1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Cut booms. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to clearing House 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 2: of hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere, The Fifth Hour with me, Big 10 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: Ben and sitting in the chair to my right, hypothetically 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 1: speaking of course through the magic audio communications, is not 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: Danny g He's off this weekend, but in his place 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: Alex the Vegan Alex Tyshert, beloved Fox Sports radio personality 14 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: behind the scenes, but also on the air. You chime 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: in from time to time, right, you know, just hide 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: out behind the scenes, behind the buttons. More than that, 17 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: you're a podcaster, You're a renaissance man, and you're my 18 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: number one go to guy when Danny can't do the podcast. 19 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: Oh more poorly, what an honored Ben. 20 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 3: You know, some would say young casanova too of late, 21 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 3: because you know, young budding spring love has turned into 22 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 3: summer fire. So it's been a good time. But as 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 3: for the yes, that has been a big venture of 24 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 3: mine for the last six months. 25 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: Ben, I have heard stories in the hallways. Really, things 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: are going very well for you in the off the 27 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: air department. Yeah, things in the real world, things are 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: going very well for you. You're you're racking up a 29 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: lot of miles, though. 30 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 3: From what I understand, so many too many, Yes, a 31 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 3: lot of miles. 32 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: You gotta cut the gap on that. But other than that, 33 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: it's all good for you. 34 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 3: I'm happy for you, Thank you, Ben, And I'm honored 35 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 3: and privileged to also be somebody that you would like 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 3: to sit in with you because I know Danny g 37 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: does a great job. But at the same time, Ben, 38 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: I know you and I like to get deeper and 39 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: kind of more volumptuous when it comes to certain type 40 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 3: of topics and conversations. And I'll give you kind of 41 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,639 Speaker 3: the youth perspective as I'm really plugged into the social 42 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 3: media aspect content creation. So it's kind of like a 43 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 3: good mix between you and I'd say. 44 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: And see and you just gave me like a backhandy 45 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: compliment calling me an old deezer, and you did, I mean, 46 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: that was an indirect shot. That was a gut punch, 47 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: is what that was. That I mean, I'm still talking 48 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: about athletes who have not aged. By the way, I 49 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: want you to know, when I started in radio, I 50 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: was talking about athletes who are all between the ages 51 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: of like I don't know, eighteen and you know forty, 52 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: and the athletes are still between eighteen and forty. They 53 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: just happened to be the kids of the people that 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: I used to talk about when I started this nonsense 55 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: back in the day. So it's the circle of life, Alex. 56 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna be there, man, before you know it. You're 57 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: gonna be there. It's true, gonna be in my position. 58 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: You're gonna wake up one morning and say, wait a minute, 59 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: I remember that per Wait that's the son of so 60 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: and so, the daughter of so and so. Wait a minute. 61 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 3: Yes, I will say Ben, in defense, I did say 62 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 3: Danny g because he's not here, so I'll take shots. 63 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 3: But I would you feel free? Yes, you were ageless, Ben. 64 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 3: Your your voice lives on through the eternity of the 65 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 3: microphones and through the infinitive waves in the world. 66 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: So you are eternal. You are ageless. 67 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 3: It was more so just saying I think it's nice 68 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 3: to have somebody from like that content creation TikTok side. 69 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: That's all I was trying to say. I understand and clearly, 70 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: and I'm not on TikTok. It's not my world, it's 71 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: not my domain. I cut it off after. I think 72 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: Instagram was the last really social media that I signed 73 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: up for you. I'm on Facebook, Instagram, not back in 74 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: the old days. I'm obviously X. But I was on 75 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: in the old days. It was it was, it was 76 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: the original. It was my Space, my Space. Yeah, do 77 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: you remember your top eight? 