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Speaker 1: my favorite listeners. Welcome to a very special, a very

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Speaker 1: your steadfast host Brian Baumgartner. Today is very exciting for me, everybody.

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Speaker 1: I am here. I've always wanted to say this. I'm

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Speaker 1: Country Club, home of the American Century Championship. That's right,

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Speaker 1: thirty three years this event has been going on. This

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Speaker 1: The people out here, the celebrities we have, some of

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Speaker 1: As most of you know, I'm a big sports fan,

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Speaker 1: I'm so excited to be here. It's a beautiful day,

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Speaker 1: that way. It's the most relaxed broadcasting experience I will

427
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: do all year, and I get to just you know,

428
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,879
Speaker 1: a lot of it is for many many years, I

429
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 1: was out on seventeen, you know, doing the interviews and

430
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,200
Speaker 1: that was fun. And now I'm gonna booth calling golf

431
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: and it's a totally different narrative. I just get to

432
00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: be up there and talk about golf, you know. And

433
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 1: you know, like I found out yesterday, I was talking

434
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 1: to Justin Timberlake. And when do I get to say

435
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 1: that just yesterday I was talking to Justin Timberlake. Anyway,

436
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: I was talking to I was talking to Justin and

437
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 1: he was, there's a commonality about it, like for all

438
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: of us, what do we talk about? What's the first

439
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: thing I said to you? How's your golf? How's your golfka, right,

440
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 1: we're all golfers, you know, for better for worse. And

441
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: so justin it launches into her in there having a

442
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 1: sandwich and hey, hey, doing what's happening? What he've been

443
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: up there? Has your family? This? That? And he said,

444
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 1: and how's your golf? And he says, well, yeah, you know,

445
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 1: and I got this thing going on with my with

446
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: my left side. And he starts telling me about how

447
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: he his shoulder. Guess it's his left shoulder. He's double jointed,

448
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 1: so it kind of pops in and out. Oh jeez.

449
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: And he says, here, check this out. He puts my

450
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,160
Speaker 1: hand on his shoulder. It's clicking in and out. Yeah.

451
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,240
Speaker 1: But anyway, and it's like, so that's all I said. Okay,

452
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,159
Speaker 1: well that'll end up on the air this weekend. But

453
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: it's just it's listen, this is it's just fun. You know.

454
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 1: I enjoy coming here because I just get to talk.

455
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: Can I curse? Yeah, of course I get to talk shit. Yeah,

456
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 1: you know, you know, I listen, I think you've actually

457
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 1: touched on something that I haven't thought about quite in

458
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,199
Speaker 1: this way. I mean, I would like to think and

459
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: I do think it is true that there's just an

460
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: amazing collection of really good guys and gals we're together,

461
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,400
Speaker 1: but that commonality that you just talked about, like there's

462
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: also we're all working on the same thing, and there's

463
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 1: no pretense, there's no there's no I'm better than you.

464
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: I'm gonna you know, because we all suck. We're all

465
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: just doing the rest weekend outside of Mark Maulder and

466
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,040
Speaker 1: Marty Fish and that's you know, Jack Wagner, we all suck.

467
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 1: It's just a degree to which we suck, you know,

468
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: and that you know, we're all equally as consumed by

469
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: the game befuddled by it. But you know, I also

470
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 1: think there's a it feels like a sense of community here,

471
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: you know, like you come here and whether you're a

472
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: broadcaster or a participant, or you're justin timber Lake or

473
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 1: you're somebody that could walk through the crowd and nobody

474
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 1: would know, it doesn't matter. We're all here just part

475
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,719
Speaker 1: of this community and it's fun and it's it just

476
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: it just feels so good. You know, it really feels good.

477
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: I could not agree more. I have said already today

478
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: it's my favorite week of the year. It's also the

479
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 1: most difficult week. It's a most listfficult thing that I

480
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 1: do every year. Dude, listen, I don't know how you

481
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 1: guys do this. I I this morning I was doing

482
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 1: I'm doing a story for the weekend on the seventh hole.

483
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 1: You know, the seventeenth gets all the attention, but the

484
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 1: seventh hole is becoming a little bit of you know,

485
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: a ship show out there, and so we're going to

486
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: do a story about the seventh hole. And so I'm

487
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: out there and I go out there with a camera

488
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 1: coon and this is golf, you know, so these people

489
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: know who I It's not like I'm a celebrity or anything,

490
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: but these people know who I am as Jimmy. Jimmy, Jimmy.

491
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: You gotta hit a shot now. It's eight already in

492
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: the morning. You know, I'm not ready. I haven't loosened up,

493
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 1: I haven't done anything. They shamed me into hitting a shot.

494
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: Fortunately it wasn't awful, But then they shamed me into

495
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: I just like subject to such peer pressure. They shamed

496
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: me into shotgunning a a corona worse a smear novice.

497
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: You know. Yeah, they tossed me one yesterday. It hit

498
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 1: the ground and they just immediately got sprayed by me.

499
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 1: That's that's how I That's how I roll. Can I

500
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: ask you a question? Sure? Let me turn this around

501
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: because I figured you would. Well, I'm you know, it's

502
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: what I do for a living. My wife says, I

503
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: don't have conversations with people. I interview with them. Do

504
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 1: you ever get tired of talking about the office? You know?

