1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: I Am Teddy Roosevelt is out and available now, part 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: of Brad Meltzer's Ordinary People, Change the World series. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: Please welcome our friend, mister Brad Meltzer. 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 3: Brad, so good to hear your voice. 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 2: How are you, sir? 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 3: I'm good, I'm good. I'm I'm excited for Father's Day 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 3: because then it's all about me, not my kids. Are 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 3: my family? 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: Do the Meltzers go all out for Father's Day? 10 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 3: We do not know? 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: We do. 12 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 3: The nice part is is, you know, my oldest is 13 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 3: out of college, so he lives in New York. We 14 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 3: actually get a day where everyone will be together. And that, 15 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 3: all kidding aside, is the gift. That's I love that 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 3: I love when all of us gets to be together. 17 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,279 Speaker 2: Now, yeah, no, good for you, good for you? 18 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: All right, I got to get into a couple of things. 19 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: Let's start with the book, and then I will get 20 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: into a couple of other things. 21 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: Can I tell you what I'm embarrassed about? Though, Brad? 22 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 3: All right? 23 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: Can't wait the and. 24 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: Again this is I Am Teddy Roosevelt, the children's book. 25 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: I am embarrassed about how little I knew about Teddy Roosevelt. 26 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: You know when I was when I was in high 27 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 3: school and you had to pick your favorite president. Teddy 28 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 3: Roosevelt was my guy, not Lincoln, which, by the way, 29 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 3: as a high school that was the wrong choice. Abraham 30 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 3: Lincoln is the best. But I was just like, but 31 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 3: I was in high school and it was Florida, and 32 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 3: so I was like, I want the tough guy, I 33 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 3: want the badass. I need the big stick. Like the 34 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 3: whole thing was like that was it for me. And 35 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 3: when I finally kind of took the deep dive to 36 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: write the children's book, I realized, like how nuanced and 37 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 3: different and completely I liked him for all the wrong 38 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 3: reasons and he's so awesome. And as America two fifty 39 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 3: was arriving, I was like, we already did I am 40 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 3: Abraham Lincoln, We already did. I am George Washington? And 41 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 3: I was like, what president are we doing for America 42 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: two fifty? And Teddy Roosevelt was the no brainer? 43 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: But you know what, like you said, like you know, 44 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: like you know, carry a big stick, and like he's the. 45 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: Guy, he's a badass. 46 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: But then you start reading about his life and you're like, no, 47 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: he I mean not that he wasn't, but not in 48 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: the way that you think he was like starting from 49 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: like he was an itty bitty little kid who used 50 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: to get picked on and bullied all the time. He 51 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,839 Speaker 1: was scared he had asthma, Like not that asthma's bad, 52 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: but he was like he wouldn't like there was no 53 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: treatment for asthma. 54 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: So he was always sick and ill. 55 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: And it's not the impression that you have in your 56 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: head of who Teddy Roosevelt is. 57 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 3: And not only that he gets bullied all the time. 58 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 2: His mom. 59 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 3: He's so scared to go to bed at night. His 60 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 3: mom has to read to him just to put. 61 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: Him to sleep. 62 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 3: And I love the fact that that's where he starts, 63 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: because that's where we all start, right and he builds 64 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: himself into that person we can get to up. But 65 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 3: what I love is it's his dad who tells him 66 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: that he hates bullies. His father hates bullies. And he's like, 67 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: you know, having money and having power, that's not what 68 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 3: makes you great. What it does it gives you a responsibility. 69 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 3: And that's the responsibility to help other people, to help 70 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 3: fight for orphans, fight for the homeless, fight of people 71 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 3: in bad working conditions. And also he sees it in a 72 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 3: way to fight for the environment. Right He's like, you 73 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: see that big piece of land, the Niagara Falls, that like, 74 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 3: why are we going to know the waterfall is not 75 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 3: going to stop running? And he's like, it will if 76 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 3: you build a factory on it. And he sees the environment, 77 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 3: which he loves so much, as this thing we have 78 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 3: a responsibility to protect to and man where we are 79 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 3: in the culture right now, isn't it nice to think 80 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: of a president who thinks about something other than themselves? 