Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Looking for Alaska

Episode Date: July 13, 2022

Skype is not working. We repeat: Skype is NOT working. You guys, we start off wobbly this week as we must begin the show without our trusty Skype intro jingle, but like the true professionals we are, we keep on keeping on. Brandi is getting ready for her big trip north to Alaska, and Wells re-shares the story of when he pretended to be from Alaska. He also shares that he has received a request to audition for a romcom, so naturally he is going to be the next international heartthrob (watch out, Sarah). Brandi gives us a little Adams wedding insight as she dishes on Wells' wedding invitations, and Wells dishes on Blake's new show. Oh, we don't have Bachelorette(s?) content for you this week because Wells is too busy/lazy to edit it in. But next week, maybe next week, YFTers... you'll just have to tune in. Love ya! Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Your Favorite Podcast! Plus, keep up with us between episodes on our Instagram page, @yftpodcast.   Thanks to our awesome sponsors for making this episode possible! Check out these deals just for you, YFTers:  Zocdoc — Go to Zocdoc.com/YFT and download the Zocdoc app for FREE  Nutrafol — Go to Nutrafol.com and enter promo code YFT to save $15 off your first month’s subscription, plus free shipping on every order. This is their best offer anywhere and it is only available to US customers for a limited time  Article — Go to article.com/yft to get $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more   Bachelor Happy Hour — Listen to BACHELOR HAPPY HOUR on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen ad-free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app 

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well this is what we're living with how you doing fine what you up to um i'm like i don't understand how i'm such a bad packer first of all why do you felt like your dose is like super stuff i think it's your situation over there. No. Okay. You're better. So why are you a bad pack? Did you pack too many underwear?

No, I just like, I travel so much. You would think I'm better at packing, but I just, I'm bad at it. Like I just spent an hour, I guess just moving shit around my closet and bathroom.

Yeah. Thinking I was packing, but there's still nothing in my suitcase. I'm just not good at it. Where are you going? Alaska. Oh, that's right. You're going to the 50th state.

Can you believe it? Actually, is it? Or maybe it's the 49th. Was Hawaii the 50th? I don't know. I don't know. You're going above the lower 48. Yeah.

You're going to the higher two, right? Yeah. So hold on. The lower 48. That's what it is, right? The lower 48 yeah you're going to the higher two right uh yeah so hold on the lower 48 that's what it is right the lower 48 yeah that's the 48 states lower than canada so what are the two or maybe that's a is that a latitude situation you're asking the wrong damn person i don't know shit because like what are the what would two the two states okay so like i mean hawaii is kind of far up there you know yeah is it though it's on it's on the tropic whichever whichever tropic is up higher that it's that what's on that one yeah term for the 48 contiguous u.s contiguous u.s states excluding alaska and hawaii huh Uh-huh. Well, that's exciting. I mean, Alaska's cold and Hawaii's hot, so they can't be whatever. That's exciting. Where are you going in Hawaii?

Are you going to Fairbanks, Alaska? I'm going to Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage. So Anchorage is like, I guess, I think it's the biggest city besides Juneau, which Juneau is like right next to canada you know you're really barely in alaska if you're in juneau anchorage is like the gateway to all those national parks up there so denali can i fjords national park and there's like a few other ones but that's where that's like

the for you base and then you can train or rent a car and go to all these different national parks. Yeah. Goes Anchorage with the population of 292,000. Juneau, which did not know that's how you spell Juneau. It's spelled J-U-N-E-A-U. What are you, French? Come on. 32,000. Big drop off there. Fairbanks, Alaska, 31,000.

So there you go. Yeah. I've told you the story, but when I was in college, I took my yearbook picture twice, and the second time I was from Fairbanks, Alaska, which I thought was very cool at the time. Wow. So, you know,

recycling... All I really know about Alaska is what I took away from one of my favorite movies, The Proposal. Oh, okay. Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, a classic. Yeah. And in that movie, Ryan Reynolds is from Sitka, Alaska,

which is this teeny tiny little town, and they take like a little prop plane to get there. And honestly, it just looks gorgeous. I wish I could go to Sitka. Fortunately, it's a little far for me this trip, but Alaska just looks stunning. It does. Yeah. Ryan Reynolds is really from Canada, so I guess that's kind of close. fortunately it's a little far for me this trip but Alaska just looks stunning it does yeah Ron Randall's really from from Canada so I guess that's kind of close by the way they asked me to

send in an audition for a new rom-com what who's they I don't know someone sent my manager this and I was like your boy isn't an actor but am i gonna do it yeah because you know what why can't i be a rom-com actor why not anyone can do it i think maybe not but it helps having a fiance that's a very talented actress so she could hopefully coach you through your audition give you some tips no she's out of the country right now so oh so you're on your own yeah you're fucked yeah and there's no nepotism here i'm not gonna get a job just because i sleep with someone who's actually talented but um yeah so i guess what i'm trying to say is i'm the next ryan reynolds and yeah i'm gonna be the next deadpool it's fine mean, you're just jealous of my success.

