Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Brandi goes to Honduras

Episode Date: March 9, 2018

This week on YFT, Brandi goes to Honduras with Ben Higgins, Dean Unglert, and Lesley Murphy. Did Brandi woo the richest man in Honduras? I guess you're gonna have to listen and see!

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Is that okay? Let's hear yours. That's fine. I can deal. That's the one I think you always get. Okay. I love that this is like a serious thing for you. It kind of is. I don't know. Pitch is important, you know.

I guess. I don't know. Like, can't get this beer bottle open. What, you can't do it with your teeth? What kind of man are you? The type of man who respects the dental work I've done. That's a good point. My friend Sarah can open beer bottles with her teeth.

Pretty impressive. I can do it with a lighter. Back from Honduras, huh? Yeah. You have all the diarrhea? I have none of it. You have none of the diarrhea. But Ben apparently did not come away so lucky.

He says hello, by the way. I'm texting him. Oh. I just like how you're taking all of my friends, by the way. To be fair, you weren't really friends with Olivia. That's true. Yeah. You know who I really liked after spending the week with him is Dean.

How do you guys not have a bottle opener in here? There's beers. Like, there's a kitchen. Did you look hard? I just didn't look. I just assumed. Hi. Hey.

All right. I don't know. My bell sounded a little weird, but I'm going to go with it. All right. So. Your sound's worse. Yeah. You got back from Honduras.

I'm back. It feels weird. Ben has explosive diarrhea. I mean, I'm not going to put words in his mouth, but... He's not feeling great. I'll say that. That's because you were saying on the last podcast that he doesn't do

the shots and stuff. Yeah, but I didn't get shots either, so I feel like last time I was in here, it was right before I was going to get shots maybe. No, you had gotten them, but the doctor was like, it's too soon. It's too late. I waited too long. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so which I was like slightly excited about because I hate shots.

But yeah, I like missed, I guess you got to go like at least 10 days before departure. And I went like eight days before and he said it wouldn't help me. But I did take malaria medicine with me. And I started taking that two days before the trip and it for the first two days made me feel so freaking nauseous that I considered stopping taking them but I didn't I kept it up and now it's okay and now I'm glad I did because is malaria prevalent in Honduras very okay uh and one of the girls uh her name's Mira one of our translators that spent the first three days with us. She was supposed to spend the whole week with us.

She got really sick halfway through, had to go to the ER, and apparently has a very aggressive mosquito virus. So I'm going to continue to take my malaria medication as I was instructed. Okay, so just so I understand, Ben has a charity coffee company called what? Well, okay, are we going to just jump right into this Honduras thing? I could be slightly long-winded. Well, do you not want to? No, I want to talk about it for sure, but we should enter the show. Okay, I'll start it first.

Bros and hoes, welcome to Your Favorite Thing Podcast with... Wells and Brandy. We back. You back. I'm here. Yeah, you've been here for a second. You were in LA. I saw girlfriend pics.

Okay. I know that you want to talk about Honduras, but can I just start the show with why I hate Kanye West? Oh, yeah, sure. Okay. Did you meet him? Just, ugh, here it is. Did you meet him?

Listen to why I hate motherfucking Kanye West. All right? Okay. I like him, so we might be causing some drama here. On Friday, I get a call from my good friends at ABC saying, hey, guess what? We need you in LA tomorrow to be on Family Feud. Family Feud with the Kardashians.

Guess who got the same call? You got it too? No, Ben and Dean. Oh, yeah. No, I know because it was all Bachelor guys. Yeah. So I was like, I can be in LA tomorrow. So that's why you win? So I was on the 5

AM flight out of BNA to LAX. I get to freaking LAX. Get in the freaking car. Say freaking again. Freaking car.

Halfway through, you get a call from ABC being like, ooh, so. No. No. You're supposed to play the Kardashians, and now Kanye wants to play the Kardashians. I was like, Kanye is a Kardashian. I don't understand what's going on here. And he's like, yeah, he wants his family to play the Kardashians, and he doesn't want the bastards to play the Kardashians, so. Oh.

So free trip to see your girlfriend though? So I just went out to LA for 12 hours because I had to be back for our kid soup Sunday, which by the way, free plug to our kid soup Sunday. How was that? It's a soup competition that happens in Nashville every single year. Freaking amazing. I'm a judge, but our kids is a really, really cool organization that helps sexually abused kids in the Tennessee area. Wow. So it's like a tough thing to talk about, but it's like a really, really cool organization that helps sexually abused kids in the Tennessee area.

Wow. So it's a tough thing to talk about, but it's a really good thing. Yeah. And I am a big soup guy. Are you? Huge soup guy. Really? Love me some soup.

More than tacos? Ooh. What about this? Taco soup? Chicken tortilla soup. Oh. Who doesn't like some chicken tortilla soup? Right?

If you don't, you're blacklisted. Have you ever had the moss tacos? Yes, I have had the moss tacos. You know whose I really like? Those Taco Mamacita. Oh, really? Yeah, it's very fresh. They bring it to you with all of it separate, and you pour it all in.

It's super fun. You've got to make your own thing. Kind of, but it's a good make-your-own-thing. I don't know. That's like the Bloody Mary bars at brunch places. I don't like Bloody Mary. It's like what? Does anyone really like drinking nasty tomato juice?

I don't know. Ew. I just don't like the idea of the Bloody Mary bar. It's like I have to pay to go make my own fucking drink? Yeah. No, you make it. You make it. You bring it to me.

All right? I just, I've never understood the Bloody Mary thing. I just, why would you have that when you could have a mimosa? You know? Yeah, because Bloody Mary gets you stronger. It's then spicy. Nope, not for me. Anyways, went all the way out to LA

for 12 hours. I had to fly back to judge the Our Kids Soup Sunday. So did you fly back the same day? Like that night? Flew out 5am out of Nashville. Got there around 9, right? Got there around 9. I was on the red eye at midnight. Ooh, that one's tough. So Kanye

can suck some donkey dick. Did you see Sarah, though? Yeah, I did. That's good. Couple things about this. Okay. Kinda pumped that I didn't have to play the Kardashians, cause if you lose to the Kardashians, you can never live that down. You know? Yeah.

Are you scratching your- No, I'm not. This is another story. Ants have invaded my bathroom. Okay. And I think there's ants in my sock. Are those like bike shoes? No, they're Nike VaporMax.

All right. Those are nice. They're game changers in the running game. You should check it out. Really? Yeah. Because you ran a whole two miles today? Listen.

Some of us, okay, aren't natural born runners and running is very difficult and to run two miles is a big deal for me, okay? Can we talk about how you roll up? So at the iHeart studios it's like locked down, you know? Yeah, it is. So there's like a garage door. You have to have like a key to like get in

and so when Brandy gets here I have to let her in. So she comes in. Sometimes someone else is coming out and I can get in. At this point, we just need to give you a freaking key fob. But anyways, you come in and your car is looking... Fresh. Fresh.

It is on the leak. I gotta say, there's nothing I love more than a clean, detailed car. Agreed. I tell you what, man. Sarah, it's nothing I love more than a clean, detailed car. Agreed. You know? I'll tell you what, man. Sarah, it's fucking bottles and trash everywhere. Okay, well, mine normally is. Yeah, I think all girls are like this. It's girl stuff.

It's like chip bags and water bottles. It's workout clothes. Yes. It's like extra pair of shoes. Exactly. Like, who knows, you know? So I'm always like, I want to clean, I need to clean your car up. Yeah.

It's giving me anxiety. You know what, though? I've had a lot of ex-boyfriends that really love cleaning my car up for me. Like, they like to detail my car. They don't like to detail, but it's the OCD in them that they can't handle being in your car. I really appreciate that. When a dude, like, takes my car and gets it cleaned for me, that's like a, feels good, you know? But anyways, your car looks fresh. Thank you. Well, there's a sad reason my car looks gets it cleaned for me. That feels good, you know? Anyways, your car looks fresh.

Well, there's a sad reason my car looks fresh. Why? So I come back from this amazing trip. It was one of those deals where it was such a high the whole week and then to get on a plane by myself and sit in silence for six hours, seven hours and process it all.

