Joe Rogan Experience #2323 - Guy Fieri

Joe Rogan podcast. Check it out. The Joe. Rogan Experience. Train by day. Joe. Rogan podcast by night. All day. Um, Knuckle Sandwich is a sandwich shop. in Austin. I heard about it today. It's. legit. My pilot My pilot calls me and. says, "You know, someone's got your. brand out there." I'm like, "What's it. called?" He goes, "Nuckle Sandwich." I'm. like, "Go figure." Well, but I heard I. heard it's good stuff. Yeah, it's real. good. some Michel start. What's that? We.

smoking. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Everything goes in here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever. you want to do. So, that just don't. shoot heroin on camera. I think we're. going to be able to pass that. So, what's happening, man? How are you? Well, here we go. I got one. Thanks. I uh really. appreciate the invite. My pleasure. This. is. uh this is a long time coming. I've been.

waiting for this and Oh, yeah. I mean, especially all the influence you've had. and things you've done and I know the. funny side of you. I know the UFC side. of you, but watching the podcast and. seeing all the characters and I was just. watching the Bill Murray uh interview. the other day and I just look at I go, man, to hear those stories talking about. Hunter and just all that and all the. nostal I mean just it's pretty um you. got to have your mind blown by now. Yeah, my mind's been blown out. It's.

kind of overblown at this point. It's. huge. Yeah. I mean, I think about what. you did with Trump and all that. influence that you made. And you you. call it straight up the line. You want. to come on the show, you want to do. this, let's do it. And took the time to. do it. I think it was a huge impact. I. think that we look at all the people. that you've given a chance. You've given. them a platform. And I think that's. really it's fair of you. And the way you. interview, the way I see it from, you. know, doing a few interviews, you let. people talk. You let them speak their.

peace. you continue to help them through. not getting stuck on one thing. You. navigate them pretty well and it's. really I mean it's from a guy that's you. know in the business not to this level. but guys in the business it's it's. respectful man. Thank you. Thank you. very much. What is knuckle sandwich. based now? You even have a your chain is. a knuckle sandwich chain. It's all it's. all has history just kind of like as I. toured the museum today. Chef's hat with. a a skull started with that tattoo. It's. one of the first tattoos I ever had. a. culinary.

gangster. So, my buddy Joe Leonard, monkey wrench tattoo, great friend of. mine, did my first tattoo and he made. that. He says, "I have this drawing for. you. I want to show this to you." And. it's pretty, you know, skull chef. Let. me check it out. So, I don't put a. tattoo on until he draws it on first. I. have to have it on for a while. Like, I. have to look at it for a couple days. like, "Do I does this resonate with me?". So, that's how it started. this way. before TV, way before any of this. And.

um when I got on TV, when I got on Food. Network, they were going to send me my. first paycheck. You wouldn't believe how. much I made that first episode. I mean, just huge money. $1,250 an episode, you know, when you. get started. And I wasn't planning on. TV, but anyhow, I came back and I had. all my buddies around my table. My house. was kind of like a soup kitchen. All my. buddies, you know, come by and someone. will bring, you know, crabs, someone. will bring some steak, you know, whatever. And uh so I'm sitting there. with all my buddies. They said, "Hey, I. got to think of a name for my TV, like. my other business." Cuz my restaurant. business I had a business partner and I.

didn't want the checks to come to the. business. So I said, "What do you what. do you think?" My one buddy Dirty. says, my nickname is Guido. Guided. He. says, "How about you make us something. to eat and that'll give us like some. food for knowledge?" And then uh and I. said, you know, and I'm serious. I want. to come up with a name for the company. I got to get this I got to get my $1,200. check sent to me. And I go, "Hey, Dirty, how about I give you a knuckle. sandwich?" and he goes, "That'd be a. good name." That's it. That was it. And. it was it was originally that it was.

originally a a sandwich with a with a. ring on it and a sandwich made out of. money. And that was Knuckle Sandwich. And then it just kind of all evolved. from there. And so all my companies go. into the brand of Knuckle Sandwich, but. I never put a product of wine or tequila. or anything I ever did. And we started. making these cigars and this guy that. I'm partners with is such. a such a guru, guy named Eric Espinosa. And uh we sat there and talked about it. and I have another brand called Flavor. Town. Like Flavor Town's too whimsical.

and too, you know, it's got to be. something. I didn't want to call Guy. Fieti, you know. I didn't want to have. my name on it. I don't want to do stuff. that like buy this because it's my, you. know, it's my name. I just want to do. something, you know, and we all thought. about it. He said, "Cigars are that good. and he's such a badass. It's called. Knuckle Sandwich." Did you have any idea. in the beginning of your career of being. a TV guy? Like, how did how did all that. stuff start? Cuz it's a weird world, you. know? I had a conversation with Joseé. Andress about this. It's like the the.

the emergence of the celebrity chef is. like I mean, it used to be like Julia. Child like way way back in the day. She. was And then this one. Yeah. Yeah. And. then I guess there was a few other. people but they they never were like. cultural figures. I guess Julia Child. was she was probably the only. one and she was really it right. Yeah. And that was PBS, you know, that was. PBS. That wasn't people really blowing. it up. I mean I watched it because I.

loved that I was in love with food at a. young age. I mean I just was one because. I didn't really experience and like. exactly what my parents were feeding me. My parents are really good cooks. They. weren't in the cooking business. But. um but yeah, this whole Food thing I had. before I got on Food Network, I had. never watched the Food Network. And not. because I don't believe in it. I mean, food's my epicenter of what I do. But. the last thing I was going to do, working 7 days a week, 12, 13, 15 hours. a day in the restaurant. Come home and. watch more food. Is come and watch. somebody make me, you know, a pop pie. I'm like, I got enough. Plus, I also.

didn't really have a true understanding. of what was going on. Knew who Emerald. was. I mean, you couldn't another one. Remember when he had that sitcom? He his. his tagline bam. Like they decided to. try to put that into a sitcom. We just. had that conversation the other day. Yeah, we just had that conversation. But. Emerald's the OG. I I give. such appreciation and accolades to. everybody that did it before me. There. were so many people that helped pave the. way in one style of another and some in.

TV, some literary, some, you know, just. living the, you know, keeping the energy. of the industry alive because if you're. not from the industry, you don't quite. exactly get what it is. But it's a. pretty uh it's like understanding UFC. You know, the bigger fan you become of. something, the more you start looking at. it and just going it is so much more. than what you're watching in the ring. for the, you know, next 20 minutes. It's. really deep and there's so much more and. there's so much. It's not just. lifestyle, it's attitude, it's energy,

it's connectivity, it's family, it's. community, it's all that kind of stuff. So, so did you like how how does one go. from being a chef to being a TV chef? Like what was it? Did you just get an. audition? Like did they contact a bunch. of chefs? Like who's got the wackiest. hair and who looks like they would be. good on TV? Like how do they how do they. figure something like that out? This is. about the most whacked story in the. world. So, all right. So, never.

graduated high school. Dropped out of. high school when I was 16. Went to. France. was an exchange student. I'm. going to give you a little bit more of. the backstory than you probably want, but I'll give you I'll kind of give you. the the, you know, the quick version of. So, when I got when I came back from. France, I was supposed to go to my. senior year in high school, and I wasn't. really super interested in going back to. high school. I just lived in France in a. boarding house and went to high school. and I didn't even speak French, but my. parents were really open-minded, and I'd. saved my money, and they said, "If you. can pass a year of French at the junior. college at 16 and you can pass the class. and you can figure it out, I guess." So,

I went and lived in a boarding house and. went to high school. came back my senior. year. I just was not interested in going. back to high school. So, I went to. junior college, finished junior college, went to UNLV, got my degree, graduated a. little bit early, and went and ran. restaurants for other people. And then, and I was. 26, moved back to the wine country up to. Northern California where I'm from, opened my first restaurant, had a bunch. of restaurants with a buddy, things were. great. Did exactly what I wanted to do. Wanted to be, you know, have a great. wife, wanted to be a great dad, wanted. to have my own restaurant. That's all I.

wanted. Not that I was shortsighted and. stuff, like big big community person, wanted to do a lot of, you know, community service and so forth. My. parents were that way. So that was it, man. I had like three restaurants, own a. couple hot rods, bought my own. house. I was living it, you know, and a. bunch of friends came up to me. Actually, a kid across the street came. He said, "You watch Food Network?" I. said, "No." So, we have a show on there. called the Food Network Star. You should. go on that show. I had even seen food. I.

saw Rachel Ray one time. I was at a bar. and I saw Rachel Ray on screen and I'm. like, "That girl's got energy." I mean, listen to her and she could talk food. She did. She doesn't know her [ __ ]. So, that was whatever. About six, eight. months later, my wife's driving home. from the city. She says, "Hey, I was. just listening to the radio station. They have that Food Network star show. going on." She goes, "You'd be great in. that." I go, "How do you know? You never. seen the show." She goes, "No, they're. just talking about it like you know the. culinary challenges and all the things. and then if you do it, you win a show.". What do I want to show for? You know, I'm doing what? I've not been on TV. I.

made my own TV commercials for my. restaurant. That was the only thing I. ever did that was TV. So, none of it was. appealing when they contacted you and. they asked you. I wouldn't say it wasn't appealing. It. just wasn't in my scope, right? You. know, it wasn't in your plans. It wasn't. like something I was seeking. You know, we had talked about it. There had been. many people had come to me before and. said like my buddy that uh was the um. was the uh marketing manager for um. Flowmaster. Remember Flow Masters? The. mufflers? Oh yeah, hot rod mufflers.

Yeah, sure. So he came to me and said, "You should do a hot rod show. You love. hot rods. Let's do a hot rod show." What. the I mean I know enough to be. dangerous, you know, about hot rods. I. mean I know just enough to get into the. conversation where I bury myself. And uh. so that was that. And so anyhow, the. show they say make a make a threeinut. pitch. So all my buddies are like, you. know, you got to make the pitch, got to. do the thing, got to do the thing, got. to do the thing. And I avoided it any. way I could. And to the point where it. had expired, like the entry time had.

expired. So my buddy my buddy named. Mustard, he was on we were on a barbecue. team together. We did competition. barbecue and all kinds of crazy [ __ ]. And uh he says, "Do you ever send that. demo tape in to the Food Network?" And I. said, "No, I just missed that window.". And he goes, "Good. I thought you were. going to say that." He says, "Cuz they. opened it back up. There's another. week." He says, "Let's go make that.". I'm like, "I don't want to do this." And. he's like, "Don't be, you know, you. always push every, you know, and this is. the truth because I push all my friends. and like open your own business, go on.

that vacation, have kids, you know, I'm. always the one that's kind of, you know, go live your best life." And, uh, so I. kind of walk my talk. Last thing I want. to do, Joe, honestly, is go on TV. And. cuz I never went to culinary school, you. know, I just been cooking through my, you know, that was my career and it's. what I did as passion and living in. France. You opened up a restaurant. without ever going to culinary school? Never. Is that unusual? I think it's probably 6040. Oh, really? Yeah. 60 40 that go to school or 60 go.

to school? That's a lot that don't, though. I could really be off on that. When I do diner, strivings and. dives, 70 60% don't go. A lot of the mom. and pops. And that doesn't mean that they don't. learn. I mean, some of the best chefs I. know haven't been to culinary school and. just are super smart at learning and dig. in. A lot of education, a lot of. research, a lot of trial and error, a. lot of a lot of putting yourself out. there. You got to be willing to fail.

Like, I don't really think you can be a. good cook if you're not willing to fail. I mean, if you're just if you stay in. your lane so much, I I I just think that. you get better chances to well, let's. think about fighting, you know, think. about things you've learned. All the. education and martial arts and boxing. and all these different perspectives. that people take to to be in it. It's. usually the one that has a pretty good, you know, a narrow focus on something. they really, really love, but then. having that outside perspective. So for. me as a chef having the ability to. understand Indian food, you know,

there's such a depth there that I'll. never hit the bottom. You'll never touch. all the opportunities that there are. But anyhow, so back to that. I uh I made. the demo tape and I made it so. ridiculous that there's no way there's. just no way they were going to pick me. What did you do in the demo tape? Do you. have it? Do you guys I think you can. find it online. Put the headphones on. I. can't believe I just told you to Oh, you. guys already have. God damn it. You set. me up. I didn't set you up. Did you. really get it that fast? Jimmy just. pulled it up. Jamie, did you pull up.

that fast? Listen, Jamie. Welcome to. Sonoma County, California, home of true. wine country cuisine. Today, I'm going. to prepare a dish for you, not in not in. fusion, but in confusion. I'm going to. do a gorgonzola tofu sausage tine that. will be served over a mildly poached. ostrich egg. Now, since we're in the. wine country, I'll be serving that on on. grape nuts and done with a delicious. pickled herring mousse right on top. And. oh, I know. Delicious. It sends shivers. up my. spine. No, seriously, folks. Real food.

for real people. That's the idea. See, it's all getting messed up. People are. trying to take everything off the shelf. and jam it onto a plate. And that's not. what it has to be. I learned how to cook. out of survival. My parents were going. through this macrobiotic cooking in the. late 70s. And I had enough bular and. steamed fish to kill a kid. So the idea. in our family was whoever made the. dinner got to decide what it was going. to be. And being of Italian descent, pasta was always one of the keys. I went. and studied in France and then came back. and got my degree at University of. Nevada Las Vegas in restaurant. administration. Been a district manager.

in Los Angeles and moved up here to. Northern California to open up three. different concept restaurants. What I'd. like to talk to you about and what I. think I could do as a Food Network host. is teach people about real food, real. people. Get it to the basics. Great. product, great equipment, great ideas. See, anybody can read a cookbook. Anybody can come up with a simple idea. But the idea is bringing it to the. table. I take people's imaginations and. put them on the plate. Let me show you. one of my favorite. I was on my way back. from Houston where I was down there. learning. Can't believe you're making me.

go through this. And I came up with an. idea on how to take southern style. barbecue and mix it into Japanese. cooking. See, in Japanese, sushi does. not mean raw fish. And that's what. people think it does. It means seasoned. rice. So, I take a little bit of. seasoned rice, a little bit of smoked. pork butt, and we put this together here. in a dish with a little of our American. favorite, French fries, and mix this. together with a little bit of the. California favorite, some avocado. And I. came up with this idea. And as I was. doing this, a buddy came around the. corner. He says, "Guido, what are you.

doing?" He says, "You can't put that. into rice. You can't make sushi out of. barbecue. What are you doing, you. jackass? And that's what this dish is. called. It's actually called the jackass. roll. So, we mix it up. We serve it. over. The idea about cooking is not just. about great food. It's about putting all. the pieces. Do you have a sharp knife? Do you understand sanitation? Do you. know where to get it from? And do you. know how to tie all the components. together? You see, my idea about it is. is there's so much more to teach. As a. restaurant tour, people ask me all the. time, how do you do it? I can take the.

restaurant and bring it to the home. And. I think that would be something that. would be sellable. My name's Guy Fetti. My friends call me Guido. You can now. consider me your friend. Why did you. think that would be ridiculous? That. seems pretty straightforward. What's the matter, Jamie? It's [ __ ]. up. Oh, your switch is [ __ ] up again. Uh, you got to reboot again. Go ahead. Reboot. No worries. You guys can still. talk. Okay. Okay. Okay. That seems pretty straightforward.

I don't know why you would think that. that would somehow or another like that. I was no going to pick you. I was taking. it seriously. I wasn't taking it. seriously. The whole beginning line was. that's a TV personality. That's like. Yeah. I listen I had I didn't one take. That was it. Here we go. You guys happy? Shit's done. I don't know why you would. think that that would be something they. would never pick you from. Well, I. didn't know back then what I know about. TV now. So Oh, you thought you had to be. like super. professional, right? I thought if I talk.

some [ __ ] and I kind of made it a joke. and I told him what are they doing, you. know, I thought like hey I'll be so you. know I mean that is pretty true to who I. am anyway. What year was that? 2005. Yeah. Yeah. 20 shot in 2005. Yeah. 2005. First show didn't air till 2006. But. um Yeah. So, I send it to. him and I send it on a. DVD because my buddy that filmed it.

worked at the TV station and he put it. he burned it from the camera and put on. DVD back in the old days. So, I sent it. in. That's it. I did my deal. I said I. would do it. I did it. So, it gets. in what, three days. later at night, 10 o'clock at night. Lori and I are sitting, my wife and I. are sitting on the couch watching TV. Home phone rings. She goes, "No, she's from Rhode Island. She's from North Proidence." So, she's a. little bit tough on the phone at 10 at. 10 p.m., you know, like who's calling at. 10 p.m.? No, I don't know where he is.

