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Appearances
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Break up Google, Starbucks CEO out, Kamala’s price controls, Boeing disaster, Kursk offensive
That's a great quote. Winston Churchill is strong.
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Break up Google, Starbucks CEO out, Kamala’s price controls, Boeing disaster, Kursk offensive
I'd like to hang with that dude. That's a guy I would like to hang out with.
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Break up Google, Starbucks CEO out, Kamala’s price controls, Boeing disaster, Kursk offensive
And then, Sax, what about Nord Stream, what we just found out about Nord Stream?
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Break up Google, Starbucks CEO out, Kamala’s price controls, Boeing disaster, Kursk offensive
None of them are buttons. None of them are buttons.
Code Story
S9 E26: Sanjay Nagaraj, Traceable AI
So I've been working on my authorization service, and it's totally sweet. It's only taken me six months to build it. Just six months. I started implementing some basic RBAC library, but that wasn't enough, obviously. So I designed relationship-based, fine-grained authorization for the highest security possible.
Code Story
S9 E26: Sanjay Nagaraj, Traceable AI
And then, to make it super fast, I used a GPU tower, running in my mom's basement, of course, connected via optic cable to a bare metal server at my local esports lounge. Permissions, restrictions, and admin. Nailed it.
Criminal
Into the Vault
Chucky had escaped from Walpole and was in Providence, Rhode Island. Providence in the 70s was kind of down and dirty. This is Wayne Wooster. He was a reporter for the Providence Journal at the time.
Criminal
Into the Vault
I would smell that smell in the morning, but not knowing where it was coming from. Right. And all of a sudden, I said, I wonder if the whole world's smelling. Not knowing it was just St. James Parish. It would smell so bad.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So they then also need to decide how far or close to the wall to start digging from. Because if they start digging too far away from the wall, it will just be too long. It will take them too long. If they dig too close, then they'll be too close to the border guards. And then they need the soil to be of a certain type of soil. If it's too soft, then it will fall in. So they start driving around.
Criminal
Under the Wall
They get a van. They're driving around. They're looking at all these different sites.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And he doesn't buy it. He guesses what they're up to. But it turns out he is a former East German factory owner. And he says, you can use my cellar. You can use the water and electricity. And that's how their first part of their plan gets going. They, one night, take this group of tools to this cellar and it starts up in exactly the way you might imagine.
Criminal
Under the Wall
They draw a circle on the floor and they start digging down. They have to dig to a certain depth. It's about as deep as a mini car. And once they get to that depth, they know they can start digging along towards East Berlin. So you have one digger hacking out the clay. You have another one shoving pieces of wood into the walls. And then you have Joachim, who's this real whiz kid.
Criminal
Under the Wall
He loves inventing things. So he eventually gets a cart and he puts it along rails so they can start putting earth into the cart and whizzing it back to the cellar. And he is constantly problem solving. So once they start getting quite a way down along into under the ground towards East Berlin, it's very dark at the front. So he rigs up a lighting system.
Criminal
Under the Wall
They also then have a problem with fresh air. So he connects 160 different bits of pipe to bring fresh air down to the front. He even, I think, one of my favorite things he does is he goes to an old US Army store at one point and he finds this old World War II telephone.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So he puts one end right at the front of the tunnel and the other one back in the cellar so that when the digger is at the front and they've got a cart full of earth, they can ring back into the cellar and the digger knows to pull the cart back. Could you stand up in it? No. So I crawled inside a replica of this tunnel and it sort of felt like being inside a coffin.
Criminal
Under the Wall
You know, they're 30 metres under and when you're inside, there was only space for me to crawl. You can't stand up in there. So Joachim would lie on his back, dig out some earth, put it along this cart and the cart would be pulled back into the tunnel. So it was incredibly claustrophobic.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And of course, what made it all the more claustrophobic was the tunnel is so close to the surface of the ground that he knows he can't talk. He can't make any noise because the border guards have listening devices that they put on the ground. And when they hear sounds of digging, they're known to open these holes and throw in dynamite. So he lies there. He can hear the sound of his breathing.
Criminal
Under the Wall
He has to switch the air off. There's no talking. He can even hear the sounds of people walking above him.
Criminal
Under the Wall
The commanders who were in charge of this had no idea that they were about to do this until that evening when they opened these envelopes, these secret envelopes, and they'd given their instructions. And in the dead of night, at around one in the morning, this operation begins. The street lamps are switched off. They don't want anyone to see what's about to happen.
Criminal
Under the Wall
They agreed to give them $7,500 if the diggers let them film the whole thing in real time. So it's sort of the birth of reality TV.
Criminal
Under the Wall
No. So the whole thing was shrouded in secrecy. They had separate accountants outside NBC, and they hire these two West German brothers, Peter and Klaus Demmel, who then go to the tunnel once they start digging it every day with this tiny little camera that's so small it can only hold two minutes of film at a time. And so it's this incredibly secret process which the U.S.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And that's when they discover that there's another tunnel that they can use that's been abandoned. And they realize that this could be their next great chance to help people escape. So they set a date to try their first escape attempt.
Criminal
Under the Wall
You have around 80 people in East Berlin who are all walking towards this tunnel. They're walking towards the cottage. Meanwhile, Joachim Rudolph and his friends are crawling down the tunnel. You also have NBC filming from over the wall. And the diggers, they've got pistols. and an old World War II machine gun. So they crawl through the tunnel until they get to this cottage.
Criminal
Under the Wall
They hack through the floor with an axe and a saw. And there's this moment where Joachim hears a woman screaming.
Criminal
Under the Wall
There's incredible footage where you see the Stasi taking off their shoes to the diggers. They don't want the diggers to hear them.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And that's the point where Joachim suddenly sees someone creeping outside the window. And there's this extraordinary moment I read about in the files where the Stasi are just about to go in and arrest or shoot. But they suddenly hear Joachim and his friends talking about the machine gun. And now at this point, the Stasi only have Kalashnikovs, which are no match for the machine gun.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And you have soldiers driving across these border points, pulling out coils of barbed wire.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So they wait for backup. Joachim finally realizes what's going on. And he and his friends crawl back through the tunnel.
Criminal
Under the Wall
It's now dry. And they decide to give it one more shot. And they set a date for a month from that failed escape attempt, so they set a date the 14th of September.
Criminal
Under the Wall
They have managed to find a tower and a building block overlooking the wall, which has an incredible vantage point so they can film everything.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Streets cut off, train stations cut off. It cut through graveyards. It cut churches off from the gardens of the people who would go to those churches. There were some streets like Bernauerstrasse which were cut right down the middle.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And there are three separate signals. She has to order coffee in one, matches in another, water in another. And that's how the group of escapees in each pub will know that the tunnel is ready.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So you have these groups of families. You have kids, toddlers, babies. And the crawl itself is about 120 meters. So it takes about 12 minutes to crawl through. And remember, this tunnel has sprung a leak. So as they're crawling, the water is getting higher and higher. And the footage of this moment is just extraordinary.
Criminal
Under the Wall
She's terrified as she's crawling, so one of the diggers is carrying her baby behind her. She's on her hands and her knees, and the camera, the NBC camera crew, is pointing to the mouth of the tunnel, and you suddenly see a hand appear through the tunnel, holding a purse. And then you suddenly see this woman, a very beautiful woman in a black dress, appear through the tunnel. Her tights are torn.
Criminal
Under the Wall
She... crawls out and she gets to the ladder and halfway up the ladder she collapses and one of the diggers catches her and manages to to take her up the rest of the way and over the next hour you see person after person come through and i think one of the most extraordinary moments is the moment when one of the diggers is is helping out a woman and the woman hands him a baby
Criminal
Under the Wall
And as she hands him this baby, this digger looks at the woman and realizes it's his wife. And the baby that she's carrying is his child, who he hasn't seen ever before because the wall went up as she was pregnant and he escaped, but she didn't make it. So it's the first time he's ever seen his baby. And the camera captures everything.
Criminal
Under the Wall
No, and they were livid. So you see this moment sort of about a week later when a border guard discovers a pushchair outside this house and they investigate and discover this escape tunnel that is still mostly being submerged by water, but there's still enough evidence of it there. And you can see from the way they talk about in these Darcy files just how embarrassed they are
Criminal
Under the Wall
the number of people that managed to crawl through without them knowing anything about it.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And when people wake up, they come out onto the streets, and you can see in some of these extraordinary photos from the time the shock on their faces. You have families suddenly divided. There are photographs, extraordinary pictures of mothers holding up babies to wave to their husbands on the other side, and people completely baffled as to what's happened.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And there is fury amongst other journalists, partly because a lot of them had wanted to do the same thing, but the State Department had said absolutely not.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And the New York Times run an article saying that NBC had helped build the tunnel. The East German government says the film is an attack on them. The West Berlin Senate even says the film has to be dropped. And the State Department then call NBC in for a meeting and say they have to drop the film. But four months later, the controversy dies down. And the State Department agrees to show it.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And so at 8.30 in the evening, people get their TV dinners ready, they're sitting on their sofas, and people in 18 million homes watch it.
Criminal
Under the Wall
These are ordinary people, not trained or accustomed to risk. What must they be leaving to risk this?
Criminal
Under the Wall
In the US, it had a huge impact in that it suddenly shone a spotlight onto a story that so many people had found it hard to connect with. Because so much of the Cold War was actually about inaction, you know, inaction against the constant threat of nuclear annihilation. And so whenever they would see footage of it, it was often tanks sitting there.
Criminal
Under the Wall
But here, suddenly, you had this human story, something that humanized it. and made this issue that seemed so very far away feel personal and relevant. And of course, then, only five months later, President Kennedy goes to Berlin and makes his very, very famous speech.
Criminal
Under the Wall
We don't know if the film itself helped to engineer that trip, but I think it definitely changed the way in which people in the US thought about Berlin and the Cold War.
Criminal
Under the Wall
All, all free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words, Ich bin ein Berliner.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Yes, but in much smaller numbers because too many other tunnels were intercepted. There were some truly horrific incidents of people trying to dig similar tunnels and coming face to face with border guards in the tunnel and being killed underground. And people tried other things.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Until 1989, every year the Berlin Wall would get stronger and stronger until the point where very few people would even attempt to escape.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So this is a very beautiful part of the story, which is that the escape tunnel that he digs eventually brings him a family.
Criminal
Under the Wall
You might expect that the minute someone escaped into West Berlin, they would be so relieved to escape this authoritarian country that they would create their own life and not look back. But the irony is that a lot of people did then want to help other people. And when I asked Joachim why he wanted to help other people escape, people that he didn't even know...
Criminal
Under the Wall
He said, well, what you have to understand was that we had been brought up in East Germany to think of everyone as brothers, as part of our family. So when he escaped into West Berlin, the idea that you would just forget people you'd left behind, even people that weren't your friends, he said that was completely out of the question.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And so there was a real irony, I think, that the very values that East Germany had encouraged in its citizens... helped to then undermine the country when those people, having escaped, helped other people to escape too.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And they tell him about a group of friends who were trying to help people escape. And they want it to be the biggest escape since the wall went up.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So here he is, he's 22 years old, his whole life ahead of him. He has so many reasons to say no. But he says yes, and that's how it all begins. I'm Phoebe Judge.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Germany's defeated, and the countries that defeated it were arguing over who should run it. So they divide it very crudely. The Soviet Union gets one half, Britain, the U.S., and France get the other. And then they divide Berlin, the capital.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Russians were really turning Berlin and East Berlin into their city. You know, the minute that the East and West were divided, clocks were changed in East Germany to Soviet time. You had Soviet musicians flown in, teachers, you know, you had a whole line of teachers who would be sacked and new ones put in place. And the propaganda started very early.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So you had two-year-olds who were taught the principles of communism through communal potty breaks. Questions were discouraged. Rebellious kids were sent to juvenile correction facilities. So it was a full, a whole scale reimagining of a national political identity.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Hurricane Helene has caused tens of billions of dollars in damages. Hurricane Milton could be even worse. And insurance companies are jacking up prices all across the country.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Exactly. It's these two incredibly different worlds. And I think what made that so extraordinary was just that you could wander from one side to the other and be back again in the same day. And a lot of people in East Berlin, their jobs or their lives were still in West Berlin, but then they would go home at the end of the day.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And for all those years, since 1945 right up to 1961, people could cross the border whenever they liked. But the problem soon came when the communist government in the East realized that millions of people were leaving East Germany and just never coming back. They were fed up with life under a communist dictatorship, and they wanted a better life in the West.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Its job was very simple. Its job was to keep the party in power. And they had this idea of trying to find you, trying to find troublemakers before you carried out a crime. It was all about trying to stop things happening. And the only way you could do that was through information. And so their job was to know everything about everyone.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And most importantly, they trained up hundreds of thousands of people to become informants. So some people think around one in six people were informing for the Stasi. They were called, rather poetically, the breathing organs of the Stasi. People in churches or hospitals or schools or knitting clubs, even in the police.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So they would know about what you were planning because your friend or your neighbor had informed on you, or perhaps even your child.