81 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 3: And Teddy Roosevelt, the whole book is I'm Teddy Roosevelt 82 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 3: is about teaching your kids and your nieces and nephews 83 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 3: that there's things that are bigger than just you. And 84 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: I love the Teddy Roosevelt stands for that. 85 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: Because I will say that, I don't know what people 86 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: would say, like, oh, the seagulls are known for, or 87 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: the molnars or the stew pars are known for. But 88 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: the Roosevelts very big into helping, very very big into help. 89 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 2: Yes, the. 90 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: Melts, the meltzer. The meltzers are like a shmear. You know, 91 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: we can get you a good bagel. 92 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: But the Roosevelts, they love to help. They do love to. 93 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 3: Help all the hell. And by the way, if let's 94 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 3: just talk fromm what Like Teddy Roosevelt when he's a 95 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 3: little kid, he loves animals, Like that's the first thing 96 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 3: he wants to work with, right, is not forget people. Really, 97 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 3: he's got like mice in his pockets and snakes in 98 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 3: his room, and he drews pictures of like spiders and 99 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 3: beetles and dragonflies, and like he's like he sees one 100 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 3: day at he's at this market and he sees a 101 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: dead seal? 102 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 2: Can like, can you hit pause? Can you hit pause 103 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: for a second? 104 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: When I was reading that, I was like, first of all, 105 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: I don't know what market you're at where there's a 106 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: dead seal? 107 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 2: Did you know? Did you know this story? 108 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 3: Though? I mean no way, nobody knows this story. Like 109 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: I saw this story, I was like, I need to 110 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 3: make sure this is right. So I went to like 111 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 3: my friend Doug Brinkley, and I was like, I'm just 112 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: making sure I'm not crazy here that as a little kid, 113 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: he sees a dead seal and instead of being grossed out, 114 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 3: it's like, hey, can I measure it? And they're like 115 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 3: what And he's like, yeah, you know, that's how you're 116 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 3: gonna understand these beautiful creatures. And I guess it's a 117 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 3: beautiful idea. But that's weird. Teddy Roosevelt's a he's a 118 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 3: weird little kid. It's okay, Like I love weird little kids. 119 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 3: Like that's he takes all these animals in his room. 120 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 3: He's like, yeah, my room is the Roosevelt Museum of 121 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 3: Natural History. Like names it names his room the Museum 122 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 3: of Natural History. And yeah, he's a weird kid. But 123 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 3: what I love about him is he doesn't care what 124 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: you think. Right, he doesn't care. And man, do I 125 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 3: want to teach my kids to like be like that too, 126 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: Like whatever you love. I always say to my kids, 127 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 3: if you think it's cool, it's cool. And man, this 128 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 3: Teddy Roosevelt lived by that, you know what. 129 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 2: You know. 130 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: The other thing that I thought was interesting if you 131 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: go back to his if you go back to his dad, who, 132 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: like you said early on, like the Roosevelts have. 133 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 2: I mean, I was gonna say a good amount of money. 134 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: They are rich, but he's like that that doesn't matter, 135 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: Like the money doesn't matter. It is it's it's the 136 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: person you are and what you do and help others 137 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: and help those that need help. And so when I like, 138 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: when you when you get a little more forward in 139 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: the book, and you you, like you said, you learn 140 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: that Teddy is kind of this awkward, dorky small picked 141 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: on bullied kids, who's a little bit different. And then 142 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, his dad's like, no, no, no, 143 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: you also have to learn how to fight. And at 144 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: one point you're like, ooh, this is a little bit 145 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: off brand until you get through the rest of the 146 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: page where you understand he's not. Yes, he's like, at 147 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: some point you're gonna have to stand up for yourself 148 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: from somebody. But also it was totally to just build 149 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: confidence in him. Not that he was like, you go 150 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: out and fight the bullies, but have the confidence in 151 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: yourself that if you need to, you can stand up 152 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: for yourself. 