1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back in our number two final show of the 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: year for either Buck or myself, and Buck is already 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: on Christmas vacation. I will soon be joining my family 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: on Christmas vacation. The boys, the Travis Boys, are all 5 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:22,159 Speaker 1: out of school and super excited as kids are to 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: be out of school. I'll mention this again in the 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: third hour, but I wanted to make sure I didn't 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: forget to do it here. Thank you guys, from both 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: Buck and myself. We started this show, this ride with 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: you guys in twenty twenty one, so we've been with 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: you in twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three, 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, and now twenty twenty five, so that 13 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: is parts of five years, and next year, when we 14 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: go into twenty twenty six, that will be six years. 15 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: And I know a lot of you out there are 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: thinking to yourself, there's no way that's true, because as 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: you age, the years move by super fast, and so 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: I'm kind of blown away by that too. But we 19 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: have enjoyed every single moment. We hope that we have 20 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: helped to make the country a little bit better than 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: it otherwise would have been. And we are certainly honored 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: every single day to sit down in front of this 23 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: microphone that Russia Emba made famous and to help to 24 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: speak sanity into at all, too often an insane world. 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: So we thank you for this opportunity, this privilege, and 26 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: thank you guys for letting us move into a sixth 27 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: calendar year with all of you starting next year. And 28 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: it's been another really good year for growth. I've mentioned 29 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: this before, but I think it's worth noting when we 30 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: came in in twenty twenty one, we had three hundred 31 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: and fifty stations nationwide. As we are finishing twenty twenty five, 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: we now have over five hundred and fifty stations nationwide, 33 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: So we have grown by two hundred stations over the 34 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: course of the past four or five years. And that's 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 1: a credit to you, guys, because you're listening all over 36 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: the country in all fifty states, and certainly we love 37 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: all of you that are listening right now on the podcast. 38 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: But you can imagine a lot of people when you 39 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: step into shoes that are this massive, say there's no 40 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: way on earth these two knuckleheads are going to last 41 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: anytime at all. And it's credit to you, guys that 42 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: not only have we lasted, we have thrived, and I 43 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: think it's quite clear that we love hanging out with 44 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: you every single day for three hours. So thank you, 45 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: all right. Opposite of thriving, I tease this last hour, 46 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: and as I was reading and getting ready for the 47 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: show today, I couldn't help but go through my usual 48 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: review of the stock market to see how things are 49 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: moving there. You guys know, I love to update you 50 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: as needed, sometimes more often than some of you care, 51 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: on what's going on in the stock market, going on 52 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: in the media landscape. And this morning, Nike stock is tanking. 53 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: And I know some of you probably have Nike stock, 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: so I'm not trying to add to your misery here 55 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: in the holiday season, but Nike stock has now dropped 56 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: below sixty dollars a share. I wrote seven years ago, 57 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: in September of twenty eighteen, that it was a bad 58 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: idea to buy stock in Nike because Nike had moved 59 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: from a company that embraced the meritocracy. This was really 60 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: a large part the thesis of my book Republicans by 61 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: Sneakers Too. From a company that's goal was to speak 62 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: to sports fans everywhere and sell them sneakers and sell 63 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: them gear. Michael Jordan was right. He's now admitted that 64 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: this was a quote. He was asked in the nineteen nineties, 65 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: why aren't you political, Michael, Why do you do not 66 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: speak out on so many different issues that confront the country. 67 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: And his answer was Republicans by sneakers two. I love 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: that answer because sports is a unifying force and it 69 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: should be the case. And I really believe this, and 70 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: I've founded much of my career on it that when 71 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: you're in a stadium or an arena and your team wins, 72 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: you shouldn't be thinking about anything other than high fiving 73 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: the person around you. And Jordan got that, and it's 74 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: why to this day, sorry for all the people in 75 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: Salt Lake. The most watched game in the history of 76 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: basketball was Game six, nineteen ninety eight NBA Finals when 77 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan, yes, he pushed off Brian Russell a little bit, 78 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: stepped back and hit a jumper to win the sixth 79 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: title for the Chicago Bulls. In eight years, over thirty 80 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: million people watched that game. It is the the most 81 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: watched game still in the history of basketball in America. 