Criminal
Under the Wall
This week on Unexplainable, as the world keeps getting warmer and storms keep getting worse, Is our future uninsurable? There's a breaking point coming. Follow Unexplainable for new episodes every Wednesday.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And these tanks plow into protesters. People are crushed under the wheels. Dozens of people are killed. Thousands are thrown into secret prisons. Hundreds of people executed. And so that was the very first anti-Soviet uprising in Eastern Europe. And it ended so horrifically that there wouldn't be another one for another 30 years.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Yeah. And when you look at the numbers of people who left every year, it was after 1953 that they suddenly skyrocket. That was the moment that for so many people, it becomes too much. Everyone has their breaking point. And for a lot of people, that's theirs.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So Walter Ulbricht, who was the leader of East Germany, makes this extraordinary decision. If he can't persuade people to stay in the East, they'll just shut the border and lock them in. So he comes up with this plan to build a wall.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Yeah, I mean, when you look at the photos and the footage of that first day, you see some people very quickly, desperately just leaping over the barbed wire because back then it was just a sort of crude, crudely built barbed wire stretched between concrete posts. So people could just jump over the barbed wire and that's what they did in some of those early days.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And you then had East German police trying to pull them back. You also had people in West Berlin who were suddenly separated from family in East Berlin, driving up to the border on motorbikes, throwing stones and West Berlin pulling them back. And you then have, over the next few days, this wall was gradually fortified. So concrete slabs brought up to the wall. It was made stronger.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So you had some people who would smash through the wall in dump trucks. There was a couple who swam with their three-year-old baby in a bathtub along the river and You even had people who would walk up to the top of their houses, which were on Bernauer Strasse, which was a street which was cut in half by the Berlin Wall.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And they would quite literally throw themselves out of the window because one half of their house looked out onto West Berlin. And you would have them, they would often write down the date and the time when they were planning on jumping. They would throw the piece of paper down to the streets of West Berlin, hoping that people would then turn up with mattresses on the other side.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And there's an extraordinary piece of footage where a woman had climbed out of one of these windows and she was dangling down. Out of it, the East German police run up one side and they're pulling on her arms and people in West Berlin are pulling on her legs and she manages to escape. But you also then have the very tragic cases.
Criminal
Under the Wall
So there was a woman called Ida Sieckmann who jumped out of her window and there was no mattress and she dies. And you have a man called Gunther Litwin who was a 24-year-old tailor. He tries to swim across the river Spree and he's shot by transport police. So very quickly, those first rather chaotic escapes soon stop and people realize they need to come up with better plans.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Noelle, the election is nigh. It sure is. Can you name all the swing states? Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and is it Virginia?
Criminal
Under the Wall
I mean, I think it's arguable. Let's just say I'm kind of right. Let's give me partial credit.
Criminal
Under the Wall
Oh, it sounds like I should listen. What are we doing, like history lessons?
Criminal
Under the Wall
Okay, so you're saying if you listen to Today Explained's seven episodes on the seven swing states between now and the election, you are going to be ready for whatever comes on November 5th. There you go. Today Explained, wherever you listen. We drop in the afternoons, Monday to Friday.
Criminal
Under the Wall
He taught me about growing up playing hide-and-seek in bombed-out buildings and finding bits of unexploded shrapnel and throwing them onto tram tracks.
Criminal
Under the Wall
He doesn't want to leave. But then there's this moment where he's at university, and this is about a few weeks after the wall goes up. And he picks up a newspaper. And in that newspaper is a list of everyone who has been turning their radio aerials to the West. Because the only way you could listen to radio from the West was to climb onto your roof and tune the aerial to the West.
Criminal
Under the Wall
But of course, Albrecht didn't want people listening to this. So he made it a criminal offence to consume Western news, which is why they then made a list of everyone who was doing that in the newspaper. And that was the moment for Joachim where he suddenly saw himself, this 22-year-old, in a country where you can't listen to what you want or watch what you want or say what you want.
Criminal
Under the Wall
He really struggles in West Berlin. You know, he's grown up in this country where you have communal potty breaks, to suddenly living in West Berlin where you can do what you want, whenever you want. And like a lot of people who then will move to another country, he was desperate to find other people from East Germany who were living in West Berlin. And he does.
Criminal
Under the Wall
And essentially, they need to find somewhere safe that they can dig from. And two, they need tools because they can't use machines. They need to avoid the water pipes because there have been a few tunnels dug by this time that have collapsed. There have been diggers who've been drowned in the mud because the Berlin water table is pretty high.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
The dolphin is the lead singer in every dubstep song that you sent me.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
Yeah, well, I went through Skrillex's songs and this is the dolphin I found in Skrillex. That is a dolphin song.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
And when I hear a dolphin in a song, the biggest grin comes on my face, and I actually try to sing along with it, barking and chirping.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
Or what about putting a decoy USB drive in, but it's really a trap? If somebody goes to grab it, they get electric shock.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
So part of keeping it from leaking is changing this manager's password or deleting it out of there or something, right?
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
I got to have a hero that I want to cheer for and I don't know what to do.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
If I say, oh, I have backdoor access to box.com, you're thinking, oh, wow, you've got some malware planted and reverse SSH shell.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
Not gonna touch that. But I will stop Spintire from getting back in here.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
Oh, wow, that's an interesting method. But you're like, hmm. I think I'll hack into Diplo's Dropbox to learn on my own. Thanks, I'm good. It's quite a different path to learning.
Darknet Diaries
148: Dubsnatch
There's an elephant there, right? But right there was, that's the dolphin.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Ryan Reynolds here for Mint Mobile. With the price of just about everything going up during inflation, we thought we'd bring our prices down. So to help us, we brought in a reverse auctioneer, which is apparently a thing. Give it a try at mintmobile.com slash switch.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But I love them big, too muscular, and especially white hair and hairbrush. Yeah, the Nazi, right?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I had my mouth full. I stole sausages in a choup-à-choups cartable. There was a transparent pocket in the cartable at the front. There were choup-à-choups in it to make you want to buy, of course. With a girlfriend. We had cut the little thing in plastic. And you know, really, it was the stupidest thing of my life, you know.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
We put three sausages in it, we still had some left, so that you can't see it. And really, you know, we passed the porticoes by sweating big drops like that, saying, it's going to ring, it's going to ring. While obviously, no, there's not two in each sausage, you know. That was my biggest fear. But on the other hand, I had one where...
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
In Colo, I was with the Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses de France for years, without uniform and religion, the best holidays of my life. But there was a time when we were still going to camp for 3-4 days without an animator. And so we said to ourselves, we're going to camp at the nautical base. They said, okay, camp at the nautical base, if you bathe, you stay in the bathhouse to watch.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
There was a huge rock a little bit after the bath to watch. And we thought to ourselves, oh, it's good, we go under the barrier and we're going to jump from the rock and we're going to do that. So we go in groups, we do that, we play. And on the way back, there are a few who didn't swim very well. And who, on the way back with fatigue and everything, panicked.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And so, at the moment of passing under the barrier, there is one who has really lost all his means. You know, when you fight for your survival and you don't think at all. He got caught in another girl. And so, they were sinking together. And really, with another friend, we tried to carry them on our shoulders while swimming. But we didn't have feet, you know, terrifying.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I really remember moving forward, seeing the level of the water rise, and saying... That's how I die, it's bad. And suddenly, you know, I was looking for the bottom with my feet. Suddenly, I felt it and I was like, wow. And there, my father.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And we were super yelled at because the adults were very, very scared. And in fact, it was them who had made a mistake. But anyway, so they yelled at us at the height at which they were afraid.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
You were talking about saving the sticks. No, it was just to say how Alex was the same as me.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I tried because I was told... I don't know, for the skin apparently. And not for running?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
The last time I came to the Floodcast, there was a news like that, from a surgeon who had made the concierge intervene.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But without general anesthesia. You know, you have anesthesia, you just have a itch that hurts, but then you don't hurt yourself, but you feel like it's working.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And then I turned my head and they were like, yeah, that's exactly where you feel that it's trafficking. It's not very pleasant.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And you take care of it, it's your comfort surgery, to be honest. But a general anaesthesia where you're in the pate for a whole day or more, it would be a bit crazy.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
C'est vrai que ça fait peur. Mais l'anesthésiste, il m'avait dit une fois, est-ce que vous avez peur de prendre l'ascenseur ? Non. C'était ce truc de, vous avez plus de chances d'avoir un accident d'ascenseur. Oui, mais n'empêche que si je ne m'en vais pas, j'ai peur.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It's true that there, I was on the belly, but I saw him, you know, laying his scissors next to me, full of blood, blood and all. I saw the little balls at the end, I said, ah, that's it? He told me, yes, that's it. Did you see that? I was like, you know, happy.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Quand on veut, on peut. C'est comme dit mon coach Lucio dans mes oreilles quand je cours.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
C'est une appli d'un mec qui t'encourage. Non, c'est l'appli Nike qui est gratuite. C'est pas un placement de produit.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And you can have audio programs. And since the beginning, my goal was to run 30 minutes. And so to do a little more every day until it's 30 minutes. And now that I've reached it, I'm a little bored. So I said to myself, hey, I'm going to put programs to change. So there's Coach Lucio who talks to me in my ears. Sometimes I like it because he tells me, the goal is to take pleasure.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And so, since he's not a real guy with me, I tell myself, it's good. In fact, I can rage against him and stuff. But it still doesn't work. Because you still have a guy who tells you, go ahead, do it. And I say, okay, I'll do it. Today, I had to split. I said, okay, I'll do the last split.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
No. An accent of a sports coach. Exactly what you can imagine of a guy who speaks like a sports coach.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Oui, tu peux lancer des histoires d'une certaine durée, par exemple. Genre, tu te dis, quand t'arrives à être tellement en histoire, fais de demi-tour, vous êtes à la moitié du parcours. Franchement, ça peut te changer.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
In any case, it was my coach who didn't stop you from saying that.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
So I think it's their new thing. I think there's maybe something illegal with the hotels.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And so I think their new thing is to say, hey, it's crazy, we're doing collabs. Is it a museum?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
C'est le musée Georges Labi, et non pas Labit, malgré le T. Et malgré que, normalement, à Toulouse, on prononce toutes les lettres, mais bref.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Big Flo et Oli, alors ! Ah oui, Big Flo et Oli, mot clé. C'est pas la maison de Big Flo et Oli. Dans la maison de... Evidemment.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Do you know who is from Toulouse? Put the pictures. At the music festival, I saw the Capitol Orchestra with Émile et Images. Sorry, I'll allow myself. It's Gold. Gold comes from Toulouse. Because Émile et Images is the name of the band.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I've heard people sing « Les démons de minuit » with violins in the background. I love that. It always works for me.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Well, yes, my goal is to go every morning except the weekend where I relax. And so I prefer to do little than relaunch. So I say, well, today I only do a quarter of an hour.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But obviously, in Toulouse, rugby is good. Was it the plane or the rugby?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Donc, en fait, c'est une maison qui appartenait à des Duponts, quoi.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Since we didn't introduce Patrick, he's not going to talk.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Dédicace in English sounds like you're talking about a sport.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It's true that you have the craziest address book, Patrick. From time to time, he says to me, yes, it's true that I did it with Bernard Werber, but also with such a star of metal. I'm like, but what is your life? There are anecdotes in his bag. But you too, Manon. Loop or stalking, I want to say.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Oh, not only that. Not only that, but I only saw that on Billet Réduit. It's the last one available.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I don't know, in Scotland, it's Elena Situation who has the video over there.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I did a very nice experience, it cost a little budget, but I think it's worth it. It's to go sleep in Rosa Bonheur's room. It's a very feminine painting from the 19th century. Her house is in the south of Paris, I don't know where she lives anymore. It's accessible in RER and you can visit the workshop. There are two rooms at the location and you can spend the nights.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I did with Charlie, Danger and Salome Sacquet. And it was so cool. You really sleep in the castle and all. We had dinner in the room. Well, frankly, it's a budget, but I think it's a nice experience. And I have more fun than going to a night of Polly Pocket. But I love this thing.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
The museum houses, as they say, which are really immersive, I also prefer. Or even, you see paintings from the 19th century, in their context, it makes a lot more sense than in big walls afterwards. I think it's also... better to understand the time, quite simply.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Yes, it's very common. You know who told me that not long ago? It's Axel Maliverné, who you also have. He sent me a voice saying, now I'm an idiot. Out of the vocal. And I see him two hours later. But I say, there's no sequel. You want to tell me more? I'll take it for granted. He said, no, same thing.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I spend my life posting pictures of cabins! I asked. I asked. Wait, what are you talking about?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Parenthèses is a tiny house, not very far from Paris. You can go there by transfer, it's still better if you rent a case. So it's a very nice tiny house where you do a little retreat in the green. That's all. Like these cabins, it's not that it's not given, it's that compared to a classic hotel room,
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It's more expensive because there's a whole service with it and they've built... Well, anyway, it's a cost of maintenance. But it's very nice. I asked the question, so maybe you're asking.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
In fact, more precisely, I was looking for a place to write, when I was in my writing phase of the show, and I saw that my agent, who also manages Sirius North, had sent it there and I had asked my agent.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I'm sad because I'm full of cabins and like cabins porn and all who have been doing that for a long time. And now with the IA, we have all the time false images.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I see a beautiful thing and I'm like, shit, it's pretty, why not? But I'm frustrated to tell myself, in fact, it doesn't exist. They have very, very big houses with chimneys and Tom & Jerry.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Recently, I came across one with real photos that I find so good. It's called midmod.mood. M-I-D-M-O-D.mood.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It's only interiors. Midmod, it's for mid-century modernism.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Mission Cleopatra. Ah, I thought it was the 50 years of the film.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
In my eyes, you're making sixes and nines with your fingers.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
A bed with Dubosque in an AirBnB that shows you his Olympic medals. That's it.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Tu te souviens de cet anniversaire où on a reçu une voiture ?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Yeah, me too, I liked to celebrate it. Now, what I do is that I always do... It's a day where I say I don't work, even if it's a week or something, and I do everything I want all day.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But I like it, it's my day and all, and I like it. I often do a massage, something like that. I like to celebrate it.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I like to organize surprises and I love to be back, of course, but not very long ago... There's a little message. No, but regularly we do it with Charlie Danger and Salomé Sake, precisely. And so, Charlie, for example, once she told me, meet Taylor at the station of... Lyon. And with a backpack for the weekend and I didn't know where we were going. And we went to Eurotown Park.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
We slept in Strasbourg, but I didn't know where we were going, I didn't know the whole evening. And on the way back to the Rosa Bonheur thing, it was me who organized the surprise. On the way back, we visited the museum and she didn't know that we were staying to sleep. It's a very nice friendship, even though I don't give you the right times.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I think there's something great about this concept of a friend's date. Yes, the idea is to go on dates with friends.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Par contre, je t'ai entendu dire que tu trouvais le thème du parc chanmé. Sorry.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
No, I like the atmosphere. The little Venise bridge in cardboard. Yes, but that's what I like. The attractions are charming, but the theme is cracked to the ground.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
We laughed with Charlie all day long. In fact, we were sure it was a thing of European soft power, like financed by the European Union or something like that. So we thought about it all day long. Tu te sens plus européenne, Charlie, maintenant ? Oui, je suis très européenne. Grâce à Europa Park, qui, pour une raison inconnue, s'appelle Europa Park et pas Europark. Mais bref. Oui, c'est vrai.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Et en fait, on a fini par regarder l'histoire du truc. Et en fait, c'est une entreprise privée. En fait, c'est une famille qui fabrique des montagnes russes. Donc, c'est leur vitrine. C'est pour ça que les montagnes russes sont chambées. C'est ce qui fait le succès du parc.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Mais ça veut dire que c'est des gens en leur âme et conscience, et pas avec un flingue sur la tempe, qui ont choisi le thème de l'Europe. C'est eux, ils se sont dit, cool !
