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We got to have common sense. Larry Blytner. Darren O'Neill.
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It's Sunday, August 9th, 2026. This is your Gitmo Nation
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Media Assassination, episode 1893. This is no agenda. Yes, we're
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broadcasting live from just outside of Chiraq, right here in
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FEMA Region Number 5. In the morning, everybody, I'm Darren
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O'Neill. And from the pretentious Connecticut shore, this is Larry
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Blydener keeping commies and creeps at bay with my gleaming
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scimitar of truth. It's Darren and Larry! But was Billy
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Idol okay coming into that area? I mean, with all
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the commies? Billy was dynamite. What a show. It was
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just electric. I'm still amped up from it. I'm pretty
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dangerous, so watch yourself, really. It was insane. Steve Stevens
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was on fire. 10,000 people screaming Billy. And you know
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what? That dude will be 71 this November. And he
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moves like he's half that age and looks at, he
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took off his shirt and threw it into the crowd
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and he didn't look really bad. You know, like, wow.
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Yeah, I'm not trying that anytime soon. It was absolutely
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spectacular. I'm hoping maybe when Adam joins us later, maybe
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he's got a Billy Idol story. You know, he knew
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all those rock stars and stuff. We will be joined,
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yeah, by the Podfather. Dude, I gotta, okay, I wasn't,
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I was gonna wait, but you're gonna ask me for
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a Billy Idol story. You did. You nailed it. Nailed
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it, Larry. Man, you know that Billy Idol dated downtown
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Julie Brown. Really? Oh, yeah, and it was just creepy.
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Those two, they were so creepy together. How creepy? Can
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you give me, like, for instance? Just like, you know,
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just tonguing each other in the hallways. Get a room,
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man. Get a room. It was nasty. Well, she was
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kind of nasty. I'm sure she's very nice now, now
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that she's married to a big Hollywood producer. to work.
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In the morning to you boys. How you doing? In
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the morning there, Adam. Doing good. Great. I apologize I
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don't sound like myself because this was a rare occasion
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where we traveled and I didn't have to lug along
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the entire portable studio. I'm like, I'm not going to
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have time. I'm just going to bring along my little
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PodMobile plug-in device. You sound great, really. Yeah, thanks. You
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do. Really? Okay. Yeah. It's funny how whenever you're setting
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something up, and I just have a little tripod for
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the microphone, I don't have my boom arm. It's always,
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you know, whenever you're looking for something. to build the
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studio with in a hotel room it's always the trash
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can for some reason the trash can is always the
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perfect the perfect device you know so i got i
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got it on top of the the trash can exactly
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the right height so yeah i'm here in um in
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san francisco and uh we were here for uh john
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memorial yesterday and but first of all man there were
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memorials all over the world the the meetups that were
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taking place uh horowitz did a did a big thing
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in fort lauderdale and he was doing like john trivia
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and he had prizes and all kinds of stuff and
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uh uh we have what do we have darren like
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five or six meetup reports already ten ten already wow
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um which um which i know you guys will play
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later i'm i'm just i'm literally so tired that I
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wish I could be here for the whole show but
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I this was Yesterday, it just all came out. It
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was like just the weeks, but honestly months because of
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John's earlier medical stuff. And, you know, just... dragging the
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cart along, but with lots of help from everybody and
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just really not knowing. It was closure. It was big
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closure for me personally. But it was so, I mean,
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maybe I should just do it chronologically. We got in,
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we flew out Friday from Austin. So that by itself
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is just such a hassle, man. It's like an hour
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and 45 drive for us. And then, you know, Southwest
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was... plays and just all so anyway we get in
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we get into the hotel um and we come in
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we're in like 7 30 and uh dana brunetti uh
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who doesn't know him hollywood producer of the biggest movies
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in the world and his beautiful wife alex they said
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well we'll come to the hotel we'll grab some dinner
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so i mean we had great, great dinner with Brunetti.
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He and his wife, I've never met him in person.
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Just a lovely, lovely guy. So no agenda, so anti-Hollywood.
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He is one of us, man, I'll tell you that.
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He is one of us. And then the next day,
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everybody... was coming in we had uh sir mark and
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dame astrid flew in from tokyo which is just you
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know they are the the archduke and archduchess of japan
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and the japan sea and all the disputed islands and
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i mean these these people they've been listening since episode
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one wow they've been with the show And for people
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who don't know them, you should just look up Klein
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Dytham Architects in Tokyo. They have done some of the
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most amazing buildings in Tokyo. I think they've probably done
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like 25% of Tokyo's most beautiful buildings. Like the... the
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emperor's library you know they did the i think the
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the fender guitar building i think it's a fender guitar
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building yeah uh sony building they've just done such amazing
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projects and they're just lovely lovely people he's british she's
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um swiss But they've both been in Japan forever. Also
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flying in for this occasion was Voyage Zero, Mark, coming
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in from the Netherlands. Wow. He, I mean, just, it
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was... I haven't seen him in... 12 years, last time
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since I saw him in person. Sir Patrick Coble, of
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course. Sir Patrick Coble is everywhere, every single place. Anywhere
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there's something good, a meetup, Sir Patrick Coble is always
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there. So we hung out with them for a little
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bit, had kind of a lunch. I really couldn't eat
6:40
much. I knew I was going to be speaking. They
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had me on the lineup for this gig. and So
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we all went to the chapel in Oakland. Beautiful, just,
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thing is like, I don't know, must be over 100
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years old. Probably about 70 people there. Um, and as
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you know so mimi said a few words uh eric
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the shoe with his wife Danelle from South Dakota. People
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know Eric DeChille. He used to do the back office
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before Jay came in to do that. And he was
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master of ceremonies. Then Marty Higgins, who wrote many of
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the jokes for... For John and throughout the years, he's
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been friends with Mimi, I think, first for, I don't
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know, 40 years. He did the eulogy. It was kind
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of cool because he came to me later and he
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says, you know, I have something. And most of these
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people were as old as wood. I mean, they're all
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like in their 70s and 80s. I'll just be honest
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about it. And Marty's like, you know, do you remember
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when John was doing the Confucius stuff? I'm like, yeah,
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I remember that. Do you remember that, Darren or Larry,
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when John would open the show and he would do
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a Confucius says? Well, I've got to find that. He
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was doing this for maybe a month. And they would
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be okay, you know. I think a Confucius says maybe
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is not the best thing for an opening. But anyway,
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so Marty comes up to me. He says, do you
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remember the Confucius says stuff? I say, yeah. wrote those
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uh-huh he said you got to understand the backstory john
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called me up one day and said i got a
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great idea for a book i got a great idea
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for a book it's a comedy book and it's just
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filled with confucius says and so and and marty says
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but i guess you didn't like it or something i
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never knew it was supposed to be a book john
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just was throwing this stuff at me i'm like okay
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he gives me a list of 250 confucius says that
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he wrote for that book and uh i mean it
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They are so, so, most of them I can't even
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read on the air. Right. I mean, when it starts
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with lesbian who curl hair, I mean, no, I'm just
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going to leave that one where it is. Did he
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do it with a Chinese accent? Just checking pictures. If
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John tried to do it with a Chinese accent, that
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may have been part of the problem now that I
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think about it. Oh, okay. All right. Yeah. And anyway,
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so Marty does the eulogy. Funny. I mean, he's a
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he used to be Marty in the morning. You know,
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he did radio morning radio back in the. late 70s.
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So these are all just really interesting people. Then Brandon
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Jay's husband spoke and he just had a lovely bit
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about, you know, how he asked John if he could
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marry Jay twice. And you can only imagine how hilarious
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that situation went both times. Then I... in my piece
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and then they had kind of an open mic which
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was appropriate because there were comedians and there were just
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wild and wacky people there
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– and I've always known this, but it was said
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So Void Zero was phenomenal. You know the sysadmin who's
10:04
always quiet and doesn't say much and he just kind
10:06
of sits there and makes everything run? Yeah. Man, Void
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Zero, we almost had to give him the hook. He
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wouldn't stop. He had written 10,000 words, but it was
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all so beautiful. And you could just tell how everyone
10:24
had been affected by John. And then you got like
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the old PC. mag publishing days which mimi doesn't even
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know them that predated her and john's relationship there were
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stories about how john had ghost written the the first
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book by adam osborne i mean this is going back
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right um guys who were uh in the original uh
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you know deck day days of computing and everybody kind
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of had the same basic story about John where he'd
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call you up and go hey you know that was
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how John called you on the phone and never called
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me but you know the one time he did hey
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and and everybody had very similar stories some people were
11:06
just like wow that these guys exist you know that
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they really that they're from these old computer days and
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they had stories about just like you know devices and
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peripherals that you'd recognize and how john was you know
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just always uh all on top of this and and
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a common Theme You know, people might often get the
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so perfectly about one of the speakers that John, it
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always sounded like he was just crapping on everything. You
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know, like the mouse and the iPad and the Apple
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Watch and all. this stuff and the point was made
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that john actually because of how he wrote about these
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things drove people to make better products true and i
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think that's true that you know just the way he
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would just just drive a wedge into anything that people
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were trying to make that was cool including myself by
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the way when i would be so proud of the
12:13
howard stern interview i did and he said sucked it
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sucked he didn't mention the show didn't mention the show
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enough i don't think he even mentioned me you know
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just on it but and it made me better and
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that was a very very clear um message from everybody
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there was a Oh yeah, that's clear even with the
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art stuff. I mean, Dvorak was great. If he liked
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my stuff, it wasn't anywhere near as fun. Exactly. And
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I guess I knew that inherently, but it's not until
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people started saying it that he was so, you know,
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John could have. in a multi multi multi-millionaire because he
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had inside dirt on all products he could have gone
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to work for any company told him how to do
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it but that wasn't what he did he wrote about
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how these products sucked because he felt they could be
13:04
better now he didn't necessarily always say it would be
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better if but That really was a big part of
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his role in the world. And I really came to
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appreciate that, hearing that yesterday. Oh, yeah. Not like computers
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became a thing. Yeah. It was all in vain, obviously.
13:24
Think about the world that he actually molded with his
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words at the back of those PC magazines and elsewhere.
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It is quite amazing. It all kind of came together
13:36
for me when Sir Patrick Coble and many of the
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NOAA gender producers and artists were in on this and
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they helped crowdfund it and helped find... the different knickknacks.
13:50
I posted it on X. Sir Patrick Cole made two
13:53
shadow boxes. You know, shadow boxes. I guess typically, like,
13:59
you get one if you served in the armed forces
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or you had a child who was killed somewhere in
14:03
the armed forces. You get, you know, this beautiful wooden
14:06
box with glass in front and has the flag and
14:09
their medals and their picture, et cetera. And, you know,
14:12
Patrick's an ex-Marine. And these things, you've got to zoom
14:16
in on this picture. these different artifacts of John and
14:22
of me and of no agenda including a an HO
14:25
scale model of the Zephyr that had one of the
14:28
you know the a mouse in there, it had an
14:31
MTV patch, it had a first gen iPod. You know,
14:35
back in the day when John was taking digital pictures
14:38
and always saying your camera, your camera, your phone's camera
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sucks. Why do you use that? Of course, he was
14:43
trying to make that better and it did get better
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over time. You know, a little handheld digital camera. one
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of his Dvorak speaking, typing tutor software packages. I mean,
14:55
just such a lovely, I mean, I couldn't hold it
15:00
together, man, when he gave that to me. And he
15:02
even had it custom made for a suitcase because it
15:05
had to fit in the suitcase for us to take
15:08
it back. I mean, that just, I mean, Noah Jenner
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Nation, man, just so beautiful. Nothing like it in the
15:15
world. Nothing. There really is nothing like it in the
15:18
world. Let me see if I got everybody in here.
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Well, so. What was I, there was something, another point
15:28
I was gonna, oh yes. Victoria Racagne, I don't know
15:32
if you know who she is. She's like the CBS,
15:35
CBS LA entertainment reporter. And I actually had forgotten this,
15:43
but the one time I went to John's house, the
15:45
one time I was invited and not allowed to go
15:47
see the studio was a Thanksgiving. And he'd invited Victoria
15:52
as well. She's this really cute Asian L.A. reporter. And
15:59
she's like an undercover Republican, Catholic, of course could never
16:02
let on about that, doing her job. But John knew
16:04
all about her. And she and several other people. I
16:10
mean, would just stand up and say, you know, people
16:13
don't understand how John helped me in my career. He
16:15
would give me the same thing that he's doing to
16:17
the PC industry. He would critique my work, tell me
16:20
what to do, but he would also make connections. Like,
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I'll call this person now. They're waiting for you. He
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helped so many people further their careers that people don't
16:29
even know about. So just, I mean, just unbelievably beautiful
16:35
to hear all of that. We've had a slideshow. You
16:38
know, there's the little urn, in there which i always
16:40
find creepy you know john's in there has no way
16:43
he fits in there um his kids were there of
16:47
course and then we all walked down the street to
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kona barcona which is like a tiki bar um the
16:53
lovely folks from violetta pizza who have a place right
16:57
across the street they brought in pizza um you know
17:00
everybody was just hanging out and just just having a
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very very very good time dame rita from sparks in
17:08
the back showed up i mean just it was mind-blowing
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um how much love there was for john and i
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think it was really good that we all just got
17:20
to have some closure at this point um and you
17:24
know at a certain point tina looks at me and
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she says am i gonna have to carry you to
17:27
the car i say yeah So we just had to
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go home and like, now I'm staying here today. There's
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a lot of paperwork I've got to help Mimi with
17:39
because you can imagine not everything was all set up
17:41
for this moment in time. So we have some bank
17:46
stuff to do. She can't actually. There's bank accounts. Nice.
17:52
That's worse than no password. No, we got the passwords
17:57
we got. Because, you know, she had always said, John,
17:59
well, what if? And John said, nah, you'll figure it
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out. Well, here we are. We're figuring it out. We
18:05
are literally figuring it out. I mean, can you believe
18:07
that? Yes. We're figuring it out. So it was just
18:12
great. And I'm so looking forward to hearing the meetup
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reports from everybody from around Gitmo Nation. And without exception,
18:20
everybody says, hey, I really like this combo of Darren
18:23
and Larry coming in. There's something going on here. Like
18:29
Sir Patrick Coble had a, I thought, an interesting idea
18:32
that, you know, if people, we have so many boots
18:34
on the ground. It's one of the secrets of No
18:36
Agenda is we have somebody who's an expert in whatever
18:40
the story of the day is. And it's so easy
18:43
for everybody to just record something. Maybe if there's something
18:47
going on, you can send it in. be a way
18:50
to work that into the show. I think, Darren, you
18:52
already got three or four different new openings for the
18:55
show. Yes, and of course we can work on always
18:58
more is good, more choices. Yeah. I see Mike Riley
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has just been reactivated. He's doing art now. I mean,
19:05
come on, man. This is awesome. Thank you. agenda nation
19:10
it's just so so beautiful to see all of this
19:13
happening yeah when uh the third duke of the south
19:16
came looking for artists for those shadow boxes i'm like
19:18
well you don't want me but you want mike riley
19:20
and roger roundy and a few others and uh right
19:25
You know, they're not the AI junkies, man. They know
19:27
how to... Mike Reilly's stuff is amazing. Yeah, thank you.
19:32
Actually, I'm just remembering now that I hit the bat
19:34
signal, but I didn't post it on X. So why
19:35
don't you guys talk amongst yourselves, and I'll do what
19:37
I was supposed to do here. You got to boost
19:39
the toot. You got to let everybody know the show
19:42
is live. If you're not listening on a podcasting 2.0
19:45
app, you are missing out. Because that way you get
19:50
your notification when the show goes live. You want to
19:55
listen live. Yeah, absolutely. Have you guys been following Trump's
19:59
hair?
20:00
That seems to be the biggest news of the moment.
20:02
What is going on with Trump's hair? It's all got
20:04
bigger. What? He's gotten bigger? I didn't see any photos.
20:09
I just saw something like it's blown out or something.
20:12
I don't know if he's looking to go maybe try
20:15
out for the WNBA. Who knows? I think he needs
20:19
a stronger grade of hairspray because it seems like it's
20:23
blowing out of place a lot more easily. So I
20:25
think that might be part of it. Well, Larry, you
20:27
say you always could see a toupee. Is this real?
20:29
Yes, I can. That is my superpower. I don't know
20:30
if Adam knows that yet, but I can spot a
20:32
rug from across the floor. Is Trump's real? Yeah, his
20:37
real. It's not quite as impressive as the vasectomy, but
20:40
it's an important skill to have. That was really, really
20:46
impressive. I got to say that. No kidding. Vasectomy spotting,
20:49
like what? Did I recall the underpinning of that was
20:55
the reduced T counts or something, and so they didn't
20:57
quite comport themselves with as much masculinity as an unvasectomized
21:02
guy would? What did he base that on? vasectomies were
21:07
done Back in the day, I don't know, 1800s, I
21:12
forget what century, were performed as a youth-making experience to
21:19
make someone appear younger. So, you know, kind of like
21:22
the Botox of the day. Right. It seems a little
21:25
more painful, but that was the Botox of the day.
21:29
make men want to look... Even then, back in those
21:32
1700s, 1800s, you wanted to look a little feminine. That
21:35
was kind of sexy of the day. Maybe that's been
21:38
Billy Idol's secret. If Steve Stevens is still playing with
21:43
Billy? Is he playing? You know what? Riddle me this.
21:47
Why is that guy's name not up there with Hendrix
21:50
and Clapton and Becks? He should absolutely be there. I
21:55
interviewed him back in the late 80s. came into the
22:00
studio, because I think it might have been Headbangers Ball,
22:03
I don't remember. And this is, you remember these days,
22:06
Larry, back in the day, like when even the VJs
22:09
got gold and platinum records, and like, yeah, thanks for
22:12
helping, son, here's something to hang on your wall. And
22:16
he came in and he gave me his signature Steve
22:19
Stevens hammer guitar. I still have it. I still have
22:23
it. Signed by Steve Stevens, yeah. He was just a
22:27
nice guy. That's so New York, right? His New York
22:32
accent. Very much so. He literally walked down the street.
22:35
Oh, he just walked down the street to the studio.
22:37
Had a guitar case. Here, Adam, how you doing? These
22:39
guys were all very, very New York. Very New York.
22:42
Love that about him. And then there's a classic guitar
22:46
story, Joe Satriani, who I think is also just virtuoso.
22:51
The guy is so good. You can look it up
22:54
on YouTube. There's two versions. There's a longer version. and
22:59
he's going to give me guitar lessons. He's going to
23:02
show me. Now, I'm not actually holding a guitar, but
23:05
he has a guitar. He says, okay, Adam. And he
23:07
says, now this is, he does some, he has a
23:10
little bit of stuff back and forth, but that's not
23:12
really what makes you a great guitar player. And here's
23:14
something you can practice, Adam. You've got to make your
23:16
faces. So he was teaching me the right face to
23:23
make. Oh, when you hit this one, you go, you
23:26
got to pull your lips back like that. And you
23:28
got to close. That's what makes a great guitar player
23:33
right there. That's great stuff. Yeah, you can have the
23:36
sound. It's not in the gear. I mean, Ted Nugent
23:39
told a story about Eddie Van Halen where when he
23:41
met him, he's like, how do you get that sound?
23:43
And Eddie handed him his guitar. He's like, I played
23:45
it. I sound like Ted Nugent still. I don't know
23:47
how he made those sounds. It wasn't trickery. It wasn't
23:52
gear. It was just pure talent in the way he
23:54
played. Talent and tone, man. That's what it is. Yes.
23:58
And the tone comes in the hands. Yes, it does.
24:02
Yeah. I felt bad for the rhythm guitarist on stage
24:06
with Billy because the guy was very good, but nobody
24:09
cared. He's getting paid to stand in the back and
24:12
strum a few chords. I'm in show business. They were
24:17
unbelievable, these chicks. Oh my God, they were so fantastic.
24:21
It was really one of the best shows I've ever
24:23
seen. Really great. Glad he's still around. I mean, that
24:28
guy's had a few... Was this the Westbury Music Fair?
24:32
No, this was at the Mohegan Sun Hotel Casino. And
24:38
I had to laugh like hell because a couple of
24:40
times during the show, the hotel was located in a
24:44
little dinky town called Uncasville, Connecticut, right? And a couple
24:48
of times he was doing songs and he would shoehorn
24:51
in the words Uncasville, Connecticut. And so when we left,
24:56
I turned to my wife, I said to her, saying
25:00
I can spell Connecticut. That's what I heard. Yeah. Oh,
25:07
no. He was basically doing it. Hello, Cleveland, and you
25:11
misunderstood. Okay, got it. Yeah, nice. So Logan Five in
25:15
the troll room is talking about the gold and platinum
25:17
records. I just need to say something about that. In
25:20
the early days, you actually could take the gold or
25:24
platinum record out of the case and you could play
25:28
it however you wanted. However, you had to play it
25:31
backwards because it was a gold or platinum-plated version of,
25:35
I guess they call it the mother. Right, so it
25:38
was an inverse, right? Inverse, yeah. So you literally had
25:42
to play it backwards, but they did play. They actually
25:46
did play. Later, it was just... I mean, I still,
25:50
mine still have, later I got the CD versions from
25:55
Michael Jackson and Aerosmith, which is, those are some of
25:57
my, I like those because I can always, you know,
26:00
connect the story to it. But I have a lot
26:02
of the old school platinum and gold records and they
26:05
all have a little cassette stuck to the. the right-hand
26:10
bottom corner, you know, because it also sold on cassette
26:13
back in the day. And those, of course, over the
26:14
years have, you know, come unglued and dropped, and they're
26:17
kind of loose in the case. Memorabilia is fun. If
26:22
you played them forward, would they reveal the masked satanic
26:25
lyrics? I buried Paul. Yeah, I always just assumed those
26:30
were, you know, made up, and they weren't actually the
26:34
album. So it's good to know they actually took a
26:35
copy of the album and made those awards. They did.
26:39
For a while. for a while, but it got old
26:41
and I didn't do that anymore. And then the whole
26:44
industry changed and nobody buys music anymore. Well, you still
26:48
do, right? You buy a lot of vinyl. Oh, well,
26:50
the vinyl, yeah, now that's the... You know what's crazy?
26:52
You know how Spotify... Spotify is in a very difficult
26:58
position with podcasts because they are also, you know, owned
27:03
by... I mean, it's a public company, but a lot
27:06
of the insiders who owned shares early on were the...
27:10
Publishing companies and the record companies who own the rights
27:13
to all this music, which is why you know artists
27:15
You know really don't get paid very well because they
27:18
don't own their publishing, you know Sound Exchange came in
27:20
and so there is some money But that whole the
27:23
whole system is screwy because they just put it into
27:25
a big pot and then they divide it up by
27:27
plays so the whole thing is corrupt and no good,
27:31
but We were never on Spotify with this show because
27:35
they had an early contract that said – first of
27:39
all, signing a contract with basically a podcast app. I'm
27:42
like, no. That's not going to do that. And they
27:46
put us on and they could play ads. in front
27:50
of our podcast. No, I don't want that. So I
27:53
went through all kinds of hoops to get us taken
27:55
off and we finally got taken off. Then I guess
27:58
it was like a year ago or something and we
28:00
were talking about, no, I'll put us back on Spotify,
28:03
which of course couldn't happen because somewhere in their database
28:07
it said never import the feed because those guys are
28:12
dicks so you don't want them. They got that undone.
28:16
But then we've had episode after episode episode taken off.