82 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: Never have more people watched a game. Lots of other 83 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: sports have set new record highs. Super Bowl, for instance, 84 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: that we just watched many of us in February of 85 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: this year, was the most watched football game that's ever 86 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: aired in the history of the United States. So the 87 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: NFL has continued to set records. The NBA hasn't. Why 88 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: it's because Nike decided to go woke. I'm going to 89 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: play an ad for you from back in twenty eighteen 90 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: in a moment. But think about when you grew up. 91 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: Nike epitomized athletic excellence, the meritocracy. If you remember, if 92 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: you grew up around my age, you will Bono's. Do 93 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: you remember the Bonos commercials that were so great? If 94 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: you remember all of the Michael Jordan ads for Nike, 95 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: If you are around my agent, you remember how every 96 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: time a new Air Jordan sneaker came out, we all 97 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: couldn't wait to see them. We hoped that we might 98 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: be able to afford him. Heck, some of y'all are 99 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: out there right now and your sneaker heads to this 100 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: day because you grew up on Air Jordan's great stat 101 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: for you. Even to this day, Michael Jordan's Air Jordan 102 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: brand out sells every current NBA player sneaker combined. Think 103 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: about how wild that is. That's how beloved Michael Jordan was. 104 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: When they released that documentary The Last Dance during COVID, 105 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,799 Speaker 1: when there were no sports going on, more people watched 106 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: the documentary about the nineteen ninety Chicago Bulls than watched 107 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: the actual NBA Finals with Lebron James in them that year. 108 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: People would rather watch a documentary about Michael Jordan than 109 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: an actual game featuring Lebron James. Why why did all 110 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: this happen? Because deep down American DNA craves excellence. We 111 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: want to be the biggest, the best, the baddest ass 112 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: that has ever existed. That was Jordan. Now can it 113 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: come with pratt falls? Yeah. Most people who are driven 114 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: to be the best at something, they also have a 115 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: few flaws. Elon Musk right now, I think is the 116 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: greatest American capitalist of all time. If you look at 117 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: what he's done with Tesla, if you look at what 118 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: he's doing with SpaceX, if you look at what he's 119 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: doing with X and XAI, the Boring Company, all of 120 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: them are extraordinary successes, the likes of which, and I 121 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: don't think I'm exaggerating here, it's the greatest capitalist ever. 122 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: Susie Wilds talked about this in The Vanity Fair. But 123 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: he's also a bit of an odd duck. He's got 124 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: a lot of kids by a lot of different women. 125 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: Fourteen kids, I think, by a lot of different women 126 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: right now. It's probably not always really easy to get 127 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: along with Steve Jobs back at Apple, really difficult to 128 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: get along with, you know, when you say, like Steve 129 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: Jobs did, my job is not to give people what 130 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: they want. It's to give people what they aren't even 131 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: aware they want. Yet I've got to create that kind 132 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: of cocky and so if you're looking at that and 133 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: you're saying, yeah, and there's a downside to it. But 134 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: if excellence is the standard, Nike made its focus the meritocracy, 135 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: the best man or the best woman. They wanted their 136 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: sneakers on you. They wanted to convince you that you 137 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: would run faster, jump higher, that you would in some 138 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: way emulate the successes of the people that they put 139 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: on the Nike brand. It was all about excellence, the meritocracy. 140 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: Nike wanted the best man or the best woman, not 141 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: the best man pretending to be a woman, to win. 142 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: And then a record scratch moment happened in twenty eighteen. 