1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. Back at it again on a Saturday, 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Saturday Saturday, because hey, you can't just do the show 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: five nights a week. You gotta do it eight days 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: a week, because four hours a night on the overnight 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: clearly not enough. We are back on another addition to 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: the Fifth Hour with Ben Mallard And as a bonus, now, 7 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,479 Speaker 1: I punished you, all right, I punished you the listener 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: with a gag on only podcast on Friday, and so 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: as a Olive branch, if you will here on Saturday, 10 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: you get just me. It's all Mallard, all the time. 11 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: You give us thirty plus minutes and we will give 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: you nothing but a headache. But we know listen. Uh, 13 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: we thank you for supporting the podcast. You guys have 14 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: been wonderful. As this is a spinoff of the radio show. 15 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: As we like to say, it's just a little small podcast. Uh, 16 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: it's an active charity. It's an active charity. Also, before 17 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: I get into it today on the podcast, we've got 18 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: quite the menu, a global exclusive on this podcast. But 19 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: I want to think I've had a few cameos here 20 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 1: recently and you guys have been great, and uh, and 21 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: I've had a lot of fun with that. As you know, 22 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: we're not a morning Zoo show. We don't do shoutouts. 23 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: We don't, but it's been been pretty neat. I mean, 24 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: it's some big super fans of the show that have 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: reached out and I really get a kick. Some of 26 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: you guys have had me send messages to your wives, 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: which I think that's hilarious. I think that's tremendous. The 28 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: women that are by marriage put in a spot where 29 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: they end up listening to the show because you happen 30 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: to like the show and we thank you for that, 31 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: and you try to get the women and you're in 32 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: your lives to to listen, and it's a it's quite amusing. 33 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: So Cameo dot com is the website there, Ben Mallard. 34 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: It's not free, but we've had some fun with that. 35 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: So on this podcast, the Saturday podcast, we've got Halfway 36 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: House Mallard, Halfway House Mallard, Golblo exclusive pop quiz, which 37 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: is gonna be interesting because normally I asked the pop 38 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: quiz question for Gagon, but Gagon is not here, so 39 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: we don't have to worry about West of the four 40 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: or five, and we'll get scientifical well, probably end up 41 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: getting scientifical before pop quiz. I. I continue to be 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: fascinated by these science stories, and so I thought, you know, 43 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: I can't really use them, most of them on the 44 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: radio show because it is, you know, in air quotes, 45 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: a sports talk radio show. But on the podcast we 46 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: we have more freedom, we have more flexibility, we can 47 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: do different things, and so I thought, why not some 48 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: of the stories. I mean, I'm reading these things anyway, 49 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: So what's what's to lose by by not doing them 50 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: or doing them? I should say by doing them, I 51 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: should say. So anyway, we'll start with Halfway House Mallow. 52 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: This is a podcasting. This is something I've not talked 53 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: about on the radio show. Some of you have figured 54 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: this out, which is a little scary. I don't know 55 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: if you're hacking my email or your my phone and 56 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: my text message and all that, but you you might 57 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: have picked up on this if you listen to the 58 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: radio show at all. This week, I was not in 59 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: on Thursday into Friday, but for the first time in 60 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: roughly fifteen months, I was actually schedule. I didn't just 61 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: pop in here after a rainstorm. I made my triumphant 62 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: return to the I Heart Media building the Premier Networks 63 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: building where the late Rush Limbaugh did a show when 64 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: he came to l A and Art Bell and Casey 65 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: Casum and Legends of Dr Laura worked out of their 66 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: Jim Rome when he did the show for the Premiere Networks. Uh, 67 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: it's a it's a cool building. I've been some great 68 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: radio talent. George Nor does the show out of there. 69 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: And Fox Sports Radio has studios, which is our main hub, 70 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: and I've worked at Fox Sports Radio for over twenty years. 71 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: But because of the global pandemic, we were doing the 72 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: show from the home studio. And Uh, the reason I 73 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: can now reveal why I was in studio this past 74 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: week because last weekend, while you were living your lives 75 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: and you were listening to the podcast, I was moving 76 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: Man Mallard. Now I should have brought in moving man Matt. 77 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: That would have made sense. But it was a short move. 78 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: It wasn't a long move, but I moved. I packed 79 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: up me and the wife there, we packed up the 80 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: station wagon, the Winnebago and high tailor skdaddled out of 81 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: the Mallard mansion. Now, there's a lot of reasons for it, 82 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 1: some of them I don't want to get into on 83 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: the podcast their private their personal UM. But one of 84 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: the reasons this happened, there's, you know, some some bad 85 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: things happened in my life that led to this UM. 86 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: But also the housing market is very robust where I'm 87 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: in California, and it was a tremendous time financially to 88 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: do it. UM. But also I mean, there's some tragedy 89 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: in my life, and I, uh, you know, inherited some 90 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: some things and some things I didn't inherit, but I 91 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: have to pay for those other things. So anyway, my life. 92 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: The point is, my life is in boxes. And I 93 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: was giving some clues. You know, you guys picked up 94 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: on it. I give you credit or Alfae alienal Pine 95 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: or a couple other guys were like, hey, you know, 96 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: where are you moving? Uh? When do you moving? Did 97 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: you move? Uh? And I was like, well, you guys 98 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: picked up I'm talking about moving stuff to storage and 99 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: things like that. Different things I've I've said, different clues 100 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: that I've tossed up very vague, very vague, UM, But 101 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: you guys picked up on it. And so it's the 102 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: summer of Bubba Rap and I said, I'm living in 103 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: the Mallard half away house, the Halfway House of Mallard, 104 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: and that is true because I moved to a temporary location. 105 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: I sold the house. I loved the house I was 106 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: living in. I want to be very clear about that. 107 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: I would have been very happy to stay in that 108 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: house for the rest of my years. It was a 109 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: very good house. I I was very proud of the 110 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 1: fact that I was able to put a studio, and 111 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: that was something I wanted to do. And I remember 112 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: when I got into radio, I was like, Wow, maybe 113 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: I'll put a studio and someday I'll be like a 114 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: big talk show host, you know, big radio guy. And 115 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: of course it never happened. It took up. It took 116 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: a radio station w e I in Boston to offer 117 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 1: me a gig, uh and then I said, okay, I'll 118 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: do it, and then I just had them essentially pay 119 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: for it. They paid me back. I built the studio 120 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: out and then I didn't use it. I lost the 121 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: EI gig because our show got picked up by the 122 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: Sports Hub in Boston and I can't be working at 123 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: both sports radio stations in Boston. So as a result, 124 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: I lost the w e I get again. So for 125 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: a little while, I didn't use the studio at all. 126 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: And then the podcast came along and I did the podcast, 127 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: and then the world shut down, and so we moved 128 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: in and decided to, you know, we could continue to 129 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: the show from there. So I have great memories, a 130 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: lot of family parties, and we would host the holidays 131 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: for the family pretty much my wife's family. All my 132 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: family lives elsewhere, but my wife's family, and so so 133 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: that was neat. That was cool, and we have great 134 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: memories there and whatnot. But it was it was time. 135 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: I mean, everything lined up, as Andrea these sports sourcers 136 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: would say, everything lined up for this to work out. 137 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: And I am not like many I'm not a fan 138 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: of chain. I'm not. I don't think many people like change. 139 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: I'm a creature of habit. I have my routine. I 140 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: get ready for the show at a certain time. I 141 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: know where to go and what to do and what 142 00:07:55,280 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: I'm looking for, and everything is sideways. I don't know 143 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: if it sounded like that on the show. I don't 144 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: know if you could pick up on that. Maybe not. 145 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: I think I'm a pretty good actor in that regard. 146 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: But we had we had a lot of good stories 147 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: this week to talk about with the Clippers and some 148 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: of the other things that happened. There were some some 149 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: good sports talk radio for June, which is normally the 150 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: dead zone. I mean, let's be honest, June is not 151 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: not a time which is typically great sports talk radio. 152 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: It's the dog days for our business. The calendar and 153 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: sports radio really begins. Our New Year's Day is the 154 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 1: first weekend of September, when the NFL kicks off. That's 155 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: that's right where it's a it's a sweet spot. It's 156 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: a sweet spot. So uh, we're dealing with the move. 157 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: The good news is I have recreated a temporary studio 158 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: in the new halfway house of the Mallam Mansion. Another 159 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: reason I'm at the halfway. I'll actually be moving in 160 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: a couple of months, depending on how things go. We've 161 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: hired a contractor, a good guy guy named Ruben Uh 162 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: knows what he's doing. He's got a bunch of guys 163 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: working underneath him as well. It seemed to be very 164 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 1: good tradesmen. Um, you know much better than I am. 165 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: I can't do any of that crap. I know. Just 166 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: Josh in Cincinnati's very talented, and some of you other 167 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: guys have sent me messages about how you know you're 168 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: able to move around and build kitchens out in bathrooms 169 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: and all that. I don't have any of that ability. 