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
The mascot of Europa Park is hilarious. Wait, Patrick, not only is there the park,
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And the interior, the textures. I thought you wanted to do the scene of the Belgian.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And so we concluded that, since it was a private thing, if there was no Belgium, it was that the guy had to have an ex-Belgian.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It's not the center of Europe, Belgium. C'est pas là où il y a... Mais ils sont juste à côté quand même. C'est fou.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Bon, allez. Oui, ça te défiscalise une partie, ça n'empêche pas que toi, individu, ça peut être sympa de donner.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
C'est fluctuant avec la bourse, là. C'est vrai que ça, il y en a à Toulouse.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I did it once, there was white glue in there. It was to see how it was. It was exactly what you imagined.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Come play, make your black day game... There are stock market crashes.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
En vrai, c'est juste une soirée où tu fixes les taux. C'est un peu désagréable. Pour boire au bon moment. C'est un peu chiant.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Oh là là, les bières sont très demandées. Le taux augmente. C'est bon, vas-y, appuie sur l'ordinateur.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I'm not tough about the night, but... Because you like to talk, right? Yes, I like to have an aperitif with my friends. I still go very regularly, but without children. Patrick?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But now, there are more and more offers without alcohol.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
The bars, what I find complicated, is that the music is often very loud. The more it goes, the less I like these places.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But there are a billion offers of bars. It's true, it's true. But in fact, I spend the day at home, working a lot at home. Yeah, I understand. So, in the evening, in general, I see people. And what do we do ? Well, we're going to have a little drink. That's it. I drink a little drink with Kalindi, figure it out.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
We talk about news, we talk about politics, but we also talk about parenting and travel and pop culture and how all of that affects how we understand the world.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Can I have two? I beg you, I urge you. The first one, I'm sorry, I've already talked about it a lot on other podcasts and in a lot of stories. They are less listened to than us. Exactly, exactly. Well, I don't know because I don't have your numbers. But I'm counting on the strength of the podcast because I have an intention.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It's that there is a season 2 that still doesn't exist and that is not planned. Yes, Patrick, you know what I'm talking about. I've already talked about it a thousand times, but sorry. It's called Siren. It's a Korean reality show, okay? I've talked about it a thousand times.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But please, people of the Floodcast, you are very numerous, go stream it hard so that Netflix can say, hey, there are a lot of views coming from France, could we do a French season or something like that? The principle is the following. Be careful, I tease in my presentation because I've pitched it many times. Anyway, it's on a deserted island, so a Korean show.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
There are teams with bases, a small cabin, a small tent, a small thing spread out on the island. Each team has a flag. And when the siren roars again, not this one, but something like that, you have to go get it. You try to capture a flag from the opposing team.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
If you grab the flag, the team is eliminated. All that is basic. The teams are military firefighters, stuntmen, athletes, policemen and jugglers. And I forgot one more, anyway.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Athletes. But they are only women. They are only women's teams, which probably makes the whole defense a terribly masculine series. A series that I love, obviously. It's incredible. What I think is crazy is that there is nothing to gain. They come just to defend their job and show that the firemen of Korea are proud of Korea. It's really incredible. And they're crazy. They're crazy.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
They're ultra-trained, super-sporty girls. There are stuntwomen, I don't know if I said it. But it's very impressive. And some of them get punished because they are too violent or things like that. It's incredible. Obviously, there are a lot of strategies because you have to make alliances with other teams to attack in a group. You are much more likely to succeed.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
You know, the chat rooms, the interviews, there are zero collantages.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
but she told me that and we were like nanani we had an alliance with the stuntwomen but the firefighters offered us something else and it was very annoying so we didn't know if we could turn this around it's purely strategic zero sexualized zero whispered like oh it's a girl thing nanani they fight without weapons it gives a terrible image of women unfortunately no It gives a different image.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Yes, I know. And like, there are challenges where they can gain advantages, but challenges that consist of cutting 30 logs of wood, lighting a fire, extinguishing the fire of the opposing team and all. And you gain advantages. In short, it's incredible. The editing is done with suspense that holds you until the end of the season.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Ah yeah. And when a team is eliminated, you... It's... I'm going to make a mini-spoil. The first team eliminated is the police. Even if you don't like the police, you cry for those policemen who come to pick up their stuff.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
But anyway, it's really too good. Siren, not like La Femme Poisson, but like L'Alarme qui est retentie. It's great and there's no season 2 planned. I imagine it hasn't found its audience, so I count on the audience of the podcast to relaunch the views. It's been almost a year, so we would already have the two, I think, if...
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Anyway, it's really great. First, you're going to have a great time and we get hooked by the thing. And frankly, it's great. And the last thing I didn't say is that per day, their calories spent in sports are counted, but not in the regime mode. It's misogyny. No, but I know it sounds like that, but it's not like that, it's like they make pumps, they run on carpets and everything to earn credit.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And in fact, in the morning, the store opens between 8 and 9 o'clock and there they can go exchange their money for food or Tokiwoki, shovels, ropes. The more calories you lose, the more money you have. Yes, that's it.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
In this 100% feminine thing. It's not in the losing weight mode, it's in the sport mode. You're trolling.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
The effort provided, of course, of course. But it's really, honestly, not at all presented like that. And the other thing I wanted to do, it's an encouragement and I simply recommend you the book of my friend Salomé Sake, the second one that comes out on the 16th of October, I think, from memory, which is called Resist.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It's a little essay that gives keys to fight against the far right that is coming soon. As we say at the moment And I send her all my love and my strength Because I see her literally ruining her health She's working like crazy because it's panic And we're too lucky to have people like Salomé
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Anyway, so don't hesitate, even if you can't buy the book, they made a lot of effort to make it very cheap, I think it costs 5 euros. So really, it's not in a way to make money again. Salomé, she has already done us a year that she comes out of a billion of hyper intense work stuff, but there, in addition, there were unexpected elections, so she went on with that.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Then afterwards, she was so panicked about the state of the votes that she said, we have to do these things, I'm going to write a book this summer, even though it was already much too much given during the elections. Anyway. M'inquiète pour sa santé. Elle a perdu combien de calories à peu près ?
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
N'hésitez pas à envoyer même des commentaires positifs, à partager ces trucs ou quoi, parce que franchement, elle s'en prend plein la tronche. Elle est sur la liste de l'extrême droite, des gens à tuer. Écoutez, voilà.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
And the goal is also that with that, it makes noise in the media. So I don't know when we invite her on set so that she can talk about it, even if everyone doesn't read the book that you hear on TV. So share in mass and everything. Send the force to Salomé Sakeich.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
If I may, you explained the rules of this game very well.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Online, they don't hesitate to finance super innovative things.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
We're really different people. Sometimes you'll hear us agree and sometimes not. We think that's where the fun is. We laugh and learn together and with all of you twice a week, every week.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
On YouTube, this year, I only released two, but I have some under the elbow in preparation. It was time to write the show. And now it's written. I have dates until 2027, my friends.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Ça fait presque deux ans les Comédie Club, mais mon spectacle tourne depuis cet été. Pendant toute l'année, il va s'appeler Rodage, donc c'est la période où tu testes encore beaucoup de trucs sur scène et t'affines le texte, dans des salles petites et moyennes pour pas trop te tauler devant trop de monde.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
In any case, if you go to the screening at the beginning and you come back to the show in three or four years, it's not bad to evolve, even if it depends on the artists, of course. Of course. And so it filled me with happiness, this new activity. I am very happy, it fills me with happiness at the moment.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Yes, but the guy or the girl should hide. And you have to know that there is a bit of controversy.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
So, on the other hand, when it's the beat, it's hard. But when it's my show, for now, it's the people who follow me who are there. So for now, it's very, very, very kind. That's also why I organize M Festival. You would have loved it, Florent.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
By the way, I was going to say, you were too sure to come and honor the milestone.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
It was great, it was a good moment. A little bit, I tried. Everything was rejected, but I tried. It's true, it's true.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
I said, oh, I'm going to talk about Culture Fest to my team. And Jean Fromageman, who I kiss, who's in the team, he said, Adrien, he's going to complain about the technique. I said, yes, but... C'est la vie !
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Bah oui, non, mais en même temps, t'as le droit d'être exigeant, c'est bien.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Je veux pas dire... Nous, on a égorgé les techniciens après.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Ah oui, c'était l'écran qui projetait pas... C'était... But this year, it will be two days for the first time. Just one day. Every year, we try to grow a little bit. And this year, we do x2. So we are very happy, it will be the 24th and 25th of May, still at Dog Bay and Magasins Généraux in Pantin. And it's even possible that the space will be bigger, but that we don't have yet. But shoot, shoot.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
On the side of the canal, the Magasins Généraux and my team has incredibly well decorated. I make a... A big up to Mélanie, who does the deco, and to Vini, our graphic designer, who did the posters and so on, the visuals. And no, but I have an incredible team in the organ of this festival. If you don't know, it's the Tanju Culture Festival.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Podcasts, comedians, journalists and vulgarizers on stage for two days in advance. Come on the Insta account so you don't miss it. Patrick Beau, Patrick Beau
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Pantsuit Politics is about engaging with each other and the news without the anxiety and the frustration.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Je me suis fait un pogn' qu'avait pas oublié d'être moche Bien attelé que l'élan, l'audace, j'en voudrais l'autre Quand Bob a massacré le flipper, on n'avait plus une file en poche J'ai réfléchi et je me suis dit C'est vrai que je suis effet comme un sandwich SNCF Et que demain je peux tomber sur un balais, ce qui me casse la tête Si ce mec-là me fait la pompe, c'est que je crève la gueule sur le comptoir Si la mort me fait l'affairant, un meilleur bislard
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Before you take me up there to see if there are people in the bistros. You would tell him, what are you doing with the glands? And you have nothing to do in my world. Get out of there, you're not my band. Get out, you stink. And walk in the shade.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
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S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
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S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
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S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
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S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
Patrick, when I sent him a little message to say, too good, we see the Float Cats together, he told me, I quote, to us, the refinement.