505
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 1: Because I could see how you could. I will answer

506
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: the question this way. I am so fascinated. But and

507
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 1: I know you are an author and and and life

508
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: fascinates you as well. I truly became fascinated with what

509
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 1: happened to our show afterward, like that that it became

510
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: more popular after five six years when we had not

511
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: filmed anything, and that the show exploded. That is a

512
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: truly fascinating question with me that I think. I think

513
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: even smarter people than me should try to explore why

514
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 1: that is. But the journey that I've been on and

515
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: trying to answer that question of why has truly brought

516
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: me joy. I think I think it's I think it's

517
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 1: fascinating and that and that young people a show that

518
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: wasn't being made for young people, you know, not just survives,

519
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 1: but thrives this year later. And you know, we were

520
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: a big show. You know, we were on NBC. And

521
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,719
Speaker 1: but you know, for me and for all of us,

522
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: we weren't friends at the time. We weren't Seinfeld even

523
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: you know, we were we were we were the NBC's

524
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 1: number one show, but we weren't that, and now became that.

525
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: Plus that's that's the crazy thing. Yeah, And I've told

526
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: you this before, and you know, many many times. I mean,

527
00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: I have my youngest son is eighteen years old, and

528
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: at one point he became this probably five years ago,

529
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: became so fascinated with the show that every day he

530
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 1: he binged the whole thing three, three times through. And

531
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: when he found out that I knew you, you know,

532
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: I know, listen, I've met Muhammad Ali Michael Jordan's I mean,

533
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 1: I could not have been elevated to higher status in

534
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: his life. I've been to the White House for dinner

535
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: and I listen, none of that matters. Okay, What matters

536
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: is that I you know, Kevin, Okay, so wait, can

537
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: I I'm sorry to turn this around on you. But

538
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: I have always been fascinated with the acting that you

539
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 1: were able to do. When I first met you, I

540
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: could not get it out of my head that you

541
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: weren't that character because that character probably was so challenging

542
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: to become, and it's so different from who you are.

543
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: He's different from who I am. But that's what I say.

544
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: That's the thing that's crazy is that you know, it's

545
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: like me trying to be a golfer, Like I mean,

546
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: I did go to school for it, you know, I was,

547
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 1: you know, but yes, thank you, thank you for what

548
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: I will consider to be a compliment. It is all right, dude,

549
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: I've hijacked your podcast. No, please, Jimmy, thank you so much.

550
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: I'm yeah, I'm excited to spend some time and just

551
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: do me a favor. Just don't Dan Hicks be one,

552
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: be kind to obviously give me some screen time, Dan Hicks,

553
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: There a lot of people don't know this. The most

554
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: famous wrestler in the history of the US. Actually I

555
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 1: believe his name is Bruce bamb Gartner and everyone he

556
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: calls me Bruce. Let's go to Bruce bamb Gartner five

557
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: or whatever. Yes, he did and I've given him hell

558
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: about that before. So just just just remember my name.

559
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: Just remember my name, remember my name, number, my name.

560
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: Thanks Jimmy, always great to see you, all right, Cher Steve, Brian,

561
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: thank you, Thanks Bud. Sure do I can with cream

562
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: fucking made that song. It's incredible. All right, ladies and gentlemen,

563
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 1: A very very special guest. He's promised me to come

564
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 1: back for another episode and and really talk about his

565
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:31,320
Speaker 1: life and his career. But I am joined here by Well,

566
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 1: you're like Beyonce, right, it's just one word. I guess

567
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 1: it's to the miss. That's right, professional wrestler with the

568
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,319
Speaker 1: w W E and and personality. I guess is that

569
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: superstar superstar specifically superstar. I remember the first time I

570
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: met you, which was a long time. I was wondering.

571
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: So yesterday for those that were there was like a

572
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: players meeting at the a C SEE and I saw Brian.

573
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: I wasn't sure if you remembered me. I wanted you

574
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: to know how much I love your podcast, how much

575
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: I love Off the Beat. I loved all the office stuff.

576
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: I think you're tremendous interviewer. Your voice and your transitions

577
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: are absolutely incredible. The dialogue. I love hearing acting and

578
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: how people do their process. I just didn't really enjoy that.

579
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 1: And so what you do and what you dissect you

580
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 1: do such a phenomenal job, but I didn't. I didn't know.

581
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,439
Speaker 1: If you know where where do you? Where? Is your

582
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: first recollection of where we met? My recollection, which I

583
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: think I was accurate, is we were playing in a

584
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:40,479
Speaker 1: celebrity poker event and you had the wrestling belt over

585
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 1: your shoulder and you really made me laugh and we

586
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,360
Speaker 1: hung out there. I think it was a couple of days,

587
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: or it was at least a really long day. It

588
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: was a long day. That was it right now. I

589
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 1: don't know if you'll remember this. Okay, lay do do

590
00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 1: you remember a club named lay Do? If I do

591
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: remember we met there, I don't remember. It's okay, you don't.

592
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: Because there were so many people and I was a

593
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: huge office fan, and I was like, oh my god,

594
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,840
Speaker 1: Brian's here. So I came up, introduced myself. It was

595
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: very quick, and so you wouldn't. It's not something memorable,

596
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: and I wasn't really I was off the real world.