153 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, listen, the editor tries to pull that page out 154 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 3: of the book. Are you serious, I don't think. Oh yeah. 155 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 3: She was like, we do not want to tell show 156 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 3: kids that you know the benefits of fighting. And I'm like, 157 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 3: I appreciate you saying that, but that's not what happened 158 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: in Teddy Roosevelt's life. And we tell the true story. 159 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: And so there's a line in there it says he 160 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 3: wasn't great at fighting, and fighting should never be the 161 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 3: first answer, but sometimes there's no choice. It taught me 162 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 3: to stand up for myself and stand against bullies because 163 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 3: he was being bullied as a little kid. They were 164 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 3: picking on him because he was little. And I'm like, 165 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 3: I need there are kids out there, I know who 166 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 3: that's the most important page right right, Like that's the 167 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 3: one that they're like, man, I am I you know 168 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: they're going to school, they're hiding to someone's you know, 169 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 3: bullying them and picking on him. I know those little 170 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 3: kids who are out there. I see them come to 171 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 3: me in my book signings, you know. And I that's 172 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 3: what happened to Teddy Roseveldt. I was like, we got 173 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 3: I don't care what the moral lesson is. You got 174 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 3: to follow the real history. And what I love is 175 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 3: that's what Teddy Roosevelt spends the rest of his life 176 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 3: doing is fighting back against all those people who want 177 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 3: to whether it's bullied the environment, whether it's bullied you know, 178 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 3: for bad working conditions. He fights against big business. He's 179 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 3: a guy who basically becomes more and more against where 180 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 3: his party is, but more in the thing of like, 181 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 3: I got a responsibility to look out for people who 182 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: can't stand up for themselves, and that carries with him 183 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 3: throughout his whole life, and man, god do we need 184 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: that today. 185 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: And you know the other part that I like, Brad 186 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: and you do you you we we've mentioned how you know, 187 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: like he cares for the environment and in land and 188 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: in Niagara Falls, and there's a there's a there's a 189 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: little facto weight in the book that gets mentioned where 190 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: he talks about his father has passed away, but then 191 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: his wife and his mother both die on the same day. 192 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: But it's that moment where he's like, like, imagine the 193 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 1: wreck you are that your mom and your wife both 194 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: die on the same day. 195 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 2: And I think it's. 196 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: Only two years later than when his dad died. 197 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 2: Maybe it's three. 198 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: But that's what drives him out into nature, just to 199 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: get away from everything and appreciate all of nature and 200 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: the sound of animals and winds and just being out 201 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: in there. So you look at it and go the 202 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: worst thing, the worst day ever where your wife and 203 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: your mom die on the same day, shoves him out 204 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: into the environment and makes him that much more resolute. 205 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 2: And that I have to take care of what's out here. 206 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 3: And what's great. Yeah, so he has a you know 207 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 3: again because they're loaded. He's got a ranch in North Dakota. 208 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 3: So he goes to lie under the stars and he's 209 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: you know, listening to the wolves. And that's where he 210 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 3: starts riding horses. He's not the best rider, he says 211 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 3: in his own autobiography. In his ridings, he's spent thirteen 212 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 3: hours riding in this and he'd be like, I don't 213 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 3: care how cold it is. I don't care how hot 214 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 3: it is. What fifty below zero they tracked on one 215 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 3: of the days he was out there. And what I again, 216 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 3: this is the key lesson is that I love that 217 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 3: he teaches you that success doesn't come from having natural gifts. 