It's hard to not be sad. I'm feeling bummed and whatever. And then this morning I go to get in my car and I noticed that my sunroof is open. Oh no. And I remember reading about a tornado scare while we were gone. And I, my heart just sank. My car is soaking wet. Oh no.

Soaking wet. And guys, like I, for the first time ever my life, last year, got a nice car. Never had a nice car. And I lease a BMW X3. I lease it, so I got to turn it back in. So I got to keep it nice. And it is wrecked right now. It's tough.

So I took it straight to get it detailed. And they did a good job, but... It's still not. It's never going to be the same. It's never going to be the same. And I've never had a sunroof before, so it's like, I just, I just hate it. You're going to think about it, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, it's like losing your virginity. You'll never be the same again. I'll never be the same. I'm hoping my car comes out okay, because I've got to turn that sucker in in a year or so. Do you think you'll re-up the lease? I don't know. I love that car. I'm struggling to decide if it's worth the money I spend. I mean, I do love it. I get in my car every single day, and I'm like, oh gosh, I love that car. I'm struggling to decide if it's worth the money I spend.

I mean, I do love it. I get in my car every single day, and I'm like, oh, gosh, I love this car. But I don't know. It's expensive. We'll see. Yeah. There's something to be said for the owning the used car and not having to pay a note on it. Yeah, I know.

But even at this point, if I bought a used car, doubt I could buy one yeah outright so you gotta do what I do making a payment either way buy like 35 year old cars then like fix them up ugh I think I drive too much to drive an old old car

like that I drive my car every single day how far do you drive though not that far I mean I probably do 20 miles a day yeah I guess you go

I do double cause of the barn you go to the barn all that kind of stuff okay we've done enough chit chatchat niceties. I want to hear about Honduras.

So you went down to Honduras with Ben Higgins. I did. You're taking all of my friends, by the way. I can't help it. They like me better, you know? I mean, it's not surprising to me, but it is a little fucked up that you're taking all of my friends. To be fair, I'm sure they would have loved to have had you on the trip. I wasn't even invited. I doubt that.

I think I was invited, but like... I think you probably were. But like when someone invites me, I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then... And then you don't follow through. I guess. Like, did you follow up with Ben about it? Yes. Well, Ben and Riley. So Riley is Ben's best friend from... He grew up with Riley or whatever. And Riley's really

the one... He's the co-founder of Humanity and Hope which is the umbrella organization that Generous Coffee is under okay and Ben's on the board for Humanity and Hope so they both like are very um very involved in this foundation and whatever but you know Riley's really like uh the work behind most of it he's like his full-time job and so I'm met, it's weird, right after Vegas, iHeartRadio, I went from there to Austin for a job and that's where Riley lives. And so somebody had already given me Riley's phone number before I ever met Ben with you. And Riley and I had already connected to talk about a Honduras trip. And so when I went to Austin, we had lunch and it just so happened that I had just met Ben. So I kind of met them both around the same time.

And I love Ben to death, but he's very busy and very distracted. So Riley's really who I've been following up with about it. And it started out, it was supposed to be like kind of a lot of Bachelor crew. Ashley, I was on the email thread at one point. Becca. And it ended up being, our group was so amazing. Ben and Riley were the only people that I had met previously. I met Dean at iHeart.

You met Dean, yeah. But I don't really feel like I got to know Dean very well that weekend. Can anyone really know Dean? That's so true. That's a great question, actually. You know what I appreciate about Dean, though, is that he is the first to admit that it's hard for him to open up. He's very aware that he's a little closed off, which I think is a good thing to be self-aware.

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more savings that shipstation.com code your favorite thing do it yeah he does a weird thing where he's um he's closed off but in like a youth, playful way, which is a weird defense mechanism that he uses, obviously. It is a little bit. I've never understood it. It's like he doesn't want to be serious because he's always being silly. Yes. And that's making him not be-

Serious. Yeah, serious. Yeah. Anyways. Yeah. But it's okay. So continue on. So I really didn't know anyone.

It was a group of 14, I think, maybe a couple more. And so I didn't know what to expect. I feel like I'm not good at talking to people I don't know, but I guess everyone says I'm wrong about that. But it ended up being a great group. It was Ben Reilly led the trip. Ben's parents went. Oh, cool.

They're incredible. Have you met them before? No, I mean, I feel like I know them from TV. They are like the most epic parents of all time. They're so. Have you met them before? No, I mean, I feel like I know them from TV. They are like the most epic parents of all time. They're so freaking cool. So they were on the trip, and then Dean and Leslie both came on the trip. Footnote, going to circle back around to that. Yes, they were like the couple of the trip.

Cute. Super cute. And then Allie also works for the foundation. I met her briefly in Denver, but don't know her very well at all. And then it was a handful of people I'd never met. Ben's pastor from Denver, Red Rocks Church, he came. Somebody else from the church that works for the church came. His name is Matt.

And then a couple other handful of people that I guess Ben and Riley had met and had been on the trip before. Great group. Made friends with everybody. We all felt like family. We all cried our eyes out the last day because we all felt like we had just made this really cool family out of the experience. It really was epic. I mean, we can dive in and talk about it if you want. I just think I want the CliffsNotes version of like, what the hell were you doing there?

Yeah, this was my first trip with them. It was actually my first, you know, I hate the term mission trip. Like, that's what everyone likes to call it. Is that what it was, though? Yeah, in a sense. Like, I don't know, service trip sounds a little better to me. Trip with a purpose was thrown around a lot. I kind of like those terms better. But this was a very unique one for Humanity and Hope. So basically, long story short,

Humanity and Hope has been serving a few villages in Honduras for like seven years now. They're very remote in the middle of freaking nowhere. These people have no running water, no electricity. They live isolated. They don't have any resources at all. And so Humanity and Hope has gone into these three villages and created jobs for them so that they can make an income to provide for their families and provide for a better lifestyle. So it was cool because, you know, for me, this was the first time to go into some of them. And a couple of them now have electricity because of Humanity and Hope. And a couple and one of them has running water because of humanity and hope and so i got to see firsthand on the back the last three days of the trip we spent these villages and each one and i got to see firsthand um kind of what humanity and hope

has really done for these places you know and part of my hesitancy about going on a trip like this was i always wondered is my thousand dollars i'm spending on going down here better spent just donating yeah and making a real difference Am I selfish to want to go? Right? And I never wanted to do that. And I don't feel that. I think it was very well spent, and I'll get more into it. But to go and really see that they're actually making a difference is very inspiring to continue to help them.

continue to help them. So by creating jobs, they're raising money to create pineapple farms and chicken farms so that these people, not only the men but the women, they are desperate to work. And getting to be there and talk to them and have conversations with them and really see that urgency in them was really cool. Especially because people in freaking America are so lazy. It's so annoying to try to help people that don't want to be helped. It's just frustrating to think about how freaking lazy America is and you go down there and these people want to work and they're hard workers and they're in hard conditions. It's hot there all year round because they're you know near the equator and it was just cool to like hear about their daily their daily schedule now that they have jobs and to see like how passionate they are about it

all so that they can have running water and electricity and send their kids to school. You know, it's just such basic needs that we take for granted. So it was neat to see that happening in real time and to see, just to watch Ben and Riley is just insane. Like, it's very rare that you meet people with those kind of hearts that are so self-sacrificing and just watching them, like, pour into people was really, really, really, really special. So the thing that they created was, the jobs that they were creating is this coffee company. So Generous Coffee is an umbrella under Humanity and Hope.

So that's why this trip was different because it was split up. The first three days was like a Generous Coffee trip, and the last three days were a Humanity and Hope trip. And I don't think they've ever done a Generous Coffee trip. From what I took away from it, Ben and Riley have been down one time before for generous coffee. And it was like they had no clue what they were doing, kind of weaseled their way into these coffee plantations, which, by the way, are so difficult to get to. These people live in the mountains at the high, like I guess coffee grows at the highest altitude, like the higher the altitude, the better the quality of coffee. So we had to climb a mountain. It took an hour and a half, maybe longer, in trucks. Dirt roads,

they're barely roads. You're up the side of a hill, one wrong turn, turn and splat. You know what I mean? So it took us an hour and a half to get up these mountains, but we visited a plantation that Generous is hoping to get coffee from, and it makes the villages look posh, like the way these people live. Really? No running water, no electricity. They're living on the side of a mountain. They've got to grow their own food. There's no way to get down the mountain to get food.