No, he's not here. I'll take a message. No. Yes. No. She finally covers the. phone. She goes, "It's the Food. Network." [ __ ] Food Network. It's. one of my buddies being a jerk off. So, I pick up the phone. I go, "Hello, Food. Network." Blah blah blah. You know, they. said, "Is this guy Ferrari?" Uh, and I'm. like, "Okay, I know it's not because it. was one of my buddies. They would have. said, you know, Fiiety." So, she goes, "Um, yeah, we got your DVD and we we'd. like to talk to you about it and we want. you to be on the show." I said, "Okay,

what does that entail?" "Well, there's a. contract that'll be on your door. tomorrow morning. We FedEx it to you.". So, I get the FedEx and uh I look at it. and I give it to one of my attorney. buddies like, "Man, they own your ass. If you sign this, they're going to own. you." So, he redlined a bunch and I sent. it back to them. They called me back and. they said, 'You can't redline the. contract that we're sending you. This is. like you want on the show or you don't. want on the show. What is like when you. say they own you, like what do you mean? Oh, he said, you know how a contract. goes when you get into TV. I mean, there's like you, you know, we've got. you for 36 months. You can't do any.

other production, you know, whatever. this 36 months. I don't know. Then don't. quote me on any of it. All I know is I. had never signed an entertainment. contract at that point. Yeah, a lot of. them are pretty predatory. they take. advantage of the person that doesn't. have any exposure. If you're going to. become a star, they want to profit. massively off it. And so that's where it. kind of my guy said to me, he goes, "You. have your own restaurant. You're doing. your own thing. What are you doing? What. are you going to go on TV for?" Right. And so long story short, I went Lori and. I were pregnant eight and a half months.

Eight months. You were pregnant, too? Yeah. Well, that's what I call it. I I. held the baby weight. Um, but we were, you know, we're pregnant. We got the kid. coming. We Hunter was four. No, Hunter. was Did you name him after Hunter. Thompson? Yes, I did. Did you know that. or you just saying that? No, I didn't. know that. Oh, that's 100%. I was I. because I saw all the Hunter Thompson in. the hallway and I saw the Bill Murray. interview. Um I read Fear and Loathing Las Vegas. I. don't read a lot, but I read that book. probably five times. It's a great book.

Such a great book. And when I got out of. college, I lived in a town I didn't know. anybody. I lived in Long Beach. I didn't. know anybody. I just worked at this. restaurant. and I'm not a big TV person. So, I just. read the book and I read I read it in. college and I read it again and I read. it again and it's funny when you read. something again. I got that from the. Dale Carnegie book. I read Dale Carnegie. and you know you have to read it a. hundred times or how many times. Um I. just like man this guy owns it. This guy. lives it. This guy just, you know, what. a character. And then the more you I.

read about him and the more you kind of. learn about him. So I told my wife, so. we have Hunter and Ryder. Ryder's uh. freshman in um San Diego State. Hunter. just graduated with his MBA at uh. University of Miami. That's awesome. Yeah. So that's where Hunter came from. That's great. Yeah. Thank you. And my. nephew Jules, who's in the middle of the. two. We raised Jules. My sister died u. when Jules was really young. And so. Jules just is graduating this Sunday. with his degree uh from Loyola in law. He's in he's in um EDM music. He's an.

agent. Oh, cool. So, so anyhow, I I got. on the show. I got there. Everybody's. standing there buttoned up in their chef. coats. I walk in and I'm in I'm in New. York. Never been to New York. I'm in. flipflops and shorts and a yellow. leather jacket. And I walk in and. everybody's like, you know, all puckered. and I'm like, "Oh, [ __ ] This is not. going to go well. This is going to be a. [ __ ] show." And I just said, "You know. what? You got to give it a shot." So, I. just went in. I was just me. Did what I. do. I won. So, I win the show and what.

this show what you win is a six episode. cooking show which they ran at 7 a.m. on. Saturdays. I mean, it was the worst time. slot in the world. But they gave me the. show and I did good. They gave me. another show and I did the show and I. hated it. I did the pilot and I hated it. and I'm like, I can't do this. What was. that show? It's called Got to Get It. I. don't think you're going to find Jim. You're not going to find this. You'll. find it. No. Jesus, please. I don't. think it was never aired. So, what it.

was, it was a show. It was a show about. It was a show about um kitchen gadgets, and I'm not a kitchen gadget chef. Oh, so it's like you got to get one of. these quezin arts. It wasn't even that. good. I mean, it was like avocado. slicer. Like, if you can't slice an. avocado, don't eat it. I mean, you got. problem. But there was a cool one. There. was a oven that talked Bluetooth to your. phone. And that was way before Bluetooth. stuff was really going on. There was a.

two-stroke uh weed eater mower with a. blender on it and that was the coolest. one. I made margaritas and that and so. anyhow, but they the one they gave me. that sucked the worst or the one that I. wasn't and excited was they gave me a. ball like a hamster ball. Remember the. hamster balls? You put hamster run. around the house, but you'd pour cream. and vanilla and sugar and all this in a. ball and then throw ice cubes in it and. then you would roll the ball around, kick it around and it would roll and it. would make ice cream. Okay. Yeah. Kind.

of fun. Yeah. So, not for a guy that has. a sushi barbecue restaurant and you know. Yeah. How long does it take to make ice. cream by kicking a ball? I know. Too. long. Is I was in I was thinking I was. thinking that's fun. But then I thought, no, how much time? Go kick it when. you're in flip-flops. So, I did the. whole thing and they called me a couple, you know, weeks later and they said, "Hey, congratulations. The show got. picked up for 13 episodes prime time.". Like, I got to I got to be honest with. you. I'm not going to be able to do that. show. Like what? Like no, I I just it's.

not. So it went through a series of. people like executive and executive from. production company, the owner of the. production company yelling at me, telling me he wasted all his time and. his money. I said, "Hey, nobody told me. that if this got picked up, I had to go. do the show. I thought it was a. discovery for you, a discovery for me. I. don't I don't know [ __ ] from steak sauce. about what's going how this all works, which I quickly turned that. I was not. going to be inside of the TV business. and not be really aware of what goes on. So, um, finally the president of the.

network called me and she said, "You're. burning a huge opportunity, Brooke. Johnson. You're burning a huge. opportunity." I said, "Broo, it's all about to me about. authenticity." I said, "I don't need the. paycheck and I don't need I said, I'm. happy with my life. I love what I do. I. like my cooking show called Guys Big. Bite. You know, I cook food the way I. want, call it what I want to call it, make it the way I want to make it." And. I said, "I just don't. Me and gadgets. for cooking is just not a thing." She. goes, "Well, you might not ever get a. shot like this again." I said, "I really. appreciate the opportunity, and I'm not.

trying to be a jerk, but I just don't. want to do it." And she said, "Okay." And that was it. And but. fortunately, 6 months later, she they. called me back and said, "We're going to. give you one more shot. You're going to. be a food critic." I said, "Nope, thank. you." They hold on, hold on, hold on. Why not? I said, "I'm not a food critic. I'm a cook. Last thing I'm gonna do is. go in and tell people they're doing it. right or wrong. That's like someone. going in and telling somebody they don't. like their their arts wrong. [ __ ]. That's not my style. So, they said,

"Well, okay. It's not that. It's not. that. You go around." This was the key. word. You go around to mom and pop. joints and you just eat the food and. talk to the. people. Like, that I can do. That's my. style. I said, "What's it called?". Diners, drivers, diveins, and dines. I. said, 'What? They couldn't get the name. right. No one ever gets diners, Diamonds, and dives right. That's why we. call it triple D all the time. I said, 'I could do that. I could do that. That. sounds like dives. I love dives. I don't.

know a lot about diners because we don't. have many of them on the West Coast. And. drive-ins I love. That was always. special to me to go to the A&W drive-in. when I was a kid, but we didn't eat fast. food when I was a kid. So, when you went. there, that was like big big deal, you. know, and uh that's how I got going. Wow. Interesting. Yeah, it seems like. it's hard to find because once they. started making personalities out of. chefs, then you have to find authentic. personalities who are good on TV that. are actually cooks. So, it's kind of a.

little bit of a dilemma cuz chefs aren't. necessarily the kind of people that you. want to have in front of the camera for. the most part. I deal with a lot of. them. Yeah. But you know what? I think. that everybody when you get people. comfortable as you know you get people. comfortable you get them talking about. themselves you get them in a zone where. they feel good and they relax it's very. it's what you do here I mean I watch. it's people have a gift of storytelling.

or have history and what can people talk. best about themselves or their history. or their passion and that's what I did. with Triple D is I just went in I. remember the first one we for shot. I'm. standing there talking to the guy about. the thing and I'm pouring coffee behind. my back. People are bitching at the. counter cuz we're in right in the middle. of an active service in the diner and. I'm pouring coffee and pancakes burning. and I flip the guy's pancake and I'm. like, "So, how how long have you been. making the, you know, Yeah, hang on a. second. He needs an order back, you. know." And I asked all my questions I.

was supposed to ask. And the producer at. the end goes, "Cut cut cut." What? What? Come here. What the hell was that? I. said I was slow your roll, bro. I said, I asked every question you asked me to. ask. I said, I didn't stand there and do. it like PM magazine. You know, I was in. the mix with the dude, but I asked all. the goddamn questions. And he's like, can you do that again? I did stand on my. head. This is what we do in the. restaurant business. I said, we work and. we talk and we joke and we laugh and we. bust balls and we do, you know, that's.

what we do. He throws his clipboard on. the ground. We've got a hit. And then we. went around the country for the next. three weeks and shot more locations and. put that together into the pitch. So I. don't understand. Was he pretending to. be upset or was he upset until you. explained upset? He was kind of an upset. guy. So fun. But it worked out. That's. the problem with TV is dealing with. upset people. Well, and the thing is is. if especially people that don't. understand TV. So when I started Triple. D, I just treated my fellow chefs, restaurant owners like we were in the.

kitchen. Have fun. I tell them all the. time, I want you to say whatever you. want to say. If you want to drop 50. fbombs if you cut yourself, if you drop. thing on the floor, if you [ __ ] god. damn, if it's not right, don't worry. We'll stop. We'll fix it and we'll go. forward. But I'm never going to make you. look bad. I promise you that'll never. make you look bad. You can look great. Sometimes we stop. I go, "Hold up. Let's. hold up. Let's hold up. What do you. drink, Jack? Can we get him a shot of. Jack, please?" you will sit there and.

shoot the [ __ ] about his favorite team. or talk about his I always start talking. about people's family right off the bat. Talk about the. family kind of puts people on the same. playing field. Not a game, just reality. No, I. understand. I get it. Well, that sounds like a fun thing to. just drive around and go to people's. restaurants and see how they do things. and see the history behind it and what. was their dream. How satisfying is it to. have this place and all these people?

You meet the people that are just. I mean bring tears to your eyes. There's. so many stories, so many We've done like. almost 1,600. locations. and it's. just mindblowing to be in the restaurant. business and to watch these people what. they put into it and how. many sacrifices they've made and then. how many success stories we hear and. it's just it is probably one of the most. fulfilling things I've ever done in my.

life. You know, it's really I would have. been done by now had it not I mean, a. matter of fact, when we first started. the show, I thought, "Oh, this would be. fun to do for a couple years. I'll. probably run out of. places. This show could live on. forever." How many years you've been. doing it now? 16. 16 years. That's. crazy. Yeah, that's crazy. But it does some great. things for them. I'm sure it's great for. their businesses, right? You know, must. be a huge boom. We're shooting right. now. We're shooting in town right now in.

Austin. Yeah, we just shot this morning. Where'd you shoot? Shot a place called. the uh Balden Creek Cafe. Vegan joint. And I shouldn't even say it. like that. I should just say Balden. Creek Cafe. An awesome restaurant. No, you should say vegan. You should let. everybody know. Well, I say but here's. the thing. I I think when I say vegan, people like, "Oh, so you kind of got to. give them their shot." No, I wasn't. thinking that. I was just thinking, you. know, I have some vegan friends that if. they only wanted to eat a vegan.

restaurant, I would take them there. It's so good. I just go eat there as it. is. And that's what I when I interview. people at vegan restaurants or. vegetarian restaurants, I'll say, "Do. your non-vegan vegetarian friends come. here." Or I'll ask people, usually 50%. of them that I'm talking to aren't. vegan. They just go there because the. food's great. There's a vegetarian place. that I used to love to go to in Woodland. Hills that was a uh Indian joint like. super authentic Indian. It was uh in. this little strip mall and I would go in. there and every all the menu was in you.

know Hindi everybody was speaking it was. uh you didn't you kind of look at the. the photos that they had of the dishes. and just like that one give me that one. spicy not spicy all vegetarian all but. like super authentic and you know that's. not even necessarily what I'm interested. in but I I would go there all the time. I want to eat great food. eat food. that's prepared correctly. Yeah. Um, so. it's kind of like saying I didn't mean.

to throw the vegan thing on it because. really what it is, it's about great. restaurants with really great people. that own it or people that have a good. story and then people that want to talk. about what the food they talk about what. they do. Did you ask them why they. decided to make a vegan restaurant? She's vegan and she had a coffee shop. started with a coffee shop and then was. doing a little bit of food on the side. and then just continued to grow and make. it bigger and bigger. It was so funny. I. drive up and they got a big neon that. says um caffeine dealer and I'm like.

that's my kind of energy. That's my kind. of smartass. You gota you gota have fun. with yourself. You got to laugh about. this [ __ ] And uh just great character. I'm actually probably getting my ass. kicked from the network right now going. through telling about this ahead of. time. No, there's great like I haven't been to. Austin a few years shooting Triple D, but I'll come back to a city and new. places have popped up or we start to. find out more about them. Have you been. at Travis Barker's place? No. I've heard. that place is phenomenal and that's a.

fully vegan place in LA. It's what is it. called? Crossroads Cafe. Yeah, I've I've. heard from many of my friends like Dana. White went there. He's like, "Dude, it's. phenomenal. You you can't believe it's. vegan.". That's the thing about it is people have. this stereotype about vegan food for a. good reason. You and I like listen you and I like. wild game. You and I like meat and so. forth, but if you really look about. you're well there's just enough vegan. people that are really annoying. that I won't disagree. There's enough.

that are wonderful people, don't get me. wrong, but there's a there's a. percentage of vegan people that are like. hugely annoying. Well, and especially. when they start Don't Here's the thing. Don't proitizing. Yeah. Don't pro don't. don't push yourself in somebody else's. lane. Do what you want to do and do what. you love, but don't go and pre don't I. I'm not into preaching. I'm not into. trying to change. Have your opinion, have your attitude. That's the problem. with the whole vegan thing is that the. people they represent themselves as. morally superior and you know, and it's. not all of them. Some of them do it just.

because they're kind people and that's. how they want to eat. Now, it's. wonderful. But I think that happens in a. lot of different sections. I mean, there's people about heavy metal. You. know, you don't like heavy metal. You're. an idiot. Exactly. That with yoga. They. just started doing yoga. They want. everybody to do yoga. Yeah, I get it. Well, I'll tell you a funny story. Um, I. was running restaurants down in in Long. Beach. And then I was in Roondo Beach. And I'm running a little restaurant down. there called Louis's, tiny little pasta. joint, pizza and pasta. And there was a.

bunch of them in LA at the time. And. then I eventually became the district. manager for them. But um, and I was. young. I was very young in my career, but um Oy Gracie used to come in. The. Gracie family was right down the street. in in Roondo Beach. And I remember. somehow through a manager, through one. of the guys, we got a UFC. videotape. VHS. Someone had I don't know what it. was. I'd never seen it. I had even heard. of it. And that was the first time that.

we ever came aware to you know this. And. then uh who was it? Tank Abbott was down. in Huntington Beach and we used to go. down and I used to live by Huntington so. we used to go down there and the Tank. Abbott thing and the teor you know this. whole thing. But you know I mean you're. so ingrained in it. You're such a. massive part of it that you know anybody. wants to start getting on a high horse. about stuff. I'm like as soon as you. know enough about it as soon as you have. a platform that you really can say. something then speak your peace but.

don't shove it down people's throat. I. mean I'm just you can do about anything. Yeah. You know. No, that's a big one. When people start doing jiu-jitsu and. they only want to tell everybody about. jiu-jitsu. The the vegan thing though is. like I I I really do get it from their. perspective like as an ethical. perspective. It's just one of those. things where if there's a thing that. you're trying to do where you're trying. to be kind, you're going to get a. certain percentage of people that start. doing that that get annoying. Yeah. I. just choose not to listen to annoying.

people. I just tune it out. I don't have. [ __ ] time for I I really don't have. time for it. I mean, life there's so. much else going on in my life and so. much else going on in this world. I. think why don't we start focusing all. the good [ __ ] we can do. We can do so. much great [ __ ] If everybody would. pivot themselves 10% and just go and. look and say, "Okay, take everything you. love and then go do that more." Mhm. And. be worried less about what somebody's. saying about you, what something's going. on social media, whatever this other. [ __ ] may be. Just go do something. positive. It's a social media contagion.

