there, buddy.

She's found two on her thing. They're already out there. You expect her to find 400 glass casings for these things? They could be up to 400 babies. I think it's nature itself that these were supposed to bloom. If she hadn't picked them up, there'd be an egg. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

We are now looking out there. They'd be out in the wild. We're debating one egg sack. It's already invaded. It's so gross. The invasive has happened. Yeah, but they're going to be Cue Lomantuses, but look at that.

They need to be eradicated. That's the next one. No, they do not, Steve. They're already out there. The die is cast. They're jumping in her delivery car. You usually grill these to eat them. No, people really eat these.

People eat everything. Hold on. What? It's an invasive species. It's an invasive species. So get something out of it. You know. Oh, you guys are fucking weird, man.

Well, man, you know, like, sorry, you hippie. Like, I don't know if you know. know how nature works, man, but I'm not eating a mantis sack, you weirdo. I'll eat a man of sack, but I'll eat it on the air if it's prepped right. This is like some Bob Crane auto-focused shit. Oh, my God. You could definitely feel like a grilling was another way I would suggest. Oh, I thought you were doing a bit.

Oh, my God. I would put a foil lining down your grill. Wouldn't get the temperature super hot. And I would just like, basically what you're doing is toasting them. And then afterwards, I would put like maybe like, a dry, dry seasoning. If you add any kind of, like, you know, sauce to it, you're going to lose the crisp. And then you can just kind of sprinkle on top of everyone's pasta.

Well, you don't lose the crisp on those. Eric, it's like, if you don't respect meat and try to prepare it as good as possible, I feel like you're disrespecting the animal. All right, this is truly part of keeping the environment clean, and Aaron's into it. Look, I know. And Nizanita is in polka d'adour into eating them. Bless you. But I do like the idea, I do like the idea of Amant's party.

Yeah, okay. Because they're also, they're so tiny. Like when they're babies, they're way smaller than your fingernail, your pinky fingernail. So, not bite size. So if I just get like a, I could get like a Dixie Cup or something. I could have a party. You guys could help me plant a party.

Yeah, we'd love to. And then once the baby's hatch, I have that party. and everyone takes one home that wants one. And then the rest of them... And then every other... I mean, like, mansions are going to escape. I mean, I'm sorry. Not everyone's going to be like a sweetheart

like you. You're going to take great care of these mansions. You, when you start... She's around good people. You are worried about this like invasive species killing the other mantises. And I think we should remember that. So just giving like a bunch of manslaughter.

I think he got to eat them. They won't be out in the wild. I'm sorry. going to follow my sword for this one. I think these things are a delicious meal way to be head. I think Aaron is on my side. So what we're going to do is give the mantises away to other people. And I'm going to tell you this, this one pod, there's a million pods already in Greenville. Those mantises are here. Maybe it's the end of our sci-fi movie. Maybe we're giving people the first clue to how the society gets overtaken. Those mantises are going to head to Washington,

D.C., and it's over. But before that happens, we're going to have a mantis party with green-themed drinks like a midori sour and with pesto and with spinach salad and anything else green you can think of green olives. Steve there's a bounty green is good. Yeah and I think DeSico, the Italian pasta brand

does make a spinach linguini which I've had it is very tasty. Oh wow I've got another flexed by tariffs and DeSico's in some trouble. Yeah so get it now, get the green pasta now Aaron. Yeah but yeah I love the idea of this manis party and we want to be

fully informed on everything that happens from this point out. And when you do decide to have this party, if you want some, you know, like suggestions on how to make this party really sing, we are happy to help out with that. What about music, Steve? What's green theme music?

Al Green, Al Green to start. That, I love Al Green too. Oh, incredible. I went to his church in Memphis. He said he loved me. There was a great band called Green River, which was Mud Honey before Mudhoney. Oh, yes. Very grungy, low tones, but I really like them. Yeah.

That's probably good for starters, because you're kind of, you know, like, and then, you know, like a maybe. It's not easy being green. Yeah, the green night soundtrack, which one of the best movies of the 21st century. I think we got a good place. So, you know, Aaron, what are we thinking here? What are we thinking? How are we going to approach this? Is there anything you can grab onto that we've said?