28:22
because of a violation of music copyrights. You cannot have
28:27
any music... in your podcast on Spotify. And at first
28:33
I thought it was, you know, just any music that
28:36
was detecting something. I know that we have some songs
28:40
that are technically completely legal because it's parody of an
28:44
existing song, and it's within the context of the show,
28:46
so we're not releasing it as a separate entity. But
28:52
the other day I got two and I'm like, what
28:53
is going on? What are they striking us off? You
28:56
know, you can appeal it. Yeah, I'm going to click
28:58
that link. No, whatever. You should use a real podcast
29:01
app. What's happening is people who do end of show
29:05
mixes. are also submitting their songs to spotify for people
29:12
to enjoy them so now we're in the spotify music
29:14
database they see that we're playing that on our show
29:18
boom violation you're out no i see i would have
29:21
thought it was sir chris wilson because he's done a
29:23
few parodies that are you know again songs that everybody
29:26
would know but putting his spin on it which that
29:29
i kind of understand getting clipped before but yeah not
29:33
not ai i had to i had to research and
29:36
i'm like oh i see what's happening but you know
29:38
again if spotify were were doing the right thing then
29:42
you know and not just doing algorithmic detection you know
29:46
we have it is completely within the fair use um
29:51
uh clause of the copyright law to do a parody
29:54
of an existing song within the con you know not
29:57
releasing it ourselves but within the context of
30:01
an educational program, which of course no agenda is, but
30:05
we'll never get over that hurdle. So just get a
30:08
modern podcast app, people. I was once sort of Spotify'd
30:11
by John Dvorak, Adam. This went back. I'm serious. This
30:16
went back. Yeah. At the very height of the COVID
30:19
thing, I sent you a couple of end of show
30:23
songs. And this one was kind of, it was, it
30:25
was, it was, it was, of course, a parody of
30:27
teacher children, no AI, all my own guitar tracks, vocals,
30:30
whatever. And you dug it so much that somewhere, maybe
30:34
40, 50 minutes into it, when you mentioned that show
30:36
mixes, you said, and here's something that came in from,
30:38
from that Larry guy. This is really cool. And you
30:41
got maybe, maybe one and a half bars played. And
30:45
John goes, that goes at the end of the show.
30:47
And I thought, wait, he really is Buzzkill. Wow. Thank
30:50
you, John. I got to dig that one up, Larry.
30:55
I completely forgot about that. It's amazing how people come
30:59
up to me and say, hey, remember that episode when?
31:01
And I just go blank. I'm like, of course. I
31:04
got to tell you, man, I really don't remember this
31:07
at all. It was very funny. Oh, man. Oh, man.
31:13
So anyway, I appreciate you guys holding down the fort.
31:16
And I look forward to, you know, joining on Thursday.
31:20
I'll be fresh, ready to do some media deconstruction with
31:24
you. The closure for me in this weekend. has been
31:31
that, of course, I want to be, I'm still producing
31:35
for you guys, doing clips and bringing you information. And
31:38
I always want to be a part of this show,
31:41
certainly on Thursdays. But I do have a calling to
31:44
do more with We Get to Do This with Pastor
31:46
Jimmy. I'm just going to be honest. I'm 61. Things
31:51
happened to me a couple of years ago, so I
31:53
am going to continue to build that up as well.
31:56
But I'm more convinced than ever that NOAA Gen of
31:59
the Nation will get through this, will become healthier, will
32:02
become, I believe, even stronger and bigger. And I like
32:08
kind of the Troika thing that you guys have started
32:11
to develop here. And we talked the other day, and
32:13
I encourage you to look at some of the people
32:16
in NOAA Gen of the Nation for maybe joining you
32:19
on Sunday. something is changing here and I got I
32:23
got it feels good to me it feels like good
32:25
things are happening like the old morning zoos but actually
32:28
funny Oh, God, thank you. Yeah, exactly. And without the
32:32
bull crap. For a time there, every single morning zoo,
32:36
which, by the way, morning radio guys, 90% are overweight.
32:41
This is just a fact of life. Yes, that's very
32:42
true. And it was the Nutri system. And they'd all
32:46
lead into this. You know, it's like today the podcasts
32:48
have. You know, if you're worried about the Muslims taking
32:52
over Texas, you might want to buy some gold. I
32:54
mean, this is every single podcast does this now. And
32:56
those guys would all be like, well, you know, you
33:00
know, Ross, I was stood on the scale this morning.
33:04
And, oh, it's all water weight. Oh, yeah. But, you
33:07
know, I've been on the Nutrisystem and it's been. for
33:10
me. None of these guys ever got under 300 pounds,
33:13
okay? It never, ever, ever worked. So without all that
33:16
lameness, without the joke guy, you know, without the black
33:22
guy who does sports, it was all so racist these
33:24
morning zoos, without the hot sounding news lady who was
33:28
never hot looking. Never hot. We need that. Was that
33:31
Ross you mentioned? Ross Britton? Ross Britton, yeah, you know
33:35
exactly who I'm talking about. I know Ross very well.
33:37
And I used to write schtick for the Z when
33:40
it first started with him. And I think it was
33:42
partners. No kidding. Oh, yeah. Yeah, this is going way
33:45
back. And I won't tell you now, but Ross then
33:48
duped me into a job at WNEW AM, from which
33:53
I was eventually fired by proxy by Sinatra. Wow. I'll
33:59
tell that story another time. It's absolutely true. I believe
34:02
it. I believe it. Ross was a good guy, but
34:04
the Zee mornings used to drive me nuts. Is he
34:07
still alive? I think he is. I saw him on
34:11
Facebook a couple years back, and he was doing morning
34:14
drive on, I forget who it was. It was still
34:16
in New York Station. Ross is a good guy. I
34:18
liked him a lot. He's a good friend. Now, they
34:21
had Mr. Leonard. Do you remember Mr. Leonard? Mr. Leonard.
34:25
Mr. Lennigan. Of course I remember Mr. Lennigan. So this
34:27
guy had a super gig. Leonard was again a guy
34:32
who was at least 300 pounds and four foot ten
34:35
and he it's Mr. Leonard and he had this voice
34:39
and he it was funny I mean he had funny
34:41
bits but he would call 15 stations a day and
34:46
but he would call them from the station he was
34:48
visiting but Mr. Leonard it sounded like Mr. Leonard lived
34:52
in New York he drove a lime green pinto the
34:55
guy lived in Philly I think and you know so
34:58
he'd be for a week he'd be at and and
35:02
when he wasn't doing his little stick he called these
35:04
other 15 stations and the next week he'd be in
35:07
San Diego or wherever I mean the guy had an
35:10
unbelievable gig just you know being this one character on
35:14
all these radio stations back when radio stations were local
35:18
you know when you just had a local station you
35:20
had your local guys now it's like elvis durant in
35:23
the morning good morning san francisco good morning dallas good
35:27
morning philadelphia you know become so homogenized and crappy that
35:33
I'm glad that we have a podcast like ours. Absolutely.
35:36
It's all Jack FM. Accent on the Jack. It is.
35:39
It is. Straight up. Straight up. Straight up. This is
35:47
the more you're going to find out about Larry. I
35:49
mean, he's probably on the mob's hit list if he
35:51
had Sinatra got him fired. So talking about Sinatra. So
35:55
last night, we're taking an Uber back from Oakland. And
36:01
we're sitting in the back. We're tired. And we're hearing
36:03
all these songs. And Tina says, I miss George Michael.
36:07
See, I miss him too. one of his ballad songs
36:12
and then another song comes on and I'm like, oh
36:13
this is um This is Linda Ronstadt with that black
36:16
guy who had like the big mole above his eye
36:20
people Bryson No, no Aaron Neville Aaron Neville and so
36:24
we're trying to figure like who was that guy's name
36:26
and the driver says Aaron Neville I said yeah, man,
36:28
but you're looking up there at the display says no
36:31
this is my playlist and he has a little bit
36:34
of an accent and so older guy and and so
36:37
of course we're talking to him and he's like well
36:39
you know uh i i had a drink with sanford
36:44
with the with the frank sinatra when i was running
36:48
the uh like the stars restaurant and he you know
36:52
pulls up his phone the sure enough sure enough there
36:55
he is him and frank sinatra having a drink and
36:58
tuxedos and You can just see this guy. He's got
37:03
to be in his 70s, driving the Uber, telling everybody
37:06
about the good old days with Frank. That's your future,
37:08
Larry. There it is. Thank you. You're driving an Uber.
37:12
You're a good driver. Driving an Uber, talking about your
37:14
days with Frank. That you got fired by Frank. While
37:18
podcasting live from the driver's seat. There you go. There
37:21
you go. Yeah. Anyway, guys, I'm going to bow out.
37:26
I'm about reaching the end of the energy I've got
37:29
here. I thank everybody for all the emails, the direct
37:33
messages, the text messages. You've been wonderful. Can't wait to
37:36
see you guys on Thursday. And Darren and Larry, love
37:39
you guys. We'll talk to you in the week. Take
37:41
care of yourself. Look forward to it. And thanks for
37:44
the report. Adios, mofos. And such. Adios. And such. I
37:51
don't know how you follow that, but... We're going to
37:54
try. We'll do just fine. What a pleasant interlude that
37:58
was. Yeah, you got your Billy Idol story. Got my
38:01
Billy Idol story. Yeah, it was, wow. Who knew that
38:04
would lead to all that? What a glorious detour we
38:08
took. And I've been on Adam since he mentioned that
38:10
Steve Stevens guitar sitting in his studio. I'm like, you
38:13
got to learn how to play. He does. And I
38:16
was looking very close. I had like kissed the stage
38:19
seats last night. It was amazing. And then, of course,
38:22
they had the big video screens flanking. it but he's
38:25
he's got a whole signature deal with a Canadian guitar
38:28
company I think called Godin or Godin I don't know
38:30
whatever G-O-D-I-N and and a couple of them are really
38:33
oddballs you know they've got open headstocks and nylon strings
38:37
on them and wow but everything everything that guy touches
38:40
sounds great because he's great yeah I'm sure there's still
38:43
money in that getting guitar companies to make a signature
38:46
model I mean it's sad that less and less people
38:49
are actually playing instruments but yeah yeah you really can't
38:53
reproduce that one going out live which is why a
38:56
lot of these guys are in their 50s 60s 70s
38:59
or some even in their 80s i mean willie nelson
39:02
out there in his 90s now playing it's like It's
39:05
a dying breed, that's for sure. I'm hoping it comes
39:08
back because you can't replace it with, and it's not
39:11
just AI, but you can't replace it with the electronic
39:15
music and all the synthesized stuff. I have a Willie
39:19
story if you want that. I mean, why not? Before
39:21
we get into real news deconstruction. I met him a
39:26
long time ago when I was fronting a country band
39:30
back in the good old days. And I think, yeah,
39:31
Adam mentioned Westbury Music Fair, which was a very small
39:35
venue. It was only a couple thousand people, and it
39:37
was a stage that revolved in a circle. So there
39:40
were no bad seats, none. And it was such a
39:42
different world back then without psychos in every corner. Well,
39:46
yeah. It was the Cadillac Cowboys and my partner. His
39:50
name was Pontiac Pete. And he goes, hey, man, let's
39:53
go try to find Willie. Okay. Well, of course. Why
39:56
not? You know, why not? So we left the arena
39:59
and walked.
40:00
...on the side, and there was Willie just standing by
40:03
the tour bus, hanging out. He was all alone, walked
40:06
right up, introduced himself. He looks at me and goes,
40:08
oh, another redhead. That's what it was back then. But
40:14
I saw Willie again many years later in L.A. in
40:17
a little club 20 miles north of my house called,
40:21
I forget what that was called. And Willie was much,
40:24
obviously, we were all much older by then. And he
40:27
did his show like he was under sniper fire. I
40:31
mean, he didn't even wait for the applause between songs.
40:34
So it must have been like a last minute thing.
40:35
Because it wasn't announced. It was suddenly a last minute
40:37
thing. I'm driving down the Ventura Freeway and I see,
40:40
appearing tonight, Willie Nelson. I'm a Willie fan. I'd have
40:42
known of that if there was advance notice. But there
40:44
was. So somebody must have dropped out. Willie was in
40:46
the neighborhood and they said, do you want a gig?
40:48
That's probably how it went down. And he was probably
40:53
pushing 80 by then, you know. And he's not Billy
40:56
Idol. He didn't quite look that good. And so at
40:59
the end of the show, it's swarmed by chicks who
41:02
are, you know, 21 to 30, leaping up on stage,
41:06
handing him Sharpies and pulling down their tops so he
41:10
can autograph their boobs. Kevin McLaughlin, you hearing that, buddy?
41:15
And I'm looking at this and I'm thinking, if this
41:18
guy wasn't a massive music star and he even spoke
41:22
to any of these girls at the check stand at
41:24
the supermarket, they'd dial 911. You know, this is the
41:28
power of music and stardom. Yeah, this is the problem.
41:32
Learn how to play the guitar, kids. Exactly, exactly. Absolutely.
41:36
And Willie, I've seen him in concert a few times.
41:39
This is part of even Elvis later in his career
41:43
a five minute song in a minute flat you know
41:45
it's uh yes some artists are a little different live
41:49
willie was good but uh you know i i get
41:52
it when you got like 8 000 hits you gotta
41:55
Hit as much as you can in a live show.
41:58
You do. Now you're starting us with a depressing story
42:01
out in Michigan? Somebody commented, I love how much Larry
42:09
hates commies. I think one of the reviews that popped
42:13
up on one of the podcasts. I take that as
42:16
a great compliment. I hate them with no apologies either.
42:18
None whatsoever. Yeah, this must be that El Sayed guy,
42:22
right? Yes. Okay, so he's going to speak about how
42:26
glorious he is and how he's going to fix everything,
42:29
including Medicare. And did you know, Darren? Did you know?
42:33
The problem with Medicare is racism. Isn't everything? Isn't that
42:38
the problem now? Racism? I guess, but I didn't know
42:41
it applied to Medicare, but now we're about to find
42:43
out how true that is. One of the biggest challenges
42:46
that we have when it comes to racial inequalities in
42:49
health, which is the area of my expertise, is what
42:51
I studied, what I wrote my dissertation on, is that
42:54
we have a multi-class healthcare system. So even if you
42:59
have coverage on Medicaid, Medicaid reimburses at nearly half the
43:02
rate as private health insurance. So healthcare companies are like,
43:06
I'm so sorry, but you're paying half the rate. So
43:08
you get discriminated against at the point of care. And
43:11
too often in urban communities, because of structural racism, because
43:16
of the circumstances of segregation, you end up having situations
43:20
where you may have health insurance through Medicaid, but you
43:23
don't have health care because you can't get your Medicaid
43:27
accepted where you need to get care. There you have
43:31
that, right? Well, new wrinkle was uncovered. He has a
43:34
wife who is a psychiatrist. Her name is Sarah Jakuku.
43:38
Oh, you can't make that up. I'm sorry, I mispronounced.
43:42
Jakaku. Oh, that's different. J-U-K-A-K-U. And she runs a private
43:47
practice in Ann Arbor called Mind Work Psychiatry. And as
43:51
I was reading this, I thought, I wish Darren had
43:53
like a theremin clip to put in. You know, Mind
43:57
Work Psychiatry. Anyway, here's the kicker, man. This guy's beefing
44:01
about... Oh, I knew you could do it, man. If
44:04
anybody... The Podfather provides all clips. Oh, that's great. So
44:11
she opted out of Medicare in 2025. Oh, let me
44:14
back up a second. Their income, their family income for
44:18
last year was about $700,000, almost all of it hers.
44:22
So she's doing real well with the mind work psychiatry.
44:25
She opted out of Medicare in 2025, according to records
44:29
reported by the Washington Free Beacon. So she can't bill
44:32
the program, and she's not listed as an eligible provider.
44:36
on any of the insurance plans that provide coverage for
44:38
Medicare. So, you know, she's exactly the type of physician
44:44
or shrink that her husband is deriding. So she's not
44:50
taking Medicare or Medicaid patients. No, only for special people,
44:55
you know. So then there's more. It says, MindWorks website
44:58
notes that, quote, Dr. Jukaku is out of network for
45:02
all insurance companies, meaning patients must pay out of pocket
45:05
for her services. or unlikely to be able to afford.
45:13
So, just for the hell of it, I went to
45:15
the site and guess what I saw? It says... This
45:20
site is currently private. If you're the owner or contributor,
45:23
log in. You always know it's bad when the social
45:28
media or the website disappears. Yeah. And I should probably
45:32
throw it into somebody's lap and knows what they're doing
45:34
like you. But I went to the Wayback Machine and
45:37
several other clones of that saying maybe somebody's got some
45:40
pages on what it looked like before they walled it
45:43
off but couldn't find a damn thing. Well, that's it.
45:47
That's it. Everything has been turned into... It's racist. Yes.
45:54
It is. The medical system in this country is flawed.
45:58
I don't think anybody is going to argue that it
46:02
is the perfect system that anybody's ever come up with.
46:05
No. I mean, I remember hearing guys like Rush Limbaugh
46:09
talking about, well, I don't really have insurance. I just
46:11
have enough money that if anything goes wrong, I can
46:15
afford to pay for it. common denominator and yeah there
46:23
are things that aren't perfect but I really have yet
46:27
to see any evidence that anything is going to be
46:32
approved based upon the color of somebody's skin and disapprove
46:36
for the reason of the color of their skin. It's
46:39
like it doesn't happen. I mean, again, people throw these
46:43
kind of things out there. It's why the left loves
46:46
throwing it out there because they know one. There are
46:49
going to be some people that just believe it. Sure.
46:52
And then it's also going to be in the world
46:55
now, which is the AI brain. That's exactly right. It's
46:58
going to pop up on ChatGPT. You know that, of
47:01
course. Yeah, it has to eventually at some point or
47:05
not. And as you pointed out last time, this is
47:08
why they absolute flood everything with their crap, knowing if
47:12
the seepage is going to be fast and thick into
47:16
AI. the way it's going to be. There's no question
47:22
about it. Now, does the next clip go with that
47:27
one, or is that a different one? That would be,
47:30
this is a different one. You're talking about the Jason
47:35
Arday clip? Yeah, let's hop into that one that we
47:38
can do. Okay. Let's call it three by three in
47:40
honor of JCD. All right. Okay, this is an interesting
47:45
story. Before I get to Jason, this is basically Great
47:50
Britain's answer to George Santos. Remember the Santos guy? the
47:55
compulsive liar that got elected as a Republican. Yes. Very
48:00
bad glasses. Very bad glasses. And so the guy had
48:03
this litany of lies that were mind-blowing. Like he claimed
48:06
he graduated from Baruch College and got an MBA from
48:09
New York University. Both said, never heard of him. He
48:12
said he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citicorp. They said,
48:15
never heard of him. He said he and his family
48:17
owned 13 rental properties. Never happened. He said he was
48:20
a volleyball star at Baruch. But of course, how could
48:23
that happen? Nobody ever fact-checked, right? I guess they finally
48:27
did. established an animal charity that brought in a lot
48:32
of yen for our four-legged friends. But finally they caught
48:38
up with him. And interestingly enough, when they said, "What
48:41
the hell are you doing?" And his answer was, "Most
48:45
people lie on their resumes." He's not wrong! He's not
48:49
wrong. He's not wrong. So at the same time, this
48:53
went on two or three years ago with... with this
48:56
guy, come on, brain work, with Santos. So then this
49:04
guy, Arday, just hit the papers, or the websites, you
49:09
should say, and he obviously was thinking, hold my beer,
49:12
what went on. So this clip is one of his
49:18
academic sycophants introducing him. When I heard this woman speaking,
49:24
I'm thinking, when she's gonna drop the name at the
49:27
end of her rap, it's gotta be Jesus. I mean,
49:31
really, listen to what she has to say. - I'm
49:33
Rajni Naidoo. I'm vice president for community and inclusion, a
49:38
UNESCO chair and co-director of the International Center for Higher
49:43
Education at the University of Varna. So it's a great,
49:47
great, great pleasure to welcome Professor Jason Arday. at the
49:56
University of Glasgow. Previously he was a
50:00
Associate Professor in Sociology at Durham University and the Deputy
50:05
Executive Dean for People and Culture. He is a visiting
50:09
and honorary professor at many, many universities, including Ohio State
50:15
in the US, Durham in the UK, and Nelson Mandela
50:19
University in South Africa. Jason also holds numerous trusteeships, including
50:27
at the Runnymede Trust, which is the UK's leading race
50:31
equality think tank. Jason is also a fellow of the
50:36
RSA. Oh, my God. She keeps going on and on
50:39
and on. It's beyond belief. Yeah. Yeah. Is that all
50:44
she had to say? There's another 20 seconds. You know,
50:47
we've heard enough. This is a hell of an introduction.
50:52
and it's this spectacular scholar, blah, blah, blah, right? So
50:55
anyway, so he just got busted. Well, I'm just thinking,
50:57
Larry, we can change our intro to this show to
50:59
be like an hour long, and then that's less work.
51:02
I like that. That's a hell of an idea. We
51:04
need long intros. Yeah, yeah. So anyway, Jason, he actually,
51:09
like I said, he made Santos look like an amateur.
51:12
Here's just a quick rundown of the lies he told.
51:15
First, he said that he was a star of a
51:17
famous British documentary called Seven Up. But the only problem
51:22
is that he was born 21 years after the documentary
51:27
was filmed. Then he claimed he was autistic and nonverbal
51:31
until the age of 11. Other witnesses disproved that. You'll
51:35
like this one. Marathons in just 35 days Wow, I
51:41
guess and I think maybe he was thinking like that's
51:43
a little tough to you know Other people are in
51:45
those marathons, you know, there could be like a registry
51:47
or something for them So then he followed up with
51:49
I also ran 600 miles in six days on a
51:53
treadmill because treadmills don't talk and they don't keep records
51:56
Right says he read raised millions of pounds for various
51:59
charities overcame a brain tumor while completing his PhD Then
52:03
they found out that there were hundreds of passages in
52:06
his dissertation that were plagiarized, right? So he didn't dispute
52:12
being a plagiarist, but what he did see, he defended
52:16
himself by saying that he had not received adequate supervision
52:21
during his PhD given his autism and learning disabilities. Wow.
52:26
Yeah. And it just goes on and on. But the
52:31
funny thing is, just like Santos, when they kind of
52:34
held his feet to the fire, he said, well, to
52:37
be honest with you, I thought you'd just believe me.
52:41
We've seen it happen. We've seen it happen. Here's the
52:44
big ironic kick in the ass to Simon and Schuster,
52:52
August 11th. It drops in the USA. You can't believe
52:55
this title. you great and unfortunate things. You can't make
53:02
this up. This is the new world we're living in.
53:05
Misinformation is more prevalent. But this guy is like barely
53:10
40. He's an internet child. He was raised in it.
53:14
How can he be that stupid? You can't do anything
53:17
today without it being documented by someone in some way
53:21
somewhere. Unless you're planting the backstory. This was when people
53:25
started pulling scams on the internet. They would create a
53:29
website with fake bios and fake information. So when people
53:33
went to look it up, they'd find them and be
53:35
like, oh, it must be true. This has just been
53:38
multiplied now by... I don't know, a million more? This
53:43
guy, is he running for office like Santos? No, no,
53:46
I think he's running for cover. He's just trying to
53:50
sell books? I guess. Well, I mean, I guess if
53:53
you're going to pad your resume, sometimes you need more
53:59
than just a blurb from JCD on the book. You
54:01
need a lot of blurbs that really come from nobody.
54:07
Yeah. And now it's time for 3x3! Experiment by JCD.