It's it's a problem. It's a real. problem. When will it break is the. question. Like when will it stop being. the center of [ __ ] Will people just. start looking at it and go, "Okay, we're. done. We've had enough of it. It's it's. it's it's run its course. It's been. poisonous enough. It's a I mean, there's. positive things to it. Don't get me. wrong. I think there's some really good. information that you can get from it. But the negative side of it, just. because you have a pl you have a a key, you know, I always say to these you I. young chefs that are on my shows like, "Oh, somebody wrote about me." And I'm. like, "A, quit reading about yourself.

B, look at the source. Now, if I come up. to you and I tell you that your food. sucks or I tell you that you're doing. something that's wrong, you know, we're. friends. You can maybe take my opinion. with some, you know, some credit, but. the [ __ ] you know, the jerkoff that's. writing about you in his mom's basement. eating Cheetos in his underwear, you. know, clucking away, telling you how. much you suck. Said, you really care. what that guy thinks? The problem is. that people see it written down and they. think it's almost like like a valid. source and then they have to combat it. But you're gonna combat 35 million.

people, however many pe million people. are tweeting about things and how many. extra accounts they have. Yeah, there's. a lot of that and there's a lot of. people that aren't even real. But it's. also it's just the the. the nature of it highlights negativity. because the nature of this platform, what gets traction is things that make. people upset. Well, it's what media. used. I mean, it still is. You don't. hear the front page of the paper talking. about all the good that somebody does.

and all the money they've raised or all. the benefit they've given or all the. experiences they've offered or what you. hear about is the negative the the. death. Yeah. It's a problem because it's. monetized, right? It's a problem because. that's how people make money and they. don't think of it in terms of the impact. that it's having on the culture. But. if Yeah. I mean that's that's how. they're making money. They make money by. getting people or used to be but getting. people to buy newspapers and tune into.

the news and because of that what what's. going to get people's eyes glued not. positive stories and inspirational. stories but rather whatever the chaos is. anywhere in the world and exaggerate it. to make it the most salacious and the. most ridiculous and how much can we. spend regardless if it's true or not. I. mean that's what's been killing me is. all of the truth non-truth. Where is the. like where's the medium? Like who's the. governing body? Like, is anybody going. to hold anybody's, you know, feet to the. fire on this? And could there not? I. wish there could be a punishment. Like,

you lied. Yeah, but it's up to us. It's. up to us to ignore them. Once you know. that they're full of [ __ ] and once you. know that they lie, take away their. power. The way you take away their power. is just not pay attention to them. And. they do it to themselves. I mean in in. general mainstream media has kind of. over the last you know eight nine years. has exposed themselves as being wholly. corrupt very corrupt and full of lies. and propaganda and ignoring positive.

aspects of people because they don't fit. with your political agenda. It's just. and it has a negative effect downstream. of the entire civilization because it's. just like everybody's at everybody's. throats and they're it's they're being. fed all this negativity first through. mainstream media and then it's all. accentuated by Twitter and Facebook and. Instagram and. no it's poisonous and it poisons the. culture and fortunately there's it's. we're moving away from it but there. still is are we well I think there's a.

mass group that is. you know, buying into it and being the. sheep and and going along with it and. you're not following it. I'm not. following it. Yeah. But we're public. people. It's like it's wise for your. health to not follow it, you know. True. But I hope and again, I don't have any. prescription to it. All I follow the. same mantra you're saying. Quit tuning. in. Quit paying attention. Quit passing. it along. You know, quit reading the. [ __ ] You don't know if it's true or. not. Just do just talk about what you.

know and talk about what you believe and. and be who you are and and quit trying. to just keep quit negative [ __ ] Just, you know, keep it out of your mouth. Yeah. It's just it's it's a problem. because it's so addictive, you know? It's people are constantly checking it. And when you're bored, you immediately. grab your phone and then what do you do? You open up social media like what's. everybody yelling at? What are they what. are they upset about? And you go, what's. your social media that you go to? Mostly. Twitter because it's the only one that's.

free in terms of like free speech. Like. legitimate free speech. Call it X. Whatever. I'm still going to call it. Twitter. Um I hate when they say Twitter. X for fully known as Twitter. Okay. It's. been two years. Three years. I know. But. nobody calls it X. Few people call it X. Everybody calls it Twitter. Why did he. change it anyways? Cuz he's crazy. Same. reason why he bought it. I saw the. picture of you shooting the bow with the. Tesla. That's crazy. Yeah. I heard the I. heard the tip came right off and came. right back at you. Yeah. It blew apart.

Yeah. It's It's thick steel. Do you. think it was going to go through? I. think if I had uh a reinforced arrow, so. like, you know, there's companies that. make like super durable, like much. heavier grain arrows and maybe an iron. will broadhead, but like a single bevel, two blade. I had a three blade. Too much. of a big cutting surface. I need a. smaller surface. I thought about it for. a lot afterwards and I may try it again. with goggles on and behind a No, I.

wasn't worried about it hitting me, but. it's uh it's pretty impressive. I mean, you can actually shoot a I think you. could shoot a. 40 what did. what what like round will that I don't. want to lie. I know 9 millimeter will. bounce right off of it, but like what. round is that? Will a 9 millm bounce off. it? Bounce right off of it. No. Yep. Yep. But not the windows. No, not the. windows. No, but what would it cost to. get the windows done? You can get the. windows done easy. I've never Have you. driven one? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I.

heard they're amazing. My buddy has one. He says I drove my Tesla here today. Oh, you have one? Yeah. I don't have a Cyber. Truck. I have a Model He says you push. the button and the car will come get. you. It'll do that. Okay. Um the body. was 10 9 mm handgun, 22 caliber rifle. Has not bulletproof against all. calibers. So when you get higher like an. AR-15 well 50 caliber of course is going. to penetrate everything. Uh trucks metal. also crack if shots are fired close.

together. But either way why would you. do that? Why are you making a car like. that you [ __ ] psycho? Like it's. really kind of crazy. And I think you. can't sell them in some countries. because. they're it's like they're so durable. that it's like a danger to other cars on. the road cuz like you would hope that. like if a. a Celica hits a Prius, they're both. going to kind of crush equally. Where'd. you pick up Celica? That dates us.

People still have those. Celas were. awesome. I heard they were remaking. that. That's why I I heard that they're. going to bring back a Celica. Celas are. awesome. What was your favorite of all. time? American muscle car. Oh, that's. hard. That's hard. I love them. I got a. lot of them. I love Are they bringing. back to Celica? I'm trying to make sure. this isn't just an AI. Might be a AI. thing. I heard something about it. I. don't have a favorite, but it's all I.

like between early. You can get as low. as 65 for a couple of them. Like I have. a 65 Corvette that I love. And then I. think you get as old as 71 if you get. into like the Barracudas and the. Challengers, some of the Mopars, but by. 71 most of the Fords and the Chevys had. fallen apart for whatever reason. I. think because they stopped doing drugs. That's what I think. I have a theory. I. have a my psychedelic theory because.

it's if you look at those I've heard a. lot of reasons they've stopped more EPA. issues. Well, EPA issues as well, but. why make them ugly? You can make them. fuel efficient without making them so. ugly like they something happened. They. lost their design language and. everything started being flat and. boring, you know, except Corvette. Corvette is another one like Corvette. like they made good-looking Corvettes. deep into the 70s because they still. have that curvy body. Um, but if I had. like I don't know. I don't Well, bow tie. Mopar or Ford. I love them all. I'm not.

picking one. I just I love them all. I. mean, I have a 70 Cuda. I love that. I. have a 68 Mustang. I love that. I just I. just love that era of automobile. And. it's just like it's also that era. of culture. I love the music and the. fact that life was chaotic and you know. there was so many changes in the. culture. There was so many changes in. society. Things were just each year made.

up. Yeah. I mean they went from Buddy. Holly to Jimmyi Hendris in a decade and. everything was like what is what what's. what's the baseline now? My favorite. movie is that Buddy Holly movie. Oh. yeah. Gary Buucy. Remember that Buddy. Holly and the Crickets and Gary Buucy. Oh it was great. That was a great flick. Um, no. I brought the uh triple D. Camaro. That's I brought it I drove it. over. What is the triple D Camaro? 68. Camaro. It's a 68 Camaro on an LT4. So, it's basically a 2022 Corvette with a 68.

body on it. I made I made two of them. I've had a few different cars inside of. Did you take like the the new Camaro and. cut the body panels off and put the new. one? Old 68. Here it is. Oh, nice. That's me driving it out, too. that we. just made that car. I made two of them. No, that's not that's not the picture of. that, but it is that car. So, we made. two of them. I had that one for the. longest time. So, you put a different. chassis in it and everything. Yeah. Detroit Racing's chassis. Great. But.

it's uh I mean, it's just a monster. LT4. Tremik 5-speed. It's just But my boys. were sitting there. That's what I like. Resto Mods. I don't want to drive. something with drum brakes. It doesn't. stop. Those are stupid. Well, it's so. funny to think. I have a band. I have a. a Trans Am and uh you know the Bandit. car and it's great and I love it and. it's a great car but you and you you. drive it and it's so nostalgic to drive. and it feels so good and it doesn't. rattle and all that but boy you know my.

assistant's camry can you know you could. probably take it from the line. Oh yeah, a Model 3 will leave you in the dust. A. Tesla. those Teslas are fast as [ __ ] Yeah, that's I mean as far as pure. performance, there's nothing like those. things. Everything else is stupid. But I. Oh, is this what it is? Nothing official. has been announced about the Celica, but horsepower six six uh speed manual. transmission. Oh, that's Forbes, dude.

Click on Forbes. It's not showing up as. every I've tried to click on it a. million times. I'm only getting uh I. have to get the ads out of it and then. there's no pictures that show Well, the. one below it looks like that one that. says 2025. That looks like a dark horse. Mustang. That doesn't even look like a. Toyota. Most of these are all like I. think generated pictures. Yeah, there's. a lot of that. There's a lot of weirdo. that go on and you can I fell for the uh. Scarface 2 movie. Oh, did you? Yeah, there was something going on. Maybe I. had a couple shots of Santa. I was. drinking a little bit, but I was like.

Scarface 2 and they did this whole AI. thing and I'm like what I've been loving. is the little people little three Theo. Von as a baby. What's that? Oh yeah, Theo Von as a babies are my absolute. favorite. The AI babies that take like. podcast clips and have babies. the. things we were just having a security. discussion the other day about you know. having so many words of mine on the. internet or on TV or whatever and then. someone could put together a whole.

sentence and you know the security. person said you know what would you do. if they sent a message to your wife and. made it sound like you I travel a lot. I'm you know so and so and you know I. need such I'm in I'm in Mexico and I. need 100,000 bucks I'm you know locked. up what would you guys do you know and. I'm like that's a real thing. Like, no, that is a real thing. They're starting. to extort money from people and, you. know, granted they're usually doing it. to older people and so forth, but it's a. real this AI threats real thing. Yeah, that's one of the real things. Yeah,

we're going to encounter a lot of. unprecedented challenges to reality over. the next few years. And there's nothing. you could do about it. I mean, they're. they're going to try to figure out ways. to stop it while it's happening, but you. know, I think they're farther ahead of. us. Yeah, the talk technology is just. it's realitybending technology. You. could essentially right now just from. the podcast that you and I have had so. far, us talking, you could have us say.

anything forever. We we they could do. podcasts where you and I discuss. [ __ ] computer chips, the construction. of them and and and and. have conversations about nuanced details. of the technology that we don't. understand. And it could be anything, a. big foreign policy. You you could talk. about anything and it would all be AI. generated and no one would be able to. tell you. I there's there's a whole. podcast out there of me talking to Steve.

Jobs. I never met Steve Jobs. No [ __ ]. No, there's a whole Not no [ __ ] You. didn't meet Steve Jobs. No [ __ ] No [ __ ]. on both. It's like a 45minute podcast of. me and Steve Jobs having a conversation. I never met him. That's crazy. Yeah. They could do anything with your voice, man. And it's like a little weird. Like. you can kind of tell it's fake for but. this is like remember imagine if you go. back like just a few years ago the AI. generated deep fakes of celebrities were. super obvious and now they're not. obvious at all. Remember the Tom Cruz.

one? That was the one that was No, that. was interesting. Yeah. Yeah, that was. one the first one I ever saw. No, it's. and we're just on the cusp of it. I. think it's even deeper and more. convoluted, more screwed up than we. know. But it's going to become something. we're going to have to face because. they're just they're so far ahead of our. legislation that's even interested in. trying to control it. I don't even think. they even know what to control. It's. scary [ __ ] It is. But it's also like. what is reality going to be? Because. what you're seeing right now is just a. visual representation of what AI can do.

But what about once it starts being able. to recreate experiences? Cuz that's. coming. I mean, whether it's 20 years or. 50 years, there's going to come a time. if you stay alive long enough where. you're not going to have to experience. things. You're going to be able to sit. down and, you know, just like the. Matrix, it's just going to plug you in. and you're going to experience. something. Okay. Okay. We're a little. bit of the same age. It Do you not trip. out that Dick Tracy had a Square watch.

that looked like an Apple Watch? It's. kind of crazy. Maybe we talk to it and. everybody's like, "That's nuts. He's. talking to us." Okay, so did we All. right, this is like we should be. drinking or something should be going. on. What happened? Did Did Apple just. Did we influence enough Apple people. that they just decide to make it a. square watch and make it look like Dick. Tracy's watch? rid of the Dick Tracy. thing. Did we already make the watch and. did somebody go back back and I mean, do. you ever sit there and trip on [ __ ] like. that? I definitely don't. You don't? No, not about that. I think it's just a. normal side. It's a normal shape for a.

frame. Not a watch you talk into though. Yeah, but it's just a screen. It's just. a tiny screen. Yeah, but the Star Trek. thing was a [ __ ] walkie-talkie. Kirk. out and they'd hang up. But then we made. the Star Trek. Yeah. Made. But that was. also, you know, life imitating art. Art, it's not art imitating. But I So, okay. Well, we'll go back to Matrix then, cuz. I think of the Matrix things all the. time. Like, how the how real, how. possible is that? We used to watch that.

cartoon. There was a movie my kid. watched when he was little about the. people that all went and lived. It. wasn't too long. It was maybe 10, 15. years ago about the people all lived in. a spaceship and the little robot and the. plant grew and everybody was heavy set. Nobody walked. They were all in space. What was it called? Was it Wall-E? The. little robot thing. Oh, the movie. Yeah. Yeah, the movie thing. Pixar movie. Yeah. And you said they look at that. stuff and you're like, "Wow." Yeah. That's what's really happening.