Yeah, I'm loving the party idea. And I think you're completely right. feed. I'm not going to release these out into the wild. So I think with the leftover mantises, because there will be up to 400 of them, with the leftover mantises, I

hopefully Manzanita and Pocodon will eat them. And any other ones I'm I'm still at a loss for, but I'm not going to eat them. I don't think I can do that. Right. Thank you.

But maybe I'll raise that. But you're hoping for cannibalism, which is so funny. I'm hoping. For nature, for Carl Young, Steve. I won't do it, which would be perfectly normal because there's plenty of place on the world where they eat bugs and insects, but I'm just saying, I'm just saying, like a, but calabism's okay, Aaron.

I had a cricket in Puerto Rico. Yeah. It's not that big of a deal. It's the protein source of the future, apparently. It really is. And maybe I'll save them for that future. Exactly. I love this.

They probably freeze drugs. real well. Oh, I bet they do. I bet they do. And if I was in Greenville with Steve and if Aaron wanted to eat a mannice, I'd eat a mannick. You would eat a man. I could get you eating manis. I'd get it wrong tears. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Beer and a half, I'd eat a manis. Well, Aaron, it was a joy meeting.

Can you please keep us updated on all this? We want pictures of the mantises being born. We want pictures of the mantis party, the mantis drinks, the mantis food, and the Al Green and Green River. And then you're toasting on the grill and putting a on top of your pesto pasta dish and eating him

and saying, like, you know what? Steve Berg was right. These are delicious. Please don't, Aaron. I'm sorry. My friend is Homer Simpson. Thank you for your help, guys. Bye, buddy. It was a joy to meet you.

Good luck. You too. Bye-bye. Hello, caller. You are talking to Eric Edelstein and little Stevie Berg. How are you doing? What's your name?

Where are you from? We hear you are a follow-up. We're very excited. Hi, guys. This is Emma from Saskatchewan. Yes. I was hoping it was you, friend. I summoned you from the collective unconscious.

Yes. It is so good to hear from you, Steve. I know exactly what this is, but Emma, please remind us. Yeah, and for the listeners, if you could give us a recap of what happened, so everyone could follow along perfectly. Awesome. Yeah, I can do that. So I called in because three different times in my life,

I was told by three different random people that I had a grumpy old man attached to my soul. And so I had called in for some advice about this. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I remember this one well. This is my favorite call so far, not to hurt any other caller's feelings. This was also very controversial in the comments.

And people mocked and laughed me because I instantly said, I got a guy that can help. But we sent Emma to this amazing healer that can clear this stuff up. So Emma, I want to talk to you about the journey. One, I didn't know if you'd actually do this. I'm so thrilled you did. What went into your thinking and walk us through it? Well, I was down to try anything.

And so you had forwarded that contact information for the healer. And so I did. I gave him a call. It was over the phone healing session. which I then, I was feeling a bit hesitant about it. So I read online about this. Apparently, this is very common. Apparently, a lot of psychics and healers do things over the phone.

So I felt reassured after I read that. Right. Yes. And I've gone to him a bunch and absolutely had weird cosmic gunk cleared out. And to me, some people were... Cosmic gunk. And people were like, God, this is bunk. I'm like, to me, this is science that's undiscovered.

I don't know why it's so crazy to think that we have parasites in our blood. but we can't have them in our energy field, but it outrages some people. So Emma, you took the giant leap, and we love it. That's the spirit of the show. What happened when you talk to our friend? I'm not going to give the healer's name here.

I'll just say his first name, Joel. What happened when you did your meeting with Joel? Yeah, he's a Joel, but boy, is he powerful. And he was recommended by a very straight-laced therapist, and I was shocked. She recommended such a thing, but she knew I was open to it. This guy's helped me so much, and I was kind of sort of hoping he might help Emma.

Oh, what went down? So I called Joe, or Joel, sorry, and I had about a one-hour session with him, and he was pretty confident he knew what was going on. He told me, and I felt reassured by this, he does think it is a human entity, so it's not like a demon or something like that. Interesting. Which I was happy to hear. Wow. Yeah. But you know what?

I will say he called people out. He said there's no way anybody knows if this is a man. He said he thinks people are just making assumptions because this entity has like a strong and powerful aura about it. But he was like, there's no way to know if this is a man or a woman. So I thought that was kind of interesting. Okay. And then, and so then Joel is talking and I started to feel kind of bad. But then Joel gave me some exercises to not feel guilty about this.

