We learn about "the heh, the uh oh, and the ignore." We learn about taxes. We learn about the 2-1-5. We learn about going from "the" to "a." Today's cast: David, Roy, Billy, Jeremy, and Jessica. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Why is the history of tequila relevant today?
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads, like... Cuervo. I think you could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots.
Cuervo.
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Chapter 2: How does the loneliness of not sleeping affect decision-making?
I'm lucky. I don't sleep and last night was the perfect night for me because there was so much going on over the weekend trying to figure out all the different things I wanted to discuss. The problem with the loneliness of not sleeping is who am I going to call? I went down the list. Can I reach Roy? Is there any way to get to Billy or Jess or Jeremy? Who's going to answer my texts?
And I must tell you guys that I went over. I didn't contact any of you.
I was about to say, I didn't get a single text from you, buddy. What time are we talking here?
This was approximately, so my night was, I got to Miami, check into the hotel, and then White Lotus, so I watched that till about 10.46, because I didn't start it directly at nine, it was an hour and a half. Then, this was about 1.47. approximately when I wanted to reach out.
And the reason I remember is I was thinking maybe I could reach out to Dan, who's in a different time zone, but then I just swallowed my phone. It's like a ref swallowing his whistle.
Did you have anything interesting to say, or was this just loneliness, like, hey, you up?
Well, it always starts with, hey, are you up? But I think it gets interesting talking about what order to talk about stuff. Like I wanted to start with.
So you wanted to talk about work.
Yes.
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Chapter 3: What are the challenges of managing emails in different time zones?
Eastern.
He promised me that he would schedule emails. How long ago was that conversation? It's been three or four days. Maybe three or four days. Yeah, all right. So then we're good. It was before that. Oh, there's a whole new sheriff in town. It's all about the scheduling. He had a funny thing that he did.
When he scheduled something, he doesn't like to interrupt Nothing Personal, which is done at 8 a.m. live. This morning, of course, he texted the entire Nothing Personal show and I didn't respond. But he's also potentially in a different time zone. And so he said, I'm going to send an email, but you won't get it. It's scheduled 8 o'clock. Don't look. It came at 11 o'clock Eastern.
He scheduled it for 8 o'clock, his time zone.
If you're going to tell me you're sending me an email at that point, just send it. There's no point in the warning that you're going to get an email.
I was wrong. It wasn't 347. It was 345.
Do you not like the text that says, are you free? No. You just want the phone call. You want the phone right off the top. Just call me.
Yes, absolutely.
See, I was taught by people younger than I that they like the warning first. Like, hey, can we talk? Or, hey, are you free?
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Chapter 4: How do sports records impact fan engagement?
I'd be like, what's this about? If Billy called me out of the blue, I would be like, uh-oh.
Yeah, something written wrong. I'm not a caller. I don't really call people. I'm more of a texter.
If Jeremy called me out of the blue, I would just hit ignore.
Yeah, I get that. So everyone you work with is either a huh, a uh-oh, or an ignore.
Yeah. No, if Taylor called me, I'd be like, what's up? Hey, buddy. What a game from OG last night. Oh, man, he's been playing so well the last couple weeks.
It's such a great list we could make of who we work with, who gets what when a call comes in or an email. anything from the ignore to what's even worse, which is the uh-oh, or for me, the worst is what you did with me, actually, Jessica, which was the ugh. Like, that made me feel terribly lonely and upset.
The uh-oh is a confusing description. Like, I feel like, and I don't know, I feel like Jess doesn't hate me, but the uh-oh is like, oh, if he's reaching out to me, things must be bleak.
I think there must be, like, a work emergency if you're calling me. Hmm.
I've actually called you before with stuff that was going on. I called you about a story, but I did the text.
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Chapter 5: What are the ethical considerations in dog racing?
He's pretty up there, but he's not 58 years old.
Is he older than Gordie Howe?
53?