FloodCast
S10E05 - Folkloriste Professionnel
The gentleman said, pay me back, pay me back, for years. Wait, there was something about the candy? Yeah, compared to the candy. It's pretty pretty.
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The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
Hello, and once again, let me extend a real welcome to the listeners to this Double Doge podcast. The last couple of episodes, that's the one about the four revolting thoughts, and the one that touches on the whole business of refuge, were fairly serious. But amongst other things, in the trailer I did promise you some Traveller's Tales, and I think it's time for one of those.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
But when in Jeikundo, doing as the Jeikundo people do seemed to be a good bet. Outside it was now dog's breakfast time, so I made my way down to the guesthouse to get some breakfast for myself. Later in the morning, four of us pilgrims from the West went back, and I think we all felt the same joy at being able to join in this exercise.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
By that I mean that it was religious in the simple sense, having more to do with experiencing beauty, devotion and inspiration in a concrete and natural way, rather than with philosophy or theory. Later, when Atto Rinpoche, whose sad death I had to report a few episodes ago, saw pictures of this lakang, he recognised the spot straight away.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
He told us that it was called Maninama, and it was considered to be a very important shrine. He told us how they would take a horse ride to visit it for the day and have a picnic. Since then, I've learnt that Mani Dunghor is another name for the place, but I don't know the spelling. At first sight, it looks like it might well mean Mani seven times round.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The Mani would refer to the wheel, and it's possible that it was filled with many, many printed mantras. but I don't really have any idea what Duncor might mean. Perhaps seven times round, but that's a wild guess. So there's my traveller's tale, and that's the end of today's episode. If you enjoyed it, please like, subscribe and tell your friends. And keep turning the wheel. Bye!
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
From what we could see, the place itself was rather less grand, although we were far too pleased to be there at all to be very worried. On each of five concrete floors was a small office where the keys were held. Along the corridors, which seemed always to be wet, stood pots at regular intervals.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
While these pots were doubtlessly receptacles for spit and nub ends, the colour and odour suggested that they may also have been piss pots. Smells, however, can mislead. It's not as if I went around actually sniffing them, let me assure you.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
But the toilets opened directly onto the corridor, with nothing but a mottled grey-brown curtain for a door, hanging from the lintel, down about as far as waist height. The toilets themselves were an interesting compromise with Western methods. A row of metre-high cubicles is something you could see often enough in China, but usually these had a single hole in the floor of each cubicle.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
In this case, on the other hand, instead of one hole per cubicle, a single tiled trench ran sideways through the floor of the row of cubicles. Now and again, a welcome stream of water would flush through the whole trench. At that stage on our journey, I had learned three Chinese characters, namely the character for man, the character for woman, and the character for Beijing.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The first two are very useful in a lot of circumstances. Here, positioned between the door marked man and the one marked woman, there was a washroom where a galvanised electric boiler produced water that was usually really hot. Its open mains breaker buzzed and sparked continuously.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
I used to be an engineer, so it was pleasing to see that this circuit breaker was mounted on the concrete external wall, so the danger of starting a fire was in fact quite low.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The cheaply made, if I may say so, furnishings of the accommodation rooms had seen better days, and two wash basins stood in tubular iron stands so that a jug of hot water could be fetched from across the corridor and used in privacy. The bed linen was startlingly Chinese, printed in the glaring pinks, reds and pale blues of popular taste, but they did seem to be clean.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
Like the circuit breaker in the toilet room, some of the light switches here were also bereft of any sort of safety cover, and at least one of our party did have a nasty experience later groping for the light switch in the middle of the night. A few of our party dashed out that evening straight away to do shopping, but Most of us simply got clean, rested, ate, chatted a little bit and went to bed.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
I did venture out briefly with a friend and, walking down the main street, a small, bent and, forgive me for saying so, but grimy old woman came against us and, in passing, pushed some paper money into my friend's hands. We can only speculate.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
But it seems that the word had gone round that the strange, tall, pale-eyed creatures from another world were in the entourage of an important llama visiting from far away, and that was enough to make them into a suitable object for offerings. I kept the note and treasured it for some years in an envelope, but it was extremely dirty, and somewhere along the line it got lost.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The next morning brought me one of the warmest experiences of the whole trip, which is the main part of this traveller's tale. Having gone to bed early the night before, I woke up really quite early and by seven o'clock I was ready to explore. I left the guesthouse with no more plan than to wander a little and see whatever was to be seen.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
To be honest, the story doesn't amount to all that much, but it did mean a lot to me at the time, so I hope you might be able to share some of the feeling. Firstly, forgive me for the brief interruption, but let me urge you to take a moment to like this episode... to share it and tell your friends, and if you haven't already, to subscribe to the Double Doge. Thank you.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The main street was a style best called New Chinese, and with all goodwill, can as such only be described as ugly. I pass the cinema and walk towards the main junction, next to which there is an open square used as a marketplace. Looking across the square, you can see the badly damaged Sakya Monastery, which overlooks the town from high on a nearby hill.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
Behind the square I could see some older parts of the town, so I took that direction, and soon found myself climbing narrow paths, no paving whatsoever, and with water trickling down the middle. The doorways of the brown-walled houses were decorated with prayer flags, under which brown dogs lay sleeping on the brown earth, warmed by the morning sun.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
A man, some kind of middle age, was standing outside his door, and as I climbed past him, we went through that sort of stranger's recognition procedure that starts with something like a blank stare, then a curious stare, followed by a slight smile, and if that's reciprocated, you finally get to big smiles.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
I continued to climb, and I soon realised that this guy, whoever he was, was following close behind me.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
Mistakenly, I thought that he was following just to see what the long-nosed person was going to do, and, since he made no attempt to speak, I decided after a minute or two to make it easy by sitting down on a rock and using a bit of exaggerated play-acting to communicate that I was out of breath.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
We were at quite a high altitude, although I can't remember the figure, so that wouldn't be surprising. By now he had been joined by a friend, and the two of them stood in front of me, watching. I had my mala, my string of Buddhist beads, around my wrist, and I could see that he had noticed it. In fact, he bent forward to examine it. The only things that are essential for a mala
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
are the beads, but usually a number of other things are strung on it. Most commonly, a mala has two short strings, each of which has 10 little rings that slide up and down, and a larger ornament at the end of each. The ornament can be in the form of a lotus, and very often, rather than a lotus, it's shaped as a vajra on one string and as a bell on the other.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
With the first, you can count 10 rounds of the mala, And with the second, you can multiply the count again by 10, and in that way count up to 10,000 recitations. If that's not enough, it's also possible, and actually quite common, to use a little clip that can be moved from one bead to the next each time the second counter is full. That means it is moved once every 10,000 mantras.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
And because there are notionally 100 beads on the Mahala, you can count up to a million in that way before you have to take a little note saying, I done a million. I unwound the mala from my wrist and held it out, and as he fingered these small pieces of silver work, it must have become clear to him that this wasn't just some string of beads worn by some kind of hippie.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
That's assuming he had a concept of a hippie. It really was a Buddhist mala. It follows from that that the pale-eyed stranger, me, was in all probability actually a Buddhist. How amazing! Reading these thoughts in his face, I held the mala up and counted off a few beads while reciting Om Mane Peme Hung.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The two men smiled at each other and said something which can only have been, Look, this weird guy is even reciting the Mani. Now, it isn't very difficult to know the Mani, only six syllables after all. So, seeing as how I was encouraged by their response, I began the long mantra of Dorje Semper. This is known as the hundred-syllable mantra, and it's probably the best known of the longer mantras.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
Now, we are going back some three decades or more. I was lucky enough to go on a pilgrimage with about 20 other students of my teacher at the time, Chimmy Rimpoche. Let's forget the run-up, how we got there, what was our destination. Just picture yourself in the far eastern part of Tibet, in Kham, more specifically in Jeikundo, or Yushu as it is now known under its Chinese name.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
It's used in purification practices, we in fact say 100,000 of them, as part of the preliminary practices that I've mentioned in other episodes. Their smiles told me that they were now convinced that I really was a Buddhist. My new friend, if I can call him that, pointed up the hill, saying something in a questioning tone about Khorwa, which means going round and round.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
I thought he was asking me if I was going up to circumambulate the Sakya Monastery on the rather more distant hill, and I tried to explain that it would be too far for me. As luck would have it, I failed to communicate that. Nevertheless, the three of us carried on walking up the hill. After a minute, my acquaintance recited the first few syllables of the long mantra. I responded with a few more.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
Then it was his turn, my turn, and we finished reciting together. The three of us kept going, up and round a few more corners between the low, single-storey houses. I had the impression that they were mainly made of mud and stones,
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
and in most cases it was only possible to see an outer wall with a single door opening surrounding what I supposed was some kind of a courtyard and various living and storage quarters letting into that.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
I have read relatively recently that to all intents and purposes every single one of those houses collapsed during a big earthquake of 2010, so I think myself lucky to have even briefly seen it from the outside. In due course, we came to a point where I now understood what he had meant by Khorwa. We'd come to a small lachang, that is, some kind of temple. Literally, it means godhouse.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
It can also refer to a shrine room. It was being circled, clockwise of course, by probably 50 or even more Tibetans, and my two companions were in fact on their way to join this morning devotion. The building itself was, at a guess based on hazy memory, maybe 20 metres square. It was dark red, with a veranda to the front looking over the valley. I joined the walkers.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
At the back of the building there was a row of prayer wheels, and to the side a mass of manistones, over which hundreds of prayer flags were hanging. Dogs were asleep in most of the available hollows in the mud road. A few times round the building gave time for me, this brown-haired stranger, to be assessed, discussed and accepted.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
He looked funny, he couldn't speak Tibetan and he seemed a little bit lost, but otherwise he seemed to be okay. As I came one more time round to the front, some of the women started gesturing to me that I should go up the veranda steps, where a rather older woman led me to the curtained door. She did three prostrations at the step, which is normal when approaching or entering a shrine.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
I'm not sure if I was actually watched to see if I would do the same, but she did very much seem pleased when I did, giving me a two-handed thumbs up. The thumbs up gesture is obviously one that's gone right round the world. And then in through the curtain. The contents of the dim interior of this lakang gave me some surprise. The whole building is, in the first place,
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
housing for the biggest prayer wheel I had ever seen. Each of its handles had ropes attached, so that at busy times 30 or 40 people could squeeze in and help to turn it. There was no space on any of the side walls that wasn't hung with tankers, the paintings of various ones of the Buddha. While opposite the door, behind the wheel, the wall was given over to an altar,
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The central figure was a striking Guru Rinpoche, at least twice life-size, possibly a bit more, and he was flanked by figures of Chenrezig on his right and Vanaktara on his left, each of which were maybe one and a half times life-size. Guru Rinpoche is said to have brought Buddhism to Tibet, although that is a bit of an oversimplification.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
By the late 8th century in Western Counting, of course, there had already been quite a bit of Buddhist activity. The king of the time, Trisong Tetsen, was a Buddhist and had invited important teachers such as Santa Rakshita to help establish the Dharma in his country. A monastery was being built at Samye. A rather impressive centre in Scotland, Samye Ling, is named after it.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
The town of Jeikundo is of significant size, but I'm afraid I haven't got a number for you any more accurate than some tens of thousands. But somehow we were there. The Governor's Guesthouse is probably not the worst place to stay in Jeikundo. The indications that we gathered from the way our whole journey had been organised were that it was probably in fact one of the best.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
There were, however, at that time in Tibet, difficulties, and Santa Rakshita suggested that the best way forward would be to invite the famous Padmasambhava, noted amongst other things for his magical powers, to be asked to come. It was he who dispelled the difficulties, clearing the way for Tibet to become such a stronghold of the Dharma in the centuries to follow.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
Since then he has been known as Guru Rinpoche, Precious Guru. Not to get too involved in technicalities, one can say that Chenrezig and Tara are forms of the Buddha, Chenrezig emphasising compassion and Tara emphasising active help. A white form is particularly associated with long life. To one side of these, there was a monk sitting with a flask of water.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet
I turned the wheel and muttered happily for maybe twenty minutes, until at eight o'clock nearly everybody left, so I thought I'd better do the same. I had no idea at all what rules, if any, a person such as myself would be expected to follow, although I now suspect that it would have been perfectly fine if I'd stayed on.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
When you recite this, we put our hands together in a gesture that's a little bit like the Christian habit of putting your hands together in prayer, but it has actually got an important difference in that the space between your fingers and your palms is a hollow. It's meant to represent a lotus bud.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
Typically, this verse would be sung three times, and let's pretend we're doing it in a vast assembly hall, together with a huge figure of the Buddha and other representations of the refuges. ... i will put a phonetic version in the description although when i say phonetic never forget that when we western people read these things that kind of represent tibetan pronunciation
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
It's always an open question as to whether a Tibetan would actually recognise what we're saying. However, it's probably workable. And that's it for today. Just a very quick reminder to like, share or subscribe. And whatever promise or vow you have made, please, please keep it.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
and you can take them with the aid of somebody who you can trust to be a good representative of the whole of Buddhism, in a sense. This is one of the most important steps you ever make, so it would clearly be ridiculous to take your refuge vows with the aid of someone you didn't like or respect, just because, technically speaking, they satisfied the rules.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
But it is a mistake to think that this process turns the person who's giving the vows into your teacher, your Lama, or anything of that sort. Most of all, if Lama XYZ administers the refuge vows to you, it does not mean that you have taken refuge in Lama XYZ. To make this clearer, let me say that it's unlike the situation with empowerments.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
An empowerment really should create a deep personal connection between the student or students and the guru or lover. Well, that at least is the case in theory, although nowadays some empowerments seem to be scattered around like confetti and even given virtually as online empowerments. Who am I to say that that doesn't work?