170 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: I don't have that gene. I don't have it. But 171 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: I will be moving again in a couple of months 172 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: to a new place in a secret, secret location off 173 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: the grid, deep in the north Woods. Uh, that's where 174 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: I will be located. But in the meantime, be sure 175 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: to catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays 176 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Be sure to 177 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 1: catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays at 178 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: two am eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio 179 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: and the I Heart Radio app. Uh. I came in studio. 180 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: Was great to see Eddie and we caught up and 181 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: Roberto and Coop. I talked to those guys all the time. 182 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: I don't even get to talk to Eddie much off 183 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: the air the way the set up is because he's 184 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: in a different room. But I get to talk to 185 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: Eddie pick up my mail. UH. Really want to thank 186 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:19,239 Speaker 1: the Mallard militia. Man. You guys are great. You're wonderful 187 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: and so many, so many cool things. A little little trinkets. 188 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: Uh you know this that the hat the hat collection 189 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: is burgeoning, and we were off this. We were dark 190 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: on the videos, so I didn't get to wear any 191 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: of the new hats on the videos. But the videos 192 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: should be back, assuming the Kremlins don't attack the equipment 193 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: in the temporary studio, So we'll start having some videos 194 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 1: next week. So I look forward to that. But in 195 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: the meantime, I was here hanging out and it was weird. 196 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,719 Speaker 1: It was weird. I was a little concerned when I 197 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 1: pulled up to the studios here at the corner of 198 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: Ventura and Splvida in the San Fernando Valley here just 199 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: across from the Cheesecake factory across the street there at 200 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: the Yeah Sherman Oaks Galeria. I was a little concerned. 201 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: I was like, maybe my parking pass won't work. It did, 202 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: and then I got to the building, Well, maybe my 203 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: card to get in the buildings past the security didn't work. 204 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: I have worked so back in Sherman Oaks and great 205 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: memories of this place. I've had tremendous fun doing radio 206 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: here over the years. So anyway, that's the halfway house. 207 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: That's where I am right now. If you're concerned about 208 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: my life. And I know a lot of people move 209 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 1: and this is not out of the ordinary. Uh, this 210 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: is actually a good news story. It'll it'll be much 211 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,959 Speaker 1: much cooler, uh, in the studio that I'm gonna have 212 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,599 Speaker 1: in the new place, the which I I don't know 213 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: if this is the final Mallard mansion. I think it 214 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: is probably gonna be the final mallet match. I don't 215 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: think I'll be moving again unless somebody really just pays 216 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: me a crapload of money, just a shipload of money. Uh, 217 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: then maybe I'll do it. But it's gonna be a 218 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: great I'm gonna have a nice studio. Everything will be 219 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: a first class all the way. And not that it wasn't, 220 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: I mean it's it was. It was great also, but 221 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: I am looking forward to as far as the soundproofing 222 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: will sound better like nerds stuff, Nerds stuff in radio. Now, 223 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: I would like to get to let's get scientifical, which 224 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: is a combination of stories that I find around the Internet, 225 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: and I like to call it real or bullshit. It's 226 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: a tribute to paying homage to Penn and Teller. They 227 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: had a show called Bullshit which was very good. I 228 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: thought that was a good show. I don't know if 229 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: they're still working. Are they retired because of the pandemic? 230 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 1: Penn and Teller I have not checked. I used to 231 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: go see them when I was in Vegas. I loved 232 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: I don't I'm not a big show guy. I want 233 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: to go to Vegas. But Penn and Teller, I mean 234 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: I used to watch them when I was a punk 235 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: kid on Saturday Night Live and some of the nonsense 236 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: they did, so I was I was a fan. I 237 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: was a cult fan of Penn and Teller, and it 238 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: was kind of cool that they're still performing. I don't 239 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: think they're doing it right now anyway. So let's get scientifical. 240 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: These are actual scientific stories that I thought were interesting 241 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: that I read at some point over the last the 242 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: last seven at ten days. So the headline on this 243 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: scientists discover part of the brain addicted to news stories 244 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: about impending doom. Do you see this? You do not? All? Right? Uh? 245 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 1: So this actually is validation. One of the reasons I 246 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: want to bring this up on the podcast for you 247 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 1: is because it validates something that I learned early on 248 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: in my careers. How I relate to this. So one 249 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: of the catchphrases that I use doing radio is the 250 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: better story is in the losing locker room. That's where 251 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: the drama is. That's where the finger pointing is. When 252 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: you win, there's a bunch of people there to slob 253 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 1: or slab a slab or all over you, right to 254 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: ride your junk. They love you, but would you lose 255 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: when you're a loser. That's where the real story is, 256 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: and it's how we are wired. And that's what I 257 