Wait, so tell me about what's happening in Alaska. I'm going for a week. By the time this podcast comes out, I'll be there. And I'm just going with a big group of friends. And it was kind of a very last minute impulsive thing. But for once, I have a whole week free with no work that weekend. And I was like, you know what? Fuck it. I'm going to Alaska. Yeah, that's awesome. I want to go to Alaska. I feel like it's kind of a big deal to get to check off Hawaii and Alaska in one year. My brother-in-law does a thing where he wants to go to all the 50 states and he only has two left.

Which two? I think it's Alaska and Hawaii. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, that's funny. Yeah, I'm pumped about getting to check both those off. You know, like bam, bam, bam. I would also love to visit all the states and I feel like I'm not that far.

You should get one of those maps where you can put a pin in to every single one. Oh, you know what? I think my mom bought Reinhardt one of those and he was here and he left it here. So I'll just take it. There you go. You know which ones have eluded me thus far is North and South Dakota.

Yeah. Those are toughies. Because like you just don't really go through there for any reason unless you're actively trying to go to those places. You know what I mean? Yeah. You know what's sad? Also Maine.

It eludes me. I've been to maine i went to banger banger banger that's where stephen king's from really yeah maine was beautiful this is embarrassing you know where i've never been where i've never been to oregon or what washington what I'm an adult male who grew up on the West Coast. I've never been. You grew up so close to there. I know. I've never been to Portland. I've never been to Seattle. Okay.

You're really missing out. You need to change that ASAP. Dude, I know. You want to know another crazy fact? Sarah, who's lived in California now for 12 years, she's never been to San Francisco. Isn't that crazy? You're kidding.

That's crazy. I know. I got to take her to San Francisco. You guys got to do a drive up the coast, I feel, all the way to Seattle at least. I need to buy a cool old Porsche before we do that. Priorities. If we're going to do it, I've got to buy an old

Porsche. Or could you just rent one for the week? That's probably better because then if it breaks down, it would be on me. Yeah. Still going to do it. Still going to buy an old Porsche because you know what? Your boy's going to be a rom-com star! Matthew McConaughey, move on over

buddy! You new guys in town. Somehow I don't know about this, but you know what? What if it does happen and I become a rom-com guy? Well, I will love that because that would be great for our fucking show. Oh, that's all you think about is download numbers? Not about my happiness and my success and my career? You're doing just fine.

That's very true. In the happiness department, okay? And in the career department. You're doing just fine. That's very true. In the happiness department, okay? And in the career department. Get married. You're doing alright, yeah. I mean, no complaints, right? You're about to be on network TV and is it Netflix that you're messing those on? Hulu. And Hulu. I got two shows

coming out. I know, you're doing fine. I'm doing pretty good. You're doing just fine. And you're going to Alaska. I'm going to frickin' Alaska. You went to Hawaii like two weeks ago. Then you're going to Alaska. I'm going to frickin' Alaska. You went to Hawaii like two weeks ago, and now you're going to Alaska. What is this business? I'm living the dream. Jesus. Spending a lot of money, but I'm living the dream.

Yeah, well. Who needs to save money anyway? Who needs money? I do. Everyone should save. I do need to save. Well, you shouldn't put your money in the savings. I hate to say that to you, wife, tears out there, but you shouldn't because you get very little return on your money you know

right put your money into something 401k real estate's always good you know i got a lot of things i got like i got an scp oh yeah a sep i got a sep got a sep and i and i think i have an iroth ira as well and i got a few investments floating around out there. That's what you got to do. I got a lot of things. You know what? I'm going to Alaska. I'm spending that money. Get it.

Get it. And then you know what? Afterwards, go to North and South Dakota. And then when you're coming- And then come back. I'd like to. Pick me up, and then we'll go to fucking Oregon and Washington. Yeah, well, I'm coming.

When I come back, your wedding is not too far away from now. I know. Eyes on the prize. Actually, I just got your wedding invitation. Yeah, what did you think? Honestly, it's the nicest, bougiest wedding invitation I've ever received. You do? That's good.

I understand the point of the plastic wrapping the envelope. What if it gets wet? We don't want to damage it. Like we could have been a little more eco-friendly. That's my only complaint. Fair enough. But it's very beautiful. I like the neutral color scheme.

It does say there's so many things here. There are. It is a lot. It's a lot of information. It's out of control. Cocktail attire. Yeah. So fancy. Is that for the welcome party or for? No, control. Cocktail attire. Yeah. So fancy.