218 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 3: It comes from how hard you work your gifts. And man, 219 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 3: do I teach my kids that lesson in their lives, Like, 220 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 3: I don't care what you can or can't do, it's 221 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 3: how eventually hard work. I know there's talent, but eventually 222 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 3: hard work can beat it. And Teddy Roosevelt is the 223 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 3: epitome of that. 224 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 2: That's where he. 225 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 3: Becomes the big, you know, strong guy. It's not he's 226 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 3: not born like he's bigger than everyone else, and so yes, 227 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 3: it's easy. He's born weak as could be and builds 228 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 3: himself into this man of nature that can go out there, 229 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,719 Speaker 3: and you know, everyone suddenly like, oh, I want to 230 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 3: follow that guy into battle. 231 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: You know what else, I didn't realize that, like when 232 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: when when you start talking about where he gets to, 233 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: like national parks and whether it's the Grand Canyon where 234 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: or Niagara Falls, I didn't realize that. Like back in 235 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: the day, dude, Yellowstone was a dump. 236 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 3: Dump. I mean, the animals were treated terribly. They would steal, 237 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 3: shut the geysers, the trees were not replanted that they 238 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 3: put their own trash on the ground, and no one 239 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 3: stopped you from littering. Nobody, and private companies would overcharge 240 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 3: people to stay there. And he worked with a group 241 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 3: to protect Yellowstone. Then they went on to protect Yosemite, 242 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 3: then they went on to look at the Grand Canyon, 243 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 3: and you know, he started five national parks. But the 244 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 3: reason we have the National Park Service and all that stuff. 245 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 3: You know, the first time I ever went to the 246 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 3: National parks those years and years ago, a buddy of 247 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 3: mine who lives in London, said to me, what is 248 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 3: beautiful at what you do here is He's like in London, 249 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 3: he's like, we have cathedrals and castles. He's like, in Europe, 250 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 3: that's what we think is beautiful and priceless. He's like, 251 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 3: but here and only in America do we save huge 252 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 3: swaths of land and say that cliffs are beautiful, forests, rivers, birds, wildlife. 253 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 3: That that's the priceless thing. And it's Teddy Roosevelt. And 254 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 3: that's why I use that language. It's based on my 255 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 3: old my buddy, and I was like, that's what when 256 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 3: you go to a National park man, say a prayer, 257 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: say a thank you to Teddy Roosevelt. That's the guy 258 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 3: who made it happen. 259 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: Hey, when you, like Brad, obviously you used to live 260 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: here when you and when you were here, you would 261 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: see all the monuments that exist, whether you know it's 262 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: it's for Lincoln or Jefferson or whatever it is, or 263 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: the Washington Monument doesn't matter. 264 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 2: And then like I always remember. 265 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: Thinking like, oh, that's cool, Like Roosevelt got like his 266 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: own island, but it's kind of separated from everything. 267 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 2: But once you realize like what his like, what was 268 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 2: important to him? 269 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 1: The fact that he's got his own Island and it's 270 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: kind of away from everything. 271 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 2: It makes total sense. 272 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 3: Of course. I mean it's one hundred and fifty National 273 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 3: forest and this know, those five National Barks, fifty one 274 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 3: Federal Bird Preserves, four National Game Preserve, of eighteen National minds, 275 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 3: two hundred and fifty million acres of public lands. And 276 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 3: he gets his face and he's really the only quote 277 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 3: unquote modern guy on Mount Rushmore. And by the way, 278 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 3: I went to Mount Rushmore and when you go there, 279 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 3: everyone's like, oh, yeah, who's the fourth guy Roosevelt? Right, FDR. 280 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 3: There he is. And I'm like, people do not know, 281 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 3: they do not know who. And I'm sitting and by 282 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 3: the way, when someone says that to me, it's within 283 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 3: hearing distance of me. When I'm at like, I can't 284 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 3: help myself, I'm walking over to the family. I'm like, 285 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 3: that is not FDR. I gotta tell you right now. 286 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 3: But he is the only guy with Jefferson and Lincoln 287 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 3: and Wash. I mean, that's that's a that's a badass 288 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 3: party group right there, right And he's the he's the 289 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 3: guy that's like, you know up there, And I love 290 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 3: the fact that he's the one who's there. 