597
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: Maybe it challenges and I think I was just starting

598
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: in w w A and so that's probably why. Well

599
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: let me tell let me tell you something that this

600
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,879
Speaker 1: should make you feel better. I was, I was at

601
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,799
Speaker 1: I think it was a reconstructing it. I was at

602
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: a bar in Los Angeles to watch Sunday football and

603
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:45,479
Speaker 1: occasionally people come up and I take pictures. So years later,

604
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: there's a photo that surfaces of of myself Brian bam Gardner,

605
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: but Kevin Malone with me and post malone, and this this, this,

606
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: this picture starts surfacing round and I see it if

607
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: you're trying out pay any mine. And then my my

608
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: niece sends it to me and says, oh my god,

609
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: is this real? And I had on a black shirt

610
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 1: and I think he had on a white shirt. As

611
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: my recollection, I'll post the picture again, but there's kind

612
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: of a line it looks photoshopped, right, so it's like

613
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: your post Malone Kevin post malone thing. I thought it

614
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: was photoshopped. And then this it just keeps coming up.

615
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: And it had been like a long time before, you know,

616
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 1: since this picture it allegedly happened. So I finally do

617
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: the easiest thing in the world and google Kevin Malone

618
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: post Malone. The first thing that pops up his post

619
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: Malone's Twitter page. Now, I've not ever met him or

620
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: talked to him, and he posted the photo, so it

621
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 1: clearly was him and I at this place in Los

622
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,280
Speaker 1: Angeles that took a photo and I didn't remember that,

623
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: and his name is post Malon. Well it's also, by

624
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: the way, like before, iPhones were really popular and camophones

625
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: are really popular. So we didn't We never got the picture.

626
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: We didn't have a picture that picture to remember it

627
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: by that. But yes we did do uh, we did gamble.

628
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: I'm not I think you beat me by the way

629
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: I did because you were you were really good one

630
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: at that. I want to see that the World Series

631
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: of Poker. You did that. Have you played this week

632
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: at all poker? Yeah? Maybe a little black jack, a

633
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: little black jack, maybe a little all right, okay, okay,

634
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: maybe it's legal here. Do you know what happened to

635
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 1: me yesterday? So I was walking out of my elevator

636
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: and you saw me. I looked, no, no difference, that

637
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: did happen. That happened. But I walked out of my

638
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: larry because I was really tired after yesterday, I mean,

639
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: eighteen holes doing all the media that is here at

640
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 1: a c c and then I get out of the

641
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: elevator and there's a chip. What do you how much

642
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 1: you think that chip was worth five thousand dollars? I

643
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 1: said five thousand dollars it was, and I thought it

644
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,720
Speaker 1: was a joke. I looked down and I looked around

645
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my god, there's a five

646
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: thousand dollar chip here. And I was like, hello, Hello,

647
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 1: is anyone here? I thought this someone was like pranking me.

648
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: So I pick it up and it's a real five

649
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 1: thousand There's no one in the hall. What do you do?

650
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: So I'm I'm trying to think what do you do? Like,

651
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,359
Speaker 1: so if I would call down to the lobby and say, hey,

652
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: I found a five thousand dollar chip, so it's gonna

653
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: someone's gonna be like, yeah, that's me. But I was

654
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: also thinking, man, if I lost five thousand dollars, I

655
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: would be so upset. But also I feel like, if

656
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 1: you have a five thousand allar chip, there's probably a

657
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 1: bunch of other chips to it, and you don't even

658
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: know how much you really have. So it's one or

659
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: two ways. But I feel so bad and I don't

660
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: know what to do with it. And today someone was

661
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: messing with me. I told one of my buddies and

662
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,439
Speaker 1: then he told someone. I was telling the person the story.

663
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: He goes, yeah, I lost five thousand chip. I was like,

664
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: I felt a sense of relief. I was like, oh,

665
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: I have it. I haven't. And he's like, I'm joking.

666
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: I knew that you found one. And I was like,

667
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 1: what do you do with that? Here's what I think

668
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 1: you should do. I think you should give me the chip.

669
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna I'm gonna go, no, seriously, and I'll

670
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: go I'll take care of it for you, one way

671
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: or the other. I'll take care You're the guy. I'm

672
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 1: the guy. I'm the guy. I all I do is

673
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: fixed problems for people. That's all I do. Here at

674
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: the American Century Championship. We're here. This is your first year.

675
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:02,919
Speaker 1: That's why I really wanted to talk to you today

676
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: about this. This is your first year. Talk to me

677
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,839
Speaker 1: about the experience thus far. We haven't even teed off

678
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,720
Speaker 1: on Friday yet, But tell me, tell me about your experience.

679
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: It's incredible so far. I mean, everyone has been above

680
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: and beyond nice. And usually when you have and this

681
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: is not saying anything, but when you have a group

682
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: of celebrities, there's usually one that's kind of like, hey,

683
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: how you doing it, and they look at you and

684
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 1: roll their eyes and walk away or try to find

685
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: someone that's more important than you to talk to. I

686
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,720
Speaker 1: have not had that at all, And if if anything,

687
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: more people are like, hey, Hi, nice to meet you. Hey,

688
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 1: let me introduce you to this person and this person this,

689
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: And I'm like, wow, this is unlike any other celebrity

690
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 1: event I've ever been to. And not only that, I

691
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 1: get to golf. The weather is beautiful here I've been.