Is that for the welcome party or for? No, this is for the actual wedding. Yeah. So yeah, it's not black tie. Right. That would be crazy. Well, not really. I mean, I've been to a lot of weddings that are black tie.

That would be crazy. Cocktail attire. So that's like bougie, but not black tie. So like pretty close though. Yeah. So like, yeah, guys are asked to wear suits but not tuxedos. And girls are asked, I guess, to wear like dresses. Yeah.

Pants, suit if you want. Probably still going to wear a sneaker, but that's okay. Well, listen, you do you, girl. I'll whip out the dress for you. You can wear whatever you want. I really don't care. You can wear a suit if you want. Honestly, it's not about a deal. Yeah. dress for you you can wear whatever you i really don't care you can wear a suit if you want honestly

it's not about it yeah um but yeah there's quite a few pieces of information on here on this thing but i'm very impressed it's very nice well as you you should know that i had so much to do with that you know yeah i meticulously picked out every single thread and every single stamp and all that stuff. I think this is the first thing I've ever received that had a wax seal. Yeah. Like in the Game of Thrones days. That's right. It is.

Wax seal. You're invited to the red wedding. Hopefully it turns out better. It's very fancy. Or like a beige. The beige wedding. Yeah. The rose gold. The rose red wedding. Hopefully it turns out better. It's very fancy. Or like a beige, the beige wedding. Yeah, the rose gold. The rose gold wedding.

Yes. Yes. Well, I'm glad you got it. Yeah, they are very nice. But you know, I got to say, only a few people have reached out being like, wow, these are really nice. And that annoys me because I know we're paying a pretty penny for this

and I want more people to be like, Jesus Christ, dude, what's going on with this? This is amazing. But not a single person in my family has been like, hey, got the invite. Looks great. Not a single person in my family. And now you wonder, Mom, why I'm not inviting any of your relatives because no one cares.

I care. I know. You said something, you know? Yeah. Last minute, my mom something, you know? Yeah. Last minute, my mom goes, you got to invite so-and-so, so-and-so, and you got to invite so-and-so. These are like her tennis buddies.

I'm like, no, I don't even know who these people are. And we're talking like $300 a plate here. No, thank you, lady. We're not doing this. So is there going to be like a full-on bajillion course meal happening at this wedding I told you we went and did a we went and ate

a bunch of the stuff and like it's a lot of truffles you know a lot of truffles very expensive we're throwing some caviar up in that bitch oh shit I mean we ain't fucking around alright this will absolutely be the fanciest thing I ever go to in my life for sure definitely

definitely should we start the show yeah and then you have to tell me what you're drinking i'm drinking a truly oh it's a i've never seen one in that color this one's mango chill hard seltzer oh god it's okay we're a white clock boy but i like a truly um i think it's you frozen hose You're listening to your favorite thing podcast with... Wells and Brandy. All right, quick PSA for those of you out there who rent. If you haven't heard of Built, you're about to thank me. Earning points on rent is now a reality when you pay your rent through Built.

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because I think a lot of people like to hear us talk about it, but Brandy's going to be traveling to Alaska, and I really don't want to edit all day Tuesday anyway, so that's what we're going to do. Did you go to the premiere? I saw the premiere was last night. No, I was invited tonight. You weren't invited? I was. Oh, you were.

I politely declined to acquiesce. Really? Yeah. Listen, I get it. Like, I'm a part of the Bachelor world, but, like, I don't work on that show, you know? And I don't— But you do on Paradise, so I feel like maybe you should have gone to support. I guess, but, like, I don't know those women.

I've never met them. Yeah. You know? And I don't know if, like, the guys—I doubt that the guys that are on the show of whom I met in Paradise, of whom I cannot name, were going to be there. Maybe they were. I don't know. And also, your boy is on the wrong side of 30. And Friday night on the town?

Come on. Yeah. So instead of going to the premiere, you sat on your couch with a freaking pillow around your neck because you're old. Your boy's got neck problems, okay? I don't know. And, you know, you can make fun of me all you want, but, like, this is what happens with age, I guess. And, like, so I complained about it last week. We still got issues over here.

What's going on exactly? I think it's like a muscle tendon sitch on the left hand side i don't know but i got that amazon um thing where you blow it up with there and like lifts your head up does feel kind of nice it makes you look like a fatty mcbutter pants but you know i don't know what's going on and it's not good because about to go to my bachelor party and gonna be playing lots of golf and i need to be having to have i need to have the utmost flexibility you know yeah because golf is so physical oh my gosh i just want everyone to know i had one of my favorite favorite things i'm gonna play golf today uh and it was just so

wonderful let me tell you something how how many calories do you think i burned today playing golf now let me remind you that at my club, we walk. So I walked. I was going to ask that. Yes. I was going to ask that. So I walked the entire way today. How many calories do you think I burned walking 18 holes of golf? Maybe like 600 cows? I burned a total of 2,597 calories. What? You guys dog on golf, but golf fucking keeps you tight, bro. Because if you think about it, I walked almost seven miles today. That's pretty far. But I need to be limber.