Okay. So, you didn't buy my Dick Tracy. idea, but I think that the uh the other. stuff is I don't know. Well, when you. think about where this is all headed, there's only a few different directions. that one could go to and simulated. reality is a big one. I I think that's. inevitable. I because I think you're. going to get more sedentary people, more. people that are very uncomfortable with. their own lives and want to live a. different life and then you're going to. be able to have experiences just like. when kids play Call of Duty all day.

long. Like, what are they doing? They're. they're playing war with zero. consequences. where they're able to kill. people with zero consequences, get. killed, respawn, and they're doing it. all day long just for the experience. Well, what what happens when that. experience is is far more vivid? You're. feeling things. You feel gravity, you. feel your feet, feel the concrete. underneath you and the gravel you're. stepping on. They're going to be able to. recreate all that stuff. Whether they do. it with an implant or whether they do.

with a helmet that you wear that sort of. interacts with your brain, sends signals. into your visual cortex and recreates. experiences. It's coming. You're taking. this way past my Dick Tracy watch. Yeah. Look at this robot. Robot dancing. Oh, I. saw this yesterday. Yeah. Look at this. dancing robot. That looks so weird. It's so weird. because they're moving like a human. moves. And then eventually they're going. to realize this human design kind of. sucks. Let's let's make something that's. better than a human. She the one where. the robot whacked out, the AI robot went.

crazy. Yeah. Like. flailing on everybody. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's going to be powered by AI and. AI is not going to probably have the. best opinion of us cuz a lot of us are. annoying. Deep [ __ ] Yeah, it's weird. We were. talking about food and cars and one of. the Yeah, that's deep. It's a weird. time. It's a weird time for change. because we're like riding this. technological wave and we don't know.

when it's going to break and where it's. going to break. What's going to happen? Are we cart and horse? Are we horse and. buggy and automobile? I mean, is that. the is that the energy or that the space. that we're in? Think about all those. people that were in that era. Yeah, but. those buggies are [ __ ] They went 45. miles an hour top. Pretty amazing for. somebody that didn't There's no horse at. the end of it and it's driving you down. the road. It's What's that noise? What's. that pop? What I'm getting at is I think. that the change is going to be way more. radical than just going from a horse to. a Yeah. to a Model T. I think it's going.

to be we're not, you know, there's a lot. of people that believe we're already in. a. simulation. And not a lot of people like. cooks and people with schizophrenia, but. like actual real scientists, including. Elon, he said that the odds of us not. being in a simulation are in the. billions. Because the idea is that if. technology increases, one day there will. be a simulation that will be so good you. will not be able to distinguish whether.

or not it's real. And so then the. question is when will you know whether. that's taken place and has that already. taken place? The Matrix. Yeah. Essentially what the. Matrix was similar but that's that same. thing I was saying about Dick Tracy. watch. When where did that come from? I mean, that's the big chase you watch seems. kind of obvious. It's a square. Yeah, but I'm just still saying TV. Your TV is. a square. Most watches were round, then. all of a sudden it became a square. I.

don't know. Anyhow, not to get stuck on. cuz it's crazy. He's sci-fi. Look, it's. a square. Like, look at the Jetson's. But I go back to the thing with the. somebody I mean, you were talking about. people doing drugs and designing cars. Who sat around and said, "Okay, let's. make up this movie where you take the. pill and you're in the system, you're. out of the system. We're plugging in the. back of the head. You grow energy. You. you are the energy source now. Like we. use cows for, you know, grinding grain. Are we going to become that?" And so. forth. You think about when what was. that? Matrix, 20 years ago, 25 years ago.

at least. That's pretty advanced. The. Matrix was in the 90s, right? What year. was that, Jamie? Uh 95. No, no, it was. 99. I was 99. But still, yeah, what we. know about AI, we can look at and go. make sense. 31st 999. I'm sure they. wrote it even earlier than that. So, yeah. And back then, no one had any I. mean, we So, if you're dealing with 99, that's the infancy of the internet. itself, you know, right? The internet. big thinking. I stumbled across this. when we were talking about something the.

other day. Uh this guy wrote a book in. 1960 called the man computer. symbiosis which is a very early idea of. what the matrix I think kind of a. concept of a human computer. collaboration and this is 1960 where. computers would augment human. capabilities in decision making and. complex tasks. This vision involved. computers facilitating both the solution. of formulated problems and the. formulation of problems themselves. essentially creating a partnership where.

humans and computers could work together. more efficient or more effectively than. either could alone. Well, that's. happening right now. That's already. happening. 1960. Yeah, that's real. What. was the guy's name? Lick Lick Lighter. JCR Lick Lighter. Strange name, Mr. Lick. Lighter. Yeah, man. Computer symbiosis. Look at that guy. Look at him. He looks. like the type of guy would think up [ __ ]. like that. That's a better picture. lick. lighter. Looks like he'd be trolling for.

prostitutes, too. Just saying. I mean, maybe he did. Of. course he didn't. I'm sure he didn't. It looks like one of those. guys. It's just a It's a very tumultuous. time because the change is coming so. fast and no one knows what to do with. it, you know, and they there's not. enough laws to really stop it. And even. if you did have the laws, China's not. going to stop. Russia's not going to. stop. And who who do you go to for an.

answer? I mean, it's like there's so. many people that are so susceptible to. it and it's just free will. I mean, it. just it's out there and people don't. even know how to harness it or even. understand what they're getting duped. into or whatever the case may be. It's. like the things that people are putting. on the internet and it lives in. perpetuity. I mean, it's not going. anywhere. Well, this is all surface. level stuff. The really crazy stuff is. control of the power grid, alternative. technology, alternative power sources. Like, it's it's going to get very very.

very strange. Yeah. Inside of our. lifetime. But people are always going to. need food, bro. You know, AI is not going to make. you a yummy sandwich. Give them time. You think? Nah, I don't. You know, there's something about handmade things. that people are always going to enjoy. Human beings know that someone, it's. like when you go to a nice restaurant, you have a nice meal, one of the things. you know is that a person did this. It's. part of it. Like, damn, they nailed it.

You know, when you're eating a perfectly. cooked steak, like, oh, this guy nailed. this, you know? Well, it's listening to. It depends on your kind of music, but. listening to music when somebody's up. there riffing a guitar versus somebody. making a making guitar sound. Oh, yeah. For sure. Yeah. You're experiencing the. person performing like you're watching. someone up there jamming. I think the. big thing in food, like one of my. positions on it, and I always tell. people, you know, like, "Oh, you're the. guy that does that show about deep fried. cheeseburgers and pizza." That I'm like, "No, no, you don't watch the show enough. if that's what you think." Because I'm.

super opinionated about, not. opinionated, but I have a real. responsibility, I think, to show the. profile of food in the world or, you. know, in the United States. And we've. got to get our [ __ ] straight about what. we're eating. We're just We can't eat. this this processed food. I mean, processed food is you're not eating it. I mean, we got to eat the basics and eat. great food and eat great food made. correctly, but something that was made a. long time ago. Don't get me wrong, there's a place for everything. There's. a place for fast food. There's a place.

for, you know, things that are pre-made. and so forth, but it can't be all of one. thing. But people need to eat better. And, you know, you being a hunter and. myself, I talk to people a lot about it. all the time. You know, this is a. reality that if you eat things that are. modified, I'm not saying genetically. modified doesn't have a place, but it. can't be all the same stuff. And if we. don't watch it, we're going to get. ourselves in some deep [ __ ] And we're. already in deep [ __ ] Cancer's, you. know, where's the heart attack? Where's. the where's the stuff that was plaguing. us for so many generations? And now this.

cancer thing. I lost my sister to. cancer, lost my dad to cancer. Have some. I run into more people on a daily basis. that are, you know, stricken with. cancer. And I think food has a, you. know, the type of food and what's put on. the food has a big big play. So, it's. definitely a factor. There's a lot of. factors. There's environmental factors. There's toxins, herbicides, pesticides. There's a lot of different factors. I. was just reading this thing about golf. courses that if or watching a video. rather on golf courses that if you live.

within a certain radius of a golf. course, you're you have a much higher. possibility of getting Parkinson's. disease. No [ __ ] Yeah. Oh, here it is. Parkinson's risk higher for those living. close to a golf course. What does it. say? 126%. Yeah. Wow. So, found people. living within one mile of a golf course. have 126% higher risk of developing. developing what happened? uh 126% higher risk of developing.

Parkinson's disease compared to living. more than six miles away said co. co-author Dr. Ray Dorsy a neurologist. and the director of the center of for. the brain and the environment at Atria. Health and Research Institute New York. This isn't the first study that links. Parkinson's disease with pesticides. This just adds additional evidence. This. isn't just happening among farmers. This. is happening to people living in. suburban areas that have an increased. risk of getting Parkinson's disease.

simply because of where they. live. That's crazy. Um, but they're not. the ones to bring the pesticides. It's. like secondhand smoke. They're just. basically breathing it in or consuming. it in the water that they're drinking. Uh, I met a guy once that he had bone. cancer and he had to have one of his. bones in his legs replaced with a rod. and uh, he said that there was an. enormous percentage of people in his. neighborhood that had bone cancer and. all kinds of different cancers and it.

was all linked to this golf course. The. runoff from the golf course had gotten. into the water table in the water supply. of all these people. Yeah, it's. dangerous and that shit's not even legal. in a lot of countries. That's what's. crazy. That's glyphosate and that is not. I think they're linking this golf course. thing to glyphosate as well, aren't. they? Uh it's just pesticides in. general. I have I'm even looking at now. says there's like a this is a. contentious new study which obviously it. would be but I'm trying to see what the. contention is or why. You know what's.

spooky man is like there's a lot of rich. folks live on golf courses and they. think like hey what a great life and are. you opening I wonder what how many more. of those [ __ ] are getting Parkinson's. disease because of that. Scary [ __ ] man. You think about the. other countries, we don't talk about a. lot in our country, but what they ban in. other countries. Uhhuh. Of our products. Oh, yeah. And just how they're holding. the line. I remember when I lived in. France. I was I lived right outside of. Paris in a town called Shanti. We'd call. it Chantelli, which that term Chantelli.

Lace, Chantelli Cream that comes from. But I remember I was there. I was 16 and. uh I wrote my parents and I'm like, food. just tastes different here. I mean, I. don't care if it's a steak and a potato. It just tastes different. I mean, like. it because it's grass-fed steak. It was. They don't have grainfed steak over. there. I I noticed that the first time I. went to Australia, I had a steak. I'm. like, "This tastes like game.". Everything tastes And we didn't have. It's funny because we go to school. The. lunch that we had at school was the.

because I lived in this kind of this. boarding house. I rented a room from. this family. They were terrible cooks. You'd think you go to France, everybody. cooked good. But anyhow, I I went to. high school. I looked forward to lunch. at school. It was the best school lunch. in the world. You'd sit at a table like. this. There were eight kids and they. would come by with a cart and they'd put. down a hotel pan full of, you know, the. whatever vegetable, whatever starch, whatever meat. We'd sit there and we had. all the French bread we could eat and it. was just like I looked forward to it so. much. It was such great food and I just.

never got it. Well, then I got older and. started cooking and I kind of went, "Oh, really?" used to that. The funny thing. was I went back to France 25, 30 years. later. Took my oldest son, Hunter, with. me. We did a whole tour through Europe. when he graduated high school. I took. him to uh seven countries in 14 cities. in uh 30 days and we did this whole tour. of where food came from. But I took him. back to Shanti and I went to the grocery. store because my my best friend from. school still lived there. I walked into. the grocery store and what had been a.

grocery store full of huge aisles of. fresh produce and breads and everything. you could imagine was now just freezer. freezer freezer freezer freezer freezer. really and I said to Vince I go and vans. I said vans. what said what and he's like going to be. more like Americans that was his you. know kind of joking but it had changed. so dramatically I was like this is like. not it was shattering. Yeah. I think. fresh food is really the only thing that.

people are supposed to be actually. eating all the time. Real food. It's I. mean the more that you can get to a. farmers market, the more that you can. have relationships with ranchers and and. people that actually provide your food, the healthier you're going to be. And. the further you get away from the. source, the more you're going to have. preservatives, the more you're going to. have processed food. Stay away from the. inside of the supermarket. All that. stuff on the inside. I mean, there's. condiments and stuff, but most of it's. [ __ ] The outside, vegetables,

meats, eggs, all that stuff that's on. the outside, all that refrigerated area. on the outside, that's all you're. supposed to be actually eating. All that. stuff that's in the middle is just. [ __ ] your life up for the most part. Obviously, it's a generalization. Plenty. of good stuff in the middle. Yeah. And I. think that there is circumstances. is. not everybody has the same budget and so. forth. But I do believe. that the reality of it is is education. is a big thing. You know, education for. people about what to do with real food.

and how to handle it and so forth. And. you know, I remember homeck was a great. class and when I was a sophomore in high. school, home, I took home and it was, you know, almost all girls, but I was in. it because I want to, you know, see what. the I didn't want to sew, but I did want. to learn, you know, how to make a. blackberry pie. And I just think those. simple fundamentals should still be. something that are taught in schools. like just how to make a roasted chicken. Like give them six months of roasting. chicken, you know, how do you cook a. potato? You know, just the basics.

because there's a lot of people that, you know, my son included, my my son. Ryder, you know, we did a we did a crash. course. I always made him cook with me. in the kitchen, but it was usually. begrudgingly, you know, he'd make things. that he'd like to make pizza. Let's make. pizza, you know, tacos. But even that. little thing like how to sear a steak, you know, what's done, what's not done, what's overseed, what's under, you know, those things. We we we're missing that, you know. So, you said go to AI food. I. mean, scary [ __ ] Yeah. uh we've been.

bamboozled, you know, and corporations, you know, the same corporations that. used to uh well still do own tobacco. companies bought out all these big. processed food corporations and then. they start I mean this is something that. RFK Juniors talked in depth about and. then they started using the same tactics. to get people hooked on these processed. foods and these processed foods are. essentially designed to make them. incredibly addictive and uh they're. cheap and people just consume them in. mass. and it becomes a large percentage.

of the calories you take in. It's going. to take a long time for people to adjust. and switch away from that because it's. easy to destroy something. It's very. hard to rebuild and they've kind of. destroyed our health and but it goes. hand in hand because when you start. thinking about you know this cancer. thing and how devastating is like we. can't really solve this you know and. then you listen to the some other sides. that'll say you know big business. you don't you don't make money curing. people you know that that's it's one and.

done it's over you know I don't know it. it weirds me out but I think that we. have you you you've got such an mass. massive platform and I talk you you. heard my little pitch there at the. beginning of Food Network real food for. real people. Um I'm not saying these. restaurants I shoot on Triple D you. should go eat every single day because. not every one of them is you know always. the healthiest situation. I think you. need to have a good balance between. things but it's okay to have indulgence. It's okay to, you know, the it's okay to. have a Twinkie every now and have your.

pizza, you know, your pizza experience, but we just need to get back to some. balance of it because we're imbalanced. is my is my feeling. But then again, you're always going to have bad. examples that are good for people to. realize, I don't want to live like that. guy's living. You want to see someone. who's like morbidly obese, terrible. diet, right? no enthusiasm for life because they're. they're poisoned, you know, and you and. then you see a guy who's like super. healthy and exercising all the time, got.

tons of energy, like that's what I like. Like you need to see bad examples, too. It's part of the human experience. Moderation is my favorite thing that I. talk about. You know, I got into I don't. know about three or four years ago got. into Cold Plunge. And thank you, by the. way. You're a great advocate and you're. a great you you were a uh great. inspiration on it. I started doing it. and then everybody would tell me that. you're doing it. So I listen to what. some of the things you I do it in the. morning and just like you said it is it. it some mornings it sucks. I mean like I.

really have to force myself. It sucks. every day. I'm going into this this is. [ __ ] you know. Okay, I'll just get. through five minutes and I'm good. You. know, I'll just listen to Paul Harvey. I. listen to Paul Harvey in the morning. That's my Paul Harvey. Why Paul rest of. the story? Why Paul Harvey? Um because I love history. And I love to learn the little nuances. of how things came about. And it was. something reminds me of my childhood. You know, we'd listen to it in in uh. shop class when I was in high school.