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: took away from this study. But reading about impending doom, 258 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: doom and gloom is a hobby that many people have. 259 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: It's according to the study here, it's addicting and and 260 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: people will spend hours browsing the internet about you know, 261 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: the global warming, we're all gonna die, you know, ten 262 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: years and all this, and people buy that crap. It's 263 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: all bullshit. In fact, there was a story done a 264 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: couple of years ago which was hilarious and it went 265 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: back like thirty years prior. I think this came out 266 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: like it went back to nineteen and the science community, 267 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: if we don't stop this, the you know, we're gonna 268 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: run out of gas or uh, you know, global warming, 269 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: the sea levels, we're gonna runs. Uh, and you know 270 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: none of those things happen. Uh. Now, there is a 271 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: climate change in all that, but it's not nearly the 272 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: pan horrific story that the people are saying. But anyway, this, 273 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: as far as this study is concerned, researchers have discovered. 274 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: This is what's new. They have discovered the part of 275 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: the human brain that dictates why some people can't stop 276 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: looking at those nerve racking, oh my god, we're all 277 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: gonna die type of stories. And so researchers from Washington 278 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: University School of Medicine, this is in St. Louis, say 279 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: how people cope with the uncertainty of what the future 280 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: holds could come down to the biology of their brains. 281 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: That certain people are just wired better to handle bad news. 282 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: They don't look for it, keep their head down, one 283 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: foot in front of the the other, move on. All right. Now, 284 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: here's another story that caught my attention. Popcorn perfection. I 285 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: love popcorn. To me, a perfect night is to go 286 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: to the movies. And I don't really like movies that much, 287 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: but big chub extra large with the refill buttered popcorn, 288 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: and like some kind of chocolate, whether it's peanut m 289 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: and ms or something amazing Well, they study, but you 290 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: imagine the science communion studying this studying popcorn. A study 291 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: reveals the secrets to popping every kernel of popcorn, not 292 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: popcorn is an amazingly big snack in America, not around 293 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: the world. And a lot of countries they don't eat popcorn. 294 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: We do, uh, this country corners report they eat as Americans, 295 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: we eat fifteen billion courts of popcorn. Popcar is actually 296 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: a pretty good snack if you're on a diet. The 297 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: calories and popcorn come from all the butter, which is 298 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: the good part, and you get a big bucket of 299 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: movie theater popcorn. Right. But the thing about it is 300 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: it's when you make it at home. It's never perfectly popped. 301 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: But when it's perfectly popped with butter all over it, 302 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: my god, is it good. A recent study looked at 303 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: what it takes to make sure every colonel in your 304 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: bag of popcorn actually pops uh. And when it comes 305 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: to consumers, researchers at the State University of Maringa in 306 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: Brazil tell us that people are looking for a great 307 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 1: seed to snack ratio. Remember seed to snack ratio. That 308 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: means when the popcorn is done popping. There isn't a 309 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: whole pile of unpopped corn colonels at the bottom back. 310 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: You know, one of the things I do to honor 311 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: my dad passed away back in January. My dad loved popcorn. 312 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: And I haven't done this. Actually, I gotta get on that. 313 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: I've been dealing with this house crap um. But my 314 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: dad figured out, you know, he didn't buy like the 315 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: bag of Orville Red and Baker or whatever, want any chain. 316 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: What he would do he should buy the current annuals 317 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,640 Speaker 1: and then get a paper bag and you measure out 318 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: a certain amount of salt, a certain amount of butter, 319 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: put it in the bag, and then fold the bag 320 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: up and cook it. And made his own version of popcorn. 321 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: And it was really good. And he sent me the recipe, 322 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: so I I will make that from time to time 323 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: to honor honor him. All right, moving on, We're getting scientifical, 324 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: is what we're doing. Well, Americans, you and I Americans, 325 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: believe it or not, are really dumb. We don't know geography. 326 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: We think we know, but we don't know. You think 327 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: you know, but you don't know what you don't know, 328 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: and you don't know what you don't know. Uh. This 329 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: is regarding the national landmarks. According to this study, many 330 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: Americans believe the Grand Canyon is in univer State. The 331 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: Grand Canyon is a lot of people think it's in Colorado. 332 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: What about Niagara Falls? You ever been? Niagara Falls is beautiful, Mike. 333 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: I've been there. It's awesome. Was there in the summertime. 334 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: A lot of Americans think Niagara Falls is actually in Iceland. 335 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: How fucking dumb are these people? Some Americans are confused 336 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: by pretty much everything, uh, as far as national geography. 337 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: According to a new survey out, they're also very confident. 