And here's the thing. I need to be limber. I don't know if the YFers will understand this. I need to be limber and I need to play well because it's my bachelor party and I want to play golf and I have to beat everybody do you understand like I that's what I need in my life and I also don't want people to like let me win because it's my bachelor party I want to beat them but like I know I know Higgins isn't gonna give me any fucking any rope you know my brothers aren't that's for sure so I gotta I gotta, but. Have you ever tried acupuncture?

I have long time ago. And I'm not sure if I think that works. I'm scared to do chiropractor. Yeah. I don't love that. What about dry needling? That sounds like something a heroin addict uses. It's actually kind of cool. I did it once and it's kind of like, I've never done straight up acupuncture, but I would imagine it's similar because they put this like teeny tiny little needle in the, into your muscle. But it also is like,

it has like, it's like a wire and it's connected to like a little machine that like pulses energy through it. You know what I mean? And it makes your muscle like move and twitch or whatever, but supposedly like loosens it all up. Yeah. And I gotta be honest,

I felt better after I did it the one time. All right, maybe I'll do that. Maybe you should give it a go. which or whatever but this supposedly like loosens it all up yeah i and i gotta be honest i felt better after i did it the one time all right maybe i'll do that maybe you should give it a go micro needling dry needling dry needling i'll look into it not an ad which it was honestly it should be because i learned this because of an influencer ad did you know that rayban has come out with sunglasses that record shit? Like a camera in the sunglasses that records it. And the footage looks exactly the same as if you had taken it on your phone. Really?

It's genius. Is it though? Or is that just. Yes. Even times like I'm filming with my phone and if I'd been hands-free, it would have been so much better. Or like you're. I mean, I don't know.

Like if you're like in the water and you want to film like. I don't know like if you're like in the water and you want to film like what like a I don't know if you're like jet skiing or something and you want to film it like yeah there's a GoPro but those are stupid and nobody uses those anymore and like to have the sunglasses that just record everything you see would be so epic I know but just like that's just too much I love it I know but can you imagine in like next time you're you're doing the sex and Sarah's like, why do you have your sunglasses on? We're indoors. It's dark out. Don't worry, baby.

We're making a film. It's genius for OnlyFans. It is genius for OnlyFans. I'm sure that's exactly what it's for, to be honest with you. Speaking of technology, I'll keep going with this. I think I figured out the hack of iPhone. What do you mean? So do you remember when I was in Mexico and my phone fell because I was recording the time lapse of the sunset and it shattered and then I had to get Sarah to send me a new iPhone and I was just

gonna go buy the new phone because it's like that's what you do and then I was like no I pay for this Apple care every month and like never get anything out of it. It's paying for like health insurance and then not using it when you go to the dentist. It doesn't make any sense. So I went to the Apple store and I was like, here's my phone. It's destroyed. And they're like, oh, okay. Here's the same exact phone you have, but it's new or whatever. I'm sure it's refurbished, whatever, but it looks exactly the same. It's nice. And now I have, and the battery's great. You know, after like a year or whatever or two years, right before September, before the new ones come out, your phone stops working very well. You know, the battery life goes to shit and everything starts to fuck up and the updates are like fucking ruining your life.

And you're like, fuck, this is up there. That's like, gotcha, you know? I think when that happens, you get yourself a good old ball pin hammer, and you just go to fucking town on that screen. You beat that screen like it owes you fucking money. And then you walk into the iPhone store, and you go, oh my god, I was doing time-lapse on deck, and look what happened. Oops. Oopsies. New phone now, please. And then they go, beep, bop, boop, bop, bop, bop, bop.

Oh, here you go. Here's a new phone because you pay for AppleCare. I think that's what you do. And also, how cathartic would it be to have a phone that's kind of not working very well

and it's very, very annoying. Oh, mine's a piece of shit. Yeah, and then you just take that hammer and you just fucking go to shit town on it. Oh, man. Like in the office space, you know, when they beat up the printer. I feel like they don't cover

all kinds of accidents like that. I feel like it would be my luck that I would smash the phone, take it in. They would be like, oh, well, you know, this is your fault, the phone smashed, so your shit, I luck. We were watching your Ray-Ban live feed and we noticed that you took a ball-pin hammer watching your ray-banned live feed and we noticed that uh you

took a ball pin hammer to your phone and that's not covered after you made your porn video and only fans we noticed that uh you destroyed your phone so i think that's the hack and that's what i'm gonna keep on doing so i feel like i got a new phone don't need to get a new phone anytime soon very happy about that and yeah that, that's that. That's nice. Here you go. I'm holding out for that September new iPhone. Hey, Apple, can we get the flip phone already? Fucking Samsung's got it.