78 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 2: Ben? 79 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: I do not. I blocked all that out. Remember. I 80 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: used to work with a woman Karen karen Ka who 81 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: she had a drop that my Space is huge, you 82 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: know like that. We used to play around on that. 83 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: Back in the day. I was on I'm so old. 84 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: I was on America Online. What is that a stop? Oh? 85 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: That was the original Internet. They owned the Internet. Dial up, right, 86 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: was not the radio. Yeah, it was dial up. You 87 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: had to wait for the thing to connect. It was 88 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: always slow. And then they had chat rooms and and 89 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: they had like news sites, but it was all in 90 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: their world. It was on their own ecosystem, and they 91 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: used to send out these things called CDs. I don't 92 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: know if you know CDSDS, Compact dish, yes, yes, And 93 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: they used to send those out and there used to 94 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: be these things called newspapers, and sometimes they would even 95 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: include them in newspapers stop because they would get people 96 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: to sign up. And they owned the Internet and then 97 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: somehow they screwed it up and they blew it. Well, 98 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how exactly they blew it. I'm sure 99 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: there's been a documentary made it about it or something 100 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: like that. But they at one point controlled the market 101 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: share of the Internet and then it all of a 102 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: sudden went away. It's it's kind of like that whole 103 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: Blockbuster video things. Video controlled the rental department, yes, the 104 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 1: rental space, as the cool people like to say, and 105 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: then that that all went away. 106 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 3: Ben, I still remember Blockbuster being a kid, going with 107 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 3: my parents on Friday nights and you'd have to wait 108 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 3: in line and rush to the aisle to hopefully there 109 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: was one disc left or the VHS's I remember those two. Yeah, 110 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: I still remember that, Ben, And you'd have to wait, maybe. 111 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: Like Sunday, somebody was going one of them, and you'd 112 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: get it on like a Sunday night or something like that. 113 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 3: I was so smooth, Ben, I would make friends with 114 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 3: people that work there to have them tell me the 115 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 3: most return day to go at that time too, just 116 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: to make sure I got a copy. 117 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: So that's a little insider trade. Yes, that is what 118 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: that is. That's thinking long and hard about how to 119 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: get the proper video. Now, did you buy any food? 120 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: They had the the popcorn movie, like a buttered popcorn 121 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: thing that you had to make at home. Of course, 122 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: of the microwave and candy, which was overpriced hoster video 123 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: back in the day. But yeah, it's like the same concept. 124 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: They the famous story they could have purchased Netflix early 125 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: on and taken away a competitor, and they chose not 126 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: to do it. They dismissed Netflix, and now Netflix is 127 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: still Every time I drive into the Mothership, I drive 128 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: through Hollywood, and I'm not sure if you come that way, 129 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: you probably don't, But I go by the Netflix building. 130 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: Oh wys is right off? I think sunset? Yes, yes, 131 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: Hollywood in a massive, massive building right near the old Arby's. 132 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 3: Yes, Ben, isn't it crazy to think about the transition 133 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 3: of things like you're saying about just going to a 134 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 3: place to rent a movie. Now you can download stream 135 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: all of them. And we had I'm sure you remember 136 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 3: this too. Remember red Box popped off for a little bit. 137 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, they do. 138 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 3: That was the transition. That was like the next step 139 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 3: to downloading at home because they were like, well, rather 140 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 3: than going into Blockbuster and waiting, just go to a 141 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 3: grocery store. 142 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: There's a box. You can just get a disc and go. 143 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: I still remember Ben, I still remember people, and I'm 144 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 3: sure you remember this as a kid too. Everybody was like, oh, 145 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 3: don't trust strangers, don't get in a car with strangers, 146 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: don't talk to strangers. Now the biggest platform for transportation 147 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 3: is Uber, where you talk. 148 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: To strangers and get in a stranger's car. 149 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 3: Like it trips me out, Like I don't know who 150 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 3: started that, And investors were like, genius, that's gonna work, 151 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 3: you know, like it trips me out. 152 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, And we have a lot of people that listen 153 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: to the show over that are driving people the airports. Yes, yes, 154 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: I mean just throughout Fox Sports Radio and it. Yeah. 155 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: And it's like a great concept for the people at 156 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: Uber because you know, you're putting a lot of wear 157 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: and tear in your car, right right, And they're not. 158 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: I don't think they're compensating for you. No, I did 159 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: lift for a year, Ben. Do you remember that when 160 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: I worked out here? Uh? Did I ever tell you 161 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: about that? I don't think I remember that. Oh, God, 162 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: shame on me. 163 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 3: So when I first started here and finally had the 164 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 3: night shift, I still had my Honda at the time, 165 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 3: and so I was thinking about a way to make 166 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 3: some extra side cash for I just wanted to go 167 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 3: traveling more and do like some more National Park stuff. 