54:15
Comparing stories from ABC, CBS and NBC! *The Neverend* Yeah,
54:22
John C. Dvorak created it, but I think we can
54:25
use it every now and then because it's a valuable
54:28
way to look at what the media is saying about
54:31
certain topics. In this case, Larry, it is the Trump
54:35
ballroom. And we'll start with the Trump-friendly Fox News. the
54:52
East Wing almost a year ago to build the new
54:55
90,000 square foot ballroom, which includes an underground military bunker.
55:00
The majority of the judges wrote, we are aware of
55:03
no instance in American history in which a president unilaterally
55:07
and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the
55:11
White House that Congress authorized to be built and American
55:14
taxpayers paid for until now. The president says he will
55:18
appeal to the Supreme Court, adding the military and Secret
55:21
Service are viewing this horrendous politically motivated and unlawful ruling
55:25
as a national security threat to our nation in that
55:28
the entire complex is being built for the protection of
55:31
our country. Now, Shannon, the ballroom is just one of
55:34
several ways the president is trying to leave a lasting
55:36
mark on the nation's capital. The 250-foot arches proposing between
55:40
the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery has yet to
55:44
take shape. But a recent National Park Service assessment points
55:47
out the structure would change the views of dozens of
55:51
historic sites. Like the ballroom, there's a lawsuit aimed at
55:54
blocking the arch. President Trump is also having a new
55:58
helipad built for Marine One to land on the South
56:00
Lawn, and there are reports he's already changed his mind
56:03
a few times on that, Shannon, after construction has already
56:07
gotten underway. No, Donald Trump would never change his mind
56:10
about anything, would he? Never, never. No, put it there.
56:13
No, put it there. No, put it there. No, it
56:15
would look better there. God. But they are pointing out
56:18
one thing that's starting to come out with this story,
56:21
which is there seems to be a much different take
56:25
legally. based upon if what's being built is above ground
56:31
or underground. The courts are seemingly pointing now like he
56:35
can do whatever he wants underground because it's security, blah,
56:38
blah, blah. Oh, okay. The above ground is where the
56:42
real problem comes into. Some people don't want the ballroom.
56:46
And the report here is correct. There is no other
56:50
point in history where this kind of massive change was
56:55
enacted by the president without having some congressional approval. But
57:00
the difference is, and this is where the courts are
57:03
going to come in, because I'm not a lawyer like
57:04
Rob, the constitutional lawyer. I have no idea. If it
57:08
was because Trump needed the funding from Congress to build
57:14
it, and since he got the funding privately, he has
57:17
the ability, or if he still needs somebody else's approval,
57:20
even if he's got the money. But this, of course,
57:24
same story. This is the very Trump unfriendly ABC. construction
57:39
of that $400 million ballroom, saying only Congress has the
57:43
authority to approve changes to the historic structure. Our Stephen
57:46
Portnoy has been tracking this for us. And Stephen, I
57:49
want to start with this. What is the essence of
57:51
the judge's ruling here? What is the essence? Oh, yeah,
57:55
that's kind of like, what do you make of it,
57:57
isn't it? It's very similar, yeah. Wasn't the original price
58:00
of that $200 million, Darren? Did they double that? It
58:03
keeps going up, just like he keeps moving the helipad.
58:06
I don't know how much money he's got. He's like,
58:08
hey, people keep giving me money, so I'm going to
58:10
build a bigger pool. I don't know. You know, basically,
58:14
this two-to-one ruling from the D.C. Circuit Appeals Court is
58:17
that the White House does not belong to the president,
58:20
that he is not the owner of the executive mansion,
58:24
a tenant. And in this two to one ruling, the
58:27
Obama and Biden appointed judges who ruled against the president
58:31
said that, quote, whether or not a massive ballroom should
58:35
be constructed is for Congress to decide and is not
58:38
a matter for executive self-help. And so the bottom line
58:42
is the judges are saying that but for a security
58:46
or safety related things, the injunction that was imposed earlier
58:50
this year by a lower court has to go into
58:53
effect. Now, the ruling itself is paused for two weeks,
58:56
and that's to allow for the president, if he decides
58:58
to do it, to appeal, which he said today he's
59:01
going to do. Well, and Stephen, where does that leave
59:05
this construction project? Well, it's important to point out a
59:09
couple of things. One, as I mentioned, the appeals court
59:12
itself put in place a two-week stay, a pause, to
59:16
allow for the president to appeal, which he says on
59:19
social media today, this unjust decision must be overturned by
59:23
the Supreme Court in its entirety. The president says he's
59:26
going to immediately appeal it to the Supreme Court. There's
59:29
another step he could take if he wanted to, and
59:31
that's called en banc review, which would have all the
59:33
judges of the D.C. And bonk. I think it would
59:39
just be and with a bonk, which is probably a
59:41
B-O-N-K, really? I think. I mean, and bonk. If that's
59:44
not a show title, I don't know what is. That's
59:46
it. And bonk. And bonk. I guess all the judges
59:50
get together, but you know, they're not going to be
59:52
friendly towards him either. So it's very interesting to see
59:58
how this stuff plays out. And Trump with.
1:00:00
is social media stuff. I think a lot of people,
1:00:03
even that back, the president would like him to, you
1:00:06
know, tone things down a little. If you're going to
1:00:09
the Supreme Court, you don't have to say like, hey,
1:00:12
the obviously unjust. It's like, just say, I believe this
1:00:15
was an unjust. Yeah. You know, the obviously, and then
1:00:19
if they rule against you, then that's where people are
1:00:21
like, ah, he doesn't even know what he's, he's got
1:00:23
dementia. Of course. I have a solution for him though,
1:00:27
Darren. To fix all of the problems? all of all
1:00:30
of all those ballroom problems become a dictator to do
1:00:33
is bring in the designers the guys the brains behind
1:00:36
those very successful toys transformers you know those things right
1:00:40
so you so make it a transformer ballroom you push
1:00:43
a button and all of a sudden it turns into
1:00:45
a heavily armed bunker now now what's your problem It's
1:00:49
like they need more. I mean, especially at this point
1:00:53
when you have state actors from Iran and others, I'm
1:00:57
sure, that have hits out on the president. I mean,
1:00:59
there's never been a more... dubious time for, I guess
1:01:05
is the right, dangerous time for somebody in his position
1:01:09
and I understand why they want a place where they
1:01:13
can do things like A ballroom there makes sense, being
1:01:17
the fact that, you know, Trump often goes in D.C.
1:01:20
to things like the media dinner that he had him
1:01:24
rescheduled because of the assassination attempt. Yeah, at that hotel.
1:01:28
Absolutely, yeah. Because the security, obviously, was a little bit
1:01:32
subpar. So, I mean, this would be nice to have
1:01:36
that in-house. And this is all... I mean, I know
1:01:41
this is a surprise to everybody listening right now that's
1:01:44
a producer of No Agenda. This is just political. It
1:01:47
really isn't anything else. Of course. Because... A ballroom is
1:01:52
going to be there. If a Democrat wins, you'll be
1:01:55
pissed. Oh, wow, we've got this nice ballroom to go
1:01:57
and use. Yeah, but you know, commies don't like dancing.
1:02:00
Well, Bernie did. I thought he went to Russia on
1:02:02
his honeymoon so he could. But Bernie could dance? I
1:02:05
want to see that. Probably 70, 80, 90 years ago,
1:02:08
however, when did Bernie get married? Long time, long time.
1:02:12
Long time. Appeal it to the Supreme Court. There's another
1:02:15
step you could take if you wanted to, and that's
1:02:17
called en banc review, which would have all the judges
1:02:19
of the D.C. Circuit looking at it. The presidency is
1:02:22
going to go right to the Supreme Court. And he
1:02:24
also pointed to what his own appointee, Naomi Rao, said
1:02:28
in her dissenting opinion today, which is that the National
1:02:31
Trust for Historic Preservation, which brought this lawsuit, doesn't have
1:02:34
standing to sue. That was an argument that the administration
1:02:37
has been making throughout this litigation, but was rejected by
1:02:41
the majority, which said that the Congress has to vote
1:02:45
to authorize this project, which the president has not really
1:02:49
directly asked lawmakers to do. Yeah, which is a very
1:02:52
good point as well. I hate to agree with ABC,
1:02:55
but there's been a lot of things under this second
1:02:59
Trump term that the easy answer seems to have been
1:03:05
go and get it passed in Congress. You control the
1:03:07
House, you control the Senate. Right. Why not just go
1:03:11
that route that nobody can complain? Well, and Stephen, I'm
1:03:16
also curious, I mean, what does this mean for the
1:03:18
president's bunker that was supposed to go under that ballroom?
1:03:22
This really gets at the security and safety exception. And,
1:03:25
you know, Judge Richard Leon of the district court who
1:03:27
looked at this earlier this year said, the president is
1:03:29
making an argument that this ballroom is necessary for national
1:03:33
security. The president demolished the east wing of the White
1:03:37
House that historically had a bunker underneath it that dated
1:03:40
back to World War II, FDR's time. Well, now the
1:03:44
argument is that bunker needs to be replaced. And so
1:03:47
the judge earlier this year said, all right, we will
1:03:50
allow you to continue building those parts of this project
1:03:54
that are necessary to the security and safety of the
1:03:56
president. The appeals court judges today affirmed that. One of
1:04:00
the things that Naomi Rao, the dissenting judge, said in
1:04:02
her opinion is the idea that now, the district court
1:04:05
judge, Judge Richard Leon, is going to be required to
1:04:08
review various parts of the plan and discern for himself
1:04:11
what is or is not security related, which essentially would
1:04:14
have the court micromanaging those decisions. That's what Naomi Rao
1:04:17
believes, and the administration, I think, believes it's going to
1:04:20
have a strong argument in that respect going to the
1:04:23
Supreme Court on it. So it seems if you really
1:04:26
finally go through all of these reports, and there's still
1:04:29
one from CBS, you're going to understand that... The Trump
1:04:32
people are just going to say, and they pointed out
1:04:35
in the ABC report, the bunker is World War II
1:04:39
or previous. I'm guessing it needed some upgrading. I would
1:04:44
think. But for this reason also, it's a proven fact
1:04:48
that several members of FDR's cabinet were Soviet spies. Who
1:04:54
knows what kind of crap they packed into the floorboards
1:04:56
there. True. I would hope they have swept for it
1:04:59
since then. I would think. I would hope. You never
1:05:01
know what was built in. Yeah. You know, that is
1:05:05
part of the issue. I mean, everybody went nuts when
1:05:08
Donald Trump wanted to bring that new jumbo jet Air
1:05:11
Force One home. No, no, we got to look at
1:05:14
it first. We got to sweep it. I wonder how,
1:05:17
like, perfect those sweeping systems are. Do they ever miss
1:05:21
stuff? They have to. They have to, right? Nothing's perfect.
1:05:25
As technology gets better, as everything is wired for the
1:05:30
internet, it becomes much easier because you used to look
1:05:36
for radio waves. If somebody was bugging your office, well,
1:05:42
that audio had to get out somehow unless there was
1:05:45
just a recorder locally, and that's probably going to get
1:05:48
found because recorders aren't, at that point anyway, were not
1:05:52
super small. But now you know how small cameras and
1:05:57
microphones are and connecting them into the internet. to go
1:06:03
out of whatever building you're in, not that hard to
1:06:06
do. No. Even I could do it. Yeah, why would
1:06:09
people go into like Airbnbs now? You've got to sweep.
1:06:12
You've got to look because... Oh, you know what? A
1:06:15
couple of years ago, I was supposed to connect with
1:06:17
some friends somewhere. I forget where the hell it was.
1:06:20
And so for my first time, my wife always does
1:06:22
the travel stuff, but I wasn't going to burden her
1:06:25
with my stuff. And I started looking for Airbnbs. I
1:06:28
was astonished at how many people in reviews said, Again,
1:06:33
it was loaded with cameras. And not on the outside,
1:06:36
on the inside. I thought, wow, really? That's awful. And
1:06:40
in most jurisdictions, that's legal if they're not doing audio.
1:06:44
They're just security cameras, Larry. Yeah, that's right. It's for
1:06:47
your safety. They're all in the bathroom in the changing
1:06:50
rooms. That's for no apparent reason. But here is CBS,
1:06:56
which surprisingly enough, was fairly straightforward with the story. Yes,
1:07:04
let's talk about the job site, the ballroom situation here
1:07:07
behind us. The president says he will appeal this three-judge
1:07:10
appeals court decision to the Supreme Court, arguing that there's
1:07:13
a national security imperative now to finish it. But what
1:07:16
he forgot to mention is that the court order today
1:07:19
said that the national security work underground can in fact
1:07:22
continue. It's everything from ground up that they're worried about,
1:07:26
at least in the case of these three judges with
1:07:28
the appeals court, because they say, as the district court
1:07:31
had previously, to do this on his own Congress has
1:07:35
full oversight of federal property and how money is spent
1:07:38
on it this is in essence remember a national park
1:07:41
and Congress oversees the National Park Service so president not
1:07:45
happy about that reiterating that it is not just a
1:07:47
90,000 square foot ballroom but there's going to be all
1:07:49
these other national security military medical facilities underneath it needs
1:07:53
to be finished and anyone who suggests otherwise is un-American
1:07:58
So I don't know, is this the new regime under
1:08:00
CBS? It's got to be the Ellison influence. Has to
1:08:03
be. Did they actually get something that was just news?
1:08:06
This is how news reports reminded me of growing up,
1:08:09
where it was just the news. Right. Not how you
1:08:11
should think. Not, oh no, Trump good or Trump bad.
1:08:15
We heard a lot of Trump good in the Fox.
1:08:17
We heard a lot of Trump bad in the ABC.
1:08:21
This is why JCD invented it. And now it's time
1:08:24
for 3x3! Experiment by JCD. Comparing stories from ABC, CBS,
1:08:32
and NBC. The never-ending 3x3. Which really is the heart
1:08:37
of the media deconstruction is to be like, hey, here's
1:08:40
a story. Here's how it's being told three different ways.
1:08:45
And why do you think that is? If you want
1:08:47
to start thinking critically, kids. You're much better off. When
1:08:51
did John first record that jingle? Well, he doesn't record
1:08:55
the jingle, but this is... Well, somebody. This thing has
1:08:58
been around for... As long as I can remember. Although
1:09:01
it could be the Mandela effect. Yeah, because it's really,
1:09:05
it should be the four by four. Well, of course.
1:09:08
And that's why I was like, okay, there was a
1:09:11
choice for me to do. CBS or CNN. And I'm
1:09:15
like, well, this is the three main. And of course,
1:09:18
there's PBS now. And then you've got the the cable
1:09:21
news, which are on a different level just from the
1:09:24
fact that. Cable news doesn't have to pay the United
1:09:29
States to use the airwaves where ABC, CBS, NBC does.
1:09:34
But I'm not saying you can't do a three by
1:09:36
three with the others. Yeah, I mean, it still works.
1:09:39
But I would think the four by four being the
1:09:41
fourth would be Fox. No, that's the other, really, the
1:09:44
network, I guess. Yeah, well, Fox News and Fox, the
1:09:48
regular, are usually within... shooting distance of each other. So
1:09:53
they're broadcast and you've got Fox, the network, which is
1:09:59
over the broadcast
1:10:00
And then you have Fox News, which is solely. over
1:10:04
cable and then of course a lot of people don't
1:10:05
know news nation is owned by the people that run
1:10:10
the cw which is wgn and i mean that's split
1:10:13
a bunch of ways as well but for regular news
1:10:17
i mean there's at least interesting i mean you've got
1:10:20
the cuomo guy there but you've got he's still doing
1:10:23
it really is that right he's there leland vitter and
1:10:26
uh they have a decent lineup which they're trying to
1:10:32
bring people from both sides on, which is usually the
1:10:35
most fun you can have in news, is having an
1:10:38
actual argument between two different people with different opinions, which
1:10:42
now you don't see. Nothing annoys me more than turning
1:10:46
on something like CNN and having four people in the
1:10:53
little, usually a host and then four people in the
1:10:55
little boxes and they're all saying the same thing. It's
1:10:58
like, couldn't you get one person that disagreed? I agree.
1:11:02
It's not fun. Nobody wants to hear agreement all the
1:11:05
time. No, it's not fun and it's not pleasant. That's
1:11:08
why I rarely watch any of them, but I do
1:11:11
enjoy the Fox thing because it seems like it's always
1:11:13
hot-looking women with great legs and high heels sitting in
1:11:17
chairs where they have to cross their legs. CNN is
1:11:21
like, no, it's depressing, really. It's like some academic crap.
1:11:25
Yeah, Fox figured out that one a long time ago.
1:11:27
They did. Active women will bring the demographic that we
1:11:34
want in. Yeah, and I think Brooke Baldwin is at
1:11:37
the front of that class. And was it a book
1:11:39
she came out with, an article? Recently I read something
1:11:43
she had said about how much she loved sex and
1:11:46
different kinds. And I thought, wow, you know. Welcome to
1:11:49
Fox News. Exactly. Thank you, Brooke. Now you've got a
1:11:53
clip here on Sunday at church? Yeah, I thought because
1:11:57
it's a Sunday show, you know, and I kind of
1:12:00
stumbled. on this one. And, you know, insanity crosses every
1:12:06
boundary and every vocation, every profession, you know, and you
1:12:10
never know where you'll encounter them. And what made me
1:12:15
think of this is years ago, before my wife and
1:12:17
I were married, we both had apartments in the west
1:12:19
side of New York. And we went to this church,
1:12:21
I forget the name of it. And goddamn, Darren, it
1:12:25
was pre-smartphone days. I think we were still on pagers
1:12:30
back then. Unfortunately, because we went to this mass, like
1:12:34
a regular Sunday mass walk-in, you know, pretty good-sized crowd,
1:12:37
and there were several hundred people, and this priest, who
1:12:40
was, like, you know, very gay, started his sermon, and
1:12:44
the sermon was, Jesus is my lover. Ha! And over
1:12:49
the course of his homily, which probably ran, I don't
1:12:52
know, seven or ten minutes or something like that, he
1:12:55
never got graphic, but he described sort of the things
1:12:58
he wanted to do with the King of Kings. This
1:13:00
was a Catholic church in New York. This was a
1:13:03
Roman Catholic church. And I remember thinking, oh, yeah, and
1:13:07
I remember back in my apartment, I had a VHS
1:13:10
camera. And I thought, could I possibly sprint back there
1:13:14
fast enough to grab that cinder block, this because it
1:13:19
was absolute. And I remember looking around with my wife
1:13:23
and just my girlfriend. The jaws on people, their jaws
1:13:27
were on their chest. I mean, it was like a
1:13:29
comedy bit. It was beyond belief. So anyway. Was this
1:13:33
guy not vetted? I mean, you came up with the
1:13:36
term the corporate God providers. Corporate God providers, yeah. Vet
1:13:40
this guy? I don't know. I never went back to
1:13:42
that church. It was a really bizarre experience, you know.
1:13:45
And then I stumbled on this. This is a guy
1:13:48
from somewhere in Oklahoma. His name like Preacher Smidridge or
1:13:55
something, I don't know. And listen to what this cat's
1:13:58
doing. When he's smart speaking, know that, I just want
1:14:01
to give you the visual setup. He starts at the
1:14:04
podium, you know, up on the altar. And it's like,
1:14:07
I think it's a Baptist or it's not a Catholic
1:14:09
church. And he's obviously pretty ticked off at the start
1:14:14
of it. And he very quickly steps down into the
1:14:17
audience and gets right in people's faces, as he says.
1:14:20
So it's not like, I want you to know, he's
1:14:21
not like talking about people in ether. They're there. They're
1:14:25
close. They're right there. They're close. Yeah. Don't go to
1:14:28
sleep while I'm talking. Hey, hey, hey. Don't you lay
1:14:31
your head back. I'm important. I'm somebody. Now you might
1:14:36
do your English teacher that way, but I'm not teaching
1:14:38
English. I'm teaching eternal life here. I love you. You
1:14:41
know I love you. Have I convinced you I love
1:14:42
you? Yeah. You better nod your head yes. All right.
1:14:46
Come on. Put it out there. All right, you stay
1:14:48
awake and you listen to me. You say, well, he
1:14:51
may never come back. Well, he ain't here now. And
1:14:56
where have you been, Mr. Underwood? And I noticed on
1:15:00
the calendar I'm supposed to marry y'all. What makes you
1:15:02
think I'd marry you? You're one of the sorriest church
1:15:05
members I have. Wow. You're not worth 15 cents. Ha
1:15:09
ha! And you want me to marry you to her?
1:15:14
And you want to marry him? And he don't even
1:15:15
know where he belongs? And you don't even know where
1:15:17
you belong? Now, let me tell you all, everybody here,
1:15:20
how much I love these kids. Do you know I
1:15:22
love you, sir? Stand up, big boy. Big boy. Do
1:15:25
you know I love you? All right. Yeah, he gives
1:15:29
him a bear hug. Wow, this is a whole different
1:15:32
kind of church. Isn't that crazy? You're not worth 15
1:15:34
cents. Come here, let me show you how much I
1:15:36
love you. I mean, at least I'll give this guy,
1:15:40
he seems like he is... Worthy of at least holding
1:15:44
your attention while speaking, because I've had enough, you know,
1:15:47
in churches where everything is just so boring that you're
1:15:52
trying not to fall asleep. Yes, yes. Sometimes that's just
1:15:58
impossible. Sometimes nature takes over and there's absolutely nothing you
1:16:02
can do. Exactly. So you just sit back and enjoy
1:16:05
the ride. I got to tell you, he made the
1:16:07
guy stand up so he could hug him. And I'm
1:16:09
thinking, how's this going to end? I thought maybe there
1:16:11
might be a right cross to his jaw or something.
1:16:13
Well, I can see that, yeah. Of course you could.
1:16:17
You're living in a slightly different world right now. As
1:16:22
you said, people can snap at any given minute. You
1:16:24
never know what you're going to deal with. That is
1:16:28
the insanity of all of this. So I got to
1:16:34
get to the Mike Rowe clip. I like this guy.
1:16:37
He is good. He is good. This is, you know,
1:16:41
he's kind of spells out, you know, in his opinion.
1:16:44
It's a very valid opinion what he thinks is wrong
1:16:47
with Gen Z and millennial people. But there's an answer.
1:16:52
There's another side to his argument, which I'll give after
1:16:57
the clip. The question doesn't start with what are they
1:16:59
doing. It starts with what aren't they doing. They're not
1:17:03
volunteering at their local church. They're not in the Kiwanis
1:17:07
Club. They're not checking out the Rotarians or the Lions
1:17:10
Club. They're not in the Boy Scouts or SkillsUSA. They're
1:17:13
not contributing anything in their community. What are they doing?