143 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna play this ad for you. Suddenly, Nike decided, 144 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: instead of Kobe Bryant, instead of Michael Jordan, instead of 145 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: the greatest athletes of their era representing the brand, they 146 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: were gonna pivot. They were gonna go woke. They gave 147 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: millions of dollars to Colin Kaepernick, and they said this 148 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: is the new Nike. And this aired seven years ago. 149 00:09:54,320 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 2: Listen, if people say your dreams are crazy, laugh at 150 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 2: what you think you can do. Goodn't stay that way, 151 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: because what non believers fail to understand is that calling 152 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 2: a dream crazy is not an insult, it's a compliment. 153 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 2: Don't try to be the fastest runner in your school 154 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 2: or the fastest in the world. Be the fastest ever. 155 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 2: Don't picture yourself wearing Obj's jersey, picture OBJ wearing yours. 156 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 2: Don't settle for homecoming queen or linebacker. 157 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 1: Do both. 158 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 2: Lose one hundred and twenty pounds and become an iron 159 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 2: man after beating a brain tumor. Don't believe you have 160 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 2: to be like anybody to be somebody. If you're born 161 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 2: a refugee, don't let us stop you from playing soccer 162 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: for the national team at age sixteen. Don't become the 163 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 2: best basketball player on the planet. Be bigger than basketball inters. 164 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 2: Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. 165 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: All right, stop it right there. Believe in something, even 166 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: if it means sacrificing everything. They tried to cloak their 167 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: message in the guise of Colin Kaepernick there, but people said, 168 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: wait a minute, Colin Kaepernick is making way more money 169 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: as an advocate than he ever had as a quarterback. 170 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 1: He got multiple Netflix documentary deals, He got paid millions 171 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: of dollars by Nike. If Colin Kaepernick had been the 172 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: best quarterback in the NFL and he had decided to 173 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: take a knee to protest anything, do you know what 174 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: would have happened? He would have stayed employed. But when 175 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: they started to sell the face of the brand, now 176 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: is Colin Kaepernick believe in something even if it means 177 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: sacrificing everything. Colin Kaepernick wasn't the best quarterback in the NFL. 178 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: I'm not sure he was the twenty fifth best quarterback 179 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: at the NFL at the time that he took a knee. 180 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan, whatever you thought about him, heck Lebron, James Heck, 181 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant. Whatever you thought about those guys, they were 182 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: the best of their era. The minute that Nike decided, Hey, 183 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: we're going to focus on an athlete for an advertising 184 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: campaign that has nothing to do with excellence on the 185 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: field and everything to do with a political perspective, they 186 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: turned their back on Michael Jordan. Republicans by sneakers too, 187 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: and they basically extended a middle finger to half of 188 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: America and said, screw y'all. And that's being kind for 189 00:12:55,679 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: what they said, left wing politics or nothing. When that 190 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 1: ad ran Nike stock, I wrote about it at USA Today, 191 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: I've linked it on my Twitter account. Nike stock was 192 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: eighty five dollars a share. Seven years later, stock market 193 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: is up about one hundred and fifty percent. It is 194 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: if you had a dollar in it now, you've got 195 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: nearly two fifty right all the rest of the market 196 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: has gone up substantially. Nike stock as I speak to 197 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: you right now, is fifty nine dollars a share. You 198 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 1: would have lost if you had just seen that cultural 199 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: pivot like I did and said sell your Nike stock, 200 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: which I did, and everybody in the whole sports media 201 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: came after me and said, Klay Travis has no idea 202 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: what he's talking about. Seven years later, eighty five dollars 203 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: share price, Now it's fifty nine dollars. It's not just 204 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: that the price has declined substantially, it's that the rest 205 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: of the market has gone up substantially. You've lost a 206 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: ton of money if you bought Nike stock and held 207 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: it because they went woke and burned down the entire 208 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: framework of the company. All of the culture that was 209 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: created with Michael Jordan was gone with Colin Kaepernick. And 210 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: I think it's emblematic. Some of you can say, well, 211 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: why should I care about Nike? This is what happens. 