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
After all, there are, it seems, people who are totally happy with cybersex or digital pornography. Yet, I think most people would recognize that the real thing is in another league altogether. But that's an aside. Taking refuge is not meant to establish a specific connection with the person who administers the vows, but who really only facilitates the student in taking the vows.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
And the connection that's made is with the whole bang shoot. the three jewels, the Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha. In real situations, of course, the student may indeed have a strong personal connection to whoever it is that administers the vows.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
It's just that that's not essential, and the vows you take are made to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, not to a specific teacher or even a specific lineage. This is what formally makes you a Buddhist. Now, you will, unsurprisingly, find some people taking what, quite honestly, is a juvenile attitude to this, saying things like, why should I identify as anything?
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
Perhaps not quite as cogent, but nevertheless still probably making sense, is to say that having come into the entrance hall through taking refuge, adopting the Bodhisattva's vow and training to develop Bodhicitta is the grand staircase leading up to the great rooms above.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
Or, I don't want to be confined by labels. Or, saying that I'm a Buddhist religious fellow is my ego. or rather such barren, trivial objections. To these objections I say, come on, bite the bullet, have the guts to accept the label, actually the honour, the privilege and the duty. Or would you rather be a neither here nor there type of person? Now, I mentioned vows. Yes, indeed, vows.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
Pride of place does not go to the question of whether you believe or disbelieve something, not that that's unimportant. The special position goes to a deep-seated motivation to do something about the mess we are in, and the promise to act in ways that will take us in that direction. For details, you could take a look at Dajun Rinpoche's Perfect Conduct, Ascertaining the Three Vows.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
You might know that I typically include a list of technical and other terms that you might like to look up in the description of the podcast, so you can check the title of that book there if you want to find it. though I will warn you that the average reader might find the description of the various bows found in the Buddhist tradition to be excruciatingly detailed.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
Perhaps a little more accessible would be the descriptions given in the Jewel Ornament of Liberation that I referred to in the previous episode, or to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, which is a famous Nyingma text on this and related subjects. All of those sources will cover these things more deeply and with more authority than I can, so I limit myself here to just providing a tasting plate.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
First of all, of course, taking refuge in the Buddha. What does that mean? On one hand, the Buddha may simply mean the historical Buddha who lived two and a half thousand years ago. but it's perhaps more often understood, in a broader sense, as the three Kāyās, or three bodies of the Buddha.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
Having mentioned them, saying anything about the three Kāyās would definitely cause this episode to burst its banks, so let's move on. In particular, taking refuge in the Buddha means that we will not take refuge in other gods. Traditionally, most Buddhists would take for granted the existence of some kind of gods, with perhaps some power to help or hinder us living on some other plane.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
The point isn't necessarily to ignore them, but to recognize that they cannot give us shelter from the shitstorm of samsara, the cycle of suffering. It's precisely around this point that one of the questions most asked about Buddhism hinges. That's the question of, is Buddhism a religion?
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
I can now give you the true, honest, considered, fair and correct answer to that question, with a fanfare, the answer that will allow you to stop worrying about this for the rest of your life, namely, yes and no. Go to any traditional temple, listen to the chants, enjoy the offering of lights, flowers, incense and so forth, and you will have no doubt that Buddhism is a religion.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
But it does not acknowledge a creator God with the power to save us, to damn us to eternal suffering in hell, or just to torture us for a while in purgatory. So when the Buddhist teachings advise us not to put other gods above the Buddha, This is actually not at all in the sense of any claim that the Buddha is the best god, better than your god, or better than any other god for that matter.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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And although, as I keep saying, I'm not trying to give you a course in Buddhism, having just looked at the four revolting thoughts in the last episode, it does follow very naturally to look at the next step, which is taking refuge. In a moment we'll look at that, but first the quick call to action as it's known. Do please take a moment, on whatever channel you are listening...
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No, it's in the sense that Buddhism is just not playing that game. There is something else that follows from this understanding. In some circles, the idea of being a Buddhist Christian or Buddhist Jew is promoted. Well, what can I say? Full marks for openness and generosity of spirit, but not many marks for clarity.
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Christianity, if I may make so bold to talk about it, is founded on the redemption of sinful humanity through Christ's sacrifice of his life, so acting as a proxy for us with the effect that God will not send us to burn in hell or even just to oblivion. Buddhism rejects the idea that such a God exists and rejects the idea that someone else can save us.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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The two lines of thought are quite simply incompatible and in my view, you can differ of course, is in effect an insult to both the Christians and the Buddhists.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Lost and lonely in samsara
A quick look at that movement, in which I am, I will confess, not an expert, suggests that a few exercises thought of as Buddhist, such as mindfulness and watching the breath, have been extracted and included in a prayerful Christian life. It may very, very well be helpful, but what it shows is that those practices, popular as they may be in Buddhist circles, are not definitively Buddhist.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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It's not in any sense combining Buddhism and Christianity. The two are not playing the same game. The second of the three jewels is the Dharma. Scholars will tell us that Dharma is a very tricky word with a large number of different and, of course, context-dependent meanings.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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In the Buddhist context, two of those meanings are particularly important, and one of those is in fact quite slippery, being, at the risk of being shot down by scholars, something like a true thing, as in statements such as, all dharmas are empty of true existence. Luckily for this episode, that's not the meaning that's being used here, so we can leave that aspect at the back of the cupboard.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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Here, the meaning is very much that of the Buddha's teaching, In its simplest sense, that is the words of the sutras and other such literature. In fact, in visualizations and pictures, the Dharma may well be represented by a stack of books. Again, it also has a deeper but closely related sense, which is the deep peace experienced through having realized the meaning of the teachings.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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And for a vow related to this, Jewel, Not harming. Simple, short, but huge. The third refuge jewel is the sangha. If you are now surprised to hear that this word has different meanings at different levels, then I obviously haven't been engaging enough, and I'm sorry if you have fallen asleep.
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Most basically, the Sangha is the community of Buddhists, particularly referring to five or more fully ordained monks, or more broadly, to the Bodhisattvas living on a high level, which includes popular figures such as the compassionate Chenrezig, the lovely Saviouress Tara, and others. It does, for sure, also include the general community of your friends and companions on the path.
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to like this episode, subscribe to the podcast, share it with your friends or on social media, or indeed wherever else might be appropriate on your channel. It really does help, so thank you. Now to the subject of taking refuge. This is the moment where you take up the practice of Buddhism and most importantly the orientation towards that practice.
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And what about a specific bit of a vow connected with this? Not to associate with extremists. Exactly what is meant here can be a bit tricky to unravel, but I think we all basically understand that we can be, all of us, hugely influenced by other people.
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Indeed, making an effort to associate with other people who are working in the same direction is, in a sense, part of what taking refuge in the Sangha is about. And most particularly, if we're starting out on the Buddhist path in a non-Buddhist environment, such as a typical modern environment, our choice of friends can help or hinder our progress to a very large extent.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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If you have understood the things I've been trying to talk about, then you can in fact take refuge by yourself. It is valid. but taking it formally from a respected teacher is much more usual. The officiating teacher may well cut a small piece of hair from your head as a sign that you are cutting the root of the cycle of suffering. You may very well be given a new name.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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Some people then use that name in everyday life, but others find that somewhat pretentious and prefer to keep their new name in their heart. The ceremony itself can be very moving. Picture the end of a week of Buddhist teachings, where some of the newcomers ask, in the course of the last session, whether they can formally take refuge.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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Those of us who are rather longer in the tooth may well find it very touching as we watch them going up, one by one, having that bit of haircut and being given the slip of paper with their new name, as we wish a good journey to our new fellow travellers. This kind of formal refuge is sometimes made a prerequisite or a requirement for other teachings.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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In many other cases, however, it's just assumed. If, for example, a Chenrezig empowerment is given, it will be taken for granted that the recipients will have taken refuge, or at least that they will recite a refuge formula early on in the ceremony. All the same, taking refuge formally and properly with a teacher for whom you have real respect is a magic moment.
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Taking the Bodhisattva vow really is a second step. When it's done as a full formal ceremony, it may happen quite some time after the refuge ceremony, on a separate occasion altogether. There's an awful lot of teaching surrounding Bodhicitta in its relative and absolute versions and so on.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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The gist of it is not simply to escape from the cycle of suffering for ourselves, but taking the Bodhisattva vow means that we will wait and suffer and work until all beings are liberated. That's a pretty mighty vow. One very popular text that deals with this is the Bodhicaryavatara, forgive my mispronunciation, of which it is not hard to find translations.
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Hello, dear listeners, and welcome indeed to yet another episode of the Double Dorje podcast. There can't really be any doubt that when we say that taking refuge is the gateway to Buddhism, that's quite a good metaphor.
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I remember seeing the Dalai Lama when he was teaching in France in the early noughties, actually ending up in tears as he taught from this text. Having taken this vow, one is a Bodhisattva, or at least a Bodhisattva in training.
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Although these two, that is the refuge and the bodhisattva vow, are separate things, and formally taking up these trainings can be separated by significant time, in liturgical practice they are often, or in fact very often, put together as a pair. Now here is what I'd guess might be the most popular verse for doing this. I will put a copy of it in the description. So first of all, a translation.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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So in that translation you can see the reference to both of the vows quite clearly. and this is how you are likely to hear it at a Tibetan Buddhist centre. With any luck, it will be sung more beautifully than what I am about to do.
The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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As seems to happen rather often, I feel that before talking about what refuge actually is, it might be quite a good idea to dispel one or two misconceptions. So in that sense, let's start with the question of who is it that gives refuge, or gives the refuge vows. In some traditions, there are very strict rules about this, but in others, it's a little bit looser.
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Now we're going to pass it round. It'll get harder and harder. It's easy now. And who's keeping an eye on the bucket?
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Is this getting hard work for you now? No, it's OK. You've got a bit of refreshment. Hang in there. There's some apple juice.
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Can you feel it's getting harder now? When it gets hard, you have to really push it along with this song, OK? You have to sing... Nobody's singing. It doesn't work if I do it on my own.
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And all the best children will come to work in our factory at the end of the day. I think I'm the strongest person in the world. Ah!
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Seven and a half kilos. Right, OK. And are you pleased with the amount that's been squashed out? We'll find out when it's put in bottles. It looks less than I imagined there would be, but hopefully it'll be tasty. So you haven't dipped a finger in yet? No.
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Now let me close these brief notes of this unspeakably rotten period by citing the instance of the borough of Gatton, in Surrey, in which a prominent gentleman avoided all possible trouble by buying the whole borough and appointing himself collector of taxes, church warden, overseer, surveyor of the highways and returning officer of elections. you
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Then he proposed himself as its representative in Parliament, approved himself, elected himself, and invited himself to a dinner to celebrate his return. And nobody as much as laughed at the travesty or resented it, so debased was the public conscience of the time.
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up in Hardwick, which says, This site on the Great Ogeechee River, 14 miles from the Atlantic, was selected in 1755 by Governor John Reynolds for the capital of Georgia. He named it for his kinsman, Lord High Chancellor of England, Philip York Hardwick.
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He did not look great in that. No. You did Travolta for being a little disclosed. But yeah, Paul Simon, Borango. It was Elon Musk's boring company. That's what I'm calling it. Brutal.