692
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: I'm begetting lessons from like just some of the top

693
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:50,280
Speaker 1: people at Golf Channel and NBC Sports, and it's really, honestly,

694
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: it's made my game horrible because whenever you could take

695
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,400
Speaker 1: a lesson before takes I don't know, I don't have

696
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: an opportunity to get these type of these teachers, these

697
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: legendary teachers to come and say hey, you know so

698
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, I'll do a lesson. And I'm like,

699
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,399
Speaker 1: oh my god, my swing is going bad right now.

700
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 1: I heard someone tell you yesterday. It's like, we're gonna

701
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: take your game to the next level. What is the

702
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 1: next level for you? I think I think the next

703
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: level for me is is would be to be a four.

704
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: That would be the that would be then your handicaps

705
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: of four. No, that would be it. That would be it. No,

706
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: I'm like a seven, eight, seven or an eight, depending

707
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,359
Speaker 1: on how I'm playing, and you know, whatever I enter

708
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: my score, that's pretty good it is. It turns into

709
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: a Tahoe twelve. Very part of these greens Man very difficult.

710
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,479
Speaker 1: It's gonna get more difficult, That's all I can say.

711
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 1: It's gonna get faster. Yeah. I was talking to Charles,

712
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: and Charles like, I was like, I think I'm gonna

713
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: be pretty good here, and he's like, yeah, I wait

714
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: till you hit your first patron. And I go wait

715
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: what He goes, Yeah, when you hit your first person,

716
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: it will ruin your entire game and you'll you'll have

717
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: no idea. And I go, wait, you think I can

718
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: actually hit someone? He goes, do you hit the ball straight?

719
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,400
Speaker 1: I go not all the time. He goes, hey, exactly,

720
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,799
Speaker 1: and I go, oh my gosh. And so that's when

721
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,440
Speaker 1: I first realized how Charles got that swing that is

722
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,240
Speaker 1: so legendary. To look at where he stops and because

723
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: you get in your head and I found myself getting

724
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: in my head yesterday. And the only time I wasn't

725
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 1: in my head was when I got the audience to

726
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: actually cheer for me. You know, I want people chanting

727
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:20,879
Speaker 1: ba ba booie, you know behind my swing? You know

728
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 1: what what what? What gives you the confidence this week

729
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: to play honestly, you know, just having fun. I am

730
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: here to compete. I have competitive juices, but in all honesty,

731
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: it's it's here to just enjoy myself, enjoy the fresh

732
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: cut grass, the beautiful setting, the audience giving them a show,

733
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,879
Speaker 1: entertaining and just having fun and just meeting a ton

734
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 1: of cool people who I've watched, you know, I've I've

735
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: watched The Office, and I listened to every one of

736
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,080
Speaker 1: your podcasts, listen to the deep dives and just hearing

737
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 1: the stories behind the stories, like I love the insights

738
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: of different shows and how they started, how they got

739
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: their process. Like you know, sometimes with my show Miss

740
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,239
Speaker 1: and Misses, you know, I feel like every season we're like, man,

741
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 1: are we gonna get re uped? Are we gonna re up?

742
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,799
Speaker 1: Even though the ratings are great, but you never know.

743
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: And to hear a legendary show like the Office one

744
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: of the biggest shows now that you look at and

745
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 1: you go, how can this show even be like looked

746
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: at as not brought up again and again and again

747
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:24,240
Speaker 1: for new seasons. It's crazy. I well, I'm so happy

748
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: you're here. It's great to see you again. If you

749
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,440
Speaker 1: need help dealing without five thousand dollar chip, let me know.

750
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: And I might see you in the high rollers and

751
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: be like, hey, hey, you're better than me at this.

752
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: Let's let this happen happen, you know, let's see where

753
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 1: we go with it. Uh. Miss the miss is here

754
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: just a such an amazingly gentle kind, positive spirit. Well, thanks,

755
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: congratulations on your success and good luck this weekend. If

756
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: there's one guy, last question, one guy or gal that

757
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: you want to beat Pat McAfee, The dude came here

758
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:07,840
Speaker 1: in sleeveless shirt on a golf course, like with no muscles,

759
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: you know. So, I mean, honestly, me and me and

760
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,800
Speaker 1: him been talking a lot of smack because he's a

761
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 1: SmackDown commentator for w w A and he's just a

762
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,920
Speaker 1: really good, positive, fun guy to be around. Like, honestly,

763
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,479
Speaker 1: if you want to have a good time, hang around

764
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:24,799
Speaker 1: Pat McAfee. But but you want to. I want to

765
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,879
Speaker 1: beat him so badly because we have a bet that

766
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: we we rip each other a lot. The one person

767
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: has to say three days of just compliments NonStop, on

768
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,720
Speaker 1: like social on like his radio show, like in w

769
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,800
Speaker 1: w A, whatever it is. You just have to compliment

770
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 1: that person for three straight. And that's the hardest thing

771
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: for either of us to do. So good what what uh?