212 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: Culture wins. Culture wins in everything. The culture that you 213 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: create in your family, in your company, in your city, 214 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: in your state, in your country ultimately dictates the result 215 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: that you're going to get. And if you allow this 216 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: woke culture virus into your family, into your company, into 217 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: your city, into your state, into your country, the results 218 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: are going to be awful. Because the only way we 219 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: advance is by embracing the meritocracy. The best among us 220 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: should have the highest p possible results. When we start 221 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: saying the athletes we should aspire to embody are people 222 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: who are speaking out about politics whatever they are, not 223 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: about the excellence of their actual performance. The culture is lost. 224 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: This is what I think about all the time now 225 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: that I'm getting to be an old guy. Culture. Culture, culture, 226 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: The culture that you create in life dictates every element 227 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: of success individually and also in a larger context. It's 228 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: no surprise to me that the culture Nike created, which 229 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: turned away from excellence in the meritocracy of Michael Jordan 230 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: to the left wing activism of Colin Kaepernick, led ultimately 231 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: to the cratering of the company. If you go woke, 232 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: everything else will be a disastrous rubble, doesn't matter what 233 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: it is. 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How much 260 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: time do you spend thinking about the culture that you're 261 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: creating a lot of times we don't because we're so 262 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: focused on the external noise. What is somebody gonna try 263 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: to do to me? What is somebody gonna try to 264 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: do to my family? And that's great to protect yourself 265 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: from external forces. What is somebody gonna do to my company? 266 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: But I don't think people think enough about what we 267 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: do to destroy often the things that we love internally 268 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: based on the choices that we make, Nike is actually 269 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: emblematic of what often ends up pattern. And if you 270 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: want to protect your family, you want to protect those 271 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: you love, but you want to do it in non 272 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: lethal fashion. That's what Saber does. Go to saberradio dot 273 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: com right now, sab r e radio dot com. They 274 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: have all sorts of protecting devices for your family. Non 275 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: lethal pepper spray projectile launcher. It's shaped like a gun, 276 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: but it sets off the pepper spray will protect you. 277 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 1: Maybe you got people coming in to your house at 278 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: all hours. I was just live on the show and 279 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: I got five people walking in to work on one 280 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: of my cameras to the right side of me. There's 281 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: people around all the time. Maybe there's a lot of 282 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: people coming in and out. Maybe you got teenagers. It's Christmas. 283 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: Maybe they're gonna be out with their friends, sneaking in 284 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: late hours. Get hooked up at Saber Radio to protect 285 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: your family. Saberradio dot com, Incredible deals, s A b 286 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: R E Radio dot com. Go Today we are continuing 287 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: to follow. They now say the brown shooter Theron University 288 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: shooter is dead. He has shot himself and they are 289 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: now saying that he also likely as we started off 290 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: the show discussing killed the MIT professor as well, and 291 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: we were talking about culture as it pertains to Nike 292 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: and how the culture of whatever you create, your family, 293 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: your own self, if you don't have a big family, 294 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: your company, your state, your city, your country, culture ultimately 295 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: dictates everything. If you make good choices, then you're going 296 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: over time to end up in a better place than 297 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: if you make bad choices. And if you question that, 298 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: I make a lot of bad choices in my golf game, 299 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: Golf as a metaphor for life is not a bad 300 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: symbol for those of you out there that golf at all. 301 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: How often do you find yourself out of the fairly 302 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: very often? For me? How often do you find yourself 303 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: with a bad lie? Very often? And how often do 304 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: you try to do a hero shot to put yourself 305 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: back where you should have been? If you had just 306 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: stayed in the fair way in the first place a 307 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: ton of times. If you ever find yourself in golf 308 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: thinking I'm going to cover my face right after this shot, 309 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: which I have found myself doing a lot of times, 310 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: you are attempting a hero shot. If you are playing 311 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: with a friend and he's in the golf cart and 312 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: he leans over in preparation for your shot to ensure 313 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: that you don't beat him in the back of the 314 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: head and kill him, you are attempting a hero shot. 315 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: If you have ever started to take a golf swing 316 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: and thought this shot might well ricochet and take out 317 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: my teeth or break my nose, it's probably something you 318 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: shouldn't do. Speaking of which you know, I've done a 319 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,959 Speaker 1: bunch of these charity pro ams. Now jaw rule the rapper. 