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I won't watch. Not everything warrants a doc is the thing. Agreed.
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There's so many docs now. However, Dirty Pop about the, what's that guy's name who started NSYNC? I know, the fat guy with the glasses. Yeah, it's pretty good.
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No. Better than Finger Pop. That's what they call the Nickelodeon one. Dude, you know what else? You know what? By the way, we started years ago being there, your place, the Peter Sellers.
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Brilliant movie. The message in that is brilliant. Like, hey, it's all people will manufacture anything and they'll put their shit on you. And as long as you just sit there. That's a Salacuse wreck right there. This would be a great Chris Farley role if he was still here. Look at that. I mean, this guy's just in hog heaven. He's surrounded by a couple of preteen pubescents.
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Damn. Living the dream. Yeah, I was like, I don't care. We started the Nickelback doc the other night, so I was like, yeah, it's just there. I watched part of it, too. I was like, I don't care. I'm not one of those people that's like, fuck Nickelback. I just don't care. I was watching. I was like, why?
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Yeah, same. Well, they were huge. They were like the number one band. Oh, they're huge. And then the whole world 180'd on them. Isn't that funny how that works? Like the zeitgeist is so fascinating. We love this band. Holy shit. Platinum records. A million sold out arenas. You know what? This band sucks. Okay, yeah, they suck. Fuck them.
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It was nuts. We go to the hotel, and they're like, oh, they're gone. Whoa! So then I go to another hotel. I get there. They're gone. Wow. Third hotel. Finally get a room. By the way, this is like how you get hooked on like fentanyl. Right. It's like downtown Orlando. It's like garbage.
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It's almost like people are like, well, they're not that good. And then you hold that against them or something. Yes. I just didn't think it warranted like an actual movie.
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It seems to be happening in Justin Timberlake now. Oh, is that right? Yeah, he can't do right at all. He used to be beloved. That's just him driving. Can't go right. And now, like, people are really coming for him. Really? Yeah, yeah. I didn't even know that.
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It's because he had, like, two allegations, like, back-to-back that Janet Jackson docked dropped where he looked bad, like, ripping her shirt open. And then Britney Spears put out a book saying, like, he forced me to have an abortion in the Mickey Mouse days. And they were like... Oh, yeah, yeah, we're done with this guy.
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Well, I gotta say, after seeing her with the knives, might have been the right choice.
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Yeah, yeah, that's not what you want when you're getting your kids circumcised. Benihana.
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He was fucking, he came off real bad, though, for a while. Yeah. And then people just turn on you.
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Oh, yeah. It seems like zero celebrities have a perfect record. Of course. Yeah, we're human.
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Exactly. Exactly. Like, this guy, you know, got her forced to get an abortion. You're like, all right. Everybody's done shit. Who cares? Get out of here.
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Yeah, you don't have to be more accepting, but you've got to be more forgiving. Yeah. It's insane. But also, he's doing fine. Yeah. He's doing fine. He's great. Maybe he's not selling the tickets he sold 20 years ago, but he's not fucking, like, who cares? He's doing fine.
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I heard J-Lo's not selling, and my first thought is, all right, it's not just me. Isn't that nice when a big, giant celebrity can't sell a ticket? And you're like, all right, it's hard.
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She can sell a ticket. I think her bar is like arena tour everywhere. That's true. So, you know.
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Yeah, but she canceled a bunch of them. I'm not going to say who, but there's a huge comic I was talking to the other night, and he was like, I just keep saying I'm sick because I can't fill up all these places. And I was like, I didn't know we could do that. That's a good move. I've just been going to Rochester, Minnesota and playing to a 20% sold room.
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and yelling out to the rafters with no one in it. I've canceled before.
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You have to. Every once in a while, they put you in a place that you're just like, yeah, this is not fillable for a huge act.
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Yeah, I know. What is that? I'm doing Duluth, and they put you in like a 3,000-seater. You're like, that's crazy.
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Every once in a while, you look at that, you're like, what? But then that's not on you. That's on your agent, man.
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I guess so, but I'm like, give me two shows at the 400-seater. Let's start there, and then we'll just add shows.
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No, I did a club weekend this week. I had a blast. Where were you? I was in Louisville, Kentucky, the Louisville Comedy Club. Oh, was it good? I think I did that a while back. It's a good room and it's a good town and the audiences are great, but I was like, this is so nice because I've been doing Friday, Saturday theater. You know, one Friday, one Saturday, and then fly home Sunday.
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This was like, got there Thursday, opened up the suitcase, hung up the shirts in the closet in the shitty hotel, you know, and then like writing in the hotel room.
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Yuck. Finally find a hotel. We sleep for like four hours. Get up. Get a rental car and then just drive. Wow.
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Aloft, right on Main Street. Not good. Not good. And yeah, it was nice to be in a town for three days instead of in and out.
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You know what I like about any city in Kentucky? It doesn't matter where you go. They got a sweet bourbon select. Oh, yeah, all day long. You could be in, like, a fucking random bar, and it's like 25 pages. Yes, yes. Even the club had some sweet shit. Oh, yeah. I was drinking something, and they were like, oh, that's a barrel that they make.
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It tastes like the ocean because they drive it around, and it fucking just, it's in the ocean.
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Yeah, you know, that's called, ah, shit. Cut that. What was the name of that submarine that sank? The Titanic? No, no, the latest one. Oh, the one that sank looking for the Titanic? Yeah. With the five billionaires on it? Nah, that would have been a good joke if I could think of the reference. But yeah, Angel's Envy, all that shit. Old Forrester, it's all Kentucky.
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but there's something freeing once you just once you just accept the hell and you're like we're no longer beholden to these fucking airlines that's true but my my story's not gonna sound nearly as bad as yours now that you just said that but you're still together with it because that's divorce territory right there and that is hell on earth it was close we had some moments because it was like really so how was the uh the the jet blue cover it
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Yes. What's it called? The Titan Submarine Implosion? All right, it wouldn't have been great. Anyway, the Titan, it didn't have a good ring to it. But you know what's weird about Kentucky is you get off the plane and the airport is full of ads for bourbon. I'm like, should we be advertising bourbon at the airport?
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You know, just all these pilots are pulling their little wheelie bag like, I'll have one. You get on the flight, you know.
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Go right into Twin Towers. Also, it's not a thing that needs a push in that state.
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I don't think anyone's like, what do I drink in Kentucky? Right. Oh, yeah. Yeah. The thing that you're all pushing on me the second I land.
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It's kind of like in Vegas. They have slots at the airport. I'm like, do I need?
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But they got the slots right here. I'm like, I just pried myself away from the vice and sin of Vegas. And then you put one right at the airport. Come on. Now I lose everything. Every little piece of penny I saved, I'm going to lose it at the airport now.
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That's the thing. Like fucking Pete Rose was like, you know, he's broke. Gambling is such a fucking disease. It's horrible. Think about how much money you can make in your life. And if you just didn't gamble that do, but he's like doing, it's like shows him doing like cameos and stuff or whatever, doing like 15 hour day ball signings, you know? Wow. Cause he just wants to have some cake, you know?
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But yeah, I mean, same with a, you're like, why the hell is Nicholas cage and ghost rider nine?
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Oh, my God, yeah. That's why he's done so many... He did, like, a string of bad movies. He had to pay the bills.
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What would ruin your life faster, being a gamble-aholic or an alcoholic?
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Which one you hit the... Gamble... Well, gambles, I think, more quickly will ruin your life. I guess it depends to the extent, but, like... you gamble, it can be gone like that.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yes. You know? Booze takes a couple hours at least. But you could get into a drunk driving. That's true. Accident, run over a kid, kill yourself. Yeah. But like Norm talked about on Howard Stern, he's like, I lost...
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you know 650 grand in one hand and he was like i had zero money and i had to like go back on the road and figure it out and yeah crazy that's someone's life savings 650 grand i might have upped it but but that's nuts yeah but when that happens you're like yeah i wish i had a few too many drinks
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
yeah true the alcohol like i will say this i guess both you like you fuck up a hand you feel like you you get too drunk that hangover is like a punishment but like fucking up a hand like yeah that is like tangible you watch the chips get pulled away yes that is your money oof
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Or your kid's money, or your wife's money, or your kid's college fund. Gone. Oh, here it is. Here's the story I was looking for. All right. Oh, shit.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Boy, did I overshoot it. This is a different story. Okay. It's too long here. I'll just shorten it for you. Oh, our guy's here. Hold on. Basically, he made $60,000, and he took it and brought it to the ocean and threw it away. Wow. I'd rather lose it this way. Wow. Holy hell.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I'm vicious. We're on. Hey, Dr. Phil, everybody. Hey, what's the hell? Wow, what an honor.
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Oh, I hate it. It gets my blood boiling. It's fucking rough. Yeah, I get angry. I get tense. People are bumping into you. You have to shower eight times a day. You're washing clothes. You know me. I don't like to wash clothing. I hate it.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
They gave us a refund, but they didn't give us anything. Because they were saying it's weather related. It's bullshit, though, because it wasn't really weather related. Like, I mean, at least in New York, like we took off. But then we circled. There were flights leaving to New York. Dude, we... So we... I didn't have it as bad as you at all.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Come on. You're a hell of a doctor. I'll wear this tonight.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I'll use like a fat cube. Where are you from, Doc? Tulsa, Oklahoma. Whoa! You ever been there? I have not, thankfully, but I'm doing a gig there in a month. Let's go.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yes, yes. David Tell calls it the connecting flights tour.
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I mean, you were texting us and we were like... I was like, this is fucking bad. Yeah. But my buddy was supposed to come to the show on Friday and he's like, I'm taking a flight out because I don't trust this shit. And he got out. Wow. But... Once he said that, I saw the weather, dude. You know, I'm on the road with Gary Veeder. He's like, I want to go to Joe's Stone Crab.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Panera. All right. Well, wait. Pull up some of her OnlyFans. I want to take a quick gash look. Possible to get a straw.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Smart, smart. You don't want to ruin that butthole smell.
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Can you tell us a little of what made her feel that way? I also just love that she's on a press tour. Everywhere I look, it's like the hot tour girl.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
And I was just like, let's do it. I caved. I was like, fuck it. Little Gary wants Joe's Stone Crab. Little Gary gets Joe's Stone Crab.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's everything you need to look great all season long. I mean, look, I have to trim my balls because it's a fucking disgusting forest down there. And I want a woman to put her tongue. Right where, yeah, you want to clean the shaft up too. Make it look nice. It's hot. Gives your dick a little extra room to work around with. That's true. You look better naked.
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Manscaped, the perfect way to get your patty sizzling hot this summer.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Two. Two. On that thing. I love that southern accent. Did the accent turn you on, Mark?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Huh? Did the accent turn you on? I like the southern accent.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I picture him throwing his hat down and jumping on it. He gets what he wants. He gets what he wants. He's like the kid in A League of Their Own. You know, the fat kid who's running up and down the bus, hitting people. Still well.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's rude forever, though. It's like Pete Davidson, everyone knowing he's got a huge cock. Because if you see it now, he's got a bit about it. They're going to be like, eh.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I heard he's Kamala's VP. I think she chose him. Get the fuck out of here.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
The way Tarantino brings back actors, maybe Pete Davis could bring back Pussy.
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I haven't heard about her in a while. Pete fucks her. That could be kind of fun.
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Andy Cohen to mediate. Hey, come on out, whores. I'm talking about Pete.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's Tuesday somewhere. Right, yeah. I think my opener, I did a casino in Reno. I think my opening line was, I've never seen fake tits in an oxygen tank on the same person.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, it's a tough town. It's sadder than Vegas somehow. Totally.
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A lot of meth, a lot of weird, it's zombies in the street.
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You made that. That's true. Yeah, it's kind of like AC. You ever go to AC? Or as I say, Vegas with AIDS.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Dude, he, so we're going to go. And then it's like raining to the point that I was like, dude, do you really want to do this? He's like, nah, fuck this. So even Gary caved on that. Then the next morning we wake up and like, I had a lot of, I had like probably six Manhattans the night before. So I was like kind of the first delay. I'm like, well, four hours. I'm fine with that. I'll sleep in.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah. Well, they're very smart because they build a casino in a place where you walk three feet out. You're like, this is terrifying.
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You could build a casino in Gaza and you'd be like, well, it's better than out there. That's true.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, good point. By the way, Little Kiss, they should have gone with Peck. All right. Is that a Willow joke? Well, I'm just... Oh, a peck.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, well, you see Timothee Chalamet is playing Bob Dill.
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Yeah, he looks great, sounds great. The trailer's fun.
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Yeah, that's what I call fucking an old person. Yeah. Coming out of Nordstrom, if you know what I mean.
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Yeah, I like that. But see, the problem with New York is people shit and piss everywhere, and then the heat brings it out. Bakes it, yeah. It bakes it like your cologne.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Oh, you know what it is. Say it. What's my favorite cereal? It's Crackle and Opran.