1:17:18
On average, they're spending between 2,000 and 2,100 hours a
1:17:23
year on their screen. It is. We just haven't seen
1:17:29
the like of it before. How are they able to
1:17:33
survive? I can't paint with too broad a brush. Maybe
1:17:36
some of them are trust fund kids. Maybe some of
1:17:38
them have enough. A lot of it is money from
1:17:40
other generations. Sure. They just hate our generation, except when
1:17:44
we give them money. That's always okay. Yeah. It's always
1:17:47
okay when you get daddy's money. Then the boomers aren't
1:17:50
so bad. Right? Yeah. He's not wrong. a week, which
1:17:58
is really, that's kind of a full-time job with no
1:18:02
paycheck. Right? Yes. Yeah, it's beyond belief. So then there
1:18:08
was this story that I tripped over that is kind
1:18:11
of the other side of that. And maybe next time
1:18:15
we'll ask Adam. Didn't Adam for a while, did he
1:18:18
put his smartphone aside and he was using like a
1:18:20
flip phone? Yeah, I think he still uses that as
1:18:24
a main phone. And I saw an article in one
1:18:26
of the tech publications. I don't remember if it was
1:18:30
Wired or The Verge. One of those. There's like four
1:18:32
different companies now. that are making dumbed down phones and
1:18:37
the two or three were flipped. Yeah, well, there's what
1:18:40
the story says. There's a woman, you know, they interviewed
1:18:43
this woman named Kendall something, and she remembers the moment
1:18:46
she swapped her smartphone for a flip phone. She said,
1:18:49
quote, for me, the second that my iPhone was gone,
1:18:53
it was just like heaven on earth. She's a 23-year-old
1:18:55
Washington, D.C. resident. This is with CBS News. And it
1:18:59
says she's among a growing number of young people. Okay,
1:19:02
I don't like my smartphone. I was thinking of doing
1:19:04
what Adam did. Young people are ditching their smartphones in
1:19:07
favor of stripped-down dumb phones. in an effort to unplug
1:19:11
from social media, etc., etc. Some feel nostalgic for an
1:19:15
era they never knew before the advent of mobile devices.
1:19:18
So then what Mike said is buttressed by the American
1:19:21
Psychological Association, which showed that U.S. teens spending nearly five
1:19:25
hours a day on social media. And yeah, you're right.
1:19:29
This chick got her flip phone from Dumb.co. Have you
1:19:32
heard of that one? No, but that's a great company
1:19:34
name. Isn't that good? Dumb.co, a startup that sells devices
1:19:37
loaded with practical tools like Uber Maps, and Spotify but
1:19:40
no social media and this dump out dumb co says
1:19:44
it's got more than 5,000 active users and it's now
1:19:48
this is the you know this book this deserves fanfare
1:19:51
it's typical customer is a 24 year old woman how
1:19:55
about that They really want to be forced to be
1:19:58
off social media because you
1:20:00
Oh, you don't have to install the app. That's true.
1:20:03
That's very true. But I guess it's easier when people,
1:20:06
you know, because then you would have your friends pressuring
1:20:09
you like, why aren't you on here? I don't know
1:20:10
my phone. It doesn't work. Because you can't just, you
1:20:15
can't take it off on your own. And these, some
1:20:19
of these phones will allow you to have the messaging
1:20:22
apps. So if you want to use something like Signal
1:20:25
or Telegram, they'll allow that. But then they don't allow,
1:20:28
although you could probably hack it. I mean, all these
1:20:30
things are hackable. But they allegedly don't allow Facebook and
1:20:33
Instagram and all of the social media. Because the social
1:20:38
media... is where people start going down those rabbit holes
1:20:42
that are not beneficial. No. I mean, again, I know.
1:20:47
We're the old guys. We're the boomers. When we were
1:20:49
kids, we used to hop on our bike and go
1:20:51
to a friend's house without even calling first, knock on
1:20:55
the door, be like, hey, is Jimmy home? That's right.
1:20:59
And if not, you'd go further down the street and
1:21:01
be like, hey, is Jack home? You know, I mean,
1:21:03
this is looking for something to do. Or you went
1:21:06
to the park or wherever people hung out. The fact
1:21:09
that kids just sit at home in their air-conditioned house
1:21:13
and play on their smartphone without talking to another human
1:21:16
being while possibly being, you know, groomed by somebody in
1:21:20
another country, it's... this is very strange. world. But with
1:21:27
that said, I think it's very scary what's going on
1:21:32
with what some of these states are doing. There's a
1:21:34
new meta. thing that came out not a new thing
1:21:38
a new judgment against meta oh how much money this
1:21:42
time another 567 million dollars that's a that's a pretty
1:21:47
big number i mean that's like a day yeah you're
1:21:53
right what am i saying but in honor of jcd
1:21:55
it's an ntd clip i'm like i've never pulled an
1:21:58
ntd clip before i'd never even run across one so
1:22:00
i figured once i saw this it was a sign
1:22:04
New legal pressures mounting on Meta over the impact of
1:22:08
social media on children. A New Mexico judge ordering the
1:22:11
company to pay $567 million in overhaul safety features on
1:22:16
Facebook and Instagram for young users in the state. The
1:22:20
judge ruled Meta's platforms contributed to harms to children's mental
1:22:24
health and failed to adequately protect minors from sexual exploitation.
1:22:29
The order includes limits on teens' use of Facebook and
1:22:32
Instagram, tighter controls on contact between adults and minors, and
1:22:36
new safeguards for AI chatbots. The New Mexico ruling comes
1:22:40
on top of the $375 million in civil penalties a
1:22:44
jury ordered against Meta earlier this year, the case to
1:22:51
$942 million, a small fraction of its annual profit, which
1:22:55
was about $60 billion in 2025. Meta says it plans
1:22:59
to appeal, maintaining it's confident in its record of protecting
1:23:03
teens online and has been working on identifying and removing
1:23:06
harmful content from its platforms. Now the case is being
1:23:10
closely watched as states and school districts across the country
1:23:13
pursue similar lawsuits against social media companies. Yes, one, somebody
1:23:18
needs to nationalize. So the individual states can't, this is
1:23:22
never going to bring anything good. And they're ignoring the
1:23:27
fact that the internet is inherently dangerous. It's like a
1:23:31
car. Yes, yes, yes. If you're going to put your
1:23:34
child behind the wheel of a car, there's a chance
1:23:37
they're going to get into an accident and get injured
1:23:40
or worse. The only way to keep your child from
1:23:43
getting into a car accident with them driving is to
1:23:46
keep them from driving the car. until they are ready
1:23:50
to do so. This concept that, you know, oh, we're
1:23:54
going to have... Facebook or any of these social media
1:23:59
companies being in charge of how many hours your kid
1:24:02
sits on the internet? Wouldn't it be better if that
1:24:04
was the parent doing that? Sure, but aren't they doing
1:24:07
that already in China? Yes. And this is the rub
1:24:11
that a lot of the people in the United States
1:24:16
are missing. Which is, it's always, you know, it's for
1:24:20
the safety. It's always for the children. But the end
1:24:24
result is always... Oh, well, for this to work, every
1:24:29
adult that's on the Internet, well, you're going to need
1:24:31
an ID and you're going to have to sign on
1:24:33
and we're going to have to know everything you do.
1:24:37
But this is the clip from the attorney general in
1:24:41
New Mexico, of course. And I'm sorry, I shouldn't say
1:24:45
of course in this case, because there's some Republican attorney
1:24:47
generals going after the exact same thing. So this shouldn't
1:24:51
be politicized except to say that a lot of attorneys
1:24:55
general are, Idiots. Oh, yeah. So I just wanted to
1:25:00
give you a quick update on a major victory. Major
1:25:02
victory! Major victory. Scored against social media and specifically in
1:25:07
our case against Meta. Yesterday, a judge ordered that Meta
1:25:10
pay $567 million for the public nuisance and the harm
1:25:14
that they've caused to our kids. That's on top of
1:25:16
the public nuisance. This is one of the ways they're
1:25:19
going after him, that this is... Like you having an
1:25:23
old Chevy that causes too much noise after 8 p.m.
1:25:27
driving down there. It's a public nuisance, Larry. That's where
1:25:30
these meta and... It's infuriating. The complete lack of understanding.
1:25:39
And, you know, and again, oh, it's major, 567 million.
1:25:43
It's like, well, what is Meta make in an hour?
1:25:46
Yeah, 60 billion a year? That's not major to them.
1:25:49
No, no, it's a rounding error if you're lucky. So,
1:25:54
you know, put on your soothsayer's cap there, Darren. Where
1:25:57
do you see this? Because you've been yelling about this
1:25:59
for years, rightly so. Are they going to achieve their
1:26:04
goal? Are we all going to be having to do
1:26:06
selfies and sit there with our driver's license or whatever
1:26:09
the hell it is so we can get online? Or
1:26:11
what do you think? How's this going to go? Yeah,
1:26:13
if they get what they want, it is going to
1:26:15
be China, which is for you to log onto the
1:26:17
internet, you are going to have to prove who you
1:26:21
are with an ID. You're probably going to have to
1:26:23
use your smartphone to take a photo of your driver's
1:26:28
license. And here in the U.S., on the back, you've
1:26:30
got the barcode. a picture of that to prove that
1:26:34
you are who you say you are while you're logged
1:26:38
in, which then again, now if you end up being
1:26:40
one of those parents that's like, I don't care if
1:26:43
my kid uses 8,000 hours, I'll just log them in
1:26:46
as me. It's never a penalty for the parents. It's
1:26:49
always going after money from the social media. So this
1:26:53
is not about protecting your children. This is only about
1:26:57
taking more money from the social media. Here in Illinois,
1:27:01
the corrupt politicians, J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson of
1:27:05
Chicago, they put laws into place that said, well, for
1:27:09
every person using your social media over 100,000, the city
1:27:15
owes you a 50 cent or the state, you know,
1:27:18
you owe us a 50 cent tax. So the state
1:27:21
of Illinois is like, well, you know, if we got
1:27:23
20 million people on X, well, then you owe us
1:27:27
10 million a month in a tax for us to
1:27:31
allow your social media to be, it's always about the
1:27:35
money. This is just a different way of going at
1:27:38
the money because they're going to make rules. and regulations
1:27:43
that parents should be in charge of. that the penalty
1:27:47
is only the social media companies pay more. But this
1:27:51
guy goes on here. That's on top of the $375
1:27:56
million judgment we got earlier in the year. That's almost
1:27:58
a billion dollars just for the state of New Mexico.
1:28:00
To put that in context, if the rest of the
1:28:02
country got the kind of judgment that we got yesterday,
1:28:05
it'd be $150 billion to Meta. Can you just hear?
1:28:09
It's like a wet dream to this guy. If only
1:28:11
every other state. that it's the it's the Massachusetts of
1:28:18
the Southwest and it wasn't always that way it used
1:28:21
to be a banging state it still has the most
1:28:23
beautiful you know sunsets geography mountains it's it's absolutely gorgeous
1:28:29
but it's been overrun by commie creeps and it's it's
1:28:31
become kind of a depressing place outside of you know
1:28:34
the natural topography it's it's sad yeah the sit there
1:28:38
and be like oh social media is too popular let's
1:28:40
see if we can monetize it yeah of course where
1:28:43
the real answer is keep the children off of devices
1:28:46
until they're of age, whatever that is. More importantly, however,
1:28:57
now they are ordered to change how they do business
1:28:59
in our state. This is a fight that's worth having.
1:29:02
This is something that I am passionate about, and we're
1:29:04
not done yet. We have a lot more left to
1:29:07
do, specifically updating our laws, our consumer protection laws and
1:29:11
our social media laws here in New Mexico to make
1:29:13
it absolutely clear that you can't endanger our kids, you
1:29:17
can't allow exploitation, and you've got to do a whole
1:29:20
lot more to protect families and people, especially the most
1:29:24
vulnerable members of our community. This is an important victory
1:29:27
for us, first in the nation, first in the world.
1:29:30
We got a lot more left to do, so stay
1:29:32
tuned. Yeah, the amount of "rah-rah" is kind of disturbing.
1:29:36
Oh, God. And that phrase, "more work to do," that's
1:29:39
always a commie phrase. Have you noticed that? "In the
1:29:41
most vulnerable." It's always, oh, it's always, it's the people
1:29:45
that are having the biggest, you know, because, you know,
1:29:47
rich white kids, they're not having their children exploited on
1:29:51
the internet. No, it's always the most vulnerable. Yeah, oh
1:29:55
yeah. Yeah, yeah. I don't buy it. Don't buy it
1:29:58
for a minute.
1:30:00
And parenting just has to be parenting. And these devices,
1:30:05
I mean the concept is insane because anybody with logic
1:30:09
can sit in a room. Even people that are not
1:30:11
dudes named Ben. People who don't have any concept of
1:30:15
how any of these systems work, you would understand. that
1:30:19
well if a bunch of people are communicating online you're
1:30:23
not going to be able to separate them into different
1:30:27
categories because if you're like well no only people that
1:30:29
are uh that are signed up as children under the
1:30:32
age of 16 can talk in this group because yeah
1:30:35
no adult is going to figure out how to sign
1:30:37
up as no especially when kids in the united states
1:30:41
you don't have an id until you're getting your driver's
1:30:44
license maybe i guess you have a social security card
1:30:47
but well not in california if you want to get
1:30:50
medical attention you have an id at 12 and your
1:30:52
parents can't look at it Multiple boots on the ground
1:30:57
from your clip, which I was like this can't even
1:30:59
be real in California It's real it is more than
1:31:03
real it's happening in Illinois as well because California and
1:31:07
Illinois are kind of like Mirrors when it comes to
1:31:10
the law. Oh, yeah and parents saying I cannot get
1:31:14
my child's medical records Without their approval at 12 years
1:31:20
old and you walk into the doctor's office And they
1:31:24
don't go, well, do you want your parent to be
1:31:27
here with you? It's like, no, the doctor, you don't
1:31:29
get that choice. Like, sorry, but this is the world
1:31:33
we live in. Well, this is the commie world that
1:31:36
we live in. This is commie canon. And it goes
1:31:38
back a long, I mean, it goes back a long,
1:31:40
long way. And if you think about it, Hillary wrote
1:31:46
a very successful book called It Takes a Village, right?
1:31:50
And that's exactly what it is. The village is going
1:31:54
to raise your kid. You really will try calling the
1:31:56
village when your kid's projectile vomiting at 3 a.m. They
1:32:00
don't pick up. No, you know, it's complete crap. It's
1:32:03
the state ruling everything. And Gavin, you know, Gavin Newsom
1:32:07
and all those dirtbags in California, man, they need to
1:32:10
be put in a rocket and then fired into the
1:32:12
sun, really, because they're just raw, evil, evil people, really.
1:32:18
But I mean, I know we go back to it
1:32:20
a lot, but this is literally what these social list
1:32:23
in communist regimes did. They go after the children. Oh,
1:32:27
They indoctrinate the children and this is because then your
1:32:30
children start coming home like, "Oh yes, mom and dad,
1:32:34
you're problematic. "You're way of thinking." So I told, I
1:32:37
told Governor Newsom what you were thinking of doing. Homeschooling
1:32:42
me, ha ha, they're taking me away. They're gonna put
1:32:45
me in a nice camp somewhere. This is why you
1:32:49
need people to stand up and make their voices heard.
1:32:54
One guy that did that, our buddy Scott Lobito. Anybody
1:32:57
that's been listening to Planet Rage has heard Scott's voice
1:33:00
more than once, and I know. I wish we had
1:33:04
Bing It IO like we do for this show for
1:33:07
Planet Rage because you could do a search for anything
1:33:10
that Adam and John have talked about over the years.
1:33:13
But I know you and I on a few occasions
1:33:17
while watching one of Scott's videos said, this guy's close
1:33:21
to a heart attack, man. We did that several times.
1:33:24
You are correct. And then he had one because, I
1:33:27
mean, when we were doing Planet Rage, which was kind
1:33:30
of like No Agenda with more swearing, and playing up
1:33:34
the anger bit. I mean, we're still mad about this
1:33:36
stuff, but it's playing it up for the entertainment value.
1:33:42
I mean, overall, I think when you and I stop
1:33:45
doing the show, when the end of that period of
1:33:48
the day, we go off and have fun. Always. We
1:33:52
listen to music and we enjoy what we're doing. Scott,
1:33:55
I think, has been pissed off for a long time.
1:33:57
You know, I had kind of an epiphany just before
1:34:02
I sent you this clip. about Scott. And he, I
1:34:07
mean, he's... The interesting thing about him, he's definitely a
1:34:11
right winger. His head's in the right place. I love
1:34:14
his salty language. He reminds me more of Sinatra speaking-wise
1:34:19
than anybody I've ever heard. Yes, yes, absolutely. And Scott,
1:34:25
unlike most right wingers, certainly myself included, I think I'm
1:34:29
kind of typical because for the most part, actually, I
1:34:32
never voted until I had kids. That's the only time
1:34:34
I started caring. But I knew it was going on.
1:34:38
But still, what do we want to do? Well, you
1:34:39
know, it's like life is good. I'm going to go
1:34:41
see Billy Idol and then, you know, maybe I'll go
1:34:44
to the beach and, you know, play with moose for
1:34:46
a while. Politics is not the focal point of my
1:34:51
existence. But for most lefties, like Bernie, like Newscum, like
1:34:56
AOC, it is a religion. They are ideologues. It never
1:35:01
leaves their minds. And Scott, in that way, he kind
1:35:05
of operates like they do. Because he never unwound, I
1:35:08
think. You know what I mean? He seemed like he
1:35:10
was always ready for combat. And it finally caught up
1:35:13
with his aorta, I guess. I think he had a
1:35:15
double bite, but whatever. Something very serious, you know. But
1:35:18
he's an interesting character. He flatlined for two minutes. Yeah.
1:35:22
Ouch. I do want to point out to people, Larry
1:35:25
is not like a northern exposure, out in the woods
1:35:28
kind of guy. Moose is a very little white puppy.
1:35:32
Yes. Moose is 13 pounds of, he's more like a
1:35:35
bull of a deer. He just wants to hang around
1:35:37
and eat escargot and drink fine wine. People were imagining
1:35:41
a much different thing where you're like, I go out,
1:35:42
I play with Moose. They're like, whoa, this guy's real.
1:35:46
Oh, no, no. Moose is a lap dog, 100%. And
1:35:50
he brings the ladies in. That's the only reason to
1:35:53
get a cute little white dog. He does, yeah. Is
1:35:56
there any other setup on this libido clip? No, what
1:35:59
Scott is, like I said, he's so hardcore, Darren, that
1:36:03
I think he had his cardiac epithelium like four days
1:36:08
ago And then he, within I think the first or
1:36:12
second day, he had a video of himself in his
1:36:15
hospital bed. And he's got, you know, he's got IVs
1:36:17
going into him and bandages and it's very serious stuff.
1:36:21
But he did a video saying, you know, I'm not
1:36:25
done. I'm still in. Stay with me. I'm getting out
1:36:28
of here very soon. I mean, he's a force of
1:36:30
nature. There's no question about that. And then this clip
1:36:35
really demonstrates that because the guy's arranging things from his
1:36:39
hospital bed. He's got his own Air Force. Listen to
1:36:42
this clip. It's like he literally can't even slow down
1:36:45
for a minute. No. No. Yeah. Scott Lobedo organized a
1:36:49
protest, America's Artist, against Zorhan Mondani, and they blew them
1:36:53
off. Scott had a confrontation, actually had a heart attack,
1:36:57
almost died. But today, we're just getting this video in,
1:37:00
first year on Newsmax. Scott Lobedo apparently chartered a plane
1:37:05
from his hospital bed, and he's flying this banner over
1:37:10
New York City with a direct message to Zorhan Mondani.
1:37:15
And the guy was almost dead. You see this flying
1:37:19
up and down New York City. This is actually a
1:37:22
live view right now, first on Newsmax. Mondani, stay away
1:37:27
from ground zero. And I don't think you could be
1:37:29
any more clear than that. Shocked a guy who just
1:37:33
had open heart surgery, took the time, but I guess
1:37:36
he wants Mondani to know that the booming's not gonna
1:37:39
stop. New York City's getting a clear message from Staten
1:37:44
Islanders led by Scott Libato. Pretty cool, right? Yeah, that's
1:37:49
the commitment to the craft. Exactly. I mean, exactly. That
1:37:53
guy is a true believer, and wow. I salute him.
1:37:57
And I saw the clip. Ma'am Donnie was booed offstage.
1:38:00
I think it was mainly by a police audience, was
1:38:03
it, in New York? Yeah, I guess it was. I'm
1:38:07
sure if he had his homies there, they'd have drowned
1:38:09
out the police, because he's very popular with them. And
1:38:13
then Elizabeth Warren was booed for saying something. Oh, good.
1:38:17
Maybe people are waking up a little bit more. Maybe.
1:38:20
Because she made a comment somewhere, and she was sitting
1:38:24
on a panel because she was sitting there with the
1:38:25
little microphone and her name in front of her. And
1:38:28
she actually said that she's been tough on the border,
1:38:31
and people just started laughing. Oh, my God. You can't
1:38:36
make this stuff up. It's like, I don't know if
1:38:38
these people are delusional. Or what? It's like, but you
1:38:42
are not tough on the border, madam. I mean, you're
1:38:45
welcome to your point of view if you want open
1:38:48
borders, but this is where people really start jumping into
1:38:53
that dimension B. Maybe she wants people to think now
1:38:56
that she's been tough on the borders and the AI.
1:38:58
Well, she said she was tough on the borders. just
1:39:04
literal insanity and people always complain when they're hearing this
1:39:09
kind of stuff and like like you just said you
1:39:11
lean right wing it's like i lean right wing but
1:39:15
i will tell you that the Republicans are not perfect
1:39:18
and there are things that are going wrong and it
1:39:20
doesn't affect the ability to understand the crap that you're
1:39:24
being fed. Yeah. And if I could find it. I
1:39:29
would bring you all of the right-wing drivel that is
1:39:35
meeting the level of the left, but I can't. So,
1:39:37
I mean, I will challenge any of those people that
1:39:40
are like, oh, no, all of these, everybody, the right-wing
1:39:43
does the same thing. Well, send in those clips. I
1:39:45
would love. Yeah. to see them that are the equivalent
1:39:49
of, you know, Donald Trump can't even make a complete
1:39:52
sentence and they cut to the video of the guy
1:39:53
like doing Shakespeare and it's like. That's not the result.
1:40:00
Thune and Murkowski, but yeah. And I got to know
1:40:04
what this next clip you got here is about sunscreen
1:40:07
and the COVID vax. Is this like literally second half
1:40:12
of show kind of things? I don't know. I mean,
1:40:15
it's just, again, I tripped over this one. And it's,
1:40:21
who's that congressman? You'll recognize his voice, the guy's name.
1:40:24
He's very articulate, smooth. But he said, hey, just play
1:40:28
the clip. Have I been lied to as a Florida
1:40:31
man about sunscreen protecting me from cancer? Yes, it appears
1:40:35
we've all been lied to. Unfortunately, this massive study of
1:40:39
over 470,000 people confirms it. It's very worrisome that when
1:40:45
they compared sunscreen users to non-sunscreen users, the sunscreen users
1:40:50
faced increased risks of all the major skin cancers, melanoma,
1:40:56
squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma. evasive melanoma was
1:41:05
300% higher risk in the sunscreen users. They accounted for
1:41:11
skin color, time spent outdoors, and many other things, sex,
1:41:16
age, and they still found these increased risks of the
1:41:18
cancer. So when you use sunscreen all the time, you're
1:41:21
blocking your body's ability to synthesize vitamin D, which is
1:41:25
critical for cancer defense. So you do not want to
1:41:28
shut that off. A JAMA study just came out and
1:41:30
found all those active ingredients in the sunscreens get into
1:41:35
your circulation. They get into your body above FDA regulatory
1:41:39
limits. If you really have to use it, if you'll
1:41:41
be out in the sun for six hours, midsummer day,
1:41:45
you still want to use something, I would use zinc-based
1:41:49
sunscreen, not oxybenzone, none of those hormone disrupting. Wow. Yeah,
1:41:54
how about that? Matt Gates was interviewing this guy. And
1:41:58
there was some companion verbiage to it, Darren, and it
1:42:01
said that the incidence of just skyrocketed. And it was
1:42:06
almost unheard of back in the 1930s, 40s, whatever. And
1:42:12
there was further evidence they had that a lot of
1:42:14
it is not just linked to the... dangerous gunk that
1:42:19
might be in the stuff we spray in our faces
1:42:21
and arms and shoulders, but it's diet related in that
1:42:25
all the crap that we eat, the processed foods, somehow
1:42:30
reduces our resistance to it. And it said that people
1:42:32
who are going more in the vein of heavy carnivores
1:42:37
of properly raised beef, people who used to get terribly
1:42:40
sunburned will switch to a diet of beef. I don't
1:42:43
know if this is true, but it's the report. And
1:42:45
go out and they'll get a color. but they won't
1:42:49
scald and blister and peel the way they did back
1:42:52
when they were on the crappy diet. So they're eat
1:42:55
more steak and hamburger. This is the Texas Beef Initiative
1:42:59
sponsoring us. There it is. And everybody likes steak. Well,
1:43:02
not everybody, but a lot of people do. And it
1:43:05
makes sense that your diet would have an effect. I
1:43:08
mean, vitamin D is one of the main things when
1:43:11
you go to the doctor and they do the blood
1:43:12
test. You either got enough or you don't. If you
1:43:14
don't know, you got to supplement it. Yeah. But the
1:43:19
dangerous chemicals in all of this, it's like diet soda.