320 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 1: Did you guys see the video of him his tea 321 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: shot where he hit at such an improbable angle that 322 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: the person who was filming it, who was basically perpendicular 323 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: to him, it should be very difficult to hit a 324 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 1: golf shot that way. You should be safe in that 325 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: tea box. Now he hit him. 326 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: Uh. 327 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen that video, that is an example 328 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 1: of a bad golf shot that is leading the culture. Amok. 329 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: But I do think it's important and instructive. As we 330 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: finished twenty five to think about that quite a lot. 331 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: And I think about it in the context of a 332 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 1: quote that I heard back in the past that some 333 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: of you may have heard before. A college football coach 334 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: told me, we recruit our own problems. And I just 335 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: thought to myself, that is such a perfect way of 336 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: describing much of what goes on in life. We recruit 337 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: our own problems. Most of the time we worry about 338 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: it external. Oh what's that person going to do to me? 339 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: Oh what's that company going to do to me? Most 340 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: destruction is internal, not external. And do we recruit our 341 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: own problems? The coach was talking about the culture you create. 342 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: The culture you create dictates success. If you create a 343 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: culture that blames everybody else this woke mind virus. If 344 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: you create a culture that says, oh, actually, this company, well, 345 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: it's it's taking advantage of people, it's pillaging them. If 346 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 1: you create a culture of futility and blame, you're going 347 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: to have a culture that collapses. And I was thinking 348 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: about that right now because on the right wing in 349 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: this country, Well, let me first give you a little 350 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: bit of advice, My advice as we finish off twenty 351 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: twenty five. Clip it, share it with your kids, Graduate 352 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: high school, get married, job. If you do those three things, 353 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: your poverty rate in America is basically zero. Graduate high school. 354 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: Everybody can do it, no matter how rich your mom 355 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: or dad are, no matter where you're going to school. 356 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: Everybody can graduate high school. Everybody can eventually get married, 357 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: and everybody can eventually have kids. After those two things 358 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: you do that, you have a poverty rate basically of zero. 359 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: But I wanted to play a cut. Ben Shapiro yesterday 360 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: was speaking out at Amfest. Erica Kirk Big News. I 361 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: would say, the wife of Charlie Kirk endorsed JD Vance. 362 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: But Ben Shapiro was speaking about truth and trying to 363 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: be honest with audience and what the impact of that 364 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: can be in a significant way. And I thought he 365 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: did a really good job of calling out things that 366 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: are untrue and people who are spreading untruths sometimes people 367 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: who are spreading on truths and being actually rewarded for them. 368 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: And I am scrolling through right now. Let's start with 369 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: Erica Kirk because I thought Erica was good in what 370 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: she said, this is cut thirteen. 371 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 4: I've said it before and I'll say it again. The 372 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 4: mission didn't end with Charlie's life. It's being lived out 373 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 4: through each and every one of you in your own way. Again, 374 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 4: it doesn't matter, your age, doesn't matter, your race, doesn't matter. 375 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: Your background. 376 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 4: Amfest is not about echo chambers. It's very important to 377 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:50,959 Speaker 4: know that because it's about sharpening one another. It's about 378 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 4: digging deeper into ideas instead of retreating into slogans, and 379 00:24:55,960 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 4: it's about remembering that freedom requires responsibility and truth requires courage. 380 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 1: Okay, that's well said, and certainly on this show we 381 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: like to say the First Amendment is alive and well. 382 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: I've always believed that the marketplace of ideas, sometimes you're 383 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: going to get a bloody nose, sometimes you're going to 384 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: get a black eye. People are going to come after 385 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: things that you say and they may not agree, and 386 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: that's okay. And the marketplace of ideas requires that the 387 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: best ideas win. But also it requires that there be 388 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: a marketplace a variety of opinions, so that you're not 389 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: just constantly the preacher speaking to the choir. You have 390 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: to convert people to your way of thinking. You have 391 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: to evangelize for the truth and for the First Amendment. 