1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, what's happening. I'm justin. It is the After 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Show podcast. It is a Tuesday, November fourth. Thank you 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: for listening. It's just me today, no guests. I did 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: not schedule anybody today because if you're a long time 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: listener of this podcast, you know that we have meetings 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: on Tuesdays, and I want to be able to give 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: people as much time as possible, or if they can 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: only commit on Tuesdays, kind of make a plan to 9 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: change the schedule. I do have McCabe coming in this week, 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: also Power of Recovery, Maddie and Damon. That's gonna be 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,919 Speaker 1: fun next week. And yeah, some other people lined up 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: as well. I hope everyone like Santa yesterday. I thought 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: he was really good. He's a great friend of mine, 14 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: great mentor. I got some good feedback from that from 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: you guys, so thank you very much. I do like 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: this format though, this kind of loose, you know, non interview, 17 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: just kind of shooting the shit type of format. So 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm excited to see where it's after 19 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: show goes. You know, I was kind of unfamiliar with 20 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: it or not sure where to go because there's been 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: some changes with this thing, you guys know that you know, 22 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: started with one person and Winnie and then she was 23 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: gone and now it's just me. But I think we 24 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: could do something fun, maybe talk to some listeners that 25 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: would be That would be good too. I got some 26 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: inquiries on that, but I don't know. S. I'll tell 27 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: you guys what's going on. 28 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: Justin. This is Clay. I met you a couple of 29 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 2: years ago at Staples, but I just want to say, 30 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: you know, I really appreciate you still doing the app 31 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 2: the show. You know, it means a lot, especially for 32 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: me who listens on a daily basis, And I just 33 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 2: feel bad that, you know, you have to explain yourself 34 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: to these people with that how that Winny's gone, and 35 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: I feel like that's not necessary, but I get it 36 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: may here in a tough place. But just know you 37 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 2: are appreciated and we do, you know, appreciate the hard 38 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: work you do, and we do miss Winny. By the 39 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 2: same time, you keep doing your thing, man, go stop 40 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 2: the hustle. 41 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: Oh man, Clay. I remember meeting Clay way back, was 42 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: it with I forget where it was, maybe oh Staples, 43 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, I remember. Thank you, Clay, Thank you 44 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: for reaching out and yeah, man, it's it's fine. You know, 45 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: there is some rough moments or whatever. I feel like 46 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: it was dying down, but now you know this. You 47 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: know when he's been posting some things on our Instagram 48 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: just like updates or what not, updates but whatever. So 49 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: it's been ramping up again. But it's all good man. 50 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: You know, It's like life goes on for everybody. It's 51 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: just it's just one of those things we gotta we 52 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: got to continue on. And I've said it before, I'll 53 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: say it again. You know, it's kind of you learn 54 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: this in entertainment, right show biz. That's saying that the 55 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: show goes on. It's it's that's how it really is. 56 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 1: You know, we have this show here and when there's 57 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: a change, the show still goes on. You know, you 58 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: heard me talking to Santa yesterday about stuff that we 59 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: went through. And I remember that, man. I remember I 60 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: was so low in the totem pole, but these big 61 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: changes happened, and I remember thinking the same thing, like 62 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: how are people going to react to this? And they 63 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: were pissed. They were pissed for sure. You know, I 64 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: still get comments, I still get the talkbacks every day. People, 65 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: you know, angry or whatever, which I don't really understand 66 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: the you know, leaving a talkback in anger, because you 67 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: have to be listening to the show to leave the 68 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: talk pack. So are you just like opening the app 69 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: because you're angry? Are you listening and not hearing what 70 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: you want? So then you leave a talkback? I'm not sure. 71 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: I mean, whatever it is, what it is, life goes on. 72 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: I mean, we all got problems. I got problems. I 73 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: got problems at home. Man. You know, I got a 74 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,399 Speaker 1: family just like you probably do. You know, it's hard 75 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: raising kids. It's not easy. You know. I have two kids, 76 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: eight and three. My eight year old abel Is. I 77 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: love him to death. He's the best kid ever, but 78 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: he has his own issues. And you know what, parenting 79 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: is hard no matter when it is, but especially in 80 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five with technology in raising them in the 81 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: digital age. That's kind of what's going on now, is 82 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: you know he you know, he talks to his friends 83 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: on messenger and that causes problems and then he's on 84 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: roadblocks and we monitor it, but things still get through. Man, 85 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: it's a wild world, so much different. Last night, my 86 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: friend Mike came over. He comes over regularly. To do 87 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: the sauna with me, and he said, last night, you know, 88 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: because I was talking to Able about some things whatever, 89 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: and he's like, Wow, think about how we grew up 90 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: versus how they're growing up. When we grew up, there 91 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: was no technology. I mean, there were cell phones as 92 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: I got older. When I was younger, when I was 93 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: eight years old, there were no cell phones. There was 94 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: no technology. But now that's all it is. Everything is technology. 