They don't have vehicles, and it's large families that this is all they have, and they hand-pick. Coffee is actually a berry. Who knew? Beans come from berries. They actually hand-pick these. I knew that. Well, you know, some people might not.

I actually did, too, because skincare. But we'll get into that, too. There's coffee berry extract in skincare, in case you guys are wondering. Kids are hand-picking berries. They bring them in. They have no machines at all. They've created these old-school machines that aren't powered by anything. They do by hand. They shell the berries. They wash by hand. They shell the berries.

They wash the beans. They dry the beans. They do all this by hand. It takes so long. And they're not paid fairly at all. When people come in and buy from them, they give them nothing. It's pennies. It's insane.

It's not enough to live on. So what Generous is doing is going into these remote villages that aren't getting paid enough for their product and buying it from them at a fair price, which is very cool. So the first three days we got to kind of see a little bit of that. We got to visit a coffee plantation, see how it works. We got to go and kind of see the middleman between the plantation and you drinking it and stuff like that. So that was a little bit different. And then my favorite part was the villages and getting to talk to people and build relationships and play with kids. I don't get to do that a whole lot.

I'm never around kids. You're the girl that doesn't want to have kids. Yeah, I know. I've always said that. And I'm not saying I do now. I really like the middle school age of kids. Even anywhere from 9 to 14 is kind of my wheelhouse. Really?

Yes. I love middle schoolers. So that was kind of fun to just like play soccer with them and we watched a movie with them one night and one little girl specifically just like sat in my lap all day long and all night long and she was just so happy and just so

welcoming and you know I don't speak Spanish and that's something now that I want to learn and so I had to talk through a translator anytime I had a conversation with somebody so now I'm super inspired to learn Spanish. Nice. Yeah. It was just a great trip. This segment brought to you by Rosetta Stone.

Actually, is that what I should use to learn Spanish? I think so. I don't know. I think so too. That's one thing that I do wish I... I'm shocked you don't speak Spanish for some reason. I can speak it, but not very well. I can get around

Especially like when I have to go Like when we go to Mexico for Paradise I just live in that little town And I live by myself so I'll walk around I can get around Everyone kind of knows me I'm the stupid gringo But I wish I was better at it Like they say that

When you start dreaming in a different language That's when you know it There's also once you get good enough at it You know, like they say that when you start dreaming in a different language, that's when you know it. Interesting. Like there's also, once you get good enough at it, they'll send you like current event news in that language very slowly. So you can be like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, there's like, you know, Trump's a dick, but in Spanish. But in Spanish. Exactly.

Well, I think I want to learn. I'm skeptical of Rosetta Stone because I'm a visual learner. Yeah. And you just listen, which I think might be tough for me, but I'm going to give it a go. By the next time I go to Honduras, I would like to know enough Spanish to get me by. Like a lot of my group

that's been before, they knew enough to at least talk a little bit with these kids and with these people, so I would like to do that. That's so cool, man. Will you come with us next time? Yeah, yes.

When is it? I don't know. They do several trips a year. I would like to think at the end of the year I'll probably go back. Can I ask logistical questions? Sure.

How much did it cost you? $1,000. That's it? Yeah, plus airfare. Oh, plus airfare. I got my flight with Miles. Oh, you did? Which was awesome.

Damn. Honduras and Miles. Yeah. It actually didn't take as many as you would think. Oh, one thing they failed to tell me. We flew into Tegucigalpa, I guess is how you say it, Tegucigalpa. And I guess they don't normally do that. They normally fly into because the runway is short and it's in the middle of a mountain. And when we were landing, I was just looking out the window thinking, this is scary. But no one told me it was going to be scary. And so I kind of like froze and was like, am I going to die?

What's happening? And when we got on the ground and I started like asking people about it, they were like, oh yeah, it's like the most dangerous airport in the world. And I was like, oh my gosh. So I do not want to fly back in there. I am team flying to San Pedro Sula next time. You're not team Tegucigalpa? No, I never want to fly back in there again.

All right, good to know. But yeah, that's the logistics. All right. Okay, we got a couple questions. Okay. Just let's get it out of the way right now. How did Dean and, is it Leslie? Yeah.

How did they seem? They seemed really good. Really? Yes. Like, is it Leslie? Yeah. How did they seem? They seemed really good. Really? Yes. Like, annoyingly cute? No, and I don't think it's my place to really tell their story by any means, so I don't want to get too crazy talking about it, but I didn't know, I didn't even know that they were really still together.

I didn't finish Winter Games. Oh, man. Have you seen it? No, I was in Honduras the last week it was on. So I saw the first two episodes. No, no, no, no. Have you seen the end of it yet? No. Oh, shit, man. Have you seen it? No, I was in Honduras the last week it was on. So I saw the first two episodes. No, no, no, no. Have you seen the end of it yet? No.

Oh, shit, man. Okay, continue. I know some things. I know Claire's engaged. Yeah. I know Luke had some, I know, I know, I know. I heard all about it this week. Oh, Lucas.

I heard about Luke's situation. But no, I just didn't know if Dean and Leslie were still together. I didn't know anything. And then when I saw their names on the email list, I was like, oh, I bet they're still together if they're both coming on this trip. Totally. How weird would that be if they weren't together? Yeah, I mean, one of them I'm sure would have bailed.

So, no, it was cool. They were, they're complete lovebirds. They were like the couple of the trip, you know, everywhere we were, they're holding hands and dancing with each other and hugging each other and whatever. Super cute. I had never met Leslie before. I've followed her blog for a while. But, you know, I don't know her well enough to know, like, what kind of guys she likes or what she needs or anything like that. But from what I saw, like, they were really good with each other and good for each other.

They seemed very happy. You know, they both have adventurous spirits. And they left Honduras and went on to Roatan, which is a little island on the coast of Honduras. So they took a little vacay, a little couple's vacay. I saw that on his Insta story today. I was like, damn, dude. It looks beautiful.

Yeah. The last day we were there, they were like, come with us. I was like, y'all got to give me some heads up here. You can't just go. I'm sorry, but what a romantic life that looks like. If you're Dean to be like, you travel the world? This is your job?

Pretty cool, huh? I would like to continue doing this with you. I'm sure it's an amazing relationship or I don't know, but they seem happy. Yeah, they seem happy to me too. They do. I'm just, I think that the best thing in the world that could have ever happened to Dean was to look like a total dipshit on TV last summer. Yeah, think so?

I think so because I think that one, he got put in check by the country. Right. And then I think it also, I think that being a fuckboy, for lack of a better term Is fun As someone who's definitely been part of that world But you get to a point Where you're like this is stupid I don't want to do this anymore To be honest with you I would like to

Actually have a meaningful relationship He had to walk through those trials and tribulations To come out on the other end And then he's completely I don't think last summer he was ready for a relationship Nor nor was he like that's why he shouldn't have been the bachelor he wasn't ready you know he definitely should not have been but like now like he but now it's a moot point but anyways yeah i think it's awesome the show gets so much shit for like putting people in bad situations and the edit and all that stuff yeah be honest with you man

for the most part everyone just gets exposed for who they are on TV. I agree. And sometimes it's really hard to see. And there are a lot of people out there that won't admit because they can't see through the prism of their douchebaggery. Well, yeah. A lot of people aren't self-aware about it at all. And then I think some go on the show and see it back and become self-aware because of it. Totally. And I think that's really cool.

The show's been nothing but nice to me. It's like everything great in my life has become from that show. But I definitely learned a lot about who I was because of that show. Absolutely. You know? Yeah.