And it was always that quick little in. between break. You know, they it was. syndicated. Pretty I don't know. interesting guy. There's a whole bunch. out there. Oh, he was great. Paul was. great. I have my set of music that I. listen to that I know this is I'm going. to do a 10-minute plunge or 12-minute. plunge, you know, depending on the song. And if I can keep myself out of it. because as soon as I start worrying. about it or thinking I'm cold, but I. don't do it your temperature. You do a. crazy temp. I do like 38 39. You're I. heard you're like in I do whatever. No, I heard you're in the 33s. Yeah, it's.

[ __ ] That's nuts. It's no different. It's just cold. It's just cold. I have. friends. I was telling your buddies. earlier. So I have friends that'll come. and do it. I started with my cold punch. I started with a watering trough and put. ice in it. Mhm. So that was the way I. started. Well, you know, you get that. little thermal barrier around you. It's. awesome. Yeah. Okay. And then you have, you know, you got to move or something. Okay. You move, now you're cool. Then I. went to a freezer and built one out of a. freezer. Oh, like a like one of them big. game freezers. Yeah. Big Westinghouse or. whatever it was. Freezer. Little filter.

in it. Had a little thermostat. You'd. plug the freezer into the thermostat and. then the thermostat into the wall and. then it would and you put a pl little. temperature in there and it would. regulate itself so it didn't turn into a. block of ice. But every time I got in, I. had to unplug it because they're not UL. rated rated for humans to be in them, you know, with water. Right. So then a. buddy of mine, this guy Jamie Week, sent. me one, sent me one from Sweat House, his company, and then I got in real cold. punch. Well, that water circulates. That's a Well, difference is like a blue.

cube. Like blue cube is one we have out. here. That one you can turn into a. raging river. You It's got different. really selection. See, you can have like. a little if you get in it normal, it's. just a slow steady circulation. No, not. not nothing crazy, right? But you can. click that [ __ ] one or two. And at two, it's that [ __ ] is a raging river. just rolling on you. And it's hard to do. a minute in that [ __ ] It's hard to do. a minute cuz you do get that little.

thermal barrier. There's no barrier in. the blue key. No, this one is called. Plunge. They're out of Sacramento. these. guys. Uh, great great job. The thing. about it is like I don't know what the. benefit is other than it sucking more. I. think your body temperature stays the. same because it's like just by I guess. you don't feel as bad because your body. like in a regular cold plunge because. your body develops that thermal barrier, but you're still cold as [ __ ] and you. get all the benefits. I don't think you.

have to suffer through that raging river. thing. But if you want the mental. benefits, the be the benefits of. overcoming adversity and the ability to. just force yourself to do something. that's intolerable, then I would. recommend doing that. If you're one of. those people that really enjoys. torturing themselves, get a blue cube. I. push people on this and so they'll get I. was telling you guys, so a buddy come. over and I'm not doing I'm doing just do. one minute. If you do one minute, I'll. get off. I I'll quit busting your balls. about it about you being you know. Okay,

get in there. So then I'll start talking. to my okay I got timer going and they'll. go okay what you know talk about this. and oh freeze m okay give me your. favorite song what's your favorite song. and then I'll look the song up take my. time Hank Williams country boy can't. survive okay okay ready I'm gonna play. it for you you're doing good you got you. just a few you got like 30 more seconds. it's already been two minutes play. country boy can't survive okay how many. of the words do you know to this song. all right now besides the hook what do. you know of the song okay you know I'll. sit there just mess with them they'll go. four minutes and I'll say Okay. And.

stop. They go, "That was a minute. [ __ ] That song's over. That's" And. I'm like, "That was like five and a half. minutes." You see? It's mental. It is mental. Yeah. It's. mental. If you can distract yourself, it's That's why Paul Harvey. Yeah. Well, that's why watching a movie while you're. on a treadmill is a total cheat code. Cuz if you can get like an iPad and put. earplugs on and watch a movie, you'll. get absorbed in the movie. You won't. even thinking about the fact that you're. running. You know what I watch? What?

Ridiculousness. Oh, that's a good thing to watch. I. [ __ ] love it. Yeah, I love. ridiculousness. I went on there. I to. me, Dear Dick's comments are the. funniest. Steo Brim, all those guys, they crack me up. And, you know, except. for having to fight through a commercial. here and there because that'll remind. you that you're still on the elliptical. Are you a treadmill guy or elliptical. guy? I don't do either of those. generally. I mean, sometimes I'll do a a. treadmill with like a weighted pack on. I'll do like who do you use for pack?

What do I use? Outdoorsman's. It's a It's a pack that has a a post on. the back of it so I can actually put. like big plates on it. Yeah, that's fun. Yeah. What kind of. weight are you talking? Mostly when I go. for long walks, I just put 45 on. So the. pack is probably 5 lbs and then the 45. lb plate and I take the dog out. Um, but. if I'm doing hardcore workouts, I'll put. 90 on it. So, I'll put two plates and.

then um there's a great machine called. um see if you can find it, Jamie. It's. called the I think it's called the hit. sled and you uh it's like you do a. farmer's carry. So, it has plate posts. on either side and you lift it up and. it's at an angle. So, as you're walking, you're carrying you're walking. You step. inside of No, no, no, no. You just It's. just a treadmill. It's like a treadmill. that's at an angle. That's it. What is. it called, Jamie? Hit Yeah, the Hitmail. X. That [ __ ] It's a whole unit.

itself. That [ __ ] is the [ __ ]. That thing is the [ __ ] And it sets Is. that the tensioner in the front? Uh, well, so you've got this. You got the. ability to adjust incline, I think. Does. that adjust incline or is it static? Either way, whatever that incline is. And then you have those weight posts on. the side. So, you're lifting weight up. and you're carrying weight. So, that. guy's got 45 on each side. So, he's. carrying 90 lbs while you're walking. uphill. And woo, that'll get you in some.

shape. Woo! Baby, that'll get you in. some shape. Ass kicker. Yeah. What do. you cook? Mostly meat. Mostly what I eat. is meat. That's like 90% of my diet. Meat and eggs. What's the What's your. cheat? What's your like indulgent? My. daughter is a really good chef. Not a. good chef, a good baker. She's great at. cookies. She makes them she it [ __ ]. every time she's cooking. I'm like, "God.

damn it." She's making me some cookies. She's really good though. They're really. legit. Like she made these cookies, like. these peanut butter chocolate chip. cookies with. Nutella. They're good. Um now, can you. do just one or two or do you house the. plate? Well, I work out a lot, so I I. allow myself to eat like a pig every now. and. then, but like for me, cheat food is. always either Italian or. Mexican. I love I love good Mexican.

food. I love good Italian food. I just. love if I'm going to pig out and I'm. going to eat something that I know is. just for mouth pleasure, it's probably. going to be Mexican or Italian. Carbs. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. So addictive. I find. the more I stay away from them, the less. addicted I am to them. Oh, for sure. And. then as soon as I have them, I find. myself back into, you know, I look. forward to going to New York just for. Italian food cuz like Austin is great. for barbecue and steaks and TMEX.

Mexican food's great here. There's a lot. of great food in Austin, but there's not. a lot of legitimate Italian spots like. there was in LA. LA had some legit. Italian spots. Chicago, Chicago's got. great Italian food. New York, though, one of my favorite food cities is. Chicago. East Coast Italian food. To me, there's nothing like it. It's like. that's that's it. That's the epicenter. for me. Like. old school East Coast Italian sandwiches.

and pasta and pizza. Whoa. And there's. something about walking into a deli in. Rhode Island, in New York, whatever. It. just smells different. The floor caks. They They're fresh cutting the slices. The whole People are fired up. They're. so excited to get that [ __ ] sandwich. Every [ __ ] The meatballs taste. different. The Yeah. No, the whole. thing. So, Federal Hill in in Rhode. Island is a real famous Italian. I've. shot shows up there a couple times, but. it's not too far from where my wife's. family lived. And I just remember going.

up there and going to the delies and. getting those cherry pepper stuff with. pushcuto and provolone and just, you. know, I'll take six of them and then. I'll take 18 to go. I always I would. always, you know, bring them all back to. California. Just can't find anything. like it. You know what else I miss on. the East Coast that you don't really get. out here is a legit Jewish deli. Like a. cat's deli. Like someone needs to figure. out a way to do something like that here. where you can get like a legit pastrami. reuben like a real one you know. But the.

question I have about that that's what. people ask me all the time. When I first. started Triple D you could only get. true Mexax or great Mexican food really. in this Texas Arizona, Nevada, California down in this. pocket. But I will say that now I'm. starting to find because typically it's. the people migrating to these different. areas. I went to a mex I went to a. Mexican joint on Triple D in Minneapolis. and it's a Mexican market, Kneria. It's. the whole thing and it was better than.

85% of the joints that I've tried in the. regions I was just talking about. So I'm. starting to find this better. crosspollination of foods in different. regions when people move. Yeah, exactly. But you got to have the market. See, the. market is the key cuz who are they going. to sell it to if people don't get it? Cuz a fatty brisket from Cat's Deli is. just a different You got to have the. mindset. I've taken people there so many. times and like it's this much meat and. there's little pieces of bread and I'm.

eating meat the whole time. I'm like, yeah, it's part of the idea. Shut the. [ __ ] up. I got a good one for you. Ruined it for me. First time I went to. Countelli. So, I'm in there filming Food. Network Star when I had had a day off. My buddy lived in New York. the guy that. was on the show with me said, "I'm going. to take you to Cat's Telly." Cat's. Instagram so I could see some visuals. while this is going on. I'm I'm addicted. to their Instagram [ __ ] sandwiches. I. always brought you So I thought I was. going to bring you food today when I. went and did the thing and I'm like, "Nah, I'm not taking Joe the vegan food. This I'm not going to take this. Yeah,

please don't take the me. I had elk. sausage for breakfast." Um Oh, I love. elk. Look at this. Oh, come on, baby. Look at Cats's deli. Look at that. Look. at that pastrami. It says keto. Keto. pastrami rub. Oh my god, I'm eating. healthy. How is it keto? No bread. Oh, no bread. Oh, they're just giving you. the Oh yeah. Oh my goodness. Look at. that. Is this supposed to be Is this. supposed to be torture right now? Oh, look how good that looks. Oh my god. Is.

your mouth? Oh, I love Cats's Deli. I do. too. I try to go every time I'm in New. York. I those guys I see the same. [ __ ] dudes that I've been go since I. was going there in like the early 2000s. I run into the same guys working there. There's guys that have been there for 25. 30 years and they're such good dudes. Great. And I'll eat more snacks over the. counter by the time I get They always do. that at Cats. They give you a little. piece and they have a tip jar and so if.

people haven't been to Cats, when you go. into Cats, you know, but I'm telling. them [ __ ] sandwich, man. When you go. to Cats, they give you a chit. They give. you a ticket. Oh yeah, you got to pay in. cash. Okay. So they give you credit. cards. You better have cash. So you you. pass a ticket over the counter. They. mark off what they gave you. So then you. take a ticket and you sit down. You eat. your food. And then when you leave, you. go out and you check out with your. ticket. So my buddy and I go and I order. up. We order up all the stuff. I'm. paying. So we put it all in my ticket. So we had a bunch of sandwiches, bunch.

of beers, you know, we had some s. So, we're leaving and I turn my ticket in. and I pay my bill and they look at my. buddy and they say, "Where's your. ticket?" And he goes, "I didn't get. anything. I put on his ticket." I said, "No, no, no. You got to turn your ticket. in." And it says right there, "Lost. ticket, you know, 300 bucks or whatever. the ticket would be worth if it was all. checked off, right?" And I'm like, "But. he didn't have anything. It's all, you. can see it." And they're like, "You got. to have your ticket or you pay this.". I'm like, "What the I mean, I'd never. been to a place like this." So, we go. back over to the table where it'd been.

sitting. Well, they'd already turned the. table and it's all gone. and done. And. now there's four big construction dudes. sitting there, huge in the yellow vest, hard hats on, total New Yorkers. My. buddy wasn't from New York. And he goes, and we're like, "Excuse me, fine sir. Hello." You know, and I don't have the, you know, again, still in the same. yellow yellow jacket, bleach. So, and my. buddy's standing there and he's from. like Iowa like you guys see a ticket and. like what the you want like get out of.

here. You're interrupting their meal. So, yeah, exactly what we're doing. They. were on a lunch break. We're looking for. a ticket and he happens my buddy happens. to see the ticket on the floor. underneath the biggest guy's boot like. halfway and like he's like ticket right. there. I'm like I'm not getting the. ticket. You're the dumbass that lost the. ticket. Get the ticket. So we had I. think we had to buy the guys like you. know we had to buy him something or pay. the tip or whatever for the guy to move. his boot and we got the ticket and we. bring the Yeah. It was a tumultuous. experience. I go with people now and I'm.

like take the ticket put it in your. wallet right now. I'll pay the meal but. just don't lose the ticket. Yeah. You. have to be prepared for the experience. cuz it's not like anything else. But. it's worth it. It's worth it. You get. the best [ __ ] corn beef, the best. people in that place. The pastrami is. off the [ __ ] chain. That pastrami is. insane. I get the same thing every time. just because I It's so good. I don't. want to switch up. I got a pastrami. Ruben. I'm the exact same way. Incredible pickles. Their pickles are. amazing. Saw. Ah. So, I love the thing.

they have on there. You see that one. back wall? Send a salami to a, you know, to a to a sailor. Yeah. That whole. campaign that was going on still is. something that needs to be done. Um, yeah. It's Well, they've been around. since the 1800s. Such the joint. Such. same spot. It's But there's a pl there's. a thing about places like that where. there's just like this deep history. You. feel it when you're in there. You got a. smile on your face when you walk in the. door because it's just this incredible. history. Like you feel like, wow, this.

place is still around. It's still the. same. Let's get up to the counter. Oh, he's chopping it up. Look at that. My. mouth. This is like torture. My mouth. I. know. That's what I love about going to. New York and eating there. I like. walking into a pizzeria and smelling. everything and seeing the guy pulling. the pies out of the oven like. and they're not always the cleanest and. they're not and the counters are worn. out and the whole thing Exactly. No, that's part of the charm. If they redid. it, it would [ __ ] it up. Yeah. You go.

remodel and it's not Oh my god, if you. redid Cat's Deli, I'd [ __ ] slap you. How dare you? How dare you take the all. the pictures of dead celebrities off the. wall? Like, you know, that's part of it. the [ __ ] You ever been to Defaros. over in Brooklyn? No. Pizza? No. Old guy. there cuts the basil with scissors? Oh, I remember standing there and just. looking at the pizza come out and it. doesn't look like I mean it's just next. level pizza. Uh you've been to Ryos. No. Where's that? Ryos is in Harlem. It's. the Italian joint. We'll call him Uncle.

Bo. R A O S. Okay. And it is the old. school. I mean, this is this is an. Italian joint that you can only get in. if you know somebody, you're with. somebody. Tiny little place, maybe 15. tables. There it is. 1996. Wow. And I tell you, so you tell. me when you're in New York next and I'll. call my uncle Bo. What street is it on? I don't know. Click on New York. What. does it say? What the what the address. is? Yeah. East 114th Street. Wow. When.

the original the floor is all slanted. Like if you're sitting at the wrong part. of the table, you're you're sitting. having dinner kind of cockeyed like. this. Everybody's on top of each other. It's all family. It's it's it's an. experience. But that's what you talk. about cuz then I went to Rayos in in. Vegas when they put one in the Caesar in. Caesars. Same pictures on the wall. Same all that. stuff, but it just didn't have it was. good, but it just wasn't that Look at. that. That looks amazing. The table I. sit at right back there. Another place I.

[ __ ] love is Peter Luggers. Oh yeah. Peter Luggers in Brooklyn. You being a meat guy. Oh my god. And. they bring that steak to your plate and. it's covered in butter and it's. crackling. Oh, I don't even eat the. sides. I'm not I mean, everybody else, right? They just have it down, too. Like, it's so consistent. Every time you. go to the steak is exactly perfectly. cooked. You've been to Jeff Rubies. Where's that? He's got him Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati. Jeff Ruby's a. character amongst characters. You got If.

you ever get a chance to go to one of. steakouses, this guy, they crush steak. I mean, it's some of my favorite steak. in the country. Um I was just at the. derby and I was at his place in eating. steak and took Taylor Taylor Sherid in. there and they were they were pretty. [ __ ] Taylor you meat guy meat guy said. just Oh you're friends with Taylor? Yeah. I was just with him Saturday. night. He did the commencement speech at. UT. Great guy. I mean you know he know. incredible speech man. He [ __ ] killed. it. He is he walks the talk. There's no. [ __ ] about that. Yeah I love that. too. He helped me with the fundraiser.