772
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 1: What's your what's your handicap? Again? Because I lose so

773
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 1: many balls and now moms all in my head. The

774
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: guy has the ugly He's a cross between Charles Barkley

775
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: and John rom I say this because he has an

776
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 1: ugly swing. This swing looks terrible, but he hits and straight.

777
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: I'm nervous because my game. I thought I was coming

778
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: in here. I felt pretty competent, and then I started

779
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: getting in my head and now I'm just I don't

780
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen on Friday. Wow, are you lefty? Yeah? Okay?

781
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: Because I say he has on a right glove, a

782
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: glove on his right hand. That was how I That

783
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,919
Speaker 1: was my investigative journalism right there. That's how I knew

784
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: good luck. And yes, I'm wearing a golf club while

785
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: doing a podcast. Yes, that's from the race. We're about

786
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 1: to tee off. Thanks so much for being here. We're

787
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 1: gonna have you back on the show. We're gonna talk

788
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: about about your your your life and career. All right,

789
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 1: thanks so much, dude, Thank you guys. I'm so happy

790
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: to be joined here by the legendary running back from

791
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: the National Football League, the l A Raiders, etcetera, etcetera,

792
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 1: Marcus Allen, Hall of Famer, My good friend, Marcus. Thank

793
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: you so much for joining me. Briefly, we're here on

794
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 1: the lakes. About time you ask me? Yeah, and listen,

795
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I've been waiting. Actually, I'm I'm gonna. I'm

796
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: gonna call you and we're gonna sit down and we're

797
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: gonna really talk about your career. But I wanted to

798
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: take a couple of minutes today. I know this event

799
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: means so much to you as it does to me.

800
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: You and I have known each other now, which is

801
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 1: a crazy thing. Such a huge fan of yours, and

802
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:27,759
Speaker 1: for me to be able to play and get to

803
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: know guys like you, this is what brings me the

804
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 1: greatest jo And I'm a big of my review as well.

805
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: And you as a person as well. Why do you

806
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 1: keep coming back here every year? It's the best, man,

807
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,520
Speaker 1: this is the best. I mean you talk about the golf,

808
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 1: of course, yes, we can begin there, and then we

809
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:46,879
Speaker 1: can talk about the scenery, and then we can talk

810
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:50,360
Speaker 1: about the actual you know, the event, the sponsors, American

811
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: Century and what they've done. It's just and then the

812
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 1: guys that are here, I mean, we've all become a

813
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: blank family, you know. I mean we see each other

814
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 1: every year, we're looking forward to seeing any each other

815
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 1: and stuff. And then the competition, I mean, and the fans.

816
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,719
Speaker 1: You you can't. He has all the elements, and this

817
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 1: is why it's the best celebrity event around. It is

818
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:14,800
Speaker 1: you talk about the camaraderie. The event last night exemplified

819
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: that all of these Hall of Famers and idiots like

820
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 1: me in a room together, the brotherhood that's there and

821
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,760
Speaker 1: the support that we have for each other. It truly,

822
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 1: it's it. It touches me and it makes me sort

823
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: of emotional to even talk about the Wounded Warrior and

824
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:36,719
Speaker 1: Jack and Jim McMahon and it was just awesome. Well, yeah,

825
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 1: we've listen here, guys are great and we've had some

826
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 1: guys that have gone through some challenges and I'm really

827
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,439
Speaker 1: thankful that they're here so we can support them, right,

828
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 1: And that's one of the big things. Jack obviously, and

829
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 1: what he's going through. I mean, I'm knowing Jack forever man,

830
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 1: and he's been a big support of mine. And he's

831
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: just been a solid individual, right, and um, you know

832
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 1: Jim obviously, those are two guys that have you know,

833
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 1: thirty three years playing in the h this event, right,

834
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 1: thirty three years and and and Jim has been sort

835
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 1: of you know obviously, um, not able to walk, but

836
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 1: he's going to. Yeah, you know what he told me.

837
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 1: He told me, he said, I wasn't gonna let Jack

838
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:25,040
Speaker 1: be the last one. That's why he's one of a

839
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,240
Speaker 1: kind man and we're all pulling for him and hopefully

840
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: he'll get through with flying colors. Yeah what what what?

841
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: What do you what's gonna give you confidence this week

842
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,360
Speaker 1: to play? Well, I'm just letting it go. You're just

843
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 1: gonna let it, just gonna let it go. Yeah, and

844
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 1: don't don't worry about anything, just playing all right, And

845
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 1: and that's it, I mean, just get out of your head.

846
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 1: You have supported each other along and thing. Yeah, and

847
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: most of us you know, we get we hit one

848
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:56,399
Speaker 1: bat shot in the sticks with us, spiral through four

849
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,239
Speaker 1: holes and stuff, and then we go out here. We

850
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: practiced for an hour and a half afterwards, and then

851
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,880
Speaker 1: we're worn down, right, We have no more energy for

852
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 1: the next day. So I practiced thirty minutes yesterday did

853
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: it was short game and that was it, and I

854
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: didn't do anything else. And I'm taking my time. I'm

855
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 1: going to go out here and just let it go

856
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,480
Speaker 1: and have some fun. Yeah, thank you so much for

857
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,319
Speaker 1: coming by, Thank you for being here, and uh yeah,

858
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 1: we'll see. Oh who's the guy that you look at

859
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:24,319
Speaker 1: when you finish? Who's the guy that you look at

860
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: besides yourself? The score of who? Who you want to

861
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:30,880
Speaker 1: beat the most? Who? What is there a score that

862
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 1: you look at on the little computer for? Yeah, well

863
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,920
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't mention my name. There's always a

864
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 1: couple of running banks here that you know, I can

865
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: never let beat me. So you know, you know, you

866
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 1: know who I'm coming for this year. You. Oh you, hey,

867
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,040
Speaker 1: be careful what you ask for you, I'm coming for you.