338 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. Americans, according to this don't really know 339 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: where crap is, but are confident they do, which is 340 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: which I guess a good way to go through life. 341 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 1: Like if you don't realize you're wrong and you just 342 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: talk loudly. It's like I used to work with a 343 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: guy on the weekends. I forget his name. I think 344 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: it was lom to Me or something like that. Uh, 345 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,719 Speaker 1: And he always said, listen, if you don't know how 346 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: to pronounce a name, ben Um, just say it confidently 347 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: and loudly and no one will think you're wrong. Uh. 348 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: He also gave me some terrible real estate advice as well, 349 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: but I digress alright. So of people, according to this survey, 350 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: think they feel knowledgeable about the locations of the national landmarks, 351 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: but only half of those who were pulled correctly identified 352 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: that the Redwood Forest is located in California. Another thirty 353 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: correctly said that Shawnee National Forest is in Illinois, but 354 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 1: incorrectly selected Ireland, that the Shawnee and National forces in Ireland. 355 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: Fewer than four and ten could realize that the Grand 356 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: Canyon is in Arizona, less than Colorado, the most common 357 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: incorrect answer. Another of people surveyed believe Niagara Falls is 358 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: in Iceland, as we said, not on the New York 359 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: Canadian border, only answered correctly. Holy crap. Wow. These stories 360 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: are great though, because they come out every every couple years. 361 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 1: You know, people, you don't know where Nebraska is, right 362 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: or Iowa? What? I have, no idea, no concepts, all right? 363 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: Getting scientific. Another story that caught my attention this week 364 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 1: tiny poisonous caterpillars on the move. Somebody call my guy 365 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: Blair and May and all our p ones in Portland, 366 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: Maine and beyond. Tiny poisonous caterpillars are spreading across Maine. 367 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: Holy Moses. According to a recent news report, the tiny 368 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: caterpillars known as brown tail moss a moss m O 369 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: t h s. They have brown bodies with white streaks, 370 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 1: orange dots, and thin poisonous hairs. It sounds like a 371 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: horror movie and they can cause poison ivy like rashes 372 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: and breathing problems in some people that come across these 373 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: poisonous caterpillars. And these were accidentally introduced into the state 374 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth in eight nine seven from from Europe, 375 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: and within a matter of a shorter matter of time, 376 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: these things spread all over the New England States. And 377 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: so you all go back to here we are in 378 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: one and in the decades that have followed, the number 379 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: have declined and they're not doing as well. But they're 380 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: mainly found just along the coast of Maine and in 381 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: Cape cod where all those high salute in one percent 382 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: political types in Hollywood phonies hang out on the cape. 383 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: Uh So, man like, there's a lot of stuff in 384 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: the world that would classify as a horror movie. Tiny 385 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: poisonous counterpillars, it sounds about right right. It sounds about 386 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: brown bodies, white streaks, orange dots, thin poisonous hairs. That 387 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: checks a lot of boxes on the horror side of things. 388 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: All right, last scientifical story, Last scientifical story. Doom and gloom. Now, I, 389 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: from time to time will point out that you and 390 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: I both have a failed illness, that every single person 391 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: before us and every single person after us is going 392 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: to die. We all have a fatal This it's called life. 393 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: There's no getting out alive. Uh. And the most deadly thing, 394 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 1: the most deadly thing in our world is oxygen. Everyone 395 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: that's ever breathed oxygen has died, unless you're a lizard person. 396 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 1: I bring this up. Not to be a bummer, Benny Downer, 397 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: Not to be that. But scientists have developed several ways 398 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: to slow the aging process. People are living longer, and 399 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: there's some that think they'll be able to make human 400 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 1: beings like the terminator people overre Tesla for example. Well, 401 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 1: they can put things in your brain and they can 402 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: move some stuff around. You'll live as an android within 403 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: a certain amount of time. Well, a new study finds 404 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: immortality is not gonna happen. It's out of reach. An 405 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: international team of scientists, UH, give the bad news. They say, 406 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: no matter how hard we try, every species on Earth 407 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: has a generally fixed finite amount of time aging that 408 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: you know, science cannot stop. That human death is inevitable 409 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: no matter how many vitamins you take, no matter how 410 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: many minutes you spend on the treadmill, and how many 411 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: weights you lift. Doesn't matter, Doc, Mike, doesn't matter how 412 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: much how much piss do you drink, Doc, You're still 413 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: gonna gonna check out. Although Doc's doing pretty good Ducks 414 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 1: Ducks in his late seventies. Now Doc started calling me boy. 415 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: I was in my twenties and Doc was in his 416 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: early fifties when he started calling the show. And he 417 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 1: hasn't missed a beat. I give him crap. I I 418 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: hope I just make it the seventies six. My dad 419 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: didn't make it the seventies, and I would make it 420 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: the seventies. And I hope by I have my faculties 421 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: and I'm as sharp as the dock. Uh. Not that 422 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: I want to drink my own urine to get there anyway. 