But what he believes happened is that he thinks that this is a confused entity. And so when this person passed away, they passed away in a confused and scared state. And so as their soul was trying to travel from like the earth plane to what he called the divine light plane, it kind of got lost because it was scared and confused. And so it just kind of latched onto my soul. because you're awesome but better soul to latch on to Emma yeah yeah especially a Canadian so then I started to feel kind of bad

because I was like well he was like so you need to get rid of this attached to your tool and I was like well if I detach it from my soul will it find the light and he was like potentially or it could continue to just like float off in a world of fear and I was like oh my gosh

so then I was feeling a bit hesitant and I told this to Joel I was like well I don't know if I want to get rid If it means that this poor soul And he told me no He told me that this is the problem He actually told me this is my problem And that I should work on this in life

Yeah He told me this is like Probably I have a problem with this And just my normal life too Is that I mean Please go ahead Please continue Please continue

Well he just said He said that he just feels like You know I can't be manipulated by this entity It's not my problem whether this entity is, like, I can't control that. Did he give you, did he tell you, I mean, like, oh, yes, Steve, he's going to clear this. I told you, he would clear it. He's cleared me as stuff.

Well, so, what happened next? Yeah, what were the protocols? Like, how did he get rid of this energy? So I was on a call with him for about an hour, and it flew by it went by so fast. But he did a bunch of different tactics. He gave me, like, some, I would call it maybe, like, meditation almost where he had me like visualizing things and I don't know much about like energy centers but I for anybody who does no one does um I guess like yeah anybody does he said my sign

and my own yeah your heart shock was very powerful and so we did a whole bunch of exercises around that um and then he had me do some exercises like kind of picturing my ancestors and how they could help me. And a lot of it was just he told me that I need to practice reclaiming my own space. And so not allowing other entities to attach to me and also kind of like shooing this one away by saying like, no, this is like my soul, my body, you need to leave. And so it was a bunch of like, I would call it like visualization strategies. I love it.

And then did he have you like do like the crazy energy clearing stuff? Like sometimes I'll have me like wave my hands around. and actually kind of clear my own energy or field around me. I hope this is a bit Joel plays on you just because he likes to mess with you. Dude, I'm done. I'm done. I'm going to dance around to a pirouette. Oh, my.

Okay, buddy, I'll do it, Joel. I would do it. Buddy, that thing is clear. I'm about to book a big job. Take off your clothes and run around the block. That you should do it. Done, Joel, done. They're calling the cops.

It worked. Joel, I'm in jail. Joel, I'm in county. My wife has led me now at this point. I'm in a rough pass, Joel. I need a whole new... Oh, people are seeing the skeptic side of Steve. I love it.

Okay, so you started doing the clearing stuff with Joel, and then how did you feel? Well, I felt to relax after. And also, I will say, he did have me do kind of stuff like that. Like, you had me, like, reach onto my head, and, like, I had to, like, imagine my hands glowing, and then I had to, like, physically, like, throw things, like, out into the room. So, yeah, I would also do this.

Yeah. And as Steve walks, I want to briefly say, you know who believed in the crown chakra, Stephen? Who? Your hero, David Lynch. That's why Lynn Kaplan always said that we cannot meditate while we're lying down. Because the crown chakra has to be clear, Stephen. It's got to be flowing, Bucco. So you started doing it.

Sorry for interrupting you there. So you started clearing all this stuff. And, yeah, there's a feeling of relaxation. And you can actually kind of feel the stuff leaving, can't? you? Yeah, I felt so relaxed after. I was like, I didn't totally see why people are doing this and calling in. It felt great.

Good. As far as the entity goes, I've never been able to sense it myself. So I feel like maybe time will tell. Joel felt very optimistic. He was like, I think he was like, I think this entity is like considering leaving and that you should just like continue doing this and building your boundaries and it will be gone. No, does Joel say how he has this, like, a hunch that it wants to leave? Or is he just, like, like, he can sense it from your voice?