291 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: Hey, great, can I ask you this, like I've never 292 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: been to I've never been to Mount Rushmore. But you'll 293 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: hear people that'll go like, oh, it's spectacular, and then 294 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: you hear people will go like, nah, overrated. 295 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: Did you like it? 296 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: I went, I think it's all Expectator. It's like the 297 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 3: Mona Lisa right, Like, I went, going, this can't be 298 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 3: that good, Like it can't right. I went after It 299 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: was right after I graduated college, and so I'm at 300 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 3: like my height of thinking everything sucks, and I went 301 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: there thinking this is just going to be terrible. But 302 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 3: I like the history, so I'm going and I was like, 303 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 3: it's cool. It's a crazy place to go. There's nothing 304 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 3: else to do, like you're literally out there, but I 305 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 3: don't know. It was cool to me, like it's in 306 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 3: the middle of nowhere and U And the one cool part, 307 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 3: which I found about years later, there's a secret room 308 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 3: behind it where they store stuff. And that's pretty freaking 309 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 3: cool to me too. 310 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 2: Have you been in that room now? 311 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 3: Hard? I tried to get in that room when we 312 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 3: had the History Channel TV show, Oh I bet I 313 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 3: used I little use Like I was like, let me 314 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 3: in the secret room behind the heads, Like that's all 315 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 3: I want to go to like because I was like, 316 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 3: I'm putting stuff in there. There's not a question I'm 317 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 3: putting stuff. 318 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 2: Hey, what is what is the look? What is the 319 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 2: what is the rumor of what's in that room? 320 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 3: You know? The rumor is of course that everything's in 321 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 3: there right like that we you know the illuminati are 322 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 3: in there and there the secret story. It's storage for 323 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 3: the national part. That's what it is. 324 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 2: It's okay, all right, hey, and you know who else? 325 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: And I know that you always give Chris Elliopolis a 326 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: ton of credit for the arm the but you know 327 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: what's great the and I mean listen, it's Teddy Roosevelt. 328 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: And mentally we all have a picture of what Teddy 329 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: Roosevelt looks like. I love when he's swaddled as a 330 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: baby and he got that big ass mustache. 331 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 3: It's let me tell you something. The best Chris elli 332 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 3: opis is the secret weapon. I'll never stop saying it. 333 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 3: I love that when he's truly a newborn baby, he's 334 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 3: got a mustache. And I remember the very first one, 335 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 3: the very first I Am book we ever did we 336 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 3: did it? I mean, yeah, are in Abraham Lincoln and 337 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 3: the first reviewer because we did a similar thing. We 338 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 3: put a little beard in a top hat on little 339 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 3: Abraham Lincoln, and the review was like, the book is 340 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 3: so whatever. You know, it's the facts are good, but 341 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 3: there's one glaring era in the book, which is Abraham 342 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 3: Lincoln did not wear a top hat or have a 343 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 3: beard when he was a little boy. I'm like, no, crap, 344 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 3: Like are you kidding me? Like that's the joke like 345 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 3: it is. I was like, oh, they don't have a 346 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 3: sense of humor when they Oh I got it. I 347 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 3: got But I took that lesson and completely ignored it 348 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 3: because I was like, yes, we want a mustache on him, 349 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 3: no matter how little he is. And that's the best part. Man. 350 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 3: Babies with mustaches is what I stand for. 351 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: Hey, by the way, Brandon, you mentioned this earlier about like, 352 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: obviously the timing is smart with Teddy Roosevelt in America 353 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: two fifty. But if you go back through your collection 354 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: of books, like if you were to say, like, let's 355 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: look at and obviously it's why these heroes exist. 356 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 2: That really is a great collection. People. 357 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: As you get to a milestone where people look back 358 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: and celebrate. 359 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 3: The country, listen to that when we started, it was 360 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 3: pretty obvious for to pick right. You pick Abraham Lincoln, 361 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 3: you pick Rosa Parks, you pick those are popular. But 362 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 3: eventually you start going, what do I want for kids today? 