168 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 3: So I thought, how can I make some extra money 169 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 3: still within what I'm doing here in LA. And so 170 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 3: it kind of dawned on me. I was like, I 171 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 3: have the Honda. As soon as I get off at eleven, 172 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: why don't I just lift for a few hours in 173 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 3: downtown LA and see what happens Ben. The people I 174 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 3: met and the situations I got into, I don't know 175 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 3: how somebody hasn't created a show, and I mean, like 176 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 3: an actual television show that's based off of uber drivers 177 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 3: at nights or the type of individuals I met, Ben 178 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 3: from a spectrum of things. If you're conversational, have a 179 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 3: personality or somewhat or an extrovert, and you want to 180 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 3: make some fun money and meet some interesting people. Drive 181 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 3: La Uber at night or lyft. It was insane. I 182 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 3: did it for a year, Ben, it was crazy crazy. 183 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: Well, there used to be you know, I'll date myself, 184 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: but there used to be a show on HBO. I 185 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: think it was called Taxi Fat Taxi Cab Confessions or 186 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: something like that. Got you okay, anything about that? No, Yeah, 187 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: it was a while back, and it was the same 188 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: concept where they just put cameras in taxi cabs in 189 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: New York I think it was in New York and 190 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: they would drive around and it was overnight and people 191 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: would get in the cab from like, you know, having 192 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: random hookups or whatever, from the bar or you know whatever, 193 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: any life situation, and they would just spill their guts 194 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: wow in the cab, talking about their life. And of 195 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: course they had to get him to sign paperwork rights, 196 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: but it seemed like most of the people were They 197 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: must have paid them a fair amount of money. But 198 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: it was a really good show. So it was good, Ryan, 199 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it was very entertaining. 200 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 3: You could totally bring that back. I don't know, I 201 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 3: know what he's doing. It like Netflix, they got money 202 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 3: to throw at anybody. You make a joke to a 203 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 3: CEO and a bar, they give you a special. 204 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: I don't know what. They haven't tried it yet. There's 205 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: your move, Alex. Come on, you're Alex Levin, You're you're 206 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: a business mogul. Go into Netflix and pitch them on 207 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: your idea. 208 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 3: Ben, do this with me. Let's do this. Let's be partners. 209 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 3: Let's pitch this idea together. 210 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: All right, Well, you had you're like Vegas, La, Miami, 211 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: New Orleans, because I don't think it'll work if you're 212 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: in Appleton, Wisconsin, that it would work quite your same there. 213 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: If you're in Omaha, Nebraska, that's true. Or Bizmarck. I 214 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: don't know that. There's a lot of interest in probably 215 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: not not a lot going on, kind of like where 216 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: I was. I was in Hawaii, and the whole place, 217 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: the whole island I was on, shuts down at eight 218 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: thirty to nine o'clock. There is nothing going on after that. 219 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: It is built around the daytime. Yeah, it's have you 220 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 1: been to Hawaii. 221 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 3: You've been Hawaii when I was younger, at like resorts 222 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 3: and stuff, but I've never been in the towns. 223 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. So I went to the island of Kawaii. That's 224 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: where the that's where the airport is. Poi poo right there. 225 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: You fly in and it's such a laid back, uh situation. 226 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: Everyone's just cool. They're they're on island time. Okay, when 227 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: you're on island time, you're in no hurry. You don't 228 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: drive fast, you don't. We we went to a restaurant. 229 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: We waited an hour to get food after we ordered, yes, 230 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: and it was very bad food. Food not that great. 231 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: But throughout the weekend, alex I will be sprinkling in 232 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: stories from my vacation. The Mallard Travelogue. We'd like to 233 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: call it out in the boondocks. I like to say 234 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: it's in Oceania because it is Hawaii. Is the Hawaiian 235 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: Island is in Oceania? Yes, yes, not in northern north, 236 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: you know, the northern part of the continent or what 237 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: do we call it When I'm thinking of North America, 238 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: it's not North America. It's in Oceania, and it's just 239 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: out there. It's the longest flight, the longest flight without 240 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: any land underneath you in the entire world, is from 241 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: the West Coast to Hawaii. Nothing, yes, there is nothing. 