We do so I do a lot of philanthropy. That's my you know being a dad was my. biggest job. my biggest responsibility, husband, restaurant tour, chef, all. that. But my my endgame is my. philanthropy. Philanthropy to me, I. mean, I have so much opportunity and. there's so many good things coming my. way. I try to divert as much of that. towards doing it. So, my philanthropy is. about first responders, first. responders, active military, and. veterans. But now that I have this. program going where we can do things to.

raise money, and it's not just raise. money, it's raise the money and then do. things with it. Like when the fires. happened in LA, we went down with our. team. We have a big rescue trailer. that's 50 feet long, we can feed about. 5,000 a day out of it. And I have a. bunch of chef buddies and so they all. come and help and we just pump out food. for first responders. But I was doing we. had the fires in Maui and devastation. and I know the fire feeling because I. was up there in humble in Northern. California um in Sonoma County when we. had our bad fires. And so we raised.

money. So, I got 40 chefs together. We. were all in town doing I do a show. called Tournament of Champions. They. they were in town for the tournament and. we put on a dinner for 150 people. So, I. called Taylor and said, "Hey, I'm doing. this event. You want to come up?" And he. says, "Only if I get to cook, you know, we're going to cook together." So, we. brought up all these, you know, 4 sixes. ri these tomahawk chops the size of, you. know, a manhole cover. And we cooked. And so we sat there and we raised money. and we did all these different things. like you know go to 4 six's ranch you. can go be you know you can go you know. have a culinary experience with guy blah.

blah blah blah and in one. night we raised 1.7 million with 150. people in the room. That's incredible. And a big part of that was Taylor I. think three of the biggest packages sold. were for over 100,000 bucks to go down. to his ranch or to go No, actually it. was to go up to Montana to Yellowstone. uh to see the filming. Oh wow. He's just. that kind of dude, man. He that dude. everybody he gives everybody the time. He's I mean we were just at the derby.

walking around together. Just class act. Just love that guy. Yeah, he's a legit. And then what the the [ __ ] the shows. he's making. I know. I don't know how he. can do it. Land man. Well, I don't know. how he do does so many shows. I keep. finding shows like this show looks. interesting. Terly Sheridan show. Like. what? Lion. Yeah, he's got Land Man 2. 10 shows that Have you watched Land Man? Yeah, I love it. I'm a huge Billy Bob. fan. Oh, and he's the coolest. He's the. best. I said to him, I go, "Did you. write that for him?" I mean, it couldn't.

be Billy Bob any goddamn better. So, the. oneliners are the best goddamn thing. It's I I can't get enough. And but I. love I love Kings of I Kings of U Mayor. Kingtown. That was great. That was. another one. Remember the starting the. first episode? You didn't see that [ __ ]. coming, right? Right at the beginning, the guy that you thought was gonna be. the lead, you didn't think it was gonna. be J. Spoiler alert. No, that is if you. haven't watched it by now, you're. missing it. Tough [ __ ] Sorry I blew it. for you. It's another Taylor show. He's.

got so many shows. It's I just don't. understand how he can put together. So. 1923, 1883, Yellowstone, like god damn. I think they're doing another one. I. think they're doing like a. 1943. I just watched the end of 1923 and. cried like a baby. I was bummed that Yellowstone ended the. way it did, though. Yeah, circumstances. were [ __ ] up outside of the outside of. the show circumstances. Yeah, I don't. know what happened. Why would Kevin Co. want to leave that show? I just don't. understand what happened. I was what I.

read or what I thought I learned was. that he had his own project and his I'm. just sure he did. I mean, Kevin Co's. been around for so long. It's probably. hard for him to do somebody else's thing. for so long, too. So good. Yeah, I know. He was perfect in that role, too. So. iconic. I know the ending. I mean, even. if you're gonna leave, my bummer for it. was my bummer about it was even if. you're gonna leave, I just I mean, well, I would go out better than in the. situation was. I mean, they did it the. way they did it. I'm not I'm not. discrediting the show by any means, but.

I'm just saying I just wanted it to be. like the way it was from the be. beginning how they did it, but it was. almost kind of like a [ __ ] you. It. seemed like to me. From which side? Exactly. I'm not coming back. Well, wait. till you see how you go. Yeah, exactly. And Taylor is a little bit I mean, I. wouldn't cross him. Yeah, he's got a. little bit of that in him. It's funny. I. was telling him about this ranch that I. hunt out in California, and he's like, "Ah, he's a cowboy at that place." Like, he's a legit guy. He's a badass, too.

Yeah, he's a good dude, too. Solid human. being, you know? You're talking to him. He's right there. You know, he's not. Yeah. He told me come, he says, "Listen, I know what you're doing up there in. Northern California. You've done your. fundraiser there a bunch of years." He. says, "Come down and do at my ranch." He. says, "I will bring you the people with. the money that believe in what you're. doing with these first responders and. these because when we don't have. disasters, we just go do positive energy. thank yous to different municipalities. We just did one in in uh Florida, southern South Florida. We just bring.

the trailer in, bring a bunch of chefs. in, call up the local sheriff, call up. the troopers, call up everybody, you. know, bring your families if you want. It's free lunch time for you to. celebrate and be recognized. You know, we got people walking around the streets. that don't understand why our country's. free. They don't have any idea what it. takes to be a free country. And they. don't understand the sacrifice, not just. the sacrifices that the actual. individual makes, but the sacrifice the. family makes. Now, we're not even. talking about the loss of somebody. We're talking about just the, you know,

being deployed for seven months and not. seeing dad for seven months or seeing. your husband or your wife or whatever. And I remember I was on the uh USS. Enterprise and I was doing a doing a you. know philanthropy event and this years. ago I was cooking for the the sailors. and there a bunch of Marines on there. There's like 5,200 people and I'm on the. line serving this young uh sailor and. she came through and we you know kind of. talking for a second and she says I have. four kids. I said how she wasn't very.

old. I said how many? She goes, "Well, I. have a 8-month old. baby. Baby's on the ship." She goes, "No. babies." I said, "How how could you be. away from your child at this age?" And. she's like, "No, it's you know, I'm. deployed." And I'm like, "What a. commitment, you know, what a commitment. to do." And the kids without. So, I. think I mean, my mantra is we talking. about people pushing things on other. people about their beliefs or their. opinions or their attitudes. And I said, you know, I kind of divert from all of.

it. And you know, if you don't want to. like something, don't like it. That's. your thing. But I am. hellbent on what goes on in this country. about how we recognize our veterans and. our first responders and our active. military. We got we we got we're missing. some pieces. Yeah. We got some people. that have made the ultimate commitment, the ultimate sacrifice. It's like the. stolen valor [ __ ] Oh, I'll lose my mind. on that because that's just crazy. people. The commitment that it takes, of. course. And so we put so much into. putting the soldiers and the sailors and.

all these military folks into these. programs and then when they come back I. don't think that we put the same amount. of commitment and I think that we've got. a lot of people that need a lot of help. There's a lot of PTSD. There's a lot of. [ __ ] going on. Yeah. So my interest is. I'm not going to solve that situation. I'm not the one that's going to be able. to but at least you could recognize and. give them recognize talk about it. We. carry challenge coins. I ran into one of. your guys as a first responder. also. didn't know that he served our country. in the military. Please, when you see.

somebody in uniform, if you you see. somebody with a Vietnam vet hat, you see. somebody that's in, you know, just take. a moment, just say thank you. Thank you. goes so far and people think there's. nothing I can do. It does. No, it means. a [ __ ] ton to people. Yeah. So, I didn't. mean to get on my rant, but I found it's. one of my that's one of my hardcore. issues. That's good. It's a beautiful. perspective because it's it's especially. with first responders and law. enforcement in this country. They just. don't get any love. It's kind of crazy. Like the the cops are the bad guys in. this country. Like that's why the the.

defund the police movement was driving. me [ __ ] crazy. Like you are you guys. are out of your mind. But we're going to. have a march and we'd like you to be. there to keep people from throwing [ __ ]. at us. Yeah. So So here here's that. crazy defund the police march, but we. need the police. We need you. So the. people that are again, so when we had. the fires in Northern California, I was. watching a lot of where they're feeding. them. It was up in actually we're up in. Paradise. It was devastating fire. That. was a crazy fire, Joe. I drove through. it. I don't know what I don't know what.

the surface of the moon looks like, but. I can tell you it was as close to. because there was nothing standing. There was nothing there. The only thing. that didn't burn down was a fire. station. I mean, and not because they've. defended all those people that got stuck. on the road, stuck cars gone, everything. gone, bombs went. I mean, it was it was. it was I don't know the term, but so I'm. standing there and I'm feeding people. And I know for a fact cuz I just been. inside the I just went to the the fire I. went and fed people at the fire station. that was the only building standing. And.

I said, "Why why aren't you guys over. here eating? We're serving a bunch of. food." Nah, it's you know, we just we. stay over here. I said, "You guys are. fire victims. Your house is burnt down.". Yeah, but you know, and you had all. kinds of restaurants feeding people and. all this stuff and I'm watching these. guys eat granola bars and eat MREs. And. I said, "Come over and get some food.". No, no, no. I said, "Okay, that's it.". Next day, picked up my trailer. We. moved. I said, "We only feed first. responders." Not that I'm not about the. fire victims. I think the fire victims. is terrible. But the reality of it is we.

have a lot of people that were focusing. on the victims and giving them which. they need. But these guys were doing. these men and women weren't going to. bed. These they were doing 72-hour. shifts, sleeping in the back of their. patrol car. They drove their patrol car. up from Riverside and they're up in. Northern California now. And so that's. what's that's what I changed. I pivoted. my whole foundation was when the. disasters go down, we're going to get. there and we're going to focus on the. first responders. We were down in LA for. 10 days. We fed 25,000 meals. Now, it's.

not going to feed everybody and it's not. going to take care of everything, but. there is a point of them being. recognized or knowing that we recognize. them. And I had so many chefs in LA that. showed up and jumped on the trailer and. were cooking food and we were almost. cooking, you know, 24 hours. It was, you. know, just rolling over and people were. so thankful. That's awesome. Yeah. But. we all can do these things, you know. We. can do these things. We can make donate. Okay. Maybe you don't have the money. Donate the time. Maybe you don't have. the time. do the positive reinforcement. on the on social media. You know, if you.

don't have the time, you don't have. social media, you don't have the money, you don't have time, just pat somebody. on the back and say thanks. I mean, that's we really can do we can do way. more and we can make a bigger impact. Well, just as a society, we need to. recognize the importance of these people. and appreciate them for what they do. And I don't think that that's been. accentuated. That's not been people. haven't focused on that. And that's a. top- down thing that comes from the. president that comes from the the. cabinet that comes from the way the the.

country perceives these people and the. way they award these people and you know. the way that our media treats them. You. know, the media had a field day after. George Floyd with this defund the police. stuff and just that that kind of. devastation that does for morale and for. recruiting and you know just the overall. feeling that these people have like why. am I doing this job where not only am I. not being thanked for it but I am being.

thought of as the enemy. Then if I do. something, if I do something, I'm not. going to get supported, right? You know, because I'm going to get persecuted, right? And every day you show up, you. pull people over, you're worried you're. going to get shot every [ __ ] day. They all have PTSD. Every one of them. You go pull a buddy of mine's a fireman, and I didn't really understand. I didn't. think about it until he brought it up to. me one day, and he. said, his name's Jay Lavar, and Jay. said, "You know, you go pull kids out of.

a car. you go you go you go face and then you. go home to your kids, right? It's horrible. That'll just wreck you. But I, you know, like I. said, I'm so interested in what we can. do. And we have so much. We are the. greatest country in the world. We're. finally riding the ship. We're getting. into better space. But gosh, let's start. focusing on it. Let's start focusing on. the fundamentals that made us the. asskicking, name center of, you know, that that made us the best. And we have.

to start ingrain. We have to start. teaching that. I was just talking about. I just did a podcast for the Dale. Carnegie Institute and that was a book. that changed my life when I was young. when I was come open rich. No, what is. it? How to win friends and people. Yeah. And it talks really about just human. nature about how you treat people and. treat people the way you want to be. treated and think before you act and. think before you speak or before you. light somebody up on a text, you know, kind of. And I was I was going through. this and I said, you know, this is this. is like a course that should be taught.

at freshman high school. Absolutely. And. we should teach civility and we should. teach respect and responsibility. We. should take, you know, back your m back. your mouth up, you know, don't go. popping off on, you know, and do these. these things the way we grew up. I mean, I'm not saying that violence is the the. answer, but you you definitely didn't. have people running their mouth like. they do now because there was hell to. pay at three o'clock, you know, that. kind of stuff. So, I think that we need. to get involved in teaching our young.

America that they have a they have a. voice, they have an opinion, they have. they're they're very worthwhile and. let's just do it the right way. But I. think that Dale Carnegie Institute uh. that that how to win friends they're. they I didn't know how many things they. do it worldwide and I just think I was. just telling my sons about it. I said. you can all expect that you're going to. be going to one of these programs or. doing one of these courses. I made them. all read the book. That's great. You. know, it's I mean, people in school get. taught how to I mean, you get taught a.

lot of information, but I think one of. the things that's missing is getting. taught how to behave and think and how. how to critically think and how to how. to view the world. The number critical. thinking to me is I mean, even say the. term to somebody critical thinking and. they'll look at you and. go, but they don't know what it means. Critical thinking is solving situations, is evaluating the environment and and.

coming up with with calculating. It's. not taking a risk, it's taking a. calculated risk. There's just so many of. those types of things. My dad was a huge. critical thing. I mean, he was So, we. had a rule when I was a kid, Joe. We'd. be driving down the road and uh my dad. would say, "What are you thinking?". You're like, "You're quiet over there. What are you thinking?" One thing I was. not allowed to say was nothing. He'd. say, "God, full of [ __ ] What do you. think?" I mean, kind of pardon me. What. do you think? And I'm saying,

"Well, all there's it's all grass, but. under the telephone pole, there's no. grass." And then we would spend the next. goddamn hour talking about why there's. no grass under the telephone. pole. And why is there no grass under. the telephone pole? Fire. you know, the. ability to get to the poles. They have. to be able to drive to them. So, you. look at it because like you go into the. wine country, you know, you look at all. these mountains that have all these. telephone poles going that you if you.

find roads on top of mountains and so. forth, it's usually fire break or access. to the the telephone poles. Um, but we. would do this critical thinking thing. and it was so funny. Um my my young my. nephew my sister was dying of cancer and. I took him away for the day and we're. driving around in a Corvette and we're. at the stoplight manual Corvette and. sitting there talking to him Jules Jules. is about nine and he says you know Uncle. Wy says I really like talking to you. He.

says you're fun to talk to. He says it's. a little bit different than talking to. JS. J was my dad. He says uh I said what. do you mean Jules? And he says, "Well, you know, you know, sometimes when I ask. JS, you know, like, what time is it?". You know, I just want to know what time. it is. I don't want to know how the. clock is. made. I slipped the clutch, man. The car. burned out. I'm like, "Jesus Christ. I. don't want to know how the clock is.". Because that was my dad, man. You'd ask. him a question like, "What time is would. you understand the difference between. the analog?" You You got a digital and.

my dad would go into these. He's an old. He was a submariner during Vietnam. He. was a piece of work. Oh, really? Yeah, we just I lost him uh right around my. birthday year and a half ago and. pancreatic cancer, but he he lived for. six years with it. It was pretty You got. a lot of cancer in your family. Sucks, man. And I think that like I didn't. until you're in that club. The club. sucks. But when you meet somebody that. is in the fight, the fight for their. life, telling give them a hug, give them.

uh give them a smile, give them. encouragement, and if they have battled. and they have won, recognize them as a. as a warrior, as a survivor. You know, especially breast cancer and all these. horrible cancers that you know that that. people are stricken with. There's we. need to have more apathy, more. understanding. And I'll tell you, one of. the greatest groups of people in the. whole world, hospice. You I don't know how much you. know about them and what it is, but it. is if you don't have if you don't. understand what hospice does, they are.

they're earth angels. They're people. that come in when you're battling this. You're watching a loved one die and they. come in and they're the people that help. you with the meds and help you with the. caregiving and help you and they're just. these incredible. you don't even know. them and you they they come into your. life and they leave your life once the. cancer's but they stay you'll meet them. on the street again or you'll see. something but hospice is one of the. greatest programs we have in this. country and I don't know if it's. worldwide but it is hopefully you don't. ever need to know it it's just shocking.

how many people have cancer [ __ ] up. yeah I've never been on a podcast where. you can cuss really been on I haven't. been on many podcasts how many podcasts. you been on I don't know very which ones. can't you cuss on I don't know I You. know, I listen I come from the Food. Network. We don't do a lot of cussing on. Food Network. Would you get me all. fired? I got fired up on my own about. this [ __ ] But don't you cuss a normal. life? Oh, I got save. Right. Well, don't. most people do. So why why would they. stop people from cussing? I don't I've. asked them forever. Could we please. bleep just the show once in a while cuz.

sometimes I'll buy I'll eat a dish. People say I watch the show. They say. no. You can't. Yeah. It's not really It. doesn't really get it. I It hasn't made. it through. But it doesn't matter. It's. it's it does I think it does matter. because it's authentic. It is. authenticity and it is the spike. It is. the hammer. It is the this dish is so. you got to say this is [ __ ] great. I. listen real cat's deli. Maybe you're. going to inspire me to push this this. button. I just don't understand why they. would not. I mean, if you want to beep. it out, that's fine. No, it has to be.