And like what I wanted and like what I didn't want. Anyway, so that's really exciting. This is my last question. Okay. This is the most important. Oh boy. I got a feeling there's a little love interest

for old Brandi. You are so ridiculous. Brandi, tell me. Let me just tell you guys. Right now, she's got rosy red cheeks. She can't stop smiling. Oh, my God. Because you screenshot and sent me a picture of, it was a group of us, but Riley was the

only guy in the photo. Riley is so married. Okay. Has two kids, about to have a second kid. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, of all people to think that I was having something going on

within that group like not Riley so okay it wasn't Riley but was somebody else there? no but there was this running joke the whole week

what was the running joke? something happened Brandy I know it did nothing happened Brandy I know it did you are wrong but

there was this guy okay there we go. What's his title, I guess? Okay, so the first- I still put a beer with a stapler, by the way. Oh, talent. I want everyone to know how great I am. I'm not going to talk about this too much because it's just been so blown out of proportion this week that it's stupid.

By who? Everyone on the trip. Okay, but no one else is on the trip. What? No one was on the- Everyone listening to this wasn't on the trip. No, I know, but I'm just so over talking about it and hearing about it because it's like a little

I'm like a little more, I'm worn out by it a little bit, but it started out as a joke. So for the first three days of the trip, we moved to a different hotel or place every night. We stayed somewhere different every night. Yeah. The second or third night, third night I believe, we drove to a place called Hacienda Monte Cristo.

Okay. And it's a farm, and the family that owns it is a family that owns a company called Bacamo, and it's the company that's kind of the middleman between the coffee plantations and generous coffee. What is this music? Oh, my gosh. And generous coffee. So we got to go to their company and see how they collect the coffee beans.

This is not even a romantic part yet. What are you doing? Oh, okay, sorry. No. So we got to go and see how they receive the coffee beans and they go through it and the quality control and blah, blah, blah. Get to the guy.

So the guy that runs this business, he offered to let us all stay at his farm, and it's very nice. They're one of the richest families in Honduras, apparently. The guy just happens to be a 32-year-old very attractive Honduran man. Oh, what?

All of the girls. You got a local? Yes! Leave it to Brandy's motherfucking Cyrus to woo the richest motherfucker in Honduras. I hope he never listens to this. I'm so embarrassed. So, okay, it started out. I wasn't even the first one that said how. It was actually Chad and Matt, the two guys from Red Rocks Church, that were like,

that dude's really good looking. And then I took a look at him and I was like, yeah, you're kind of right. And then I turned to my left and like all these girls were giggling about this guy. And I was like. What girls? All the other girls on the trip. There were a bunch of other girls on the trip. Okay.

So we're like at his house. We're having dinner at his house or whatever. And it's like the running joke is that all the girls are just googly eyed over this dude. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And even the guys are googly-eyed over him. And so then I kind of jumped on board. And if you know me well enough, you know I don't ever, ever actually talk about people that I actually like.

I would never do that. Yeah. Because this is what happens. When you joke about it, if you say something, and I was joking about thinking he was hot or whatever. I mean, he is hot. But I was joking about really being interested. And people just take it and run with it. Yeah. And so

then it was, everybody was just determined for me to be with this guy or whatever. And then we're halfway through dinner and one of the girls next to me was like, did you tell her what you saw? And I was like, saw what? And the other girl was like, he was Google image searching you. And I was like, stop it! I was so embarrassed.

Turn this off. Turn this off. Turn this off. We're gonna get sued. Turn it off. Can I finish the story, please? Oh, yes. Because it gets a little better. So everyone's like, everybody is just

jumping onto this train and taking photos and videos of us. And I got to a point where everybody else was embarrassing me so much about it. I got to a point where I was like, I can't even talk to the guy. I'm just embarrassed at this point that this has been taken this far. I was joking. You know what I mean? I'm not going to date a guy in Honduras.

That's insane. Even though he's really rich. Yeah. He's hot. But okay, so we leave his farm. We end up driving like three hours to stay at the next place. And we get there. We hit the ground running.

We go to a village. We don't get back until like 10 p.m. And I'm getting ready for bed, and I realize that I have left the most important bag I could have ever left at his freaking house. Oh, my God. The typical leave behind. Typical leave behind. Typical leave behind. The typical, you leave something there so they got to call you and tell you it's there. Only I, and it was my contacts and my glasses.

And I am legally blind. Hold on a second. Who's that? Sarah. Hey. Sarah, hi. Hi. So right now, Brandy is telling the story about how she wooed the richest man in Honduras

with a classic leave-behind of the bag at his house. I didn't do it on purpose. Smart girl. Smart. Classic leave-behind. You know what's funny is I've actually done that in the past and it's never worked for me. You have tried the leave-behind? Oh, I've done the leave-behind. I've also done the take something past and it's never worked for me. You have tried to leave behind? Oh, I've done the leave behind.

I've also done the take something that they're going to want back. I didn't realize that was an actual thing. I just thought that happened. Oh, no, girl. I've done that a bunch. Oh, it never happens accidentally. Yeah, have the guy hold something at the club and he puts it in his pocket and then he's going to find it later and be like, oh, I have your whatever.

All right, hold on. Hey, can I call you a little bit later? Yeah, of course. You having a good night? Barf. We can call you. Do you want to be a part of the show? It doesn't matter.

I just got home from work. I canceled my event. Oh, you did? Yeah, there's no way I'm going to be able to make it now. I'm also late. Okay. Well, I'll call you after the show then. Okay, I love you.

Love you too. Bye. Bye, Brownie. Bye, Sarah. Anyway. Why you go ugh? Because you guys are disgusting. Well, I want to hear about your future love interest. What's his name? I'm not going to say his name. Just give me like a first name.

I'll tell you after the podcast. Is it like, is it something um is it something like like sexy? It's fine. Is it like like sexy? It's fine. It's an okay name. Is it like Alejandro?

No. You know? It's not that many syllables. Or is it like Fernando? No. It's not either of those things. So long story short, I actually have a panic. I'm starting to panic because I don't have my contacts.

And I wear dailies. So the ones in my eyeballs, they're not supposed to make it longer than this day. And guys, I am legally blind. My prescription is negative eight. I cannot see who's sitting in front of me without contacts. So I panicked and thought- And everyone's giving you crap being like, classic leave behind here. Well, everyone was really nice and panicked with me for a second.

Then they started giving me crap about it because somebody texted him, and he was like, oh, I'll make sure you get your bag back. That's like three hours away. And so they were like, oh, oh, oh, he's actually coming and spending the whole day with us on Sunday. And I was like, oh, okay. The problem was, he had already left his farm and driven like two

hours in, so he was already not there. So he had to have somebody else bring the bag, but the sucky part was I actually didn't get the bag back until we were leaving on monday morning he had his driver meet me at the airport with my bag so i had to go four days with one set of contacts and i had to just know that if i ripped one that my butt would be sitting at the hotel by myself the rest of the trip it was i was it was pretty ripped what, a fart? Huh? If you ripped one? Yeah, because I had to- Oh, contact.

Yeah, my contacts. I was taking them out every night and putting them back in, which you're not supposed to do with dailies. I was just so scared one was going to rip and I'd just have to sit there. Did you kiss him? No.

Did you? No. Turn that off. You are the worst. You are worse than everybody else on the trip. The difference between me and everyone else on the trip is that I have a whole computer

radio soundboard that I can mess with while we're doing the show. Okay, so. So it was a running joke. Did he slide in your DMs? No, but we followed each other on Insta and we have each other's phone number. Okay, so I'm gonna now officially go look at your Insta and see your most recent follows. I'm going to find this guy immediately.

He also, all the guys said that- He was Googling you. Ooh, I have a picture of him and Ben. Do you want to see it? Yes. It's going to be my new screensaver. I kind of believe you. Yeah, like Ben and this guy in one photo.

It's a pretty good pic. Oh, so it's just like oozes sex. It's like ultimate man candy. Man candy. Hold on, I can't find it. Where is it? So the guys were kind of rallying for this dude to be the next Bachelor. They were telling him about it.

Can he speak English? Oh, yeah, he speaks great English. I think he grew up speaking English. Yeah. Right? It's good. You want that picture for your screensaver? No, but I will say this guy's really tall because he's taller than Ben.