242 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: If something goes wrong, you're done. You're landing out with 243 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: the whales and the dolphins. That's it. But I've always 244 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: thought when I get into a plane, if something goes wrong, 245 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: that's it. I've never gotten into a plane. Yeah, I'm like, 246 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,079 Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm fine with that, Like I don't expect 247 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: for an emergency like crash land the plane that landed 248 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: in the Hudson River, remember in New York for years back, 249 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: and yes it was Sully, Yes, the whole movie on it. Yes, yeah, yeah, 250 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: I mean everyone survived. I think if I remember correcting 251 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: every one person that but everything it seemed like everyone 252 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: made it. Like that's that's so un likely, so unlikely 253 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: that that's going to happen. So when I get into 254 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: a plane, I'm like, Okay, if this is it, this 255 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,079 Speaker 1: is it. I'm not worried. That's it. But it's a 256 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: long flight. Unfortunately, we got the extra leg room, so 257 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: I had had some room. But every time I fly 258 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: now I live, I don't say where exactly I live, 259 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: but you kind of know where I live. And I 260 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: go far from Lax out the north Woods, and I 261 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: try to avoid Lax at all costs because I hate 262 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: Lax and I don't know anyone that likes it, And 263 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: I got a refresher course. Now we, of course what 264 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: we all do. I'm sure you do this too. When 265 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: you go somewhere with your summer romance. There you decide 266 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: on the cheapest airfare. You're willing to go a little 267 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: further to an airport to get the cheap airfare, and inevitably, 268 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: this is my curse. LAX is always the cheapest, hands down. 269 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: Always. 270 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: I mean, we got a bunch of airports in the 271 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: LA area. Got you got Burbank, You've got Ontario, That's 272 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: where I go. I love that one. It's a small airport, 273 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: Orange County, Long Beach. There's all these little airports, but 274 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,719 Speaker 1: LAX is always the cheapest. So you punch in the 275 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: numbers on your phone. You're like, all right, how much 276 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: is any and said, well, I can save two hundred 277 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: bucks per ticket if I go to LAX. So okay, 278 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: I'll go there. And every time I go to LAX, 279 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: I regret it. It's a refresher course, the worst airport 280 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 1: in America with LA Without I've traveled a fair amount 281 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: and I've only traveled around the continental United States, Alex 282 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 1: So I don't know what it's like outside of the US. 283 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: I haven't traveled abroad, no kidding, I haven't other than Oceania. 284 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: Oh wow, okay, but I haven't traveled about so I 285 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: only in the US. But I go to these other airports. 286 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, Dallas, great, they got a train system. 287 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 1: Atlanta's got a subway to take you between the terminals. 288 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: Just awesome. Lax. You walk about seventeen months. I thought 289 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: I was walking to Hawaii. I thought I thought it 290 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: was like a triathlon when I got because they dropped 291 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: us off at the Tom Bradley terminales, which are some 292 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: the international terminal at LAX, which that proves it is 293 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: not in North America. It's an international flight for right 294 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: in California and Hawaii. It's in the international tournam There's 295 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 1: all these terminal, all these people coming from like China, Japan, 296 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: you know wherever, Yes, Russia, you name it, probably not Russia, 297 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: but far away places, far away places, right, So they're 298 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: all there, they're arriving, this is our first experience in America, 299 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: and they're at the baggage claim and all that they 300 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:18,079 Speaker 1: drop us off. We of course parching parking, budget parking, 301 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: and then we go. We check in and we're like, okay, this, 302 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: I've never been to the international terminal. This is great. 303 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: So we check in and they say you're at the 304 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: gate like A twenty two. Okay, okay, and then you 305 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: have to find gate A twenty two. And you start 306 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: walking and you keep walking and you're meandering right, you're 307 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: going through and you're going and you walk through the 308 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: cool part, the nice part of the terminal where everything 309 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: smells good and looks good. And then they say there's 310 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: an escalator you've got to go down. So you're like, 311 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: all right, I'll meander down right, I'll navigate the airport, sure, 312 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: find my way. So I go down the not one, 313 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: not too but three escalators. I then have to walk 314 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: and they have this is a massive hall, massive massive hall. 315 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,479 Speaker 1: It's like three or four football fields. I'm not exaggerating. 316 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: They have those people mover situated. Yes, those walking. Yeah, 317 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: it's not it's not. It's like you walk and it walks, 318 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: it rolls along. You know, escalator, well kind of, but 319 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: it's it's just rolling. It's like a rubberized floor. You're walking. 