423 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: That the findings of this study reveal, although some people 424 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: live longer today than they did in the distant past, 425 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: the rate of aging among humans isn't really changing all 426 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 1: that much. So to explain this to you, like your 427 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: five years old, researchers believe that today's life expectancy in 428 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 1: one has less to do with people growing older and 429 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: more to do with fewer people dying earlier in life. Yeah, 430 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: I heard that. Uh it's some other study. I read 431 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: a lot of crap. But there was a study a 432 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: couple of years ago that said the reason back in 433 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 1: the the Middle Middle Ages that people would would check 434 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: out at such young age, you know that life expectancy 435 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 1: was like in your thirties or something like that, was 436 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: because the infant mortality rate, you know, and women were 437 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: having children. A lot of the kids were not surviving 438 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: and that factored in. You know, kid checks out on 439 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: the first day that kids supposed to be alive. That 440 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: that does damage to the numbers. Um So, anyway, I 441 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: pop quiz. Now this is where I'm gonna ask you. 442 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: I normally would ask that West of the four or 443 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: five elitist snob, but he's not here. Uh So pop quiz. 444 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: And these are things I found that I found interesting 445 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: and I want to share them with you. They are 446 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: of the science neighborhood. And we'll start with this and 447 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: I'll ask the question, I'll give you a couple of 448 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: seconds to think about it, and then I'll I'll give 449 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: the answer. And that's how we're gonna do it. Alright. 450 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: So a recent survey asked Americans to name their favorite 451 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 1: and least favorite burger toppings. Now only one thing ranked 452 00:26:54,960 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: highly on both lists. What topping is? It? Got an answer? Now, 453 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: I like a lot of things in my burger. I 454 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: like uns, like obviously, catchup, I like mustard sometimes the 455 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: Thousand Island depending on my mood, barbecue sauce, depending on 456 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: my mood. But the item, the only item to pop 457 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: up on the highly and and negative list ranked highly 458 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: and k not list pickles. Pickles. I thought of our 459 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: guy Alfie Alien Old Piner in Springfield, mass because alf 460 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: found out that Eddie hates pickles, and alf went out 461 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: and purchased like a gazillion bags of potato chips, pickled 462 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: flavor and all these pickle items uh and some other 463 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: good stuff too, uh for for the guys on the show. 464 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: Was pretty funny. And I remember Eddie's eyes when he 465 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: saw the box with all the pickle stuff. He's like, oh, 466 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: he like rolled his eyes. But I'm not a big 467 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: pickle guy. I spent a lot of time at Deli's, 468 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: you know, growing up Jewish family go to Deli's, the 469 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: cliche and all that. And I love a good pastronami 470 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: sandwich to me, that soul food to me. That so far. 471 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: But the pickles, no, No, not a fan. They always 472 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: give them. I wish I did like pickles because they 473 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: always toss those in. My favorite delhi is is a 474 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: place called Langer's Delhi in l A which is in 475 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: MacArthur Park, and I love Langers. It's only open until 476 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,720 Speaker 1: four because it's in the hood, but I go over 477 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 1: there and they give you pickles on I love free stuff. 478 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: I love when I when I go to a Mexican restaurant, 479 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: I won't go there if they don't have free chips 480 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,959 Speaker 1: and sauce. I know it's built into the price. If 481 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: I go to an Italian restaurant they don't get bread, 482 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: I'm out. I don't go back. But the pickle thing 483 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: I never got into all right. A new report claims today, 484 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,959 Speaker 1: I think it's the texture, by the way, the pickles. 485 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: A new report claims today UH that UH Americans are 486 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: least likely to do this common activity. What activity is it? Uh, 487 00:28:55,480 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: and this is on a this is a Monday. The 488 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: answer is going out to eat that people generally do 489 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: not go out to eat on a Monday. A new 490 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: survey asked Americans to name something on their bucket list. 491 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: This was the most common response, What was it? What's 492 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: on your bucket list? I don't really have a bucket list. 493 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: I probably should get a little older, I should have 494 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: a bucket list. I don't. But the answer to this 495 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: survey was wait for it, wait for it, driving a 496 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: race car. Driving a race car, Yeah, well I could 497 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: do that. First of all, I worked the overnight shift, 498 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: and I've been working, having a long commute here while 499 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm at the halfway house and on the highway on 500 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: my way home. Even in l A, with all these 501 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: millions of people, there's nobody on the road other than 502 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: a couple of trucks and Caltrans fixing the highway. Most 503 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: of the time