He might be on a hill here. He is. He's on a little bit of a rock. Ben's 6'4". I would say this guy's probably 6'1". He's jacked. He's jacked. His crossfit. We talked about it. Why didn't you make out with him, Brandy? Because Ben and Riley are trying to do business with this guy.

This is a business trip. I'm sorry, but if Ben and Riley offer up America's sweetheart to the richest man in Honduras, that's a side deal right there. I know. They actually asked if I would be their Trojan horse in this deal. And I said, absolutely not. Yeah, and just, yeah, Trojan

condom horse. Oh my god. I honestly can't. You walked right into that one. I honestly just can't. That's exciting. It's not. Why is it not? It was fun to joke about it. What could I possibly have in common with this guy? Nothing. What does that have to do with anything?

I don't know. He speaks English. Yeah. He lives in Honduras. You speak English. I love it there, but I'm not trying to move there. All right. Hold on.

Here. Let me say something here. Okay. Okay. Speaks English. Yeah. You speak English. Sure.

He's good looking. Yeah. You're good looking. Yeah. He comes from an affluent family. Uh-huh. You come from an affluent family. Speaks English. Yeah. You speak English. Sure. He's good looking. Yeah. You're good looking. Yeah. He comes from an affluent family. Uh-huh. You come from an affluent family. Oh my gosh.

I think his family has way more money than mine. Really? Maybe not Miley, but my parents for sure. Whatever. He flies around on a helicopter. Does he? Yeah. Lock this motherfucker down.

What are you thinking? Get your life in order. I just know that this would be a situation where I would be the one moving and I don't want to move to Honduras. A low-key... What if you're doing like half the year in Honduras and half the year in the States? I don't know.

A States move I could maybe handle. A Canada move maybe. Central America's a stretch. What an adventure. At least try it out. At least give it a shot. Listen, if fate intervenes and I see the guy again this year, then we'll talk

about it. Brandy, fate did intervene. You went to Honduras on some weird trip. Weird? On some weird trip. It was a great trip. With a bachelor that you met through me, randomly enough. Yeah. And then you went there, and then you left your bag there, and then he had to help you out.

I didn't mean to. I know. I'm just telling you all the things that happened. No. It's stupid. And he was single, and he was Googling you, and he's good looking. He's Googling me because of my last name. Guaranteed.

I'm sure he was trying to figure out who the fuck he was talking to. Yes. But- Can we just end the combo? I just want to say that I'm happy. Oh, to figure out who the fuck he was talking to Yes Can we just end the combo I just want to say that I'm happy You look like you're the happiest you've been in a long time No not because of that My new favorite thing

I just had a great trip Not because of the dude Here I go Anyways that's exciting I shouldn't have ever told you. We did 40 minutes on you talking about Honduras. Ben will be happy about that. Yeah, do you have stats?

Do you have, where are we going? Stats? Website. Oh. What do we do? What do we do here? I should probably know these things. Yeah.

If you want to know about Generous Coffee, you can go to generousmovement.com. Okay. And truly, if you buy coffee from Generous, then you are directly putting funds into the hands of these people that really need it. They have no water. They have no electricity. And every penny Generous makes goes back towards them, which is pretty cool. You can also read the story about it and read more about Ben if you want.

Just go to find Ben Higgins. Everyone who listens to this podcast follows Ben Higgins. Yeah, so if you want to support Ben, then go buy some generous. Humanity and Hope, if you want to learn more about what they're doing in Honduras, future trips, if you're interested in going, you can go to humanityandhope.org. All right, cool. Can I tell you one of my least favorite things? Sure.

All right, and you know what? You come from a family of musicians. You're a musician yourself. Uh-huh. Let me tell you what I don't like. Oh, okay. I do not like when bands ask me to sing this part of the song. What do you mean?

When they're like, all right, I'm going to need some help from you guys out there. All right. It goes like this. Why don't you like that? I didn't fucking come to the show to do work, all right? I came to watch you work. They're trying to keep the crowd engaged and involved when they do that. I get it.

But it makes me feel so awkward. Why? There's a million other people to sing the part of you don't want to. Because a million other people are the same boat as me being like, I don't want to fucking do this. I don't know what to tell you. And like every Nashville show, they always do the same thing. They're always like, come on, you're Nashville. You gotta be able

to sing. Because they think people can sing. And we're like, the reason why we're here is because we want to see you do this thing. You're right. All right? This is ridiculous. So, no. No thank you, sir.

I will not. No thank you, sir. What if it's a girl? Ma'am, no thank you. Unless it's like a whistle situation. No. All right? Okay.

That's just my piece on that. All right. Well, you know what myiley's favorite thing is? What? That I came home. Actually, I don't even know. It wasn't when I came home. I took a shower yesterday evening when I got home, and everything was fine.

And then I come home today, and I get in the shower, and there are hundreds and hundreds of ants crawling in my shower. Oh, God. How does that happen? It's a second floor bathroom. There's a lot of ants. M my shower. Oh, God. How does that happen? It's a second floor bathroom. There's a lot of ants. Miley did this? Huh?

I thought that's what you said. I thought you said Miley did this. No. Oh. My least favorite thing is? My least. Sorry. When you do it fast, that's why I was like, where is this coming from?

No. My house is being taken over by ants. First it was mice. Then I got rid of the mice problem. And now it's freaking ants. Well, maybe you're leaving food out, all right? No, there's no food in my upstairs bathroom. If this was in the kitchen, it would make sense to me.

All right, what have we learned from this episode? So far, we've learned that you left your sunroof open. I know. We've learned that you left your bag in a rich Honduras man's place. I know, right. So you're telling me that there's no possible way to get some food out of some little morsels? I do not take food. For these ants? No, I don't take food upstairs.

That's insane. I don't know where they're coming from. It's stressing me out. I feel like there's ants all over me right now. Really? Yeah. But thankfully, just like divine intervention, my pest control guy is coming tomorrow. He comes and does something about mice every month.

Now I'm going to be like, get these freaking ants out of my bathroom. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I read a book. You did? Yeah. Which one?

Okay, hold on. Let me rephrase this. Oh, okay. I listened to a book. I was going to say, you're a book on tape guy. Big book on tape guy. Which one?

Really interesting book. Okay. Suggested to me by our good friend, Elan Gale. Oh, is it his book? It's not his book, but by the way,

everyone, you should go buy Elan's book. Yeah. One, just because he bugs me every day to help promote it. And two, because Wells really wants to go back to paradise. That's also true. Yeah. Elan's book is called You're Not That Great, But Neither Is Anybody Else. You can get it on Amazon.

I think right now there's a deal going on. Whatever. So anyways, Elan and I, we talk about books a lot when I was on the show, especially because I was reading a lot because there's just nothing to do, you know? So I was like, hey, man, I need a book recommendation. So he was like, you need to listen or you need to read. And I listened to this book called The Visible Man. Oh, I feel like I've heard of it.

Let me kind of lay it out. talking about a patient that she's got that is claiming to have worked for the government and created a cloaking device or a bodysuit that makes him invisible. And he wants to go to therapy because what he's been doing with it is like breaking into people's houses and just observing them, not touching them, not doing weird stuff, just watching them. And he says that the only way you can really learn about the human mind is to watch someone when they don't think they're being watched. Right. Because the second that they know they're being watched, they change how they are. The book's really, really interesting and kind of creepy and awesome.

I want to read it. I need a new book rec. Dude, hit it up. Okay. I feel like people really like our book recommendation suggestions. But I asked Elan. I feel like people really like our book recommendation suggestions. But I asked Elan.

So I'm halfway through it and I was like, Elan, do you see yourself or a lot of yourself in the character of Y, who's the guy that can cloak himself? Because if you think about what Elan does every single day is he sits in a control room and watches people on reality TV interact with one another. And it's really interesting to hear a book that he suggested me to read, which I was like, this is very similar to what your life is. That is interesting. I'm going to read it. I need a new one. I've had a lot of people even recently say they've read Dark Matter because of The Wreck and really liked it. I suggested it, so Alon was like,

what do you got for me? I was like, Dark Matter. Did you cred me for that recommendation? No. Of course not. I want to look cool. I'm going to text Alon. I'm reading a book right now called Invisible Influence. Weird. We're both reading books with visible influence.