320 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: And then yeah, so I went on that. There were 321 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: three of those. So then I get done with that. 322 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, I'm good, NOV arrived. Nope, nope, gotta 323 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: zigzag my way up another escalator. Right now, I gotta 324 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: twist around a corner. I gotta walk by a Burger King. 325 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: They couldn't get better food at lax Burger King. My god, 326 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: so that's torturous. So I walked by the Burger King. 327 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: Some other restaurants are closed because it was early. And 328 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: it walked down a walk walk walk walk walk walk 329 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: walk walk walk walk. I mean, it is insane. I think, 330 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: I'm I'm out in the countryside. And finally I finally 331 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: to the very end of the A terminal or the 332 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: A block of that terminal, and right there and then 333 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: I have to sit, and of course you have to 334 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: then sit for another hour for your plane to board. Yes, 335 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: and the whole the full, all inclusive experience. But if 336 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: I had been at another airport and taking one of 337 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: the train systems, I would have been there in about 338 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: two minutes. I would have been able to kick back, relax, 339 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: enjoy myself. Whatever. Then that's a nightmare. It was not 340 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: an enjoyable experience whatsoever. And then and then I had 341 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: what I call pa madness, Alex. So this is very odd. 342 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: It's a small world, after all, it's a fall fall world. 343 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: So when I fly, I have long legs, and in 344 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: order to circumvent having to get shoved into a little 345 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: container and try to have a little leg room, you know, 346 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: a sardine containers, I go with the emergency road. Now, 347 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: back in the old days, when I first started flying, 348 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: when I was a kid, you didn't need to pay 349 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: extra for an emergency road. In fact, they asked volunteers 350 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: to sit in the emergency Yes, I remember that. Yeah, 351 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: It's like, would you like to sit in the emergency room. 352 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: We're looking for like ten people. And I always said sure, yes, 353 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: and he never said no. That there was a point 354 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: when I was really obese that I didn't fit in 355 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: the seat, which was a problem. But since i've lost 356 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: the weight, which has been a long time, and you've 357 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: known me, I think since I lost all the weight, 358 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: so you know me when I was massive, So I've 359 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: been fine. So but they started charging like fifteen years ago, 360 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: they started charging for maybe less than that, but they 361 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: started charging for the exit row. But I pay a 362 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: little extra. It's not first class, it's a little more, 363 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: but it's at least I can feel my knees when 364 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: I get off the plane, and so that's usually good. 365 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: So I get to the as I said, I had 366 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: to walk through this entire airport, all the all the surroundings, 367 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: everything just massive. I saw the whole scenery of Lax. 368 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: So then I'm at the terminal at the gate rather 369 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: and I'm sitting there, mine of my own business, fussing 370 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: around on my phone, charging my phone, and the PA 371 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: person at the gate says, I will passenger passenger Lee, 372 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: passenger mallor Benjamin mallor come to the gate. Oh my god, Okay, 373 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: what did I do? Did they not have my ticket? Like? 374 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: What's going on here? You know something must be wrong? 375 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: And no, because I guess the wife had checked in 376 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: for me on her phone. I did not check in 377 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: on my phone. They just wanted to make sure that 378 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: I was comfortable sitting in an exit row, which, by 379 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: the way, I had booked. Okay, I'd already booked this. 380 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: I knew I was sitting in an exit row, but 381 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, I'm fine. So it took like 382 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: two seconds. So then I went back to sit down. 383 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: And then this is the PA madness part. This is 384 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: a gentleman comes up to me around my age, comes 385 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: up to me and says, hey, are you Ben Mahler 386 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: And I looked at him and I said, why, Yes 387 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: I am Ben mallor yes I am. So it turns 388 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: out this guy was not a listener to the radio show, 389 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: not a Fox Sports radio consumer, none of this guy. 390 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: This is where it's a small world, after all. I 391 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 1: went to elementary school and junior high school with this 392 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: guy stop and we got into a fight. We got 393 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: into a dust up and both got suspended from junior 394 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: high school. And I hadn't seen this guy since probably 395 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 1: my sophomore year of high school. That long. Wow, and 396 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: he happened to be at the airport on the state 397 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: the same flags Nim Steve and in case he's listening, 398 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: but yeah, he's just happened to be there, and he's 399 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 1: he's like telling me, And at first I have no 400 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: idea what he's saying, Like to me, he's speaking Portuguese 401 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: or something like that. I'm like, I know what this 402 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: is or pig lax, I have no idea what you're saying. 