when I'm driving, in a few drunks, 504 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: so I can get up pretty good, but typically I 505 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: max out at about ninety and I feel like I'm 506 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: gonna lose control. I don't think I've ever gone over 507 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: a hundred miles an hour, because I know that when 508 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: you get up to that level. Plus I don't have 509 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: cars that go that fast. I've got commuter cars. It's 510 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: mostly what I have. But even if I did have 511 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: a car that could get that fast, I'd be so 512 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: paranoid that if I got up to two miles an 513 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: hour and one mistake, one hair out of place, cabone 514 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: lights out, get the body bag. I don't want that now. 515 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: Next one. In the nineteen seventies and eighties, half of 516 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: kids did this. Now it is down to ten. What 517 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:54,239 Speaker 1: is it you know at the answer something I did 518 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: when I was a kid, a product of the of 519 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: that era. Uh, the answer is to walk to school. Yeah, 520 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: apparently kids today don't walk to school. Everyone's paranoid but 521 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: letting their kids walk to school by My mom and 522 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: I a Jewish mother, overly protective Jewish mother, but in hindsight, 523 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: she allowed me to take the school bus and to 524 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: walk home and to school. Not all the time, but 525 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: when I was very little and I started going to 526 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: like first grade, I remember taking the school bus and 527 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: how excited it was. I love the smell of the diesel, 528 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: and I thought, as through the eyes of a child, 529 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,239 Speaker 1: you look at a school bus, You're like, Wow, I'm 530 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: big time. I'm on a school bus and you get 531 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: a little older and you're like, holy fuck, what are 532 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: you doing all right now? Next one? Just over ten 533 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: pc of people say they have stolen this from their 534 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: neighbor without their neighbor noticing. What is it? Got an answer? 535 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: It's hard to do now. It used to be pretty 536 00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: easy to do this WiFi. Yeah, wife, it's harder now 537 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: because when I moved, for example, to the halfway house 538 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: the mallor halfway house, I did see if I could 539 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: get on the neighbor's WiFi, and they were all locked. 540 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: He needed the password. Now, the veteran move would be 541 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: if you go to a neighbor and how can I 542 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: borrow your WiFi? Can I use your WiFi? And then 543 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: if you're that other neighbor, you said, okay, yeah, how 544 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: do you Why don't you give me, like, you know, 545 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: five bucks a month or something like that, and who 546 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: cares if they use your WiFi and you get an 547 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: extra money. I'm saying, go crazy, little extra cash. You 548 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: know it adds up. Nothing wrong with that, alright. Fient 549 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: of kids say they want to do this when they 550 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: grow up, although when they actually grow up, most of 551 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: them don't want to actually do the job. The answer 552 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: you probably think like police officer, fireman, astronauts, something like that. 553 00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: The answer is actually zookeeper. I get that. It makes sense. Ay, 554 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: you're a kid, you like animals, be you go to 555 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 1: the zoo and you see the zookeeper wearing the brown 556 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: outfit and the funny safari hat. You're like, hey, I 557 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: could do that. They get to hang out with elephants 558 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: and rhinos and monkeys and how cool is that? And 559 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: then you eventually realize you're like, wait a minute, but 560 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: they actually clean up the ship and they don't often 561 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: make a lot of money. Holy crap, what's that about? 562 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: Another thing when I when I was younger. I don't 563 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: know if they still have this. I know when the 564 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: late night talk shows were big. They're terrible. I cannot 565 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: watch the late night talk shows are not funny. But 566 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: when he used to be good, and that was like 567 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: big entertainment was a communal experience when people would watch 568 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: the late night shows, and it pretty much ended with 569 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: Jay Leno and David Letterman, at least for me. I 570 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: just like, these other guys are funny, but they used 571 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: to have Remember the people from the zoos there was 572 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: a guy from the zoo in Ohio. Man. I forget 573 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:10,040 Speaker 1: the guy's name, Hannah. I think it was Hannah. Uh. 574 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 1: And they would come out there and they'd have all 575 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: these different weird lizards and snakes, and the the bit 576 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: was always the same. The bit would be put the 577 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: snake around the neck of the talk traw host and 578 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 1: the talk rows would freak out and all that. Uh, 579 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: and that that was kind of cool, Like I remember 580 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 1: watching that. Boy, I can I can just go on 581 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: TV shows and I can get the you know, the 582 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: snake out and and the and the weird looking like 583 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: it's not really a monkey? What is it? You know, 584 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,800 Speaker 1: it's kind of like a dog, but it's not a dog. 585 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 1: It's a cat, but it's not a cat. What not coming? 