Yeah, it's cool. I don't know if he's a I don't know what psychologist. I don't know if you'd call him that. It's a book just about how all the different ways that even if we don't realize it, that we're being influenced all the time. And also gives you kind of like strategies and tactics to influence others if that's your prerogative throughout your job or whatever it is.

Okay. Very interesting read. Learn more about yourself and about the world around you book. What's a good way to influence somebody? One of the more applicable paragraphs was saying in negotiating. Like more applicable paragraphs was saying like in negotiating, like, you know, if you negotiate with somebody and make them feel like they're getting a deal, they're more likely to agree or come to a. Yeah. This is like a silly sample of what it is.

But it's cool. You know, why most star athletes are middle children and why most older children become lawyers and doctors and stuff like that. And kind of explains all that and just how your influences you grow up. Earth order. What does it say about youngest kids? That they're brats. Oh. I don't know if it says that, but they are. That's what I am.

I know. I haven't gotten used to my belt yet. I know. You talked about Alejandro. You talked about him. That's not his name at all. Yes, it is. It's not.

That sounds like a good book. Yeah, it's cool. I put out a tweet earlier today. I don't know. Should we read the replies? Yeah, so it was we want to answer your questions. What do you want to know? Hashtag ask Wells.

Hashtag ask Brandy. I got them all right here. Someone said, how did you become friends? I feel like we've talked about this before. We have. We got set up on a date. Yep. And how did it work? Well.

The first time we met, I came to your. Slip and die party, right? Yeah. Yeah. That was fun. That was fun. So the first time I ever met Brandy, I went over to her house and they were playing kickball, but with slip and slides.

Very fun. I think I was pretty buzzed by the time you showed up. I was a pitcher for the team. I was killing it, by the way. You did do a good job. But I had to leave. I don't remember why I had to leave. You had some other commitment. But you were very upset that I had to go. Because you were the reason we were winning. Yeah, totally. I was so drunk, though.

But that was fun. But then after that, we did go to dinner. We went to Bar Taco. And I think that's when I told you I was being asked to go on The Bachelor. Oh, yeah. And you were like, my title boxing trainer is also going. And I was like, really? And he wasn't.

James was my buddy on the show. Okay, so is there anyone from The Bachelor franchise that Brandy would have an interest in dating? Apparently I'm married off at this point. To Alejandro. Yeah. To Alejandro. Is there anyone that you think is cool? I don't know.

I feel like it's a very slippery slope to start dating inside that group. I agree with that. So that's all I'm going to say. A lot of people were asking about Honduras, so we did that. We talked about that. What makes an Instagram post diamond status content? Oh, I saw this reply and I got so excited about it. Yeah, what is it?

I would say like a platinum status, which is one step below, would just be like high quality. Wait, platinum is below diamond? Yes. Okay. It's like record sales. Gold, platinum, diamond. Okay. That's where the term came from. Silver, gold, platinum. Got it. So I think like a platinum status is your typical like high quality colorful high contrast you know well taken photo but diamond status is like when it's all those things but it also just has something

really special that you and you just know it's going to get a lot of likes so can that special thing be the caption? It can. I'm not very strong in the caption department. So for me, that's not typically why. I'm just going to scroll through and tell you which ones I knew were diamond status. And I'll let you, oh, so the number one, the photo I posted of me in front of my car just covered in snow. You remember this photo?

Those pink glasses? Yeah. I knew that those pink glasses were diamond status content yeah and that's a big color block because you're just it's all whitewashed yes yeah apparently a lot of white space does well in instagram photos so who knew i mean anything with any of my family members and it's diamond status it just gets lots of likes um pictures where olivia and i just look ridiculously good it's like when you're looking thatin', you just know it's diamond status. Okay. You know what I mean?

Yeah, I mean, it's just, it has something special to it, but it also just has to be like very crisp, high quality, well taken. Yeah. Yeah. I don't even know. Diamond status. When it just like blows people, when it's just so good, it just blows your mind like how good the photo is. It's just like diamond status. I thought that the picture

that I posted on I guess on Valentine's Day of me and Sarah kissing on horses where the horses were kissing too that was diamond status I thought it was too

did not get a lot of likes I mean it didn't like kill like from in the terms of like the pictures of like her and I at like the golden globes that people

you know so I don't you never can tell you know in all honesty like the color quality of the photo is not diamond status. What? Are you looking at mine?

I can tell it's an iPhone photo. You know what I'm saying? And diamond status photo is not iPhone. It's just not. See, but that's the thing. I don't have a photographer. Well, see, I... You got that phone?

I got that camera. I have the Canon G7X, so it is a point-and-shoot, because I don't know how to use anything more fancy. But it takes great quality photos and has Wi-Fi on it, so I just put it right on my phone. Oh, wow. Yeah, so I'm like the dork that pulls that out to take photos because I want that diamond status, you know?

All right, let's keep on going. Who is this person that I'm following that I don't know? Oh, Olivia's new boyfriend. Like, who the hell is this? Olivia's wife. Do you know about this? Well, you told me last episode. Oh, yeah.

And I don't know if I... Sorry today for the first time in a while. I don't know if I want to get into this. We don't have to get into it, but she's wifed up. Well, that's great. Apparently so am I. Alejandro. I mean, she bagged herself a doctor.

I mean, and that's really... Respect And that's really all any girl wants. You're right. Speaking of doctors and what girls want. Guys, I have never understood. I've never understood the Grey's Anatomy thing. Yeah. Because I've never seen it. Have you seen Grey's?

No. Oh my gosh. I am down a deep, dark Grey's Anatomy. Oh God. It's like 12 seasons now. I've seen Patrick Dempsey in other movies. I've never understood. I don't think he's attractive.

I don't get it. I now understand. I am almost on season two. I started watching it last week. It is phenomenal. All one can ever want in life is their own Dr. Shepard. Their own McDreamy. It is insane. It's such a good show. McDreamy

is just the dreamiest. I'm thinking about moving to Seattle and like sitting at the bars across from the hospital just in hopes of meeting a McDreamy. Honestly. I mean. It has changed my life. Have you ever seen McDreamy's original like when he was like a kid star?

No. What is this? What is this? So he was in a movie called Can't Buy Me Love way back in the day. Way before my time. How old was he in this? He's in high school. He's a dork in the movie.

It's been remade. Well, like, he's pretty dorky in general. So the movie's been remade. Everyone out there who's never seen Can't Buy Me Love, go Netflix it. It's amazing. So he's the dork, and he is the lawnmower. It's like a John Hughes movie. And he's like a lawnmower guy for, like, the hot chick.

Oh. And the hot chick in town has a party and ruins her mom's mink coat and she's got to get it fixed and it's going to cost her a thousand bucks. And guess who's got a thousand bucks? Because he's been mowing lawns. Patrick motherfucking Dempsey! And then so he comes in there fixes a coat and he says, she was like

well how do I pay you? And he was like you make me popular. And then so they start dating, fake dating and he becomes like the shit at the school. I'm going to watch this. It's a great movie. Okay, great. One of Wells' faves, apparently.

One of my faves! Whoa! Okay, hold on. Do you want to read some more of these? Yeah. Ask Brandy, when are you combining forces with Olivia? Caridi and Wells will be producing their Broke and Bougie podcast. Oh, we're working on it. Yeah? Yeah, we really truly are.

Alright. I've gotten a lot of crap about the title though, so we are in search of a new name. Broke and Bougie? Yeah. Apparently we're not broke enough, even though we're pretty broke. But no, we can't go broke and bougie, but we need a new concept, but the idea's there. It's gonna happen. We're working on it.

I'll be good with the name. We'll let Wells produce it. You want me to produce it? Maybe. I want to charge you some money. Oh, then nope. All right, then. What else? I like your beanie, Wells.