Because I'm, I'm like, and I'm not being, like, skeptical. I mean, I guess, I suppose I am, but, like, I am, like, really interested in the, the mechanations behind how he can tell off a phone voice from someone with, from another country. Eric, yes, he looks into energy fields. Right, but she's not. in front of him. She's on a phone. Oh, he can do it all through Zoom. He could look at your energy field now. Honestly, we should have you do as session with Joel. Was this on Zoom or was it a phone call?

It doesn't matter. It was a phone call. It does not matter. He can sense it. You're thinking 1D, 2D. This is undiscovered science. This is 3D. This is, dare I say, 5D. Joel could look at your energy field, Stephen, if you're out what the hell's going on in there, and I think he should.

I don't want, Joel. I think he should. Oh, man, dude. Joel is my guy. Are you kidding? The stuff, the cosmic gunkies cleared out of me. It's why I'm such a beacon of light and friendliness right now. I don't think Joel's the reason you're a beacon of light.

No, Joel's cleared stuff. The signal was unclear for a while. He's always been a beacon of light. I'm trying. I have good days and bad days. Nah, Codore, Steve. Condor. But, but, but you're feeling good about this.

You feel like the work. And that is all that matter. Because, like, if you're feeling good about this, then, like, you know, screw it. And, like, when's the last time, actually, because I forget from the previous phone call, when was the last time someone mentioned the old man spirit around you? 2019. Six years ago. Okay.

Well, and she went to the indigenous gathering where multiple elders said this. So what I would love, Emma, if we could somehow go back to those folks, other indigenous elders that are also tied into this stuff that aren't. skeptical as my good buddy here, I have a feeling they would see that lightness gone. And if I may also, it sounds like this Joel healing session is something that you can carry over into life with non-entities with actual people, of having bigger and better boundaries for yourself and not allowing people that you're not in alignment with, not allowing people that don't vibrate at your frequency. And we say stuff like that, it doesn't sound crazy. But

That's all Joel's doing. And it's kind of giving you more boundaries for life. If I'm reading between the lines here a little bit, Emma? Yeah, 100%. I thought it was a really positive experience. I'm so glad. I've been so nervous. And I heard back that you went and I sent the Venmo.

I'm sure Jake Johnson will reimburse me. But hold my breath. But I'm just so glad it was a positive experience because I felt a little nervous sending you out there. I was really when I woke up today hoping we would hear from you in here because this is the call I'm most curious about and the call that also pissed some people off

that I said I've got a guy. Most people laughed and I know it's hilarious. I'm keenly aware that I'm just so glad it was a powerful experience for you not just to maybe clear this but also taken into life that like hey perhaps I'm letting actual humans

encroach on my boundaries as well. Well this sounds like it worked out great. Are you, do you plan on working with Joel again? Or you kind of like, I think I get it. I'm good. Well, I think, and like Joel kind of agreed. He, like, he told me he feels like he's given me the tools now and that I don't need to call in again. Like, he's like, if you use these tools, you shouldn't need me anymore.

Wow. So he's not a charlatan looking for more money. Wow. I didn't say he was, man. No, I didn't know. No, no. What I really want is I want a video on Jay. making Gareth as they listen to this call.

That's what I'm begging for. Natalie, please bookmark it because the steam coming out of their ears, I cannot wait. But yeah, that's the thing is Joel helps you do the work so you don't have to see him again. And he gives you tools. You now have a power sander and a grill. I've seen him probably seven or eight. And I've referred friends to him. Oh, Joel's a big part of the scene.

Joel knows a mark. Boom. Oh, this is going to take a dozen. It's really easy to be a skeptic, Steve. You remind me of the atheists. The atheists have turned into their own religion and they're just as intractable. I'm agnostic. Thank you very much.

No, no, I'm not saying that. I said you remind me of. The atheist now, like the Bill Maher is like, there is no God definitive. Like, well, you can't say that. Yeah, you're dogmatic about that. Now you're telling me you're doing the same thing you hated. You're insisting on dogma. And that's just not what I'm about.

So, Emma, it was an honor to talk to you again today. And I'm so glad that it sounds like we. actually helped? Yes, definitely. I'm so grateful I called in. You guys had the answer. So thank you so much. It was an honor to meet you.

I really hope we get to meet you in real life. Yeah, Aaron. Please enjoy Saskatchew on the Great North. Emma, sorry. Thank you. Congratulations. I'm so happy it worked out. That's awesome.

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