392 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,199 Speaker 1: So I thought Ben Shapiro here going after one of 393 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: his former employees, Candice Owens, over lies that she has 394 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: spread about who killed Charlie Kirk. Pretty strong elbows punches, 395 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,640 Speaker 1: sometimes scraps get nasty. This has cut fourteen. 396 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 5: Because we have a duty to truth, we also have 397 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 5: a duty to provide you with evidence of the claims 398 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 5: that we make. Emotive accusations, conspiracy theories, at just asking questions. 399 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 5: That's lazy and stupid and misleading. None of them are 400 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 5: a substitute for truth. None of them are a substitute 401 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 5: for evidence. So when Candies Owen says, I don't know no, 402 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 5: but I know that is retarded, and we are all 403 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 5: more retarded for having heard. 404 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: Its going after her aggressively. And then I thought Ben again, 405 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: I watched his address yesterday at Amfest. I thought he 406 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: did a good job. Here's a little bit more of that. Look, 407 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: you have to speak not in the name of just 408 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 1: what people respond to, but also in the name of principle, 409 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: And if you have to balance between the two, it's 410 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: better to stand on principle than all audience. I thought 411 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: this was really well said Cut fifteen. 412 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 5: The conservative movement is in serious danger. It is in 413 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 5: danger not just from a left that all too frequently 414 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 5: excuses everything up to and including murder. The conservative movement 415 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 5: is also in danger from Charlatan's who claim to speak 416 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 5: in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracism 417 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 5: and dishonesty, who offer nothing but bile and despair, who 418 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 5: seek to undermine fundamental principles of conservatism by championing enervation 419 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 5: and grievance. 420 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 3: These people are. 421 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 5: Frauds, and they are grifters, and they do not deserve 422 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 5: your time, and they are something worse than that, a 423 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 5: danger to the only movement capable of stopping the left 424 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 5: from wrecking the country wholesale. 425 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 1: I thought all of that was really well said. And 426 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: again it goes to threats. It's very easy to focus 427 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: on external threats. It makes us feel better if we 428 00:27:56,160 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: prepare for things that are out there, people who can 429 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: do things to us. We want to protect our family, 430 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: we want to protect our communities. But most of the time, 431 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: most almost always of the time, failure is not external. 432 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: It's internal. And that's tougher to realize because we spend 433 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: a lot of time trying to protect those that we 434 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 1: love from others. But often the failure that we create 435 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,479 Speaker 1: is internal because we don't do a good enough job 436 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: taking care of the culture that we're creating. I don't 437 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: hear a lot of people talking about that. To me, 438 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: the foundation of conservatism is first individual responsibility. If you 439 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: can't in some way control you yourself and put yourself 440 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: in a position to make things better for your family, 441 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: your state, for your country, then how in the world 442 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: can you seek to police others. The first thing you 443 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 1: have to get right is internal, and that's hard right 444 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: because that requires self analysis. It requires frankly hard work, 445 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: and most people aren't willing to do that because it's 446 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: easier to focus on external threats than it is to 447 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: build a strong culture internally. Now, Ben Shapiro's right, people 448 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: on the left have awful ideas. They will kill us 449 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: for the ideas that we even are willing to express. 450 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: The left is attacking Western civilization. But what I think 451 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: we are learning as a country is it's actually internal. 