586 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: All right? Men, on average US dudes will do this 587 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 1: fewer than ten times today. What is it? You got 588 00:34:55,200 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 1: an answer? No, it's you're wrong again. All right, you're 589 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 1: still wrong. The correct answer is smile. Smile that men 590 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 1: on average will smile fewer than ten times. Yeah, I'm 591 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 1: not a huge smile guy. I become more of a 592 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 1: smile guy as I've gotten older. But there was a 593 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: long period of time I just didn't smile, but I 594 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: mind it. You know, it's a it's a it's a 595 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:31,520 Speaker 1: good good thing, especially when I was walking when the 596 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: gyms were closed and I before I got my treadmill, 597 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: and I was walking around and you come across people 598 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:41,240 Speaker 1: and just like a smile and a nod, smiling nod, 599 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: a wave lets people know you're not they're gonna You're 600 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:50,360 Speaker 1: not gonna bludging them. It's a friendly gester. Fifty of 601 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:55,440 Speaker 1: men wouldn't be able to tell you this about their wife. 602 00:35:55,480 --> 00:36:02,640 Speaker 1: What is it? Shoe? Siye, Yeah, I think I know 603 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: my wife's shoe size. But if she gave me a 604 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: credit card and put me on one of the websites 605 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: and said buy me shoes, I would just be guessing. 606 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: I would absolutely be guessing. That would be it, all right. 607 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 1: Most people have at least three of these, and they 608 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: don't realize how important they are until they don't have one. 609 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: What is it? You got an answer? Well, this is 610 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: a big one. The phone charger. The phone charger, What 611 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: use is it having a phone? There's no use having 612 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 1: a phone if you don't have it charged. It's obvious now, 613 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 1: something that I picked up a couple of years ago, 614 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: which is great. It's been around for a while. The 615 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:54,720 Speaker 1: battery backup. Like I love going to the Sequoya National Forest, 616 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 1: but I don't get cell reception up there. I don't 617 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:04,720 Speaker 1: really good cell reception. And often I'll be hiking around 618 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,440 Speaker 1: and I my battery on my phone. You're out several hours, 619 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:10,239 Speaker 1: you're battery on your phone. If it's not fully charged, 620 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 1: we'll go down. So you bring that battery back up. 621 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. You'll be out in the middle of 622 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 1: the forest, the giant forest, and with those huge three 623 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 1: thousand year old Sequoia trees, you can charge your phone 624 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: while you're walking along. It's pretty cool. It's a pretty 625 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:27,120 Speaker 1: pretty cool Alright, last one here and we'll put the 626 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: pop quiz to bed. Get the hell out of here. 627 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,720 Speaker 1: We do have the mail bag on Sunday. Seventies seven 628 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: percent of people say this infuriorate infuriates them. Easier for 629 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 1: me to say when someone does this at the grocery store, 630 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 1: what is it? I want to point out before I 631 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: tell you what it is. I'm in this category. I've 632 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: had this happen while I was at Costco. I've had 633 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:51,880 Speaker 1: this happen at the Kroger. It's been bad the answer 634 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: seventy seven percent of people say this infuriates them is 635 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,680 Speaker 1: when they're at the grocery store. They're they're online to 636 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:04,440 Speaker 1: check out, and the person in front of him leaves 637 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:08,440 Speaker 1: while checking out to grab something else off the shelf. 638 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:13,279 Speaker 1: So then you are then delayed because they forgot to 639 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: get the item before they went to the checkout. Now, 640 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: what you should do in that situation is if you 641 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: go as a couple, Well, if you're the husband, you 642 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: have the wife go get the product, and if you're 643 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 1: the obviously vice versa on the other side. Um, but yeah, 644 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: I've been in this and then he can you hold 645 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,879 Speaker 1: my spot? I always do it. I hold their spot. 646 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,320 Speaker 1: If I'm like a total douche bag, I hold their spot. 647 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,719 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I'm thinking, man, why am 648 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,359 Speaker 1: I doing this? Why the hell am I doing this? 649 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 1: You know, I just want to I want to check out. 650 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,080 Speaker 1: I want my chocolate almonds. I want to get out 651 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: of here. What are we doing here? What do we do? Well? Anyway, listen, 652 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:51,399 Speaker 1: that is it. The Saturday podcast is fin too and done. 653 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 1: We will have a mail bag podcast. We will if 654 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: he's on his best behavior, bring back gag on. We 655 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 1: will find out. We'll have the mail bag as we'll 656 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: have a great rest of You're Saturday, and boy, you 657 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 1: know record this obviously before Saturday. You'll know if I'm 658 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,080 Speaker 1: in a really good mood or a really bad mood, 659 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,760 Speaker 1: depending on how things go with the People's team, the Clippers, 660 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,120 Speaker 1: you'll know before I know, at least at this time. Anyway, 661 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,080 Speaker 1: have a great rest of your day. Will catch you 662 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:24,879 Speaker 1: next time on the fifth hour. Mahallow aloha. Be sure 663 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,600 Speaker 1: to catch live editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays 664 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 1: at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Be sure to 665 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,399 Speaker 1: catch live editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays at 666 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,200 Speaker 1: two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio 667 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,000 Speaker 1: and the I Heart Radio app.