363 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 3: What do kids need today? And that's why, you know, 364 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 3: when we were doing mental health, we did some own biles. 365 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 3: When we were doing empathy, I was like, oh, I 366 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 3: got to do empathy. So we did Princess Diana. But 367 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 3: it wasn't just that America to fifty, although yeah, it's 368 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 3: the perfect tie in and all that, but it was 369 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,719 Speaker 3: also the idea of where we are as a culture 370 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 3: right now, and as a culture right now, it just 371 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 3: feels like the American dream is under attack. I feel like, 372 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 3: to me, the American dream has never been about money. 373 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 3: It's not about power. It's about when you see someone 374 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 3: being picked on, you use your voice and you say 375 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 3: enough already enough. And I feel like where we are 376 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 3: right now is we have of politicians who just think 377 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 3: more of themselves than of anyone else. They think. You know, 378 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 3: we got to stop dancing on people's graves. And it's 379 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 3: okay to me to disagree politically, but you don't attack 380 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 3: each other personally. And if you don't teach your kids 381 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 3: a better way, then you get what you know you 382 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 3: that's what we get. And to me, what this book 383 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 3: stands for is to show you what it's like when 384 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 3: you think about someone other than yourself. So, you know, 385 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 3: my favorite part of the whole book, it's my favorite 386 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 3: speech of all time, is a man in the arena speech. 387 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 3: And not that I'll read all things, but just as 388 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 3: a clip of it, it says, it's not the critic 389 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 3: who counts, not the man who points out how the 390 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 3: strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who's 391 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 3: actually in the arena, who comes up short again and again, 392 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 3: but keeps trying so that his place shall never be 393 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 3: with those timid souls who need to know victory nor defeat. 394 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 3: And we put it. You know, Chris just killed that page. 395 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 3: I said, Chris, we want a big American flag behind it. 396 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 3: I want to read that on July fourth with my kids, 397 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 3: with my nieces, with my nephew, And that, to me 398 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 3: is how we teach our kids to be better Americans. 399 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 3: And that's what this book is all about. Yeah, it's 400 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 3: great to have it for July fourth, but man fight 401 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 3: back against the cynesism you see today and teach your kids, 402 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 3: or responsibility to help and care for people other than themselves. 403 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: Hey, I don't want to shoot too far ahead, but 404 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: I was I was looking the next one in the 405 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: series is The Right Brothers, And I know that's down 406 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: the road before that, before that comes out, is the 407 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: Right brother is gonna be another one of those that 408 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 1: I started reading going. 409 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 2: Like, oh goddamn, I didn't know anything about them. 410 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 3: You know nothing about how smart the Right Brothers are. 411 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 2: I know they I know they flew. They're smart. 412 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 3: They're smart, they flew. They are Well, it's a I'm 413 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 3: gonna be on tour for that one, so we're gonna 414 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 3: have some fun. But like that, it's the fortieth book 415 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 3: in the series, right And we had people vote, we 416 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 3: had people vote for it, and I was like, it 417 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 3: was the Right Brothers. It was Taylor Swift, it was 418 00:19:57,960 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 3: Lebron James. We were like, I'm like, I know who's 419 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 3: gon to win this and and America voted, you know, 420 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 3: for the Right Brothers. And my wife, my daughter was 421 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 3: literally like did the adults vote or did the kids vote? 422 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 3: And I'm like, I don't really care about you right now, 423 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 3: but the Right Brothers, the Right it's not that they're smart. 424 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 3: They're risking their lives to fly. 425 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 2: This plane, like nobody can fly. 426 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 3: And they're like, yeah, let's throw something off a cliff 427 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 3: and see if we survive. Like they're just awesome. You're 428 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 3: gonna like them. 429 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 2: Hey. Also, I wanted to ask you before I run 430 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 2: out of time, when were you? When were you in Japan. 431 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 3: Three weeks ago? 432 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 2: Were you really? It was that reason? 