1:43:22
So you read the chemical list and you're like, hey,
1:43:23
did you really just drink water? Exactly. Yeah. That stuff's
1:43:28
so bad. I could never, ever get past the aftertaste
1:43:32
in diet sodas. Never. The aspartame or the saccharin was
1:43:38
the worst one at first. But they never taste just
1:43:42
like, oh, no, it tastes just like regular soda, which
1:43:45
is horrible for you as well. But you know what?
1:43:47
Sugar is less of a problem if, well, back in
1:43:51
the days when you actually had natural cane sugar in
1:43:54
your soda rather than the high fructose corn syrup. Right.
1:43:59
They cut the corners and try to make more money
1:44:02
on every product that they put out there. Sure. Do
1:44:06
they sell Mexican Coke in Chicago? Yeah. When we used
1:44:09
to go to Costco, we'd get the 18-pack or whatever
1:44:13
it was, and then you kind of just had to
1:44:15
cut back because it's just so good. But in the
1:44:17
summer, There's nothing like. a bottle glass bottle yeah of
1:44:23
mexican coke real cane sugar real change and the taste
1:44:27
is astonishingly different than the other crap yes you can
1:44:31
tell i mean if you can't tell the difference then
1:44:34
your taste buds are dead yes yes that's how it
1:44:37
is with all the real cane sugar sodas over the
1:44:42
counterparts that have the high fructose corn syrup there is
1:44:45
a different taste and your body reacts totally differently to
1:44:48
them Do you remember the stuff that came out probably
1:44:51
30 years ago called Jolt? Yeah, that was the best,
1:44:54
man. And they said like right in the label, twice
1:44:57
the caffeine. Like all the bad shit was in there.
1:45:01
Drink this Jolt. It's come and gone a few times.
1:45:05
Somebody tried to revive it. Back in the day when
1:45:09
all the computer guys were drinking Balls, B-A-W-L-S, which is
1:45:13
another like totally caffeinated drink. Hey, you want to stay
1:45:17
up all night and game or code? Oh, wow. Speaking
1:45:22
of balls. Oh, I hope, I'm praying. I know you
1:45:26
mentioned something about WNBA and I'm hoping you're going to
1:45:30
cover this. Yeah, this story is oddly at the front
1:45:36
of the news and it has been for the last
1:45:39
few days and it continues to get stranger. And bigger,
1:45:45
I think. It does. It continues to get bigger. There
1:45:48
were a couple of things going on. The first was
1:45:51
Clay Travis from Outkick Sports said, well, you know, if
1:45:54
you really want to. Stand by your guns that women
1:45:58
and men are the same. Well, then he had an
1:46:01
idea. Because the WNBA has right now a lot of
1:46:05
coaches that are coming out, including in the last day
1:46:08
or two, saying, hey, if a man identifies as a
1:46:12
woman, he should be able to play in the WNBA.
1:46:16
I think that is absolutely ludicrous. It's absurd. The WNBA
1:46:19
commissioner has not spoken out in favor of Sophie Cunningham
1:46:23
or even just in favor of basic rules. It's called
1:46:26
the WNBA because it's the women's basketball association there, right?
1:46:32
play, I think we should have an actual game. Not
1:46:36
NBA players against WNBA players. High school boys. Let me
1:46:41
pick a team. I will put it on pay-per-view. We'll
1:46:44
donate all the profits to Tunnel to Towers for Wounded
1:46:48
Warriors, for the families out there that they're helping to
1:46:50
take care of, first responders. You know Frank Siller. They
1:46:54
do incredible work. We'll put it on pay-per-view. If the
1:46:57
high school boys win, I will give them $10 million.
1:47:00
If the WNBA team wins, I will give them $10
1:47:03
million. I think we would raise tens of millions of
1:47:06
dollars for charity. And I'm putting my money where my
1:47:10
mouth is. If the WNBA really doesn't believe that men
1:47:15
are that much better than women at basketball, then the
1:47:18
champion of the WNBA should be able to beat a
1:47:22
bunch of high school boys, Will. So far, they haven't
1:47:25
responded. They always talk about how they want more money.
1:47:32
in the history of the sport. He's right. I think
1:47:37
the highest... Payroll on a WNBA team now is $7
1:47:43
million for the season. Wow. And he's offering, and the
1:47:48
people coming in to the league, this made big news
1:47:51
when Caitlin Clark came into the league two years ago,
1:47:55
was between 70 and 80,000. So we can round up
1:47:57
and say 80,000. Sure. Offering $10 million to beat a
1:48:02
high school boys basketball team. Why wouldn't these women jump
1:48:07
at it if they thought they had even an even
1:48:10
chance of winning? Sure. Because he also went on to
1:48:14
say that he has heard from countless high school coaches
1:48:17
that are like, hey, hey, hey, look at my team.
1:48:20
I'll bet, yeah. And this makes a very... valid point
1:48:26
that We have covered here and other places that men
1:48:31
and women are not equal physically. They're not? Strength makes
1:48:36
a difference. I know. But this is how, I mean,
1:48:39
just keeping with this little part of the story, this
1:48:43
is how this challenge that the guy from Outkick putting
1:48:47
out, the $10 million challenge, this is how it was
1:48:50
covered by an anchor out of Minneapolis who is an
1:48:56
outwardly, queer woman anchor, but you can figure out what
1:49:02
her point of view might be here. One last thing
1:49:05
tonight. The entire world of women's sports is facing the
1:49:08
debate within its own leagues of who should get to
1:49:11
play and who should not. And a voice that often
1:49:14
shouts loudly in that debate is a right-leaning outlet owned
1:49:17
by Fox News called Outkick Sports. And today its founder
1:49:20
took to a new stunt, one that really makes no
1:49:23
sense if OutKick is really concerned about caring about women
1:49:26
in women's sports. Okay, can anybody explain to me how
1:49:29
that has anything to do except to show that he
1:49:32
cares about women in women's sports, not having to play
1:49:36
against a larger, more powerful man? But no, no, she's
1:49:43
going to take it the exact opposite direction and pretend,
1:49:45
oh no, I can't even figure out why, Larry. Clay
1:49:50
Travis, he's the man behind Outkick. He announced today he's
1:49:53
offering $10 million to the winner of a game of
1:49:56
basketball between a high school boys team of his choosing
1:49:59
and the
1:50:00
WNBA defending champions, the Las Vegas Aces. I thought to
1:50:04
myself, why? But obviously the answer is because he thinks
1:50:08
it is so impossible for any group of women, let
1:50:10
alone the best in the game, that they could ever
1:50:13
beat younger and more inexperienced boys. It's a thinly veiled
1:50:18
sexist joke. What? I know! I know! What? How is
1:50:24
this a sexist joke? It is making a valid point.
1:50:28
And he's putting up enough money, madam. That she's probably
1:50:34
annoyed by that because I think she was a they
1:50:35
there. They're putting up enough money. that this would be
1:50:41
a big payday for this team. So how is it
1:50:43
a joke? Somebody's offering you $10 million to play high
1:50:47
school boys. This is the championship women's team in the
1:50:50
WNBA to play a bunch of high school boys for
1:50:54
$10 million. How is that? Really? I don't think it's
1:51:00
thinly veiled at all. I think it's right out there.
1:51:02
How is it a sexist joke? I don't think it
1:51:04
is. younger and more inexperienced boys. It's a thinly veiled
1:51:10
sexist joke, revealing the actual truth of how he and
1:51:12
his organization feel about women's sports. It's not about caring
1:51:16
about them. They think women's sports are a joke. No,
1:51:20
we just think you're a joke lady. Yeah, well they
1:51:22
think women's sports... She's 50% correct, Larry, because they think
1:51:27
women's sports is a joke once you allow men. to
1:51:31
start playing in that league. Well, there's a lot of
1:51:35
volunteers now, aren't there? Three the last time I checked.
1:51:38
Yeah, I've got two. This is the second one that
1:51:40
came out. This is Royce White, former NBA first-round draft
1:51:44
pick. That's a cool first name, Royce. He's got a
1:51:48
brother named Rolls, I guess. Earlier this week, I made
1:51:53
the announcement. I'm transgender. I'm a woman. I identify as
1:51:57
sometimes identifying as a woman for purposes of basketball, professional
1:52:02
basketball. So I'll be declaring for the WNBA draft in
1:52:05
2027 as well. I mean, I think I'd be unstoppable.
1:52:11
But I'm a team first guy. I'm a pass first
1:52:14
kind of player. I do the little things. I led
1:52:17
my team in all five major stat categories at Iowa
1:52:20
State University. So I do a little bit of everything.
1:52:23
I'll do whatever the coach needs me to do. I'll
1:52:24
do whatever the girls need me to do. I think
1:52:28
the WNBA could come out and make a definitive statement
1:52:31
about guys with a pair of balls playing in the
1:52:34
women's association. But, you know, hey, that'd be. That'd be
1:52:38
probably too much like right. And I don't want to
1:52:41
be discriminated against. I want fair treatment. I'm a black,
1:52:46
I'm a young black, hopefully United States Senator, that would
1:52:52
like a fair chance to participate as a sometimes identifying
1:52:56
as a transgender woman athlete. Like, his delivery was good
1:53:03
on that one. Royce is cool, man. I dig that.
1:53:05
And the latest from the WNBA, because, of course, they're
1:53:10
like, oh, geez, now what? Well, this is still a
1:53:14
nuanced topic, Larry. It's nuanced. Nuanced? Yeah. Okay. Whether it's
1:53:20
a dude. with balls or whether it's a female for
1:53:24
the WNBA it is still This next clip here is
1:53:29
the original guy, NS Cantor Freedom. He was the first
1:53:32
one that came out. And so I've got, I think,
1:53:35
like the first 20 seconds or so is his. statement
1:53:38
saying he wants to play in the WNBA, followed immediately
1:53:42
by Stephen A. Smith and his reaction. on trans. We
1:54:09
don't want to hate on trans folks. That's not what
1:54:10
that's about. Anybody who's hating on them should be ashamed
1:54:13
of themselves. The WNBA, the NDA, and everybody else in
1:54:17
between is absolutely right when they talk about not violating
1:54:20
people's civil rights and liberties, not being hateful, not engaging
1:54:25
in hate in any way, shape, form, or fashion, whether
1:54:27
verbally, physically, or otherwise. We all know that. But what
1:54:31
Anita's cancer is pointing to is about competition. So for
1:54:35
somebody and for folks to act like it would be
1:54:41
okay for them to participate in the WNBA is ridiculous.
1:54:45
And when you have athletes from the WNBA saying that
1:54:49
they're looking out for and speaking up on behalf of
1:54:53
girls because it would clearly be an unfair advantage to
1:54:58
a trans athlete. over people born female. What's the problem?
1:55:04
What's the problem? We got to have common sense. And
1:55:07
yes, Enos Cantor is going a bit too far, but
1:55:10
he's right to do so to make a point. And
1:55:12
Royce White, former NBA player, now a conservative pundit, he's
1:55:16
right too because he's trying to make a point. Certain
1:55:18
things are beyond ridiculous and you got to call it
1:55:21
out. Just to send a message. Do you get it
1:55:24
now? Are you sure you want to continue this subject?
1:55:27
Are you sure you want to continue on this path?
1:55:29
Sure you don't want to be political pawns. Fine. Then
1:55:32
understand that the WNBA is for girls and people born
1:55:36
female and leave it at that. And stop acting like
1:55:38
you don't know. Otherwise, there'll be a lot more Enos
1:55:40
Cantus. We all know y'all don't want that. Yeah, but
1:55:45
I'm not sure they don't want that. I mean, that's
1:55:47
the weird thing with whatever's going on at the WNBA.
1:55:51
This is just a really quick clip from the head
1:55:54
coach of the Indiana— Before you go there, I just
1:55:57
want to say I really enjoyed listening to Stephen A.
1:56:01
Smith there because he was talking, not screaming. He's hit
1:56:04
and miss. Well, that was actually very good. It was
1:56:07
very good. He needs to stay that course. I'm sorry
1:56:10
for the interruption. Mellow out that delivery rather than going
1:56:13
the— Yeah, yeah. Well. Let me tell you, Larry. Let
1:56:17
me tell you this. That's very good. You got it,
1:56:21
man. He goes from the quiet to the loud, the
1:56:23
quiet to the loud. He is working the crowd all
1:56:27
the time. This is the coach of the Indiana Fever,
1:56:29
which is the team with Sophie Cunningham and with Caitlin
1:56:32
Clark. And when she was asked about this particular... nun
1:56:39
drum about well men and women's sports her answer was
1:56:42
maybe possibly the dumbest thing I've heard so far in
1:56:48
this whole ordeal. What is your stance on men or
1:56:52
athletes who test as biological male participating in women's sports?
1:56:56
What's your personal stance? Yeah, I mean, I don't know
1:57:00
that I would say that I'm educated enough from a
1:57:02
scientific standpoint. I don't ever believe that exclusion is an
1:57:05
answer. I just don't. She is not educated enough in
1:57:10
the scientific standpoint to understand the difference between a male
1:57:14
and a female. Head coach, Indiana Fever. She must be
1:57:17
friends with that Supreme Court justice who couldn't say what
1:57:20
a woman was. Yes. Yeah. It's the same thing. I
1:57:23
mean, I saw a, it was either a meme or
1:57:25
somebody posted the other day that if somebody would have
1:57:27
told you 10 years ago that the biggest argument going
1:57:30
around the country would be whether a man, what is
1:57:33
a man and what is a woman, nobody would believe
1:57:36
it. It's incredible. I know how we can take advantage
1:57:41
of this, Darren. We're going to go to the WNBA.
1:57:43
I could play. Even with one eye, I could play.
1:57:46
You could, absolutely. I'm sure you'd do very well. But
1:57:48
I'm thinking maybe what we need to do is propose
1:57:52
Adam C. Curry. He is 6'5". So am I. You
1:57:56
are too. Imagine what it would do suddenly. These podcast
1:58:00
guys, they want in now. I mean, holy, that would
1:58:04
be sensational. What a play. The towers of power. comment
1:58:08
to you right from the WNBA. Yes, yes, yes. And
1:58:12
just to prove. how deeply ingrained in identity politics that
1:58:18
the WNBA is. The coach, which we just heard from,
1:58:22
from the Indiana Fever, there was a flagrant foul called
1:58:27
on Sophie Cunningham, who is now getting the crap beat
1:58:31
out of her, just like Caitlin Clark has had. I
1:58:34
saw that. That was infuriating, man. The foul was up
1:58:38
to the level where the player was ejected. the Indiana
1:58:45
Fever, the coach that is on Sophie's team, the woman
1:58:49
that got mauled. was like, well, you know, I guess
1:58:53
it was the right call, but I don't think it
1:58:54
was intentional. Like, sure, sure, it wasn't intentional, but the...
1:59:00
player that fouled her so hard she was ejected. went
1:59:06
immediately to social media. And do you know what she
1:59:10
posted on social media? Tell me. White privilege. Because Sophie's
1:59:16
white and this girl's black. This is how down the
1:59:20
rabbit hole. these folks in the wnba are and nobody
1:59:24
ever cared about the wnba let's be honest No. Until
1:59:29
Caitlin Clark got there. But it's a very good example
1:59:32
of the culture war that is going on right now.
1:59:36
Yes, yes, yes, it is. And it's hilarious to me
1:59:40
that you have NBA guys now going, well, I'd like
1:59:43
to play. Well, you and Adam have to be next.
1:59:46
They're going to let him in. I want to find
1:59:48
out what kind of a fund that could be. But
1:59:52
since people say, you know, we don't go after the
1:59:54
right wingers enough, here is a clip from Megyn Kelly
1:59:57
where I think she's being a total bitch.
2:00:01
Caitlin Clark was directly asked to speak on it, and
2:00:04
she was cowardly. She refused to do it. It is
2:00:09
one thing to inject politics into your sport where they
2:00:14
don't belong, like Colin Kaepernick kneeling in the middle of
2:00:18
professional football games. It's quite another when little girls are
2:00:22
getting the shit kicked out of them in their sport,
2:00:25
and you are the most famous woman in women's basketball,
2:00:29
and you're directly asked as the issue rears its head
2:00:32
in your sport, and you punt on it. You won't
2:00:37
say anything. You'd rather let the 12-year-olds handle it. that
2:00:43
Big words from Megan for trying to get in the...
2:00:48
Shoes of a Caitlin Clark who is already getting the
2:00:52
crap kicked out of her by the other women in
2:00:54
the league. Yes. And if she doesn't want to make
2:00:59
a statement. That's America, baby. She doesn't have to get
2:01:03
political. No, she doesn't. No. You know, so to be
2:01:07
here and be like, no, she's in, you know, I
2:01:10
just don't even understand. the insanity that this is where
2:01:16
we are now, that you have to. I mean, I'm
2:01:19
tired of people that are like you. Not only do
2:01:21
you have to support us or believe that we're right,
2:01:24
but you have to now come out and publicly. say
2:01:28
something, getting called out. I think Meghan's forgetting, you know,
2:01:31
that this is a free country. And that this woman
2:01:36
is getting the crap kicked out of her on a
2:01:38
daily basis. It was a great... 10, 12 minutes. Victor
2:01:44
Davis Hanson did the other day. Check it out on
2:01:47
YouTube talking about this. But he's like the identity politics
2:01:50
in the WNBA. Very interesting because it seems that it
2:01:55
is a majority black players and also a majority lesbian.
2:02:02
And you have Caitlin Clark and now Sophie Cunningham, who
2:02:06
are straight white girls, that... all of a sudden are
2:02:11
the most popular people in the league and are now,
2:02:15
even though these other players. have gone from literally the
2:02:20
change because caitlyn clark hitting in the amount of people
2:02:23
that are watching the wnba they've gone from having to
2:02:27
fly coach to being able to fly private all of
2:02:31
their contracts have gone up they're all making more money
2:02:36
but they hate her Because she doesn't look like them
2:02:40
because she doesn't share the same You know sexual preference
2:02:45
that they do it is insane Yeah. I'm not a
2:02:50
regular watcher of Megyn Kelly, but lately I kind of
2:02:53
get the feeling very often she's just doing a pot-stirring
2:02:56
deal, you know? Maybe it was the Ozempic. I mean,
2:02:59
something happened. Oh, did she Ozempic herself, too? Yeah, I
2:03:01
think so. I mean, there was a change that was
2:03:03
pretty quick at one point. But, I mean, that's just
2:03:07
speculation. That is just from the producer's mode, as John
2:03:11
and Adam would always say. Just strictly from a producer's
2:03:16
mode where we'll comment upon the way that she looks.
2:03:19
Megan's an amateur. She's an amateur compared to Ariana Grande.
2:03:22
I know. The girl needs a hamburger, man. I'm telling
2:03:25
you. That girl needs professional attention. I mean, she's getting
2:03:29
into the Karen Carpenter zone. I mean, really, that's no
2:03:32
joke. It's sad. It is, because she's got talent. She
2:03:35
can sing. She's got tremendous talent, yeah. I mean, you
2:03:37
may not like her music, but she can actually sing
2:03:40
without all of the auto-tune and all of that. Sure.
2:03:44
Very talented girl. I see these pictures like, oh, my
2:03:47
God. Wow. What are you doing? How much is social
2:03:50
media? Because they are being judged on a minute-by-minute basis.
2:03:54
And you and I will read at some point some
2:03:56
of the reviews of us doing the show. Adam was
2:03:59
very kind. A lot of people seem to like what
2:04:01
we're doing. But there are some that have been vicious.
2:04:04
No. Nobody could. Larry and I, it's kind of like,
2:04:08
hey, did you see this one? Oh, yeah, did you
2:04:09
see this? And it's funny, but for somebody like Ariana
2:04:12
Grande, I mean, the negativity might actually cause a problem.
2:04:18
And, you know, oh, no, I got to be perfect.
2:04:21
I got to achieve whatever the goal is. And this
2:04:24
social media with kids that do nothing but sit at
2:04:27
home on their screens rather than going out and having
2:04:31
conversations with their friends and not worried about what anybody
2:04:35
outside of their little group. cared about. I mean, that's...
2:04:39
Didn't have the... to see that until the internet rolled
2:04:44
around and by the time the internet rolled around I
2:04:46
mean it really became prevalent you know I was already
2:04:49
in my 30s so by that point you have a
2:04:52
whole different skin on you to take the people that
2:04:57
are going to be haters. But it's horrible. I mean,
2:05:00
I don't have kids, so a lot of people are
2:05:02
like, oh, you shouldn't even comment. But you can see
2:05:04
it. It's dangerous. It's bad. It's very dangerous. Very so.
2:05:08
Much so. I think Adam had a great phrase for,
2:05:12
what do you say, sort of like the... It wasn't
2:05:15
chemically or digitally induced autism. Yeah. And I absolutely know
2:05:21
that for a fact because I, you know, back in
2:05:23
the day in school and my kids were in school
2:05:26
in Los Angeles. There were several kids I knew that
2:05:30
the goddamn iPad was just basically stitched to the palms
2:05:35
of their hands. They never put it down. And by
2:05:39
the time these kids were five, six years old, they
2:05:41
basically, I don't know whether they couldn't or wouldn't speak.
2:05:44
Wow. You know, like, yeah. Yeah, like, what are you
2:05:47
doing? Rip that out of that kid's paws, you know?
2:05:51
So, yeah, yeah, it is what it is. Yes, again,
2:05:56
parents, make your kids grow up without the technology as
2:06:00
much as you can. Some people will be like, it's
2:06:02
impossible, Juan. I don't think it's impossible. You can limit
2:06:05
it. You can do a flip phone if you want
2:06:08
to feel like your kid can get a hold of
2:06:09
you. Do the flip phone. They don't need full access
2:06:13
to everything, at least until they're in high school. And
2:06:16
even then, you want to be on top of them
2:06:19
and understand and explain. You're going to have to have
2:06:23
those hard conversations. I mean, parents never want to have,
2:06:25
you know, the birds and the bees. It's always like,
2:06:27
oh, maybe I can wait. I don't want to do
2:06:29
it when they're 12. But you've got to be on
2:06:31
top of this stuff. Give me an etch-a-sketch. That's the
2:06:34
answer. I used to be like, I know. Oh, man,
2:06:39
it's like turn one knob, turn the other knob. You
2:06:41
know, there's like at least three no agenda artists right
2:06:44
now like, action sketch, that's the artwork we're going to
2:06:46
need. Could do anything but dot an I. That was
2:06:49
it. Yeah. You can't skip. You'd have to be really
2:06:51
good to skip. Now, you've got one more here. I've
2:06:55
got one more. Is there a setup? Forget that one.