It have to be bleeped out. Well, why. even do that though? I got a lot of. kids. Oh, kids. Last thing we want to. know cuz Yeah. They cuz they don't watch. cuz they can't get Remember when we had. a Playboy hidden, you know, you had to. play kids now? Yeah. They got hardcore. porn on the porn. Bring it up in the. middle of school. In high school. Yeah. It's kind of nuts. Yeah. It's kind of. nuts. It's uh not healthy. I'm sure. they're being subjected to some stuff. that I mean just the amount of murder. they see. You know, kids are seeing car.

accidents and assassinations just seeing. on their phone Twitter every day and. things that were very difficult to find. when I was a kid. You had to find like. faces of death. Yeah. The monkey in the. table. Remembering it. You'd have to. apparently a lot of that stuff was fake. No. Really? Yeah. Yeah. A lot of the. Faces of Death stuff was fake. Uh but. some of it was real. Like the one where. they took took the guy and they tied him. between two trucks and they separated. his body. Yeah. Good family fun. Come on over for. Friday pizza night. Yeah. Remember when.

you're a kid though getting in the VHS? You'd go, you know, ours we'd have to go. get at the liquor store little town, you. know, or you'd go all the way across the. bridge and go get it and you'd put your, you know, name down for the reservation. to get it and you get faces of death and. your friends would all come over and. Yeah. pizza night. Yeah. You'd have to. hide those things from your parents. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Now kids just have. access to all the horrors of the world. on their phone. And then they have to.

deal with, you know, people DMing them. and contacting them. Like who who are. these [ __ ] predators that are. reaching out to kids on a daily basis? They keep arresting people for that. You. keep wanting to think that that's not a. thing. And then you keep finding out. more and more of it. It's like [ __ ] a. Tim Tibo was just I just saw that Sean. Ryan's show. Yeah. Yeah. What was. 110,000? But see, we don't do we don't do. anything about it. You know, again, I. don't want to get into well, you know, the thing to do about it. Oh, you know,

unfortunately, you don't want to. encourage vigilantism, but that's public. square. You mean maybe not even just, you know, it's the the problem is you. can't do that because some people are. going to be unjustly accused. It's it's. the unfairly targeted. You know, there's. people that you you don't you can't just. you have to have due process. This is. the Well, Chris Hansen, you ever seen. his catch predator thing? Yes. So, I love when they give the recap, you. know, I guess that show stopped and now.

he's doing it on his own or whatever the. case is and they give the recap and. thank God he was doing that stuff. I. know he opened a lot of people's eyes. cuz most of us, you know, if you live in. a normal neighborhood with normal. friends, normal, you don't have, you. know, you might have heard a story here. and there. This is real [ __ ] They were. bringing their kids to it. Yeah, you. don't see it every day. Coaches, politicians, attorneys. I know there's. some sick people out there, man. And.

they live amongst us. That's what's. [ __ ] up. And then the Nickelodeon. thing when you find out that people that. were actually working for Nickelodeon, pressuring those kids. Oh god, man. But. if you thought about it, like if you. were really cynical and you thought. about it through an evil mind, if you. wanted to abuse kids, what would you do? You would work with work at Nickelodeon. Jimmy Savile, that guy in the UK. You. know about that guy, right? You don't. know about that guy? No. Oh my god. He's. the worst one. Your eyes. First of all,

this guy looked like a guy who would. molest kids. He looked like a [ __ ]. monster. And he had this show. I think. it was called Jimmy will fix it. Is that. what it was called? Jim will fix it. Jim. will fix it. And he worked with all. these like really sick kids and. everybody was like, "Oh, what a saint. That guy." And that guy was molesting. children. Like who knows how many of. them. Oh, so there's a Netflix thing on. it. Jimmy Savile, a British horror story.

Netflix official site it says. How about. getting called to play that guy in a. movie? That would suck cuz it's that guy. right there. Must be playing the guy in. the movie. Oh, must be Jimmy. Jimmy. Kugan. I feel bad for Jimmy cuz he looks. like. Yeah. Oh my god. Yeah. You don't even. want to watch that. I don't even want to. know. But they hid the fact people knew. that this guy was doing these things. Well, you look like Boy Scouts. Look. what happened to poor Boy Scouts. I. mean, I was I was I didn't make it to.

Eagle Scouting and that stuff, but it. was Boy Scout. Learned some great stuff. Not any idea that stuff was going on. I. don't think anything happened in my. troop. I never heard about it. But that's exactly what you're saying. These guys who just go find their. avenue. What's going to get me close to. him and then we're going to start doing. it. So where is the remember who was the. guy that shot the the predator, the. karate coach that took his kid and he. waited at the airport. Yeah. Yeah. That. famous video. Yeah. Yeah. That guy.

that's I mean Yeah. He's a hero. That's. how I'd handle it. Yeah. I'm I I agree. 100%. I mean, it's just it's sick. But. it's like if you were a sick person, that's what you would do. If you wanted. to be around kids, you would pretend. that you're really interested in helping. kids. Yeah. I was in the Boy Scouts, too. Nothing happened to me. And then I. was in a good troop and but I was in the. Boy Scouts with a bunch of crazy inner. city kids. I was living in Jamaica.

Plane, Massachusetts, which is like kind. of sketchy outside of Boston. And um. they uh they brought us to New. Hampshire. We were out in the woods and. they were [ __ ] tying kids up to their. CS and dragging them out into the woods. in the middle of the night and leaving. them there like other kids were doing. that and putting toothpaste on all your. clothes cuz you couldn't wash it off. Like they were just psycho kids. And. they gave us 22s. That was the other. part of the problem. I remember I was. hanging out with my friends and I. heard I was like what is that? And. someone goes that's a ricochet. I goes.

like [ __ ] this. So, like the entire time. I was in camp, all I did was go fishing. every day. They had all these. activities. I'm like, "You guys can kiss. my ass." I'd grab a fishing rod and go. down to the lake. I'm like, "I'm just. going to go fishing the entire two weeks. I'm here. [ __ ]. this." It was just too many. But no one. was getting [ __ ] at least. It was just. mostly kids being just unregulated. What. a what a great way to [ __ ] up a great. program. You know, you get these people. that get in there and do that stuff and.

kids are so I mean, you have kids, you. know, there's always going to be people. that are evil. And a lot of those. people, unfortunately, have had evil. imposed on them, too, when they were. young. And that's the really sad part. about it is it's just like it's almost. like getting bit by a vampire and then. you you you know, and then you wind up. doing it too. Zombie. Yeah. It's it's. very evil and they they exist. And then. that there's also like people that are. elites and that's their thing like their.

their thing is to do something that is. horrible and you know it it's not. available to other people. So it's like. I think there's there's like a sickness. that people have when they have power. like extreme power and then they what. else can I do? What else can I do? What. what else is what's what's in what else. is taboo? What else is forbidden? like. all this diddy [ __ ] that's coming out. Like I was just gonna say, doesn't that. sound topical? Jesus Christ. I the first. day of the trial. Did you pay attention.

to any of that stuff? I just I looked at. it for like 10 minutes this morning. I. was like, I got to stop. I can't look at. this. Well, what I what freaks me out is. the people sitting in the courtroom. listening to it, right? And that's a there's a wide. spectrum of people that are getting. subjected to it. And you just sit there. and go, "Yeah." Well, not only that, how. about the fact that this guy was running. this for decades? He was doing this for. decades to who knows how many [ __ ]. people and everybody was scared to talk. about it because he'd have them.

killed. Yeah, it's really wild, man. There's the evil is a real thing, you know? Nobody wants to. believe because if you believe in the. devil, right? If you believe in Satan, you you you believe in something that's. silly. Like most people believe a lot of. people believe in God. If you ask. people, "Do you believe in God?" "Yeah, well, I'm not religious, but I believe. in God." Okay. Well, do you believe in. the devil? Most people will say no. But.

do you believe in evil acts? Well, yeah. Well, people certainly do evil things. Well, where do you think that comes. from? If if evil is real, what is it. about us that makes us want to deny the. possibility that there's some nefarious. force that is in a is in human beings. that influences human beings. It's not. as simple as like some people are bad, some people are good. No, may maybe evil. is a real element that you have to fight.

in life and that maybe this is just. something that's been documented all. throughout history, but our arrogance. and our secular society wants to keep us. from recognizing that as an actual. factor and that's why it gets through. You know, that's like it's a great it's. a really great way to say it because if. you. denounce Okay, so you say there's no. devil, right? So then you're somewhat. saying that there's no evil, but you're. not branding evil with some type of.

identifying factor. Then you kind of. glaze over it a little bit. I think I if. that's what I'm hear you're saying and I. agree with it because it gets a it gets. a little. too I think people want tangibility. I. think people like to be able to. understand things and see it for real. and so forth. But when you start just. talking about root evil, when you start. when you start looking at things like I. went to the Oklahoma bombing. memorial and when you look at [ __ ] like. that, you think about the hate on this.

country and the in the 9/11 and you. think or or you just take it down to the. boy scout troop leader that or you take. it to the the the pre you take it. whatever there is a common you there's a. common denominator there and that is. just what you called it evil. So call it. devil, don't call it devil, but call it. evil. The. evilness is just and not being aware of. it or not allowing oursel to believe it, I think is part of the Well, it's the.

old quote. The greatest trick the devil. ever pulled is making people believe he. doesn't exist. Well said. But if you're if you want to. be thought of as a serious person, you. never consider the devil. Like, oh, come. on. There's no there's no Satan. down. there burning. Outrageous. Get away, you. know. Yeah. So, how do you So, where do. you So, how do you Boy, this goes in a. lot of goddamn This goes down some. rabbit holes. Yeah. Well, there's rabbit. holes in life, you know. Life is a lot.

of rabbit holes. But, see, to me, this. is when we talked about critical. thinking. This is the stuff that when. you really sit down and you have some. conversations besides arguing whose team. is better, you know, this is the type of. stuff that you really have to get into. some perspective. You can learn a lot. Yeah. If you're willing to talk about. things and you're willing to open up and. you're willing to be wrong. It's one of. the things I'm always into is don't go. into something with a predisposed. opinion about it and be so hellbent on. it's your way because you might really.

get your mind changed or you might. really learn something about it. But as. soon as you lock down on it's this way, you know, there's no devil. Yeah. God's. not real. People say that I deal with. it. When you die, you just die. How the. [ __ ] do you know, [ __ ] Have you been. dead? Like what are you talking about? Do you believe So, have you ever been to. a medium? A medium? Like a psychic. medium? No. Not a real one. Okay. So, I. I mean, I don't I don't think that and. I'm not like one of those people that. says they don't exist. I think it's. possible. I I I was a very anti not.

anti- preaching, but anti. So, my mom. believes in it. Mom did. My wife. does. Wasn't my cup of tea. Not saying. bad. Just wasn't my cup of tea. My sister died. Real close with my. sister. And I kept getting. this weird feeling. I mean, my wife's. not telling me to go. My mom's not. telling me to go. No one's saying a. thing to.

me. Then this the hawk is a. representation of my sister. This I'm. driving my big RV cross country with my. family. Every year we do a big huge road. trip with the family. This hawk flies. outside of my window. Five minutes. No. [ __ ] It was a real five minutes. Flew. along the freeway with me as fast as I. was going. Dirt road, whatever. I was. like, so I asked my mom, who was a lady, to call. So I went and had this. thing. Didn't know me very well. Didn't. know much about me. And I had the most.

mind-blowing experience. Like. mindblowing. And I had to really sit. there. I had to go back to my wife and. my my mom and say, "Okay, I there's. something out there that's going on. that's going that's bigger than us than. I can comprehend." And the way I kind of. to make sense of it for myself because I. have to make sense of it is if you're a. baby laying in a bassinet and you can. smell and you can breathe and you can. poop and you can eat and you can sleep.

and giggle and but I can talk to you. I. can talk to but the baby can't. understand me. But there's some. transmission of connection, you know, make it giggle. at this stage. Am I the baby in the. bassinet. and my sister's trying to talk to me and. like I'm just kind of getting it, but. I'm not. But it is that. possible. The older I get, the more I. start to buy into there's got to be. something else. There's no way it can be. all.

this and not be something more. We. didn't just It just didn't vaporize go. away. So the other day, maybe six months. ago, sit in a hot tub. I had to have my. routine of hot sauna, cold plunge, hot. tub, infrared. I do all that. But I'm. sitting there and I keep getting this. thing. I got to call this medium. lady. And I text her and I said, "Hey, can I.

come see you?" And she goes, "Yeah." She. goes, "You uh your dad's been your dad's. been hitting me up quite a bit. Your. dad's on that dad wants to talk to you.". Your dead dad? My dead dad. He's been hitting her up to get in touch. with me to make Does she know that your. father's dead? She knows my dad. Yeah, she knew my dad's dead. But the point. was, and there was more intricacies. about it,

but she said, "Yeah, he's been talking. about," he goes, she goes, "Were you. just in Mexico?" said, "Yeah, you do. something about him in Mexico. Something. about an owl. There's no way in a. million years she would know this." An. owl. Yeah. That my dad comes back as an. owl. That's what he said he was going to. be as an owl. This is what he was saying to her. To. me, to you? Yeah. This is before he. died. Before he died, he said, "I'm.

going to come back as an owl." Owl was. the thing. Wise guy. Okay. Owls are dumb as [ __ ] I don't know. I've been crazy. I don't know that I've. never seen They smarter than me. They. scared the [ __ ] out of me. No, they're. really dumb birds. That's great. That's. my dad. We're talking about things like. No, I'm not saying your dad's dumb. I'm. just saying it's weird that we all have. this idea of owls being wise. I talked. to this lady who trains birds. She said. the dumb dumbest birds. It's like the. only dumber than them is emus. She like. emos are dumb as [ __ ] I just saw emus.

on a ranch yesterday. She's but she's. like we have this idea that owls are. really smart. Well, whatever whatever. the case is. I hung up a stained glass. owl where my dad used to sit in our. house in. Mexico. No way. You know that there's no. way. So I don't know. I'm not cheating. appreciate there's something bigger. going on there. Have you ever heard of. the. telep guys [ __ ] crazy, but it's it. really is my I there's got to be.

something else. Have you ever heard of. the telepathy tapes? No. The telepathy. tapes are um the this podcast this woman. put together from her work with. non-verbal autistic kids and their. families. non-verbal autistic kids and their. mothers in particular have an incredible. measurable psychic bond where the mother. can be in another room. The mother can. look at images, the kid will be able to. write down what the mother sees. The. mother could uh be reading things and.

the child will write down what she's. reading. And it turns out these kids. have uh abilities that are. unexplainable. Um, she documentary she. documented a non-verbal autistic kid who. had the ability to read. hieroglyphs. They have the ability to. read languages that they've never. studied. It is very strange. And that. they all meet up on some place called. the hill. Psychically they meet up. together and they all describe it. So.

some place psychically where all these. nonverbal autistic kids get together. Yeah. Like, so this documentary, the. telepathy tapes, is like very well. researched, like what they're doing. They made sure they covered up any. reflective surfaces. There was they. checked everybody for wires. They. scanned the room for any device that. could possibly transmit information. There was nothing. And these children. were able to do this like 100% of the.

time. This is it's it's a real. documented phenomenon that a lot of. people were reluctant to believe in, you. know, because it's one of those things. You believe in it, oh, you believe in. [ __ ] fairy tales, superstition [ __ ]. you're you're a sucker. But no, it's. real. There's there's some sort of a. bond that exists. And the more people. that I've talked to about this think. that this is it's not that this is an. emerging phenomenon in human beings, but. it's a neglected.

aspect of our senses of awareness. because of language and because of. media. We're being exposed to things all. the time. So we we've kind of let that. part of our brain atrophy. But that's. intuition. That's when you know things. about someone. You meet someone you know. they're full of [ __ ] You know, some. people you meet them and like right away. like get me the [ __ ] away from this guy. You know what I mean? Like there's you. feel their their spirit. They you feel. somebody's energy, right? Yeah. But it's. there's something real to that. And if.

you're in tune to it, you'll live a. better life because you'll make better. decisions because that you'll feel that. energy and you'll go, I see where this. is going. I've had this with Yeah. This. thing has been going on. So, it was. funny cuz when I said to the medium, I. said, "I'm. here," "Where's my. sister?" she said, "Oh, she just she. doesn't need to talk to you." I said, "What the f?" I said, "I just made this. whole thing to come here." She said, "She talks to you every day. She talks. to you all the time." Because I was.

raising her kid. My parents, you lived. with my mom and dad lived right next. door to us. Lori and I have the two. boys, Hunter and Ryder, but we're all. big family and within the same. acre. And I'm then I'm like, "Wow, it is. happening." I I do I get all these. things because I'm thinking about things. I'm talking to Jules about and things. I'm working with Jules about as a young. boy and just all these things that and a. lot of it coming from things I think of. my sister and I don't know I I I this is. way outside of the spectrum of anything.