403 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: And he's like, he's, oh, yeah, you know, I went 404 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: to school with you. And he then he named some 405 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: other guy that he went to school with, Like, I'm 406 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: supposed to know who that is. I no idea who. 407 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you. My youth, I was the fat kid. 408 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: I got picked on. I tried to block all that out. 409 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: I have PTSD. You know, I moved on from that. 410 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: I've had a much better experience as an adult than 411 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: I did when I was in school. It was not 412 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,479 Speaker 1: a very enjoyable experience. I wasn't a great student, and partly, 413 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: you know, people were a holes, right and all. That's 414 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: so I moved on. I made it out of school, 415 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: and then I went into radio at a young age. 416 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 1: I was nineteen and I just worked in radio ever 417 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: since and that's been my my jam and I've done it. 418 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: But anyway, so we were catching up and we exchanged 419 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: numbers and all that, but then I kept running into it. 420 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: So I ran into the airport. We talked for like 421 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: five minutes. I think he could kind of tell Steve 422 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: that I wasn't really into it, but he was nice, 423 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 1: he had a smile, and then then he walked away. 424 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: So then we go to we fly. He didn't sit 425 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: next to me or anything like that. We fly all 426 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: the way five and a half hours to Kawhi and 427 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: then I see him again at the baggage claim. So 428 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: now here we are we talking again? Oh my god. 429 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: So then we say goodbye. Then I have to go 430 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: get a rental car. Who do you think is in 431 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: the little Who do you think is in the bus 432 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: on the way to the rental car? Yeah? So I 433 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 1: saw them like three times on that trip to Kawai. 434 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 3: Okay, I have to ask you, Ben, then, is that, 435 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: like I know, we'll use like a religious term. Is 436 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 3: that like divine intervention? It's preordained because you have some 437 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 3: kind of there's something there, there's a reason why you 438 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 3: go through that experience because the odds seem almost impossible. 439 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: I've met people like you said, in situations that I 440 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 3: should have never ran into them, and it's like, how 441 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 3: is that even a lot? 442 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: We're in different states. How does that even work? To me? 443 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: I feel like that's something that's just meant to happen. 444 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: How do you explain that? Is that? I think the 445 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: term is serendipity, which was also where it is Serendipity, 446 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: which I think was a ice cream shop in Vegas. 447 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: It's called Serendipity, and they really good ice cream shakes 448 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: if I remember. Hopefully they're still doing well. But that's incressible. 449 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: It is cool. It's like it's such a massive planet, 450 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: but yet it's not. It's not that it's a game. 451 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 3: To me, the way I think about it, it's like 452 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 3: these events kind of trickle back into your life to 453 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 3: see if it sparks something or if you're truly over something, 454 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 3: or will make you remind of something, like you said, 455 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 3: back to your childhood and school time, and it's like 456 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 3: you've done so hard to block it, did you really 457 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 3: ever move on from it? 458 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: So? 459 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 3: Is that why you saw Steve? Was Steve there to 460 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 3: like remind you? It's it's so cool to me. 461 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, and I would if they hadn't 462 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: said my name on the PA system though I wouldn't 463 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: have known he was there. He wouldn't have known. I 464 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: would exactly just been on the same plane and that 465 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: would have been it. Wow. But the stars aligned, that's crazy. 466 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 3: And also before I forget back to the who Hawaii thing, 467 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 3: I can tell you the national fish because I remember 468 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 3: it from childhood. 469 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: Are you ready for this one? Uh? Yeah, that sounds 470 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: like a fun fact. Yes, what is the the national 471 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: Because I have my own fun facts. 472 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 3: What is the new gal Yeah, go ahead. It is 473 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 3: from from Hawaii's national fish. It is unukunukuapua. I will 474 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 3: always remember it forever, really, yes, unukuapua A always will 475 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 3: remember it. Wow, thank you, pretty impressive. Thank you, remember, 476 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 3: thank you. 477 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: I did not know that I saw some crazy wildfish. 