452 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: We don't look. I'm concerned about what China does, I'm 453 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: concerned about what Russia does. I'm concerned about what people 454 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: in other countries might do to us. We have a 455 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:23,719 Speaker 1: military to protect our nation from foreign invaders, but I'm 456 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: more concerned about what we're doing inside the country to freedom, 457 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: to the marketplace of ideas. Look at what's going on 458 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: in Europe right now. They just sent it somebody to 459 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: eighteen months in prison for saying that I'm basically making 460 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: criticisms on social media about immigration. I was just scrolling 461 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: through this morning getting ready for the show, and I 462 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: saw that they had pulled a card off of the 463 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: marketplace in England. It was a holiday card with the 464 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: Grinch on it. This is according to the Daily Mail. 465 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: The headline that the card said this Christmas, I'm identifying 466 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 1: as a Grinch, had a picture of the Grinch. It 467 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: was pulled off shelves because quote, it invalidated the lived 468 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: experiences of trans people. What are we doing? Internal destruction 469 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: of Western civilization is clearly the goal, and it's not 470 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: being foisted upon us externally. It's a cultural battle that 471 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: is occurring inside of this country every day, and I 472 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: think Nike is emblematic of that. I think it's important 473 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: for you guys to see. I think, certainly what Ben 474 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: Shapiro is pointing to is evidence of that as well. 475 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: We have to internally battle with strength in order to 476 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: create an external culture that is worthy of preservation. Think 477 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: about it a little bit as we roll into the 478 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: holiday season, and I don't want to be entirely serious 479 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: on the final show of the year, So we're also 480 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: going to play some of your funny takes on the 481 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: Christmas holiday season movies, which I asked for. You guys 482 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: have loaded us up also eight hundred and two A 483 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: two two eight A two. We'll take some of your 484 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: calls in the third hour, and we're going to be 485 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: joined at the top of the next hour by Oklahoma 486 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: Senator Mark Wayne Mullen. All of that coming your way. 487 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: Last night, I watched a great game, kicked up my feet, 488 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: watched the Seahawks play the Rams on Thursday Night Football. 489 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: I bet a huge percentage of you watched, and our 490 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: prize picks pick at one. I'm going to give you 491 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: the last prize pick of the year in the third hour. 492 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: That is, right after we talk with Senator Markwayne Mullen, 493 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: who is I believe at the big Oklahoma Alabama game 494 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: taking place in Norman, Oklahoma today, the first game of 495 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: the College Football Playoff. 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After much contemplation 515 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:34,840 Speaker 1: and as I continue to age, is Christmas Vacation with 516 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: Chevy Chase. It is the best, the goat, undisputed Christmas 517 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: Heavyweight Champion. All of you disagree with me, are wrong. 518 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: It is Christmas Vacation. I want you, at this point 519 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 1: in time to pick up your phones and go in. Ihearten. 520 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: You can say, Clay, You're brilliant, You're one hundred percent right. 521 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: I don't know how anyone could disagree with your reasoned 522 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 1: analysis of Christmas movie. But I would also like you 523 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: to attack the Christmas movies that you believe are overrated, 524 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 1: that some of your friends and family might have the temerity, 525 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:24,439 Speaker 1: the gall the audacity to argue is actually the best 526 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 1: Christmas movie. It is Christmas Vacation. Tons of you are 527 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: weighing in, and we will play some of these and 528 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: we will have fun as we roll through the final 529 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: show from Buck or myself of the year, and we 530 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 1: have a ton of talkbacks here and I'm going to 531 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 1: try to get through all of them. I'm right now 532 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 1: scrolling and eventually I'm going to have those talkbacks in 533 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,839 Speaker 1: front of me and I'm going to make sure that 534 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,920 Speaker 1: we hit them, and we will just start with AA. Well, 535 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: let's go to bb BB dive in Mike. Yes, I agree. 536 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 6: Break it down categories. It's a wonderful life and Christmas 537 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 6: Story is a great, great, great classic. 538 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: Diehard and First Blood is a. 539 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,759 Speaker 6: Great action for Christmas movies, great ones, Funny one is 540 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 6: like Christmas vacation obviously, and health and great. 541 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think he needs to be some categories. 542 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 5: Christmas Shoes is a very sad but goodlin too. 543 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 2: There you go. 544 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,279 Speaker 1: We will play all of these. I promise that we 545 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: will get them in the third hour. Up next, our buddy, 546 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma. He's at the big 547 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: game between Alabama and Oklahoma. We'll talk about everything with him.