Thanks. It's a good color. It's green. Yeah, I like green. I like that shade of green, like an emerald green. If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would it be and why? I would probably trade places with a professional horseback rider that gets to show and compete all the time. I want to trade places with a dog. Oh, well, it said someone, but we'll go with it.

I mean, just to see what a dog's life is like. Yeah. Just to see. That would be cool. If you could understand everybody. Yep, that's a good one. I got a feeling they understand everything. So Carl, you'd trade places with Carl. Yeah? Yeah. Or could understand everybody. Yep. That's a good one. I got a feeling they understand everything. So Carl.

You'd trade places with Carl. Yeah? Yeah. Or just any dog. Yeah. I don't care. Yeah, that's a good thing. I spent like 10 minutes a day watching this video about how this guy had this pet raccoon,

and I was like, well, I need a pet raccoon. Raccoons are badass. You got fucking thumbs. Hold on to shit. I saw this one. What's it like going with Sarah to all these high society Hollywood soirees? Soiree. Great question just in terms of your vocab, gills, gillisaurus.

I don't know. I feel like I'm a little bit of a liability for her. Well, fair. You know? Yeah. I think it's a gamble. Anytime she invites me to anything, she's just like, well, rolling the dice here on my career because most really fucked this one up. Oh my gosh.

I feel like you're usually a big hit at those things. I think I'm a novelty to a lot of those people. But I think I definitely lean into that. Like, okay, I'll be whatever you want me to be. Yeah. Because I'm going out there this weekend for like- You're going back this weekend? It's Oscar stuff.

I'm going too. Are you? Friday or Thursday I leave. Oh, I'm going to something on Saturday. And am I going to see Demi Lovato on Friday night if you want to do that? The last time I was in the studio, you said you were pumping the brakes on the LA trips. I was. Wow.

And then Kanye West went and fucked my life up. And now you're going back. Yeah. I can't with you. I honestly cannot. You're right. You're right. You're right. What do you want me to say? My favorite thing is when Will. I honestly cannot. You're right. You're right. You're right.

What do you want me to say? My favorite thing is when Will says I'm right. What do you want me to say? I want you to say, Brandy, you are a queen and you are always right. Brandy, you are a queen and you are always right. I'm trying to make this thing work. And that's what you got to do. Okay.

All right. Well, cool. We'll both be there. Do I think Ben Higgy could be the next Bachelor? No. I don't think so. After his little departure from Winter Games, I think it's safe to say he's probably done. Well, he looked fine on that show.

No, he didn't totally, but I don't know. I liked this question. Sam wants to know, why does everyone quit their jobs after The Bachelor? And does being an Instagram influencer actually bring in that much money? No. I don't get it. The answer is no. I need the tea. It does actually bring in that much money? No. I don't get it. The answer is no. I need the tea.

It does not bring in that much money. Yeah. Why does everyone quit their jobs after The Bachelor? That's a great question. One I don't really understand. I can answer that question. You haven't quit your job. Of course not, but I've been around these people.

Yeah. And I understand why they think they can do that. Okay. Let's hear it. What's wonderful about The Bachelor is you get to see what it's like to be famous for about six months. Right. And in that six-month span, you think you can do no wrong. And you can live in this celebrity world even though you have zero talent and you quit your job.

Guess what happens after month seven? talent and you quit your job, guess what happens after month seven? You got to go back to figuring out life because you can't be posting FabFitFun boxes every single day. A lot of these people, though, I feel like haven't gone back and they're just stuck in this interim, I don't know, space of not knowing what they're doing. If you honestly think that you could go on that show and never have to work again, you are crazy. Insane. No one's doing that.

No one is. Not one person from that show has been able to do that. Yeah, I'm trying to think of, well, I guess Dean's girlfriend is now like a travel blog. But that's her job, you know what I mean? Yeah, that's cool. She works really hard on it. I'm just saying, you can't go on that show

and expect to not work ever again. No, I know. Even though the show has changed people's lives and they've gone off to do something different, they're still working really, really hard, the ones that are successful. You know what I mean? The trick is to have a badass job, go on the show, and then when you leave, you're like, well, I'm going back to my cool job. Yeah, totally.

Speaking of your cool job, Jessica wants to know what your favorite thing about working in radio is. It's evolved over the years. Okay. I think originally it was the free music, which is a terrible thing to say. But it was cool. I would get sent records, and I was very excited about that. Then I think it turned into I really liked going to live shows, and they accessed that provided.

I think now it's more my job is to like chit chat on the radio. Like that's just ridiculous notion. And you love to talk. Alright. So. Alright pump the brakes

on the animosity on that. I'm just saying this is an observation. I don't love to talk. Really? I think you do. Do I? Yeah.

I think I'm pretty good at it. Yeah you're great at it. I don't know. You're a good talker. I'm a good talker. You're a good talker too. Do you think? You're very good at this show. Thanks,

Wells! Yeah, you are very good at this show. That was my favorite thing you said in a while. Besides that part about me always being right, I really liked that. You are, for the most part, right about me. But, I mean, like, I'm pretty transparent, though. Let's be realistic. You're not breaking the Da Vinci Code when you're looking through my, like, my psyche.

You know? Like, it's pretty... It's pretty cut and dry. You know? Okay, yeah. Like what did you say that like you were right about? That I said I was not going to go. You know what? I don't like where this is going.

Let's just stick with I'm right. I'm a genius. All right. Let's be done with it. I did like this one. Do you wet the toothbrush and then put toothpaste on and then brush? Or do you put the toothpaste on, then wet the toothpaste, and then brush, or do you put the toothpaste on, then wet the toothpaste, and then brush?

I have no idea why I do this, but I do wet the toothbrush first. What? Yeah, I do. Really? And then, yeah, because sometimes, like, especially because my bathroom stays pretty cold, like, my bristles will be, like, kind of stiff in the morning. Mm-hmm. And so I go, like, a little water on there.

And then, like, then go for it. So it's, like, water,'m like, a little water on there. And then go for it. So it's like water, toothpaste. Just a little splash. And then water on top? No. No? No, just a little. Not a water sandwich?

No, no water sandwich. Oh, I am the opposite, and I think that you are a psychopath. So your toothpaste and then a little water? Yeah. Absolutely. That's so funny. I didn't even know you could do it another way. Well, I don't know.

And I'm self-aware of the fact that I do this because I've wondered, like, why do I do this? But I haven't stopped myself. And I'm like, yeah, why do I feel the need to do that? And then, you know, then I kind of noticed, like, oh, maybe it's because it's stiff or whatever, if it's cold. Where do you clip your fingernails? I get my nails done every two weeks. I don't have to do that. What about your toes? I get my my nails done every two weeks. I don't have to do that. What about your toes?

I get my toenails done every two weeks. I don't have to do that. Okay. Well, that's a stupid question. What about you? My mom always- Oh, here we go. So I think maybe I'm crazy.

Okay. Because my mom would always clip my fingernails in the sink and then turn the sink water on and then the fingernails would go down the drain. Sure. And I had an ex that thought that was the weirdest thing in the world. Oh. Because there was fingernails in the sink now and she used the trash bin. But the thing about that is sometimes they'd pop and they'd fly off.

You're right. You know? Okay, I feel like your mistake here was not washing the sink out after you did it. I mean, yeah, of course. Hello. But I also do a lot of like go outside and do it. Okay. It's a little weird, but yeah. Like sit on the stoop and like clip my fingernails?

Sure. Yeah. I don't know. I'm real good at flipping my fingernails. I just don't have this problem because I don't do it myself. But you know what? What? One of my least favorite things. Whenever I'm like trying to get to know a guy and they ever ask me like, what's your biggest pet peeve? Like what's something that really drives you crazy in a relationship?

Yeah. And I always, this is my go-to, I freaking hate when the dude comes into my bathroom, leans over my sink, shaves his face, and there are little hairs everywhere. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hate it. Yeah. It's disgusting. Don't ever do that.

I saw another question that came in. Good call on that. Yeah. You probably don't have much to shave off, but you yeah. I hate it. Yeah. It's disgusting. Don't ever do that. I saw another question that came in. Good call on that. Yeah. You probably don't have much to shave off, but you know. All right. Just take it for what it's worth. Why do you have to find the dig? Because it's so easy.