868
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:54,560
Speaker 1: Thanks Mark, you Here we go. I could not be

869
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: happier than to be joined briefly here at the American

870
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,280
Speaker 1: Century Championship by Vince Carter. Now I have to start

871
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,560
Speaker 1: by saying, you know, like a lot of the guys,

872
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:06,839
Speaker 1: you and I have gotten to know each other over

873
00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:09,360
Speaker 1: the years. I don't know if we've ever had this conversation.

874
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: You know, my dad went to Duke. No, my dad

875
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,839
Speaker 1: went to do So let's just say there were there

876
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:18,960
Speaker 1: were years that I did not root for you. Of course,

877
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:23,359
Speaker 1: specifically specifically did not root for you. Those are good

878
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,959
Speaker 1: years to my my college years we were one and two.

879
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,440
Speaker 1: Always go away, back and forth. I know, no, I remember,

880
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,279
Speaker 1: why why do you keep coming here every year? I mean,

881
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:35,960
Speaker 1: it's just so now that I've retired, golf is my

882
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: competition and like all of us here, we want to

883
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,879
Speaker 1: be good at it, and golf gets the best of us.

884
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 1: But it's like coming here and making new friends. But

885
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 1: the celebrity types to athletes, that people coming from whatever

886
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:53,360
Speaker 1: their profession, here for friendly competition. But yet you know

887
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: it's real competition. There's always somebody here you want to

888
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 1: beat or you want to play well in front of her.

889
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,839
Speaker 1: So so so the first year was, like probably everyone else,

890
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:06,600
Speaker 1: was a little nerve wracking, and by the second by

891
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:08,000
Speaker 1: the end of the second day. With the third day,

892
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: I felt good. I'm like, man, I hope they bring

893
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 1: me back. And now you know you get that email. Hey,

894
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 1: we're we would like to invite you. I'm like, yes,

895
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:17,480
Speaker 1: every year, every year I planned everything around here. Now

896
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 1: that's right, this this week. What's who's the guy or

897
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,000
Speaker 1: gal that you look at when you're done to see

898
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,960
Speaker 1: where they are. Who's the guy you most want to

899
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: beat and you've got in your sights. Everyone gets a

900
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: similar smile on their face when I asked this question.

901
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 1: There's there's a few. I mean obviously the basketball guys. Uh,

902
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,120
Speaker 1: you know, Giggy's here. Kyle and I we played golf

903
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,839
Speaker 1: a lot, so it's like we root for each other,

904
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 1: but we want to do better than each other. You

905
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,719
Speaker 1: know how I leave Vinningdale Niggro alone. You know he

906
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: wanted last year. So that's that's as you need that

907
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,280
Speaker 1: guy alone. Marcus, I know who's on here, and Jerome

908
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,319
Speaker 1: Bettis are here. We all come out of the same

909
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:57,839
Speaker 1: golf club, Golf Club of Georgia in Atlanta. Okay, I'll play,

910
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 1: so of course I'll be watching those guys and like

911
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,359
Speaker 1: there again, we root for each other, but we want

912
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:06,240
Speaker 1: to do a little better than what what what brings you?

913
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:08,799
Speaker 1: Let me say this everybody, I'm sure we will say

914
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:12,960
Speaker 1: just lungs. You do better than Berkeley as well. And

915
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:14,560
Speaker 1: I had to play with in the group last year.

916
00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:16,839
Speaker 1: I was like, what does that say about my game? Right?

917
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:22,440
Speaker 1: But yeah, but trust me, I have played a number

918
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:26,000
Speaker 1: of years in his group. Yes, and it's but I

919
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:29,680
Speaker 1: tell you what he taught me something honest, honest to god.

920
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 1: When I started coming here, I think I was paired

921
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: with him. The first year was fifteen years ago now,

922
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:38,160
Speaker 1: and he and I were playing together, and you know,

923
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 1: his swing at that point, I hope it's a little better.

924
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 1: Last year it was, it was, it was it was

925
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:46,359
Speaker 1: starting to look look good. Yeah, you know he can't

926
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,440
Speaker 1: hit the ball. He's Hank Haney is walking with us.

927
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 1: At one point puts on sunglasses and I'm like, like,

928
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 1: right before he swam, I'm like, what is he doing? Why?

929
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:57,040
Speaker 1: Why does he keep putting this on? Right before and

930
00:52:57,040 --> 00:53:00,239
Speaker 1: I realized they were blacked out. He was black down.