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But then we get, it's delayed another hour. We get there. So it's now a five hour delay we're working with. We're at the airport. It's a mess. By the way, there's a flight attendant in the lobby. My girlfriend says, hi, dude. She's like, where are you flying? And she just gives her a dirty look. I'm like, ooh, this woman's in a mood. Whoa.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
You have to go on eBay to buy that. And guess what I do? I get all my cereals on eBay.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's a little boring of a choice, don't you think, Bill?
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They get too soggy, and you're eating a paste. I hate that paste.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Oh, yeah. We all had that one guy growing up where you're like, I dare you to jump off the roof onto that. The first parkour guy, yeah. Yeah, exactly.
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Would you believe she's our flight attendant on the flight?
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Oh, man. We used to have to worry about terrorists. Now they're on the plane.
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You got the old-school New York Italian thing. It's because of De Niro.
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Well, you got yelled at by a ghetto chick on the subway in like 1988. Of course he did. And your dick never recovered.
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That's right. Bitch, give me that seat. This doesn't autofill. Pornhub doesn't autofill for me.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I tried to look some up in the hotel, and I was just like, I guess I'm going analog. Get the fuck out of here. Not great.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Wait, that's real? You can't look at porn? Land of the free.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
These flight attendants are cunts. I was thinking about that, because we're in the air. We're just fucking... Circling. We finally take off. It's like five hours late. We take off. We start circling. I'm watching a movie. I'm watching Challengers. My girlfriend keeps tapping me. She's like, why does it say two hours now instead of 120? I'm like, I'm watching a movie.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, or get a magazine or a DVD. But Lobster Tube works.
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All right, this is all just a couple doctors. Yeah, and a guy named Phil.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Flux. I mean, don't say it too many times because Salakius might get wood.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I don't have a washer dryer in the unit. Oh, yeah. You know what I'll do? During the day, I don't mind it, but then at night, that walk home at night, you're like, you're still doing it?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
And then I was like, wait, what? Two hours? Yeah, that's longer than an hour 20. I'm doing the math. Then she goes, she goes. Now it says Dulles Airport, whatever, in Virginia. I was like, wait, what? And by the way, there's a woman in our row. I know, I know. And there's a woman in our row who's batshit crazy and won't shut the fuck up. She just keeps going like, she's just nonstop talking.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
First scene, he was like, you know, I just don't know if I can go on tonight.
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Was it about his childhood? Yeah. I think I saw that, too.
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Coco the monkey. He bought the monkey. What do you call those things? Roller coasters? The roller coasters, yeah.
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And getting fucked in the ass is a growing pain. Yep. We'll be right back. There we go. We'll keep it right here.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I want to see more of that. That was crazy. I'll send you a link. I'll send you four. I got young pierces. What did you say?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
She's screaming. She's an old lady who's out of her fucking mind. She's piss drunk. She orders a, I assure you not, a champagne triple. She goes, give me a triple. I'm like, that's not a thing. Wow. You can get like a triple of scotch. You don't get a triple. That's three drinks.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
having a gay son oh he's like it's not an accomplishment you know everybody's like i'm being gay as an accomplishment it's you know it's one thing if you're like my son went to law school harvard law and graduated yeah how about you he loves cock super funny that's a great norm joke the uh the thing about kirk cameron that i that i miss uh is i guess his ability to um
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Well, how about this Olympian with the huge hog that lost him the gold?
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He lost the gold medal, but he's going to be just thriving at every bar in the world.
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Yeah, he gets to go to one at the bar and go, I'm the guy who lost.
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You can't find it on the phone. Too many people talking about it.
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So I'm just like, you're an idiot. You're a trash bag drunk. Trash bag drunk. So we just keep circling. And when I'm looking, I'm like, fuck. I'm like, I'm into the movie. It's entertaining. It's whatever, you know. I'm like, fuck it. Give me a drink. So I start drinking again. I'm drinking off this hangover with a little whiskey sodas. Have a quadruple. We land and the woman is nuts.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, well, Theo Vaughn did a couple of Monday nights.
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It's not black. No, but I got to say, you're selling out the comedy store like hotcakes.
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I got a Chris DeStefano peeve. Can this be my peeve? Yeah, let's peeve it up. We've done a ton of casinos together lately. We're both building back up. I love that. Doing casinos together. Sure. He brings his fucking family on every gig. No, you can't do that. I thought this was going to be party time.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Excellent. Last time it was just one daughter. Yep. This time, it's the whole family.
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The ending's incredible. It's worth your listen. Number one dad. Yes. You love it, right?
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Love it. It's so good. I'm on the edge of my dick, and I can't wait to finish it.
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Well, what's with women? Women like to pop a man's zits. Have you noticed that? They do. Get back there. Yeah, what is that? And whitehead it up.
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She just keeps screaming. And they go, they landed due to weather stuff. And she goes, they're lying to you. I'm like, oh, my God. She's yelling. I'm like, yeah, it's all a big conspiracy, miss.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
How'd you get Salicus on stage so quick? That is awful. I don't like that either.
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How do you get these gets? How do you get a Goo Goo doll?
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Vertical Horizon, you know. I might go Sir Mix-a-Lot. Okay. If we're doing a birthday party or something.
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Yeah. Yeah. Give me some, oh, me so horny. No, two live crew. Two live crew. Sorry. Oh, me so horny.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Well, I think that's Naughty by, no, Boy Meets World. Bring the pain? Bring the pain. Bring the funk? I don't know. Jump on it, yeah. Jump on it.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
but anyway you know the weather i'm looking at the weather new york it's fine so i am like maybe this fucking old bag's right i don't know yeah yeah but they're like we have to refuel now in in virginia so i'm just like fuel that's at least 30 minutes in my head plus they're not going to do it immediately no in my head i'm like we're looking at least an hour at least we'll land in jfk that's like an hour and a half from home so i'm kind of like we're looking at two and a half hours
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I did it at a funeral once. No, you didn't. Everyone got really mad at me. Yeah, they were trying to cheer people up. And then I took the mic and did Everybody Knows, and everyone was like, what the fuck? It's a great song. Damn. Everybody Knows. I do nothing compared to you.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Is this going to play? Are we going to get sued? You're going to get sued?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
What, it's still hot? It's still hot. I know, I know. The night should be cool.
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I think it was Joe Cocker was Wonder Years. Yep. What could it be?
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Hell yeah. Back in time. Another guy with a huge hog, apparently.
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You know, you shout things from Hezbollah. Yeah. Yeah, you know, the chants. The... What's the word?
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I do a little crowd work, maybe. Get them all on board. You do crowd work and people get on the edge of their seat. They're like, what's he saying? Oh, yeah. So everybody's listening.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
So my girlfriend's freaking out. I got Winnie on my lap. And she goes, I need to get off this plane. I don't want to do this. And I was like, what do you want to do, rent a car? And she goes, yeah. And I was like, all right, let's do it. Whoa. At a certain point. So then Gary goes, I'm going to take my chance on the flight. I go, respect. That's fine. Do what you got to do.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
They say if you actually get quieter and pause, the room comes in. You think you've got to hammer them with laughs and punchlines and be loud.
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Yeah, but if you go the other way, they actually go, wait, what's this?
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ASMR. Because you've got to listen even closer, dude. You have to. Sorry, Miami. Sorry. Fucking chatting. It's on you for being too Cuban.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, nude beach, never what you want. I went to Barcelona, and I was like, oh, we got a nude beach. And right when I said that, a guy rolled over, and I saw his disgusting hairy balls just flop like a beached whale.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Eh, sometimes a giant midriff is a little uncalled for.
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Yeah, I'm inspired to leave the beach, honestly. Well, the hair, so much hair.
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Yeah, that guy is smooth. Pre-surgery. Oh, yeah. Look at that.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, we're in Virginia. Virginia, got it. So we get on the car. We get in a rental car. And some guy, this is how fucking drunken out of it I am at this point. Some guy on the air tram, we're trying to get to the budget rent-a-car thing. She got a car. Some guy goes, you look a lot like a comedian. I go, oh, yeah? And he goes, are you that comedian? I go, oh, yeah, yeah.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I almost never fly Southwest. Yeah. Oh, my God, the flight attendants getting cocky with that mic. They're real cocky. That wasn't an invitation.
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Well, the weird thing, does Southwest still do the fat people get two seats? Because that was their claim to fame for a while.
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Actually, I walked past a nude row. It was disgusting.
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Totally. Look at the zip tie. They really upped the zip tie on that fucker.
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Can we go back? Yeah, this guy's going to sell out arenas now with this.
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Pull her up. She was real attractive. She wasn't bad. Yeah.
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And he goes, bad travel day? I'm like, these fucking people. And she hits me. I see he's got three kids with him. And his wife goes, no, it's okay. Like, it's that bad a day for everybody? She goes, no, it's okay. Right. So she gave me, like, the green light, the curse. I was like, all right. And it turns out he worked for my uncle or something in Baltimore. Wow.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I want Mark to spread those cheeks. He's got a fucking nice... Oh, yeah.
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Well, it doesn't... It wouldn't take. I don't think anybody's paying for our sack.
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She's got all kinds of stuff up there. Oh, yeah. You can see it. I'll send you a link.
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I think just no thousands. No thousands? All right. Well, hey, that's jazz money. She's doing all right. Yeah. Look at that rump on the right. I mean, that's not too shabby.
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We had a tough few months, but we worked. You and the dog or you and the girl?
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Yeah. Well, I had to. I think that's maybe that'll be my nudes is a full frontal just holding the pooch. I'd sign up for that. You think chicks will be into that? For sure.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
And the new one, he's doing trans sports. Yep, he has to. Yeah, well, he got neutered.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
There's a woman who goes, there's like a little outdoor scene at the coffee shop I go to. Does the story get better, Sam? No, it doesn't. Okay, continue. There's a woman who comes with a bird every fucking day at three o'clock. I think I've heard of this. And the bird goes... And everyone's like, are you fucking kidding me?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, who needs a toucan? But a flamingo is not a bad idea.
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And just got back from, like, Italy or something. No, that's biological family. My uncle, the doctor.
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I only do Pence getting a thumb up his ass and RFK after three shots of tequila.
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After leaving a dead cub in Central Park. We got to talk about that.
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Not black. Like Grizz? Berenstain? Grizz? Yeah, Grizzly.
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La-di-da. Good guy. I'll see him in Baltimore very soon. And recovering from a stroke. Love you, Uncle Rob. Still drinking, baby. Still going strong. Call it about Bodega Cat. Loving the Bodega Cat. So we get to the budget rent-a-car, and... You know, the lines at the fucking door. It's insane. It's like an hour wait just because everyone's trying to get out of there. Yeah.
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You got the Berenstain and you got... You got Baloo from Jungle Book.
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By the way, you got money. Just get a fucking piece of grilled chicken. Why didn't you skin it?
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And he goes, what? You go, you're having a good time. Bear grills.
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Coming to theaters next month. It's called Anatomy of a Fall 2. Yeah.
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Well, this is already a better plot than the show The Bear, which is not great.
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This is a real photo of him with that bear. Is that really? Yeah, yeah. Why does he look so... But the bear's dead. Why is he making that face? He's doing a joke like he's biting me.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Why is he... I don't like this guy. I don't understand. He grew up in a place of privilege, I'm assuming. Marked his vineyard. Why is he always trying to prove how fucking hard he is?
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I think you're discounting how cuckoo he is. He's also an ex-heroin addict. And he's had like six wives.
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But do you see the video of him like with the snake? What'd he do with the snake? Look it up.
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You don't touch fucking Cheryl, dude. No. You leave Cheryl alone, RFK. That was it, I think.
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I was going to fast forward. What was that, bro? Fast forward, okay.