433 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah recently, Yeah, we were just there. It was 434 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 3: Japan is so wild. We went to a baseball game, Elliott. 435 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 3: So we go to Tokyo Dome, and at the baseball 436 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 3: game there, they're so considerate to each other. You in 437 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 3: the in the infield, you don't stand up during the game, 438 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 3: even in a great play like the outfield they you 439 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 3: cheer for your team. You stand up, cheer for your team, 440 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 3: and then when the other team is up, you sit 441 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 3: down and the other team cheers. You take turns cheering, 442 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 3: and when a bad play happens, nobody booze. I'm like, what, 443 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 3: this would not last for one second America. And then 444 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 3: when a big play happened that was big home run, 445 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 3: it was like I jumped out of my seat instinctively. 446 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 3: My son did too, and there was like one Japanese 447 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 3: guy along the first base line who stood up. Nobody 448 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 3: else even on the dance cam. When they go around 449 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 3: the stadium, everyone dances in their seats so you don't 450 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 3: block the person behind you. I'm like, this would not 451 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 3: fly in America for two seconds, but I want. 452 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: To point out the So I saw a picture of 453 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: you in in Japan, and I believe correct me if 454 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: I'm wrong. You were wearing a Japanese Batman and Robin 455 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: t shirt as you are touring around Japan. 456 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 3: I also made sure from the woman who has taking 457 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 3: us around. I was like, what does this shows say? 458 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 3: She looks on my shirt, she goes Batman. I'm like, good, 459 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 3: because I wanted to make sure it didn't say like idiot, 460 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 3: I can't read Japanese. But I bought that strip. I'm like, 461 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 3: you're gonna my my buddy chip Kid did a book 462 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 3: on Japanese Batman, and I was like, you better believe 463 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 3: I'm getting that shirt. Of course I had that, and 464 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 3: by the way, I didn't buy it in Japan. I've 465 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 3: had that shirt for ten years. 466 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 2: I believe that. I totally believe that. 467 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 3: Why not, Why shouldn't I have a Japanese Batman shirt. 468 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 3: It's awesome. 469 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 2: Was the Mario Kart ride fun. 470 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 3: So we did real Mario Kart in the streets. It 471 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 3: was basically just like real Mario Kart, but way more Jewish, 472 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 3: and so it was the most The travel agent said, 473 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 3: we can't book this for you because it's so dangerous 474 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 3: that we won't get insurance on it. But all of 475 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 3: our friends were like, you gotta do it, and you 476 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 3: go on the streets of Tokyo. The carts go forty 477 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 3: miles an hour, no helmets. Oh my god, I found 478 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 3: it is forty miles an hour. Like that is not 479 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 3: like when you go to like the park and you 480 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 3: you know, you are flying. And Cory and I were 481 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 3: like my wife and I were like, this is the 482 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 3: most dangerous thing we've ever done. And by the way, 483 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 3: you know, we're dressed up like I brought. They're like, 484 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 3: we can't. They got sued so much by the Mario 485 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 3: people that they're like, you can't wear any Nintendo stuff. 486 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 3: And I was like, that's fine, I'm buying all of it, 487 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 3: and I bought Mario hats. Luigi. I was like, I 488 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 3: showed up in full costume and the moment they turned 489 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 3: their back to my family. I'll send you the picture 490 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 3: is full because we play Mario Kart like a like 491 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 3: say the death in my family, like it's a blood 492 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 3: sport here, like that thing is a blood sport. And 493 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 3: we were flying through the streets of Tokyo. It was bananas. 494 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 2: Oh my god, that's amazing, all right. 495 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 3: I wanted to at the very end throw like a 496 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 3: banana peel at my son because I was just like, 497 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 3: I'm doing it. I'm gonna carry it around for days, 498 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 3: all right. 499 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: I am Teddy Roosevelt is out and available now. It's 500 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: part of Ordinary People Change the World, part of Brad 501 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: Meltzer series. 502 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 2: Brad, the book's fantastic. I appreciate the time. Thank you, sir, 503 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 2: love you, Love you too, talk to you later. Thanks Buddy,