Your boy wants it. I think Noah has a Motorola Razr. Does she? I think so. And when she needs to go on a mental health cleanse from the social media and stuff, she only uses the flip phone, so she can't look at it. Smart. She's a genius.

Yeah. All right. You got some fave things or what? Bro, I did start the show. I think I mentioned it last week. Is it called Blackbird on Apple Plus? Blackbird. Do you know what I'm talking about?

No. Jimmy Keen is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison when he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keen has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as 18 women. Blackbird. That actually sounds awesome. Yeah. So they released two episodes this past weekend. Yeah. Episode one was a little bit all over the place, but I feel like they were just trying really hard to, in the quickest way possible,

explain how he got in prison because the whole story is from when he's in prison. So I just feel like the way he got there doesn't really matter and i wasn't like super pumped about how the how he got like the story of like how he got into prison or whatever and i just felt like it all happened like kind of fast but also very slow but once he's in prison it starts to get good once they introduce the villain this like fucking creep of a dude um that's that's uh i don't want to try not to ruin anything i think it said in there basically what they're gonna do is the main character this guy he gets thrown in

jail for something stupid he's selling drugs he's like a good guy he's you know never got haven't had a speeding ticket but like gets caught with drugs kind of thing and he gets put in jail and i guess like it's one of those things where he tries to do a plea deal where he thinks he's only going to get like four years. So he pleads guilty, you know, and then they end up giving him 10 somehow. And this is all based, I think, on true events. And then the cops come in and they say, like, listen, we'll give you freedom. We'll let you out early if we put you in this prison with this psychopath. And if you can, like, befriend him and get him to tell you, you know, confess that he's murdered these women that we know he has, but we don't have the evidence to prove it. Like, we'll give you your freedom if you do that. But then this guy who's like, you know, he's in like a i don't know the terms but like you know there's different levels of prison and like max security is all yeah it's obviously

like the the toughest that's where like the murderers go he's not he's like in the lowest level right he's like you know he hasn't hurt anybody physically so like he's in some like low mat low security prison so he's got to go live in this max security prison for the criminally insane, is what they call it, if he wants to do this. Which if you think about it, that's pretty terrifying. It's pretty scary to leave your bougie little prison where you're comfortable and you get to hit the gym and you are doing all right and then go be around psycho people and try to befriend one of them. Like, sounds terrifying. But so the guy he's going to go try to befriend is such a creep. Like the actor does such a good job of playing this guy.

So, like I said, episode one, a little slow, but I do think it's going to get better and be really good. I watched some of Blake's show. Oh, you did. I did. I haven't yet. Yeah, you probably shouldn't. I'm not. Listen, I love Blake. I love him. And he has no control over how this show looks and all this kind of stuff. The problem with Blake is he's too normal for this situation. Okay. And listen, I only watched the first first episode so like maybe things get better it's a little like x on the beach where it's just like the people on it are so bonkers that someone who's normal is just going to kind of fade into the background and that's

not to say that that blake won't be like a much bigger part which i assume he will be because he gets into a showman so we all know that right jersey shore bonkersness meets x on the beach meets everyone just getting wasted and getting drunk and so it's i think it's i think the problem is is that it's not clear as to what the fuck the show is. You know? It's like part challenge, part drinking challenge, part hookup time. You know? Do they all live in a house together or what? Yeah, they do.

Yeah. It's like the challenge, but with like, I feel like not athletic people and just like kind of just bonkers. I don't know. It's just kind of all over the place. And I'm going to keep on. I'm going to stick with it because I think it's so bad it's going to be great. I can't be sure. Who knows?

Okay. The first episode, Blake's like, I'm best known for being on The Bachelor in Paradise and hooking up with too many chicks. And it's like, yeah, that's kind of what happened. You're like, yep, that's right. Yeah, that checks out. And then it's like, I'm Lexi from London. I'm fucking bonkers.

And you're like, whoa, these aren't the same type of people. Yeah. Oh my God. It worked out for Blake in the end because he's got a girlfriend out of it. I know, and he seems very happy, which makes me happy.

Yeah, he does. And she's very hot. I mean, and you know Blake. Love you, buddy. But Blake's average, so he's definitely dating up. He definitely scored. You know what I'm saying? Here's the thing. It's an MTV show, and those shows are, by definition, very trashy.