I ever talk about. Yeah. I mean, I tell. my close friends about it, and probably. people are watching this now saying, "Isn't that guy that does the show about. the pizza? Where's he coming off on this. on this talking to his dad, the owl, the. nonsmart bird?" But it I believe Well, we've seen the stories about somebody. that's autistic and then they could just. hear a song and play the piano. Yes. I. mean, that's not hocus pocus. That's not. fake stuff there. This is really our. brains are so much more powerful. Yeah. Then you know then we it's like talking.

to people from I have a buddy of mine. that's from from Germany. He speaks four. languages. He's a pretty smart guy but he speaks. four languages. They they all get taught. English in school while they get taught. German from a young age from like first. grade. Yeah. So they all you know most. of them all know how to speak a second. language. But once you can learn a. language and learn the, you know, how to. adapt to languages, you have the. opportunity to, you know, be more, you. know, available to learn other. languages. I I just, you sit there and. look at it and go, man, do we do we not.

utilize how much of it do we use? Yeah, we distract ourselves a lot of nonsense. But that's also like the difference. between like an athlete and a sedentary. person. Like obviously your body can do. a lot more than you're asking of it, you. know? But there's something about. autistic kids. They tap into some aspect. of the brain that's just unavailable to. you and I. Like there's this one kid who. flew over Manhattan in a helicopter and. then did a absolutely picture perfect. detailed drawing of the.

skyline just from memory me photo. Yeah. And you watch him draw it. You're like. this is insane. And then you see the. actual photo of the skyline. You're like. how how here it is. This. kid. I mean, this is incredible, man. So, this kid's Look at that. How insane. is that? Flying over one time. From. [ __ ] memory. Just from. memory. I mean, this is incredible, man.

Look at. this. It's so nuts, man. like he. remembers everything he saw and then. he's drawing it and he's just Joe. He's. not drawing a picture. He's drawing a. He's doing a billboard. Yeah, he's not. not It's a huge thing and he's doing. every [ __ ] window, man. This kid. remembers everything. It's nuts. I work with a program called Best.

Buddies. Ever heard of it? working with. intellectually disabled adults and kids. Had a cousin with intellectual. disabilities. I just thought everybody. had a cousin that was, you know, a. little different, a little unique. And. super major part of our family, Doug. And so I heard about I learned about. this uh program, Best Buddies, and it. was started by Anthony Shrivever, who's. unique uh Ununice Shrivever's son. Uni. Shrivever started the Special. Olympics. And Sergeant Shrivever was the. start of the SEC, you know, the.

Shrivever, Kennedys, that whole group. Do you know who I'm speaking of? So. anyhow, I work with this program and I. work with these intellectually disabled. adults and kids called Best Buddies. And. when I got involved, it was Tom Brady. hosting a celebrity football game at. Harvard and everybody would come and get. involved and the buddies that were. athletic would participate and I was. just there to because I was invited to. go. So I had to do something. So I. cooked. I made appetizers for the event. and it was so funny how these buddies. would gravitate towards me and they.

wanted to cook. You know, food's that. common denominator of all people. And so. we really have developed the program. into this best buddies program where we. got all the buddies partnering with. chefs and the buddies love to do the. repetitive mode. Love to things that are. laid out, organized and put them. together and so forth. But just an. amazing group of people and huge hearts. and huge energy and. huge never a bad day, always a smile,

always happy, always want to give you a. hug. You know, there's just so many. But. again, when we were talking about things. that get glazed over, things that get, you know, you had school, you had the. special ed group and they went off to. their space. And we never we never. really I think educated people how to. work inside or work with or understand. or have the compassion to understand you. know people with disabilities. And. fortunately I think we're getting better. at it. I think our country is our world. is starting to but you know when we can. look at that and take that appreciation. and see that and not see that as weird.

but take that and appreciate it and. think it and say wow. Yeah. You know. here's somebody that's taking a. difficulty or a major difficulty and. doing something with it. And I think. that's we need to be more we need to. open our minds up more to that stuff. There's a lot well we don't really. understand all that the mind is capable. of. When you see someone do something. like that you're like why is that. available to an autistic kid and not. available to everyone else? Like what is. it about that? Like what is it about. whatever he's missing in his ability to.

communicate or I don't know if he's. non-verbal. I don't know what that young. man's um issues are in particular, but. clearly there's something that doesn't. work well. So, something else works in. an extraordinary way. And this is a. thing with like some of them that are. just geniuses when it comes to music or. mathematics or whatever it is. Like it's. like the the brain has this insane. potential in all sorts of weird ways.

Which brings us back to like how much. how much of the problem is like what. we're distracting our brains with every. day and what kind of fuel are you um. feeding your brain? You're feeding your. brain a bunch of [ __ ] and nonsense. and gossip and you know negativity and. how much we not paying attention to. How. much we not pay paying attention to. because like like I was just saying when. that now becomes because we can. chronicle it and we can see the video of. it and it gets on social media and we. can be aware of it. There's the positive.

side of social media, but there's so. many of these buddies like this young. lady got up and sang the other day at. this. event and you know very. non-communicative and when you just see. her on the but once she got on stage she. just blossomed into this you know this. other person. So I think that we're. hopefully starting to take some. recognition to the fact that there's. more potential and it should be. recognized. Yeah, it's it's trippy. It. is trippy. It's it's it's trippy when.

you see these. savants and you you wonder like what is. it about them that makes them so. extraordinary and is this like is this. going to be more people like that in the. future? Like obviously cavemen couldn't. do that but these people could do that. Is there this going to be more people. like that in the future? Will there be. more. sants? You know like where where is the. like the human species headed? But then. do we have some of these people that we. don't call them sants or so but there's. some people that have invented some [ __ ].

and created some stuff and took some. recognition some awareness to you know. bacteria's becoming you know Louis. Pastor I mean there there's some people. that have some some higher thinking. power that you've taken us down some. paths that you know it's like the. computer and all of that that was I mean. I I I can lose you can I you can lose. yourself in it that somebody was able to. I do it with with architecture When I. look at a building and you look at these. gigantic skyscrapers and I'm happy when.

I can build a woodshed that's that's. square, you know, that everything lines. up correctly, but somebody's going to do. this out of steel and cement and glass. and all this thing and they just build. that and it's perfect. And you just look. at that and go, "Wow, what goes on in. their mind?" Cuz I'll make you a really. good pasta dish right now, you know? Well, there's a place for everybody in. this world. That's the thing. It's like. whatever their personality is, the way. their mind works, it's suited to. architecture. Yours is suited to food, some suited to music. There's some.

people that are, you know, comedic. geniuses. There's some people that are. artistic geniuses. It's like, that's the. beautiful thing about life. It's the. most difficult thing for young people is. to find the correct path. And the worst. thing is when you're on the wrong path. and you just live a life of suffering. and you wish you were doing something. else. That's the saddest thing to me is. someone who really wants to do something. else. I mean, that's the classic song, right? That's sing us a song, you're the. piano man. It's it's fostering. So, what. I try to do with when I speak to young.

kids or classrooms or schools or. whatever I do, I say, quit chasing the. dollar. Quit quit looking at it. thinking, I want to make the money. I. Right. I just say the first thing I say. to them, what makes you happy? Right? What do you enjoy? Because if you enjoy. it, it's not a job. If you enjoy it, you'll be able to put so much more time. and energy into it without being tired. You know, go be your best self and go. find what you love in life. And if you. do that, it's going to come. See, the.

ability to survive, the ability to live. and have a house, it will come to you. Now, that's not to say just because you. love art means that you're going to be. Picasso tomorrow and you're going to do. it. You might have to actually go put in. some hard work and take an art class. You know, you're gonna have to do some. [ __ ] But you got to And that's the. other thing we're missing. Hard work. Yeah. Let's remember that. Yeah. Anybody. says that there's no such thing as nine. toive job. I work every single day all. the time. I mean, if I'm having fun, if. I'm out, you know, ripping it up, I'm at.

stage, I'm having fun, but it's always. going to be work. It's always coming. back to taking care of business. Um, but. I I just think that when people start. getting lost with that, one of the. things I hope that the nucleus around. these kids is that we foster. imagination, foster critical thinking, back to what we were saying, and foster. them into achieving their goals, help. them write goals, help them have belief. You know, we can't just set them away. They're getting lost in their phone and.

believing that they're going to be a Tik. Tok star. Yeah, that's a problem. That's. a problem that when you ask kids like. what do they want to do? A large. percentage of them just want to be. famous because they see these famous. people and they see like that guy's got. a Ferrari. Look at that guy's got a big. house. Is it mind-blowing though? It's. mind-blowing. It's f and it's such a. false reality. Yeah. But it's also a. reality for some people. So, it's like. what they're looking for. And it's also. the thing that they're getting on their.

phone all day long. They're getting. people who are doing it and you can do. it. You know what's a really crazy. statistic? 10% of girls that are between. 18 and I think like 25 are on Only Fans. What? Yeah. One out of 10 girls are. posing on Only Fans. And here it gets. even crazier. I think it's something.

like. the number of like what's the percentage. of men that are subscribing to only. fans? I think it's 80 million. I think there's going to pull up in 10. seconds. Can I call him for research by. the way? Sure. I think that there's like. 160 million men in this country and 80. million of them are on only fans or. subscribing to Only. Fans. Yeah. I've seen some of the stats.

Literally like 50% of the men of a. certain age are subscribing to Only Fans. and 10% of the girls are involved in. being models. Let's see what I see. So. the the number you said about 10% checks. out, but it's like it's using stats says. there's 1.2 million women aged 18 to 24. on only fans and there are approximately. 10 million women that age in America. So. yeah, 10%.

Uh, and then 10% of the girls are. showing their body and doing things on. Only Fans for money. I got 82 million. men are reported to subscribe to Only. Fans. Might be overstated. U, but this also weirdly says that the. platform had 1.2 million American women. So that's almost all of them are 18 to. 24. There's 200. And this also says. there's three million registered. creators. So I don't know who the other. one point probably over 24 or dudes or.

dudes. Yeah, that's right. There's dudes. that do it, too. Yeah, there's not. It. would be more dudes than women on there. That's That's kind of crazy. Can I take. a piss? Yeah. Well, let's just We going. to wrap this up. We're doing wrap this. up. I'm We got to wrap it up soon. We're. doing it 2 hours and 40 minutes. I don't. [ __ ] want to go anywhere. This is. [ __ ] awesome. If you would, by the. way, congratulations on Thank you. I I've. listened and I and I applaud you. I. think that you read yourself, read your. body, read your mind, tell you, you. know, I heard you talking about it. I. think that, you know, people need to.

listen to themselves and, you know, see. how it makes them feel and say. I I talk. about people what they eat and how it. makes them feel. But, um, no, that's a. that's a big uh No, I I think this is. weird. It's like we don't There's so. many other I was going to pick your. brain about the dark web because that's. another thing that I just sit there and. go, what is back? I don't even want to. know what's behind that door. You don't. want to know. And I don't want to know. what's behind that door. And it cuz I. started talking to that that tech. security people. Um but it's like this. old fan stuff. I mean I don't even want.

to know about it. I don't even want to. the darkness of the human soul. It. exists always. And for a lot of these. girls it's like they just don't want to. have a regular job and then they get. caught up in this only fans thing and. then a lot of money living in. perpetuity. Yeah. I know you want talk. about letting that one. Let that one. ride for you cuz people were screen. grabbing that stuff and people recording. that stuff and it's Yeah. Yeah. Good. luck on that one. I know. And it's just. like nobody's telling them that when. they're young. They're not getting. raised properly unfortunately for the.

little bit of scratch you're getting now. and then how that affects you in your. life later. I mean it's Yeah, we need. it's I'm not you know I don't have the. answer for it but I really think that I. was talking about making a contribution. to your community. You know, I remember. how much how many parents used to come. to the classroom and help in the. classroom when I was a you a kid. I. don't know if that still happens. I. don't know what goes on, but this. mentorship program I I ran into a guy. the other day with it was a big brother. Big Brother big sister program and I was. just so it was great to meet him. I'm.

like, tell me about it, man. Like, you're doing that. I didn't even know. the program exists anymore. That's. awesome. So there's there's things like. that that I just hope we still remember. that we had some really core. fundamentals. Doesn't mean our era was. right or that we didn't do it without. failure. We didn't do it without our. issues, you know, as we were speaking. But I really hope that uh we continue to. believe in ourselves because we can. write the ship, man. Yeah. There's. always going to be good in this world. and there's always going to be evil and. you got to kind of like battle it out.

That's that's part of what life is. about. And the unfortunate thing is that. a lot of that evil is why you appreciate. the good, you know, and the good is. there to show people that there's. another path. Yeah. Well, I back to the. beginning of, you know, you're not. political. You're I mean, you've got. your PL, but the positivity and the. conversation that goes on, John. Krosinski during co um I did his show.

He had this really cool podcast or I. don't know what exactly you call the. shows. Did you see it? It was all the. right. It was about It was a whole. pause. Oh, it was a great It was a great. God, I can't think of the name of it. It. was an acronym. It was like all positive. stuff or something along those lines. Helped me raise some money. I was. raising money for restaurant workers. And we just need more positive noise. We. need more positive message. Yeah. And. people need to take make a decision in. their own mind that they want to. accentuate the positive aspects of their. own life and stop dwelling on the.

negative and move forward and try to be. a positive influence in as many ways as. they can. You're doing it, man. You're. here. You set the example. What a Thank. you for having me. My pleasure. I've. looked forward to this really long time. I think that my my three boys are. getting more of a kick out of this than. anybody in the world. Oh, hi to them. Yeah. Thanks to you. appreciate you. Thanks for being here and thank you for. the cigars. It's very nice with cigars. Thank you. I will tell when. All right. Tell me whenever I can help. Yes, sir. All right. Thank you. All right. Bye,

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