931
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 1: So it wasn't just close your eyes, it was like

932
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,399
Speaker 1: black out this and just swing to try to get

933
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:08,000
Speaker 1: over this mental this mental thing. I mean, it's crazy

934
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: and not very successful, but I will tell you walking

935
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: around here with him, I've said this many times. He

936
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 1: knows everybody's name, He asks about their family. The volunteers

937
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:24,520
Speaker 1: that are here have been here in some cases for many, many,

938
00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:29,040
Speaker 1: many years, and he cares about everybody. He looks everybody

939
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:32,319
Speaker 1: in the eye, he says hello and asks about them.

940
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:36,440
Speaker 1: It truly, and I, honest to god, I tried to

941
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 1: model that behavior now because you know what, it takes

942
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 1: just as much energy to be nice as it does

943
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 1: to be an asshole. And and I promise you that

944
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:49,439
Speaker 1: came from from this event. Me getting to know him

945
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:53,319
Speaker 1: and his generosity of spirit. It's so incredible, and it's

946
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:55,560
Speaker 1: just it's amazing to see because you know, like you said,

947
00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:58,279
Speaker 1: the everybody he just is this second nature to him.

948
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 1: And to see how people respond to it's like it's

949
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:02,719
Speaker 1: a great feeling. You sit back and smile. It's not

950
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 1: even you, you know, and it's just amazing. And like

951
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,120
Speaker 1: he said, he's just he's he's just a great person.

952
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 1: I mean, you can say what you say about him,

953
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,200
Speaker 1: and he says he speaks his mind. You appreciate that,

954
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,719
Speaker 1: but but when you're around him, you're like, man, he's

955
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:17,120
Speaker 1: like I tell people all the time, what you see

956
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:19,279
Speaker 1: on TV is that, but when you're around him, he's

957
00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:21,240
Speaker 1: like the life of the party and one of the friendliest,

958
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,480
Speaker 1: nicest people. He really is. It's you know, and I

959
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:26,000
Speaker 1: get asked about him, you know, and making fun of

960
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:28,240
Speaker 1: his swing or whatever. But like I just I always

961
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,080
Speaker 1: want to say, you just need to get to know

962
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:33,280
Speaker 1: him because this is like you would be rooting so

963
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,839
Speaker 1: hard for him, and I'm rooting so hard for him

964
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:40,759
Speaker 1: to play better. Um, what what gives the confidence for you? Like?

965
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: What what gives you confidence out here when in the

966
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:47,319
Speaker 1: face of all the fans and once you get past

967
00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:50,080
Speaker 1: the first hole, you know, that first shot southern. I mean,

968
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,960
Speaker 1: like I don't care how many years. Uh, my first

969
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: year was like it's a few times that I can

970
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:58,080
Speaker 1: recall being terrified, and I was pretty close that first shot.

971
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:00,759
Speaker 1: The second day was better, got better. But the next

972
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:03,280
Speaker 1: year and year after that, you still have the nerves,

973
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 1: but over the balls is a lot different than that

974
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,120
Speaker 1: first year. So I'm better and like I said, I

975
00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:11,200
Speaker 1: feel good now, but you know it's still gonna be something,

976
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:12,960
Speaker 1: going to be some nerves. I just like to see

977
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 1: the ball go forward and we can figure it out.

978
00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:17,120
Speaker 1: We can figure it out from there. Events. Thank you

979
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:20,160
Speaker 1: so much, Thanks for for for coming by, Thank you

980
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 1: for being here and being so great. And you know

981
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:25,360
Speaker 1: it it We've talked about it a lot with a

982
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 1: lot of the guys. This it really has become like

983
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:30,839
Speaker 1: a brotherhood, this this event and the people here, and

984
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,440
Speaker 1: it is it is so truly my pleasure and my

985
00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 1: privilege to to have gotten to know you and and

986
00:55:37,239 --> 00:55:39,000
Speaker 1: other guys. Yea, and I will say this and like

987
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,120
Speaker 1: you say, this your brotherhood. And you know, seeing you

988
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:43,360
Speaker 1: guys playing other events and catch it on TV and

989
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:44,920
Speaker 1: you root for It's like, hey, man, I hope you're

990
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:47,080
Speaker 1: playing well, you know, because because of this. And it's funny.

991
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 1: It's just it's golf. It's a it's a it's a

992
00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: common denominator, which is golf that brings everybody here. And

993
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:54,520
Speaker 1: you have appreciated you get to meet somebody that you

994
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:56,719
Speaker 1: see admired but never really get a stance to sit

995
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,239
Speaker 1: face to face over the game of golf. Just golf

996
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 1: has been great to a lot of people. Sure has vents.

997
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:06,680
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, dude, Thank you so much. Man,

998
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: appreciate appreciate the time, good luck today. There is so

999
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 1: much that I could say about this event. I'm sure

1000
00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:17,759
Speaker 1: after listening to this you you feel and know how

1001
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:21,360
Speaker 1: much I love it. All of the guys, so so

1002
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:25,239
Speaker 1: many relationships that I have made here that that me

1003
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:27,080
Speaker 1: in the world to me, and I feel so lucky

1004
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 1: to call them now friends. Thank you so much for listening.