478 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 1: I did a lot of snorkeling. We'll have more travel 479 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: stories throughout the weekend as we work our way through here. 480 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: We have two more podcasts to do. But I did 481 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: have some other I have some my bonus Hawaii fun fact. 482 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: You want to fund fact? Yes, give you a fun fact, guys. 483 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: This one always always surprises me. All right, you think 484 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: of Hawaii, there are eight islands that are part of 485 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: the Hawaiian Island state, the state of Hawaii. They're eight islands, right, Wahu, Maui, Kawaii, 486 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: the Big Island, all those you know, the Hawaiian Island. 487 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: I guess they call it the Big Island. And there's 488 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: a couple other smaller ones. But didn't you know there 489 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: are actually one hundred and thirty two different Hawaiian islands now, 490 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: while there's one hundred really or a little small ones 491 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 1: like reefs, shoals as. Let's is that how you saying? Yes? 492 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: You say, I think so. The eight Main Islands are 493 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: part of America. So here's my question. If you were 494 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: to live on one of those little, small, little lumps 495 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: of land, are you in your own country? Is that? 496 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: What is that like? Or is that could you? There's 497 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: eight so that means there's one hundred and sixteen other 498 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: little place place. I did get a story one time 499 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: from I was on a boat in Hawaii and a 500 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: guy claimed there was an island right off the coast 501 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: of Kawaii. Okay, it was kind of like Catalina is 502 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: to La. Yes, yeah, far away, and do you like 503 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: Catalina or no? I feel like if it's more like 504 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: a date thing, I can be down. Otherwise I'm kind 505 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: of like I'd rather be Huntington or something or Venice, 506 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: you know. Like, Okay, well, I like Kelly, but it's 507 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 1: it's far. It's close enough, but yet far enough. Yeah, 508 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: you gotta you know what I'm saying. So you get 509 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: there and you can see it. And this guy on 510 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: the boat, the guy claimed that the island was filled 511 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: with indigenous people, was not part of the Hawaiian Island really, 512 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: he might have been full of crap, but he said 513 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: they they don't have the modern technology and they're still 514 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: living like the Native Hawaiians and all that. It's not 515 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:02,400 Speaker 1: part wow the U. That's what he claimed. I don't 516 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: know if he might have been pulling my chain, but 517 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 1: that's probably I don't know. 518 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 2: I don't know. 519 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 3: I mean, it seems it sounds yeah, isn't like one 520 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 3: of those things, but it isn't like isn't that like 521 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 3: a thing that you want to believe in because it 522 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 3: sounds so cool? 523 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,360 Speaker 1: Like I hope that is real. Well, I think when 524 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: when Hawaii became a state, when it was taken over 525 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: by the evil Americans and they, you know, they stole 526 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: basically Hawaii from stole everything here. I get it pretty much. 527 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: That's how it works. But so they they had My 528 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: favorite spot is in the Neapoli Coast, and the people 529 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: that were living there back back in the day, the 530 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: people that were living in the Neapoli Coast, they allowed them, 531 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: they grandfathered them in. Yes, they said, all right, you're that. 532 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: You can be here until everyone dies and then that's 533 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: it and uh, we we're good. And so like the 534 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: last guy I think died, not that long ago that 535 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: there was a native Hawaiian that was allowed to live 536 00:25:54,720 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: there throughout his his life. Also, the Hawaii island is 537 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: I believe, like the largest in width. It's like thousands 538 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: of miles between the beginning and the end of the 539 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: Hawaiian island chain. It's like the largest state in terms 540 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: of distance. Yeah. Yeah, so it's it's it's incredible fun facts. Yeah. 541 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 3: But see, like that's a good question you ask about, 542 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 3: like when, because you know how there's like so many 543 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,199 Speaker 3: little islands that these millionaires or billionaires buy, and so 544 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 3: they have their own just in the middle of nowhere 545 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 3: or whatever it is. I'm interested, like you said, if 546 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 3: that's like not anywhere close to any country or is 547 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 3: it just your own? Like how does that even work? 548 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 3: How does that classify? 549 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: Yeah? So serious. Now in the water, they have this 550 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: international waters they call, you know, international waters and all that, 551 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: which is a certain number of miles. We've actually talked 552 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: about this on a previous podcast. But you're a certain 553 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: amount of miles off the coast, and like when does 554 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: that begin? Yes, that I think, if I remember correctly, 555 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: we just talked about this a few weeks ago. If 556 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: everything runs together, but it's I think it's twelve nautical 557 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: miles past the coastline of a nation. You're an international 558 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: water really, Yeah, And I heard stories when I was 559 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: a kid my grandfather back during Prohibition when everything was 560 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: illegal and they got the alcohol. Yes, they used to 561 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: have these boats in LA that would go out to 562 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,400 Speaker 1: international waters and they would be gambling boats and have alcohol. 