95 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: It's just wild. And he's playing this game on roadblocks. 96 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: It's called Steal Brain Rot. It's like the hot game 97 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: for kids. And the whole point of the game, are 98 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: you ready for this? Is to steal other people's stuff. 99 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: So what's happening, This is what I'm alluding to the issues. 100 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: What's happening is he's playing these game with his friends 101 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: and he's either stealing their stuff or they're stealing his stuff, 102 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: and either way they start freaking out. So he stole 103 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: the kid down the streets stuff. A while back, that 104 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: kid freaked out, a kid's mother called my wife to say, like, 105 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: can he give it back? And then Abel stole some 106 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: other kids stuff. And then it happened again last night. 107 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: Another kid was stealing his stuff and he was crying again. 108 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: It's crazy. So I say to my wife, get this 109 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: game off of it. I don't want to want them 110 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: to play it anymore. But it's the hot game that 111 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: all his friends are playing. So yeah, it's just man. 112 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes about life is about perspective. You learn that after 113 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: a while. It's about how you look at things, and 114 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: you got to look at like, what really matters most. 115 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: You know, obviously for me it's my family, it's my recovery, 116 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: all that stuff, you know, my close friends, my job, 117 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: my career. But when it comes to people that you know, 118 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: are upset and want to write nasty things and boycot 119 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: the show and all that stuff, it's like I understand, 120 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: But you know what really matters is my kid man, 121 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: My kids really matters, as me being a good father, 122 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: you know, I was thinking about that recently. You know, 123 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: being a father and becoming a parent has taught me 124 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: so many things, but one of the top things that 125 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: it's kind of taught me is that it gave me 126 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: a purpose in life, right, It gave me a meaning. 127 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 2: You know. 128 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: I remember, before having kids, I would fear death. And 129 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: you know, nobody wants to die, right, but I would 130 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: think about death and get very scared, like, you know, 131 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: is there a heaven? Where am I going to go? 132 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: I'm never coming back Infinity. You start going down that 133 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: rabbit hole and it's tough to get out of. But 134 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: when I had kids, it kind of made how do 135 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: I put this, It made dying easier almost in a sense. 136 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: I know this is going to sound crazy, but maybe 137 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: you'll understand, but it gave me purpose in life. That 138 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: my purpose in life was to be a good father 139 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,119 Speaker 1: to these children and to raise these children the best 140 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,119 Speaker 1: way that I can and to give them the best 141 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: life that I can and hope and hope that they 142 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: grow up to be good humans that help others and 143 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: live a good life and be there for them every 144 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: step of the way. And if I can do that, 145 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: if I can get that job done when it's my time, 146 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: it makes it not that bad because my job has 147 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: been done. Does that make sense? I don't know. But 148 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: that's the important things in life. It's my kids, it's 149 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: my marriage. It's the the attics that are struggle struggling 150 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,119 Speaker 1: that I'm trying to help that reach out to help. 151 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: You know, it's that addict that you know can't get 152 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: a day clean, that legit cannot take the kneel out 153 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: of their arm or the crack pipe out of their mouth. 154 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: They don't know what to do. And they look at 155 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: me and they talk to me and they're like, how 156 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: did you do it? And I try to tell them 157 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: and help them. That's what matters. That's the important thing. 158 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: So it just got to the point where I'm you know, 159 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: getting so cut up in these comments or whatever, and 160 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, is this really important? You know? I know 161 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: what we do on this show. I know that the 162 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: work that we put in the three of us, it 163 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: was the four of us put in together. Now there's 164 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: three of us that we show up every day, and 165 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: I put my heart and soul into this show. I'm 166 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: here at four am before anybody else, putting the whole 167 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: show together, trying to giving entertaining show, you know, And 168 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: if it gets shipped on, it gets shipped on. Whatever 169 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,119 Speaker 1: it is, what it is. But I do my best. 170 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: I still show up to work on time. It's the 171 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: very basics of life, you know what I mean. I 172 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: just that's what I've done the whole time. That's I 173 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: said it yesterday with Santy Right, hard work beats talent 174 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: in most cases, I am not talented at all. You 175 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: may think I am. I don't think I am. But 176 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: I'm a hard worker. Yeah. Can you count on me 177 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: to get things done? Yeah? Do I put the show first? 178 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: Do I put the team first? Is it about the 179 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: team and not me? Yes? And I think that's been 180 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: the key to my success. So we roll on after 181 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: show Army tomorrow. I don't know, McKay, maybe tomorrow. It's 182 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: not I'll grab someone else to join me and chop 183 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: it up and have some fun. As always, though, you 184 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: can leave a talk back on the iHeart app joined 185 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: the show and I'll try to play that back for 186 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: you guys. All right, have a great day. It's very 187 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: windy outside. I keep talking about that because the trees 188 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: are blowing outside of my studio. Anyway, Love you guys. 189 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: Piece