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I mean, look, we had nothing compared to you guys compared to other people. They were like, we're lucky. So it's one of those things where we're just like, all right, wait in the line. Then Gary goes, he texts me. They're still not taking off. Whoa. Like an hour. He goes, I'm rolling with you. Whoa. I go, come hop on that fucking shuttle. Meet me at the rental car. He goes there. He meets us there.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
What's he doing? I don't like seeing him in his natural habitat. Yeah, this is weird.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
He's posting this video to be like, look how fucking tough I am. Oh. By the way, not a prerequisite in a president. It's like, hey, can you handle snakes? Right. So funny. Maybe in the old days. There's another one where he's holding it by the head.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, that's pretty tough. He's got my vote. Change a tire, then show me something. Right. Holy shit.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
He must wake up and go, I wonder if we could eat a giraffe today.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's been a while. We're still waiting for the car. Wow. Finally, this little mutt's running around pissing and shitting outside the rent-a-car thing. Getting anxiety just hearing this. Oh, dude. So then we get the car. It feels so good. You just hit the music. You're off on the road. Little Vitor set up his Bluetooth. He's DJing. He's on the dash like a Hawaiian guy. He's just like a bobblehead.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
RFK can never debate again, because anything he says is like, oh, yeah, how about you go pick up a snake, you weirdo?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It works. Yeah. I do drop off sometimes. Do you? Yeah. That's very new to me, but yeah, sometimes. Wow. Or I push it on the lady. Fluff and fold is pretty nice. Fluff and fold. Those Asians.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Oh, this is like a subway ride. Yeah. Jesus Christ. Oh, my God.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I saw him on the sixth train. This guy's kind of like a girl. Oh, God. What did he just do?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
My girlfriend's like, what are you guys, 90? Every song, Gary's like, twisting the night away. We're cruising, and Gary's monitoring the plane. The second we take off in the car, he goes, they took off. But it was like, you know, at that point, we're like, we made peace with it. We're controlling our own fate. How many hours of drive is that? We got in at like 2 a.m. probably. But you know what?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
He smashed a lot of poon. Tiffany Amber Thiessen, 91 to 93. They dated for two years?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
There's just a Hail Mary here, but would you be able to do Mario Lopez fucking you as Robert Downey Jr.? Sure.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
He really kept leveling up. Each one gets better and better. The first one, it's like a pumpkin and a kid.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
We got McDonald's. She was going fucking nuts. No jokes. I said, hey, I bought you dinner, buddy. That's all I can say. No, we got McDonald's. Really fucking... I hadn't had in a while, man. The nuggets hold up. I got a McChicken, too. Stunk. Stunk. It's all bad. It's all bad. The nuggets are good, though. The nuggets still work. I got to say, the fries are just like... They're just so good.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
bag of chips yeah what you're taking it home and you go i might just fucking i'm going like kettle chip salt and vinegar oh not a bad call you know my number one is ruffles all dressed all Canadian shit what's that like a graveyard like all the sodas so good graveyard great yeah that's what it is graveyard all the sodas in one yeah oh yeah we call it a suicide all dressed Canadians fucking nail so like a ketchup ruffle
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Oh, it's better than that. Don't cancel me. There it is. It's that one. I've never heard of the old dress. Oh, if you're in Canada, you've got to fucking get that shit.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
No, no. Pull up zaps. Voodoo, crawdad. Yeah, these are mesquite.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Crunchy as shit. They got crazy flavors and they burn.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
i also i mean you can't go on with like a sour cream and onion come on those all day long yeah lays right yeah i like i like the crunchier ones but lays are good the ketchup lays canadians fucking crush with that oh yeah now riddle me this you go to a barbecue they run out of snacks and they promised you let's say you go over and the person who lured you into the fucking social gathering in the first place has now fibbed about the snack
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
You go, I got to take a wee-wee, you plop out the back door, or you do the fake phone call.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Shit, I got to call real quick. Oh, who's calling? Huh?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
People love them. You don't love them? It's like cardboard. They're soggy. There's nothing going on there. I'll take a Rally's fry any day. I'll take a Wendy's fry.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's like a medley. I'm the captain now. And then you bounce out.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
No, no, wait. Dr. Phil, we just found some garden salsa sun chips.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Not McDonald's. They're just skinny and stick. I don't know. Not for me. But my nugget. Give me a Polynesian sauce or a Honey Must or a BBQ.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Right up front. Right behind you. Is that sealed? Yeah. Damn. All right. How about just a Diet Dr. Pepper? You got that? All right. This is a good pot. There we go. There's one shot left. That's a Southwest Sea Group of shots. Hell, yeah.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I think Aldwyn said the same thing. Oh, too soon, but you know what?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Punch-Up.live slash Adam Ray. Punch-Up.live slash Mark Norman. Punch-Up.live slash Sam Rell.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Hey, folks. Here we are. We might be drunk. It is summertime. And it's hot.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, I look a little barbecued, too. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we went to town. I had a fucking Oreo McFlurry. I was like, I fucking hate myself. Who gives a shit? I didn't order it. She ordered it, took one bite, and goes, I'm done. I go, you fucking bitch. I just fucking shuffled it in my mouth.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
What, you think I have willpower? You didn't eat a stone crab, but you're a little crabby. We got in late.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I got to meet Charles Oakley. We shot a commercial together. For his dealership? No, it was like a weird Bleacher Report thing that never aired because it was like...
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
it was weird yeah but i got of course it was you got paid yeah i got paid but it was a uh i spent a whole day with charles oakley hell yeah and he was cool as fuck and he and all you want is to tell him how much they mean to you as a kid and he was he wasn't weird about it like i was like hey man You guys are the reason I love basketball. And he's like, that means a lot. And he was cool as fuck.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
But at that point, it becomes an adventure, and you're kind of like, as much as this day sucks, you're like, at least you get home.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I like Ray Rice. There we go. Yeah. Because of his policies or what?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, Michael Vick. Mark's getting into basketball. I'm getting him into basketball. So that's the one. You're not a huge sports guy in general, right?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Nah, well, I like UFC. Table tennis. I like table tennis. I like skateboarding. I like the weird.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's a John Hughes film at the end of the day. It's a comedy of errors. You made it work.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
You bring the mic everywhere. Yeah, yeah. The guy in the Facebook profile is like,
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, but those travels, I mean, you had the rough one. That's rough. That's rough, dude.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Oh, man, that's tough. By the way, both our pictures are on the mic, but what are you going to do?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I'm all over the road, baby. New Jersey, Redding, PA, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, St. Louis, Atlanta, Vancouver, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Portland, Oregon, London, Ontario, Toronto, to name a few, Monterey, California.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
20 hours? We did four hours. Each person drove four hours. Oof. So it was only eight hours? No, we dropped off. It was 15. 15 hours straight? No nap? No nap. Oh, I napped when she was driving. She napped when I was.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I mean, the good cities, it's like America. There's good cities, there's good cities, and even the bad ones, you're kind of going to have fun. Come on, I know, right?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
New Brunswick, New Jersey. I'm building back up. New shit, guys. New Stress Factory, the 22nd and the 24th. Niagara Falls, Ontario, September 13th. What was that, the soundtrack to the Barbie movie? And then we got... I actually love that film. I got London, Belfast, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, and then I'm back in the States. I got Cleveland. There we go.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Hilarity is going to try to build back up here in November. Punchup.live slash any of our names.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
15 hours doesn't seem that bad for Orlando for some reason.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
That's bad. I mean, it's bad, but it seems like to Florida?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I had a rough travel weekend. Not as bad as our buddy Matt Peters here, but both coming from Florida. Are you Mike? Yeah.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, it does seem longer. You just hug that coast, I assume. Damn, that's wild. The thing about the flight delay is you get to the airport, your flight's at 11, you go, ah, they're delayed an hour, motherfucker. Then they get delayed four hours, and you're like, I would kill for an hour delay. It's funny how you just keep going back. Oh, I'd kill for a five-hour delay because it keeps going.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
minneapolis i had a gig in rock rochester minnesota where the mayo clinic is rochester minnesota real dive real shithole so that night me and the opener drove back to minneapolis i'm like i'm gonna be a good traveler i'm driving back to minneapolis it's an hour and a half i'm gonna fly out of the minneapolis airport so i don't have to connect in rochester anymore direct flight eight hour delay i must have eaten so much lounge food
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Thank God for the lounge. Yeah, but sometimes you don't have lounge access either. That's true. And when it's overrun with people at the airport, when it's bad, it's fucking bad.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's bad. It's bad. And the line around the block for the help desk, and then everybody's on the phone. It's like, boop, boop. You have an eight-hour wait on the phone for a talking person. What do you call it? Representative.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Well, you can tell how bad it's getting because when there's like a two-hour delay, I'm like, you know what? I'm going to be productive. I'm going to work. I'm going to drink some coffee. Then it's like three or four hours. You're like, I'm getting fucking hammered.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
You drove from Florida? Yeah. Wow. You were in Orlando? Yeah, Orlando. We had an 11 o'clock flight on Saturday.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yes. There's a shift. There's a shift. And your bar goes down on your phone, too. You're like, ah, fuck it. I'll watch this two-hour QAnon documentary. I'm like, how did I get here?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Dude, you know what, Doc? I just watched it. It's so good. Have you seen the Pete Rose doc on Max? It's good.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Matt, you seen it? He's a wild dude. Dude, he's kind of a piece of shit, but he's so fascinating. He's like a caveman with a gambling problem. He should be in the Hall of Fame. I mean, he's out. They just won't let him in. But he bet on his own team, at least. Yeah, true. Am I crazy?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I mean, I guess it's fucked up when you're managing them, because he was also managing them, so you can make weird subs. But you're betting on your team to win. If you bet against your team, you're a fucking monster, obviously.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
But if you bet on your team, you could rest closers for the next day. There's things you can do. I hear that. Yeah.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I hear that. But aren't most coaches always trying to win? True. True, true, true. I mean, I guess it's a little reckless, but I don't think it's banned for life. From baseball records.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
But on days you're not betting on your team, you're technically betting against your team. You're telling every bookie, bet against us.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
But there was a part of the doc, I'm not giving anything away, but there was a part where he's like, I'd be better off in baseball if I was an alcoholic, a drug addict, or I beat my wife. Oh, shit. And he's like, I didn't do any of those. And Ty Cobb beat his wife. He's in the Hall of Fame. Yeah, good point. Ty Cobb was trying to cleat people. It's crazy. Didn't he bang a minor?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
JetBlue. Okay. 11 a.m.? 11 a.m. It got canceled. They rebooked us on another flight that was leaving at 8 p.m.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
That was bad. If you want to fucking – I like that he's like, I wasn't an alcoholic. I'm like, he did fucking underage shit. Yeah. It was a 16-year-old woman, which he said was the legal age. That was a woman because that was the legal age in Cincinnati. Oh.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
but also if you know that you're kind of right right right like so he was like yeah she was 16 but then she claims they did it before 16 and there's like grooming stuff look just fucking a 16 year old is disgusting yeah so but uh Yeah, he's an odd guy. My thing is, like, I read a quote. There was this guy because I was looking. I was at the airport for a long time. So I'm reading the back.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
I hit the book and I'm reading the quotes. And that guy, Jeff Perlman, who wrote a bunch of great stuff, did the Showtime book, was like, I hate Pete Rose. I think he's a terrible person. But after reading this book, I realized he is one of the most fascinating people. Like, you just can't tell the story of baseball without him. He's a hit king, dude. Is he really? That's the most hits.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
4,256, I think. Something crazy. Wow. But that's like, dude, you get 3,000 hits, it's insane. Hall of Fame. Right. You're in the Hall of Fame for 3,000. Wow. I mean, you're in the Hall of Fame with less often, but 3,000, you're like, you have to be in, basically. He had over 4,200 hits. 4,256. Wow. That's crazy. HBO? Where can I find this? Yeah, it's Max.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
That got delayed, delayed, delayed. Ah! 12.30, then they canceled it. Then we went to three hotels to find a place to sleep. Jeez! They just wouldn't let you in on any of them? Wait, so you didn't try ahead of time? You just showed up at the hotel? I called, and they were like, we have five rooms, but they're first come, first serve. First come, first serve? What is this, fucking 1992?
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
It's a good one, dude. You'll love it. I can't wait. You love these ones. Yeah.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
He was like, you could hit. I saw an interview with him recently. He was like, you could play for 20 years straight, get 200 hits a year, which is like peak performance, and still be 500 hits shy of my record.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Damn. What is it with talented people that are sociopathic or something? You know, you always hear about these guys who are all fucked up and nuts and fucking 16-year-olds, but can't deny the talent.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Yeah, I think you just are like, I don't give a shit. I think a lot of people overthink stuff, and a guy like this is like, you're not using this. There's a part of your brain you're not using. You're not like, should I do this? You're just like, I'm doing this. His nickname was Charlie Hustle. It was like sarcastically given to him. I think it was Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle were mocking him.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Wow. They go, oh, check out Charlie Hustle here, because he was hustling for every play that didn't matter. And it was given to him sarcastically, but he took it as a compliment. And he ran with it, and that's why everyone called him Charlie Hustle. And he was like a fucking psycho, just hustle for every play. And it is intimidating.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
There's clips of him taking out the catcher, just running him over. Wow. I mean, look at that. That's like a violent dive right there. Yeah, it's iconic.
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Ep 194: Dr. Phil (Adam Ray)
Wow, I can't wait to watch. It's cool, man. It was a good one. All right, I'm on. I'm on it. I watched the Paul Simon doc. Good. Snoozefest. I love Paul Simon, and I love Gibney, the guy who directed it, Alex Gibney, who did Going Clear and all the other great ones. Oh, that was a great one. I just rewatched that again. Unbelievable. So good. Tom Cruise really skated that.