1005
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: I have so many more stories that I could tell

1006
00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:36,960
Speaker 1: talking about seventeen and my experience there, talking about playing

1007
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:40,719
Speaker 1: with Charles and Aaron Rodgers, and you know, I'm gonna

1008
00:56:40,719 --> 00:56:42,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna close with this story because someone I was

1009
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,480
Speaker 1: playing with yesterday in one of the pro ams asked

1010
00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:48,359
Speaker 1: me this question, like why you're from Atlanta? And I

1011
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:51,799
Speaker 1: had a Georgia Bulldogs sweater on yesterday and they were like,

1012
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:54,239
Speaker 1: you're from Atlanta, Why are you a Packers fan? I

1013
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:56,760
Speaker 1: don't think you've ever talked about it on the podcast.

1014
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:58,680
Speaker 1: This guy had had listened to all of the episodes

1015
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,279
Speaker 1: that we've done, so I'm gonna tell this story. I

1016
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:03,720
Speaker 1: was here my first year was two thousand and eight,

1017
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:08,799
Speaker 1: and I sit down at a blackjack table and there's

1018
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,800
Speaker 1: a guy sitting next to me. I had no clue

1019
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:16,480
Speaker 1: who he was, and we start talking and he's a

1020
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 1: big fan of the office, and I say thank you,

1021
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,120
Speaker 1: and we're chit chatting. We're having a good time, and

1022
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,800
Speaker 1: and he introduces himself as as Aaron Rodgers. Now as

1023
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 1: soon as he said, oh, I'm Aaron Rodgers, I was like, oh, yeah,

1024
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:31,640
Speaker 1: you're the guy from cal and you know you're backing

1025
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:34,960
Speaker 1: up Brett Farve. Now you've been named the starter. Congrats. Well,

1026
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:38,720
Speaker 1: this day, Brett Farve had had decided he was retiring

1027
00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:42,120
Speaker 1: and and Aaron had been named the starter moving forward

1028
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:46,360
Speaker 1: and he's playing in this event. And that day, the

1029
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:49,880
Speaker 1: first day we meet, Brett Farve decides he's not going

1030
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:53,760
Speaker 1: to retire. And this is their TV screens all throughout

1031
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:57,400
Speaker 1: the hotel everywhere blasting sports of course because of this event,

1032
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: and he no at that moment whether Green Bay was

1033
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: going to bring that back bread, if he was going

1034
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:07,120
Speaker 1: to go back to the bench, like what was going

1035
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:10,800
Speaker 1: to happen with him, And it's just kind of an crazy,

1036
00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:14,040
Speaker 1: weird day for him and then me meeting him and

1037
00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 1: we ended up hanging out and he and I from

1038
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:21,520
Speaker 1: that day became friends. And I know he's been on

1039
00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:24,960
Speaker 1: the podcast before, but you know. I he was at

1040
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:28,800
Speaker 1: the birth of my first child. His relationship means a

1041
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:32,640
Speaker 1: lot to me, and that's why I'm a fan of

1042
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:35,720
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. It's really because of him and

1043
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:38,919
Speaker 1: and my relationship with him, and then visiting Green Bay

1044
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:41,640
Speaker 1: and getting to know other players like A. J. Hawk

1045
00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 1: who plays here and has become a very good friend

1046
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:47,600
Speaker 1: of mine as well, and Randall Cobb who we've had

1047
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 1: on the podcast, and obviously Charles Woodson, Jordy Nelson, so

1048
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:55,960
Speaker 1: many of the Packers players that I've had a relationship

1049
00:58:56,160 --> 00:59:00,120
Speaker 1: here now. But it really was this event and and

1050
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 1: that interaction that we had because I was playing in

1051
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,160
Speaker 1: the event and he was playing in the event, and

1052
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 1: that's all that mattered. So I wanted to close with

1053
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:09,960
Speaker 1: that story because I was asked about it yesterday and

1054
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Speaker 1: didn't realize that I've never told that story. I love

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Speaker 1: this event. This is my fifteenth year, and this year

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Speaker 1: I'm going to do better than I ever have before.

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Speaker 1: By the time you're listening, it'll be over, so you'll

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Speaker 1: know whether or not I I came through. But I

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Speaker 1: want to thank again Airbnb for their partnership on this episode.

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Speaker 1: The air cover for hosts that gives you the confidence

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Speaker 1: like we're all looking for out here to host with

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Speaker 1: Airbnb top to bottom protection for free. I hope you

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Speaker 1: enjoyed the episode. We'll be back next week with a

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Speaker 1: with a more standard episode. But this has been so

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Speaker 1: much fun for me to catch up with so many

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Speaker 1: of of the athletes and celebrities that are here are

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Speaker 1: wounded Warrior veteran who is here and Jimmy Roberts. Thanks

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Speaker 1: to all of my guests, and thank you for listening

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Speaker 1: and will root for me. And if you didn't watch,

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Speaker 1: go check out the score and let's let's find out

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Speaker 1: if I beat Marcus Allen. Until next time, Thanks everybody.

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Speaker 1: Off the Beat is hosted an executive produced by me

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Speaker 1: Brian Baumgartner, alongside our executive producer Langley. Our producers are

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Speaker 1: Diego Tapia, Liz Hayes, Hannah Harris, and Emily Carr. Our

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Speaker 1: talent producer is Ryan Papa Zachary, and our intern is

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Speaker 1: Sammy Katz. Our theme song Bubble and Squeak performed by

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Speaker 1: my great friend Greed Bratton, and the episode was mixed

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Speaker 1: by Seth o'landski