2:06:57
We'll save that for next time. Good old Stevie Miller.
2:07:01
Yeah. There's no shelf life to it. It'll be just
2:07:05
as good next time. Well, this one for anybody that
2:07:08
has listened to Planet Rage. you you will recognize this
2:07:13
horrible AI tune. *laughter* like to congratulate President Trump on
2:07:46
becoming the first U.S. leader to lose a war. Iran
2:07:51
makes a deal, all right, not with Trump, but with
2:07:55
Oman. They now jointly control the Strait of Hormuz and
2:08:00
Trump and the U.S. We can pay the effing toll.
2:08:05
Cash only! There didn't used to be a toll. Now
2:08:09
there's a toll. Big L for Trump. Trump, an American
2:08:14
president, has lost a war. I'm so tired of all
2:08:17
the winning, so let's try all the losing. Yes, the
2:08:21
Countdown podcast is back. Glad you noticed after 88 days
2:08:26
of rest and recovery. Yeah, I just wanted to say
2:08:29
88. 88. Please, thank you. And we have Trump losing
2:08:34
in Iran, Abdul El-Sayed winning in Michigan and immediately going
2:08:37
on the offensive, throwing punches at the Republican. The bigger
2:08:41
picture about how Trump is making pollution and death by
2:08:44
climate change great again. The failures of Maggie Haberman and
2:08:48
The Times and the Tony Fauci hearings. or the many
2:08:53
faces of Laura Ingraham. And you know what I mean!
2:08:59
All on the Thursday Countdown Podcast, wherever you podcast, and
2:09:02
the full video version. Me on camera for an hour.
2:09:07
I don't know if that's a great selling point. Now
2:09:10
on YouTube. No, it's not. It's not a great selling
2:09:13
point. I am so glad you did that. And what
2:09:16
great timing on Keith's part. I think in some way,
2:09:18
like, we're magnetically linked, we three. Back after almost three
2:09:23
months because he started having AFib. And his doctor told
2:09:28
him that he should cut down on the anger. But
2:09:31
I doubt he's one that can. Picked down on the
2:09:35
anger. He doesn't seem like he could. But he's a
2:09:38
better doctor than Scott Lobato does. Well, he got him
2:09:42
before the... That's true. So it's good to hear Keith's
2:09:46
voice again. I'm glad he's around. And let's... I want
2:09:51
to give full credit. That composition is all Darren O'Neill.
2:09:56
He's not doing the singing. No, bad AI. Ha ha.
2:10:00
But, man, that became an absolute classic on Planet Rage.
2:10:04
People always wanted to hear that. Keef the Kweef. And
2:10:07
you did several iterations, but that's the best one. That's
2:10:10
really great. Again, we learned from no agenda. People like,
2:10:13
and then all of a sudden you create something like
2:10:15
that, and they're like, oh, no, you've got to keep
2:10:16
playing that. Yeah. How these things happen, we'll never know.
2:10:21
We're just glad they do. Show my support by donating
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2:10:43
Sir Chris Wilson sent this out, too, for the value
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for value. So let me listen to this. This is
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One side of these stories is playing in our country.
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This is your amygdala without no agenda. Any questions? It's
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2:12:02
how many people do we have live here in the
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troll room? Let's see. That is 771 now with a
2:12:12
peak of 1103. Everybody wanted to hear the podfather. Okay,
2:12:17
man. Yeah, 1103. Not bad. They always run. Like, right
2:12:20
when they're like, oh, no, they're going to talk about
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donations, we got to run. The trolls are afraid of
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You will feel good. You will. And that way you'll
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know. Get your podcasting 2.0 app. We have to acknowledge
2:12:35
that one of the ways you can show some value
2:12:37
is by doing artwork for the show. And we were
2:12:41
totally remiss on the last show to not mention Mike
2:12:45
Riley's beautiful artwork of the water tower with the Iranian
2:12:50
lock. It is so beautiful to see Mike Riley back.
2:12:53
I know, Larry, you didn't follow the art as closely
2:12:55
as I did, which was, well, way too close. It
2:12:57
was beautiful, though. I was throwing out so much artwork.
2:13:01
And Adam had to get me out of the competition
2:13:03
just so the other artists can come back. and step
2:13:07
up and Mike Riley, a true artist, he's published books
2:13:10
of his work. He is a cartoonist who does this
2:13:14
thing without the AI assistance. Oh, wow. Which makes him
2:13:18
even more impressive. If you like that and you'd like
2:13:22
to find out more, just go over to MikeRiley.lol, which
2:13:26
is a great domain. It is. Now, on the last
2:13:30
show, we had a few different things to choose from.
2:13:34
And I'll pull this here up as well. But the
2:13:37
one we chose came from Parker Pauly, a black knight.
2:13:42
And it was of the JCD Buzzkill Shaver, Thank you.
2:13:49
Adam and John taught me always go with the joke.
2:13:55
And this was the perfect joke. It was. The shaver
2:14:00
from the story that Adam told that he would turn
2:14:03
on JCD's microphone. And, you know, he might be eating
2:14:06
breakfast or he might be shaving. And we're like, what?
2:14:10
Who's shaving right before the show with an electric razor,
2:14:13
which now makes you wonder? What's inside that Heil PR-40
2:14:18
that he was using? There has to be some... Trimmings.
2:14:23
There's got to be some trimmings in there. There is
2:14:27
no doubt about it. Oh, I've got thunder going on
2:14:30
loud. Just a fair warning. Oh, really? Yeah, the area
2:14:35
here lately, anytime it rains, it seems like the power
2:14:39
goes out. So hopefully I won't disappear. But there were.
2:14:42
A plethora of interesting pieces. We liked Tyler Brown's Fauci
2:14:47
in the orange jumpsuit, but that was too depressing. A
2:14:50
little bit, but it was good. The one from Comic
2:14:54
Strip Blogger. which had two men and a woman in
2:14:59
the middle and said, O'Neal, Blydener, and Curry. We didn't
2:15:03
know why you made Larry a blonde woman. Because the
2:15:05
trans Larry. It's got to be it, right? So you
2:15:09
can get into the WNBA now. Why not? We'll make
2:15:13
it a threesome. Is there a women's podcasting network? I
2:15:17
don't know. What are we trying to do? Tyler Brown,
2:15:22
the Grimm Fauci fairy tale. I thought that was... cute
2:15:27
but just it didn't have the oomph that the Parker-Hawley
2:15:34
piece had. Although I did like Nesworks, the Larry and
2:15:38
Derry, because everybody's going to start... Yes, that was funny.
2:15:41
And Scaramanga, I mean, you're getting closer with the cheesecake.
2:15:47
When the thunder is coming through the noise gate, you
2:15:50
know. You know the weather's fun. So thank you to
2:15:55
the Parker Polly and everybody who has sent artwork in.
2:15:58
I see there's already some interesting Mike Riley pieces. Good
2:16:01
to have him back. Name Kenny Ben was back. Comic
2:16:04
strip blogger. It's like the old. Art crowd is back.
2:16:08
Good old days. Yeah. And we very much appreciate that,
2:16:13
but we also appreciate the people that come in financially,
2:16:17
and these are real credits. If you come in at
2:16:21
3:33 or over, you are an executive producer 200 or
2:16:24
over. Associate executive producer they are indeed. real credits that
2:16:30
you can use on your imdb page and larry's imdb
2:16:33
page is very interesting as well God, I haven't even
2:16:36
looked at that in years. I'll have to take a
2:16:38
peek. You've got to update it. Make sure it's all
2:16:40
right. I never do that stuff. I just leave it
2:16:43
to the fates. Yeah, never. Damn, I'm telling you this
2:16:48
is a, the thunder's going good here, but we have
2:16:50
a bunch of people to thank today. We do. And
2:16:53
I'll start off here with our buddy Ron V, 42,
2:16:58
coming in from Hoffman Estates, Illinois. I met him at
2:17:00
the only meetup that I've gone to so far. Oh,
2:17:03
cool. Nice. Sat across from Ron. He's totally not a
2:17:06
spook or anything like that. Totally not doing government work.
2:17:09
Okay. Nothing to worry about whatsoever. He says, in the
2:17:12
morning, everyone at No Agenda, Ron V here, and I
2:17:16
bet either Darren I don't know where Larry will be
2:17:18
reading this. Ooh, he's like Carmack, too. Yeah. I just
2:17:22
want to state that today, Sunday, August 9th, marks my
2:17:25
40 years. My wife has put up with me. Well,
2:17:28
congratulations. Congratulations on that, Ron. Wow. His donation is $404.
2:17:34
Did I say that? Page not found. Page not found.
2:17:37
That's what I thought. Yeah, good. Because a marriage like
2:17:39
this can't be located anywhere else in the wild. 40
2:17:43
years and still not depreciated. knight or dame territory yet,
2:17:48
but I'm circling the round table. Congratulations. Give us a
2:17:51
shout out. Tell my bride she married a legend. Please
2:17:55
hold down the fort and keep no agenda alive. Oh,
2:17:59
and one more thing. Boobs! Well, Ron is the real
2:18:04
deal, Mrs. Ron. He is the real deal. You made
2:18:07
a good choice. 40 years ago. King Grant Judson. A
2:18:11
hell of an accomplishment there, 40 years. Yeah. Scott Vance,
2:18:18
Fallbrook, California. The amount is 333. ITM everyone. I was
2:18:26
hit, hit him, hit in the mouth, I guess. Yes.
2:18:30
Of course, hit in the mouth. Over a year ago
2:18:31
by my friend John Buell and have been listening ever
2:18:34
since. Please de-douche me. JCD's passing hit me harder than
2:18:38
I expected. Thank you and God bless you all. Thank
2:18:42
you, Scott. You've been de-douched. 80 Butters coming in with
2:18:51
30322 from Tiverton, Rhode Island. And says to the Dvorak
2:18:57
family, Larry, Darren, and Adam, my donation comes with a
2:19:02
spirit of gratitude and celebration towards the people who impact
2:19:06
our lives, including all of you. As I write this
2:19:10
on Bittersweet88, I think about those we lose often leave
2:19:15
unexpected signs. Antidote time. To honor Mimi, I finally ordered
2:19:19
my own copy of Too Many Eggs. It's a great
2:19:22
book, and you can download it. You can order it
2:19:24
at too-many-eggs.com, I believe. Of course. It was delivered and
2:19:30
sat outside unprotected during a Noah's Ark level downpour. While
2:19:35
my husband was at work and I was out of
2:19:37
state this week, I was convinced I'd come home to
2:19:40
a waterlogged mess inside the box, but instead the book
2:19:43
was pristine. Probably dumb luck, but I'd like to believe
2:19:48
John's spirit helped ensure I could enjoy Mimi's work. August
2:19:52
is a bittersweet month for me too, although the anniversary
2:19:56
of my dad's passing comes this Thursday, I also have
2:19:59
my 10th birthday.
2:20:00
wedding anniversary with Sir Knives to look forward to on
2:20:03
8-27. Well, congratulations. Congratulations. She says, thanks for putting up
2:20:09
with me for so long, my love. In our own
2:20:12
little New England JCD Memorial meetup on the 29th, Larry,
2:20:16
we would be honored if you would even go over
2:20:18
the border to little Rhodey for that. Oh, wow. Otherwise,
2:20:23
we hope to see you soon. weather those we care
2:20:27
about are still with us or not, we can always
2:20:30
be thankful for them and celebrate the impact that they've
2:20:32
had on our lives. For now, I'd just like to
2:20:34
say thank you for reading my note. Thank you to
2:20:36
the entire No Agenda community for your courage. With so
2:20:41
much love to all, Lady Butters. Well, thank you, Lady
2:20:44
Butters. P.S. Attached is the egg book on proud display
2:20:49
alongside our obnoxiously large dictionary in honor of my fellow
2:20:53
word nerd, J.C.D. Oh, and that's where it should be.
2:20:57
Yeah, and I've got to say, I know I have
2:20:58
the great honor of knowing Lady Butters and Sir Knives.
2:21:01
I've met them both and talked with them at length
2:21:04
at a couple of meetups. And they came all the
2:21:06
way into Higginham, Connecticut, where they happened from Rhode Island.
2:21:11
And they are spectacular people. She's a complete, just a
2:21:16
wonderful woman. And Sir Knives, I think, is a very
2:21:19
dangerous guy. I get the feeling there's more to him
2:21:23
than he's telling. He knows a lot of stuff, and
2:21:26
he's a cool dude. So this is a very cool
2:21:29
thing. And if I can get over to your neck
2:21:31
of the woods on the 29th, that would be an
2:21:33
honor. Thank you, ladybug. Well, yeah, it sounds like you
2:21:35
don't want Sir Knives mad at you. Never. No. No.
2:21:41
All right, here we go. Manuka Gold, Hudson, Florida. $250
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from the Manuka Gold family. Enjoying the show. We're glad
2:21:50
it kept going while Adam is on vacation because it
2:21:53
would leave a big empty hole in our Thursdays and
2:21:56
Sundays. Darren and Larry, you're doing a great job. And
2:21:59
we're so glad we found Planet Rage because of you
2:22:02
two filling in. That's cool. Thank you. And I'm sure
2:22:05
there are a lot of new listeners who came over
2:22:07
from Planet Rage. We wanted to mention that at ManukaGold.com,
2:22:11
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2:22:37
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2:23:00
like you paid advertisement and it's not but it was
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the most powerful tasting honey usually you know you get
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a very just sugar sweet and then a little honey
2:23:10
taste yes this is totally the opposite it's still sweet
2:23:14
but the honey punch is like 33 percent more than
2:23:18
anything i've ever uh oh i i can't wait because
2:23:21
i'm a honey freak um i always douse my my
2:23:25
tea with it every morning i don't drink coffee much
2:23:27
very rarely But, yeah, so, yeah. And they even have
2:23:32
a little honey thing for dogs. So unless Moose has
2:23:35
a problem with honey. I mean, the Moose we know
2:23:38
is already well taken care of. But now he'll be
2:23:41
like, oh, yes, honey, please. Maybe he'll be nice to
2:23:44
me for a change. I wouldn't count on it. No.
2:23:47
Although the honey is nice. And Hasmeticus II from Manassas,
2:23:53
Virginia, came in with $223. says, rest in peace, John.
2:23:59
John's passing hit me harder than expected. It felt like
2:24:03
losing a friend or perhaps an old teacher. You know,
2:24:05
that's a, uh... That's a good analog there. Because we
2:24:10
all learned something from John, whether we wanted to or
2:24:13
not. He will certainly be missed, he says. Adam, thank
2:24:17
you for all you do. Please stay on the show.
2:24:20
Great job, Daryl and Harry. Oh, that's a new one.
2:24:23
Daryl and Harry. Daryl and Harry. I'll take it. Okay.
2:24:25
I especially enjoyed Larry's disdain for commies. Good to meet
2:24:30
you, brother. Try John's ghostly donate. Donate. just go ahead
2:24:37
and type in donate. Well, that's show up here to
2:24:40
pick up the donations. And technically, this donation makes me
2:24:43
a knight. Well, congratulations. Congrats. Congrats. If it pleases the
2:24:48
council, I shall henceforth be known as Sir Hazmaticus, the
2:24:53
second knight and slave to the Lord Christ and keeper
2:24:56
of dogs. You can also add far right white
2:25:00
Christian nationalist. Well, thank you very much. You've got... Karma.
2:25:20
Very cool. Okay, up next is Eli the Coffee Guy
2:25:25
from Bensonville, Illinois. He donated $2.08.
2:25:34
And Eli says,
2:26:00
of this community. John's legacy lives on, and the torches
2:26:04
carry forth by Larry and Darren, the boys over at
2:26:07
the Millennial Media Offensive, Nick the Rat, and many others
2:26:10
inspired by the No Agenda show. I'll continue to support
2:26:14
this show. The value it's brought me is immeasurable. For
2:26:18
producers who want a great cup of coffee, visit gigawattcoffeeroasters.com
2:26:24
and use code ITM20 for 20% off your order. gigawattcoffeeroasters.com.
2:26:32
Code ITM20 for 20% off your order. Stay caffeinated, says
2:26:37
Eli the Coffee Guy. P.S. Happy third birthday to my
2:26:41
son, Ethan, today. Happy birthday, Ethan. Yeah, definitely. And you
2:26:47
got to look at the farmer's market schedule at Gigawatt
2:26:49
Coffee and go meet Eli because he loves coffee so
2:26:52
much. Even if you don't, it gets contagious. I loved
2:26:55
watching the people walking by and Eli's like, what do
2:26:57
you want? Light, medium, or dark? And they're like, what?
2:27:00
And then all of a sudden they're like, we need
2:27:01
some of that. Gotta get some. Thank you, Eli. I
2:27:05
think we missed Ara Dardarian, who came in with $210.60.
2:27:11
And I had to note, thanks, guys. You are doing
2:27:13
an excellent job. Well, we appreciate that. And then we
2:27:18
also had Linda Lupatkin coming in with $200. She's from
2:27:21
Castle Rock, Colorado. And she says, your resume has about
2:27:26
10 seconds to make an impression. then
2:27:30
You know, if it's not good, then you need some
2:27:32
help. That's for damn sure. Most don't. For a resume
2:27:35
that gets results, go to ImageMakersInc.com. Linda helps professionals and
2:27:40
executives position their experience so employers see their value. That's
2:27:46
ImageMakersInc with a K. And Linda Liu, Duchess of Jobs
2:27:51
and writer of winning resumes. And I want to know
2:27:55
how AI. is affecting that at this point? Yeah, that's
2:28:00
a great question. Yes. Because I hear now it's like
2:28:03
AI is what's being used. in order to even get
2:28:08
your resume to people. So I'm sure Linda's on top
2:28:10
of it. Go to imagemakersinc.com now. Jobs. Jobs. Jo-jo-jo-jobs. I'll
2:28:20
find the right one eventually, Linda. That was pretty good.
2:28:22
That wasn't bad. Doug Andrews of Sykesville, Maryland donated $200.
2:28:28
No note, but thank you very much, Doug Andrews. And
2:28:33
Eric Malady coming in from Nepin, Ontario, Canada, 14627. And
2:28:40
says, 8888 for JCD and Mimi's anniversary. 50 for Darren
2:28:46
and Larry. Plus fees. Well, thank you very much. Appreciate
2:28:50
the shows and would like no agenda to continue in
2:28:53
whatever form it becomes. The candidness of John was refreshing.
2:28:59
Praying for everyone in the NA community. Yeah, I mean,
2:29:04
John was as authentic as they come. Thank you, Eric.
2:29:08
Very nice. Harry Pilgrim, we know Harry. 105.35. Harry said,
2:29:14
thank you for keeping the fire burning while Adam and
2:29:17
the family take some time to grieve John. Thank you
2:29:20
for your courage and rage on. Well, we thank you,
2:29:23
Harry. Also, Zadok Brown, we've seen that name more than
2:29:27
a few times, 105.35. And he says, Rage On paired
2:29:33
with Adam was a fantastic show. Well, you're very kind.
2:29:37
Thank you, sir. We hope you hear more of that
2:29:38
in the future. Indeed. Christopher Ebert of Spartanburg, South Carolina,
2:29:44
donated 105.35. No note, but thank you, Christopher. Armando Mares
2:29:52
Altorf, I believe from the Zoetermeer Netherlands. Again, I'm butch.
2:30:00
You're in that 105 35. It says, RIP JCD. Never
2:30:06
expected to cry during show 1880. Had a lump in
2:30:09
my throat, although sadly I'd never had the chance to
2:30:12
know him. It felt like he was family. My deepest
2:30:16
condolences and strength to everyone who held him dear. With
2:30:20
kind regards, Armando Merez-Altorf. And from the Netherlands, thank you.
2:30:27
Jennifer Rain of Snoqualmie, Washington. $100.88. Jennifer says, happy anniversary,
2:30:36
Mimi and John. Love to the Dvorak family, the Currys,
2:30:40
and all Moagenda Nation. Thank you to Darren and Larry
2:30:43
for stepping up to keep this show going. Well, thank
2:30:46
you, Jennifer. Don Richards coming in with $100 from Franklin,
2:30:51
Virginia. No note, and I just love the name. And
2:30:55
thank you. On the next one, Sir Evil Larry. Oh,
2:30:58
wow. Oh, wow. I like this. I have a doppelganger.
2:31:02
Coming in with $100 from Thompson Station, Tennessee, and says,
2:31:07
To 38 years, Sir Evil Larry. Keith R. Johnson of
2:31:13
Arlington, New York donated $100 and says, Darren and Larry,
2:31:18
thank you for filling in and giving Adam a break.
2:31:21
You guys did great. Happy anniversary. Mimi, our thoughts are
2:31:24
with you and your family. Baron Patrick of the Pugner
2:31:30
Order coming in next from Carnation, Washington. That is 9364.
2:31:37
It says, JCD ghost-busting note. We got to keep Mimi
2:31:41
unhaunted. Baron Patrick of the Pugner Order. P.S. Meetup report.
2:31:47
JCD remembered at the Snowqualmy Valley. Oh, man. JCD met
2:31:56
me. We'll have that in the meetup report. quote of
2:31:58
the event it's a scam it's official we miss jcd
2:32:03
we all do thank you baron patrick David Arianes, hope
2:32:08
I got that right, of Escondido, California. $93.64, and David
2:32:14
says, 88, 88 plus fees. Happy anniversary in our hearts
2:32:18
to John and Mimi. Also, my dad's day today, and
2:32:23
88 is in our family too. Thank you, David. Next
2:32:28
up, Sir Eric of Van Nuys, California, coming in with
2:32:32
93.64. And it's happy faces and then sad faces and
2:32:38
says, Raven in Reseda is so sad too. Sir Eric
2:32:43
Barron of the Valley. Marina Murata of Richmond, Illinois, $93.64,
2:32:50
says, Four more years would have never been enough. The
2:32:55
grief is much bigger than I anticipated. Sending all my
2:32:58
love and prayers to Gitmo Nation, but especially to Adam,
2:33:02
Mimi, and the kids. RIP JCD. Love you. Mean it.
2:33:08
Next up, Rob Van Dyke coming in with 93.64. And
2:33:11
a short note, JCD would have loved that. Just says,
2:33:14
thanks, dudes. Thank you. John Scott of Oakhurst, California, 9364.
2:33:21
No note. Thank you, John. Dame Elizabeth coming in with
2:33:25
93.64 from Poughkeepsie, New York, and says, with love, Dame
2:33:31
Elizabeth of the Hudson Valley, and we thank you. Joshua
2:33:36
Hines of El Cerrito, California, 9364. Joshua says, Mimi, Jay,
2:33:44
and everyone else, I'm sorry for your loss. I live
2:33:47
in El Cerrito, and every time John mentioned a local
2:33:49
place, I always knew exactly where and what he was
2:33:53
talking about. Well, that's the danger there when you start
2:33:57
talking. Yes, of course. Move around a lot. That way
2:34:01
you can tell stories and people can't find you. Kristen
2:34:05
handling up next with $93.64 and says, On this very
2:34:11
special day in honor and memory of JCD, I humbly
2:34:16
submit, rest in peace, good man. You are missed. Thank
2:34:21
you very much. David West of Marysville, Washington, 9364. No
2:34:27
note. We thank you, David. Camaria Staunton up next from
2:34:32
Riviera Beach, Florida, 9364. Rest in peace, John. Like many,
2:34:38
the news of your passing was a shock, and I
2:34:40
cried for someone I never met. Your insight and knowledge
2:34:44
will be missed. My condolences to the Dvoraks, Currys, Andrew
2:34:48
Horowitz, and No Agenda Nation. I've been listening to No
2:34:52
Agenda since 2020 when Adam was on Joe Rogan. Ooh,
2:34:56
Joe Rogan donation. flow of the show but I've been
2:35:02
hooked ever since I've donated two times but have not
2:35:06
been deduced well you've been deduced Says, thank you, Darren
2:35:14
and Larry, for stepping in. Your media deconstruction is insightful.