Don't get me wrong when I say it's bad. It's bad in the good way that those shows are bad. Okay, so maybe I'll watch it. Watch a little bit of it. Watch the first episode. Just tell me what you think. Because it very much is like,

hey, I'm Blake Hartsman. I was on The Bachelor, and I hooked up with too many chicks. Oh, no. And then it's like, hello. I'm Gidget from Newcastle, and I killed a guy.

You're like, what the fuck? And I fucked a giraffe one time. Oh my God. Of course none of that happened, but that's how I hear it in my head. Right. So I watched what a lot of people are saying are some of the best movies of the year that aren't like Top Gun or Thor or whatever. This week. And I watched everything, all at once.

I also watched The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Have you heard of that one? Mm-mm. So it's a little meta, and it's Nick Cage playing Nick Cage, who's invited to this guy's Spanish villa for a party. And Nick Cage is like, kind of his career is not doing great and he goes and does it.

These are two movies that are considered some of the better ones of 2022. And Everything Everywhere All At Once is like the one that everyone's talking about being the best movie of the year. And I will concede it is fantastic and we'll get to that in a second. But I watched this Nick Cage film,

and let me tell you something, kids. It is the best movie, aside from Top Gun, that I have seen this year. Hands down, bar none, so good. How? So the premise is that Nick Cage is playing Nick Cage, and Nick Cage's career is kind of tanking, which Nick Cage's career is kind of not been doing super great in the past like five years.

And Nick Cage wants this one movie and doesn't get it. And his manager, who's played by Neil Patrick Harris, is like, listen, I got a million dollars for you to go to this guy's party. It's in Spain. Just shake some hands, have some drinks and then it'll be it. Just shake some hands, have some drinks, and then it'll be it. So he goes to Spain, and that's where he runs. The guy who owns the house in Spain is Pedro Pascal, who's such a good actor. And so it's this meta thing of Nick Cage playing himself and Pedro Pascal's character, who's a huge super fan of Nick Cage. It turns out Pedro Pascal's character is kind of in the mob, you know? Nick Cage. It turns out like Pedro Pascal's character is like kind of like in the mob,

you know, and so the FBI taps Nick Cage to like infiltrate Pedro Pascal's business and like save some kids who have been kidnapped because gangsters are trying to like fuck up the election, all that kind of stuff. It's like a little bit of a spy thing, but with Nick Cage playing Nick Cage, much heightened like reality of Nick Cage, Nick Cage. And it could have gone two ways. It could have been the cheesiest, stupidest fucking movie in the world with terrible acting and bad CGI and effects and stuff. Or it could have really

leaned into the ridiculousness of it all and been very, very good. And I swear to God, it is so fucking good. It is swear to God, it is so fucking good. It is so funny. Pedro Pascal's character is phenomenal. Tiffany Haddish is so funny in it.

Ike Barinholtz is so funny in it. Neil Patrick Harris is great. Anyways, all I got to say is that the unbearable weight of massive talent with Nick Cage is a must see this holiday season this holiday four dings so good okay so where do you watch these two movies well so they're both like apple tv or prime you rent them so i rent we rent these yeah and then the other one that i watched that everyone is saying is the greatest movie maybe ever is everything everywhere all at

once and this is one that I think you'd probably like. Sands that there is a good amount of subtitles you need to read because half of it's in Chinese. But not all of it. And here's the tag. An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure

where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led everything everywhere all at once so it's very multiverse which i think you would be into it's kind of like blake crouch novel ask where she can like move around to different universes of her life. Love that. But like there is a evil figure in it and it's up to her to stop this evil figure. And she has to use all of her other lives, her other potential lives and what those lives have learned to be able to fight this

person you know in slumdog millionaire we're like the story is like all the crazy things that he learned to be able to know all the answers to the game he played at the end i don't know yes watch it it's a little bit like that so it's great movie so it's a little bit like that but it's has to do with all of the different lives she's led. So there's a scene where she has to fight without her eyes. She can't see anything. So she finds a life where as a kid she fell on sticks and poked her eyes out. So she was blind.

And then so she was able to learn how to live her life by using her other senses so then she was able to use that version of her timeline in this fight where she couldn't see or you know there was one where she's like a a singer in a life that she could have lived she uses the breathing technique she learned she learned to be able to sing for like crazy concerts to be like hold her breath for a very long time all that kind of stuff just uses all like the different timelines to like be able to fight this person and it's just like very very well done and it's probably good to win Oscars and stuff but check it out everything everywhere all at once that sounds amazing

great flick for this holiday season what's with you you and the holidays? I don't know. Have you talked about the show, I think it's on Hulu, the show The Old Man with Jeff Bridges? No, but I tried to watch that with Sarah, and we didn't because there looks like a dog's going to die in it, and we did not want to be involved in that. Well, that's unfortunate because Amy Brenneman's in it, and we did not want to be involved in that. Well, that's unfortunate, because Amy Brenneman's in it, and I love her. I know.