563 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 2: Wow. 564 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: No, yeah, people would yeah, to get around the rules. 565 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: They would I don't know how they were able to 566 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: have the alcohol when they were at the coast, but 567 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: they but they would go out into the you know, 568 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,479 Speaker 1: twelve thirteen miles out to see and whatever happens happens. 569 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 3: The old school cruise ships before now, yeah, you go 570 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 3: out there, have all your all your fun. Speaking about 571 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 3: water Bend, I've always been interested in trying once in 572 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 3: my life. It's a bucket list thing. I have to 573 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 3: go to the Bermudia Triangle. 574 00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: I have to. 575 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 3: I'm so fascinated by it. You think there's something there, 576 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 3: oh for sure? Okay, Ben, we can't even explain what 577 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 3: eels are. Nobody knows where they come from. And like 578 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 3: oceanographers and people who study ocean life for their entire life, 579 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 3: these people still don't even understand how eel's mate. Every 580 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 3: time there's a mating season for eels, whether it's in 581 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 3: captivity or free water, they always go to the Bermuda Triangle. 582 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 3: So we've never been able to document any mating season 583 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 3: for eels. I don't even know what's going on there. Like, 584 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 3: I'm so fascinated of like, what is that place? Why 585 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 3: is it off? Why is it a triangle? Why is 586 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 3: it off limits? What happens there? Like, I'm so fascinated 587 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 3: with the unknown. It it's interesting to me. 588 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: I haven't heard as much about the Bermuda Triangle in 589 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: recent years, but when I was a kid, that was 590 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: a massive deely. There used to be planes that would 591 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: disappear all the time. It's the devil's trying. Yes's there 592 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: right off the the Atlantic, Southern Atlantic? Yes? Off? Is 593 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: it way off the coast of Florida? Is that where 594 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: it is? It's pretty far. 595 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 3: It's not like something you can quickly get to, but 596 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 3: it definitely is with it in the day's trip, I believe. Okay, 597 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 3: but it just isn't that fascinating though, Like the eel aspect. 598 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 3: As soon as I learned that, and I was like, 599 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 3: we don't know much about eels. They're like underwater snakes 600 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 3: out of their own they look like sea serpents, like 601 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 3: the Leviathans. 602 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: Why do they go to the Bermuda triangle? Like what 603 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: pulls them? 604 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 3: There's like some magnetic force that just triggles their event 605 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 3: through natural instinct. It's fascinating to me. 606 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: No, it is interesting. I used to be into that 607 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: back in the day. I mean, there's a lot of things. 608 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: We hardly know what's in the world. Zero when I'm 609 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: flying over the ocean, you know, we we'll get to 610 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: this and then another. Maybe it's tomorrow. But well, I'll 611 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: say I have a thought. Maybe we'll have some fun 612 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: stuff about that too, Ben about the ocean for you? 613 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: All right, well, very good. Anyway, we'll get out on that. 614 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: It is Friday today, the nineteenth day of July. It 615 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: is for some reason national football Day. Oh, which doesn't 616 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: make any sense because there's no football. It's an urban 617 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: beekeeping day today. So remember that that fake story years 618 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: ago where they said the beaches were dying. Oh yeah, 619 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: they always make it, dude all the time. Wasn't true? 620 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, just like they said, like global warming, right, 621 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 3: but the ocean levels have been the same since early 622 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 3: nineteen hundreds. Yeah, I'm gonna believe all that shoutouts. 623 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. All right, Well, get out on that anything 624 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: you want to promote here Alex on this Friday or 625 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: you're good, oh just your podcast. 626 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, just if you guys need some fun life advice 627 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 3: or somebody thinking outside the box and just goes into 628 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 3: a flow state with no prep for a show, it's 629 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 3: just check out Shallow Oceans podcast. It's been my baby 630 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 3: and I've had a great time, So thank you. 631 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: Ben. Sounds good. All right, have a great Friday. We 632 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: got new podcasts all week and long Saturday and Sunday. 633 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:37,239 Speaker 1: We'll catch you then.