2:35:19
And he spelled it with an S, because Ben Rose
2:35:21
pointed out the other day that insightful and insightful both
2:35:24
sound exactly the same. That's true, they do. This one's
2:35:28
from Dennis Hahn of Menominee Falls, Wisconsin, 9364. And I
2:35:58
haven't missed a show. I've also made some great friends
2:36:01
via several No Agenda meetups. When I began listening, John
2:36:05
would always start off the show with the Zephyr Report,
2:36:08
which just happened to be my high school mascot. Therefore,
2:36:12
please knight me as Sir Zephyr of the Valley, defender
2:36:16
of the lands of beer and cows. Also, please add
2:36:20
my daughters, Allison Hahn, who turned 24 on 8-7, and
2:36:24
Sarah Engel, who turns 28 today, 8-9, to the birthday
2:36:29
list. Happy birthday to the best daughters a father could
2:36:32
ask for. Finally, all my love and prayers to the
2:36:35
Dvorak and Curry families in a time of grief. The
2:36:39
Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who
2:36:43
are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34, 18. Richard J. Lindquist
2:36:50
up next, 93-64 from Sequeim. Is that Washington? As a
2:36:56
husband of many years, I understand a little, perhaps, something
2:37:00
of your loss and send my sincere condolences. I am
2:37:04
still in shock and in pain. Best to you from
2:37:07
Sequim. Thank you, Richard. Martin McIntyre of Mount Laurel, New
2:37:12
Jersey, 9364. No note. We thank you, Martin. And we
2:37:17
have Sir Baron Gustkadever, Ph.D., with 9306, and says, well
2:37:24
done both. Sir Baron Gustkadever, Ph.D., thank you. Thank you.
2:37:30
Jonathan Farris of Liberal, Kansas, 8888. No note. Thank you,
2:37:35
Jonathan. Ono Priester coming in with 8888 from the Netherlands.
2:37:44
West Netherlands, I believe. In the morning, no jingles, no
2:37:48
karma. Rest in peace, JCD. And thank you, Ono. Sir
2:37:53
Tooth Fairy from Valparaiso, Indiana, 8888. Note is just from
2:38:00
Sir Tooth Fairy. Thank you, sir. Susan Kramer coming in
2:38:04
from Flower Mound, Texas, 8888. Love to Mimi the Dvorak
2:38:09
family and all who were lucky enough to be loved
2:38:12
by JCD. Well, thank you. Greg Mellon of Glenmore, Pennsylvania,
2:38:18
8888. Overdue note, I was on a backpacking trip when
2:38:23
I heard the news about John. On my drive home,
2:38:25
I listened to the show and cried. I haven't cried
2:38:28
in years. John was like an uncle to me. Even
2:38:32
though we only ever exchanged a few emails, we all
2:38:35
loved him. Coming in next, sir, camera Chris with 8888.
2:38:42
He says, okay, so first PayPal is being really strange.
2:38:46
Doesn't show that I donated. So if they're like seven
2:38:49
payments of $88.88, John got me good. If there are
2:38:54
none, then I really do hate PayPal. Well, it looks
2:38:57
like there was at least one, so maybe it worked
2:38:59
all right here. Anyways, here's my note. Baronette Baylor, a.k.a.
2:39:04
Sir Camera Chris, Grafton, Wisconsin. Birthday shout-out to myself. For
2:39:09
Monday the 10th, I'll be 33 plus 8. Seems fitting.
2:39:14
Mimi, you and the kids have been and will continue
2:39:16
to be in my prayers. You as well as Adam.
2:39:20
Love and light, John. We sure as hell miss you.
2:39:23
Thank you for your courage, Sir Camera Chris. Thank you,
2:39:27
sir. Is this a second from Zadok Brown? It looks
2:39:31
like it. It looks like it. You said that right
2:39:34
the first time. Mechawau, is that right? Mechawau? Mechawau? I
2:39:38
don't know. It's Hawaii. It's like a laid-back dude surfing.
2:39:41
Yeah, well, it's 8888 and no note, and we thank
2:39:45
you again, Zadok. Coming in next, Stacey Streen from Fond
2:39:50
du Lac, Wisconsin, coming in with $88.88. Thank you very
2:39:55
much, Stacey. Dame Nikki Ray of Toulatine,
2:40:00
Oregon, 8888. She says, Miss you, JCD. Love, Dame Nikki
2:40:05
Ray. Thank you, Dame Nikki. Then Kevin McLaughlin, we know
2:40:10
him, comes in from Concord, North Carolina with 8888. It's
2:40:15
the boob donation. He says, God bless. Thank you, sir.
2:40:20
Gina Moley donated $88.88 from Parts Unknown, and she said
2:40:25
for JCD, his family, and thank you, Adam, Larry, and
2:40:29
Darren for keeping the show going. Jobs karma for my
2:40:33
beautiful daughter. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for
2:40:40
jobs! Actually, what we need is... - Indiana, Sir Becoming
2:41:21
Heroic, 8838, and says... 80, 08, 08, 38 years, sir,
2:41:27
becoming. heroic and of course in reference to John and
2:41:32
Mimi's anniversary. Hmm? Dame Tony Helft of Oklahoma City, 88.37.
2:41:42
Happy birthday to Sir B. with a Y of the
2:41:45
Flying Chickens. You are a great son and father. Love,
2:41:50
Mom, from Dame Tony Helft. And Dave Fukazoto coming in
2:41:55
with 85.14 from Gladstone, Missouri. And the note is just
2:42:01
an emoji heart. Thank you, David. Nice. This is from
2:42:05
Scott and Denise of Gallatin, Tennessee, 80.09. Adam, Mimi, and
2:42:11
family, heavy-hearted, doesn't begin to describe our feelings when we
2:42:16
heard the news. So many memories shared with all of
2:42:18
you, too. We've chosen to make a donation of $76
2:42:23
because it took the two of you to celebrate 38
2:42:26
years. Miss him, Scott and Denise. Thank you. And let's
2:42:33
see, the next one is Kevin McLaughlin. I thought we
2:42:36
did. AD08, God bless America and boobs. Another Kevin McLaughlin.
2:42:42
See, now you're really stomping the one-eyed podcaster. Thank you
2:42:45
very much. Like, didn't I do this? Oh, no, Concord,
2:42:48
North Carolina. Had to get the boobs donation in. It
2:42:51
is very much appreciated, Kevin. Thank you. And again, God
2:42:54
bless America and boobs. And I took Latin in high
2:42:59
school for two years. I can't really say more than
2:43:02
a few words. I can conjugate. Sum est est, sumus
2:43:06
estesunt. That's like all I can remember. That's very good.
2:43:08
I'm impressed. From Latin. You could almost be a priest.
2:43:11
Yeah, except for a few of those other issues. Yeah,
2:43:16
a few of those. Uh-huh. Christian Bowers, 78.77. Thank you,
2:43:22
Larry and Darren. Eternally ITM, JCD. Well, thank you, Christian.
2:43:27
Then Les Tarkowski coming from Kingman, Arizona, right off of
2:43:30
Route 66 6-0-0-6 donation. Is that a coincidence? I'm thinking
2:43:35
maybe not. I love that town, Kingman. Been there a
2:43:39
bunch of times. Always fun. Leafy Learn of Togo Cho,
2:43:45
Aichi, Japan. Wow. I've been listening since 2010's first donation.
2:43:52
De-dooch me. Tom Young coach donating to keep the show
2:43:55
going. Want balance in your life? Just say ITM. And
2:44:01
the URL is TAMYoungCoach.com slash booking. You've been de-douched. Then
2:44:13
Katherine Morton came in with 55.55. Thank you very much.
2:44:19
Tim Heasel donated $54.3. Thank you for your service. $51.50
2:44:26
plus fees. Thanks, Tim. Oh, the next on the list
2:44:29
is getting cooked with Craig. Craig Knosley from Cumberland, B.C.,
2:44:35
Canada, way up there in Kanakistan, came in with $54.30,
2:44:40
says, Love you guys. No homo. I just finished episode
2:44:44
33 tonight. episode one. By the time you get all
2:44:51
the way to where we are now, we'll probably be
2:44:54
90 years old, Craig. The Night of Nights. I shit
2:44:58
you not. I wonder if the memorial was recorded. Pretty
2:45:03
sure JCD would have wanted to monetize it. I don't
2:45:07
think so. But, I mean, you can always donate in
2:45:11
his memory, everybody out there. And just imagine what the
2:45:15
memorial... And there is going to be a public memorial,
2:45:17
so maybe that one will... will be live streamed or
2:45:21
something, I don't know. Craig is a cool guy and
2:45:23
very handy. He built one of the coolest looking or
2:45:26
hottest looking pizza ovens I've ever seen. I know he
2:45:28
has some Canadian name for it, a Cobb oven, whatever.
2:45:30
It looks like a pizza oven to me, and congratulations.
2:45:33
Very nice. And it is, and every time he shows
2:45:35
food, I'm like, how long does it take us to
2:45:37
get from Chirac to there? Exactly. It always looks great.
2:45:42
Always does. Ian McAfee, Ian W. McAfee, excuse me, from
2:45:47
Gabriola Island, British Columbia, BC. Yeah, BC, Canada, of course.
2:45:52
388. No note. Thank you, Ian. Then Brittany Miller from
2:45:57
Trinidad, Colorado coming in with 5272. Thank you. Gregory Caligari
2:46:05
from Parts Unknown donated $52.72. No note. Thank you, Gregory.
2:46:10
Then Maria Self from Rancho Cordova, California, 5272. Thank you.
2:46:21
Kalori Carl Crooks of Thornbury, Victoria, Australia, 5272. This is
2:46:29
a late morning donation for JCD R.I.P. Episode 1888 was
2:46:34
deeply touching and devastating at the same time I cried
2:46:38
many times. Sending love to the No Agenda family and
2:46:42
Mimi on her wedding anniversary from Melbourne, Australia. Then we
2:46:48
have Justin Edelman from Northampton, Pennsylvania, 5272. I'm loving each
2:46:55
and every one of you so much. Goodbye, John. Thank
2:46:59
you for your courage. DMT and astral travel. Rebelizer out.
2:47:09
Joshua Hoover Las Vegas, Nevada, 5272. Note is just praying
2:47:15
for Mimi, the kids, and Adam. Thank you, Joshua. Then
2:47:19
Bad Idea Supply. I like that. Well, we got plenty
2:47:23
of those. Wait, you can make a business of bad...
2:47:25
Oh, dude. Let's do it. Came in with $50.50. Great
2:47:30
name for a company. Thank you. Yes, Roderick Brown of
2:47:33
Mermaid PE. Okay, what's PE Canada, Darren? Help me out.
2:47:39
Prince Edward Island, perhaps? Prince Edward Island. Maybe that's it.
2:47:41
Yeah, thank you. And no note, but cool name, Roderick
2:47:46
Brown. Thank you. Then Stephen Shoemaker. Just Shoemaker, sorry. No
2:47:51
R at the end. Xenia, Ohio, $50. Thank you very
2:47:55
much. Daniel Niwang of Boranj. Boy, you got to help
2:48:02
me on this one, too. Where can that be? Boranj,
2:48:05
S-E. I don't know. What country is S-E? Sweden. But
2:48:09
when the letters change into, like, non-normal, then, yeah, that's...
2:48:14
We need Adam for this one. We need a pronunciation
2:48:18
guide in the note, because... Well, we'll just say thank
2:48:22
you very much, Daniel. We'll figure out where you are
2:48:24
next time. Yes, we want to thank... and every one
2:48:27
of you for donating to the best damn podcast in
2:48:30
the universe as we try to keep the wheels on
2:48:33
it moving in the forward direction give Adam a little
2:48:37
bit of a lesser workload but we hope he pops
2:48:40
in more than not because that we have fun it's
2:48:43
like the you know, like when you come into school
2:48:47
for the substitute teacher and you can just, oh, we
2:48:50
don't have to talk about work for a minute. We
2:48:52
can have a little bit of fun. If you want
2:48:55
to hear more of that, let us know. Just go
2:48:58
over to noagendadonations.com. And then if you get to $1,000,
2:49:04
you too get to join the roundtable. Hmm. And I,
2:49:10
let's see, I know, where's the, uh... go We do
2:49:19
have one nighting today. We're gonna need to get our
2:49:22
swords out here. All righty, has Maticus II please step
2:49:31
up to the podium? We'd like to thank you for
2:49:34
your support of the No Agenda Show in the amount
2:49:36
of $1,000 or more, and I'm very proud to pronunciate
2:49:41
the Sir Hasmaticus II, knight and slave to the Lord
2:49:46
Christ, the keeper of dogs, far-right white Christian nationalist. For
2:49:52
you we have the usual hookers and blow, rent boys
2:49:56
and chardonnay, mutton and meat, ginger ale and gerbils, bong
2:49:59
hits and-
2:50:00
and bourbon, Irish whiskeys, and Chicago dogs. I mean, it's
2:50:04
really a buffet at this point. Just go over to
2:50:07
noagendarings.com. That's where you will find the handsome No Agenda
2:50:12
Night ring. Send your size in and your address, and
2:50:15
they'll get that ring out to you along with some
2:50:18
sealing wax, a certificate of authenticity, so you can use
2:50:22
it on all of your correspondence. And thank you for
2:50:25
supporting the best damn podcast in the universe and becoming
2:50:29
a knight of the roundtable. No title changes today. We
2:50:36
do have some birthdays. Ethan, a very happy birthday. He
2:50:46
is turning three today. A happy birthday to Sir Camera
2:50:51
Chris. And Dame Tony House wishes Sir B with a
2:50:58
Y of the flying chicken. Happy Birthday to you. Where
2:51:12
some of those names come from, I don't even want
2:51:14
to know. I don't know. But they're cool. We dig
2:51:17
them. Yes, they are. And now we have some meetup
2:51:21
reports where we have plenty. of Meetup Reports. Let me
2:51:38
get the audio. We have got 10 meetups. The JCD
2:51:41
Memorial meetups were plentiful, which is beautiful. And all of
2:51:47
the folks that sent in the meetup reports, I'm expecting
2:51:51
a lot more on Thursday. There were a few that
2:51:53
were worried about the audio. Never worry about the audio.
2:51:56
It is about the spirit of the thing. And first
2:52:01
we have the Kala Pooja brewing in Albany, Oregon. And
2:52:08
they said it was a great crowd. The tone was
2:52:10
somber, but they still had a great time discussing our
2:52:14
favorite memories of JCD from Sir M. Madson of the
2:52:21
Mid-Valley. This is Sir M. Madson of the Mid-Valley coming
2:52:25
to you from the Albany, Oregon meetup at Calipuya Brewing.
2:52:28
It was a great time had by all. I'm just
2:52:30
going to pass around the phone. ITM, and we miss
2:52:34
you, John. In the morning, JCDRIP. Hey, this is Libby.
2:52:40
We came all the way from Coos Bay, which is
2:52:41
about three hours away for this meetup. Thank you to
2:52:45
Sir M for putting it on and Dame Drea for
2:52:51
encouraging him to put it on. And this has been
2:52:54
a really awesome meetup. John and Pat at the meetup
2:52:58
honoring JCD. Love to you, Mamie. Hey, this is Sir
2:53:05
Victor Barron of the Willamette Valley. I think we have
2:53:10
about 16 people here in Albany, Oregon. In the morning,
2:53:15
this is Sir David Adama. It's my first meetup and
2:53:18
it's going great. Hopefully no agenda continues for a long
2:53:23
time. Sir Jules of Lut here. This is my first
2:53:26
meetup too. Not exactly the reason why I wanted to
2:53:28
attend a meetup, but glad I came. In the morning.
2:53:33
Oh, ITM, it's Betty. In the morning, this is Jeff.
2:53:37
In the morning, RIP JCD. In the morning, we had
2:53:41
a great meetup and we will miss you, John. And
2:53:45
Adam, we love you. All right. In the morning, John,
2:53:50
you're going to be missed by all of us. Thank
2:53:53
you so much for everything. And thanks to the Dvorak
2:53:56
family for sharing with us for so long in the
2:53:58
morning. R DJ CDs! Nice. Then up next on the
2:54:09
list, the local 512 meetup put together by Sir Scott,
2:54:12
the Black Viscount of the No Agenda Armory. He said
2:54:15
there were close to 40 people. He clipped it as
2:54:18
tight as he could, but it's a bit long. That's
2:54:20
okay. He says, wish that Adam and Tina were here.
2:54:23
Please give my love and prayers to the Dvorak family.
2:54:27
And here's what that one sounds like. This is Viscount
2:54:31
Scott of the Armory doing our JCD Memorial meetup in
2:54:36
Sunset Valley, Texas. We miss you. Hey, this is Sir
2:54:39
Matt Wells, Black Knight of the Austin Petty Cabbies, coming
2:54:42
to you from the JCD Memorial Meetup at Docks in
2:54:46
Sunset Valley, Texas, and just want to remind everybody to
2:54:50
stay safe and paint your roof blue. In the morning,
2:54:53
Baroness Salva Austin here. All my financial assets are frozen
2:54:57
until I can get a Zephyr report. It's Mike from
2:55:01
the DC Spook, or that's what John C. DeVore called
2:55:05
me. And I just want to say, we miss John,
2:55:08
Adam, Mimi, the DeVore clan, where you feel your loss.
2:55:16
This is Dirty Dirty Whore. Y'all be good. This is
2:55:19
Baron Dutch Cox, RIP, ITM, JCD. Whore one out for
2:55:24
JCD. Whore all aboard. Love you, JCD. you up in
2:55:29
heaven. In the morning, this is Michael. The show will
2:55:33
never be the same without John. Sean Ryan from Valencia.
2:55:36
In the morning to you. Miss JCD. He was my
2:55:40
pessimistic, critical thinking mentor. In the world of touchscreens and
2:55:46
iPhones, John was right about the mouse. Hey, it's Sir
2:55:49
Brian with an I. Just want to let you know
2:55:51
that NewsGuard reduced the score of the New York Times
2:55:54
for their credibility after I told them about John's birthday.
2:55:59
In the morning. Dame G Money here driving in from
2:56:04
Mineral Wells to get that good old-fashioned Hitman Asian connection.
2:56:09
Hello my name is Shoshana I'm here with Dame G
2:56:13
I went to college with her before but I'm having
2:56:16
a blast. And this is Aaron here in Austin. We
2:56:22
got our two human resources and we're happy to be
2:56:25
here. Happy to be here in the morning. Hey, this
2:56:29
is Baron Alex Zavala out of Kiley, Texas. RIP, John.
2:56:33
In the morning, Andrew from Austin. Not a douchebag. First
2:56:37
time meet up, though. Hey, this is Brendan from Local
2:56:39
512 saying in the morning. Sorry about your friend, Adam.
2:56:42
Long live the buzzkill from Black Game Local. So in
2:56:47
the morning, Noah and Jenda Nation, we are at the
2:56:49
meet up for Buzzkill's memorial at Sunset Valley. Even though
2:56:55
he has gone to the chaise lounge in the sky,
2:56:59
we'll continue to leave his legacy. I'm Priscilla. I'm Vega's
2:57:03
wife. And we wish all the families the best of
2:57:07
luck. And we always have our prayers. And kids, please
2:57:15
say-- This is Whitney from Docs in Texas. I got
2:57:20
ants in my pants. My name is... Serenity now. It's
2:57:25
been great. Got a lot of people I haven't seen
2:57:28
in forever. Had a great time. Hey, this is Kristen
2:57:32
in the morning. I miss you, JCD. Thanks, Adam, for
2:57:35
everything. Love you guys. Calls and prayers are with you,
2:57:38
Mimi and family. From Dane Jeanette of the Lone Star
2:57:41
Sky. This is Rob, your constitutional lawyer. John, Vaya con
2:57:45
Dios. Adam, everybody has your back. Barry Gordon Walton here.
2:57:49
45 years of KCD was not enough for me. See
2:57:52
you in the afterlife, KCD. All right, guys. My name
2:57:56
is Wes. I'm Greg Roski, a bartender at Doc's. I'm
2:57:58
taking care of the NO Agenda group. Seem like some
2:58:00
good guys taking care of me. Cool group of people
2:58:03
to meet, man. Tracy D. Man, I think if we
2:58:14
ever do a meetup, it should be in Texas. Definitely.
2:58:17
They've got the spirit. Big time. They're having way too
2:58:20
much fun. Yeah. I liked a lot of names that
2:58:24
I recognize in there. Thanks for recording that. Thanks for
2:58:27
sending that in. And thanks for paying tribute to JCD.
2:58:30
Up next is the Memphis JCD Tribute Meetup that was
2:58:35
put together by Commodore Tech Guy Ty. In the morning,
2:58:39
no agenda nation. This is Commodore Tech Guy Ty at
2:58:43
High cotton brewing. We're at the Memphis JCD Memorial Meetup.
2:58:47
In the morning, Sir Nine, forever grateful for the recalibration
2:58:51
of my BS detector from... John C. Dvorak, memory eternal.
2:58:57
With deepest sympathies in the morning for miles. Nick here,
2:59:01
love you guys. I love my truck and I love
2:59:03
what I do. Sir Maggot, having a hard time following
2:59:07
that up. Love you guys. Dame Shell sending love and
2:59:11
light to all of you. Thank you for your courage,
2:59:14
JCD. We are mourning in the morning. Thank you so
2:59:18
much, JCD. You are not forgotten. Here, sir, no please.
2:59:23
Thank you for all that you've done, JCD. Long live
2:59:26
JCD. In the morning. In the morning! A lot of
2:59:31
closure going on all around the world. Definitely. Including up
2:59:36
next year, we have the Perth No Agenda Producers JCD
2:59:39
Tribute Meetup. They say our sincere condolences for John's passing.
2:59:44
Our meetup was a mix of celebrating John's life with
2:59:47
fond memories and laughs, as well as a somber tribute
2:59:50
to a man we all respected and admired. Stay strong,
2:59:54
brother. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves
2:59:57
those who are crushed in spirit.
3:00:00
and they included a photo and two of the guys
3:00:03
wearing the photo of JCD that giving the salute with
3:00:10
big text on the top that said, it's a scam.
3:00:13
I love it. No agenda shop. You need to make
3:00:15
those. Those were cool. Yes. Oh, JC, in the morning,
3:00:20
we're really going to miss you. You're the uncle that
3:00:23
I never had. Thank you for the wisdom. Thank you
3:00:26
for the guidance. Thank you for the many, many stories.
3:00:30
to miss your brother and to Adam and the family
3:00:34
all the best and we're all going to support you
3:00:37
no agenda thrown through take care It's the greatest scam
3:00:43
in the universe! Dvorak, the world is a worse place
3:00:47
without you in it. May the slaves aspire to your
3:00:50
greatness. Come on mate, come back to us John. It's
3:00:53
all a scam. You were right. In the morning, thanks
3:00:56
Adam and JCD. In the morning, this is Sir Richard
3:01:00
Valens down under. Mimi, Adam and family, love is lit.