You didn't need to find the dig. It's just so easy. Does a straw have one hole or two? I saw this question. Yeah. I'm going to say it has one. I think I agree with you. Yeah.

But here's my question though if I shot you with a gun would you have one hole or two holes in your body effectively you would be a giant straw in this situation but you wouldn't because there would still be some stuff in there

it wouldn't be like a clean hole also does the bullet go through let's say I shoot you. I think two. You're a human straw, though. I don't think I am a human straw. I think a straw is, there's nothing in the hole. It's clean. It's an open, clear hole.

What if I shoot you with a bullet that completely clears you through? Then it's one hole. But I don't think that's how it works. But if that were to be how it works, then it's one hole. But I don't think that's how it works. But if that were to be how it works, then it's one hole. Okay. Huh. Yep. I don't know if I know the answer to this. Did I ask you the question of can soap

be dirty? No. Can soap be dirty? Literally. Can it be dirty? I mean, if a bar of soap gets thrown in the dirt, it's dirty. Yeah. So yeah. But the essence of soap is clean. Is it, though?

Because... Or is soap a vehicle to clean something else? Well, hold on, because the dirt that's on the soap is the dirty part. Uh-huh. The soap is still clean. It's the thing that's stuck to it around it that's not clean. So the soap bar is dirty. No.

But the soap... The dirt that's on the bar is dirty. No. But the soap. The dirt that's on the soap is dirty. I don't know. But the soap is not. I don't know. I don't know either. I think the soap itself can be dirty because it's not. The soap isn't clean.

The soap is cleaning something else. Yeah, I don't know. It's a stupid thing. It's funny. I think it's funny. New favorite thing. Netflix. Here we know. It's a stupid thing. It's funny. I think it's pretty funny. New favorite thing. Netflix. Here we go. Cloverfield Paradox. What is that?

I don't know. Some weird freaking sci-fi show. Is it like the movie Cloverfield? No. Oh. Takes place like on a spaceship. Oh. And they're like working on some like energy source for the earth. And they like fire it off and then all. And they, like, fire it off,

and then all of a sudden it, like, fractions into multiple universe situations where, like, other people from, like, different multiverses are, like, now all of a sudden, like, intertwined with that one. Kind of interesting. Interesting.

I watched Bright. Did you? I really liked it. It's hard to watch, though, right? Yeah. It's sad for the orc. It is sad for the orc, but I did love the movie. I couldn't believe that it looked so stupid and it was so good.

Yeah, it was good. I liked it. I like Will Smith. One of my new favorite things is this new Vance Joy record. Have you listened to it? No. You got a song you want to play me? I do love Vance Joy.

He is a very good looking, tall. He's like 6'5". He's huge. How old are we talking? I don't know, man. Like in my wheelhouse to date or not? I think he's probably a little bit younger than you. That's what I thought.

His new album is called Nation of Two. Okay. The song that just wrecks me is called I'm With You. It's real sappy. Yeah. It's real sweet. His voice really sells it, you know? When we were in Paradise last summer, I bought a ukulele.

You did? And played a lot of Vance Joy. Oh. Because Riptide is the very easy song. Noah covers Riptide a lot. Really? And she does a good job. You should, like, play this for Sarah one night and, like, dance to it.

That'd just be real cute. He's got such a good quiver in his voice. Oh, I know. That reverb. She's singing along where she's mouthing the words. Oh, yeah. Totally innocent. This is Tara.

Thanks. No problem. Could be your wedding song. It's so good. I haven't spent enough time with that new record yet. Oh, it's great. I listen to it nonstop. I do love, you should appreciate this artist, even though I don't know if you do, Brandi Carlile.

It's so funny you bring her up. I've never really listened to her much. Yeah. And I think it was Dean this trip that was saying he really loves Brandi Carlile and that I need to get on board. Oh, my God. So good. I just love, she's just an amazing songwriter. Yeah.

But her last record was so good too. because it made me think of you. I don't wonder how you're doing, but I wish I didn't care because I gave you all I had and got the worst of you. I feel like this is right up Miley's alley. By the way, I forgive you after all. Maybe I should thank you for giving me what I found.

Without you around, I've been doing just fine. Except for any time I hear that song. Anyways. What genre does she fall into? She's Americana, I would think. Here's the thing, though. She is a country singer that doesn't sound country. Yeah.

That's what she is. Exactly. And that's what Americana is, I guess. I don't know. Makes sense. It's so funny. Those are two very similar artists, by the way. Yeah, they are.

Totally lyrics-driven, very distinctive vocal stylings, and very stripped down minimalistic accompaniment. But I just feel like that kind of music is like, everybody likes it. You know what I mean? You can't listen to that and not think that sounds good. So I think that you and I

living in Nashville for as long as we have, that is such the shit you hear every time we go out. You're right. It's just like a guy like pouring out his heart with his guitar

and like someone's got like a cello or something weird like accompanying it and you're just like, God, I love you, dude. This is amazing. But it's so funny too because I go to,

now I go out to LA a lot and like Sarah's got all these friends that are musicians and it's so funny to see the complete stark difference between their style of music and our style of music. Theirs is super pop-influenced and driven and track-laden and all that kind of stuff. And I think it's cool, too, because it's something I'm just not used to. And then she comes here, and we walk in like Born A doing like some like Ryan Adams like rip your heart out cover

and you're like fuck anyways speaking of Sarah yeah I didn't know Sarah wrote music yeah oh man I feel like people don't know this about her yeah how did you know that because my friend Paris Carney texted me yeah so she's writing with hey yeah I'm writing with Sarah Highland today and she mentioned you

yeah this was this is a couple weeks ago I had to pull it up because I was like, was that Sarah? Yeah, that's so cool. How come she doesn't... Is this like a new endeavor for her? So she was like a Broadway kid, right? Like a musical theater kid. That's right, I remember that.

That's like where her... I think it started for her and then she did that Chainsmokers... Have you ever seen that video? No. Let me see if I can find it real quick just to play it for you. So yeah, she covered this with this like... She did?

With... Her voice is amazing. I know. Oh, this totally turns you on. Of course. Musician looks good on her. Yeah, I know. So I think it's hard for her to talk to me about music. Just because of what I do and I'm very opinionated about my music.

That's not my one thing I can do. So I think for a long time she was just like, I don't know if I should talk to him about this. Right. But she got in the studio with her friend Paris. Yep. And she started sending me stuff. Like she was like, I don't even know if Paris knows this. Like voice memos and stuff.

Yeah. Like this is what we did today or whatever. It's fucking good. That's awesome. It's really good. I really like Paris. She's very talented. Her whole family's talented. So anyways, yeah, who knows?

Very cool. Yeah. I want her to come out here because all of our friends are musicians and producers. I want to be like, okay, do the LA sound. Now come over here and do it over here and see complete what it sounds like over here. Totally. Anyways, yeah, she can sing. Very cool.

She's very talented. I know. I'm way out of my league. You really are. I really don't mind doing it. I mean, I tell you this a lot, so it ain't no new news, but. It's no Alejandro.

She's not the richest man in Honduras. Oh my gosh. But. Give it up. Will you call him? No. Come on. That would be so freaking awkward.

Whatever. Do it. I'm not calling him. It's freaking ridiculous. Whatever. Do it. I'm not calling him. He's being ridiculous.

I saw that Khloe Kardashian's post-birth plan includes eating the placenta. Ew. That's disgusting. Yeah. Why would you do that? I don't know. Gross everyone out. So nasty.

When did birthing turn into fear factor? I don't know. Not happening for me. I'll tell you that right now. I'd do it, though. My lady. My lady. No, you wouldn't. Cooked it up.

Oh, yeah. You would not. 100%. Try it out. You are such a liar. If it was my wife's placenta, I would eat it. You wouldn't. I would.

Maybe if it was in a taco. Came out of a taco. Not that taco. That actual taco. came out of a taco not that taco that actual taco I like well I like the minute I said it

I was like shoot I feel like that's where we gotta cut it great the placenta so nasty this podcast

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