Why don't you go watch that, and you tell me how it is? I don't want to watch the dog die. You watch Yellowstone with the horses dying. Oh, my God. You know what else? Oh, fucking Westworld. Listen, Westworld, everybody's hating on you. Nobody wants to watch you anymore.

And I have been here loyal. I have watched every season and I have said good things. And then here we are, season four, and you come up with some insane scene where a woman is murdering all of her horses. Like, it was very graphic. I had to shut it off. Couldn't watch it. I was so pissed. Why had to shut it off. Couldn't watch it. I was so pissed. Why would you do that?

Why? Why would you do that? Nobody wants to watch that. Westworld just should have stayed in the Wild West. And everything would have been fine. It's so frustrating. Now I don't want to watch it.

I know. I walked away from that one a while ago. I have a book. Yeah? Yeah. It's called A Dark shade of magic have you heard of it no i can't remember how i fell upon this it might have been tiktok was like hey if you like harry potter but you're not a fucking 12 year old you would like this and i was like oh

okay that's me i guess so i started reading a darker shade of magic and i gotta say really enjoy it does it have magic. Am I a dork? Possibly. Is it good? Yeah. Here's the thing. Kel is one of the last Antari, magicians with a rare,

coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons. Red, gray, white, and once upon a time, black. Kel was raised in Arnez, Red London, and officially serves the Moresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London

and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing the people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses into a world they'll never see. It's now a defiant hobby with a dangerous consequence, which Kel is now seeing firsthand. After an exchange goes awry, Kel escapes to Grey London. Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive. A darker shade of magic. Kind of another parallel universes thing.

You're in a lot of this, man. So yeah, there's like four different Londons, and there's like the normal one. They call that the grey one. There's no magic in it anymore. And then there's like the red, the white and the black. And he's from the red London where there's like a bunch of magic still. And there's only a few magicians really that are like alive in all of the worlds. And he's one of them. And he's able to like kind of like go back and forth and kind of keep the peace and all that kind of stuff. And then he's given like a token. That token has like immense power. And that's when shit goes crazy. It's a little kind of stuff. And then he's given like a token. That token has like immense power.

And that's when shit goes crazy. It's a little kind of like Lord of the Rings with the ring, with all the power, you know? It's very, very good. I'm almost done and I'm loving it. Sounds great. Yeah. I don't know if you remember,

I think I mentioned that I had the privilege of recording a bonus chapter for a new book called Things We Do in the Dark. Did I talk about this? No, but I think I saw it on Instagram. One of my favorite authors. Remember that book, Jar of Hearts, that I recommended?

And you read it and you loved it. Is that Jennifer Hillier? Yep, Jennifer Hillier. So she has the new book out. It's called Things We Do in the Dark. And they reached out to me because I'm such a fangirl. They reached out and they were like, whenever we record an audio book, we always do these bonus chapters where Jenny sits down with somebody and they just like talk through the book. And then I got to like ask Jenny a bunch

of questions about like her writing process and the story and how she came up with it and just about the book itself. And we had so much fun. We recorded it a few weeks ago and they just sent me that little promo snippet today. And so the audio book and the physical book will come out on July 19th. It is very good. I'm not just saying that because I got through that chapter. It's a very good book. I think everybody will really like it. There's a really like unique podcast angle to the book. Like one of the characters has a podcast and is a podcaster. And so, you know, that's kind of neat because same. But it's good.

Highly recommend. Love her stuff. And if you like audiobooks, then when you listen to it, you'll get to hear me at the end of the book. That's awesome. Super cool. Did you tell Jennifer Hillier that you don't believe that audiobooks are real books? Yeah, we talked about it. So she actually listens to our podcast, which

blows my mind that she would do that because we suck. But no, yeah, she listens to the pod. And so she's heard me say that and she's heard us talk about that before. I don't know. There's just something about a physical book in my hands and reading it that gets my head into it. And I don't know. I just like it so much better stick with it you know i'm gonna buy the physical one i'm not gonna hear you all right not gonna do it doubt it yeah so i've already pre-ordered the new blake crouch book so i'm hoping to snag it in the airport it comes out on the 12th i think yeah so maybe on my way back i'll be able to snag it that's what i'm hoping i'm on season four of drive to Survive if anybody was interested. Amazing. Yeah, that

show kills. It's a very well done show. I'm very impressed with it. I feel like I love all sports really. I feel like any sport I really get to learn more about, I end up liking it more and more. But like car racing is one of those things, kind of like golf, where you're like

you can't be very physical. You just sit in the car. How much of a sport can it really be um but but it's really fascinating to like really learn the ins and outs of it and um just like mentally how intense it is right and watching them warm up and do all these exercises to increase their reaction time and how sharp they are and things like that which is really interesting it's also very fascinating to me that each person has a teammate, right? Like there's two drivers per team. But it seems to me like your teammate is really your biggest rival. Like it's really not the way you would think of a teammate.