3:01:05
This is bullcrap. In the morning, for John C. Dvorak,
3:01:11
what a legend. cold, wet day in the morning. In
3:01:18
the morning, very much sad about the times that we're
3:01:22
in. JCB picked a good time to exit and commissioned
3:01:27
submissions to Adam and families and Mimi and families and
3:01:31
yeah, made the show go on in some format in
3:01:34
the morning. In the morning, Mimi, we're so sorry for
3:01:38
you and your family and the loss of JCB must
3:01:40
be so hard for you right now. But Adam, we
3:01:43
feel for you too. We're here celebrating JCB's life with
3:01:47
a great group of In The Morning people and we
3:01:51
love you and In The Morning from Australia. In The
3:01:55
Morning, this is producer Vangelie. I just want to say
3:01:58
in memory of John, Captain, my Captain, you've led us
3:02:02
through different ways of thinking. You've led us through difficult
3:02:06
times and we have all the fondest of memories and
3:02:10
this meet-up is in special dedication to everything that you've
3:02:14
done, We've left the world a much better place. You're
3:02:23
not wrong about that. Those Aussies, they're cool, man. They
3:02:27
know how to party, too, just like Texas. They do,
3:02:30
yeah. Next up, Hamilton, Ontario, the JCD Tribute Meetup. Three
3:02:35
of us had a small but very enjoyable meetup at
3:02:37
the Fool and Flagon Pub in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Attaches
3:02:43
the audio. Big thank you to Sir Dwight the Knight
3:02:46
for organizing it, and it was sent in by Sir
3:02:49
Chris. In the morning, this is Sir Dwight the Knight
3:02:52
at the Hamilton Memorial for JCD meetup. And we all
3:02:59
miss you, John. Everybody stay strong, and thank you for
3:03:02
your courage. I'm going to pass the phone around now.
3:03:05
In the morning, this is Keneil from Hamilton, Ontario meetup
3:03:09
and I'm gonna miss John and I'm gonna miss his
3:03:14
humor and wit and yeah, I will remember you as
3:03:18
long as we listen to this show. And finally, this
3:03:22
is Sir Chris, also Hamilton, Ontario. Rest in power, JCD.
3:03:27
Thank you for your courage and just one final question.
3:03:29
Is this gonna delay the vinegar book? It's being rolled
3:03:34
into another Dvorak family cookbook, from what I understand. That's
3:03:38
cool. I didn't know that. If what I heard correctly
3:03:40
during one of those of the tribute shows, if anybody
3:03:44
hasn't gotten through the longer of the tribute shows, they
3:03:49
are well worth it. Just break them up. A lot
3:03:51
of great stories, a lot of great information. And, yeah,
3:03:54
the vinegar book was real. It was just, I think,
3:03:57
it was Mimi that said it was more of a
3:03:59
pamphlet than a book. I heard that. I remember her
3:04:02
saying. that yeah i think it makes sense i mean
3:04:04
it's vinegar go to get too many eggs too many
3:04:07
eggs.com start there and then move on. The next one
3:04:11
is Wilmington, Delaware, Remembering JCD Meetup. It says, Hi, Adam.
3:04:16
This is our meetup report for Remembering JCD from Wilmington,
3:04:19
Delaware. Thank you for everything you do. You are an
3:04:23
angel. We're here for the meetup at Delaware Park in
3:04:28
Wilmington, Delaware. My name's Josh. Checking in. Amy, checking in.
3:04:33
Sarcastic nomad. Love you, mean it, no homo. Ed from
3:04:39
downtown, RIP JCD and thanks for a good run to
3:04:43
Mooncash. Yes. Yeah, definitely a good run. Nobody can argue
3:04:49
that. Up next, the Sonoma Wino Country Meetup, which I
3:04:53
like. 10.0, I don't know if that just keeps Windows.
3:04:58
Windows 10, is that what that's like? Probably, yeah. In
3:05:01
the morning, Adam, Sir Zolbot made a little hiccup on
3:05:05
his... Oh, I took care of that. I did the
3:05:08
editing, so you don't have to. Oh, wow. Let's see.
3:05:12
Thank you for your courage, Sir Recalcitrant Crazy Steve II.
3:05:18
In the morning, this is Sir Recalcitrant Crazy Steve II
3:05:21
here at Sonoma County Meetup 10.0, reminiscent about JCD. This
3:05:28
is Sir Reesmeister. We love you, John. We all miss
3:05:31
you. This is a dude named Ben named Ben Duke
3:05:35
of San Francisco. John, you will be missed. It won't
3:05:39
be the same without you. And there won't be as
3:05:41
much laughter on Sundays, that's for sure. Good afternoon. Tim
3:05:47
Freeman, not a night, not a douche. Placerville, California. RIP,
3:05:52
John. Sir Zulvat here and we hope that we're right
3:05:58
back where we started at the meetup. First place we
3:06:02
ever met up here in Sonoma County. We just hope
3:06:08
that John C. Dvorak understands how much we loved him.
3:06:15
Sir Robertson of Two Sticks here. Thanks for the memories,
3:06:17
John. It was a pleasure to meet you on several
3:06:20
occasions. Lydia of the Shire here on 888, the perfect
3:06:27
day to send love and light to JCD. Rest in
3:06:33
peace, JCD. Very nicely done. Really, yes. Then we have
3:06:40
the Denver Love It, Love Is Lit JCD Memorial Meetup.
3:06:45
It says, in the morning, Podfather kind of edited. Sorry
3:06:48
about the background noise, sir Vito. I need some vino
3:06:55
to be able to say sir Vito. And never worry
3:06:58
about the background noise. There's nothing you can do when
3:07:00
you go into a bar or wherever you're meeting. And
3:07:02
if there's music, it doesn't matter. Hey, folks. Live out
3:07:08
here in Denver City Park. Got the love is lit
3:07:12
for JCD Memorial Meetup. Gonna pass the phone around. This
3:07:16
is Elise. We're missing the Colorado Care Bear and Jim
3:07:21
tonight. And we will miss you forever, JCD. This is
3:07:26
Brian, also known as Sir Soothsayer. John, I'm going to
3:07:29
miss you. I will for always remember you as the
3:07:32
guy who always screamed, I get no spam. This is
3:07:36
Colin. Missing you, John, and Club 33, and your squeaky
3:07:40
chair in the morning. This is Sir European Stephen, as
3:07:45
my neighbors call me Stephen. It's actually Stephan. But, yeah.
3:07:51
ITM. Thank you, John, for your courage. This is very
3:07:56
gringo. You're an inspiration for anybody who wants to get
3:07:59
into entertainment. Keep it up. God bless. This is Sir
3:08:03
Scott pouring one out to John, who kept myself and
3:08:06
so many others from being a part of the six-week
3:08:08
cycle. JCD, I love you. You changed my life. Stay
3:08:12
safe in the next round. And yeah, he was an
3:08:15
entertainer. Above and beyond comedic timing, had the wit. I
3:08:21
would have gone to see J.C.D. do stand-up. That would
3:08:23
have been... That would have been trippy. Very different style.
3:08:27
Or you think it would be like Bobby Slayton, you
3:08:30
know, just do the... No, I'm thinking him like Stephen
3:08:33
Wright. More like that. Yeah, mixed with Miller maybe, you
3:08:35
know? Yeah. Up next, the Snohomish Washington JCD Memorial Meetup.
3:08:44
This tried to take out the silence. Oh, it's a
3:08:47
little orgy. Thank you. No worry. Everybody's worried about the
3:08:50
silence or the background noise. We just want to hear
3:08:53
what was going on and how much fun you were
3:08:56
having reminiscing about the late, great JCD. In the morning,
3:09:01
this is Warrior News. Reaching out from the Snohomish medium
3:09:04
that our wonderful Dame hosted, which is awesome. Thank you
3:09:06
so much. And I'll pass the phone down. John, thanks
3:09:09
for a lot of great years. I wasn't around for
3:09:10
a lot of them, but the few of them that
3:09:11
I was around for were definitely great. Adam, keep going.
3:09:14
We appreciate you, man. And just Adam, Philippians 3.13. That's
3:09:19
Philippians 3.13. And for John, some of the clips I'm
3:09:25
going to remember are when he's really stoned. Hey, man.
3:09:31
And also when he went to Mark Levin. And either
3:09:35
way, cheers. Appreciate it. All right. ITM, everybody. Miss you,
3:09:39
John. This is Joe in Snohomish. Thanks. Sir Benrose here.
3:09:43
They finally got me out of the house. Whoa, whoa,
3:09:47
whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, Benrose left the house? Can you
3:09:50
imagine that? You've got to play this again. I've got
3:09:53
to back this up. I did not know you had
3:09:56
a Sir Benrose sighting at this meetup. Wow. And he
3:09:59
was.
3:10:00
very much like JCD's illegitimate child. I'm telling you. He
3:10:05
was very much like JCD in a lot of ways.
3:10:09
Sir Bemrose here. They finally got me out of the
3:10:11
house. So this is me podcasting into some dude's phone.
3:10:15
ITM. Teresa from St. Homish. We'll miss you, John. Good
3:10:18
luck and Godspeed, JCD. Raise a glass of Kirkland Bordeaux
3:10:21
when you get there for all of us. Sir Jack
3:10:23
Ash here. Narcissist Sasquatch. Just remembering JCD on 8-8-20. Appreciate
3:10:31
you. Appreciate everything you did. And yeah, Godspeed. This is
3:10:37
Savannah Hernandez wrapping up the meetup. And we appreciate everything
3:10:42
you guys do. And we're happy to meet everybody here
3:10:45
in St. Thomas. Yeah, that sounds like a good time.
3:10:47
It certainly does. And last but certainly not least on
3:10:52
the meetups for this show, Central Jersey meetup on 8-8-2026.
3:10:57
ITM with a U. We had another great meetup honoring
3:11:01
JCD. The amazing thing is how everyone is so impacted
3:11:05
by this loss. Darren and Larry are doing a great
3:11:08
job. Well, thank you. Thank you. John can never be
3:11:12
replaced. We agree. It was great hearing Adam's voice on
3:11:15
Thursday's show. Thank you for your courage. Still devastated. Sir
3:11:21
R. Daniels Viscount slash Commodore. This is Sir R. Daniels
3:11:29
with pronouns Viscount and Commodore coming at you from the
3:11:32
3BR Distillery in Keyport, New Jersey, where we are certainly
3:11:36
in the morning with a U. This is Dave, RIP
3:11:41
to the best part of twit. Thank you for giving
3:11:44
us the courage to think. This is Bart, RIP JCD,
3:11:50
and this is from New Jersey where we've had rigged
3:11:53
elections for decades. This is Brian. John, we'll miss you,
3:11:58
buddy. This is Jay. Missing John C. Dworak already in
3:12:06
the morning. This is MKUltramark checking in from the Central
3:12:12
New Jersey meetup and we are morning in the morning.
3:12:19
This is Sir Nobody. Warning John and still confused that
3:12:23
people have showed up at my bar to drink with
3:12:24
me. In the morning, this is Dame She Fine. We're
3:12:29
hydrating at 3BR and just remembering John and I'll never
3:12:33
be able to do a Fistnuts again without thinking of
3:12:36
John C. Hi, this is Alex. Thank you all for
3:12:42
coming to my distillery. Hey, this is Sir Voip of
3:12:47
the Jersey Shore. I lost two great voices in my
3:12:50
life this year. John Sterling of the New York Yankees
3:12:53
and now JCD. What an amazing bunch of meetup reports.
3:13:04
Really? We know we'll have a bunch of them on
3:13:07
the next show because there were a lot of the
3:13:10
8-8 meetup reports. I mean, hey, if you can edit
3:13:12
them, that's great, but... We're not judging you based upon
3:13:18
sound quality here. No. And it's just beautiful to hear
3:13:22
everybody remembering John. I mean, I don't know. It's always
3:13:26
interesting when somebody like John passes, if he realized the
3:13:31
impact that he had on people. Yeah. And he doesn't
3:13:36
seem like he had a big ego or anything. No.
3:13:38
I think he knew. Not at all. No. I think
3:13:40
he might even be a little surprised by the massive
3:13:44
amount of outpouring because he was everybody's, you know, uncle
3:13:49
or father figure or somebody. It's like, I'd go to
3:13:52
JCD for advice. Sure. And, of course, he always ripped
3:13:56
my artwork on the show. And then in the emails,
3:14:01
he was always so complimentary. I mean, although Adam was
3:14:05
dissing me at the time you and I start doing
3:14:07
shows, you're like, why is Adam mad at you? It's
3:14:09
like, it's a bit. I know. It's funny, though. I
3:14:12
bumped the microphone. I didn't mean to do that. You're
3:14:15
copying me. It's the spirit of JCD. There are a
3:14:19
bunch of meetups upcoming, including a bunch today. Let's see.
3:14:25
In the morning, Virginia, and thank you for your courage.
3:14:27
JCD meet up at the Gloucester, Virginia? Gloucester Brewing Company.
3:14:33
Gloucester Brewing Company. It's at East Coast. That is the
3:14:37
organizer, Dame Trail Chicken. Today at 5 p.m., the WWJCDD
3:14:44
at the Fox and Hound in Langley Township, British Columbia.
3:14:47
Organizer Nada Sir hoots a lot. I also want that
3:14:51
t-shirt instead of the What Would Jesus Do? I want
3:14:53
the What Would JCD Do? That's kind of cool. Today
3:14:58
on, there's no time, it just says, in the morning,
3:15:01
JCD, rest in power. 6 p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time
3:15:06
at the Grape and Hop in Melbourne. Organizer. GQ smooths.
3:15:14
Today in Amsterdam, JCD, memory at 6.30 p.m. Amsterdam time,
3:15:19
Bar Rest Lely. Organizer Sebastian, please RSVP. And then a
3:15:26
long list, August 14th, we have Queens, New York, Long
3:15:30
Island, New York, Watsa, I mean, I'm right over the
3:15:35
border. Wauwatosa. Wauwatosa. I'm glad you knew that one. I'm
3:15:39
just, no. And then, of course, what's Tbilisi, Georgia? Tbilisi,
3:15:43
Tbilisi, Georgia. South Caucasus region, yes. And then, I mean,
3:15:47
the easy ones, August 15th, Riverside, California, Oakland, California, Yukon,
3:15:51
Oklahoma. On the 16th, Dubuque, Iowa, Norwood, Massachusetts, Camp Hill,
3:15:58
Pennsylvania, Vancouver, British Columbia. Those are all on August 16th,
3:16:04
and you can take the next few. On August 20th,
3:16:06
we've got Charlotte, North Carolina. On the 22nd, it's going
3:16:09
to be Fort Wayne, Indiana, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Reno, Nevada. Indianapolis,
3:16:15
Indiana, Benton, Arkansas, Albuquerque, New Mexico. August 29th, we've got
3:16:22
Rhode Island, Zurich, Switzerland. I want to go to that
3:16:26
one. Yeah. August 30th, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. And then back
3:16:31
to the 29th for Rhode Island. Wait, no, is that
3:16:34
doubled? Chester Springs, Nebraska. Well, there's a Chester Springs, Nebraska,
3:16:39
and Pennsylvania listed. One of them must be right. Wow,
3:16:43
who would think? It's got to just be a misprint
3:16:47
here. Chester's a popular dude. Not sure which one it
3:16:51
is. We'll have that for you by the next show,
3:16:53
I'm sure. And then September 6th, Medford, Lakes, New Jersey.
3:16:59
The 12th, it's September, Boise, Idaho. The 15th, Scottsdale, Arizona.
3:17:03
The 17th, Charlotte, North Carolina. And you can take us
3:17:06
home. October 3, Midlands, United Kingdom. On the 10th, it's
3:17:11
Eagle, Idaho. On the 15th, it's Charlotte, North Carolina. October
3:17:16
17th is Fredericksburg, Texas. October 24th, Smithville, Texas. October 24th,
3:17:22
also Los Altos, California. And lastly, November 19th, Charlotte, North
3:17:26
Carolina. Wow, if you don't see a meetup on there...
3:17:32
You can get one yourself. Start it up. Just go
3:17:36
to noagendameetups.com. The Dame G money in there. It's a
3:17:41
day, you know, connection is protection. Adam says it a
3:17:44
lot. It is true. I need to get better at
3:17:55
doing ISOs. I always forget to do the ISOs. I'm
3:17:58
always looking for the clips and then forget to do
3:18:00
the ISOs. But I did have a couple. One, this
3:18:05
is... Mickey Rourke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure. Whatever you say,
3:18:09
boss. I mean, there's that. And then a very similar
3:18:14
vein, oddly enough, Adam and John. Yep, yep, yep, yep,
3:18:17
yep. And then this one I know is just too
3:18:21
self-aggrandizing. Darren O'Neill, man. He just, he has it. He's
3:18:24
got that magic. There you go. So I'll let Larry
3:18:28
pick that one. Which one do you like the most?
3:18:31
Oh, I think it's got to be yours. Well, we've
3:18:34
got to find John C. Dvorak crapping on your song.
3:18:38
That goes back a few years. Hey, somebody's got to
3:18:43
find that. They got to bing it. They got to
3:18:44
do it. And help us out. I mean, a couple
3:18:48
of people have come through with some other alternatives for
3:18:52
opening show music and all that. But we need a
3:18:56
little refresh on some things that are very specific for
3:19:00
John and Adam. So, you know, if you can do
3:19:03
that for us, it is very much appreciated. That is
3:19:07
going to do it. for another edition of the best
3:19:11
damn podcast in the universe. According to Bembrose in the
3:19:16
back room, coming up after this on your Mighty No
3:19:20
Agenda stream, just two good old boys again? Isn't it
3:19:24
like twice in two shows? Interesting. I didn't know Bembrose
3:19:28
really liked Sir Gene and Sir Do-Name-Ben-Name-Ben. That is a
3:19:33
surprise. I was not aware of that. It's an interesting
3:19:36
show. I mean, Gene tells me. It's an interesting show.
3:19:40
I haven't listened recently. But he says it's a very
3:19:43
interesting show. And would Gene lie? No. Yeah, don't go
3:19:49
out on a limb on that one. End of show
3:19:53
mixes. We have some from Gary and Gilroy. We've got
3:19:58
Perth No Agenda Producers.
3:20:00
♪ To ♪ That won't Share is ba- Your humor
3:20:00
Mike M. Pietro, Sir Chris Wilson, and CSB. Coming to
3:20:06
you live from just outside of Chirac, right here in
3:20:09
FEMA Region 5. In the morning, everybody, I'm Darren O'Neill.
3:20:15
And from pretentious Connecticut, I'm Larry Blytner. It is always
3:20:19
going to be pretentious, isn't it? Join us. I think
3:20:21
so. on Thursday and remember us at noagendedonations.com until then,
3:20:27
hooey, hooey, thank you for your courage, adios, mofos and
3:20:32
such. We do even have a show mix here, kind
3:20:36
of from CSB. Howdy, Irish Americans, Darren and Larry. I
3:20:44
would like to tell two stories about John C. Dvorak.
3:20:48
Story number 1 Many years ago, when Vorak was working
3:20:53
for Mevio, and Adam Carey was his boss. I wanted
3:20:57
to interview Dvorak for my podcast, which was about tech.
3:21:03
The work didn't want to do it, so I contacted
3:21:07
other. Kerry and Adam Kerry told Dvorak to do it
3:21:11
and Dvorak did it. It was done over Skype. It
3:21:14
was fun. Story number two. I was chatting with Vorack
3:21:19
over direct messages on Twitter. and Vojak told me that
3:21:25
his mother was born in Poland and she had Polish
3:21:29
passport. And I told the VOAC to get Polish citizenship,
3:21:34
which is equal to European Union citizenship, with freedom of
3:21:39
movement to EU countries and after-clinics like Norway. and Switzerland.
3:21:45
and Vorek was angry that I suggested it and he
3:21:48
blocked me on Twitter for several years. These are two
3:21:53
stories from me, ComicStribeBlogger. Thank you for your service. A
3:22:05
voice that questioned every headline's claim. A restless mind that
3:22:11
never played the game. With dry wit, wisdom, and that
3:22:16
knowing smile. You challenged easy answers all the while. Beyond
3:22:25
the microphone, your legacy remains in curious hearts and independent
3:22:34
bra- From the Perth, no way! the day. Good job!
3:23:14
and your insight still linger. This is KM4FLG. on the
3:25:18
air Silence on the air. Good morning. Thank you for
3:28:15
your service. So anyway, so I still have an problem.
3:28:19
I say, oh, but nothing like Hillary. So there's a
3:28:23
lot of us in there. There's so many us. There's
3:28:25
no reason to edit it. Although maybe I will now.
3:28:28
But I have the ringer. And so I'm going to
3:28:31
ring the bell and we'll try to keep count. Ready?
3:28:33
Yep. Well, for that kind of money, you would too.
3:28:37
So, uh... So there's this guy Patrick Seal. Then all
3:28:42
of a sudden, let's change the news and kill Whitney
3:28:45
Houston. So, uh... I wonder why kind of Mimi will
3:28:51
be reaching out to you with information about your ring.
3:28:56
So I have a couple of Ask Adams today, which
3:29:00
are nice features. Oh, yeah. I'd love to do an
3:29:02
Ask Adam. Forget I even mentioned it. We don't want
3:29:05
any of that. They're always meddling. We don't want that.
3:29:24
So, uh... I'm sorry. Go ahead. Nothing to do with
3:29:27
the chiners. Nothing to do with... Don't look over here.
3:29:31
So we've got to have a good donations this week.
3:29:34
Mail chip, mail chip, mail chip. I say MailChimp a
3:29:40
lot. So, I've got a couple of clips from this
3:29:45
David Wollman. And these drone strikes are taking place in
3:29:48
Balochistan. I just want you to be informed. song. So,
3:29:54
yeah, you don't want to be too informed. You don't
3:29:56
want anyone thinking about what we're doing with the government.
3:29:58
Quick, switch the track.
3:30:00
Yeah, that's what they do. Yeah. So I've got a
3:30:05
clip that might lighten things up. No. Just kidding. So,
3:30:12
um... You're terrible. I tried. There's so many "uhs" There's
3:30:18
a lot of "ahs" in there Holly Kane from Miami,
3:30:42
FLA. From the state where you can't say gay. Teaching
3:30:50
grade school's children art, I gave him to draw her
3:30:53
private part, said, "Hey babe, Take a walk on the
3:30:56
child side. I said, "Hey Disney, take a walk on
3:31:00
the child side." And he came to the kindergarten. In
3:31:21
she never even stopped, even when they called the cops.
3:31:25
She said, "Hey, babe." Take a walk on the child
3:31:28
side. and said, "Hey, Comma Pizza!" Take a walk on
3:31:32
the child side, and the people of color go, "No,
3:31:35
Justin!" - Justice! Peace! President Joey was just sniffing away.
3:32:07
Kitty's at the White House, you came to play. A
3:32:12
fondle here and a touch up there, always sniffing children's
3:32:16
hair. He said, hey babe, take a walk on the
3:32:18
child's side. I said, hey Joe, take a walk on
3:32:23
the child's side. you Plum furry, hit the streets. Looking
3:32:39
for anime and some teenage wee? Gave some kid at
3:32:45
a department store a whole lot more than they'd buy
3:32:47
them for. He said, "Hey, babe." Take a walk on
3:32:50
the child's side. Who said, "Hey, Nickelodeon, take a walk
3:32:55
on the child side." Jackie is just grooming away. Pretend
3:33:12
to be a teen for just one day But I
3:33:16
guess he had to get bashed. Honeypot would have helped
3:33:19
that smash. He said, "Hey, babe. Take a walk on
3:33:23
the child side." and said, "Hey CNN, take a walk
3:33:27
on the child side and the wood chippers go..." The
3:33:44
mofo. Dvorak.org slash N-A Darren O'Neill, man, he just, he
3:33:52
has it. He's got that magic.