Yeah. He's got like two seasons left. Gordie Howe's dead, by the way. But Gordie Howe scored goals in the NHL, I believe, at 52 years old.
Yes.
How is it that someone, I'm 57. I can barely get out of bed and forget getting on skates. But can you imagine the possibility of scoring a goal in the NHL at 52? Yager's done. He'll never score again. On the ice. In the NHL.
Yes.
In the NHL, he's not doing that. Billy. Yes. It wasn't me. I'm not blaming you. It's time for me to tell you the truth. So Mattingly, because I really hate Don Mattingly. You do not. I hate him. How do you hate Don? He sucks. Now you're just being argumentative. No, I don't like him.
Donnie Baseball, please.
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Chapter 6: How do taxes affect game show winnings?
I'm talking euthanasia. Exactly right, rabbit euthanasia. This would be the ultimate thing in dog racing.
I don't like any of this.
Do dogs still race? I thought that dog racing kind of went by the wayside.
No, it's a whole thing. Really? When I was a summer associate at a law firm, they took us to a dog track, and we were told that you always do the trifecta 215, and that it will hit once during the course of a day of races. How long ago was that? In 1991. Wow. Is that before Jessica was born by chance?
Both of us.
Well before Jeremy and I were born. So I was in law school and in law school you go to your summer associate at a firm and they do like events in order to woo you to, it's a bait and switch. They let you go to a dog track and a race track and baseball games because then they work you 100 hours a week. once you get the job. So it's ridiculous.
So you go to the dog track and you get a coupon, like for a drink, but it's your own money if you want to gamble. But we were told 215. And so you bet the trifecta every single time. And wouldn't you know it, 215 hits almost every time. It's a little bizarre, almost like it's fixed. Almost like the rabbit's fixed.
This is great advice on something that I don't think any of us in this room are going to do or would advocate for at this point. But I appreciate having the knowledge. I mean, I don't go to Hi-Li. A couple other people go to Hi-Li.
Do you bet on Hi-Li?
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Chapter 7: What preparation is involved for Survivor contestants?
But more worse than Don Mattingly.
Oh, well. Wait, do you want an intro? No one's Johnny T-ball. Get out of here. Billy, you want an intro? No, no, no.
We're good.
Seems like the opposite. Yeah, no, I'm fine. Wait, I think it feels like I want to do a shiddach here. A who? A shiddach. What is that, Yiddish? Yes. You want to translate that to English? It's a meeting. I want to do some sort of connection.
I don't like meeting my heroes, and Sarah I would consider a hero at this point. They'd just let you down? Yeah, you know, I could always aspire and think, oh, what would Sarah do? But if I meet Sarah, then I know what she would do, and maybe I wouldn't agree. Like, I was finding out Sarah was here the whole time, behind the scenes, pre-survivor, trying to communicate with you illegally.
So, I mean, is that the kind of person I want enforcing the law? I don't know. Not to take shots at her as a police officer. Thank you for your service, Sarah, but... You know, just something to think about. If we're willing to bend the rules of Survivor, what other laws are we willing to bend the rules on?
You're willing to lie and survive even if you're not a liar. You have to. It's part of the game. You have to pretend you're something you're not. I think we're all familiar with that, aren't we? Eh, not really. I know I am. It's sort of like imposter syndrome to the 10th degree, isn't it?
Folks, it's Mike Ryan. And you know that Miller Lite has basically been a partner of this show for almost 20 years. And as we celebrate 50 years of Miller Lite, that means for a large chunk of it. And look, I didn't go to school for math. But I'm pretty sure that's like 80% of the time that Miller Lite's been existing. They've been with our show.
And I'm so grateful for it because we truly believe this. If you listen to us back in our radio days, throughout our times in national radio, to the pirate phase, to now, you know that Miller Lite has been a huge supporter of ours. And I've always been a huge supporter of Miller Lite. Why? Because it's got taste you know you can depend on. A great beer trusted by beer lovers for 50 years.
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