You're not really working together. A lot of the times like you guys are kind of pitted against each other. And a lot of teams like favor one driver over the other, which I think is bucked up. And I don't love that. So yeah, just really interesting dynamics in it that I obviously didn't know about before. And I really do enjoy the show.

Also, all the men are very attractive. Like win-win. Yeah, drivers are cool. And hot. And hot. So hot. Yeah. Yeah, I have some Muzaks.

Do you have any Muzaks? Oh, I might. What do you got? Well, I have some Muzaks. Do you have any Muzaks? Oh, I might. What do you got? Well, I played this guy the other day. Found him on TikTok and he did a Justin Bieber cover. And I was like, this is so good. And so then I started following him on Spotify. And he actually messaged me being like, hey, I listen to the podcast.

Thanks for the love or whatnot. And this is a song called Blood Moon. And this guy is Josiah and the Bonnevilles. When I played him at first, I think that like that name is too long for his TikTok. So he's just Josiah and the. And that's what I was like. So his name is Josiah and the on TikTok. But his full band name is Josiah and the Bonnevilles.

And this is a song called Blood Moon. And I just, this guy's just got the sound that I like, you know? Okay. I'll check it out. There's a blood moon way up in the sky Blood in my nose, blood in my eyes Blood moon, orange in an orange bud light You and me, baby, in the heat of the night

Don't think I'm ever gonna calm down There's too many bars on this side of town Too many bars in the look in your eyes Can't get my blood if you keep me on Time, time, time, time So yeah, that's Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Blood Moon. He's got like a Tyler Childers vibe to him that I can dig on. Speaking of, oh dude, your boy went to a concert the other night.

Oh, that's right. I saw that. I went to go see camp and- At the Greek, which is epic. The Greek. It really is the best venue in Los Angeles, I think. Mm-hmm. And we were pretty close, and it was just, I've never

seen Camp live, because I feel like they became popular kind of after my radio days, and it was just so fun to be back out and seeing live music and, you know, and touching elbows with people and dancing around and getting drunk on white claws and, you know, and touching elbows with people and dancing around and

getting drunk on white gloves and, you know, anyways, man. So anyways, the camp is great. I love, love that band. Oh yeah. Very cool. I got one more for you. Oh. And this is kind of a blast from the past.

Okay. Remember the band Collective Soul? Oh, sure do. Okay. So they've got a i'm as a big collective soul guy by the way too okay shine the world i know december heavy i mean like big collective soul guy i'm old all right i've got neck problems of course i'm a collective soul guy they've got some new music out and i think this is a new single called All Our Pieces and I was listening to it in the

car and I was like do I love this or do I hate this and I went back and forth and I think I love it really yeah good Seminoles at large, never knowing when and where we ever were charged, were we ever charged. Yeah. All our pieces scatter out like a wind of discontent.

All our pieces, we gather up, but they just don't seem to fit. Listen, if you're like a child of the 90s, Collective Soul's got some new tunes out, guys. Go get in on it. Cute. All right. Is that everything? I think so. All right.

We promise you guys some batch tea next week if we don't do it this week. Yeah. I am excited to watch it. I want to see how they're going to do this, we don't do it this week yeah i am excited to watch it i want to see how they're going to do this you know dual bachelorette thing yeah i think it's going to be an absolute shit show if i'm being completely honest and we'll see how it goes um i don't know if you saw like katie thurston like kind of dragged a bunch of people on her social media i thought that was great loved i loved that for us.

Didn't love it for the people that she dragged. Right. And I think she kind of dragged some people who are going to be on Paradise. I can't obviously name them or whatever. But when that comes out, I'm probably going to defend some people that she dragged at some point. Yeah. Well, I feel like she's the kind of person that just likes to talk shit sometimes. Well, don't we all?

You know? True. Very true. That's all we do. All right. Well, dude, have the safest of flights and have the most of the fun that you can have in the upper two. Well, thank you so much. Okay, well, and you know what?

Get yourself some Inuit ass, you know? Oh, my God. Get some deep ducking from some Inuit ass. I don't know if that's going to be on the agenda this week, but we'll see. You never know. Got some caribou and some Inuit ass. Oh, my God. I got to go. Where do you want it?

Inuit? Inuit? Uh, uh, uh. That was a bad joke. All right. Word. All right, YFTers, we love you. Love y'all.

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